National and international current affairs 2025 are important for SSC, RRB, UPSC, IBPS, and all state PSC/PCS exams. Here, we update daily current affairs with multiple choice questions (MCQs), arranged month-wise on a single page for the entire year, so it’s easy to find and relate all the news.
NATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS 2025
MAY 2025
⇒ Union Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences Jitendra Singh inaugurated the Polar Bhavan and Sagar Bhavan at the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, Goa.
⇒ President confers 06 Kirti Chakras & 33 Shaurya Chakras during Defence Investiture Ceremony 2025 (Phase-I).
⇒ First-ever Khelo India Beach Games inaugurated in Diu
⇒ Mizoram becomes India’s first fully literate state.
⇒ Banu Mushtaq’s short story collection Heart Lamp has won the International Booker Prize in London. Ms. Banu has become the first Indian author writing in Kannada to win the prestigious International Booker Prize.
⇒ Sikkimese film Shape of MoMo directed by Tribeny Rai selected for the prestigious “HAF Goes to Cannes” programme at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival.
⇒ Prime Minister to also inaugurate 103 Amrit Bharat Stations across the nation.
⇒ Shooter Kanak wins India’s first gold medal at Junior World Cup in Germany.
⇒ India’s foreign exchange reserves have reached $690.6 billion, making it the fourth largest in the world after China, Japan, and Switzerland.
⇒ The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) has announced the establishment of its first overseas campus in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
⇒ Justice Bhushan Ramakrishna Gavai was sworn in as the 52nd Chief Justice of India.
⇒ The Central Government has officially declared 23 September as Ayurveda Day.
⇒ Indian Grandmaster Nihal Sarin finishes as runner-up at Asian Chess Championship in Al Ain, UAE
⇒ Bharat Pavilion inaugurated at Cannes Film Festival in France.
⇒ At the 7th Khelo India Youth Games (KIYG) 2025, hosted by Bihar, Maharashtra dominated with 148 medals. Medal Tally
⇒ OPERATION SINDOOR, the Indian Armed Forces launched ‘OPERATION SINDOOR’, hitting 09 terrorist sites in Pakistan and PoK.
⇒ The Ministry of Home Affairs has decided to conduct a mock drill for nationwide civil security in 244 districts across the country on 7 May 2025.
APRIL 2025
⇒ ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites) declared April 18th as the International Day for Monuments and Sites, also known as World Heritage Day. This year’s World Heritage Day 2025 theme is “Heritage Under Threat from Disaster and Conflicts.”
⇒ ISSF World Cup 2025 Lima, Peru
⇒ In Shooting, Vijayveer Sidhu becomes first Indian to win gold in men’s 25-meter rapid fire pistol event of ISSF World cup in Argentina.
⇒ Rajgir in Bihar to host Asia Cup Hockey 2025 in August this year.
MARCH 2025
⇒ KIPG 2025 : Chhattisgarh secured 14th position with 6 medals (2 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze), while Haryana, Tamil Nadu, and Uttar Pradesh were the top states at the Khelo India Para Games 2025 in New Delhi. Medal Tally
⇒ World Para Athletics Grand Prix 2025 to kick off at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi
⇒ Madhya Pradesh to get its 9th Tiger Reserve and 58th Tiger Reserve of the country. Madhav Tiger Reserve, spread over an area of more than 37 thousand hectares, is located between Panna Tiger Reserve and Ranthambore Tiger Reserve. It is also connected to Kuno National Park.
⇒ Indian Grandmaster Pranav Venkatesh becomes the World Junior Chess Champion 2025.
FEBRUARY 2025
⇒ Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar was appointed as the 26th Chief Election Commissioner.
⇒ Finance Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey appointed new Chairman of SEBI.
JANUARY 2025
⇒ China launched Pakistan’s PRSC-EO1 satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. The rocket also carried two other satellites: Tianlu-1 and Lantan-1.
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October 2024 Month Important Current Affairs
October 2024
⇒ 55th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) has started in Goa.
