World Current Affairs One-liners — All time
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Wed, 03 Dec 2025
- TRAI released the Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicator Report for July–September 2025 on 3 December 2025, showing broadband subscribers rising 1.63% to 995.63 million at end-September.
- The Department of Land Resources held a National Symposium on NAKSHA (National Geospatial Knowledge-based Land Survey of Urban Habitations) and LandStack on 3 December 2025, where a unified 'Urban property card' pilot across 157 cities was highlighted.
Tue, 02 Dec 2025
- The first-of-its-kind R&D Roadmap to Enable India's Net Zero Targets through Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS), prepared by DST, was launched by Principal Scientific Adviser Ajay Kumar Sood on 2 December 2025.
- Kashi Tamil Sangamam 4.0 was inaugurated in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh on 2 December 2025 by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, with 'Tamil Karkalam – Let us learn Tamil' as its theme.
- The Indian Navy undertook humanitarian assistance and disaster relief in Sri Lanka after Cyclonic Storm Ditwah under Operation Sagar Bandhu, using INS Vikrant, INS Udaygiri and INS Sukanya, as reported on 2 December 2025.
- The 14th edition of the India–Maldives Joint Military Exercise Ekuverin between the Indian Army and the Maldives National Defence Force began at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala on 2 December 2025 and runs till 15 December.
- DRDO conducted a successful high-speed rocket-sled test of a fighter aircraft escape system at the Rail Track Rocket Sled facility of TBRL, Chandigarh, as announced on 2 December 2025, validating canopy severance, ejection sequencing and aircrew recovery.
- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated the 18th Plenary Meeting of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes in New Delhi on 2 December 2025; India hosts it from 2 to 5 December.
- MNRE said on 2 December 2025 that India added 31.2 GW of non-fossil capacity in FY 2025-26 up to October, taking non-fossil capacity to about 259 GW and 50% of installed capacity, five years ahead of its NDC target.
- Asom Diwas was observed on 2 December 2025, with the Prime Minister recalling the vision of Swargadeo Chaolung Sukapha, founder of the Ahom kingdom.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 2 December 2025 congratulated 19-year-old Vedamurti Devavrat Mahesh Rekhe on completing the Dandakrama Parayanam of 2,000 mantras of the Shukla Yajurveda's Madhyandini branch in 50 days without interruption in Kashi.
- The Indian Coast Guard and the Philippine Coast Guard held their 1st Annual Bilateral Meeting in Manila on 2 December 2025 under an MoU signed on 22 August 2023.
- National Pollution Control Day was observed on 2 December 2025, and the Mizoram Pollution Control Board's Environment Education Programme held online poster and quiz competitions for students.
- UIDAI said on 2 December 2025 that Aadhaar holders executed 231 crore authentication transactions in November 2025, about 8.5% more than in November 2024 and the highest month so far this fiscal year.
- NHAI signed an MoU with Reliance Jio on 2 December 2025 to send telecom-based advance safety alerts to highway users approaching accident-prone stretches, stray-cattle zones, fog areas and diversions.
Mon, 01 Dec 2025
- The 26th Hornbill Festival opened at the Naga Heritage Village, Kisama, Nagaland on 1 December 2025, coinciding with the 63rd Statehood Day of Nagaland, and runs till 10 December.
- The Winter Session 2025 of Parliament began in New Delhi on Monday, 1 December 2025 and was scheduled to run till 19 December with 15 sittings.
- Punjab recorded 5,114 and Haryana 662 paddy stubble-burning incidents in the 2025 season, the lowest so far, the Commission for Air Quality Management said on 1 December 2025.
- Goa Governor Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju released a commemorative postage stamp marking the Silver Jubilee of the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) at Vasco-da-Gama, Goa on Antarctica Day, 1 December 2025.
- India's Index of Industrial Production (IIP) grew 0.4% in October 2025, down from 4.0% in September, according to quick estimates released by MoSPI on 1 December 2025.
- Indian Railways announced on 1 December 2025 the out-of-turn promotion of Women's World Cup champions Pratika Rawal, Sneh Rana and Renuka Singh Thakur to the Group 'B' gazetted post of Officer on Special Duty (Sports).
- The Border Security Force (BSF), established on 1 December 1965, marked its Raising Day on 1 December 2025, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted its personnel.
- Union Health Minister J P Nadda inaugurated the national observance of World AIDS Day 2025 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on 1 December 2025.
- Aparna Garg, a 1987-batch Indian Railway Accounts Service (IRAS) officer, took charge as Member (Finance), Railway Board on 1 December 2025.
- Rabi crops had been sown on 393.07 lakh hectares as of 28 November 2025, against 357.73 lakh hectares a year earlier, the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare reported on 1 December 2025.
- Air Marshal Tejbir Singh assumed the appointment of Director General (Inspection and Safety) at Air Headquarters on 1 December 2025.
- MeitY's IndiaAI and UN Women India announced on 1 December 2025 a global call for nominations for a compendium on AI solutions advancing gender equality, to be released at the India–AI Impact Summit 2026.
- Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan inaugurated the Saras Aajeevika Food Festival 2025 at Sunder Nursery, New Delhi on 1 December 2025, with women from 25 states serving over 500 dishes.
- The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) released on 1 December 2025 its Independent Drive Test findings for Wayanad in the Kerala Licensed Service Area, conducted on 14–17 October 2025.