Asia Current Affairs One-liners — All time
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Wed, 16 Jul 2025
- On 16 July 2025 at Yashobhoomi, Dwarka, New Delhi, CSC SPV marked CSC Diwas and 10 years of Digital India, and Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced free AI training for 10 lakh people.
- On 16 July 2025, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved a special exemption allowing NLC India Limited to invest ₹7,000 crore in its subsidiary NLC India Renewables Limited.
- On 16 July 2025 in Ladakh, Akash Prime, the upgraded Akash Weapon System for the Indian Army, destroyed two high-speed unmanned aerial targets at high altitude.
- On 16 July 2025 in Lucknow, Union MoS for Social Justice B L Verma marked NAMASTE Day by launching helpline 14473 for waste pickers and distributing PPE kits and Ayushman cards.
- On 16 July 2025, DST said Indian Institute of Astrophysics astronomers had decoded the chain of six coronal mass ejections behind the May 2024 geomagnetic storm that lit up Ladakh's skies.
- On 16 July 2025, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs granted NTPC enhanced delegation to invest up to ₹20,000 crore via NTPC Green Energy Limited for renewable capacity.
- On 16 July 2025 at Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi, Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan inaugurated a workshop and exhibition on indigenisation of critical components in UAVs and counter-UAS.
- On 16 July 2025 at the NASC Complex, Pusa, New Delhi, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan attended the 97th Foundation Day of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research.
Tue, 15 Jul 2025
- On 15 July 2025, the Axiom-4 SpaceX Dragon carrying ISRO Gaganyatri Shubhanshu Shukla splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California shortly after 3 PM IST.
- On 15 July 2025 at Panipat, Haryana, Union Power Minister Manohar Lal launched the ADEETIE scheme to help MSMEs adopt energy-efficient technologies.
- On 15 July 2025 in Cuttack, Odisha, President Droupadi Murmu attended the Ravenshaw University convocation and presented the Kalinga Ratna Award-2024 to Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
- On 15 July 2025, World Youth Skills Day, MoS (IC) Skill Development Jayant Chaudhary launched a week-long celebration of 10 years of the Skill India Mission.
- On 15 July 2025 in Mumbai, Union MNRE Minister Pralhad Joshi visited the National Centre for Photovoltaic Research and Education (NCPRE) at IIT Bombay.
- On 15 July 2025, MoSPI's PLFS monthly bulletin put the unemployment rate (CWS, age 15+) at 5.6% for June 2025, unchanged from May.
- On 15 July 2025, the Commerce Ministry estimated India's merchandise and services exports for April–June 2025 at US$ 210.31 billion, up 5.94% year-on-year.
- On 15 July 2025, India and Argentina held the 2nd Joint Working Group meeting on agriculture cooperation, co-chaired by Agriculture Secretary Devesh Chaturvedi and Argentina's Sergio Iraeta.
- On 14–15 July 2025 at IIT Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir, NITI Aayog held its Third Regional Consultative Meeting on 'Ease of Doing Research & Development'.
- On 15 July 2025, the Union Health Ministry clarified that its advisory to display Oil and Sugar Boards at workplaces does not direct warning labels on food products such as samosa, jalebi and laddoo.
Mon, 14 Jul 2025
- On 14 July 2025, the President appointed Prof. Ashim Kumar Ghosh as Governor of Haryana, Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju as Governor of Goa and Kavinder Gupta as Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh.
- On 14 July 2025, MNRE said non-fossil sources made up 50.08% of India's 484.82 GW installed capacity as of 30 June 2025, five years ahead of the 2030 target.
- On 14 July 2025, DRDO's DRDL and AIIMS Bibinagar in Telangana launched ADIDOC, a Make-in-India carbon fibre foot prosthesis costing under ₹20,000.
- On 14 July 2025 at 16:45 IST, the Crew Dragon carrying Gaganyatri Shubhanshu Shukla and three other crew members undocked from the International Space Station.
- On 14 July 2025, MoSPI said all-India CPI inflation for June 2025 was 2.10%, the lowest year-on-year rate since January 2019.
- On 14 July 2025, the Ministry of Railways said the first section of the 21 km undersea tunnel of the Mumbai–Ahmedabad bullet train had opened between Ghansoli and Shilphata in Maharashtra.
- On 14 July 2025, the Commerce Ministry said annual WPI inflation for June 2025 was -0.13% (provisional).
- On 14 July 2025, the President, in consultation with the Chief Justice of India, appointed five Chief Justices of High Courts and transferred four sitting Chief Justices.
- On 14 July 2025, President Droupadi Murmu graced the fifth convocation ceremony of AIIMS Bhubaneswar in Odisha.
- On 14 July 2025, veteran marathon runner Fauja Singh died after being hit by a vehicle while crossing the road in his native village Beas in Jalandhar district, Punjab.
- On 14 July 2025, SECL inaugurated the Vasant Vihar Dispensary at its Bilaspur headquarters in Chhattisgarh as Coal India's first fully women-operated dispensary.