The PRESS Pad

In today’s Daily Current Affairs (22nd August 2025), we cover Lebanon’s severe water crisis, Kerala becoming India’s first 100% digitally literate state, CCPA’s penalty on Rapido, India–Russia strategic talks, the Sudarshan Chakra security doctrine, and the urgent need for India’s space law.

In this comprehensive August 2025 policy roundup, we dive into India’s latest legislative, economic, and geopolitical developments. From tightened rules for Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) to reforms in insolvency laws and import restrictions affecting trade with Bangladesh — this post unpacks it all. Learn about record-low retail inflation, four new semiconductor projects, CBSE’s APAAR ID rollout, progress in drug regulation via SHRESTH, and a unique plastic-eating bacteriu

Catch up on the key current affairs of 5 August 2025 — covering NITI Aayog’s $200B EV Opportunity Report and India Electric Mobility Index, Supreme Court’s ruling empowering Pollution Control Boards to levy environmental compensation, ESG reform recommendations, expansion of GIFT City-like financial hubs, E20 ethanol-blended petrol, AGNISHODH defence tech centre at IIT Madras, conservation efforts for the Asian Giant Tortoise, and major reforms like PAN 2.0 and bond switching