CTET Current Affairs One-liners — All time
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Mon, 01 Sept 2025
Sun, 31 Aug 2025
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the SCO Summit in Tianjin on 31 August 2025, their first meeting since Kazan in October 2024.
- A study led by Prof. Anupam Bhardwaj of IUCAA, Pune, with Nobel laureate Adam Riess as co-author, used 40 oxygen-rich Mira variable stars to measure the Hubble constant with 3.7% precision.
- The Department of Posts announced on 31 August 2025 that it had completely suspended booking of all categories of mail to the United States, including letters, documents and gifts up to USD 100.
- In the 125th episode of Mann Ki Baat on 31 August 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke about the UPSC 'Pratibha Setu' portal, the first Khelo India Water Sports Festival on Dal Lake and Bihar's 'Solar Didi'.
- The Election Commission's Bihar SIR bulletin of 31 August 2025 said one day was left for filing claims and objections on the draft electoral roll of 7.24 crore electors.
- The Ministry of Home Affairs on 31 August 2025 constituted Inter-Ministerial Central Teams to assess damage from heavy rain, floods, cloudbursts and landslides in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Jammu & Kashmir.
- The National e-Governance Division announced on 31 August 2025 that 1,938 e-Government services are now available on DigiLocker and e-District platforms across all 36 States and UTs, with Maharashtra offering the most.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Chairman of Myanmar's State Security and Peace Commission, in Tianjin on 31 August 2025.
Sat, 30 Aug 2025
- On 30 August 2025, the second day of his visit to Japan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met 16 Prefecture Governors and travelled with Japanese PM Shigeru Ishiba to Sendai to visit the semiconductor firm Tokyo Electron Miyagi.
- Indian Highways Management Company Ltd, promoted by NHAI, signed an agreement with ICICI Bank on 30 August 2025 to implement India's first Multi-Lane Free Flow (MLFF) tolling system at Choryasi Fee Plaza on NH-48 in Gujarat.
- Indian Navy's indigenous anti-submarine warfare corvette INS Kadmatt arrived at Port Moresby on 30 August 2025 to take part in Papua New Guinea's 50th Independence Day celebrations.
- At the first-ever Sports Goods Manufacturing Conclave in New Delhi on 30 August 2025, Minister Mansukh Mandaviya announced a task force for a sports goods policy and the country's first nutritional supplement testing referral labs at NFSU Gandhinagar and NIPER Hyderabad.
- Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw inaugurated India's first tempered glass manufacturing facility for mobile devices, set up by Optiemus Electronics with Corning Incorporated, at Noida on 30 August 2025.
- Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty settled for bronze at the 2025 BWF World Championships in Paris after losing the men's doubles semi-final to China's Chen Bo Yang and Liu Yi on 30 August 2025.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke by phone with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on 30 August 2025 and reaffirmed India's consistent position for a peaceful settlement of the conflict.
- Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, closing the two-day National Conference of Chairpersons of SC/ST Welfare Committees of Parliament and State Legislatures in Bhubaneswar on 30 August 2025, urged every State Assembly to set up such committees.
Fri, 29 Aug 2025
- The National Statistics Office estimated on 29 August 2025 that India's real GDP grew 7.8% in April–June 2025, up from 6.5% a year earlier, led by a 9.3% rise in the services sector.
- The Environment Ministry notified the Environment Audit Rules, 2025 on 29 August 2025, creating a system of certified and registered environment auditors overseen by an Environment Audit Designated Agency.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese PM Shigeru Ishiba held the 15th India–Japan Annual Summit in Tokyo on 29 August 2025, adopting a Joint Vision for the Next Decade, a Joint Declaration on Security Cooperation and a ¥10 trillion private investment target.
- INCOIS and NDMA held a Conclave on Marine Multi-Hazards Services for the Indian Coastline in Chennai on 29 August 2025, where NDMA member Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (retd) announced a cell-broadcast alert trial from 1 September.
- Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said at the valedictory session of the 20th CII India–Africa Business Conclave in New Delhi on 29 August 2025 that India and Africa must work to double bilateral trade by 2030.
- TRAI announced on 29 August 2025 that it had registered the first eight Digital Connectivity Rating Agencies under the Rating of Properties for Digital Connectivity Regulations, 2024.
- The Men's Hockey Asia Cup 2025 (Hero Asia Cup Rajgir Bihar 2025) began in Rajgir, Bihar, on 29 August 2025, with eight teams scheduled to play until 7 September.
- The Bureau of Energy Efficiency released the State Energy Efficiency Index 2024 on 29 August 2025, with Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Assam and Tripura the top performers in their groups.
- National Sports Day was celebrated on 29 August 2025, the 120th birth anniversary of hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand, with about 30 crore citizens taking part across all States and UTs.
- The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, with Kerala's Directorate of Economics and Statistics, held a workshop on developing Ocean Accounts for coastal States in Kochi on 29 August 2025.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese PM Shigeru Ishiba attended the India–Japan Economic Forum, organised by CII and Keidanren, in Tokyo on 29 August 2025.
- The Ministry of Education announced on 29 August 2025 approval of ₹385.27 crore through the Higher Education Financing Agency for infrastructure expansion at the Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur.