Current Affairs 25 September 2026: Top 20 Facts with Exam Tags
Current Affairs 25 September 2026: Top 20 Facts with Exam Tags
The Bihar Cabinet cleared 24 proposals on 24 September, two new state universities among them. On the same evening INS Trishul docked at Toulon in France. If you are sitting for SSC CGL, RRB NTPC, IBPS PO, BPSC 72nd, BSSC or JSSC, both of those are printable one-liners.
This page carries the last 24 hours of exam-relevant news, each fact in one sentence with the exam it matters for. A dedicated Bihar and Jharkhand block sits in the middle. The 15-question bilingual quiz built from these same facts now sits as a separate practice set on the platform, pitched a shade harder than the real paper on purpose.
National
- UDAN next phase: The Ministry of Civil Aviation signed 22 MoUs with states and UTs, including Bihar, Assam, Odisha and Uttar Pradesh, at an event inaugurated by Union Minister Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu at The Ashok, New Delhi. (SSC / Railway / All exams)
- 9th India International Water Week: Running 22 to 26 September 2026 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, on the theme "Climate Resilient Water Management", led by the Ministry of Jal Shakti under Union Minister C. R. Patil. (SSC / BPSC / All exams)
- Digital Communications Commission dissolved: The Department of Telecommunications wound up the 37-year-old apex telecom body through a resolution issued on 19 September and gazetted on 21 September 2026. (SSC / All exams)
- Inter-State Council order amended: President Droupadi Murmu amended the Inter-State Council Order of 1990 on 9 September 2026, letting a Governor or Lt Governor take part when a state is under President's Rule under Article 356 or Article 239AB. (BPSC / BSSC / All exams)
- 11th Ayurveda Day: Observed on 23 September 2026 with Nagpur, Maharashtra as the host city and the theme "Ayurveda for a Healthier Tomorrow"; Ayush institutions ran nationwide outreach through 24 September. (All exams)
- Supreme Court Collegium: The Collegium cleared the elevation of 12 additional judges as permanent judges across four High Courts (verify). (BPSC / JPSC / All exams)
- Book release: Vice-President C. P. Radhakrishnan released the book "Vishwasanchar Hindutva Ka" in New Delhi on 24 September. (All exams)
International
- UNGA 81: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar will address the General Debate of the 81st UN General Assembly session on 26 September 2026 and lead the Indian delegation; the Prime Minister is not travelling to New York this year. (All exams)
- WMO water report: The World Meteorological Organization's State of Global Water Resources 2025 recorded a fourth straight year of glacier mass loss at 408 ± 132 gigatonnes, equal to about 1.1 mm of sea-level rise. (SSC / BPSC / All exams)
- Denmark work permits: The Danish Parliament approved a Collective Agreement-Based Business Scheme creating a new route for foreign work permits. (All exams)
Economy & Banking
- Three-day bank strike: The United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) is going ahead with a nationwide strike from 28 to 30 September 2026, demanding a five-day banking week and withdrawal of the performance-linked incentive scheme. (Banking / All exams)
- RBI's special Sunday: The Reserve Bank allowed all bank branches, ATM-linked branches and currency chests to stay open on Sunday, 27 September 2026, so that the strike plus the weekend does not shut counters for five days running. (Banking)
- S&P raises India forecast: S&P Global Ratings lifted India's FY27 GDP growth projection to 7.0% from 6.6%, and pencilled in 7.2% for FY28. (Banking / SSC / All exams)
- Mastercard exits Pine Labs: Mastercard sold its entire 4.31% stake, about 4.97 crore shares, for roughly ₹933 crore at an average of ₹187.75 a share through BSE block deals. (Banking)
- J&K Bank trims insurance stake: Jammu & Kashmir Bank signed an escrow agreement to sell a 0.5% stake in PNB MetLife for ₹120.10 crore, cutting its holding from 3.03% to 2.53%. (Banking)
Sports
The 2026 Asian Games at Aichi-Nagoya, Japan gave India its busiest medal day of the week. As of 25 September India had 19 medals: 2 gold, 8 silver and 9 bronze.
