State Staff Selection Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Tue, 04 Nov 2025

• The enumeration phase of the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, Phase II, began on 4 November 2025 in 9 states and 3 Union Territories, covering nearly 51 crore electors.
• The Government of India notified the Rules for 'Sustainable Harnessing of Fisheries in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)' on 4 November 2025, giving fishermen cooperatives and Fish Farmer Producer Organisations priority for deep-sea fishing.
• The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) said on 4 November 2025 that it had disbursed ₹3 crore to 199 beneficiaries in Andhra Pradesh, mostly red sanders cultivators, under the Access and Benefit-Sharing mechanism of the Biological Diversity Act.
• India and Israel signed an MoU on Defence Cooperation at the 17th meeting of their Joint Working Group on defence cooperation in Tel Aviv on 4 November 2025.
• Union Steel Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy launched the third round (PLI 1.2) of the Production Linked Incentive Scheme for Specialty Steel at Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi, on 4 November 2025.
• The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) raided and dismantled a clandestine alprazolam factory in Valsad, Gujarat, on 4 November 2025 under 'Operation White Cauldron', seizing drugs worth ₹22 crore.
• President Droupadi Murmu attended the 20th convocation ceremony of Kumaun University at Nainital, Uttarakhand, on 4 November 2025.
• Bengaluru-based startup QNu Labs, supported under the National Quantum Mission, announced on the sidelines of ESTIC 2025 in New Delhi on 4 November 2025 that it had demonstrated India's first extensive Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) network, spanning over 500 km.

Mon, 03 Nov 2025

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Emerging Science, Technology and Innovation Conclave (ESTIC) 2025 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, on 3 November 2025 and launched the ₹1 lakh crore Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) Scheme Fund.
• The World Cooperative Monitor 2025, released by the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) in Doha, Qatar, on 3 November 2025, ranked India's Amul first and IFFCO second in the global ranking of cooperatives by turnover relative to GDP per capita.
• NITI Aayog's Frontier Tech Hub unveiled 'Reimagining Agriculture: A Roadmap for Frontier Technology Led Transformation' in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, on 3 November 2025 in the presence of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel.
• Union DoNER Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia inaugurated the North Eastern Science & Technology (NEST) Cluster at IIT Guwahati, Assam, on 3 November 2025 and laid the foundation stone for development projects worth ₹635 crore across Assam.
• The Union Government said on 3 November 2025 that it had released over ₹444 crore of Fifteenth Finance Commission (XV FC) grants for rural local bodies in Odisha for 2025–26.
• The Election Commission said on 3 November 2025 that seizures of illicit inducements linked to the Bihar Assembly election and bye-elections had crossed ₹108.19 crore.
• President Droupadi Murmu addressed the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly in Dehradun on 3 November 2025 to mark the Silver Jubilee of the state's formation, and later attended the commemoration of 125 years of Raj Bhavan, Nainital.
• At least 19 people were killed when a gravel-laden tipper lorry collided head-on with a Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) bus near Mirajaguda in Chevella mandal of Rangareddy district, Telangana, on 3 November 2025.

Sun, 02 Nov 2025

• ISRO's LVM3-M5 rocket launched the CMS-03 (GSAT-7R) communication satellite from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, on 2 November 2025, the heaviest communication satellite launched to Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) from Indian soil.
• India won their first ICC Women's Cricket World Cup by beating South Africa by 52 runs in the final at Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai, on 2 November 2025.
• The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized 42.34 kg of hydroponic weed worth about ₹42 crore from two passengers arriving from Bangkok at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport on 2 November 2025 under 'Operation Weed Out'.
• At least 15 people were killed and two injured when a tempo traveller carrying pilgrims rammed into a parked trailer truck on the Bharatmala Expressway near Matoda in Phalodi district, Rajasthan, on the evening of 2 November 2025.

Sat, 01 Nov 2025

• Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan declared the state free of extreme poverty on Kerala Piravi, 1 November 2025, the first Indian state to make such a declaration.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the new building of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) at Nava Raipur on 1 November 2025, Chhattisgarh's foundation day, and also opened the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Memorial-cum-Tribal Freedom Fighters Museum.
• Two-time Grand Slam champion Rohan Bopanna announced his retirement from professional tennis on 1 November 2025, ending a career of over two decades on the ATP Tour.
• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh told the 12th ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 1 November 2025 that India's emphasis on rule of law and freedom of navigation and overflight in the Indo-Pacific is not against any country.
• Madhya Pradesh marked its 70th Foundation Day on 1 November 2025 with the three-day 'Abhyudaya Madhya Pradesh' celebration at Lal Parade Ground, Bhopal.
• The sacred Jore Sahib, the footwear of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji and Mata Sahib Kaur Ji, was enshrined at Takhat Sri Harmandir Ji Patna Sahib, Bihar, on 1 November 2025 at the end of the nine-day 'Guru Charan Yatra' from Delhi.
• Labour Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya launched the Employees' Enrolment Scheme 2025 at the 73rd Foundation Day of the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) in New Delhi on 1 November 2025.
• Coal India Limited (CIL), a Maharatna PSU under the Ministry of Coal, completed 50 years and stepped into its 51st year on 1 November 2025, with foundation day celebrations at its Kolkata headquarters.
• Nine devotees were killed in a crush at the privately managed Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple in Kasibugga, Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh, on the morning of 1 November 2025, when crowds swelled on the occasion of Ekadashi.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Haryana on their formation days on 1 November 2025.