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Highlights of 16 August 2025 Current Affairs
- Western Australia experienced its longest and most intense marine heatwave, causing severe coral bleaching on Ningaloo Reef and contributing to a global fourth mass bleaching event.
- Coral bleaching occurs when stressed corals expel algae, losing color, vital nutrients, and becoming highly vulnerable to disease and mortality.
- India and Singapore held the Ministerial Roundtable, focusing on advanced manufacturing, connectivity, digitalization, healthcare, skills, and sustainability, reinforcing private sector participation.
- Singapore remains India’s largest ASEAN trading partner, with strong FDI inflows, cross-border digital payments, and collaboration in multilateral platforms like ISA and GBA.
- IN-SPACe selected a consortium led by PixxelSpace India to build India’s first indigenous commercial Earth Observation satellite constellation with advanced imaging sensors.
- RBI released the FREE-AI framework to promote safe, transparent, and ethical AI adoption in India’s financial sector, balancing innovation with risk management.
- The Union Environment Ministry appointed new judicial and expert members to strengthen the National Green Tribunal for faster, specialized environmental dispute resolution.
- India formally approved its bid to host the 2030 Commonwealth Games, aiming to promote sports development and showcase national organizational capabilities.
- Project Kusha, India’s long-range surface-to-air missile programme, aims to enhance indigenous air defence with multiple interceptors covering 150–600 km ranges.
- NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory missions track global CO2 emissions and plant health, providing crucial climate data for policymaking, agriculture planning, and carbon mitigation assessment.
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