⇒ President Droupadi Murmu will present the 5th National Water Awards 2023, Odisha won the Best State award, followed by Uttar Pradesh, and a joint third-place for Gujarat and Puducherry.
⇒ Cyclone Dana to hit Odisha, West Bengal. Dana, meaning generosity, is a name chosen by Qatar.
⇒ New Zealand beat South Africa to win maiden Women’s T20 World Cup title.
⇒ Senior BJP leader Nayab Singh to be sworn-in as Chief Minister of Haryana for second consecutive term. the BJP won 48 out of 90 seats.
⇒ Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the International Abhidhamma Divas celebration in New Delhi, honoring Pali as a classical language. The event marks Lord Buddha’s descent to Sankassiya.
⇒ Hong Kong has reclaimed its position as the world’s freest economy, overtaking Singapore, as per the Fraser Institute’s Economic Freedom of the World report.
⇒ Kaziranga National Park, renowned for its one-horned rhinoceros, has been recognized as India’s second-largest butterfly diversity hub, hosting 446 species, following Namdapha National Park.
⇒ The Seventh Session of the International Solar Alliance Assembly will take place in New Delhi from November 3-6, 2024, with representatives from 120 countries attending.
⇒ The 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan will gather Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, along with new members Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, and the UAE.
⇒ The Indian Army’s Sudarshan Chakra Corps is conducting a major exercise named “Exercise SWAVLAMBAN SHAKTI” at the Babina Field Firing Ranges close to Jhansi.
September 2024 Month Important Current Affairs
September 2024
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August 2024 Month Important Current Affairs
16 August 2024
⇒ ISRO to launch earth observation satellite EOS-8 onboard SSLV D3 this morning.
⇒ Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan inaugurates National Pest Surveillance System to educate farmers about different types of insecticides and pesticides.
⇒ Sweden confirms first case of mpox outside Africa after WHO declares it a global public health emergency.
⇒ In Tennis, Alexander Zverev of Germany becomes first player to earn 50 tour-level wins this season.
July 2024 Month Important Current Affairs
18 July 2024
⇒ External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar inaugurates India’s first overseas Jan Aushadi Kendra in Mauritius.
04 July 2024
⇒ Hemant Soren wins trust vote, Ex-Jharkhand CM Champai Soren takes oath as minister in Hemant Soren govt.
⇒ India’s Avinash Sable sets new national record in 3000 meter steeplechase at Paris Diamond League in France.
⇒ Prime Minister Modi Visit to the Russian Federation and the Republic of Austria. Explain
03 July 2024
⇒ India’s first solar mission Aditya-L1 spacecraft has completed its first halo orbit around the Sun-Earth L1 point.
⇒ Global India AI Summit 2024 to commence in New Delhi
June 2024 Month Important Current Affairs
26 June 2024
⇒ DRDO handed over Medium Range Microwave Obscurant Chaff Rocket (MR-MOCR) to Indian Navy. MOC technology obscures radar signals &s creates a microwave shield around platforms, thus reducing radar detection.
⇒ Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh grant “Mini RATNA” status for Central Electronics Limited (CEL).
⇒ 26th June is observed as the “International Day against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking.
25 June 2024
⇒ Kerala’s city Kozhikode became India’s first ‘City of Literature’ in UNESCO’s list.
⇒ Under-17 Asian Wrestling Championships in Amman, Indian contingent clinched a total of 11 medals, including 04 gold,02 silver, and 05 bronze medals. Women wrestlers grabbed all four gold medals.
20 June 2024
⇒ Cabinet has approved the Minimum Support Price (MSP) on 14 Kharif season crops. Image
13 June 2024
⇒ BJP leader Pema Khandu to be sworn-in as Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh. (Total 60 Seat = 46 BJP + 5 NPEP + 3 IND + 3 NCP + 02 PPA)
12 June 2024
⇒ UN Declares 2025 International Year of Quantum Science and Technology
⇒ Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi to be the next Chief of Army Staff.
