India Current Affairs One-liners — Last 12 months

Mon, 27 Oct 2025

• Home Minister Amit Shah welcomed the surrender of 21 Maoists, 13 of them senior cadres, along with their arms in Kanker district, Chhattisgarh, on 27 October 2025.
• Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on 27 October 2025 approved Kharif 2025-26 procurement of pulses and oilseeds worth ₹15,095.83 crore in Telangana, Odisha, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.
• The Indian Army marked Infantry Day, the 79th Shaurya Diwas, on 27 October 2025 with a wreath-laying ceremony at the National War Memorial, New Delhi, led by Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi.
• Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan inaugurated a National Seeds Corporation vegetable and flower seed processing unit at Pusa, New Delhi, and five other NSC plants on 27 October 2025, and launched 'Seed Management 2.0'.
• TRAI data released on 27 October 2025 show India's total telephone subscribers rose to 1,228.94 million at the end of September 2025, with overall tele-density at 86.65%.
• The Indian Coast Guard and the National e-Governance Division of MeitY signed an MoU on 27 October 2025 at ICG Headquarters, New Delhi, to integrate DigiLocker for issuing and verifying service records.
• Fisheries Secretary Abhilaksh Likhi, at a review meeting in Mumbai on 27 October 2025, called for more fishermen training in the Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep Islands, with a focus on sashimi-grade tuna handling and export skills.

Sun, 26 Oct 2025

• The Government of India announced the Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar 2025 on 26 October 2025, with the Vigyan Ratna conferred posthumously on physicist Prof. Jayant Vishnu Narlikar.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi took part virtually in the 22nd ASEAN-India Summit in Kuala Lumpur on 26 October 2025 and declared 2026 the 'ASEAN-India Year of Maritime Cooperation'.
• The Election Commission of India said on 26 October 2025 that exit polls for the Bihar Assembly elections and bye-elections are banned from 7 am on 6 November to 6:30 pm on 11 November 2025, and reminded media of the 48-hour silence period.
• The Indian Navy said on 26 October 2025 that INS Sutlej has completed a joint hydrographic survey with the Mauritius Hydrographic Service covering about 35,000 square nautical miles.
• In the 127th episode of Mann Ki Baat on 26 October 2025, PM Narendra Modi highlighted Ambikapur's garbage cafes, Gujarat's Dholera mangroves, Koraput coffee and the coming 150th year of 'Vande Mataram'.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed deep sorrow on 26 October 2025 over the passing of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit, the Queen Mother of Thailand.
• The Civil Aviation Ministry said on 26 October 2025 that India, through the AAIB, will host the Asia Pacific Accident Investigation Group (APAC-AIG) meeting and workshop for the first time, from 28 to 31 October 2025.
• School Education Secretary Sanjay Kumar and Disability Affairs Secretary Rajesh Aggarwal flagged off 'Walk for Dyslexia 2025' on Kartavya Path, New Delhi, on 26 October 2025, as Rashtrapati Bhavan was lit in red for Dyslexia Awareness Month.
• President Droupadi Murmu inaugurated Yashoda Medicity at Indirapuram, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, on 26 October 2025.
• The Department of Land Resources and LBSNAA announced on 26 October 2025 a two-day workshop in Mussoorie on 27-28 October to prepare District Collectors for the NAKSHA urban land survey pilot in 28 states and 3 UTs.

Sat, 25 Oct 2025

• The second edition of the biannual Naval Commanders' Conference 2025 was held at Nausena Bhawan, New Delhi, from 22 to 24 October 2025.
• Cabinet Secretary Dr. T. V. Somanathan chaired the National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) on 25 October 2025 to review preparedness for a cyclone forming over the Bay of Bengal.
• The Anusandhan National Research Foundation, with ICMR and the Gates Foundation, launched the Maha MedTech Mission to fund home-grown medical technology.
• The Ministry of Culture signed MoUs with 17 institutions under its Gyan Bharatam manuscript mission at the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, on 25 October 2025.
• A PIB backgrounder on 25 October 2025 said Naxal-affected districts fell from 126 in 2014 to 18 in 2024, with the government aiming to make India Naxal-free by March 2026.
• Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan visited ICAR–Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Vellore, on 25 October 2025 and held 'Chaupal' talks with farmers from Tamil Nadu districts covered by the PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana.
• The Ministry of Mines recognised IISc Bangalore and C-MET Hyderabad as Centres of Excellence under the National Critical Mineral Mission, taking the total to nine.
• Health Minister J.P. Nadda addressed the 50th convocation of AIIMS New Delhi on 25 October 2025, where 326 graduates received degrees.
• Indian Railways said on 25 October 2025 that over 1.5 crore passengers had travelled on festival-season trains, with holding areas set up at 30 stations in Bihar and nearby Uttar Pradesh.
• The Department of Legal Affairs integrated its Legal Information Management and Briefing System (LIMBS) with the Public Financial Management System (PFMS) to make advocate fee payments fully electronic.
• HLL Lifecare Limited, a Mini-Ratna CPSE under the Health Ministry, paid a dividend of ₹69.53 crore to the Government of India for 2024–25.
• Veteran actor Satish Shah, known for 'Sarabhai vs Sarabhai' and 'Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro', died in Mumbai on 25 October 2025 at the age of 74.
• The National Biodiversity Authority released ₹18.3 lakh in Access and Benefit Sharing money to two Biodiversity Management Committees in Uttar Pradesh and Sikkim.