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Monthly Compilation

July 2025 Current Affairs for UPSC

72 current affairs published in July 2025

July 2025 Current Affairs for UPSC — every Why-in-News article AnantamIAS published in July 2025, mapped to the GS syllabus and packaged for revision. This July 2025 monthly current affairs compilation runs to 72 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 July 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 July 2025 compilation, so revision feels familiar by week two and weak topics surface fast.

Use this July 2025 monthly current affairs page three ways. Read sequentially for a single-sitting scan of everything that mattered in July 2025. Download the July 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 June 2025 Current Affairs; the next is August 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 July 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.

Custodial deaths

Context: A significant number of custodial deaths take place, of which a considerable number of them are reported, a few of the policemen are arrested, and none of them are convicted.  Data show that Tamil Nadu has a long history of police brutality. According to…

Presidential Reference

Context: A five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court has issued notices to the Union and all State governments on a Presidential Reference seeking clarity on whether the court can impose timelines and lay down guidelines for the conduct of Governors and the President in…

Nuclear Energy 

Context: The Union Budget for 2025-26 marked a significant shift in India's nuclear energy plan by announcing an ambitious target of 100 GW of nuclear power generating capacity by 2047, up from the present 8.18 GW. However, the path is not going to be free…

NISAR satellite

Context : NISAR, the first joint satellite of NASA and ISRO, will be launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on July 30. NISAR or NASA - ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar The first satellite to observe the earth with a dual frequencySAR (Synthetic…

The Soil of a Nation

To improve both crop and human nutrition, India needs a paradigm shift - from indiscriminate use of fertilisers to tailored and science-based soil nutrition management. How far India has come since Independence  In 2024-25 (FY25), India exported 20.2 million tonnes (MT) of rice in a…