New statistics as of July 2025 show a sharp hike in India’s consumer dispute resolving device effectiveness. Ten states and the NCDRC11 have a case disposal rate of more than 100%, indicating they settled more cases than were filed during the period. This dramatic transformation is primarily due to the national and state-level deployment of the integrated e-Jagriti platform.

South Korea and the United States have already started their annual joint large-scale drill, Ulchi Freedom Guardian. The 11-day exercise brings together roughly 21,000 troops, with about 18,000 of them South Korean service members, and is aimed at improving joint responses to threats from nuclear-armed North Korea.

The next climate summit (COP 30) in November 2025 in Belem, Brazil, comes at a critical time. With international attempts to limit climate change off track, the conference is likely to see the world’s resolve put to the test in the face of a planetary emergency.

The central government is making efforts to ensure that the creamy layercritieria for reservation in jobs and education for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) is implemented uniformly. The move is aimed at removing anomalies in the application of the measure across central and state government jobs, PSUs and universities and is being referred to as a parity for reserved category candidates.

The Union Home Ministry feels that the Lieutenant Governor (LG) of Jammu & Kashmir is within his rights to appoint five members to the J&K Legislative Assembly without the consent of Council of Ministers that has been elected by the J&K and given Legislative Assembly numbers even this elected Council of ministers may not be able to do so. This stand made in front of the J&K and Ladakh High Court has triggered a debate on democratic principles in Union Territories (UTs) with legislatures.