Current Affairs One-liners — 29 September 2025

Mon, 29 Sept 2025

• India's Index of Industrial Production (IIP) grew 4.0% year-on-year in August 2025, up from 3.5% in July, led by mining (6.0%).
• The National Biodiversity Authority announced on 29 September 2025 that it has sanctioned ₹82 lakh to the Andhra Pradesh Biodiversity Board to raise one lakh Red Sanders saplings under the Access and Benefit Sharing mechanism.
• Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary flagged off seven new trains in Bihar on 29 September 2025, including three Amrit Bharat Express trains.
• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh addressed the inaugural session of the 42nd Indian Coast Guard Commanders' Conference at ICG Headquarters, New Delhi, on 29 September 2025.
• The Ministry of Home Affairs said on 29 September 2025 that the government remains open to dialogue on Ladakh with the Apex Body Leh and the Kargil Democratic Alliance at any time.
• The Unique Identification Authority of India held its fourth Aadhaar Samvaad stakeholder conference in Hyderabad on 29 September 2025, where India Post unveiled an Aadhaar MyStamp for the 16th Aadhaar Day.
• Maharashtra Industrial Township Limited marked the sixth anniversary of AURIC Industrial Smart City at Shendra on 29 September 2025 and opened the AURIC–Samruddhi Connector to the Mumbai–Nagpur Expressway.
• Civil Aviation Minister Rammohan Naidu Kinjarapu inaugurated an Udan Yatri Cafe at Vijayawada International Airport on 29 September 2025, making it the seventh airport with the low-cost food outlet.
• The Empowered Task Force on Ganga Rejuvenation held its 16th meeting under Jal Shakti Minister C.R. Paatil on 29 September 2025 and released a report on the impacts of sand mining in large rivers.
• The Department of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare reported on 29 September 2025 that kharif rice was sown on 441.58 lakh hectare as of 26 September, up from 435.68 lakh hectare a year earlier.