Current Affairs 31 July 2025

India to host AI Impact Summit in Feb 2026.

• India will host the AI Impact Summit in February 2026.
• Summit focus areas: healthcare, education, agriculture, climate change, and governance.
• Aim: To use AI to solve real-world challenges and make it accessible to all.
• The government is expanding AI infrastructure, including access to GPU computing power.

India, UAE sign agreement on Maritime Security and Safety Cooperation.

• India and UAE signed a Maritime Security and Safety Cooperation Agreement in New Delhi.
• The agreement was signed between the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) and the UAE National Guard Command.
• It aims to enhance bilateral maritime cooperation and ensure a safe, secure, and sustainable maritime environment.
• This is 10th such MoU with the Coast Guard agencies of friendly foreign countries (FFCs).

Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog presents India’s Third VNR at UN-HLPF.

• NITI Aayog presented India’s Third Voluntary National Review (VNR) Report on SDGs.
• The report was submitted at the Ministerial Segment of the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on SDGs.
• HLPF is convened by the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
• The HLPF is the main platform for global SDG reviews, held annually since 2016 under ECOSOC.

India-US maiden space collaboration NISAR placed in precise orbit.

• India and the US marked their first space collaboration with the launch of NISAR.
• NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) was jointly developed by ISRO and NASA.
• Launched by ISRO's GSLV-F16 rocket, the satellite was placed in a Sun Synchronous Polar Orbit (SSPO) at around 745 km altitude.
• The satellite uses dual-band radar technology: L-band and S-band systems.

Agniveers to Be Inducted into Corbett Tiger Protection Force.

• In Uttarakhand, Agniveer soldiers will be directly inducted into the upcoming Tiger Protection Force.
• The announcement was made by CM Pushkar Singh Dhami on International Tiger Day.
• The Tiger Protection Force is being set up at the Corbett Tiger Reserve.
• Over 80 youth will be recruited to safeguard tigers and habitats and combat wildlife crimes.