📶 Top 10 GK/Current Affairs - 1st August 2025
1. Who inaugurated the first convocation of AIIMS Deoghar on July 31, 2025?
✅ President Droupadi Murmu presided over the ceremony in Deoghar, Jharkhand.
2. Who became the new Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Western Naval Command on July 31, 2025?
✅ Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan (AVSM, VSM) assumed the role.
3. Which central government scheme funds tourism infrastructure development at religious and heritage sites?
✅ The PRASHAD Scheme (Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual, Heritage Augmentation Drive) by the Ministry of Tourism provides financial support to states/UTs for this purpose.
4. Which Indian port became home to a newly inaugurated 1 MW Green Hydrogen Power Plant under the National Green Hydrogen Mission?
✅ Deendayal Port Authority (Kandla), inaugurated by Union Minister Shri Sarbananda Sonowal, marking progress toward India's 2030 green energy goals.
5. Which Indian university partnered with NRDC to boost research commercialization, witnessed by Uttarakhand's Governor?
✅ Doon University (Dehradun) signed an MoA with NRDC at Raj Bhawan, with Lt Gen Gurmit Singh presiding.
6. How many states will benefit from the Railways' newly approved 574 km multitracking projects?
✅ Six states (Maharashtra, MP, West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, Jharkhand) across 13 districts.
7. Who became Vice Chief of the Army Staff on 31 July 2025?
✅ Lieutenant General Pushpendra Singh.
8. Who took charge as the 47th Vice Chief of the Naval Staff on 1 August 2025?
✅ Vice Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan, AVSM, NM.
9. Who made history as the first woman appointed UK’s Astronomer Royal in 350 years?*
✅ Professor Michele Dougherty.
10. How many Jan Aushadhi Kendras opened at railway stations by June 2025?
✅ 106.