Asia Current Affairs One-liners — All time
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Mon, 15 Dec 2025
Sun, 14 Dec 2025
- India won the SDAT Squash World Cup for the first time on 14 December 2025, beating top seeds Hong Kong, China 3-0 in the final at Express Avenue Mall, Chennai.
- Prafulla Govinda Baruah, editor and managing director of The Assam Tribune group and a Padma Shri awardee, died at a hospital in Guwahati at about 9:30 pm on 14 December 2025.
- Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced in the Assembly at Nagpur on 14 December 2025, the last day of the winter session, that a 'New Nagpur' business district modelled on Mumbai's Bandra Kurla Complex would create over 5 lakh jobs.
- President Droupadi Murmu presented the National Energy Conservation Awards 2025 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, on National Energy Conservation Day, 14 December 2025.
- The Ministry of Railways said on 14 December 2025 that Sairang Railway Station in Mizoram had handled its first direct inward automobile rake, carrying 119 Maruti cars from Changsari near Guwahati.
- Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan released a commemorative postage stamp in honour of Emperor Perumbidugu Mutharaiyar II (Suvaran Maran) at the Vice-President's Enclave, New Delhi, on 14 December 2025.
- Miyana Railway Station in Guna, Madhya Pradesh received the National Energy Conservation Award 2025 as the Best Performing Unit among railway stations at the national ceremony on 14 December 2025.
- The Office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts) launched the first Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay Craft Lecture Series at The Kunj, New Delhi, on 14 December 2025, with a keynote by Padma Bhushan awardee Rajeev Sethi on 'Handmade for Gen-Next'.
- The Ministry of Railways said on 14 December 2025 that Indian Railways produced more than 42,600 Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) coaches between 2014 and 2025, against 2,300 in 2004–2014.
- The Ministry of MSME said on 14 December 2025 that Quality Control Orders are implemented with exemptions for MSMEs, including extra time for micro and small enterprises and concessions of up to 80% in the BIS annual minimum marking fee.
Sat, 13 Dec 2025
- Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other dignitaries paid tributes in the Parliament House complex on 13 December 2025 to the security personnel and staff killed in the 13 December 2001 terrorist attack on Parliament.
- Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed the closing ceremony of the Bastar Olympics 2025 in Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh, on 13 December 2025, where 3,91,000 players took part, including more than 700 youths who had given up Naxalism.
- Chief of the Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi reviewed the 157th Passing Out Parade at the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, on 13 December 2025, where 525 officer cadets and 34 cadets from 14 friendly foreign nations were commissioned.
- The Commission for Air Quality Management invoked all Stage-IV actions of the Graded Response Action Plan across Delhi-NCR on 13 December 2025 after Delhi's average AQI rose to 441 at 6 pm.
- Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw directed on 13 December 2025 that Vande Bharat trains serve local cuisine of the regions they pass through, and said 3.03 crore fake IRCTC user accounts had been deactivated.
- Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia released a commemorative postage stamp marking the 150th anniversary of the Bombay Gymkhana at the club in Mumbai on 13 December 2025.
- The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts held an academic programme, 'Natyashastra – Synthesis of Theory and Praxis', at the Red Fort, Delhi, on 13 December 2025 during the 20th session of UNESCO's Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage.
- The Ministry of Steel said on 13 December 2025 that Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) sold 12.7 million tonnes in April–November 2025, up 14% from 11.1 million tonnes a year earlier.
- Union Minister of State for Cooperation Krishan Pal Gurjar inaugurated the 4th Cooperative Mela 2025 at AEI Ground, Chandmari, Guwahati, on 13 December 2025.
- Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan reviewed the Combined Graduation Parade at the Air Force Academy, Dundigal, Hyderabad, on 13 December 2025, where 244 flight cadets, including 29 women, were commissioned.
- The Department of Fisheries and the UT Administration held the first-ever Investors' Meet on fisheries and aquaculture in Lakshadweep at Bangaram Island on 13 December 2025, with about ₹519 crore of investment envisaged.
Fri, 12 Dec 2025
- The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved on 12 December 2025 the conduct of the Census of India 2027 at a cost of ₹11,718.24 crore, the country's first Census by digital means.
- The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved on 12 December 2025 the CoalSETU policy, creating a new window in the Non-Regulated Sector linkage auction policy so that coal linkages can be auctioned for any industrial use and export.
- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin launched the second phase of the Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thittam in Chennai on 12 December 2025, adding about 16.94 lakh women to the scheme that pays ₹1,000 a month to women heads of families.
- Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi inaugurated the Odisha Watermanship and Lifeguard Institute (OSWALI) at Ramchandi near Konark, Puri district, on 12 December 2025, a ₹12-crore national-level centre for water rescue training.
- The National Makhana Board held its first board meeting at Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi, on 12 December 2025, starting implementation of the Board and the ₹476.03-crore Central Sector Scheme for Development of Makhana.
- The 20th session of UNESCO's Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage concluded at the Red Fort, New Delhi, on 12 December 2025; Deepavali's inscription was a highlight of the session.
- India's resolution on 'Strengthening the Global Management of Wildfires' was adopted on 12 December 2025 at the seventh session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) in Nairobi, Kenya.
- The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved on 12 December 2025 the Minimum Support Price for copra for the 2026 season, fixing ₹12,027 per quintal for milling copra and ₹12,500 per quintal for ball copra.