Current Affairs : 18 August 2025

Current Affairs

18 August 2025

• The Bihar government launched the JP Senani Pension Scheme.
• The Uttarakhand Cabinet approved a 10% reservation in government jobs for former Agniveers.
• India achieved 100 GW of Solar PV Module Manufacturing Capacity.
• The theme for India’s 79th Independence Day was ‘Naya Bharat’.
• The 13th India-UAE Joint Defence Cooperation Committee (JDCC) Meeting was held in New Delhi.
• The Union Minister of Heavy Industries and Steel, H.D. Kumaraswamy, launched the logo, brochure, and website for ‘Bharat Steel 2026’.
• UIDAI signed an agreement with the Indian Statistical Institute to strengthen Aadhaar security and reliability.
• Paytm Payments Services Limited (PPSL) received approval from the RBI to operate as a Payment Aggregator.
• BSE Index Services launched the BSE India Defence Index to track stock performance in the defense sector.
• SBI launched a ₹4 lakh collateral-free loan scheme for Agniveers.