CDS Current Affairs One-liners — All time
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Tue, 30 Sept 2025
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 30 September 2025 welcomed US President Donald Trump's comprehensive plan to end the Gaza conflict, calling it a viable pathway to lasting peace.
- The Competition Commission of India on 30 September 2025 approved the acquisition of Jaiprakash Associates Limited by Jindal Power Limited under the insolvency resolution process.
- The Department of Telecommunications said on 30 September 2025 that its Sanchar Saathi 'Block Your Lost/Stolen Mobile Handset' facility had helped recover over 6 lakh handsets.
Mon, 29 Sept 2025
Sun, 28 Sept 2025
- India beat Pakistan by five wickets with two balls to spare in the Men's T20 Asia Cup 2025 final in Dubai on 28 September 2025, winning their ninth Asia Cup title.
- World Food India 2025, organised by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, concluded on 28 September 2025 with 26 companies signing MoUs worth ₹1,02,046.89 crore.
- The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and the Ministry of External Affairs held the Viksit Bharat Run 2025 across over 100 countries on 28 September 2025, the first global edition of the run.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 126th Mann Ki Baat on 28 September 2025 featured the Navy's Navika Sagar Parikrama officers, the bid to list Chhath Puja with UNESCO and an appeal to buy Khadi on 2 October.
Sat, 27 Sept 2025
- External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar addressed the General Debate of the 80th UN General Assembly on 27 September 2025, saying the UN is in a state of crisis and calling for expansion of the Security Council and deeper cooperation against terrorism.
- The Ministry of Tourism marked World Tourism Day on 27 September 2025 with the UN Tourism theme 'Tourism and Sustainable Transformation'.
- India was re-elected to Part II of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization on 27 September 2025 at the 42nd ICAO Assembly in Montreal, for the 2025–2028 term.
Fri, 26 Sept 2025
- Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan released the 21st instalment of PM-KISAN on 26 September 2025 to farmers in flood-hit Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Uttarakhand, transferring over ₹540 crore to more than 27 lakh farmers.
- The Finance Ministry announced on 26 September 2025 that the government plans to borrow ₹6.77 lakh crore through dated securities in the second half of 2025-26, including ₹10,000 crore of Sovereign Green Bonds.
- The Department of Posts announced on 26 September 2025 a revised Inland Speed Post (document) tariff effective 1 October 2025, the first revision since October 2012, along with OTP-based delivery and a student discount.
- India's representative exercised the right of reply at the UN General Assembly on 26 September 2025, condemning the Pakistan Prime Minister's speech and demanding that Pakistan shut down terrorist camps.
Thu, 25 Sept 2025
- The Ministry of Defence signed a contract worth over ₹62,370 crore with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited on 25 September 2025 for 97 Light Combat Aircraft Mk1A for the Indian Air Force.
- The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation released 'Children in India 2025', the fourth issue of the publication, at the 29th CoCSSO in Chandigarh on 25 September 2025, showing the infant mortality rate fell from 44 in 2011 to 25 in 2023.
- The Election Commission of India decided on 25 September 2025 that the penultimate round of EVM/VVPAT counting will be taken up only after postal ballot counting is completed, as its 30th electoral reform initiative in six months.
- The Union Government released over ₹2,400 crore on 25 September 2025 as the first instalment of XV Finance Commission untied grants for 2025-26 to rural local bodies in Bihar, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
- The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India launched a dedicated licensing and registration window for Ayurveda Aahara products on its FoSCoS portal on 25 September 2025.
Wed, 24 Sept 2025
- DRDO and the Strategic Forces Command successfully launched the intermediate-range Agni-Prime missile from a rail-based mobile launcher on 24 September 2025, the first launch of its kind.
- The Union Cabinet approved a ₹69,725 crore four-pillar package on 24 September 2025 to strengthen India's shipbuilding and maritime ecosystem, including extending the Shipbuilding Financial Assistance Scheme to 2036.
- The Union Cabinet approved on 24 September 2025 Phase III of a centrally sponsored scheme to add 5,000 postgraduate seats and an extension to add 5,023 MBBS seats in government medical institutions, at a total cost of ₹15,034.50 crore.
- The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on 24 September 2025 extended General Anil Chauhan's service as Chief of Defence Staff and Secretary, Department of Military Affairs, up to 30 May 2026 or until further orders.
- India and Australia signed a Mutual Recognition Arrangement for organic products at Vanijya Bhavan, New Delhi, on 24 September 2025, under the India–Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement.
- The Union Cabinet approved on 24 September 2025 a Productivity Linked Bonus equal to 78 days' wages, totalling ₹1,865.68 crore, for 10,91,146 railway employees.
- The Union Cabinet approved on 24 September 2025 the DSIR/CSIR scheme 'Capacity Building and Human Resource Development' with an outlay of ₹2,277.397 crore for 2021-22 to 2025-26.
- An Indian delegation led by the Commerce and Industry Minister concluded a visit to the United States on 24 September 2025, holding talks with US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on an early bilateral trade agreement.
Tue, 23 Sept 2025
- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Morocco's Defence Minister Abdelatif Loudyi jointly inaugurated Tata Advanced Systems Limited's Wheeled Armoured Platform plant in Berrechid, Morocco, on 23 September 2025.
- The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation's provisional payroll data released on 23 September 2025 showed a net addition of 21.04 lakh members in July 2025, 5.55% higher than a year earlier.