IBPS RRB Current Affairs One-liners — All time
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Sat, 06 Sept 2025
- At the SCO Trade Ministers' Meeting in Vladivostok on 6 September 2025, India called for a WTO-centred, fair trading system, export diversification and resilient supply chains, and proposed SCO cooperation on e-commerce frameworks.
- The Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority on 6 September 2025 proposed simplified documentation for low-value claims of up to ₹5 lakh (physical securities), ₹15 lakh (demat securities) and dividends up to ₹10,000.
Fri, 05 Sept 2025
Thu, 04 Sept 2025
- Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan released the India Rankings 2025 under NIRF on 4 September 2025, with IIT Madras first overall for the seventh consecutive year and IISc Bengaluru topping universities.
- Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Lawrence Wong held talks in New Delhi on 4 September 2025 and issued a Joint Statement on the Roadmap for the India–Singapore Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, in the 60th year of diplomatic ties.
- The Ministry of Corporate Affairs amended the Compromises, Arrangements and Amalgamations Rules by notification dated 4 September 2025 to let more classes of companies use the fast-track merger route under Section 233 of the Companies Act, 2013.
- NITI Aayog released a report on 'Strategies and Pathways for Accelerating Growth in Pulses towards the Goal of Atmanirbharta' on 4 September 2025, projecting domestic pulse supply could reach 48.44 MT by 2030 with focused interventions.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a joint telephone call with European Council President António Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on 4 September 2025, reaffirming commitment to an early India–EU FTA.
- Piyush Goyal, a 1994-batch IAS officer of the Nagaland cadre and former CEO of NATGRID, assumed charge as Secretary, Ministry of Mines on 4 September 2025.
Wed, 03 Sept 2025
- The Union Cabinet on 3 September 2025 approved a ₹1,500 crore incentive scheme under the National Critical Mineral Mission to build capacity for extracting critical minerals from e-waste, battery scrap and other secondary sources.
- The 56th GST Council, chaired by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi on 3 September 2025, approved replacing the four-tier GST structure with a two-rate system of 5% and 18%, plus a 40% de-merit rate, effective 22 September 2025.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi met German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul in New Delhi on 3 September 2025, noting that India and Germany are celebrating 25 years of Strategic Partnership.
- UPSC Chairman Ajay Kumar announced on 3 September 2025 a proposed Centre of Excellence as a repository of best practices of UPSC and State PSCs, as part of the Commission's centenary year from 1 October 2025 to 1 October 2026.
- The National Statistics Office released the first Quarterly Bulletin of Unincorporated Sector Enterprises (QBUSE) on 3 September 2025, showing employment in the sector crossing 13 crore for the first time in January–March 2025.
- China held a massive military parade at Tiananmen in Beijing on 3 September 2025 to mark 80 years since Japan's defeat in World War II, with Russia's Vladimir Putin and North Korea's Kim Jong Un flanking President Xi Jinping.
Tue, 02 Sept 2025
- The Account Aggregator framework, launched on 2 September 2021 as India's consent-based financial data-sharing system, completed four years on 2 September 2025 with over 2.2 billion accounts enabled.
- APEDA launched the BHARATI initiative on 2 September 2025 to empower 100 agri-food and agri-tech startups, as part of its aim of $50 billion in agri-food exports by 2030.
- Union Textiles Minister Giriraj Singh launched the Kapas Kisan app of the Cotton Corporation of India on 2 September 2025 to let cotton farmers self-register, book slots and track payments under MSP procurement.
- The Competition Commission of India approved on 2 September 2025 the acquisition of certain share capital and voting rights of YES Bank by Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation.
Mon, 01 Sept 2025
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the SCO Summit in Tianjin on 1 September 2025, discussing economic, financial and energy cooperation and the conflict in Ukraine.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the 25th SCO Council of Heads of State in Tianjin, China (31 August–1 September 2025), where member states adopted the Tianjin Declaration strongly condemning the 22 April Pahalgam terror attack.
- Indian Navy stealth frigate INS Trikand called at Alexandria, Egypt, on 1 September 2025 to take part in Exercise Bright Star 2025, a US Central Command exercise hosted by Egypt from 1 to 10 September.
- The Ministry of Tribal Affairs launched the beta version of Adi Vaani on 1 September 2025, India's first AI-powered translation platform for tribal languages, supporting Santali, Bhili, Mundari and Gondi at launch.
- India Post Payments Bank celebrated its 8th Foundation Day (IPPB Day) on 1 September 2025, having onboarded over 12 crore customers through more than 1.64 lakh post offices.
- An Indian Army contingent departed on 1 September 2025 for Fort Wainwright, Alaska, for the 21st edition of the India–USA joint military exercise Yudh Abhyas, scheduled from 1 to 14 September.
- A magnitude-6 earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan around midnight local time on 31 August 2025 killed more than 800 people in Kunar and Nangarhar provinces, and PM Modi said on 1 September that India stands ready to provide aid.
- T.C.A. Kalyani, a 1991-batch Indian Civil Accounts Service officer, assumed charge as Controller General of Accounts in the Ministry of Finance on 1 September 2025, becoming the 29th officer to hold the post.
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.
- 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.
- 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.