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: Facing backlash over its controversial Land Pooling Policy 2025, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Punjab government announced the withdrawal of the policy. UPSC Relevance : GS 3, Land Reforms in India PYQ: Mains 2024: What were the factors responsible for the successful…
Why in news: Australia has announced that it will recognise the State of Palestine at the upcoming UN General Assembly (UNGA) in September. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stated that this decision is aimed at supporting a two-state solution to end violence and conflict in the…
Why in news: As part of an animal exchange programme a pair of smooth-coated otters from Surat Zoo have been transported on a 1,200 km journey to the National Zoological Park (Delhi). This marks the first time in nearly two decades that Delhi Zoo will…
Context: Tamil Nadu and Karnataka are planning to implement a two-language formula for school education, as opposed to the push for a three-language policy in the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. Both States are inclined towards primacy for local languages, Tamil and Kannada, respectively, and then English…
Context: V. Narayanan, Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisa-tion (ISRO), has said that Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla's experience aboard the International Space Station (ISS) during Axiom 4 Mission will prove valuable for Gaganyaan, India's upcoming human spaceflight programme. UPSC Relevance: Space Missions and their…
Context: Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav on Sunday said the rise in the Asiatic lion population in Gujarat reflected India's intimate relationship with nature and wildlife. UPSC Relevance Questions have been asked about species, their behaviors and conservation efforts in UPSC Prelims. PYQ: 2024 Prelims…
Context: On June 24, the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced the commencement of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls of Bihar, entailing the verification of nearly 8 crore voters. The ECI also declared that the SIR exercise would be extended to the…
Context – Why in News? SC’s role in ensuring judicial discipline and correcting errors. Incident Trigger – Recently, a Supreme Court Bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan publicly censured Justice Prashant Kumar of the Allahabad High Court. The reason: An “absurd” and “erroneous”…
Why in news: The Hyderabad Police have so far made 25 arrests in the widening probe into analleged illegal surrogacy and baby-selling racket linked to a well-known in vitro fertilisation (IVF) chain in Hyderabad and Andhra Pradesh. UPSC Relevance: Topic: Science and Technology- developments and…
Why in news: India is home to 15 species of wild cats, but most of the attention is focused on larger species like lions and tigers. Smaller, more secretive species like the caracal, rusty-spotted cat, and fishing cat are often overlooked despite facing significant threats.…