Daily Current Affairs Quiz: August 26, 2025

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The 14th edition of Exercise Maitree is a joint military drill between India and Thailand. It will be held in Umroi, Meghalaya, from September 1 to 14, 2025. The exercise focuses on sharing best practices in tactics, techniques, and procedures. It will strengthen operational capabilities for joint company-level counter-terrorism operations in semi-urban terrain. This edition is significant as the exercise is returning to India after five years. The last edition was held in Tak Province, Thailand, with 76 soldiers each from India’s Ladakh Scouts and Thailand’s 1st Battalion of the 14th Infantry Regiment.

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A social outfit organised a march in Habra, North 24-Parganas, with around 1,000 Matua community members against the proposed Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bengal. The Scheduled Caste Federation led the 3 km march, claiming SIR would harm Matuas who migrated from Bangladesh and face documentation issues. The Matua community is a marginalized Hindu sect with roots in the 19th century. The Matua community is primarily found in the Bengal region, with a significant presence in both West Bengal and Bangladesh. It was founded by Harichand Thakur in the 1860s against caste discrimination. Matuas are the second largest Scheduled Caste (SC) group in West Bengal.

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Indian Naval Ship (INS) Kadmatt completed a three-day port call at Surabaya, Indonesia recently. INS Kadmatt is an indigenous stealth anti-submarine warfare corvette built under Project 28. It is the second of four such corvettes built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers, Kolkata. The ship was commissioned into the Indian Navy in January 2016. It is part of the Eastern Naval Command and named after Kadmat Island in Lakshadweep. Its main role is anti-submarine warfare to protect convoys and ports from submarine attacks.

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On 23 August 2025, a program under the National Action for Mechanized Sanitation Ecosystem (NAMASTE) Scheme was held at Shri Krishna Memorial Hall, Patna, Bihar. It was attended by Dr. Virendra Kumar, Union Minister, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India. The scheme focuses on dignity, safety, and socio-economic empowerment of sanitation workers. It is jointly implemented by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MoSJE) and the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA). So far, 85,819 Sewer & Septic Tank Workers (SSWs) have been profiled, 76,736 provided PPE Kits, and 60,586 given Ayushman Cards.

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Nepal has officially joined the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA), an India-led global initiative to protect seven species of big cats. The IBCA is a multi-country, multi-agency coalition of over 90 big cat range and non-range countries interested in conservation. Nepal joined by signing the Framework Agreement on August 24, 2025. Nepal’s landscape hosts snow leopard, tiger, and common leopard, strengthening global collaboration for big cat conservation. The alliance focuses on tiger, lion, leopard, snow leopard, cheetah, jaguar, and puma conservation.