Current Affairs

India wins ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026, defeating New Zealand by 96 runs in the final at Ahmedabad — first team to defend T20 WC title and to win three T20 WC titles.

US-India trade agreement signed — US reduces tariffs on Indian exports to 18% in exchange for India stopping purchases of Russian oil.

Justice Surya Kant sworn in as 53rd Chief Justice of India on November 24, 2025, succeeding Justice B.R. Gavai who retired on November 23, 2025.

ISRO launches its heaviest-ever payload — a 6,100 kg AST SpaceMobile communications satellite — on December 24, 2025, setting a new record for ISRO payload capacity.

C.P. Radhakrishnan elected as Vice President of India on September 9, 2025, succeeding Jagdeep Dhankhar.

PM Narendra Modi visits China for the SCO Summit in July 2025 — first India-China bilateral visit in 7 years, signalling diplomatic reset after US tariff pressure on both nations.

Justice B.R. Gavai sworn in as 52nd Chief Justice of India on May 14, 2025, succeeding Justice Sanjiv Khanna. First CJI from the Scheduled Caste community.

India-Pakistan ceasefire agreed on May 10, 2025, following Operation Sindoor. Both nations halted military operations after cross-border exchanges. India declared its military objectives achieved.

Operation Sindoor launched on May 7, 2025 — India's precision missile and air strikes on 9 terrorist infrastructure sites in Pakistan and PoK, targeting LeT and JeM camps.

Pahalgam Terror Attack: 26 civilians killed in Baisaran Valley, Pahalgam, J&K on April 22, 2025 — deadliest terror attack on civilians in India in over a decade. India suspended the Indus Waters Treaty in response.

RBI MPC cuts repo rate by 25 bps to 6.0% in April 2025 — third consecutive cut since February 2025. Monetary policy stance: Accommodative.

Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) comes into force from April 1, 2025 for ~23 lakh central government employees — guarantees 50% of average last 12-month basic pay as pension after 25 years of service.

India wins ICC Champions Trophy 2025, defeating New Zealand in the final at Dubai. India's 3rd Champions Trophy title (2002 joint, 2013, 2025). Player of Tournament: Shubman Gill.

Union Budget 2025-26: No income tax up to ₹12 lakh (new regime). Total expenditure ₹50.65 lakh crore. Fiscal deficit target 4.4% of GDP. Presented by FM Nirmala Sitharaman.

India crosses 100 GW installed solar capacity — reached 100.33 GW as of January 31, 2025. Record 24.5 GW added in 2024. India is 4th globally in solar power capacity.

RBI MPC cuts repo rate by 25 bps to 6.25% — first rate cut in nearly 5 years (since May 2020). Previous rate of 6.5% was held for 11 consecutive MPC meetings.

Padma Awards 2025: 7 Padma Vibhushan, 19 Padma Bhushan, 113 Padma Shri (139 total). Notable: MT Vasudevan Nair, L. Subramaniam (Vibhushan); Shekhar Kapur, Shobana (Bhushan); Arijit Singh, R. Ashwin (Shri).

Constitution (129th Amendment) Bill 2024 — One Nation One Election — introduced in Lok Sabha on December 18, 2024. Referred to Joint Parliamentary Committee.

India test-fires K-4 nuclear-capable ballistic missile (range 3,500 km) from INS Arighaat — first submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) test from an Indian SSBN. Developed by DRDO.

Justice Sanjiv Khanna sworn in as 51st Chief Justice of India on November 11, 2024, succeeding Justice D.Y. Chandrachud who retired as 50th CJI.

16th BRICS Summit held in Kazan, Russia (October 22-24, 2024). Russia held BRICS Presidency 2024. BRICS admitted 4 new partner countries. PM Modi met President Putin bilaterally.

India's foreign exchange reserves touch all-time high of $704.89 billion for the week ended September 27, 2024 — India is the 4th largest forex holder globally.

INS Arighaat — India's second SSBN (nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine) — commissioned into the Indian Navy at Visakhapatnam on August 29, 2024. Strengthens India's nuclear triad.

Manu Bhaker wins 2 bronze medals at Paris Olympics 2024 (10m air pistol individual + 10m air pistol mixed team with Sarabjot Singh) — first Indian (post-independence) to win 2 medals at a single Olympics.

Neeraj Chopra wins Silver at Paris Olympics 2024 in javelin (89.45m). Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem wins Gold (92.97m — Olympic record). Neeraj becomes India's first two-time individual Olympic medallist.

Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina resigns and flees to India on August 5, 2024, after mass student-led protests over quota system. Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus sworn in as head of Bangladesh's interim government.

Union Budget 2024-25 (July 23, 2024): Capital expenditure ₹11.11 lakh crore (3.4% of GDP). PM Internship Scheme for 1 crore youth. Custom duty cut on cancer drugs, mobiles, gold.

Three new criminal laws effective from July 1, 2024: BNS replaces IPC 1860; BNSS replaces CrPC 1973; BSA replaces Indian Evidence Act 1872.

India wins ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 — defeats South Africa by 7 runs in the final at Kensington Oval, Barbados. Virat Kohli 76 runs; Hardik Pandya 3 wickets.

Narendra Modi sworn in as PM for a third consecutive term on June 9, 2024, heading the NDA coalition. BJP won 240/543 seats. First PM after Nehru to win 3 consecutive full terms.

'All We Imagine as Light' (dir. Payal Kapadia) wins Grand Prix at 77th Cannes 2024 — first Indian film in Cannes main competition in 30 years. 'Anora' (Sean Baker) wins Palme d'Or.

GST collection for April 2024 crosses ₹2.10 lakh crore — highest-ever monthly GST collection, first time crossing ₹2 lakh crore milestone.

India tests Agni-5 with MIRV capability — Mission Divyastra (March 1, 2024). India joins USA, Russia, China, France, UK as 6th country with MIRV technology.

Padma Awards 2024 announced: 5 Padma Vibhushan, 17 Padma Bhushan, 110 Padma Shri (132 total). Notable: M.S. Swaminathan (Padma Vibhushan — posthumous); Venkaiah Naidu (Padma Vibhushan).

Ram Mandir Pran Pratishtha (consecration ceremony) at Ayodhya on January 22, 2024. PM Modi consecrates Ram Lalla idol. Based on Supreme Court's November 9, 2019 judgment.

India overtakes Hong Kong to become the 4th largest stock market globally in January 2024 — BSE market cap crosses $4 trillion. India trails only USA, China, and Japan.

ISRO's Aditya-L1 successfully reaches halo orbit at Lagrange Point L1 on January 6, 2024 — approximately 1.5 million km from Earth. India's first solar observatory mission.

ISRO launches XPoSat on January 1, 2024 — India's first dedicated space astronomy satellite. World's second X-ray polarimetry mission after NASA's IXPE (2021).