Current Affairs Highlights – 2025

Vocabulary-style flashcards summarising the key current-affairs facts covered in the lecture notes.

Appointed as the next Director-General of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) in 2025.

Dr. Mangi Lal Jat

Narendra Modi

Elected President of the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA).

Indonesia

Country scheduled to join BRICS as a full member in January 2025.

K. Sanjay Murthy

Appointed Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG) of India.

Chandrika Tandon

Indian-American singer who won the 67th Grammy Award for her album “Triveni.”

Services Sports Control Board

Topped the medal tally at the 38th National Games 2025.

Srinath Raghavan

Author of the book “Indira Gandhi and the Years That Transformed India.”

Swami Bhadreshdas

Received Fiji’s highest honour, the “Companion of the Order of Fiji,” in April 2025.

Ecuador

Country that re-elected Daniel Noboa as President.

Khunying Patama Leeswadtrakul

Became the President of the Badminton World Federation (BWF).

6.6 percent

World Bank’s projected economic growth rate for India in FY 2025-26.

4.4 percent

Target fiscal deficit set for India for FY 2025-26.

Kirsty Coventry

Named as the first woman and first African President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Received the 2025 Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism (Hindi category).

Sibu Kumar Tripathi

Appointed as the Revenue Secretary in the Union Finance Ministry.

Ajay Seth

State that topped the medal tally at the Khelo India Beach Games 2025.

Maharashtra

Won the Palme d’Or at the 78th Cannes Film Festival

.Payal Kapadia

Elected Chairman of the Bar Council of India.

Manan Kumar Mishra

Panchvati Express

Recognised as India’s first “ATM train.”

Site of Tamil Nadu’s proposed Greater Flamingo Sanctuary

Dhanushkodi.

Honoured with the 2025 Gold Mercury Award for peace and stability.

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Host city for the 2025 World Athletics Championships.

Tokyo, Japan

Number of recipients of the 2025 Goldman Environmental Prize.

Six (6) laureates

First Indian to win the Fred Darrington Sand Master Award.

Sudarsan Pattnaik

Winner of the 2025 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize

.La Prensa

New official length of India’s coastline as stated by the Survey of India.

11,098.81 km

Country that named Katrina Kaif its Global Tourism Ambassador.

Maldives

Location of India’s first Green Data Centre

.Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh

Champions of the 18th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Royal Challengers Bengaluru

India’s position in the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) 2025.

10th place

Host country and city of the NATO Summit 2025.

Netherlands (The Hague)

Investor-facilitation portal launched by the Government of Maharashtra.

MAITRI 2.0

Team that won the 2025 Women’s Premier League (WPL)

.Mumbai Indians