Asia Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Fri, 06 Jun 2025

• Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney called Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 6 June 2025 and invited him to the G7 Summit in Kananaskis later that month.
• The Foreign Ministers of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan called on PM Modi on 6 June 2025 after the 4th India–Central Asia Dialogue in New Delhi.
• Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched the Bharatiya Bhasha Anubhag (Indian Languages Section) in New Delhi on 6 June 2025.

Thu, 05 Jun 2025

• World Environment Day was observed on 5 June 2025 under the global theme #BeatPlasticPollution hosted in Jeju, Republic of Korea, while India's national event at Bharat Mandapam ran under the slogan 'One Nation, One Mission: End Plastic Pollution'.
• The National Cadet Corps Mount Everest Expedition Team was received at DGNCC Camp, New Delhi, on 5 June 2025 after summiting the peak on 18 May 2025.
• Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis inaugurated the final 76 km Igatpuri–Amane stretch of the Samruddhi Mahamarg on 5 June 2025, making the 701 km Mumbai–Nagpur expressway fully operational.
• Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on 5 June 2025 suspended Bengaluru Police Commissioner B. Dayananda and other officers and ordered a one-man judicial inquiry by retired High Court judge Michael D'Cunha into the previous day's stampede.
• The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation released the 8th issue of 'EnviStats India 2025: Environment Statistics' in New Delhi on 5 June 2025.
• UIDAI reported on 5 June 2025 that Aadhaar number holders carried out over 211 crore authentication transactions in May 2025.

Wed, 04 Jun 2025

• The Ministry of Home Affairs announced on 4 June 2025 that Population Census-2027 will be conducted in two phases along with enumeration of castes, with 1 March 2027 as the reference date.
• Australia's Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 4 June 2025, the day the India–Australia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership completed five years.
• Two Rajasthan wetlands, Khichan in Phalodi and Menar in Udaipur, were added to the list of Ramsar Sites on 4 June 2025, taking India's total to 91.
• The Commission for Air Quality Management directed on 4 June 2025 that no new petrol or diesel light commercial vehicles or two-wheelers be added to aggregator, delivery and e-commerce fleets across NCR from 1 January 2026.
• The Tri-Services All-Women Sailing Expedition returned to Mumbai on 4 June 2025 after a two-month, 1,800-nautical-mile voyage to Seychelles aboard IASV Triveni.
• A stampede outside M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru during Royal Challengers Bengaluru's IPL victory celebrations on 4 June 2025 killed 11 people, and Karnataka ordered a magisterial inquiry.
• Principal Secretary to the PM P K Mishra told a Ministerial Roundtable on Disaster Risk Reduction Financing in Geneva on 4 June 2025 that India wants a global facility for catalytic funding with technical assistance and knowledge exchange.
• President Droupadi Murmu conferred 92 Distinguished Service Decorations, including 30 Param Vishisht Seva Medals, on Armed Forces, Coast Guard and BRO personnel at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 4 June 2025.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Lee Jae-myung on 4 June 2025 on being elected President of the Republic of Korea.
• The Holy Relics of Lord Buddha arrived at Mulagandha Kuti Vihar in Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh, on 4 June 2025 after a month-long exposition in Vietnam.

Tue, 03 Jun 2025

• The Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology began a 10-day research cruise from Kochi on 3 June 2025 to study the impact of a sunken cargo vessel carrying hazardous containers.
• India won the Presidency of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences for 2025-2028 on 3 June 2025, polling 87 votes against Austria's 54 in Brussels.
• Raksha Rajya Mantri Sanjay Seth announced at an NCC conference in Bhopal on 3 June 2025 that the National Cadet Corps will be expanded by three lakh cadets.
• Kolkata-based Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers signed an MoU with Norway's Kongsberg in Oslo on 3 June 2025 for India's first indigenously built Polar Research Vessel.
• ICRISAT, with the Research and Information System for Developing Countries, launched the ICRISAT Centre of Excellence for South-South Cooperation in Agriculture in New Delhi on 3 June 2025.
• Royal Challengers Bengaluru won their first IPL title on 3 June 2025, beating Punjab Kings by six runs in the IPL 2025 final in Ahmedabad.
• The Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs acquired a five-acre plot in New Shillong Township, Meghalaya, on 3 June 2025 for its first-ever regional campus.
• Crown Prince Haakon of Norway and Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated the India Pavilion at Nor-Shipping in Oslo on 3 June 2025, India's first participation in the event.

Mon, 02 Jun 2025

• The Ministry of Heavy Industries notified detailed guidelines on 2 June 2025 for the Scheme to Promote Manufacturing of Electric Passenger Cars in India (SPMEPCI).
• President Droupadi Murmu hosted Paraguay's President Santiago Peña Palacios at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 2 June 2025 during his first State visit to India, after delegation-level talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
• Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh launched BharatGen, India's first indigenously developed, government-funded multimodal large language model for Indian languages, at the BharatGen Summit on 2 June 2025.