Current Affairs One-liners — All time
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Wed, 04 Jun 2025
- A stampede outside M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru during Royal Challengers Bengaluru's IPL victory celebrations on 4 June 2025 killed 11 people, and Karnataka ordered a magisterial inquiry.
- Principal Secretary to the PM P K Mishra told a Ministerial Roundtable on Disaster Risk Reduction Financing in Geneva on 4 June 2025 that India wants a global facility for catalytic funding with technical assistance and knowledge exchange.
- President Droupadi Murmu conferred 92 Distinguished Service Decorations, including 30 Param Vishisht Seva Medals, on Armed Forces, Coast Guard and BRO personnel at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 4 June 2025.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Lee Jae-myung on 4 June 2025 on being elected President of the Republic of Korea.
- The Holy Relics of Lord Buddha arrived at Mulagandha Kuti Vihar in Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh, on 4 June 2025 after a month-long exposition in Vietnam.
Tue, 03 Jun 2025
- The Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology began a 10-day research cruise from Kochi on 3 June 2025 to study the impact of a sunken cargo vessel carrying hazardous containers.
- India won the Presidency of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences for 2025-2028 on 3 June 2025, polling 87 votes against Austria's 54 in Brussels.
- Raksha Rajya Mantri Sanjay Seth announced at an NCC conference in Bhopal on 3 June 2025 that the National Cadet Corps will be expanded by three lakh cadets.
- Kolkata-based Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers signed an MoU with Norway's Kongsberg in Oslo on 3 June 2025 for India's first indigenously built Polar Research Vessel.
- ICRISAT, with the Research and Information System for Developing Countries, launched the ICRISAT Centre of Excellence for South-South Cooperation in Agriculture in New Delhi on 3 June 2025.
- Royal Challengers Bengaluru won their first IPL title on 3 June 2025, beating Punjab Kings by six runs in the IPL 2025 final in Ahmedabad.
- The Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs acquired a five-acre plot in New Shillong Township, Meghalaya, on 3 June 2025 for its first-ever regional campus.
- Crown Prince Haakon of Norway and Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated the India Pavilion at Nor-Shipping in Oslo on 3 June 2025, India's first participation in the event.
Mon, 02 Jun 2025
- The Ministry of Heavy Industries notified detailed guidelines on 2 June 2025 for the Scheme to Promote Manufacturing of Electric Passenger Cars in India (SPMEPCI).
- President Droupadi Murmu hosted Paraguay's President Santiago Peña Palacios at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 2 June 2025 during his first State visit to India, after delegation-level talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
- Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh launched BharatGen, India's first indigenously developed, government-funded multimodal large language model for Indian languages, at the BharatGen Summit on 2 June 2025.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the 81st Annual General Meeting of the International Air Transport Association and the World Air Transport Summit at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, on 2 June 2025.
- Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Japan's Vice Minister Terada Yoshimichi agreed in Oslo on 2 June 2025 to deepen maritime relations, including Smart Island plans for Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep.
- Union Cooperation Minister Amit Shah chaired a review meeting of the world's largest cooperative food grain storage scheme in New Delhi on 2 June 2025.
Sun, 01 Jun 2025
- Gross GST collections for May 2025 stood at ₹2,01,050 crore, up 16.4% from ₹1,72,739 crore in May 2024, according to data released on 1 June 2025.
- Spanish and Italian warships operating under the European Union Naval Force completed the first such visit to India under the EU's aegis in Mumbai on 1 June 2025.
- Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the new building of the Central Forensic Science Laboratory in Kolkata, built at a cost of ₹88 crore, on 1 June 2025.
- World champion D Gukesh beat world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen for the first time in a classical game in Round 6 of Norway Chess 2025 in Stavanger on 1 June 2025.
- Lt Gen Dinesh Singh Rana assumed charge as the 18th Commander-in-Chief of the Andaman & Nicobar Command on 1 June 2025.
- The Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority and SEBI launched the pilot Niveshak Shivir in Pune on 1 June 2025 to help investors claim unclaimed dividends and shares.
Sat, 31 May 2025
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Lokmata Devi Ahilyabai Mahila Sashaktikaran Mahasammelan in Bhopal on 31 May 2025, the 300th birth anniversary of Ahilyabai Holkar, and launched projects including the Indore Metro.
- Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla will conduct ISRO-DBT food and nutrition experiments on the International Space Station as Mission Pilot of Axiom Mission 4, Union Minister Jitendra Singh announced on 31 May 2025.
- India's Environment MoS Kirti Vardhan Singh addressed the High-Level International Conference on Glaciers' Preservation in Dushanbe, Tajikistan (29–31 May 2025), outlining India's Himalayan monitoring efforts.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 31 May 2025 virtually inaugurated the new Satna Airport and the upgraded Datia Airport in Madhya Pradesh under the UDAN regional connectivity scheme.
- Shailendra Nath Gupta, a 1990-batch Indian Defence Estates Service officer, assumed office as Director General of Defence Estates on 31 May 2025.