Current Affairs July 2025
Stay updated with the most important national and international events from July 2025. This summary is structured week-wise with bullet points for enhanced readability and exam preparation.
📅 1st–4th July 2025
🛳️ ASEAN–India Cruise Dialogue Inaugurated
- Hosted aboard MV Empress in Chennai on July 1.
- Over 30 ASEAN nations participated.
- Promotes India’s Act East Policy and maritime tourism.
👨⚕️ National Doctors’ Day (1 July)
- Theme: “Behind the Mask: Who Heals the Healers?”
🔫 Major Arms Seizure in Manipur (4 July)
- Security forces recovered 203 firearms amid ethnic tensions.
- Highlights continued instability in the region.
🏛️ Key Union Cabinet Approvals
- ₹1 Lakh Crore RDI Scheme for research and innovation via ANRF.
- Employment Linked Incentive (ELI) Scheme to create 3.5 crore jobs by 2027.
- Approval of National Sports Policy for sports integration and athlete welfare.
📅 5th–7th July 2025
📵 Twitter/X Blocked Temporarily (5 July)
- Blocked under Section 69A due to misinformation concerns.
- Restored within 24 hours after regulatory intervention.
💥 Tamil Nadu Fireworks Factory Explosion (6 July)
- Occurred in Virudhunagar district.
- 10 fatalities reported due to unsafe conditions.
🌍 BRICS Summit – Rio de Janeiro (6–7 July)
- Focused on climate finance, AI ethics, and Global South reforms.
- PM Modi honored with the “Key to the City of Buenos Aires”.
📅 8th–10th July 2025
🌉 Vadodara Bridge Collapse (9 July)
- Bridge failure caused vehicles to fall into the river.
- 11 people confirmed dead.
✈️ Indian Air Force Trainer Crash (9 July)
- Aircraft crashed near Churu, Rajasthan.
- Two pilots lost their lives.
⚔️ Manipur Ethnic Conflict Intensifies
- 86 additional firearms and over 900 rounds of ammo recovered.
📅 11th–15th July 2025
👥 World Population Day (11 July)
- Theme: “Empowering Youth for Sustainable Development”
- Focus on leveraging India's demographic dividend.
🪖 India Participates in Exercise Talisman Sabre (13 July)
- Held in Australia with 19 participating nations.
- Strengthens Indo-Pacific military ties.
👨🚀 Shubhanshu Shukla’s Space Mission (Ax-4)
- Returned after completing 310+ Earth orbits.
- India's 2nd astronaut to travel to the ISS.
✈️ GE‑F404 Jet Engines Delivered to HAL (15 July)
- To power India’s LCA Tejas Mk‑1A fighter jets.
- Boosts indigenous defence capabilities.
📅 16th–23rd July 2025
🏰 Maratha Military Landscapes Declared UNESCO Site (11 July)
- Recognized for historical and architectural significance.
🇮🇳🇨🇳 India–China Tensions Over Dalai Lama Succession
- China called the issue a “thorn” in diplomatic relations.
- Raised ahead of India’s Foreign Minister visit to Beijing.
🧳 India Resumes Tourist Visas for Chinese Nationals (24 July)
- After nearly five years of suspension.
- Aims to boost bilateral tourism and trade.
📃 Cabinet Approves India–UK Free Trade Agreement
- Covers 99% of tariff lines.
- Aims to double bilateral trade to $120 billion by 2030.
🖥️ Advanced Cyber Skill Centre Launched in Mumbai
- Focus on empowering youth and women in cybersecurity.
- Skill-based initiative under Digital India 2.0.
📅 24th–30th July 2025
🛰️ ISRO–NASA NISAR Satellite to Launch (30 July)
- Joint mission to monitor:
- Climate change
- Earthquakes
- Forest cover
- Ice loss
- Will enhance India's space-based observation infrastructure.
📈 Economy & Financial Updates – July 2025
📉 Foreign Portfolio Investor (FPI) Activity
- Net outflows: ₹17,741 crore.
- Driven by global tariff tension and market volatility.
💱 Indian Markets Cautious Amid U.S. Tariffs
- Rupee remained flat.
- Bond markets await RBI and Fed policy signals.
🪙 RBI’s Gold Reserves Rise
- Purchased half a tonne of gold in June.
- Gold now forms 12.1% of India’s forex reserves.
🗓️ Important Days in July 2025
- 1 July – National Doctors’ Day
- 7 July – World Chocolate Day
- 10 July – Guru Purnima
- 11 July – World Population Day
- 17–19 July – Kargil Vijay Diwas observance
- 30 July – World Nature Conservation Day
