United Kingdom Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Sun, 05 Oct 2025

• On 5 October 2025, off India's western coast, the Indian Navy and the UK's Royal Navy began the bilateral Exercise Konkan-25, running in two phases until 12 October.

Wed, 01 Oct 2025

• The Union Cabinet on 1 October 2025 approved Phase III of the Biomedical Research Career Programme, run by the Department of Biotechnology with the UK's Wellcome Trust, at a total cost of ₹1,500 crore.

Sun, 21 Sept 2025

• The United Kingdom, Canada and Australia formally recognised the State of Palestine on 21 September 2025 in coordinated statements, becoming the first G7 members to do so; Portugal followed the same day.

Sun, 14 Sept 2025

• Minakshi Hooda won the women's 48kg title on 14 September 2025 after Jaismine Lamboria took the 57kg gold, giving India two golds, a silver and a bronze at the World Boxing Championships in Liverpool.

Thu, 24 Jul 2025

• On 24 July 2025, during PM Modi's visit to the UK, India and the United Kingdom signed the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, giving zero-duty access to 99% of India's tariff lines.
• On 24 July 2025, PM Modi held talks with UK PM Keir Starmer at Chequers, Buckinghamshire, where the two leaders adopted the India-UK Vision 2035, and later called on King Charles III at Sandringham.

Wed, 23 Jul 2025

• On 23 July 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi set out on a visit to the United Kingdom and the Maldives from 23 to 26 July.

Sun, 13 Jul 2025

• On 13 July 2025 at MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey, Chelsea beat Paris Saint-Germain 3-0 in the final of the first expanded FIFA Club World Cup.
• On 13 July 2025 at Wimbledon, London, world No. 1 Jannik Sinner beat two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 to win the men's singles title.

Sat, 12 Jul 2025

• On 12 July 2025 at Wimbledon, London, Poland's Iga Swiatek beat Amanda Anisimova of the US 6-0, 6-0 to win her first Wimbledon title and sixth Grand Slam.

Tue, 20 May 2025

• 'Heart Lamp' by Banu Mushtaq, translated from Kannada by Deepa Bhasthi, was announced as the winner of the International Booker Prize 2025 at London's Tate Modern on 20 May 2025 — the first short story collection to win the prize.

Sun, 16 Mar 2025

• Britain's Jack Draper beat Holger Rune 6-2, 6-2 for his first Masters 1000 title and Russia's 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva beat world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the BNP Paribas Open (Indian Wells) finals in California on 16 March 2025.
• China's Shi Yuqi beat Chinese Taipei's Lee Chia-hao 21-17, 21-19 and South Korea's An Se-young beat China's Wang Zhiyi 13-21, 21-18, 21-18 in the singles finals of the All England Open Badminton Championships in Birmingham on 16 March 2025.
• McLaren's Lando Norris converted pole position into victory at the season-opening 2025 Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park, Melbourne, on 16 March 2025, finishing 0.895 seconds ahead of Max Verstappen, with George Russell third.

Thu, 28 Nov 2024

• On 28 November 2024 in Portsmouth, the defence ministries of India and the UK signed a Statement of Intent on cooperation in designing and developing electric propulsion systems for the Indian Navy.

Mon, 18 Nov 2024

• On 18 November 2024 in London, Coal India Ltd received the Green World Environment Award in the CSR category, with the title of Green World Ambassador, for its Thalassemia Bal Sewa Yojna.
• On 18 November 2024 in Rio de Janeiro, on the G20 sidelines, PM Modi held first meetings with UK PM Keir Starmer, Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto and Portugal's PM Luís Montenegro, and met Norway's PM Jonas Gahr Store and France's President Emmanuel Macron.