Asia Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Wed, 27 Aug 2025

• A documentary on Kushok Bakula Rinpoche, the Ladakhi Buddhist monk who served as India's ambassador to Mongolia and helped revive Buddhism there, premiered at the India International Centre, New Delhi, on 27 August 2025.
• The Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying issued a Revised National Action Plan on Glanders, a contagious and often fatal equine disease, the Ministry announced on 27 August 2025.
• UIDAI announced on 27 August 2025 that Aadhaar Mandatory Biometric Update (MBU) status of school children will be shown on the UDISE+ platform, with about 17 crore Aadhaar numbers pending MBU.

Tue, 26 Aug 2025

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 26 August 2025 flagged off the e VITARA, Suzuki's first Made-in-India global strategic battery electric vehicle, at Hansalpur, Gujarat, and announced the start of hybrid battery electrode manufacturing.
• Two Project 17A multi-mission stealth frigates, INS Udaygiri and INS Himgiri, were commissioned into the Indian Navy at Visakhapatnam on 26 August 2025 in the presence of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
• MoSPI's Comprehensive Modular Survey: Education 2025, released on 26 August 2025, found government schools account for 55.9% of school enrolment and 27% of students take private coaching.
• A rain-triggered landslide struck the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi yatra track near Adhkuwari in Katra, Reasi district, Jammu and Kashmir, on the afternoon of 26 August 2025, killing several pilgrims.
• India hosted its first-ever 3GPP Radio Access Network working group meetings in Bengaluru from 25 to 29 August 2025, where discussions on 6G standardisation under 3GPP Release 20 began.
• FIDE announced on 26 August 2025 that Goa will host the FIDE World Cup 2025, ending on 27 November, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed the tournament's return to India after more than two decades.
• The Centre on 26 August 2025 revised wheat stock limits applicable until 31 March 2026, cutting the limit for traders and wholesalers from 3,000 to 2,000 tonnes to moderate prices before the festive season.
• Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed a two-day Vibrant Villages Programme workshop in New Delhi on 26 August 2025 and launched the programme's logo.
• The Ministry of Ayush on 26 August 2025 announced 'Ayurveda for People & Planet' as the theme for Ayurveda Day 2025, to be observed on its fixed date of 23 September.
• The Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare signed an MoU with the Quality Council of India in New Delhi on 26 August 2025 to strengthen pension, healthcare, resettlement and welfare services for over 63 lakh veterans and dependents.
• The Union Government released over ₹284 crore of Fifteenth Finance Commission untied grants to rural local bodies in Mizoram, Odisha and Tripura, the Panchayati Raj Ministry said on 26 August 2025.
• Scientists at the Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Mohali, have developed a gold nanocluster-based biosensor that distinguishes normal and toxic forms of the Parkinson's-linked protein α-synuclein, the DST said on 26 August 2025.
• The Ministry of Education on 26 August 2025 announced 45 school teachers and 21 teachers from higher education institutions and polytechnics selected for the National Teachers' Awards 2025, to be conferred on 5 September.

Mon, 25 Aug 2025

• The Government of India and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) signed a Letter of Intent on 25 August 2025 under which India offers WFP the opportunity to supply fortified rice for vulnerable populations in crisis zones.
• Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan chaired the 56th meeting of the Council of Indian Institutes of Technology at IIT Delhi on 25 August 2025.
• The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) held the Atal Pension Yojana Annual Felicitation Programme in New Delhi on 25 August 2025, as gross APY enrolments crossed 8.11 crore.
• Government e Marketplace (GeM) crossed ₹15 lakh crore in cumulative Gross Merchandise Value since its inception in 2016, the Commerce Ministry said on 25 August 2025.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated, laid foundation stones for and dedicated development works worth ₹5,400 crore in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, on 25 August 2025.
• The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying released India's first national 'Guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures for Blood Transfusion and Blood Banks for Animals in India' on 25 August 2025.
• Union Health Minister J P Nadda inaugurated new Government Medical Colleges in Sheopur and Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh, on 25 August 2025, along with several health initiatives.
• The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways launched MAR-a-THON 2025, India's Maritime Hackathon, at IIT Madras on 25 August 2025 under the Sagarmala Start-up Innovation Initiative.
• Power Minister Manohar Lal and Japan's Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Muto Yoji co-chaired the Ministerial-level India–Japan Energy Dialogue by video conference on 25 August 2025.
• Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) signed a performance-based MoU with the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy on 25 August 2025, with a revenue-from-operations target of ₹8,200 crore for 2025-26.
• Researchers at the S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata, found that IgM, the largest human antibody, can mechanically stabilise the bacterial protein 'Protein L', the Department of Science and Technology said on 25 August 2025.
• The Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), the telecom R&D centre of the Department of Telecommunications founded in 1984, celebrated its 42nd Foundation Day in Delhi on 25 August 2025.

Sun, 24 Aug 2025

• ISRO accomplished the first Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT-01) of the Gaganyaan crew module's parachute-based deceleration system at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, on 24 August 2025.
• Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the two-day All India Speakers' Conference at the Delhi Legislative Assembly on 24 August 2025, commemorating 100 years of Vithalbhai Patel becoming the first elected Indian President of the Central Legislative Assembly.