Firsts & Records Current Affairs One-liners — Last 12 months

Sat, 29 Nov 2025

• On 29 November 2025 Union Minister Jitendra Singh launched the production version of Hansa-3 (NG), India's first all-composite two-seater trainer aircraft, at CSIR–NAL, Bengaluru.

Tue, 11 Nov 2025

• Union Power Minister Manohar Lal inaugurated India's largest and first MWh-scale Vanadium Redox Flow Battery (VRFB) system, of 3 MWh capacity, at NTPC's R&D centre NETRA in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, on 11 November 2025.
• The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) released ₹43.22 lakh of patent-linked Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) funds for the first time, the Environment Ministry said on 11 November 2025; the money came from patent applications that used Indian biological resources.

Sun, 02 Nov 2025

• India won their first ICC Women's Cricket World Cup by beating South Africa by 52 runs in the final at Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai, on 2 November 2025.

Wed, 29 Oct 2025

• President Droupadi Murmu took a sortie in a Rafale fighter at Air Force Station Ambala, Haryana, on 29 October 2025, becoming the first President of India to fly in two IAF fighter aircraft.

Thu, 16 Oct 2025

• NMDC Steel Limited became the first company in India to receive a BIS licence under IS 18384:2023 for hot-rolled steel strip, sheet and plates for welded steel pipes for pipeline transportation, presented at World Standards Day 2025 in Raipur (PIB, 16 October 2025).

Mon, 06 Oct 2025

• On 6 October 2025 Coal and Mines Minister G. Kishan Reddy and Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu inaugurated the Namchik Namphuk Coal Mine in Changlang district, the state's first commercial coal mining project, with reserves of 1.5 crore tonnes.

Sun, 05 Oct 2025

• On 5 October 2025 at Kopargaon in Ahilyanagar district, Maharashtra, Union Cooperation Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the country's first cooperative multi-feed Compressed Biogas (CBG) plant.
• On 5 October 2025 at its Central Workshop in Korba, Chhattisgarh, South Eastern Coalfields Limited opened Coal India's first fully women-operated Central Store Unit.