Education, Health & Society Current Affairs One-liners — Last 12 months

Fri, 26 Dec 2025

• President Droupadi Murmu conferred the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar on 20 children from 18 States and UTs at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, on 26 December 2025.
• Jammu and Kashmir Rural Development Minister Javid Ahmad Dar handed sanction orders to Project Implementation Agencies under the revamped Himayat 2.0 skilling programme in Jammu on 26 December 2025.

Thu, 25 Dec 2025

• The Central Consumer Protection Authority imposed a ₹11 lakh penalty on Vision IAS for misleading advertisements about UPSC Civil Services Examination 2022 and 2023 results, the Consumer Affairs Ministry said on 25 December 2025.
• The Delhi government opened the first 45 of a planned 100 Atal Canteens, serving full meals at ₹5, on 25 December 2025, the birth anniversary of Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

Wed, 24 Dec 2025

• National Consumer Day 2025 was observed at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, on 24 December 2025 with the theme 'Efficient and Speedy Disposal through Digital Justice'.
• The two-day PESA Mahotsav (23–24 December 2025) concluded in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, on PESA Day, 24 December 2025, with the launch of a PESA Portal and PESA Indicators.
• Union Coal Minister G. Kishan Reddy reviewed rehabilitation works under the Revised Jharia Master Plan and opened projects at the Belgaria and Karmatand sites in Dhanbad, Jharkhand, on 24 December 2025.

Tue, 23 Dec 2025

• The Jharkhand Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Hemant Soren on 23 December 2025 approved rules to implement the PESA Act, 1996 in the state's 15 Scheduled districts.
• The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports on 23 December 2025 launched a Comprehensive Internship Policy offering 452 internships a year across the Ministry, SAI, NADA and NDTL.

Mon, 22 Dec 2025

• NITI Aayog released a policy report, 'Internationalisation of Higher Education in India: Prospects, Potential, and Policy Recommendations', on 22 December 2025, prepared with an IIT Madras-led consortium.
• The Madhya Pradesh Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on 22 December 2025 approved continuing Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0 for 2026-27 to 2030-31 and ₹2,508.21 crore for the Badwah–Dhamnod four-lane road.
• Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on 22 December 2025 inaugurated the Dishom Guru Shibu Soren Engineering (JEE) and Medical (NEET) Coaching Institute at Hindpiri, Ranchi, offering free coaching to 300 Scheduled Tribe students.

Sun, 21 Dec 2025

• Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya led the first anniversary celebration of Fit India Sundays on Cycle at Rock Beach, Puducherry on 21 December 2025 and launched carbon credit incentivisation on the Fit India Mobile App.
• The nine-day Divya Kala Mela of the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities concluded at Kartavya Path, New Delhi on 21 December 2025, its 28th edition since December 2022.

Sat, 20 Dec 2025

• The Viksit Bharat—Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB—G RAM G) Bill, 2025 received the President's assent on 20 December 2025 and became Act No. 36 of 2025, replacing MGNREGA, 2005 with a guarantee of 125 days of wage employment.
• Minister of State for Communications Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar inaugurated Andhra Pradesh's first Gen-Z themed campus Post Office at VIT-AP University, Amaravati on 20 December 2025.
• Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman launched 'VijAIpatha', a pilot AI, STEM and robotics education initiative for government schools in Hosapete taluk of Karnataka's Vijayanagara district, on 20 December 2025.

Wed, 17 Dec 2025

• 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.
• 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.

Tue, 16 Dec 2025

• The Madhya Pradesh Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on 16 December 2025 approved a ₹1,782 crore special package for families affected by submergence under the Upper Narmada, Raghavpur and Basania multipurpose projects.

Mon, 15 Dec 2025

• Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan introduced the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, 2025 in the Lok Sabha on 15 December 2025, proposing a single apex body for higher education that subsumes the UGC, AICTE and NCTE.

Fri, 12 Dec 2025

• Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin launched the second phase of the Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thittam in Chennai on 12 December 2025, adding about 16.94 lakh women to the scheme that pays ₹1,000 a month to women heads of families.
• The Union Public Service Commission announced on 12 December 2025 that every Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD) candidate will be allotted the examination centre of their choice for its examinations.

Thu, 11 Dec 2025

• Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini launched the Mukhyamantri Antyodaya Parivar Utthan Yojana 2.0 and inaugurated the state-level Antyodaya Utthan Mela at Sonipat on 11 December 2025.

Wed, 10 Dec 2025

• President Droupadi Murmu was Chief Guest at the National Human Rights Commission's Human Rights Day function at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, on 10 December 2025, where she launched the NHRC Mobile App.
• The Ministry of Labour & Employment signed an MoU with Microsoft in New Delhi on 10 December 2025, in the presence of Minister Mansukh Mandaviya and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, to expand job access and AI skilling.
• The Union Health Ministry and the World Health Organization launched a month-long Delhi Metro campaign on women's and girls' health and well-being at Sultanpur Metro Station on 10 December 2025.

Tue, 09 Dec 2025

• India Post opened Kerala's first Gen Z Post Office extension counter at CMS College, Kottayam, a student-designed facility, as announced on 9 December 2025.

Mon, 08 Dec 2025

• The 3rd Australia-India Education and Skills Council (AIESC) met in New Delhi on 8 December 2025, where the University of New South Wales received a Letter of Intent to set up a campus in India.