Current Affairs One-liners — 25 April 2026
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Sat, 25 Apr 2026
- DRDO Chairman Samir V Kamat unveiled the Advanced Armoured Platforms (Tracked and Wheeled), designed by the Vehicles Research & Development Establishment, at Ahilyanagar, Maharashtra on 25 April 2026; both carry a 30 mm crewless turret and are amphibious.
- DPIIT issued operational guidelines on 25 April 2026 for the ₹10,000 crore Startup India Fund of Funds 2.0, to be deployed through SEBI-registered Category I and II AIFs, with SIDBI as the initial Implementation Agency.
- India met its all-time highest peak electricity demand of 256.1 GW at 15:38 hrs on 25 April 2026 without any shortage, surpassing the previous record of 250 GW set on 30 May 2024, the Ministry of Power said.
- Census 2027 will be India's first digital enumeration using mobile-based data collection, the 16th census overall and 8th since Independence, with caste enumeration and an outlay of ₹11,718.24 crore, a PIB backgrounder said on 25 April 2026.
- Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on 25 April 2026 flagged off flight hardware of Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram-1, India's first privately built orbital rocket, from Hyderabad to the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, where the company hopes to launch it in June.
- Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Manohar Lal released NITI Aayog's report 'Moving Towards Effective City Government – A Framework for Million-plus Cities' on 25 April 2026, recommending a directly elected Mayor with a fixed tenure and an empowered Mayor-in-Council.
- Indian Coast Guard Director General Paramesh Sivamani inaugurated the OTM Administrative Complex of Coast Guard District Headquarters No. 13 at Puducherry on 25 April 2026, housing an Operations Centre and the Maritime Rescue Sub Centre, Puducherry.
- Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman delivered the keynote at SEBI's 38th Foundation Day in Mumbai on 25 April 2026, launched SEBI's nationwide investor awareness initiative 'Mission Jagrook', and urged regulated entities to strengthen cyber security.
- Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis launched the 'Goda to Narmada' Jal Yatra from Trimbakeshwar in Nashik district on 25 April 2026, a five-day water conservation campaign (25–29 April) marking the 300th birth anniversary of Ahilyabai Holkar.
- The India Meteorological Department issued detailed heatwave guidance on 25 April 2026 as maximum temperatures reached 40–44°C across northwest, central and peninsular India, with the highest of 44.5°C at Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan.
- Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO), a Navratna CPSE under the Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry, marked its 56th Foundation Day 'Sankalp Diwas' on 25 April 2026, where the Urban Invest Window (UiWIN) Technical Assistance Framework was unveiled.