IBPS RRB Current Affairs One-liners — Last 12 months

Wed, 26 Nov 2025

• The National Commission for Women (NCW) rolled out a new 24×7 toll-free short-code helpline, 14490, for women in distress, announced on 26 November 2025.
• The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) said on 26 November 2025 that it has deactivated more than 2 crore Aadhaar numbers of deceased individuals in a nationwide clean-up of the Aadhaar database.

Tue, 25 Nov 2025

• Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan released the Third Advance Estimates of horticultural crops for 2024-25 on 25 November 2025, putting production at 369.055 million tonnes from 29.488 million hectares.
• Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched Nayi Chetna 4.0, the National Campaign on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment, at Sushma Swaraj Bhawan, New Delhi, on 25 November 2025.
• Mines Secretary Piyush Goyal reviewed the ₹1,500 crore Incentive Scheme for Critical Mineral Recycling on 25 November 2025; the scheme envisages about 3 lakh tonnes a year of recycling capacity for extracting critical minerals.
• The Sacred Piprahwa Relics of Lord Buddha returned to India on 25 November 2025 after a 17-day exposition in Bhutan, accompanied by Union Minister Kiren Rijiju.
• The Department of Telecommunications said on 25 November 2025 that its Sanchar Saathi initiative enabled recovery of over 50,000 lost and stolen mobile handsets in October 2025 — the first time in a month — taking total recoveries past 7 lakh.

Mon, 24 Nov 2025

• India won the Women's Kabaddi World Cup 2025 in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 24 November 2025, beating Chinese Taipei 35–28 in the final for their second consecutive title.
• Justice Surya Kant was sworn in as the 53rd Chief Justice of India by President Droupadi Murmu at the Ganatantra Mandap, Rashtrapati Bhavan, on 24 November 2025, succeeding Justice B.R. Gavai.
• Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and Safran Electronics & Defence (SED), France, signed a Joint Venture Cooperation Agreement in New Delhi on 24 November 2025 to produce the HAMMER smart precision-guided air-to-ground weapon in India.
• Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh announced four Quantum Fabrication and Central Facilities worth ₹720 crore at IIT Bombay, IISc Bengaluru, IIT Kanpur and IIT Delhi under the National Quantum Mission, during his visit to IIT Bombay on 24 November 2025.

Sun, 23 Nov 2025

• PM Narendra Modi took part in the India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Leaders' Meeting in Johannesburg on 23 November 2025, hosted by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and attended by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
• India won the inaugural Blind Women's T20 World Cup, defeating Nepal by seven wickets in the final at Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Sunday, 23 November 2025, and remained unbeaten throughout the tournament.
• 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 Ministry of Rural Development said on 21 November 2025 that 99.67% of active MGNREGA workers are already Aadhaar-seeded, and asked States/UTs to use the e-KYC feature of the NMMS app for job card verification and renewal.
• The Ministry of Steel said on 21 November 2025 that it has suspended enforcement of the Steel and Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2024 on 55 Indian Standards, based on recommendations of the High-Level Committee on Non-Financial Regulatory Reforms (HLC-NFRR).

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.