State Staff Selection Current Affairs One-liners — Last 12 months

Sat, 06 Dec 2025

• The Ministry of Education announced on 6 December 2025 that the 9th edition of Pariksha Pe Charcha will be held in January 2026, with registrations on the MyGov portal open till 11 January 2026.
• Union Minister Jitendra Singh inaugurated the 11th India International Science Festival (IISF 2025) at Panchkula, Haryana, on 6 December 2025; the festival runs till 9 December on the theme 'Vigyan se Samruddhi: Towards an Atmanirbhar Bharat'.
• The 70th Mahaparinirvan Diwas of Dr B. R. Ambedkar was observed on 6 December 2025, with the President, Vice-President, Prime Minister and Lok Sabha Speaker paying floral tributes at Prerna Sthal in the Parliament House Complex.

Fri, 05 Dec 2025

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin held the 23rd India–Russia Annual Summit in New Delhi on 5 December 2025 during Putin's State visit of 4–5 December, adopting a programme of economic cooperation till 2030.
• Outcomes of Vladimir Putin's State visit announced on 5 December 2025 include Russia's decision to join the International Big Cat Alliance, gratis 30-day e-Tourist visas for Russians and an India Post–Russia Post International Tracked Packet Service agreement.
• The Railway Ministry said on 5 December 2025 that Kavach 4.0 has been commissioned on 738 route km: 633 Rkm on the Palwal–Mathura–Nagda section of the Delhi–Mumbai route and 105 Rkm on the Howrah–Bardhaman section of the Delhi–Howrah route.
• SEBI granted in-principle approval of registration to NHAI's Raajmarg Infra Investment Trust as an Infrastructure Investment Trust, the Road Transport Ministry said on 5 December 2025.
• The fifth edition of the India–Malaysia joint military exercise Harimau Shakti began at the Mahajan Field Firing Range in Rajasthan on 5 December 2025 and runs till 18 December.
• The Odisha Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on 5 December 2025 approved the Mukhyamantri Resham Bikas Yojana with ₹274 crore and the Mukhyamantri Bayan Shilpa Bikas Yojana with ₹490 crore, each over five years.

Thu, 04 Dec 2025

• The Karnataka Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah approved eight draft Bills on 4 December 2025, including the Karnataka Hate Speech and Hate Crimes (Prevention) Bill, 2025 and a Bill against social boycott, for the Belagavi legislature session.
• Vietnamese automaker VinFast and the Tamil Nadu government signed an MoU on 4 December 2025 for about 500 acres in SIPCOT Industrial Park, Thoothukudi, where VinFast will invest $500 million to make electric buses and e-scooters.
• Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh and Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov co-chaired the 22nd India–Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Military & Military Technical Cooperation at Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi on 4 December 2025.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted Indian Navy personnel on Navy Day, observed on 4 December 2025, recalling that he spent Diwali 2025 with naval personnel aboard INS Vikrant.
• 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.