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Highlights of 8 August 2025 Current Affairs
- Parliament passed the Merchant Shipping Bill, 2025, and Carriage of Goods by Sea Bill, 2025, modernizing maritime laws, aligning with global conventions, and improving ease of doing business.
- ASEAN’s centrality faces challenges from U.S.-China rivalry, tariff wars, and weakening multilateral forums, prompting calls for stronger internal cohesion and diversified strategic partnerships.
- Japan marked 80 years since the Hiroshima atomic bombing, reflecting on its devastating impact, nuclear arms race origins, and global disarmament efforts through major treaties and initiatives.
- WMO certified an 829 km lightning flash across U.S. skies as the world’s longest, highlighting climate change, pollution, and urbanization’s role in increasing lightning incidents.
- RBI revised co-lending norms, mandating 10% loan retention, uniform asset classification, and transparency in interest rates, aiming to strengthen risk management between banks and NBFCs.
- The Prime Minister inaugurated Kartavya Bhawan, a GRIHA-4 compliant green building under the Central Vista Project, showcasing solar energy use, rainwater harvesting, and sustainable design.
- RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee kept the repo rate unchanged at 5.5%, maintaining a neutral stance to balance inflation control with economic growth recovery priorities.
- India reaffirmed support for ASEAN centrality, advocating deeper cooperation in maritime security, digital connectivity, and trade diversification to promote a free, inclusive, and rules-based Indo-Pacific.
- India’s NDMA and IMD enhanced lightning preparedness with real-time alert apps, early warning systems, and public awareness campaigns to mitigate fatalities and property damage risks.
- The Carriage of Goods by Sea Bill, 2025, adopted Hague-Visby Rules, empowering the Centre to regulate Bills of Lading and align cargo transport laws globally.
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