Current Affairs One-liners — 14 December 2025

Sun, 14 Dec 2025

• India won the SDAT Squash World Cup for the first time on 14 December 2025, beating top seeds Hong Kong, China 3-0 in the final at Express Avenue Mall, Chennai.
• Prafulla Govinda Baruah, editor and managing director of The Assam Tribune group and a Padma Shri awardee, died at a hospital in Guwahati at about 9:30 pm on 14 December 2025.
• Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced in the Assembly at Nagpur on 14 December 2025, the last day of the winter session, that a 'New Nagpur' business district modelled on Mumbai's Bandra Kurla Complex would create over 5 lakh jobs.
• President Droupadi Murmu presented the National Energy Conservation Awards 2025 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, on National Energy Conservation Day, 14 December 2025.
• The Ministry of Railways said on 14 December 2025 that Sairang Railway Station in Mizoram had handled its first direct inward automobile rake, carrying 119 Maruti cars from Changsari near Guwahati.
• Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan released a commemorative postage stamp in honour of Emperor Perumbidugu Mutharaiyar II (Suvaran Maran) at the Vice-President's Enclave, New Delhi, on 14 December 2025.
• Miyana Railway Station in Guna, Madhya Pradesh received the National Energy Conservation Award 2025 as the Best Performing Unit among railway stations at the national ceremony on 14 December 2025.
• The Office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts) launched the first Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay Craft Lecture Series at The Kunj, New Delhi, on 14 December 2025, with a keynote by Padma Bhushan awardee Rajeev Sethi on 'Handmade for Gen-Next'.
• The Ministry of Railways said on 14 December 2025 that Indian Railways produced more than 42,600 Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) coaches between 2014 and 2025, against 2,300 in 2004–2014.
• The Ministry of MSME said on 14 December 2025 that Quality Control Orders are implemented with exemptions for MSMEs, including extra time for micro and small enterprises and concessions of up to 80% in the BIS annual minimum marking fee.