DSSSB Current Affairs One-liners — Last 12 months
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Thu, 25 Dec 2025
Wed, 24 Dec 2025
- The Union Environment Ministry on 24 December 2025 directed states to grant no new mining leases anywhere in the Aravalli Range and asked ICFRE to identify more areas where mining should be prohibited.
- ISRO's LVM3-M6 lifted off from the Second Launch Pad at Sriharikota on 24 December 2025 and placed AST SpaceMobile's BlueBird Block-2, the heaviest payload launched from Indian soil, in low Earth orbit.
- 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'.
- NHAI said on 24 December 2025 that SEBI has approved its sponsored Raajmarg Infra Investment Trust (RIIT) as a public Infrastructure Investment Trust aimed mainly at retail and domestic investors.
- Union Minister Pralhad Joshi released three new Bureau of Indian Standards, for bomb disposal systems, electric agricultural tractors and incense sticks, at the National Consumer Day event at Bharat Mandapam on 24 December 2025.
- The Union Cabinet on 24 December 2025 approved three new corridors totalling 16.076 km under Delhi Metro's Phase V(A) at a cost of ₹12,014.91 crore, including a Central Vista line.
Tue, 23 Dec 2025
- President Droupadi Murmu presented the second Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar to 24 scientists at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 23 December 2025, with the Vigyan Ratna conferred posthumously on astrophysicist Jayant Vishnu Narlikar.
- Kisan Diwas (National Farmers' Day) was observed across India on 23 December 2025, the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh, with ICAR institutes holding farmer programmes.
- DRDO announced on 23 December 2025 that it has completed the User Evaluation Trials of the Next Generation Akash (Akash-NG) missile system, paving the way for its induction.
- The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation held its second pre-release consultative workshop on the base revision of GDP, CPI and IIP at Bharat Mandapam on 23 December 2025.
- The Indian Coast Guard inducted Samudra Pratap, its first indigenously designed and built Pollution Control Vessel, constructed by Goa Shipyard Limited, on 23 December 2025.
Mon, 22 Dec 2025
- India and New Zealand announced the conclusion of Free Trade Agreement negotiations on 22 December 2025, giving zero-duty access to 100% of India's exports and a New Zealand commitment to facilitate USD 20 billion of investment over 15 years.
- The Index of Eight Core Industries rose 1.8% (provisional) in November 2025 over November 2024, with cement, steel, fertilizer and coal recording positive growth, the Commerce Ministry said on 22 December 2025.
- India and New Zealand concluded negotiations on the Financial Services Annex of their Free Trade Agreement on 22 December 2025, with provisions on fast payment systems, fintech sandboxes and financial data.
- 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.
- 'Anjadip', the third of eight Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers, Kolkata, was delivered to the Indian Navy at Chennai on 22 December 2025.
Sun, 21 Dec 2025
- World Meditation Day was observed on 21 December 2025, with Vice-President C. P. Radhakrishnan attending the celebrations at Kanha Shanti Vanam in Telangana and the Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga holding sessions in New Delhi.
- Pakistan beat India by 191 runs in the final of the Under-19 Asia Cup at the ICC Academy, Dubai on 21 December 2025, powered by opener Sameer Minhas's 172.
- The Government e-Marketplace said on 21 December 2025 that over 11.25 lakh Micro and Small Enterprise sellers had won ₹7.44 lakh crore of orders, 44.8% of its total order value, as of 30 November 2025.
- The government on 21 December 2025 explained the uniform definition of the Aravalli Hills and Range accepted by the Supreme Court on 20 November 2025, under which landforms rising 100 metres or more above local relief are Aravalli Hills.
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.
- The first leaders' summit of the 'Central Asia plus Japan' Dialogue (CA+JAD) was held in Tokyo on 20 December 2025, chaired by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi with the presidents of all five Central Asian countries.
- Union Minister Manohar Lal released the toolkit for the 10th edition of Swachh Survekshan (2025-26) in Bhopal on 20 December 2025, with the theme 'Swacchata Ki Nayi Pehel – Badhayein Haath, Karein Safai Saath'.
- India and the Netherlands exchanged an MoU on 20 December 2025 linking the National Maritime Heritage Complex at Lothal, Gujarat with the National Maritime Museum in Amsterdam, during talks between S. Jaishankar and Dutch Foreign Minister David van Weel.
- The BCCI named India's 15-member squad for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 and the T20I series against New Zealand on 20 December 2025, with Suryakumar Yadav as captain and Axar Patel as vice-captain.
Fri, 19 Dec 2025
- The Rajya Sabha passed the Viksit Bharat—Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill, 2025 by voice vote after midnight on 19 December 2025 in New Delhi, completing its passage through Parliament a day after the Lok Sabha.
- Union Home Minister Amit Shah convened a meeting in New Delhi on 19 December 2025 for constituting the Bureau of Port Security (BoPS), a statutory body under Section 13 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 2025, modelled on the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the closing ceremony of the Second WHO Global Summit on Traditional Medicine at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi on 19 December 2025 and, with WHO Director-General Dr Tedros, inaugurated the new WHO South-East Asia Regional Office building.
- The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) notified amendments to the PFRDA (Exits and Withdrawals under the National Pension System) Regulations, 2015 on 19 December 2025, letting non-government subscribers withdraw up to 80% as lump sum at normal exit.