KVS / NVS Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Thu, 04 Dec 2025

• Swaraj Kaushal, lawyer, former Parliamentarian and India's youngest Governor who served in Mizoram, passed away; Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled his death on 4 December 2025.
• The Indian Institute of Astrophysics held a workshop on 4 December 2025 to mark 10 years since the doors of the UltraViolet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) on AstroSat were opened on 30 November 2015.
• On International Cheetah Day, 4 December 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted conservationists and said Project Cheetah was launched three years ago to safeguard the cheetah and restore its ecosystem.
• The Ministry of Women and Child Development launched a 100-Day Intensive Awareness Campaign for a Child Marriage Free Bharat at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on 4 December 2025, marking the first anniversary of the Bal Vivah Mukt Bharat Abhiyan.
• The National e-Governance Division of MeitY, with the Ministry of External Affairs, enabled the Passport Verification Record (PVR) on DigiLocker, announced on 4 December 2025.
• NITI Aayog's Frontier Tech Hub released a roadmap on 'Transforming India into a leading Quantum-Powered Economy' on 4 December 2025, unveiled with Telangana Deputy CM Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka.
• Maharashtra received a Guinness World Records certificate on 4 December 2025 for installing 45,911 solar agriculture pumps in a single month under the 'Magel Tyala Saur Krushi Pump' scheme, in the presence of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.

Wed, 03 Dec 2025

• The Rajasthan Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma on 3 December 2025 approved the Rajasthan Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Ordinance, 2025 replacing jail terms with penalties under 11 State Acts, along with three new policies.
• President Droupadi Murmu graced the Navy Day 2025 celebrations and witnessed the Indian Navy's operational demonstration at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala on 3 December 2025.
• Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal virtually flagged off the steel-cutting ceremony of India's first all-electric green tug for Deendayal Port Authority, Kandla on 3 December 2025 under the Green Tug Transition Programme.
• The Department of Telecommunications announced on 3 December 2025 that pre-installation of the Sanchar Saathi app will not be mandatory for mobile manufacturers, citing its rising acceptance with 1.4 crore downloads.
• Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar assumed the Chairship of the Council of Member States of International IDEA for 2026 at Stockholm, Sweden on 3 December 2025.
• The Department of Consumer Affairs notified the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Second (Amendment) Rules, 2025 on 3 December 2025, making Retail Sale Price display mandatory on pan masala packs of every size from 1 February 2026.
• The 10th edition of the India–Indonesia Joint Special Forces Exercise Garuda Shakti began at the Special Forces Training School, Bakloh, Himachal Pradesh, running from 3 to 12 December 2025.
• President Droupadi Murmu presented the National Awards for the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities for 2025 to 32 awardees at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on 3 December 2025, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.

Tue, 02 Dec 2025

• The first-of-its-kind R&D Roadmap to Enable India's Net Zero Targets through Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS), prepared by DST, was launched by Principal Scientific Adviser Ajay Kumar Sood on 2 December 2025.
• Kashi Tamil Sangamam 4.0 was inaugurated in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh on 2 December 2025 by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, with 'Tamil Karkalam – Let us learn Tamil' as its theme.
• The Indian Navy undertook humanitarian assistance and disaster relief in Sri Lanka after Cyclonic Storm Ditwah under Operation Sagar Bandhu, using INS Vikrant, INS Udaygiri and INS Sukanya, as reported on 2 December 2025.
• The 14th edition of the India–Maldives Joint Military Exercise Ekuverin between the Indian Army and the Maldives National Defence Force began at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala on 2 December 2025 and runs till 15 December.
• DRDO conducted a successful high-speed rocket-sled test of a fighter aircraft escape system at the Rail Track Rocket Sled facility of TBRL, Chandigarh, as announced on 2 December 2025, validating canopy severance, ejection sequencing and aircrew recovery.
• Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated the 18th Plenary Meeting of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes in New Delhi on 2 December 2025; India hosts it from 2 to 5 December.
• MNRE said on 2 December 2025 that India added 31.2 GW of non-fossil capacity in FY 2025-26 up to October, taking non-fossil capacity to about 259 GW and 50% of installed capacity, five years ahead of its NDC target.
• Asom Diwas was observed on 2 December 2025, with the Prime Minister recalling the vision of Swargadeo Chaolung Sukapha, founder of the Ahom kingdom.
• National Pollution Control Day was observed on 2 December 2025, and the Mizoram Pollution Control Board's Environment Education Programme held online poster and quiz competitions for students.

Mon, 01 Dec 2025

• The 26th Hornbill Festival opened at the Naga Heritage Village, Kisama, Nagaland on 1 December 2025, coinciding with the 63rd Statehood Day of Nagaland, and runs till 10 December.
• The Winter Session 2025 of Parliament began in New Delhi on Monday, 1 December 2025 and was scheduled to run till 19 December with 15 sittings.
• Punjab recorded 5,114 and Haryana 662 paddy stubble-burning incidents in the 2025 season, the lowest so far, the Commission for Air Quality Management said on 1 December 2025.
• Goa Governor Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju released a commemorative postage stamp marking the Silver Jubilee of the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) at Vasco-da-Gama, Goa on Antarctica Day, 1 December 2025.
• India's Index of Industrial Production (IIP) grew 0.4% in October 2025, down from 4.0% in September, according to quick estimates released by MoSPI on 1 December 2025.
• Indian Railways announced on 1 December 2025 the out-of-turn promotion of Women's World Cup champions Pratika Rawal, Sneh Rana and Renuka Singh Thakur to the Group 'B' gazetted post of Officer on Special Duty (Sports).