11 June 2024
⇒ Mohan Charan Majhi to be sworn in as the first BJP Chief Minister of Odisha with two deputy Chief Ministers in Bhubaneswar. (Total 147 Seat = 78 BJP + 51 BJD + 14 INS + 01 CPI(M) + 03 Ind)
⇒ N Chandrababu Naidu to take oath of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister for the fourth time. (Total 175 Seat = 135 TDP + 21 JNP + 11 YSRCP + 08 BJP)
⇒ Gulveer Singh create a new National Record in Men’s 5000m and won Bronze at Portland Track Festival.
⇒ Sub-Lt Anamika Rajeev becomes Indian Navy’s first woman helicopter pilot.
05 June 2024
⇒ 18th edition of the Mumbai International Film Festival will be held in Mumbai.
⇒ Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko became the first human to spend 1000 cumulative days in space!
⇒ Poet and playwright Siddhalinga Pattanashetti wins the Gudleppa Hallikeri Award 2024.
⇒ Reliance, Tata, SII in TIME’s 100 Most Influential Companies 2024.
01 June 2024
⇒ Indian-Origin NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, along with Butch Wilmore, have become the first to fly to space aboard the Boeing Starliner in the first-ever crewed mission.
May 2024 Month Important Current Affairs
⇒ Maharashtra: 16-yr-old Kaamya Karthikeyan becomes youngest Indian to scale Mt Everest. beat Kaamya Karthikeyan record.
⇒ Indian-Origin US Scientist Shrinivas R Kulkarni Wins Prestigious Shaw Prize In Astronomy
⇒ Bhopal-Based Jyoti Ratre Becomes Oldest Indian Woman To Climb Everest At 55.
⇒ India’s Chidananda S Naik wins Cannes La Cinef first prize for Sunflowers Were the First Ones to Know
⇒ German author Jenny Erpenbeck’s ‘Kairos’ wins the International Booker Prize 2024.
⇒ World Hydrogen Summit 2024, Netherlands
⇒ Author Ruskin Bond receives Sahitya Akademi Fellowship
⇒ NASA’s Magellan radar suggests volcanoes on Venus are still active.
⇒ Indian Mountaineer Satyadeep Gupta becoming the first person to scale Mt. Everest and Mt. Lhotse twice in a single season.
⇒ Japan Wins Maiden Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Trophy
⇒ IPL 2024 : Virat Kohli (741 runs) wins the orange cap & Harshal Patel (24 wickets) wins the purple cap.
⇒ ISL Final 2024 : Mumbai City Win indian super league Cup.
⇒ China Win Thomas & Uber Cup Badminton tournament Finals 2024.
⇒ Kareena Kapoor appointed UNICEF India ambassador.
⇒ United Nations Declares May 25 as World Football Day.
⇒ India successfully concluded hosting of the 46th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM-46) and the 26th Committee on Environmental Protection (CEP-26) from May 20th to May 30th, 2024 in Kochi, Kerala.
⇒ NIMHANS bags the Nelson Mandela Award for Health Promotion for 2024 by the World Health Organization
⇒ IIT-Madras Startup AgniKul Launches World’s First 3D Printed, Semicryogenic Rocket Engine SOrTeD.
⇒ Mumnai’s 16-yr-old Kaamya Karthikeyan becomes youngest Indian to scale Mt Everest.
⇒ IREDA gets ‘Navratna’ status
⇒ RudraM-II air-to-surface missile successfully flight-tested by DRDO.
⇒ Major Radhika Sen of Indian Army to receive prestigious UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award.
⇒ SBI Research says, India’s GDP growth likely to touch 8 percent in financial year 2024.
⇒ Historic Wins for India at Cannes ! Celebrating remarkable achievements as filmmakers Payal Kapadia (‘All We Imagine as Light’) and Chidananda S. Naik (‘Sunflower Were First to Know’), actress Anasuya Sengupta (‘The Shameless’) and acclaimed cinematographer Santosh Sivan clinch top honors at the 77th Cannes Film Festival.
