TNPSC Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Tue, 30 Sept 2025

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 30 September 2025 welcomed US President Donald Trump's comprehensive plan to end the Gaza conflict, calling it a viable pathway to lasting peace.
• The Competition Commission of India on 30 September 2025 approved the acquisition of Jaiprakash Associates Limited by Jindal Power Limited under the insolvency resolution process.
• The Department of Telecommunications said on 30 September 2025 that its Sanchar Saathi 'Block Your Lost/Stolen Mobile Handset' facility had helped recover over 6 lakh handsets.
• Nine migrant workers from Assam were killed on 30 September 2025 when scaffolding for an arch collapsed at the Ennore SEZ thermal power project construction site near Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
• The Government of India received ₹12,82,709 crore, or 36.7% of the 2025-26 Budget Estimate of total receipts, up to August 2025, according to monthly accounts released on 30 September 2025.

Mon, 29 Sept 2025

• India's Index of Industrial Production (IIP) grew 4.0% year-on-year in August 2025, up from 3.5% in July, led by mining (6.0%).
• The Empowered Task Force on Ganga Rejuvenation held its 16th meeting under Jal Shakti Minister C.R. Paatil on 29 September 2025 and released a report on the impacts of sand mining in large rivers.
• The Department of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare reported on 29 September 2025 that kharif rice was sown on 441.58 lakh hectare as of 26 September, up from 435.68 lakh hectare a year earlier.

Sun, 28 Sept 2025

• India beat Pakistan by five wickets with two balls to spare in the Men's T20 Asia Cup 2025 final in Dubai on 28 September 2025, winning their ninth Asia Cup title.
• World Food India 2025, organised by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, concluded on 28 September 2025 with 26 companies signing MoUs worth ₹1,02,046.89 crore.
• The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and the Ministry of External Affairs held the Viksit Bharat Run 2025 across over 100 countries on 28 September 2025, the first global edition of the run.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 126th Mann Ki Baat on 28 September 2025 featured the Navy's Navika Sagar Parikrama officers, the bid to list Chhath Puja with UNESCO and an appeal to buy Khadi on 2 October.

Sat, 27 Sept 2025

• External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar addressed the General Debate of the 80th UN General Assembly on 27 September 2025, saying the UN is in a state of crisis and calling for expansion of the Security Council and deeper cooperation against terrorism.
• A stampede at a Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam rally addressed by actor Vijay at Velusamypuram in Karur, Tamil Nadu, on 27 September 2025 killed 41 people; the State set up a commission of inquiry under retired judge Aruna Jagadeesan.
• The Ministry of Tourism marked World Tourism Day on 27 September 2025 with the UN Tourism theme 'Tourism and Sustainable Transformation'.
• India was re-elected to Part II of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization on 27 September 2025 at the 42nd ICAO Assembly in Montreal, for the 2025–2028 term.

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.
• The Finance Ministry announced on 26 September 2025 that the government plans to borrow ₹6.77 lakh crore through dated securities in the second half of 2025-26, including ₹10,000 crore of Sovereign Green Bonds.
• The Department of Posts announced on 26 September 2025 a revised Inland Speed Post (document) tariff effective 1 October 2025, the first revision since October 2012, along with OTP-based delivery and a student discount.
• India's representative exercised the right of reply at the UN General Assembly on 26 September 2025, condemning the Pakistan Prime Minister's speech and demanding that Pakistan shut down terrorist camps.
• The Central Consumer Protection Authority imposed a ₹2 lakh penalty on Digital Age Retail Pvt. Ltd. (FirstCry) on 26 September 2025 for showing 'MRP inclusive of all taxes' but adding GST on the discounted price at checkout.
• The Employees' State Insurance Corporation's provisional payroll data released on 26 September 2025 showed 20.36 lakh new employees enrolled under the ESI scheme in July 2025.
• Coal PSUs announced a Performance Linked Reward of ₹1,03,000 for non-executive workers of Coal India and SCCL on 26 September 2025.

Thu, 25 Sept 2025

• The Ministry of Defence signed a contract worth over ₹62,370 crore with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited on 25 September 2025 for 97 Light Combat Aircraft Mk1A for the Indian Air Force.
• The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation released 'Children in India 2025', the fourth issue of the publication, at the 29th CoCSSO in Chandigarh on 25 September 2025, showing the infant mortality rate fell from 44 in 2011 to 25 in 2023.
• The Election Commission of India decided on 25 September 2025 that the penultimate round of EVM/VVPAT counting will be taken up only after postal ballot counting is completed, as its 30th electoral reform initiative in six months.
• The Union Government released over ₹2,400 crore on 25 September 2025 as the first instalment of XV Finance Commission untied grants for 2025-26 to rural local bodies in Bihar, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
• The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India launched a dedicated licensing and registration window for Ayurveda Aahara products on its FoSCoS portal on 25 September 2025.
• The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation released 'Environmental Accounting on Forest – 2025' at the 29th CoCSSO in Chandigarh on 25 September 2025, its first dedicated publication on forest accounting.
• The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation released the draft Indian Statistical Institute Bill, 2025 for public consultation on 25 September 2025, to reposition the institute ahead of its centenary in 2031.