Current Affairs One-liners — 14 September 2025

Sun, 14 Sept 2025

• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh approved the Defence Procurement Manual 2025 on 14 September 2025 to simplify revenue procurement for the armed forces, replacing the manual last promulgated in 2009.
• Minakshi Hooda won the women's 48kg title on 14 September 2025 after Jaismine Lamboria took the 57kg gold, giving India two golds, a silver and a bronze at the World Boxing Championships in Liverpool.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation of projects worth around ₹6,500 crore in Darrang and inaugurated the Assam Bioethanol Plant at Numaligarh Refinery in Golaghat on 14 September 2025, and announced a nationwide Demography Mission.
• The Union Public Service Commission piloted AI-enabled facial authentication at select Gurugram centres during the NDA & NA II and CDS II examinations on 14 September 2025, cutting verification to 8–10 seconds per candidate.
• Union Home Minister Amit Shah attended the fifth Akhil Bhartiya Rajbhasha Sammelan in Gandhinagar, Gujarat as chief guest on Hindi Diwas, 14 September 2025, where the Saarthi translation system was launched.
• The Indian women's hockey team lost 4-1 to hosts China in the Women's Asia Cup 2025 final in Hangzhou on 14 September 2025, winning silver but missing direct qualification for the 2026 World Cup.
• The Commerce and Industry Ministry said on 14 September 2025 that the application window for the PLI Scheme for White Goods (ACs and LED lights) would reopen from 15 September to 14 October 2025.
• The President appointed Justice M. Sundar of the Madras High Court as Chief Justice of the High Court of Manipur, the Law Ministry notified on 14 September 2025, on the retirement of Justice Kempaiah Somashekar.