⇒ Kolkata Knight Riders lift their third IPL trophy beating Sunrisers Hyderabad in final in Chennai.
⇒ World Para Athletics C’ships 2024, Kobe Japan India finish campaign with 17 medals, including 06 gold
⇒ Dipa Karmakar becomes first ever Indian gymnast to win gold medal at Asian Championships.
⇒ Assam’s Urmimala Baruah becomes the India’s first pageant director to walk at the Red Carpet of Cannes Film Festival 2024 held in France.
⇒ Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari inaugurated the IAF Emergency Medical Response System in Bengaluru.
⇒ NTPC gets global recognition for Talent Development, secures 3rd rank at ATD BEST Awards 2024.
⇒ India climbs to 39th position in World Economic Forum’s Travel and Tourism Development Index.
⇒ Indian men’s and women’s 4×400 metre teams bag two silver medals in Asian Relay Championships in Bangkok.
April 2024 Month Important Current Affairs
⇒ first ever Nuclear Energy Summit NES2024 opening in Belgium.
⇒ Six traditional products and crafts of Assam, including Bihu Dhol, Jaapi and Sarthebari bell metal craft, have been accorded Geographical Indication (GI) tags.
⇒ Ms Sheyphali Sharan takes charge as Principal Director General, Press Information Bureau.
⇒ 6 year old Takshvi Vaghani from Ahmedabad sets the Guinness World Record in limbo skating over 25 meters.
⇒ Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi assumed command as the 26th Chief of the Naval Staff.
⇒ Asian Wrestling Championships 2024, India conclude total 09 with four silvers and five bronze medals.
⇒ Actor Amitabh Bachchan honoured with Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar award at Deenanath Mangeshkar Natyagriha.
⇒ Hand-block Textile Printing & Dyeing From Ajrakh, Gujarat Secures GI Certification
⇒ CG activist Alok Shukla receives Goldman Environmental prize for Hasdeo Aranya forest campaign.
⇒ Bru migrants participate in Lok Sabha polls as voters of Tripura for first time since 1997 displacement
⇒ India win GOLD medal in Compund Women Team event at Archery World Cup (Stage 2) in South Korea. Trio of Jyothi, Aditi & Parneet beat Turkey in Final.
March 2024 Month Important Current Affairs
⇒ Group Captains Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair, Ajit Krishnan and Angad Pratap, and Wing Commander Shubanshu Shukla have been chosen as the astronaut candidates for the first for India’s Manned Space Mission (Gaganyaan).
⇒ PM Modi conferred with Bhutan’s highest civilian award the ‘Order of the Druk Gyalpo’.
February 2024 Month Important Current Affairs
⇒ Ravindra kumar Tyagi or RK Tyagi assumed role of CMD at Power Grid.
⇒ Dr. Arvind Panagariya to chair 16th Finance Commission.(2026 – 31)
⇒ ISRO’s PSLV-C58 has launched XPOSAT Satellite, XPoSat (X-ray Polarimeter Satellite) is the first dedicated scientific satellite to measurements of X-ray emission from celestial sources. It carries two payloads namely POLIX (Polarimeter Instrument in X-rays) and XSPECT (X-ray Spectroscopy and Timing). POLIX is realized by Raman Research Institute and XSPECT is by Space Astronomy Group of URSC.
⇒ The First edition of the India – UAE Joint Military Exercise ‘DESERT CYCLONE’ Exercise is scheduled to be conducted in Mahajan, Rajasthan.
⇒ Samvid Gurukulam, Country’s first-ever all girls Sainik School opens in Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh.
⇒ Raipur Smart City introduced india’s second Green Corridor system after ahmedabad for organ transplants.
January 2024 Month Important Current Affairs
⇒ Russia assumed 2024 BRICS chairmanship with a focus on global development, security, & expansion, welcoming Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and UAE into the group.
⇒ Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University’s Vice Chancellor Prof B R Kamboj honoured with M S Swaminathan Award.
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