Goa Current Affairs One-liners — Last 12 months

Tue, 23 Dec 2025

• The Indian Coast Guard inducted Samudra Pratap, its first indigenously designed and built Pollution Control Vessel, constructed by Goa Shipyard Limited, on 23 December 2025.

Fri, 19 Dec 2025

• Indian Coast Guard Ship Amulya, the third of eight Adamya-class Fast Patrol Vessels built by Goa Shipyard Limited, was commissioned in Goa on 19 December 2025 and will be based at Paradip, Odisha.
• Goa Liberation Day was observed on 19 December 2025, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi recalling the sacrifices of those who fought for Goa's freedom and Home Minister Amit Shah noting that Indians needed permission to visit Goa till 1961.

Wed, 17 Dec 2025

• The Indian Navy commissioned INAS 335 'The Ospreys', its second naval air squadron operating MH-60R helicopters, at INS Hansa in Goa on 17 December 2025 in the presence of Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi.

Sat, 06 Dec 2025

• A fire at the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub in Arpora, North Goa, on the night of 6 December 2025 killed 25 people and injured six; Goa ordered a magisterial inquiry and the Centre and State announced ex gratia relief.

Fri, 28 Nov 2025

• At the closing of the 56th International Film Festival of India in Goa on 28 November 2025, the Vietnamese film 'Skin of Youth' (dir. Ash Mayfair) won the Golden Peacock, and Rajinikanth was honoured for 50 years in cinema.
• On 28 November 2025 PM Narendra Modi addressed the 550th-year celebration of the Shree Samsthan Gokarn Partagali Jeevottam Math in Goa, where a 77-feet bronze statue of Lord Shri Ram has been installed.

Tue, 25 Nov 2025

• WAVES Film Bazaar and IFFI, with LTIMindtree, launched India's first-ever AI Film Festival and a Cinema AI Hackathon at the 56th IFFI in Goa, with awards presented on 25 November 2025.

Fri, 21 Nov 2025

• President Droupadi Murmu inaugurated the 2nd edition of the Bharatiya Kala Mahotsav at Rashtrapati Nilayam, Secunderabad, on 21 November 2025.

Thu, 20 Nov 2025

• The 56th International Film Festival of India (IFFI 2025) opened on 20 November 2025 with a grand parade in Panaji, Goa — a first for the festival.
• The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) conducted the two-day Coastal Security Exercise Sagar Kavach-02/25 along the Maharashtra and Goa coastline on 19–20 November 2025.

Sun, 16 Nov 2025

• The 19th edition of India's flagship film market, formerly Film Bazaar and now WAVES Film Bazaar, will be held at Goa from 20 to 24 November 2025 alongside the 56th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), it was announced on 16 November 2025.

Sat, 15 Nov 2025

• The Election Commission's daily bulletin of 15 November 2025 showed that 95.44% of enumeration forms had been distributed under Phase II of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in 12 States and Union Territories.

Sun, 09 Nov 2025

• The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting announced on 9 November 2025 that 10 films will compete for the ICFT–UNESCO Gandhi Medal at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2025 in Goa, judged by a jury chaired by Algerian director Dr Ahmed Bedjaoui.

Sat, 08 Nov 2025

• The Information and Broadcasting Ministry announced on 8 November 2025 the Indian Panorama 2025 selection of 25 feature films and 20 non-feature films for the 56th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Panaji, Goa, with the Tamil film 'Amaran' as the opening feature film.

Tue, 04 Nov 2025

• The enumeration phase of the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, Phase II, began on 4 November 2025 in 9 states and 3 Union Territories, covering nearly 51 crore electors.

Thu, 30 Oct 2025

• The keel of the Indian Coast Guard's second Fast Patrol Vessel was laid at Mazagon Dock, Mumbai, on 30 October 2025, while girders for its second and third Air Cushion Vehicles were laid in Goa.

Fri, 24 Oct 2025

• The Indian Coast Guard launched two Fast Patrol Vessels, ICGS Ajit and ICGS Aparajit, at Goa Shipyard Limited on 24 October 2025.

Tue, 21 Oct 2025

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated Diwali with Indian Navy personnel on board aircraft carrier INS Vikrant on the western seaboard off Goa and Karwar, PIB reported on 21 October 2025.

Mon, 20 Oct 2025

• On 20 October 2025, addressing armed forces personnel on INS Vikrant, PM Narendra Modi said tri-service coordination forced Pakistan to surrender quickly in Operation Sindoor and that Maoist-affected districts have fallen from about 125 before 2014 to 11.

Thu, 16 Oct 2025

• The Ministry of Mines released the State Mining Readiness Index (SMRI) and state rankings (PIB, 16 October 2025), with Madhya Pradesh, Goa and Punjab ranked first in Categories A, B and C.

Wed, 15 Oct 2025

• Ravi Naik, Agriculture Minister of Goa and a former Chief Minister of the state, passed away; PM Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah condoled his death on 15 October 2025.

Tue, 14 Oct 2025

• PIB opened media accreditation on 14 October 2025 for the 56th International Film Festival of India, to be held in Panaji, Goa, from 20 to 28 November 2025; the portal closes on 5 November.

Sun, 12 Oct 2025

• A PIB explainer on 12 October 2025 said lower GST rates would cut costs across Goa's economy, where tourism contributes 16.43% of GSDP and pharmaceuticals make up 51% of merchandise exports.
• On 11 October 2025 at the International Purple Fest in Goa, DEPwD Secretary Rajesh Aggarwal launched three initiatives, including an IELTS Training Handbook for Persons with Disabilities and an ISLRTC training programme in American and British Sign Language (PIB, 12 October 2025).

Sat, 11 Oct 2025

• On 11 October 2025 the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities launched the revamped Sugamya Bharat App at the Purple Fest in Goa as a one-stop digital accessibility hub.

Thu, 09 Oct 2025

• PIB said on 9 October 2025 that the DRAVYA portal of the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, unveiled at the 10th Ayurveda Day event in Goa on 23 September, will catalogue 100 key medicinal substances in its first phase.

Sat, 04 Oct 2025

• On 4 October 2025 in Goa, Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched the Goa government's 'Mhaje Ghar Yojana' to give home ownership rights, and opened or laid foundations for 21 projects worth ₹2,452 crore.