TODAYS TOP NEWS
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1. President Droupadi Murmu has greeted citizens of the country on the eve of Ganesh Chaturthi
SRI GANESH CHATURTHI💐🌺 commemorates the birth of Sri Ganesh, the God of Wisdom, Wealth, and Fortune. The festival is a symbol of new beginnings and represents a new dawn. It is said that worshipping Sri Ganesha is essential before a new beginning. His blessing not only provides the strength and wisdom to proceed, but it also removes any impediments to success. Ganesh Chaturthi usually a 10 days festival which starts on the shukla paksha chaturthi (fourth day of the waxing moon) in the month of Bhadrapada according to the Indian calendar.
2. Maharashtra is gearing up to celebrate its biggest state festival, Ganeshotsav, beginning today.
3. PM Modi calls upon states to collectively participate to build Viksit Bharat by 2047.
4. Prime Minister Narendra Modi flags off ‘Made in India’ battery electric vehicle ‘E-Vitara’ and inaugurates hybrid battery electrodes plant in Gujarat; Calls it the beginning of new chapter in country’s Make in India journey.
5. Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education has postponed Class 10 and 11 exams scheduled for today. The BSF has also postponed the recruitment process for the Constable (GD) Exam 2025 scheduled for today at BSF Palours Camp, Jammu.
6. National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has launched a Project Aarohan to support the educational aspirations of toll plaza employees.
7. Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed the inaugural session of the two-day Vibrant Villages Programme workshop in New Delhi.
8. The Ministry of Railways and NTPC convened a National Conference on Fly Ash Utilisation and Transportation at the Power Management Institute in Noida. The Ministry highlighted that in 2024-25, India generated more than 340 million tonnes of fly ash, of which 332.63 million tonnes were successfully utilized.
9. The government has set up three high-level committees to celebrate the 150th birth anniversaries of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and tribal icon Birsa Munda, and the birth centenary of Atal Bihari Vajpayee. According to the Union Culture Ministry, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the chairman of all three committees. The Committee is tasked to approve plans, programmes, supervise and guide the commemoration ceremony across the country.
10. The Kailash Manasarovar Yatra via Nathu La Pass in Sikkim ended with the return of the 10th batch of 48 tourists from the pilgrimage site, officials said on Monday.
11. Senior bureaucrat Gyanesh Bharti has been appointed as Deputy Election Commissioner as part of a senior-level bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre on Monday.
12. Akash Tripathi (IAS) has been appointed as new Managing Director (MD) of Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) Limited.
13. Lalit Mansukhani, architect of Kavach, India’s indigenous automatic train protection system, has taken charge as the Principal Chief Safety Officer of Southern Railway.
14. Rashtriya Swayam Sewak Sangh Chief Mohan Bhagwat emphasised that discussions within the organisation should focus on facts, not perceptions. He said this while addressing the inaugural session of a three-day lecture series on 100 Years of Sangh Journey: New Horizons.
15. India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast that heavy rainfall will continue over the Northwest, Central and Eastern parts of the country for the next 4-5 days. Heavy to very heavy rainfall is expected at isolated places over Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and Odisha.
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LEGAL REPORT
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1. The Supreme Court slams Prolonged delays in High Court verdicts, orders strict action. warning that such a situation erodes “litigants’ faith in the judicial process”.
2. The Supreme Court on Monday directed the setting up of a special investigation team led by former top court judge, Justice J Chelameswar, for an independent factual appraisal of the allegations, including violation of rules in the procurement of animals for Anant Ambani’s Greens Zoological Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre – Vantara, Jamnagar, Gujarat.
3. Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil on Monday (August 25, 2025) gave the Maharashtra government an August 26 deadline to grant a 10% reservation for the Maratha community under the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category, warning of a large-scale protest if his demands are ignored.
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In Jammu and Kashmir, 10 people killed as heavy rains wreak havoc causing widespread flood and landslides; Situation also grim in Punjab.
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FINANCE
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1. The Government has imposed stock limits on wheat to manage the overall food security and to prevent hoarding and unscrupulous speculation. The stock limit for the traders and wholesalers has been reduced to two thousand metric tonnes from three thousand metric tonnes in the revised stock limit.
2. Sensex tanks over 500 points after US notifies 25 per cent additional tariffs on India.
3. The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) organised a Trader’s Conference on Next Generation GST Reforms in New Delhi.
