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, 13 Jul 2025
- On 13 July 2025 in Singapore, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar called on President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and met Deputy PM Gan Kim Yong and Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan.
- On 13 July 2025 at Tiruvallur, Tamil Nadu, a goods train carrying diesel caught fire, gutting 18 wagons and disrupting the Chennai–Arakkonam rail route; no casualties were reported.
- On 13 July 2025, the Agriculture Ministry said Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had written to all Chief Ministers seeking a campaign against counterfeit and substandard fertilizers.
- On 13 July 2025, veteran Telugu actor and former BJP MLA Kota Srinivasa Rao died at his residence in Hyderabad, aged 83.
- On 13 July 2025, Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya led the 31st edition of Fit India Sundays on Cycle in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, with participation from over 7,000 locations.
- On 13 July 2025 at about 19:25 IST, a formal farewell ceremony for the Axiom-4 crew, including ISRO Gaganyatri Shubhanshu Shukla, was held aboard the International Space Station.
- On 13 July 2025, Union MoS Raksha Nikhil Khadse inaugurated the final round of the Mann Ki Baat Talent Hunt Season 5 in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
Sat, 12 Jul 2025
- On 12 July 2025, the Union Home Ministry notified the President's nomination of four persons to the Rajya Sabha to fill vacancies caused by the retirement of nominated members.
- On 12 July 2025, the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau released its preliminary report on the 12 June crash of Air India flight AI171, a Boeing 787-8 (VT-ANB), at Ahmedabad.
- On 12 July 2025, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw approved installation of CCTV cameras in all 74,000 coaches and 15,000 locomotives after successful trials in Northern Railway.
- On 12 July 2025, PM Narendra Modi distributed more than 51,000 appointment letters via videoconferencing at the 16th Rozgar Mela, held at 47 locations.
- On 12 July 2025, the Ayush Ministry said a WHO technical brief, 'Mapping the Application of Artificial Intelligence in Traditional Medicine', had recognised India's AI initiatives in Ayush.
- On 12 July 2025, the Women and Child Development Ministry held a zonal meeting at Kevadia, Gujarat, announcing biometric beneficiary registration under Poshan 2.0 from 1 August.
- On 12 July 2025, Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh chaired the 'Workshop on Breed Development in India' at Indira Gandhi Convention Centre, Lucknow.
- On 12 July 2025, during DPIIT Secretary Amardeep Singh Bhatia's visit to Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, a 20,000 sq ft Skill Development Centre at AURIC in partnership with CII was endorsed.
- On 12 July 2025, Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar addressed the 4th convocation of IIIT Kota, Rajasthan, saying coaching centres had become 'poaching centres'.
- On 12 July 2025, the Election Commission said 80.11% of Bihar's electors had submitted enumeration forms in the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
Fri, 11 Jul 2025
- On 11 July 2025 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, the World Heritage Committee inscribed the 'Maratha Military Landscapes of India' on the World Heritage List as India's 44th property.
- On 11 July 2025 off the coast of Odisha, DRDO and the IAF successfully flight-tested the Astra beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile fitted with an indigenous radio frequency seeker from a Su-30 Mk-I.
- On 11 July 2025 in New Delhi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired a high-level review of Yamuna rejuvenation and directed that sewage treatment capacity for the river be raised to 1,500 MGD by 2028.
- On 11 July 2025 in Guwahati, the DoT's Assam LSA held the first outreach of the Sanchar Mitra Scheme, partnering 18 engineering colleges to enlist student volunteers as digital ambassadors.
- On 11 July 2025, the Ministry of Heavy Industries launched India's first incentive scheme for electric trucks under PM E-DRIVE, with up to ₹9.6 lakh per vehicle.
- On 11 July 2025 at the ICAR–Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan chaired a meeting to boost cotton productivity.
- On 11 July 2025 in New Delhi, MeitY, CERT-In and cybersecurity firm SISA launched the whitepaper 'Transitioning to Quantum Cyber Readiness'.
- On 11 July 2025, Union MoS (IC) Jayant Chaudhary inaugurated a Skill Centre at the Chaudhary Charan Singh National Institute of Agricultural Marketing (CCS NIAM), Jaipur.
- On 11 July 2025, the DRI said it had seized Chinese firecrackers worth about ₹35 crore, concealed in seven containers at Nhava Sheva, Mundra and Kandla SEZ, under 'Operation Fire Trail'.
- On 11 July 2025, Indian Coast Guard ship Rajveer towed the disabled US sailing vessel 'Sea Angel' and its two crew to Campbell Bay, Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
- On 11 July 2025, MeitY announced that Semicon India 2025, the fourth edition, will be held from 2 to 4 September 2025 at Yashobhoomi (IICC), New Delhi, with over 300 companies from 18 countries.
Thu, 10 Jul 2025
- On 10 July 2025 in Ranchi, Jharkhand, Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired the 27th meeting of the Eastern Zonal Council of Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal.
- On 10 July 2025 (Guru Purnima), the Ministry of Tribal Affairs launched in Bengaluru the first Regional Process Lab of the Aadi Karmayogi mission, which aims at a cadre of 20 lakh tribal change leaders.