25 August Current Affairs

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ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

 

  • 1943 Provisional Government of Free India Declared by Subhas Chandra Bose
  • 2014 Oscar Pistorius Convicted for 5 Years

 

NATIONAL

 

  • Ex Attorney General K Parasaran given the ‘Most Eminent Senior Citizen Award’ by Age Care India in New Delhi
  • Tamil Nadu CM K. Palaniswami conferred honorary doctorate by the Dr MGR Educational and Research Institute in Chennai

 

ENVIRONMENT

 

  • The Liberal Democrats have pledged to plant 60m trees every year if they get into government, increasing the UK’s forest cover by 1m hectares by 2045.
  • Amazon deforestation 'at highest level in a decade'

 

WORLD

 

  • Union Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan attends G20 Health Ministers’ Meeting in Okayama City, Japan
  • Britain asks EU for Brexit delay beyond the current October 31 deadline, EU leaders to decide

 

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

 

  • C.B.S Nakal is the chairman of Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO)
  • Novak Djokovic won the 48th edition 2019 Rolex Paris Masters. 
  • The first India International Science Festival (IISF) was held in chennai
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