UIDAI Records 221 Crore Aadhaar Authentications in August 2025: The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) recorded an impressive 221 crore Aadhaar authentication transactions in August 2025, signaling India’s accelerated shift toward digital governance and secure identity verification. This record-breaking number highlights the central role Aadhaar continues to play in facilitating welfare schemes, enhancing e-governance, […]
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Piyush Goyal Assumes Charge as Mines Secretary
Piyush Goyal Assumes Charge as Mines Secretary: Shri Piyush Goyal, a 1994-batch IAS officer of the Nagaland cadre, has officially assumed charge as the Secretary of the Ministry of Mines as of September 4, 2025. His appointment follows the transfer of Shri V.L. Kantha Rao, who is now serving as Secretary in the Department of […]
DPIIT and ICICI Bank Join Hands to Boost Startups
DPIIT and ICICI Bank Join Hands to Boost Startups: The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ICICI Bank to extend targeted support to DPIIT-recognised startups across India. The partnership, formalized on September 4, 2025, is hosted under the Startup India initiative and is designed […]
Anand V. Patil to Receive Prof. V.K. Gokak Award in Bengaluru
Anand V. Patil to Receive Prof. V.K. Gokak Award in Bengaluru: Anand V. Patil, renowned for his contributions to children’s literature, will be conferred with the Prof. V.K. Gokak Award in Bengaluru on September 7, 2025. The award, named after one of India’s most influential literary figures, Prof. Vinayaka Krishna Gokak, honours individuals who have […]
Land Subsidence
Land Subsidence: Uttarakhand, already battered by natural calamities including cloudbursts, flash floods, and landslides across its mountainous regions, is now facing a new and terrifying phenomenon: widespread land subsidence in Chamoli’s Nanda Nagar. Land subsidence is a gradual settling or sudden sinking of the Earth’s surface. This geotechnical phenomenon occurs when the ground loses its […]
Global Peace Index (GPI) 2025
Global Peace Index (GPI) 2025: Iceland has once again secured its position as the most peaceful country in the world, as per the 2025 Global Peace Index (GPI). Highlights of GPI 2025: It is the 19th edition of the GPI. It finds that global peacefulness continues to decline and that many of the leading factors […]
Securities Appellate Tribunal
Securities Appellate Tribunal: US-based trading firm Jane Street Group recently filed an appeal in the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) against the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in the alleged market manipulation case. The SAT is a statutory body established under the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992. As a quasi-judicial body, […]
Unique Disability ID (UDID) Card
Unique Disability ID (UDID) Card: Less than 40% of India’s projected population of Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) have been issued a Unique Disability ID (UDID) Card, which enables access to government benefits, data show. A UDID card is a single document of identification for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs). It is the universal ID that is […]
Incentive Scheme to Promote Critical Mineral Recycling
Incentive Scheme to Promote Critical Mineral Recycling: The Union Cabinet recently approved a Rs.1,500 crore Incentive Scheme to develop recycling capacity in the country for the separation and production of critical minerals from secondary sources. Incentive Scheme to Promote Critical Mineral Recycling is part of the National Critical Mineral Mission (NCMM), which is aimed at […]
Graphite Spyware
Graphite Spyware: The Trump administration has unfrozen a stalled Biden-era contract with Paragon Solutions, a Graphite spyware company founded in Israel. Graphite is designed to gain remote access to a mobile phone and essentially take control of it. The user of the spyware can access the mobile user’s photos, read their messages, and track their […]
