Punjab State Staff Selection Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Mon, 17 Nov 2025

• Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired the 32nd meeting of the Northern Zonal Council (NZC) in Faridabad, Haryana on 17 November 2025.

Sat, 08 Nov 2025

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off four new Vande Bharat Express trains from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, on 8 November 2025: Banaras–Khajuraho, Firozpur–Delhi, Lucknow–Saharanpur and Ernakulam–Bengaluru.

Fri, 07 Nov 2025

• The Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas (CAQM), chaired by Rajesh Verma, held review meetings with the Punjab and Haryana governments in Chandigarh on 7 November 2025 on curbing stubble burning, after field visits in Punjab.

Sat, 01 Nov 2025

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Haryana on their formation days on 1 November 2025.

Thu, 16 Oct 2025

• The Ministry of Mines released the State Mining Readiness Index (SMRI) and state rankings (PIB, 16 October 2025), with Madhya Pradesh, Goa and Punjab ranked first in Categories A, B and C.

Fri, 10 Oct 2025

• On 10 October 2025 Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav chaired a high-level review of air pollution in Delhi-NCR, pressing for OCEMS in polluting industries and directing that the SAMEER app be the single app for disseminating the Air Quality Index.

Mon, 06 Oct 2025

• On 6 October 2025 the Election Commission announced bye-elections to eight Assembly constituencies — Budgam and Nagrota (J&K), Anta (Rajasthan), Ghatsila (Jharkhand), Jubilee Hills (Telangana), Tarn Taran (Punjab), Dampa (Mizoram) and Nuapada (Odisha).

Sun, 28 Sept 2025

• The Election Commission of India announced on 28 September 2025 that it will deploy 470 officers as central observers for the Bihar Assembly election and bye-elections in eight seats across seven states and a UT.

Fri, 26 Sept 2025

• Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan released the 21st instalment of PM-KISAN on 26 September 2025 to farmers in flood-hit Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Uttarakhand, transferring over ₹540 crore to more than 27 lakh farmers.

Tue, 23 Sept 2025

• 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.

Thu, 11 Sept 2025

• Home Minister Amit Shah virtually inaugurated the Fast Track Immigration–Trusted Traveller Programme (FTI-TTP) at Lucknow, Thiruvananthapuram, Trichy, Kozhikode and Amritsar airports on 11 September 2025, taking the facility to 13 airports.

Tue, 09 Sept 2025

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi conducted aerial surveys of flood-hit Himachal Pradesh and Punjab on 9 September 2025 and announced financial assistance of ₹1,500 crore for Himachal Pradesh and ₹1,600 crore for Punjab.

Mon, 08 Sept 2025

• Scientists at the Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST), Mohali, have shown that cholesterol-based nanomaterials can control electron spin, opening a route to energy-efficient spintronic devices, the DST said on 8 September 2025.

Sun, 07 Sept 2025

• Union Minister Jitendra Singh on 7 September 2025 felicitated the Indian team that won seven medals – 1 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze – at the 18th International Earth Science Olympiad (IESO-2025) in Jining, China.

Sun, 31 Aug 2025

• The Ministry of Home Affairs on 31 August 2025 constituted Inter-Ministerial Central Teams to assess damage from heavy rain, floods, cloudbursts and landslides in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Jammu & Kashmir.

Thu, 28 Aug 2025

• The Skill Development Ministry held 'Kaushal Manthan', a Regional Conference of Skill Ministers of North Indian States and UTs, in Chandigarh on 28 August 2025, focusing on the ₹60,000 crore ITI upgradation scheme.
• Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel inaugurated CG Power's end-to-end semiconductor OSAT pilot line facility at Sanand on 28 August 2025.

Wed, 27 Aug 2025

• Marking one year of the BioE3 Policy on 27 August 2025, Union Minister Jitendra Singh launched the BioE3 Challenge for Youth and India's first National Biofoundry Network, saying the bioeconomy had grown to $165.7 billion in 2024.
• The Indian Air Force deployed five Mi-17 helicopters, a Chinook and a C-130 aircraft for flood rescue and relief in the Jammu region and northern Punjab, the Defence Ministry said on 27 August 2025.

Tue, 29 Jul 2025

• On 29 July 2025, the Commission for Air Quality Management announced a dedicated cell at SAS Nagar (Mohali), Punjab to oversee paddy stubble management throughout the year.

Wed, 09 Jul 2025

• On 9 July 2025, Jal Shakti Minister C R Patil met Punjab CM Bhagwant Singh Mann and Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini on the long-pending Sutlej-Yamuna Link canal issue.

Tue, 08 Jul 2025

• On 8 July 2025, Union Ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and Jayant Chaudhary inaugurated the Agritech Innovation Hub at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut, powered by IIT Ropar.

Fri, 04 Jul 2025

• On 4 July 2025 in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, the Ministry of Civil Aviation held the Northern Region Ministers' Conference on Civil Aviation 2025, the first of a series of regional conferences.

Thu, 03 Jul 2025

• On 3 July 2025 in Chandigarh, the Commission for Air Quality Management chaired by Rajesh Verma held high-level review meetings with the governments of Haryana and Punjab on stubble burning and other pollution measures.

Sun, 25 May 2025

• The Election Commission of India on 25 May 2025 announced bye-elections to five Assembly constituencies — Kadi (SC) and Visavadar in Gujarat, Nilambur in Kerala, Ludhiana West in Punjab and Kaliganj in West Bengal.

Tue, 13 May 2025

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Air Force Station Adampur in Punjab early on 13 May 2025, a day after his address to the nation, and interacted with air warriors and soldiers.

Sat, 10 May 2025

• The Ministry of Civil Aviation said on 10 May 2025 that NOTAMs announced the temporary closure of 32 airports in northern and western India for civil flights from 9 to 14 May 2025, and AAI extended the closure of 25 ATS route segments in the Delhi and Mumbai FIRs.
• Dr Jitendra Singh said on 10 May 2025 that security will be upgraded at technical and scientific installations in border areas of J&K, Punjab, Chandigarh and north-west Rajasthan and Gujarat, with bolstered security for IMD installations in Srinagar and Leh.

Thu, 01 May 2025

• Wheat procurement for the Central Pool in Rabi Marketing Season 2025-26 reached 256.31 lakh metric tonnes by 30 April 2025, against an estimated target of 312 LMT.

Thu, 27 Mar 2025

• The Government of India and JICA signed six loan agreements worth JPY 191.736 billion in New Delhi on 27 March 2025 under Japan's Official Development Assistance, covering projects in Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Assam and Punjab.