NEWS 05-08-2025. News For 8th-Aug (Friday) *National* 1. Union Cabinet has approved the total outlay of 6,520 crore rupees for expansion of *Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana*. 2. Senior scientist of the ISRO A. Rajarajan will take over as the new director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre from August 1. *DEFENCE* 1. Lt Gen Pushpendra Singh has become the Vice Chief of the Army Staff on 01 August, succeeding Lt Gen NS Raja Subramani. 2. *Indeginously built 3rd ship of Nilgiri Class* (Project 17A) has been delivered to the Indian Navy at Kolkata. 3. The Indian Navy received indeginously made *advanced guided-missile frigate - HIMGIRI*. 4. Vice Admiral Manish Chadha, AVSM, VSM assumed the command of Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala. 5. National Security Adviser Ajit Doval has gone to Moscow for a visit focused on strengthening India’s defence and energy ties with Russia. *INTERNATIONAL* 1. US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order introducing new tariffs on a broad range of its trading partners, including India, set to come into effect on August 7. 2. Myanmar has announced the formation of a new Union Govt to be led by U Nyo Saw as the PM. 3. IAF has received the 16th Airbus C-295 military transport aircraft. Now the production of 40 Made-in-India C295s from the TATA-Airbus plant, will start from Sep 2026. 4. PM Modi is scheduled to visit Japan on August 30 for a bilateral summit hosted by PM Fumio Kishida. He will then travel to China to attend the SCO summit hosted on August 31 and September 1. This will be his first visit to China since the Galwan Valley clash between Indian and Chinese troops in June 2020. *SPORTS* 1. Indian Navy Football Team (INFT) earned a crucial 2-1 win over rival Real Kashmir FC (RKFC) in a closely contested Group F encounter of the 134th Indian Oil Durand Cup 2025 in Imphal. < < Back