Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Fri, 19 Dec 2025

• The Winter Session 2025 of Parliament, which began on 1 December 2025, was adjourned sine die in New Delhi on 19 December 2025 after 15 sittings spread over 19 days, with eight Bills passed by both Houses.
• Three metric tonnes of GI-tagged Indi Lime from Vijayapura district of Karnataka were exported to Oman on 19 December 2025, the produce's first shipment to the Omani market.
• The National Biodiversity Authority released ₹14.88 crore as Access and Benefit Sharing funds to the Andhra Pradesh Forest Department on 19 December 2025 for the conservation of Red Sanders, taking India's total ABS disbursements past ₹143 crore.
• ISRO completed qualification tests of the drogue parachutes for the Gaganyaan crew module at the Rail Track Rocket Sled facility of DRDO's Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory, Chandigarh on 18 and 19 December 2025.
• Indian Coast Guard Ship Amulya, the third of eight Adamya-class Fast Patrol Vessels built by Goa Shipyard Limited, was commissioned in Goa on 19 December 2025 and will be based at Paradip, Odisha.
• Goa Liberation Day was observed on 19 December 2025, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi recalling the sacrifices of those who fought for Goa's freedom and Home Minister Amit Shah noting that Indians needed permission to visit Goa till 1961.
• The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances launched Good Governance Week 2025, observed from 19 to 25 December, in New Delhi on 19 December 2025 with guidelines for the nationwide 'Prashasan Gaon Ki Ore' campaign.
• Rajasthan implemented outbound portability under the Mukhyamantri Ayushman Arogya (MAA) Yojana from 19 December 2025, letting eligible residents get cashless treatment at empanelled hospitals in other states.
• India and the Netherlands announced the India–Netherlands Joint Trade and Investment Committee (JTIC) through an MoU in New Delhi on 19 December 2025, during Dutch Foreign Minister David van Weel's visit.

Thu, 18 Dec 2025

• India and Oman signed the India–Oman Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) in Oman on 18 December 2025 in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sultan Haitham bin Tarik, giving zero-duty access on 98.08% of Oman's tariff lines.
• The Rajya Sabha passed the Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Bill, 2025 in New Delhi on 18 December 2025, completing its passage a day after the Lok Sabha.
• The Lok Sabha passed the Viksit Bharat—Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill, 2025 by voice vote in New Delhi on 18 December 2025, amid Opposition protests.
• The Karnataka Legislative Assembly passed the Hate Speech and Hate Crimes (Prevention) Bill, 2025 in Belagavi on 18 December 2025, with a jail term of up to seven years and a fine of up to ₹1 lakh.
• The second edition of the India–UAE Joint Military Exercise Desert Cyclone-II was scheduled at Abu Dhabi, UAE from 18 to 30 December 2025, with a 45-member Indian Army contingent.
• The Department of Financial Services unveiled a common logo for the 28 Regional Rural Banks on 18 December 2025 under the #OneRRBOneLogo initiative, after RRBs were consolidated on the 'One State One RRB' principle.
• Sultan Haitham bin Tarik conferred the Order of Oman on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Oman on 18 December 2025, during a visit that coincided with 70 years of India–Oman diplomatic relations.
• The Assam Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in Dispur on 18 December 2025, approved declaring Kumari Beel and Dhamar Beel in Goalpara district as Proposed Reserved Forests.
• The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways approved the ₹887 crore 'Viksit Bharat Mumbai Marina' in Mumbai Harbour, Maharashtra, announced on 18 December 2025, with capacity to berth 424 yachts.
• Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar flagged off 34 mobile forensic laboratory vehicles in Patna on 18 December 2025 so that forensic teams can begin examinations at crime scenes.
• The Competition Commission of India said on 18 December 2025 that it had taken cognizance of information filed against IndiGo over recent flight disruptions and would proceed under the Competition Act, 2002.

Wed, 17 Dec 2025

• Parliament passed the Sabka Bima Sabki Raksha (Amendment of Insurance Laws) Bill, 2025 on 17 December 2025, allowing up to 100% Foreign Direct Investment in insurance companies.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Joint Session of the Parliament of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa on 17 December 2025, on his first bilateral visit to Ethiopia, and laid a wreath at the Adwa Victory Monument.
• The Ministry of Railways said on 17 December 2025 that about 99.2% of Indian Railways' broad gauge network has been electrified, ahead of China (82%), Russia (52%) and the United Kingdom (39%) as per a UIC report of June 2025.
• The Indian Navy commissioned INAS 335 'The Ospreys', its second naval air squadron operating MH-60R helicopters, at INS Hansa in Goa on 17 December 2025 in the presence of Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi.
• Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia told the Lok Sabha on 17 December 2025 that India's telecom exports rose 72%, from ₹10,000 crore in 2020–21 to ₹18,406 crore in 2024–25.
• Ram Vanji Sutar, the sculptor who designed the 182-metre Statue of Unity, died at his Noida residence at midnight on 17 December 2025, aged 100.
• The Kerala Cabinet on 17 December 2025 sanctioned 60 faculty posts for the first phase of the Institute of Organ Transplantation in Kozhikode and decided to add the Balija and related communities to the State OBC list.
• The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and Argentina's National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA) exchanged a signed Work Plan 2025–2027 on 17 December 2025.
• India Post opened Karnataka's first Gen Z-themed post office, the Achit Nagar Post Office at Acharya Institute of Technology in Bengaluru, on 17 December 2025.
• Jammu and Kashmir's first Gen Z Post Office was inaugurated at the AIIMS Vijaypur campus on 17 December 2025, making AIIMS Vijaypur the first AIIMS in India to host one.