Judiciary 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.
- The two-day PESA Mahotsav (23–24 December 2025) concluded in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, on PESA Day, 24 December 2025, with the launch of a PESA Portal and PESA Indicators.
- 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.
- The Commission for Air Quality Management revoked GRAP Stage-IV curbs across the NCR on 24 December 2025 after Delhi's average AQI improved to 271 ('Poor').
- The Kerala Cabinet on 24 December 2025 gave in-principle approval to a permanent, photo-embedded nativity card to replace the nativity certificate now issued in the state.
- Union Coal Minister G. Kishan Reddy reviewed rehabilitation works under the Revised Jharia Master Plan and opened projects at the Belgaria and Karmatand sites in Dhanbad, Jharkhand, on 24 December 2025.
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.
- Union Power Minister Manohar Lal on 23 December 2025 inaugurated commercial operation of Unit-2 (250 MW) of NHPC's 2,000 MW Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project on the Assam–Arunachal Pradesh border.
- 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.
- Hindi writer Vinod Kumar Shukla, the first Jnanpith Award winner from Chhattisgarh, died at AIIMS Raipur on 23 December 2025.
- 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.
- The Jharkhand Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Hemant Soren on 23 December 2025 approved rules to implement the PESA Act, 1996 in the state's 15 Scheduled districts.
- The Commission for Air Quality Management on 23 December 2025 issued show cause notices to six coal-based thermal power plants within 300 km of Delhi, three of them in Haryana, proposing about ₹61.85 crore in environmental compensation for low biomass co-firing.
- The Centre notified the Colliery Control (Amendment) Rules, 2025 on 23 December 2025, removing the need for prior permission from the Coal Controller's Organisation to open a coal mine or seam.
- The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports on 23 December 2025 launched a Comprehensive Internship Policy offering 452 internships a year across the Ministry, SAI, NADA and NDTL.
- The Ministry of Coal opened bids for the 14th round of commercial coal block auctions on 23 December 2025, receiving 49 bids for 24 of the 41 blocks on offer.
- Union Coal and Mines Minister G. Kishan Reddy on 23 December 2025 inaugurated a Centre of Excellence under the National Critical Minerals Mission and a Virtual Reality Mine Simulator at IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, Jharkhand.
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.
- The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on 22 December 2025 approved forming the Kashi-Vindhya Region and a regional development authority covering seven districts of eastern UP.
- 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.
- The Madhya Pradesh Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on 22 December 2025 approved continuing Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0 for 2026-27 to 2030-31 and ₹2,508.21 crore for the Badwah–Dhamnod four-lane road.