Monthly Compilation
111 current affairs published in August 2025
August 2025 Current Affairs for UPSC — every Why-in-News article AnantamIAS published in August 2025, mapped to the GS syllabus and packaged for revision. This August 2025 monthly current affairs compilation runs to 111 articles spanning Polity, Economy, Environment, Science & Technology, International Relations, Geography, History, Society and Internal Security — every entry written in the Why-in-News + GS-paper-mapping + UPSC-style practice-question format the Compass uses across every monthly digest on the site.
Each August 2025 entry opens with a Why in News? hook so you know exactly why the story matters for the exam, maps to the precise GS paper and sub-topic, summarises the development in scannable sub-headings, and closes with a UPSC-style practice question plus an FAQ accordion. The structure is deliberately repeatable: the same skeleton across every article in this August 2025 compilation, so revision feels familiar by week two and weak topics surface fast.
Use this August 2025 monthly current affairs page three ways. Read sequentially for a single-sitting scan of everything that mattered in August 2025. Download the August 2025 PDF for offline revision, printing or last-mile cycles before Prelims and Mains. Or filter by GS paper from the Monthly Current Affairs hub to focus on Polity, Economy, IR or Environment in isolation. For day-by-day study, jump to Daily Current Affairs; for the full year, see the 2025 Current Affairs archive. Working backwards? The previous month is July 2025 Current Affairs; the next is September 2025 Current Affairs.
Monthly current affairs for UPSC is the spine of revision — daily reading is for awareness, monthly compilations are what you actually re-read. The August 2025 set below is built for exactly that: open the article, skim the Why-in-News, lock the GS mapping, attempt the practice question, move on. Every piece links to its own per-article PDF if you'd rather collect the high-yield few than the full month.
Why in news: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit to India was the first ministerial visit from China since the two countries decided to disengage at the border last October. At his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, Wang said bilateral relations had…
Why in news: The Kannapuram grama panchayat in Kannur, Kerala, has gained attention for its community-led cancer control model, which has been recognized internationally. This initiative, now popularly called the “Kannapuram Model”, has been featured in the WHO South-East Asia Journal of Public Health as…
Why in news: Kerala the first fully digitally literate State in India, marking the completion of the first phase of the Digi Kerala project, a grass roots-level intervention across all local bodies to bridge the digital divide. UPSC Relevance: Important aspects of governance, transparency and…
Context: Opposition and ruling party MPs exchanged barbs in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday over the government's claim of bringing in political morality through three new Bills allowing the removal of elected representatives arrested on serious criminal charges. The Bills were referred to a Joint…
Context: India has successfully tested Agni-5 Missile. UPSC Relevance: UPSC CSE has focused on Defence Technology in prelims examination. PYQ2023 Prelims: Consider the following statements: 1. Ballistic missiles are jet-propelled at subsonic speeds throughout their flights, while cruise missiles are rocket powered only in the…
Context: The Kerala Health Department has brushed aside speculation that there is an inordinate delay in diagnosing amoebic meningoencephalitis as samples are being sent to the State Public Health Lab. There has been reporting of multiple cases of the infection and a death in recent…
Context: The Lok Sabha passed the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025 offering a legal framework to regulate online gaming companies in India. UPSC Relevance: Questions are asked on recent rules and regulations in the economic sector in Prelims. PYQ 2022: Q: With…
Context : Latest unemployment data has been released for the month of July as well as Quarter of April - June. UPSC Relevance: Prelims, GS3, Indian Economy and issues relating to Planning, Mobilization of Resources, Growth, Development and Employment. PYQ : 2021 Prelims With reference…
Why in news: Proceedings in the Kerala High Court were adjourned after it was discovered that palm civets had urinated on the ceiling and air-conditioning ducts, causing a foul smell inside the courtroom. A palm civet was captured from the ceiling by forest personnel. Officials…
Why in news: West Bengal Forest Department has released a new report titled “Population Assessment and Habitat Ecology Study of Saltwater Crocodiles in Sundarbans 2025”. The saltwater crocodile population in the Sundarban Biosphere Reserve (SBR) has shown a significant increase from last year. UPSC Relevance:…