Current Affairs — 09 September 2025
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Tue, 09 Sept 2025
Nepal PM K.P. Sharma Oli resigns after Gen Z protests; India's CCS reviews situation
Nepal's Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli resigned on 9 September 2025 after youth-led protests sparked by a social media ban turned deadly, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a Cabinet Committee on Security meeting on Nepal the same evening.
PM surveys floods in Himachal and Punjab, announces ₹1,500 crore and ₹1,600 crore aid
Prime Minister Narendra Modi conducted aerial surveys of flood-hit Himachal Pradesh and Punjab on 9 September 2025 and announced financial assistance of ₹1,500 crore for Himachal Pradesh and ₹1,600 crore for Punjab.
C.P. Radhakrishnan elected Vice President with 452 votes; B. Sudershan Reddy gets 300
NDA nominee C.P. Radhakrishnan was declared elected Vice President of India on 9 September 2025 by Returning Officer P.C. Mody, securing 452 first-preference votes against 300 for B. Sudershan Reddy.
India launches UPI–UPU integration at 28th Universal Postal Congress in Dubai
Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia unveiled the UPI–UPU Integration project at the 28th Universal Postal Congress in Dubai on 9 September 2025, linking India's UPI with the Universal Postal Union's Interconnection Platform for cross-border remittances.
EU lists 102 new Indian fishery establishments for seafood exports
The European Union has listed 102 new Indian fishery establishments for exports to EU member countries, the Commerce Ministry said on 9 September 2025, expanding market access for shrimp and cephalopods.
ESIC's SPREE-2025 and AMNESTY Scheme-2025 to widen social security coverage
The Employees' State Insurance Corporation's SPREE-2025 registration drive runs till 31 December 2025, while its AMNESTY Scheme-2025 for ESI Act disputes runs from 1 October 2025 to 30 September 2026, ESIC officials said on 9 September 2025.
Agriculture Ministry explains biostimulant regulation under FCO; 146 products in Schedule VI
The Agriculture Ministry said on 9 September 2025 that only 146 biostimulant products have been included in Schedule VI of the Fertilizer Control Order, 1985, after provisional registrations covering more than 8,000 products ended.
Indian contingent leaves for multilateral Exercise ZAPAD 2025 in Russia
A 65-member Indian Armed Forces contingent departed on 9 September 2025 for the multilateral joint military exercise ZAPAD 2025 at the Mulino Training Ground in Nizhniy, Russia, held from 10 to 16 September.
34-million-year-old fossil leaves from Nagaland link Antarctic ice to Indian monsoon
A study by the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences and Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, released by DST on 9 September 2025, used 34-million-year-old fossil leaves from Nagaland's Laisong Formation to link Antarctic ice formation with the early Indian monsoon.
ECGC reports record export support of ₹8.55 lakh crore in FY 2024-25
ECGC, the government's export credit insurance entity, reported at its 67th AGM on 9 September 2025 an all-time high of ₹8.55 lakh crore in exports supported in FY 2024-25, up 17%.