KVS / NVS Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Wed, 24 Sept 2025

• India and Australia signed a Mutual Recognition Arrangement for organic products at Vanijya Bhavan, New Delhi, on 24 September 2025, under the India–Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement.
• Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman launched the Goods and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT) in New Delhi on 24 September 2025, with a Principal Bench in New Delhi and 31 State Benches.
• The Union Cabinet approved on 24 September 2025 a Productivity Linked Bonus equal to 78 days' wages, totalling ₹1,865.68 crore, for 10,91,146 railway employees.
• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved on 24 September 2025 a 78.942 km four-lane Sahebganj–Areraj–Bettiah section of NH-139W in Bihar on Hybrid Annuity Mode at a cost of ₹3,822.31 crore.

Tue, 23 Sept 2025

• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Morocco's Defence Minister Abdelatif Loudyi jointly inaugurated Tata Advanced Systems Limited's Wheeled Armoured Platform plant in Berrechid, Morocco, on 23 September 2025.
• President Droupadi Murmu presented the 71st National Film Awards at Vigyan Bhawan on 23 September 2025, conferring the Dadasaheb Phalke Award on Mohanlal, while '12th Fail' won Best Feature Film.
• Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced on 23 September 2025 the sanction of an 18 km Rajpura–Mohali new rail line costing ₹443 crore, linking Punjab's Malwa region directly with Chandigarh.
• The Ministry of Ayush observed the 10th National Ayurveda Day at the All India Institute of Ayurveda, Goa, on 23 September 2025, on the theme 'Ayurveda for People and Planet'.
• The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation's provisional payroll data released on 23 September 2025 showed a net addition of 21.04 lakh members in July 2025, 5.55% higher than a year earlier.
• The 28th National Conference on e-Governance concluded in Visakhapatnam on 23 September 2025 with the adoption of the 'Visakhapatnam Declaration' on India's digital transformation.
• The Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre launched the world's largest Indian Sign Language digital repository, with 3,189 e-content videos, at the Sign Language Day 2025 celebration on 23 September 2025.
• Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched the Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025, a nationwide innovation drive for school students, on 23 September 2025.

Mon, 22 Sept 2025

• The next-generation GST rate changes recommended by the 56th GST Council took effect on 22 September 2025, replacing the four-tier structure with a Merit Rate of 5% and a Standard Rate of 18%.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid foundation stones and inaugurated works worth over ₹5,100 crore in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, on 22 September 2025, including the Heo and Tato-I hydroelectric projects.
• India and Morocco signed an MoU on defence cooperation in Rabat on 22 September 2025, and India announced a new Defence Wing at its embassy in Rabat.
• Holy relics of Lord Buddha from the National Museum, New Delhi, travelled to Russia's Kalmykia Republic for their first exposition there, the Ministry of Culture said on 22 September 2025.
• Gram Panchayats received the National Awards for e-Governance 2025 under a new grassroots category at the 28th National Conference on e-Governance in Visakhapatnam on 22 September 2025, with Rohini in Maharashtra winning Gold.
• The Index of Eight Core Industries rose 6.3% in August 2025 over August 2024, data released on 22 September 2025 showed.
• The Government approved 25 lakh additional LPG connections under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana for FY 2025-26 on 22 September 2025, taking total connections to 10.58 crore.
• The Ministry of Tribal Affairs and the United Nations in India launched the Adi Yuva Fellowship and the Adi Karmayogi Volunteers Programme on 22 September 2025.

Sun, 21 Sept 2025

• On 21 September 2025, in Dubai, India beat Pakistan by six wickets in an Asia Cup Super Four match, chasing 172 with seven balls to spare after a 105-run opening stand between Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill.
• The United Kingdom, Canada and Australia formally recognised the State of Palestine on 21 September 2025 in coordinated statements, becoming the first G7 members to do so; Portugal followed the same day.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation on 21 September 2025, announcing that the next-generation GST reforms would take effect from sunrise on 22 September, the first day of Navratri, as a 'GST savings festival'.
• Project Vijayak of the Border Roads Organisation celebrated its 15th Raising Day at Kargil, Ladakh, on 21 September 2025, with infrastructure projects worth over ₹1,200 crore as it enters its 16th year.
• The Ministry of Rural Development signed five MoUs on 21 September 2025 with NIRD&PR and the State Rural Livelihoods Missions of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Telangana to strengthen DAY-NRLM.
• The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports held 'Nasha Mukt Yuva for Viksit Bharat' youth summits at more than 2,000 locations on 21 September 2025 as part of Seva Pakhwada.
• Union Home Minister Amit Shah laid the foundation stone for the Shri Parasmal Bohra College for the Visually Impaired and a student hostel in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, on 21 September 2025.

Sat, 20 Sept 2025

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid foundation stones for works worth over ₹34,200 crore at the 'Samudra se Samriddhi' event in Bhavnagar, Gujarat, on 20 September 2025, and announced that large ships have been accorded infrastructure status.
• India signed a 15-year contract with the International Seabed Authority for exclusive rights to explore polymetallic sulphides in 10,000 sq km of the Carlsberg Ridge in the Indian Ocean, Dr. Jitendra Singh announced on 20 September 2025.
• Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal launched LEADS 2025, Logistics Data Bank 2.0, Industrial Park Rating System 3.0, SMILE city logistics plans, an HSN mapping guidebook and a commemorative coin in New Delhi on 20 September 2025 to mark a decade of Make in India.