Current Affairs 25th August 2016

The government today launched Accessible E-Library ‘Sugamya Pustakalaya’ for Divyang under Prime Minister’s Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan
Krishna Pushkaram river festival concludes with grand display of Pavitra Harati
President of India inaugurates CII-IIEST conference on “Enabling Make in India through Industry Academia Innovation Platform”
Odisha Cabinet has approved the Odisha Startup Policy 2016
Maharashtra becomes first state to sign an agreement with the Civil Aviation Ministry to develop 10 non-functional regional airports
Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu commissioned a new railway line between Nandyala and Yerraguntla
MP Assembly ratifies GST Constitution Amendment Bill
Haryana CM announces Sakshi malik as brand ambassador for Beti Bachao, Beti Padao campaign
Meeting of BRICS ministers of Disaster Management concludes in Udaipur
Centre to provide employment opportunities to 1.4 lakh youths in J&K
Maharashtra, Telangana sign pact for 3 irrigation projects
Cabinet approves draft bill on surrogacy

Two-day SAARC Finance Ministers’ Conference begins in Islamabad
India has figured among the top 10 wealthiest countries in the world with a total individual wealth of $5,600 billion while the United States topped the chart
The world’s largest indoor theme park is set to open in Dubai to lure back some of the tourists and residents who often flee abroad during the scorching desert summer
U.S. Postal Service to issue Diwali stamp
President of Egypt Abdel Fattah Al Sisi will visit India from 1st to 3rd of next month

Eminent scientist P D Gupta was today appointed as Vice Chancellor of Mumbai-based Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI)

Software giant Microsoft has bought a smart scheduling app Genee, as part of its effort to embed artificial intelligence (AI) to compete with the likes of Google Now and Apple

Astrophysicist Anjali Tripathi from California and physician Tina R Shah from Chicago are among the 16 White House Fellows appointed from across the nation for the year 2016-17

China’s unmanned submersible sets new national record
China has launched its first Tibetan-language search engine ‘Yongzin’. The search engine will serve as a unified portal for all major Tibetan-language websites in China
FSS launches new authentication platform ‘FSS Access Control Server’ for online transactions
North Korea test fires new ballistic missile

The Indian men’s hockey team slipped one place to sixth in the FIH rankings after a lacklustre show at the Rio Olympics while the women gained one position to be at 12th in the latest charts released
Vikash Anand wins premier title in National Racing
Russia will not compete at next month’s Paralympics in Rio after losing an appeal against a ban imposed for state-sponsored doping