DSSSB Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Sun, 23 Nov 2025

• On the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Johannesburg on 23 November 2025, PM Narendra Modi held bilateral meetings with Canada's PM Mark Carney, Italy's PM Giorgia Meloni and Japan's PM Sanae Takaichi.
• Addressing the third session of the G20 Summit in Johannesburg on 23 November 2025, on 'A Fair and a Just Future for All – Critical Minerals; Decent Work; Artificial Intelligence', PM Narendra Modi called for critical technologies to be human-centric, global and open-source.

Sat, 22 Nov 2025

• India delivered a high-level statement at the Closing Plenary of the UNFCCC COP30 in Belém, Brazil, on 22 November 2025, welcoming several decisions including the establishment of the Just Transition Mechanism.
• PM Narendra Modi addressed both sessions on the opening day of the G20 Leaders' Summit in Johannesburg, hosted by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, on 22 November 2025 — his 12th participation in G20 Summits.
• India, Australia and Canada agreed on 22 November 2025 to enter into a new trilateral Australia-Canada-India Technology and Innovation (ACITI) Partnership, announced in a joint statement on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Johannesburg.
• Indian Railways said on 22 November 2025 that its cumulative freight loading in FY 2025-26 had crossed the 1-billion-tonne mark, reaching 1,020 million tonnes (MT) as of 19 November.

Fri, 21 Nov 2025

• The Government of India made the four Labour Codes — the Code on Wages, 2019, the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, the Code on Social Security, 2020 and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 — effective from 21 November 2025, rationalising 29 existing labour laws.
• PM Narendra Modi and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese met on 21 November 2025 on the sidelines of the G20 Leaders' Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa.
• The Department of Fisheries released the National Framework on Traceability in Fisheries and Aquaculture 2025 at the World Fisheries Day celebration in New Delhi on 21 November 2025, themed 'India's Blue Transformation: Strengthening Value Addition in Seafood Exports'.
• The Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) revised the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) for the entire NCR on 21 November 2025, moving several measures to earlier stages to make it more stringent.

Thu, 20 Nov 2025

• Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan released the final estimates of crop production for 2024-25 on 20 November 2025, putting India's foodgrain output at a record 357.73 million tonnes, up from 332.30 million tonnes in 2023-24.
• The Index of Eight Core Industries (ICI) for October 2025, released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry on 20 November 2025, remained unchanged at 162.4 (provisional) compared with October 2024.
• Twenty-six leading e-commerce platforms have submitted self-declarations confirming compliance with the Guidelines for Prevention and Regulation of Dark Patterns, 2023, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs said on 20 November 2025.
• The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and France's Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) signed a Technical Agreement at DRDO Bhawan, New Delhi on 20 November 2025 to deepen collaboration in defence research and development.
• Government e-Marketplace (GeM) under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and UN Women signed an MoU on 20 November 2025 to integrate women entrepreneurs from the informal sector into India's public procurement system.
• Mukhi, the first Indian-born female cheetah, aged 33 months, has given birth to five cubs, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav announced on 20 November 2025.
• The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) launched Raajmarg Infra Investment Managers Pvt. Ltd. (RIIMPL) in Mumbai on 20 November 2025 as the investment manager for its proposed public InvIT, Raajmarg Infra Investment Trust (RIIT).

Wed, 19 Nov 2025

• Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh launched 'BIRSA 101', India's first indigenous CRISPR-based gene therapy for sickle cell disease, developed by CSIR–Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), on 19 November 2025.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the 21st instalment of PM-KISAN, about ₹18,000 crore for around 9 crore farmers, from Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu on 19 November 2025.
• The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on 19 November 2025 issued a Direction setting deadlines for entities regulated by RBI, SEBI and PFRDA to adopt the '1600' numbering series for service and transactional calls.
• NITI Aayog released a report on 'Water Budgeting in Aspirational Blocks' on 19 November 2025, assessing 18 aspirational blocks across 11 states to improve local water security.

Tue, 18 Nov 2025

• The Ministry of Agriculture announced on 18 November 2025 that crop losses from wild animal attacks and paddy inundation will be covered under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) from Kharif 2026.
• Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda launched the second National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (NAP-AMR 2.0) for 2025–29 in New Delhi on 18 November 2025, the first day of WHO's World AMR Awareness Week.
• President Droupadi Murmu conferred the 6th National Water Awards, 2024 and the Jal Sanchay Jan Bhagidari Awards at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on 18 November 2025, with Maharashtra ranked the best state, followed by Gujarat and Haryana.
• The Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) launched 'YUVA AI for ALL', a free 4.5-hour self-paced course on artificial intelligence under the IndiaAI Mission, on 18 November 2025, aiming to give 1 crore citizens foundational AI skills.
• Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw unveiled rationalised rates for bulk cement carried in containers and a policy for bulk cement terminals at Rail Bhawan, New Delhi on 18 November 2025.
• India was unanimously re-elected to the Executive Committee (CCEXEC) of the Codex Alimentarius Commission for the Asia region at the 48th session of the Commission (CAC48), the Health Ministry said on 18 November 2025.
• The Ministry of Textiles approved 17 new applicants under the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme for Textiles in Round 3 of selection, it said on 18 November 2025.
• Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh and German State Secretary of Defence Jens Plötner co-chaired the India–Germany High Defence Committee meeting in New Delhi on 18 November 2025.

Mon, 17 Nov 2025

• Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav delivered India's National Statement at the High-Level Segment of COP30 to the UNFCCC in Belém, Brazil on 17 November 2025, calling for it to be a 'COP of Implementation' and a 'COP of Delivery on Promises'.