4. The government has imposed stock limits on wheat to manage the overall food security and to prevent hoarding and unscrupulous speculation.
5. India Post Payments Bank achieves 60–70% annual growth, Posts ₹134 crore profit.
6. The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has urged people to avoid speculation on GST rates. In a social media post, CBIC said that decisions in this regard are taken collectively by the GST Council, which comprises the Centre and States.
7. Union Finance Ministry has introduced a one-time one-way switch facility from the newly introduced Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) to the National Pension System (NPS). According to an official notification, this facility is available to UPS subscribers up to one year before their superannuation or three months before voluntary retirement.
8. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has appointed Executive Director Indranil Bhattacharyya as an ex officio member of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), replacing Rajiv Ranjan ahead of the October policy meeting.
9. The central government has cleared the early disbursement of August 2025 salaries, wages, and pensions for its employees and pensioners in Maharashtra and Kerala. The move comes in view of the upcoming Ganapati celebrations in Maharashtra and the Onam festivities in Kerala.
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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
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1. The teaser for ‘Baahubali: The Epic,’ a remastered and re-edited version of two-part film, has released, exciting fans. To commemorate the first film’s 10th anniversary, director SS Rajamouli announced the combined film, set to release on October 31, 2025. The original films earned a combined ₹2438.06 crore worldwide, with the second installment becoming the third-highest-grossing Indian movie ever.
2. Renowned film producer Boney Kapoor has approached the Madras High Court alleging that three individuals have been unlawfully claiming right over an immovable property purchased by his wife and veteran actor A. Sridevi (since dead) at East Coast Road (ECR) in Chennai in 1988.
3. Bollywood actor Govinda and his wife Sunita Ahuja have been in the spotlight recently after reports claimed that Sunita had filed for divorce in December last year, allegedly citing adultery, cruelty, and desertion. However, the rumors were quickly dismissed by Govinda’s manager as well as the couple’s daughter, Tina Ahuja, who clarified that the reports were baseless, though confirming that Sunita did file for a divorce seven months ago but everything is getting settled.
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DEFENCE News
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1. Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh commissioned two of the Indian Navy’s advanced frontline frigates, INS Udaygiri and INS Himgiri, at the Eastern Naval Command in Visakhapatnam. Calls it the success of Make in India and Atmanirbhar Bharat initiatives.
2. The Indian Army will organise an Agniveer recruitment rally for shortlisted candidates from Arunachal Pradesh at Gyaptong Regional Stadium in Rupa from September 3 to 5, 2025, under the aegis of the Army Recruiting Office (ARO), Jorhat.
3. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) achieved milestone on 24 August 2025 by successfully conducting its first Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT-1). This test is crucial for the Gaganyaan mission, India’s maiden human spaceflight programme. The trial demonstrated the reliability of the parachute-based deceleration system designed to safely return astronauts to Earth. This achievement marks a key step towards human-rating India’s spaceflight launch and recovery systems.
4. The 14th edition of the India-Thailand joint military exercise Maitree is scheduled from 1 to 14 September 2025. It will be held at the Foreign Training Node in Umroi, Meghalaya. This exercise returns to Indian soil after five years. It aims to enhance the operational capabilities of both armies in counter-terrorism operations in semi-urban terrain under the United Nations mandate.
5. The ambitious “Sudarshan Chakra” project, recently announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Independence Day 2025, is envisioned as a robust indigenous multi-layered air defence shield aimed at safeguarding India’s vital strategic and civilian assets against hostile threats.
On Tuesday, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan delivered his first official remarks on the initiative at the Ran Samwad conference held at the Army War College.
6. The Indian Navy is set to host the ‘Emerging Leaders Panel Discussion’ under the framework of the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) from August 27–28, 2025, at the Southern Naval Command, Kochi.This high-profile two-day event will convene young naval leaders from 18 IONS member nations.
27 Aug (Wednesday)
Vedic Ritu/ Varsha
Drik Ritu : Sharad
पक्ष :: Shuklapaksh
(In Purnimanta calendar)
Vikram Samvat – 2082
Month : Bhadrapada 18
(In Amanta calendar)
Shaka Samvat – 1947
Month :Bhadrapada 4
Tithi : Chaturthi (up to 3:44 pm)Panchami
Nakshatra: Chitra
Rahu : 12:28 PM – 02:02 PM
Yamaganda : 07:45 AM – 09:19 AM
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