Asia Current Affairs One-liners — All time
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Sun, 27 Jul 2025
- On the morning of 27 July 2025, a stampede broke out on the stairway route to the Mansa Devi temple in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, after a rumour of an electric current.
- On 27 July 2025, the 14th edition of the India-Singapore joint military exercise Bold Kurukshetra began at Jodhpur, to run till 4 August 2025.
- On 27 July 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended Raising Day greetings to Central Reserve Police Force personnel.
- On 27 July 2025, APEDA refuted allegations about organic cotton certification, stating that NPOP certification is third-party and recognised by the European Commission and Switzerland.
- On 27 July 2025, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw visited Alstom's Savli facility in Vadodara, Gujarat, which has exported over 3,800 bogies and 4,000 flatpacks from India.
- On 27 July 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke in the 124th episode of Mann Ki Baat about Olympiad medals, UNESCO's recognition of 12 Maratha forts and the Gyan Bharatam Mission.
- On 26-27 July 2025, the Army Hospital Research & Referral, New Delhi, hosted SHAPE 2025, the first Armed Forces national conference on sustainable hospital planning.
- On 27 July 2025, the Railway Ministry said the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link has enabled modern track maintenance in the Kashmir valley and overhaul of valley coaches at Lucknow.
- On 27 July 2025, Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh virtually addressed the convocation of Vadodara-based Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya.
Sat, 26 Jul 2025
- On 26 July 2025 in Male, Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the 60th anniversary celebrations of Maldives' independence as Guest of Honour.
- On 26 July 2025 in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated, dedicated and laid foundation stones for projects worth over ₹4,800 crore.
- On 26 July 2025, NPCIL and BARC officials inaugurated TEMA India Ltd's test facility for upgrading depleted heavy water, the first such facility in the private sector.
- On 26 July 2025, the nation marked the 26th anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas, with the central event at the Kargil War Memorial in Dras, Ladakh.
- On 26 July 2025, MY Bharat organised a Kargil Vijay Diwas Padyatra in Dras, Kargil, led by Union Ministers Mansukh Mandaviya and Sanjay Seth.
- On 26 July 2025, Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed the eighth National Security Strategies Conference in New Delhi.
- On 26 July 2025, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal visited the Guwahati residence of music maestro Bhupen Hazarika.
Fri, 25 Jul 2025
- On 25 July 2025 in Male, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu; outcomes included a ₹4,850 crore Line of Credit and the launch of India-Maldives FTA negotiations.
- On 25 July 2025 in New Delhi, the Ministry of Defence signed a contract worth about ₹2,000 crore with Bharat Electronics Limited for Air Defence Fire Control Radars for the Indian Army.
- On 25 July 2025, the Finance Ministry said gross enrolments under the Atal Pension Yojana, administered by PFRDA, had crossed 8 crore.
- On 25 July 2025, a Government school building collapsed in Jhalawar district, Rajasthan; NHRC, citing a media report of seven children dead and 28 injured, issued notices.
- On 25 July 2025, DRDO announced successful flight-trials of the UAV Launched Precision Guided Missile ULPGM-V3 at the National Open Area Range, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh.
- On 25 July 2025, President Droupadi Murmu completed three years in office and launched initiatives including Rashtrapati Bhavan websites in 22 Indian languages.
- On 25 July 2025 in Male, PM Modi and President Muizzu inaugurated the India-funded Ministry of Defence building of Maldives and released commemorative stamps for 60 years of diplomatic ties.
- On 25 July 2025, the Labour Ministry announced that the Cabinet-cleared Employment Linked Incentive scheme will take effect from 1 August 2025 as the PM Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana (PM-VBRY).
- On 25 July 2025, the second round of India-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement negotiations concluded in New Delhi.
- On 25 July 2025, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and MoS Ravneet Singh Bittu reviewed rail plans for the Nashik-Trimbakeshwar Simhastha 2027, including ₹1,011 crore of works at five stations.
- On 25 July 2025, a two-day WHO External Expert Group Meeting on Siddha, held with the Ministry of Ayush and CCRS, concluded with recommendations on Siddha standards.
Thu, 24 Jul 2025
- On 24 July 2025, during PM Modi's visit to the UK, India and the United Kingdom signed the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, giving zero-duty access to 99% of India's tariff lines.
- On 24 July 2025, PM Modi held talks with UK PM Keir Starmer at Chequers, Buckinghamshire, where the two leaders adopted the India-UK Vision 2035, and later called on King Charles III at Sandringham.
- On 24 July 2025 in New Delhi, Union Cooperation Minister Amit Shah unveiled the National Cooperation Policy 2025, India's second cooperative policy after 2002.