India Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Sat, 22 Nov 2025

• India delivered a high-level statement at the Closing Plenary of the UNFCCC COP30 in Belém, Brazil, on 22 November 2025, welcoming several decisions including the establishment of the Just Transition Mechanism.
• PM Narendra Modi addressed both sessions on the opening day of the G20 Leaders' Summit in Johannesburg, hosted by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, on 22 November 2025 — his 12th participation in G20 Summits.
• The Ministry of Education announced on 22 November 2025 that the fourth edition of Kashi Tamil Sangamam (KTS 4.0), celebrating civilizational links between Tamil Nadu and Kashi, will begin on 2 December 2025.
• India, Australia and Canada agreed on 22 November 2025 to enter into a new trilateral Australia-Canada-India Technology and Innovation (ACITI) Partnership, announced in a joint statement on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Johannesburg.
• Indian Railways said on 22 November 2025 that its cumulative freight loading in FY 2025-26 had crossed the 1-billion-tonne mark, reaching 1,020 million tonnes (MT) as of 19 November.
• The 10th Session of the Asian and Pacific Centre for Development of Disaster Information Management (APDIM), on Inclusive Disaster Risk Data Governance, was held at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, the Ministry of Home Affairs said on 22 November 2025.
• Op Drishti, a first-of-its-kind advanced surgical eye camp held by Command Hospital, Northern Command, Udhampur, from 18 to 22 November 2025, screened more than 2,000 people and performed over 400 surgeries, the Ministry of Defence said on 22 November.
• Union Ports, Shipping & Waterways Minister Sarbananda Sonowal attended the inauguration of the Underwater Welding, Offshore Repair and Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing) initiative at IIT Guwahati on 22 November 2025.
• President Droupadi Murmu graced a special session commemorating the centenary celebration of Sri Sathya Sai Baba at Prasanthi Nilayam, Puttaparthi, Andhra Pradesh, on 22 November 2025.
• The National Cadet Corps (NCC) held a wreath-laying ceremony at the National War Memorial, New Delhi, on 22 November 2025, led by Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh and DG NCC Lt Gen Virendra Vats, ahead of its 78th Raising Day on 23 November.
• Indian Navy Offshore Patrol Vessel INS Savitri arrived at Port Victoria, Seychelles, as part of its operational deployment to the Indian Ocean Region, the Ministry of Defence said on 22 November 2025.
• The Bureau of Water Use Efficiency (BWUE) of the National Water Mission, Ministry of Jal Shakti, held the first Regional Conference on Enhancing Water Use Efficiency in the Irrigation Sector at CCS NIAM, Jaipur, on 22 November 2025.

Fri, 21 Nov 2025

• The Government of India made the four Labour Codes — the Code on Wages, 2019, the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, the Code on Social Security, 2020 and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 — effective from 21 November 2025, rationalising 29 existing labour laws.
• PM Narendra Modi and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese met on 21 November 2025 on the sidelines of the G20 Leaders' Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa.
• President Droupadi Murmu inaugurated the 2nd edition of the Bharatiya Kala Mahotsav at Rashtrapati Nilayam, Secunderabad, on 21 November 2025.
• The Department of Fisheries released the National Framework on Traceability in Fisheries and Aquaculture 2025 at the World Fisheries Day celebration in New Delhi on 21 November 2025, themed 'India's Blue Transformation: Strengthening Value Addition in Seafood Exports'.
• The Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) revised the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) for the entire NCR on 21 November 2025, moving several measures to earlier stages to make it more stringent.
• Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of the Border Security Force (BSF) in Bhuj, Gujarat, on 21 November 2025, where a commemorative postage stamp was released.
• The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), under 'Operation Filter Out', seized 36.2 lakh sticks of foreign-origin cigarettes and 300 foreign-origin quilts at Kanhmun, Mizoram, on 21 November 2025, arresting two persons.
• The Ministry of Rural Development said on 21 November 2025 that 99.67% of active MGNREGA workers are already Aadhaar-seeded, and asked States/UTs to use the e-KYC feature of the NMMS app for job card verification and renewal.
• The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) released ₹38.36 crore to the Andhra Pradesh Forest Department and ₹1.48 crore to the Andhra Pradesh State Biodiversity Board for protection and conservation of Red Sanders, the Environment Ministry said on 21 November 2025.
• The Technology Development Board (TDB) of the Department of Science & Technology sanctioned financial support to TechInvention Lifecare Ltd, Navi Mumbai, to set up a commercial-scale cGMP facility for an indigenously developed 16-valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV-16), DST said on 21 November 2025.
• The Ministry of Steel said on 21 November 2025 that it has suspended enforcement of the Steel and Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2024 on 55 Indian Standards, based on recommendations of the High-Level Committee on Non-Financial Regulatory Reforms (HLC-NFRR).

Thu, 20 Nov 2025

• Nitish Kumar took oath as Chief Minister of Bihar for a record 10th time at Gandhi Maidan, Patna on 20 November 2025, with Samrat Chaudhary and Vijay Sinha as Deputy Chief Ministers.
• Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan released the final estimates of crop production for 2024-25 on 20 November 2025, putting India's foodgrain output at a record 357.73 million tonnes, up from 332.30 million tonnes in 2023-24.
• 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 Index of Eight Core Industries (ICI) for October 2025, released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry on 20 November 2025, remained unchanged at 162.4 (provisional) compared with October 2024.
• Twenty-six leading e-commerce platforms have submitted self-declarations confirming compliance with the Guidelines for Prevention and Regulation of Dark Patterns, 2023, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs said on 20 November 2025.
• The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and France's Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) signed a Technical Agreement at DRDO Bhawan, New Delhi on 20 November 2025 to deepen collaboration in defence research and development.
• Government e-Marketplace (GeM) under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and UN Women signed an MoU on 20 November 2025 to integrate women entrepreneurs from the informal sector into India's public procurement system.