Daily Current Affairs – 02 August 2025

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Major Restructuring in Rajasthan's Urban Governance: Formation of 10,175 Urban Wards In the latest delimitation exercise the number of wards in the urban local bodies of Rajasthan have been increased from 7475 to 10175. The total number of urban local bodies (ULBs) will increase from 196 in 2019 to 309 in 2025 post delimitation. Big cities such as Jaipur, Jodhpur, and Kota will now have a unified municipal corporation instead of two. Delimitation and reorganization of municipal boundaries have been...

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Arun Chaturvedi Appointed Chairman of Rajasthan State Finance Commission Former minister and ex-BJP State President Arun Chaturvedi has been appointed as the new Chairman of the State Finance Commission (SFC). Former bureaucrat Naresh Kumar Thakral has been appointed as the Member Secretary of the Commission. The tenure of the newly formed commission will be one and a half years (18 months). The Commission will decide the share of local bodies in the state’s net proceeds of the taxes. Key Points...

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71st National Film Awards 2025 The 71st National Film Awards, announced in August 2025, become part of a great passage in Indian film legacy. These awards are given by the Directorate of Film Festivals under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting by recognizing artistic and technical excellence of Indian cinema. The highlight of the current edition was the availability of regional voices, acknowledgement of socially relevant themes, and opposite proportion of commercial and critical cinema. Significance of the National Film...