Exam Related Current Affairs with Static GK : 26 August 2025

 Exam Related Current Affairs with Static GK : 26 August 2025

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1) The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025 has been passed by Parliament after getting approval from the Rajya Sabha, aiming to boost e-sports and safe online games while banning harmful money-gaming platforms, ads, and related transactions.

2) The ISA has announced that 17 Centres of Excellence will be established worldwide by 2025 to strengthen solar energy testing, laboratory facilities, and start-up ecosystems.

3) India successfully test-fired its intermediate-range ballistic missile Agni-5 from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur (Odisha), validating all parameters under the Strategic Forces Command.

4) Mohamed Salah created history by winning the PFA Player of the Year 2025, becoming the first-ever footballer to clinch the award three times (2018, 2022, 2025).

5) West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee launched the Shramshree Scheme to support returning migrant workers, offering ₹5,000 monthly assistance for up to one year or until employment is secured.
West Bengal :-
➠CM - Mamata Banerjee
➠GOVERNOR - C.V. Ananda Bose
➠Folk Dances - Lathi, Gambhira, Dhali, Jatra, Baul, Chhau, Santhali Dance
➠Kalighat Temple
➨Buxa National Park
➨Gorumara National Park
➨Jaldapara National Park
➨Neora Valley National Park
➨Singalila National Park
➨Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary
➨Chapramari Wildlife Sanctuary

6) Satish Golcha has taken charge as the 26th Commissioner of Delhi Police, succeeding SBK Singh, and will remain in office till April 2027.


7) Bhavina Patel became World No. 1 in women’s singles (wheelchair class 1–5) Para Table Tennis after winning gold at the ITTF Para Elite Championships and silver at the Future Championships in Spokane, USA.


8) India’s Arjun Babuta, Rudraksh Patil, and Kiran Jadhav clinched gold in the men’s 10m air rifle team event at the Asian Shooting Championships 2025, Kazakhstan.

9) Ministry of home affairs (MHA) has given the nod for renaming Jalalabad town in UP's Shahjahanpur district as "Parshurampuri".
➨ Jalalabad was established around 1560 and was named after Mughal emperor Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar, popularly known as Akbar the Great. The state govt began developing Jalalabad as a tourist destination in 2016.

10) The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has launched two specially designed modules on Operation Sindoor for students of classes 3 to 12, aiming to bring lessons of courage, strategy, and national pride straight into the classroom.

11) Ajay Singh was re-elected as the President of the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) for the 3rd consecutive time.

12) Filmmaker Tribeni Rai’s debut feature “Shape of Momo” has been selected for the Busan International Film Festival 2025 and will also be screened at the San Sebastián Film Festival.

13) India and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) signed the Terms of Reference (ToR) in Moscow to begin Free Trade Agreement negotiations.
 ➨EAEU comprises Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, and Russia.

14) At the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) 2025, Neeraj Ghaywan’s Homebound won Best Film and Best Director, while Aamir Khan was honoured with the Excellence in Cinema Award.

15) Varanasi has become the first city in India to install removable solar panels between railway tracks, launched by Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW).
➨ This innovative project generates renewable energy using unused track space, supports India’s Net-Zero 2070 target, and showcases a scalable, eco-friendly model for Indian Railways’ sustainable future.
Uttar Pradesh :-
➨Chandraprabha Wildlife Sanctuary
➨Dudhwa National Park
➨National Chambal Sanctuary
➨Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar Lake
➨Kashi Vishwanath Temple
➨Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary
➨Turtle Wildlife Sanctuary
➨Bakhira Wildlife Sanctuary
➨Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary

16) Union Minister Piyush Goyal inaugurated “Mauli”, the country’s first all-women operated Clean Street Food Hub at Kandivli, Mumbai, which is managed by Self-Help Group women trained under the FoSTaC program.
 Maharashtra :-
➨ Sanjay Gandhi (Borivali) National Park
➨ Tadoba National Park
➨Nawegaon National Park
➨Gugamal National Park
➨Chandoli National Park

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