Asia Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Wed, 24 Sept 2025

• The Union Cabinet approved a ₹69,725 crore four-pillar package on 24 September 2025 to strengthen India's shipbuilding and maritime ecosystem, including extending the Shipbuilding Financial Assistance Scheme to 2036.
• The Union Cabinet approved on 24 September 2025 Phase III of a centrally sponsored scheme to add 5,000 postgraduate seats and an extension to add 5,023 MBBS seats in government medical institutions, at a total cost of ₹15,034.50 crore.
• Four people were killed and dozens injured in Leh, Ladakh, on 24 September 2025 when a protest demanding statehood and Sixth Schedule status turned violent, and a curfew was imposed across Leh district.
• The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on 24 September 2025 extended General Anil Chauhan's service as Chief of Defence Staff and Secretary, Department of Military Affairs, up to 30 May 2026 or until further orders.
• India and Australia signed a Mutual Recognition Arrangement for organic products at Vanijya Bhavan, New Delhi, on 24 September 2025, under the India–Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement.
• Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman launched the Goods and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT) in New Delhi on 24 September 2025, with a Principal Bench in New Delhi and 31 State Benches.
• The Union Cabinet approved on 24 September 2025 a Productivity Linked Bonus equal to 78 days' wages, totalling ₹1,865.68 crore, for 10,91,146 railway employees.
• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved on 24 September 2025 a 78.942 km four-lane Sahebganj–Areraj–Bettiah section of NH-139W in Bihar on Hybrid Annuity Mode at a cost of ₹3,822.31 crore.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the 49th PRAGATI meeting on 24 September 2025 and reviewed eight infrastructure projects across 15 States and UTs worth over ₹65,000 crore.
• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved on 24 September 2025 the doubling of the 104 km Bakhtiyarpur–Rajgir–Tilaiya single railway line in Bihar at a cost of about ₹2,192 crore.
• The Union Cabinet approved on 24 September 2025 the DSIR/CSIR scheme 'Capacity Building and Human Resource Development' with an outlay of ₹2,277.397 crore for 2021-22 to 2025-26.
• An Indian delegation led by the Commerce and Industry Minister concluded a visit to the United States on 24 September 2025, holding talks with US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on an early bilateral trade agreement.

Tue, 23 Sept 2025

• President Droupadi Murmu presented the 71st National Film Awards at Vigyan Bhawan on 23 September 2025, conferring the Dadasaheb Phalke Award on Mohanlal, while '12th Fail' won Best Feature Film.
• 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.
• The Ministry of Ayush observed the 10th National Ayurveda Day at the All India Institute of Ayurveda, Goa, on 23 September 2025, on the theme 'Ayurveda for People and Planet'.
• The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation's provisional payroll data released on 23 September 2025 showed a net addition of 21.04 lakh members in July 2025, 5.55% higher than a year earlier.
• The 28th National Conference on e-Governance concluded in Visakhapatnam on 23 September 2025 with the adoption of the 'Visakhapatnam Declaration' on India's digital transformation.
• The Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre launched the world's largest Indian Sign Language digital repository, with 3,189 e-content videos, at the Sign Language Day 2025 celebration on 23 September 2025.
• NITI Aayog released the report 'Pathways to Progress: Analysis and Insights into India's Innovation Story' on 23 September 2025, assessing India's science, technology and innovation journey.
• The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India released recommendations on 23 September 2025 on reserve prices for auctioning FM radio channels in 18 category 'E' cities of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Jammu and Kashmir, and three other cities.
• The National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting signed an MoU with NewSpace India Limited on 23 September 2025 to set up two Direct Broadcast Network stations, in Delhi/NCR and Chennai, under Mission Mausam.
• Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched the Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025, a nationwide innovation drive for school students, on 23 September 2025.

Mon, 22 Sept 2025

• The next-generation GST rate changes recommended by the 56th GST Council took effect on 22 September 2025, replacing the four-tier structure with a Merit Rate of 5% and a Standard Rate of 18%.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid foundation stones and inaugurated works worth over ₹5,100 crore in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, on 22 September 2025, including the Heo and Tato-I hydroelectric projects.
• Gram Panchayats received the National Awards for e-Governance 2025 under a new grassroots category at the 28th National Conference on e-Governance in Visakhapatnam on 22 September 2025, with Rohini in Maharashtra winning Gold.
• The Index of Eight Core Industries rose 6.3% in August 2025 over August 2024, data released on 22 September 2025 showed.
• The Government approved 25 lakh additional LPG connections under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana for FY 2025-26 on 22 September 2025, taking total connections to 10.58 crore.
• The Government of India and the Asian Development Bank signed a $125 million loan on 22 September 2025 for the Assam Urban Sector Development Project.
• Vandana Gupta, a 1990-batch IP&TAFS officer, assumed charge as Controller General of Communication Accounts in New Delhi on 22 September 2025.
• The Ministry of Tribal Affairs and the United Nations in India launched the Adi Yuva Fellowship and the Adi Karmayogi Volunteers Programme on 22 September 2025.