Published on August 25, 2025 · 2 minutes read
DRDO conducts maiden flight tests of IADWS off the coast of Odisha | Photo: X/@rajnathsingh
Stay ahead in your UPSC CSE prep with our daily News Summary. Designed to save time, it highlights key national and international events of August 25, 2025, from reputable sources such as The Hindu, Indian Express, PIB, and Akashvani News.
DRDO successfully conducts maiden flight tests of Integrated Air Defence Weapon System (IADWS)
- IADWS is an indigenous multi-layered air defence system comprising:
- Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missiles (QRSAM)
- Advanced Very Short Range Air Defence System (VSHORADS) missiles
- High-power laser-based Directed Energy Weapon (DEW)
- Integrated operation is controlled by a Centralised Command and Control Centre developed by DRDO.
Nepal joins International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA)
- IBCA is an India-led global initiative to protect seven species of big cats: tiger, lion, leopard, snow leopard, cheetah, jaguar and puma.
- IBCA was launched by PM Modi in 2023, in Mysuru ⇒ establishment of IBCA with its Secretariat HQ in India was approved in 2024.
- IBCA is a coalition comprising of 95 big cat range countries, non-range countries with an interest in big cat conservation, and various conservation partners.
- IBCA has 16 founding members and 13 member countries (including Nepal).
130th Constitution Amendment Bill
- Proposes that Ministers, including PM and CM, arrested for offences punishable with imprisonment of 5 years and above, and incarcerated as undertrials for 30 days, would lose office either by default on the 31st day or on the order of the President/Governor.
All India Speakers’ Conference
- Inaugurated by HM Amit Shah at the Delhi Assembly.
- Marks the centenary of election of Vithalbhai Patel as India’s first Speaker of the Central Legislative Assembly.
Miscellaneous
- Anish Dayal Singh: appointed as the new Deputy National Security Adviser, with a mandate to handle internal affairs.
- Borno state (Nigeria): military operations against Boko Haram (jihadist militant group based in Nigeria).
- Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways hosted the first-ever ASEAN-India Cruise Dialogue in Chennai on June 30, 2025 ⇒ All ASEAN countries and Timor-Leste attended it.
- Sanaa: Yemen’s capital; Houthis: Iran-backed rebels based in Yemen.
- El-Fasher: city in Darfur region, Sudan; Rapid Support Forces: rebel paramilitary forces in Sudan.
- Ranil Wickremesinghe: former president of Sri Lanka ⇒ recently arrested for allegedly misusing public funds while in office.
- Chief of the Army Staff, General Upendra Dwivedi has embarked on an official visit to Algeria.
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