World Current Affairs One-liners — Last 12 months

Sat, 27 Dec 2025

• The Department of Consumer Affairs said on 27 December 2025 that the National Consumer Helpline facilitated ₹45 crore in refunds on 67,265 grievances across 31 sectors between 25 April and 26 December 2025.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid homage to Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji on the sacred Parkash Utsav on 27 December 2025, calling him an embodiment of courage, compassion and sacrifice.
• Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin inaugurated a two-day Agricultural Exhibition and Seminar in Tiruvannamalai on 27 December 2025 and said ₹289.63 crore had been released for 3.60 lakh farmers hit by 2024-25 monsoon crop damage.
• Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav inaugurated Satna's new ₹31 crore Inter-State Bus Terminal on 27 December 2025, named it after Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and said state-run 'Mukhyamantri Sugam Lok Parivahan Seva' buses would start in the new year.
• England beat Australia by four wickets in the fourth Ashes Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 27 December 2025, finishing the match in two days for their first Test win in Australia since January 2011.
• Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi inaugurated the 52nd State-Level Children's Science Exhibition (Baal Baigyanik Pradarshani) at D.N. High School, Keonjhar, on 27 December 2025.

Fri, 26 Dec 2025

• Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the two-day Anti-Terrorism Conference-2025 organised by the NIA in New Delhi on 26 December 2025 and launched an updated crime manual and two databases.
• President Droupadi Murmu conferred the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar on 20 children from 18 States and UTs at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, on 26 December 2025.
• Indian Railways announced on 26 December 2025 a plan to double the capacity of major cities to originate new trains by 2030, with a comprehensive plan for 48 cities under consideration.
• Veer Baal Diwas was observed on 26 December 2025, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing the national programme at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, in memory of the Sahibzadas.
• Bihar's first PARAM Rudra supercomputer, set up under the National Supercomputing Mission, was inaugurated at IIT Patna on 26 December 2025.
• Scientists of the Indian Institute of Astrophysics used archival JWST data to detect PAH molecules glowing in the planet-forming disk of the young star T Chamaeleontis after part of its inner wall collapsed, DST said on 26 December 2025.
• The Union Government released over ₹723 crore of Fifteenth Finance Commission Untied Grants for rural local bodies in Rajasthan and Jharkhand, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj said on 26 December 2025.
• Union Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya announced EPFO reforms, including EPF Suvidha Providers and a mission-mode KYC drive, while opening a new EPFO building at Vatva, Gujarat, on 26 December 2025.
• Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini inaugurated the three-day Rakhigarhi Mahotsav (26–28 December 2025) at the Harappan site of Rakhigarhi in Hisar district on 26 December 2025.
• Tripura Legislative Assembly Speaker Biswa Bandhu Sen, a four-time MLA from Dharmanagar, died in Bengaluru on 26 December 2025 at the age of 72.
• Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi inaugurated the three-day Gonasika-Keonjhar Mahotsav 2025 at the foothills of Gonasika in Keonjhar district on the evening of 26 December 2025.
• Jammu and Kashmir Rural Development Minister Javid Ahmad Dar handed sanction orders to Project Implementation Agencies under the revamped Himayat 2.0 skilling programme in Jammu on 26 December 2025.
• The GCCA India–NCB report on 'Carbon Uptake by Concrete' was released at the 63rd Foundation Day of the National Council for Cement and Building Materials on 26 December 2025.

Thu, 25 Dec 2025

• India was selected by the Kimberley Process Plenary to chair the Kimberley Process from 1 January 2026, taking over as Vice Chair from 25 December 2025, the Commerce Ministry said on 25 December 2025.
• President Droupadi Murmu released the Constitution of India in the Santhali language, in the Ol Chiki script, at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 25 December 2025.
• The Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), launched on 25 December 2000, completed 25 years on 25 December 2025, with 7,87,520 km of the 8,25,114 km of sanctioned rural roads completed.
• The Central Consumer Protection Authority imposed a ₹11 lakh penalty on Vision IAS for misleading advertisements about UPSC Civil Services Examination 2022 and 2023 results, the Consumer Affairs Ministry said on 25 December 2025.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Rashtra Prerna Sthal in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, on 25 December 2025, the 101st birth anniversary of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
• Six Naxalites, including Central Committee member Ganesh Uike, were neutralised in a major operation in Kandhamal, Odisha, the Union Home Ministry said on 25 December 2025.
• Good Governance Week 2025 (19–25 December) ended with a National Workshop on Good Governance Practices in New Delhi on 25 December 2025, Good Governance Day, where Dr. Jitendra Singh released reports and launched digital tools.
• The Delhi government opened the first 45 of a planned 100 Atal Canteens, serving full meals at ₹5, on 25 December 2025, the birth anniversary of Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
• Indian Railways announced on 25 December 2025 a fare rationalisation effective 26 December, with no change for suburban services and season tickets and an increase of 2 paise per km in Mail/Express classes.
• Vice President C.P. Radhakrishnan released 'Mahamana Vangmay', the final series of the collected works of Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, on 25 December 2025.
• Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini presented nine Good Governance Awards and launched digital portals, including one for contractual employees' security of service, at the state Good Governance Day event in Panchkula on 25 December 2025.