TNPSC Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Thu, 21 Aug 2025

• India was elected Chairman of the Executive Board of the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD) with the highest number of votes at the 23rd AIBD General Conference held in Phuket, Thailand, from 19 to 21 August 2025.
• The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on 21 August 2025 rolled out a framework enabling all 34 State Cooperative Banks and 352 District Central Cooperative Banks to offer Aadhaar-based authentication services.
• Lord Swraj Paul, the India-born British industrialist who founded the Caparo Group, passed away in London on 21 August 2025 at the age of 94.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a phone call from French President Emmanuel Macron on 21 August 2025, in which the leaders discussed efforts to resolve the conflicts in Ukraine and West Asia and reviewed bilateral ties.

Wed, 20 Aug 2025

• Union Home Minister Amit Shah introduced the Constitution (One Hundred and Thirtieth Amendment) Bill, 2025 and two related Bills in the Lok Sabha on 20 August 2025; the House referred them to a Joint Committee of both Houses.
• India and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) signed the Terms of Reference to launch negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement in Moscow on 20 August 2025.
• The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) onboarded Starlink Satellite Communication Pvt Ltd on 20 August 2025 as a Sub-Authentication User Agency and Sub-eKYC User Agency for Aadhaar-based customer verification.
• The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) reported a net addition of 21.89 lakh members in June 2025 in provisional payroll data released on 20 August 2025, the highest since tracking began in April 2018.
• The combined Index of Eight Core Industries rose 2.0 per cent (provisional) in July 2025 over July 2024, according to data released on 20 August 2025.
• The 6th High-Level Meeting between the Indian Coast Guard and the Vietnam Coast Guard was held in Hanoi on 20 August 2025 under the 2015 MoU on Coast Guard Cooperation.

Tue, 19 Aug 2025

• NSA Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi co-chaired the 24th round of Special Representatives talks on the India–China boundary question in New Delhi on 19 August 2025.
• The Government exempted all customs duties on raw cotton imports with effect from 19 August 2025 until 30 September 2025, removing an effective 11% import duty to stabilise domestic cotton prices.
• INS Tamal, the Indian Navy's latest stealth frigate, arrived at Souda Bay, Greece on 19 August 2025 during her return passage to India after commissioning in Russia.
• The Election Commission of India on 19 August 2025 listed 28 initiatives taken over the past six months, including the ECINET platform, a cap of 1,200 voters per polling station and faster EPIC delivery.
• Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on 19 August 2025 and handed over President Xi Jinping's invitation to the SCO Summit in Tianjin, which the Prime Minister accepted.

Mon, 18 Aug 2025

• Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal introduced the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2025 in the Lok Sabha on 18 August 2025, proposing to decriminalise 288 provisions across 16 Central Acts.
• External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar held talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in New Delhi on 18 August 2025, the first visit by a Chinese Minister since the leaders met in Kazan in October 2024.
• The PLFS Quarterly Bulletin for April–June 2025, released on 18 August 2025, put the unemployment rate (CWS, age 15+) at 5.4% and was the first in the series to cover both rural and urban areas.
• The 12th edition of the India–Sri Lanka bilateral naval exercise SLINEX-25 concluded at Colombo on 18 August 2025.
• The Rajya Sabha passed the Indian Ports Bill, 2025 on 18 August 2025, completing parliamentary approval of the law that replaces the colonial-era Indian Ports Act, 1908.
• Russian President Vladimir Putin telephoned Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 18 August 2025 and shared his assessment of his meeting with US President Donald Trump in Alaska.
• The Ministry of Labour and Employment said on 18 August 2025 that the portal for the ₹99,446-crore Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana, aimed at over 3.5 crore jobs, had gone live.

Sun, 17 Aug 2025

• The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission and ten States disposed of more consumer cases than were filed in July 2025, the Department of Consumer Affairs said on 17 August 2025.
• In the early hours of 17 August 2025, Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla returned to India after the Axiom-4 mission to the International Space Station and was received at Delhi airport by Union Minister Jitendra Singh, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and ISRO Chairman V. Narayanan.
• The National Democratic Alliance named Maharashtra Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan as its candidate for the Vice-Presidential election on 17 August 2025.

Sat, 16 Aug 2025

• Stealth frigate INS Tamal departed Naples, Italy on 16 August 2025 after a port call from 13 to 16 August, which began with a passage exercise with the Italian Navy's new landing helicopter dock ITS Trieste.
• On 16 August 2025, top seed Tanya Hemanth of India beat Japan's Kanae Sakai 15-10, 15-8 to win the women's singles title at the Saipan International in the Northern Mariana Islands, a BWF trial event for the experimental 3x15 scoring system.
• US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska on 15 August 2025 (US time; early 16 August IST) but announced no agreement to end the war in Ukraine.
• The Ministry of Culture said on 16 August 2025 that the fourth edition of Har Ghar Tiranga, held from 2 to 15 August, saw 7.50 crore selfies uploaded and more than 9 lakh Tiranga Volunteers.
• School Education Secretary Sanjay Kumar flagged off 34 Indian students to Japan under the Sakura Science Programme on 16 August 2025.