Asia Current Affairs One-liners — Last 12 months

Sat, 01 Nov 2025

• Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan declared the state free of extreme poverty on Kerala Piravi, 1 November 2025, the first Indian state to make such a declaration.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the new building of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) at Nava Raipur on 1 November 2025, Chhattisgarh's foundation day, and also opened the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Memorial-cum-Tribal Freedom Fighters Museum.
• Two-time Grand Slam champion Rohan Bopanna announced his retirement from professional tennis on 1 November 2025, ending a career of over two decades on the ATP Tour.
• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh told the 12th ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 1 November 2025 that India's emphasis on rule of law and freedom of navigation and overflight in the Indo-Pacific is not against any country.
• Madhya Pradesh marked its 70th Foundation Day on 1 November 2025 with the three-day 'Abhyudaya Madhya Pradesh' celebration at Lal Parade Ground, Bhopal.
• The sacred Jore Sahib, the footwear of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji and Mata Sahib Kaur Ji, was enshrined at Takhat Sri Harmandir Ji Patna Sahib, Bihar, on 1 November 2025 at the end of the nine-day 'Guru Charan Yatra' from Delhi.
• Labour Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya launched the Employees' Enrolment Scheme 2025 at the 73rd Foundation Day of the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) in New Delhi on 1 November 2025.
• Coal India Limited (CIL), a Maharatna PSU under the Ministry of Coal, completed 50 years and stepped into its 51st year on 1 November 2025, with foundation day celebrations at its Kolkata headquarters.
• Nine devotees were killed in a crush at the privately managed Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple in Kasibugga, Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh, on the morning of 1 November 2025, when crowds swelled on the occasion of Ekadashi.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Haryana on their formation days on 1 November 2025.
• DoNER Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia laid the foundation stone for the Integrated Sohra Circuit Development under the PM-DevINE scheme and launched DoNER projects worth ₹233 crore in Meghalaya on 1 November 2025, in the presence of Chief Minister Conrad Sangma.
• Sanjay Garg, a 1994-batch IAS officer of the Kerala cadre, assumed charge as Director General of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), India's National Standards Body, with effect from 1 November 2025.
• The Janjatiya Gaurav Varsh Pakhwada, a fortnight of events from 1 to 15 November 2025 honouring tribal freedom fighters, began across the country as part of the year-long observance of the 150th birth anniversary of Bhagwan Birsa Munda.
• Vice Admiral Gurcharan Singh took charge as the Indian Navy's Chief of Personnel and Vice Admiral B. Sivakumar as its 40th Chief of Materiel on 1 November 2025, while Vishvajit Sahay assumed charge as Controller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA) the same day.
• The Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (IEPFA), under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, and SEBI held a 'Niveshak Shivir' in Amritsar, Punjab, on 1 November 2025 to help investors claim unpaid dividends and shares.
• The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) said on 1 November 2025 that it had imposed penalties of ₹8 lakh each on coaching centres Dikshant IAS and Abhimanu IAS for misleading advertisements and unfair trade practices under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019.

Fri, 31 Oct 2025

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Rashtriya Ekta Diwas programme at Kevadia, Gujarat, on 31 October 2025, marking the 150th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
• UNESCO named Lucknow a Creative City of Gastronomy on 31 October 2025, making it India's second city with the title after Hyderabad.
• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth signed a 10-year 'framework for the US-India major defence partnership' in Kuala Lumpur on 31 October 2025.
• India finished sixth with a best-ever 48 medals (13 gold, 18 silver, 17 bronze) as the Asian Youth Games 2025 closed in Manama, Bahrain, on 31 October 2025.
• The Defence Ministry announced on 31 October 2025 that India will host the International Fleet Review 2026, Exercise MILAN 2026 and the IONS Conclave of Chiefs together at Visakhapatnam from 15 to 25 February 2026.
• The Union Health Ministry said on 31 October 2025 that the Swasth Nari, Sashakt Parivar Abhiyaan had earned three Guinness World Records titles.
• Union Minister of State George Kurian launched the first fully digitised National Marine Fisheries Census 2025 at ICAR-CMFRI, Kochi, on 31 October 2025.
• The Ministry of Home Affairs announced on 31 October 2025 that 1,466 personnel of States, UTs, CAPFs and CPOs will receive the Kendriya Grihmantri Dakshata Padak for 2025.
• The Environment Ministry said on 31 October 2025 that Delhi's average AQI for January-October 2025 was 170, the best in eight years apart from the 2020 lockdown year.
• Vice Admiral Sameer Saxena took charge as Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Southern Naval Command at Kochi on 31 October 2025.
• The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence seized 4.7 kg of cocaine worth about ₹47 crore from a passenger arriving from Colombo at Mumbai airport on 31 October 2025.

Thu, 30 Oct 2025

• The Ministry of Education said on 30 October 2025 that Artificial Intelligence and Computational Thinking will be introduced in schools from Class 3 onwards, starting in the 2026-27 academic session.
• The third round of negotiations for an India-Chile Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) was held in Santiago, Chile, from 27 to 30 October 2025.
• The Ministry of Panchayati Raj launched the Model Youth Gram Sabha initiative in New Delhi on 30 October 2025 to give school students hands-on experience of grassroots democracy.