- Cricket gold: The Indian women's cricket team beat Sri Lanka by 147 runs to take gold. (All exams)
- Shooting gold: Kamaljeet and Suruchi Inder Singh won the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event. (All exams)
- Weightlifting silver: Mirabai Chanu took silver in the women's 49 kg class with a total of 198 kg. (All exams)
- Athletics and rowing: Seema Kumari won bronze in the women's 10,000 m, while Satnam Singh and Salman Khan took bronze in men's double sculls. (All exams)
- Wushu and shooting: Naorem Roshibina Devi won silver in women's Sanda 60 kg; Parinaaz Dhaliwal and Anantjeet Singh Naruka won bronze in mixed team skeet, and Rudrankksh Patil took bronze in men's 10m air rifle. (All exams)
Awards
- FAO recognition: Mizoram farmer ZT Lalrithangi was selected for the FAO's 100 Women in Agriculture initiative. (All exams)
- India tops business climate survey: India ranked 1st among 41 markets in the Global Business Climate Survey 2026 by Business Sweden and the Swedish Chambers of Commerce, ahead of Ireland and Vietnam. (Banking / SSC / All exams)
Science & Defence
- Exercise Varuna: Indian Navy frigate INS Trishul arrived at Toulon, France on 24 September for the 24th edition of the India-France bilateral maritime exercise VARUNA. (Defence / SSC / All exams)
- ISRO radar facility in Assam: Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma laid the foundation stone on 21 September for ISRO's Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network Advanced Radar Research Facility at Chandrapur, on 200 bighas, targeted to be operational by February 2027. (SSC / Railway / All exams)
- NIT Srinagar observatory: On 22 September NIT Srinagar became the first NIT with a campus astronomical observatory, built around a 14-inch Celestron C14 EdgeHD telescope with the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru. (All exams)
Bihar-Jharkhand Special
This is the block BPSC, BSSC, Bihar Police, JSSC and JPSC aspirants should copy into their register first. State GS carries more weight per question than national GK in these papers.
- Bihar Cabinet clears 24 proposals (24 September): Two new universities were approved, Mata Sita Women's University in Patna and Rashtrakavi Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar' University in Begusarai, with ₹15 crore sanctioned to each for salaries and establishment. (BPSC / BSSC / Bihar Police)
- New sugar mill in Nawada: The Cabinet approved a sugar mill at Warisaliganj in Nawada district with expected investment above ₹500 crore and 99.39 acres transferred at Mauja Makanpur. (BPSC / BSSC)
- Cattle credit scheme: ₹160 crore was approved for the Mukhya Mantri Gaudhan Vikas Rinn Yojana for 2026-27 to 2028-29, giving a 100% interest subsidy on bank loans to cattle rearers. (BPSC / BSSC / Bihar Police)
- Kosi dairy push: ₹126 crore was cleared for dairy projects in Supaul, Madhepura and Saharsa over 2026-27 and 2027-28, covering a curd plant, an ice cream unit and milk chilling systems. (BPSC / BSSC)
- Who runs Bihar: Samrat Choudhary has been Chief Minister of Bihar since 15 April 2026, with Vijay Kumar Chaudhary and Bijendra Prasad Yadav as Deputy Chief Ministers. (BPSC / BSSC / Bihar Police)
- Bihar in UDAN: Bihar was among the 22 states and UTs that signed MoUs for the next phase of the regional connectivity scheme. (BPSC / BSSC)
- BPSC Judicial Services: BPSC extended the online application window for the 33rd Bihar Judicial Services Competitive Examination (Advt. No. 12/2026) in compliance with a Supreme Court order. (BPSC)
- BPSC 72nd CCE: The 72nd Combined Competitive Prelims, first listed for 26 July 2026, now stands rescheduled to 25 October 2026 (verify on bpsc.bihar.gov.in before you plan around it). (BPSC)
- JTET 2026: The Jharkhand Academic Council notified JTET on 28 March 2026 and extended applications to 2 June 2026; Paper 1 covers Classes 1 to 5 and Paper 2 covers Classes 6 to 8, each of 150 marks. The exam date is still awaited. (JTET / TET)
- Jharkhand recruitment row: Chief Minister Hemant Soren has assured JPSC and JSSC aspirants of recruitment reform and offered talks after the student agitation in Ranchi. (JSSC / JPSC)
Honest caveat on this block: cabinet figures come from the same-day press briefing, and exam dates from commission notices get moved more often than any other category on this page. Treat the BPSC prelims date as provisional until the admit card window opens.
Obituaries
- Mushtaq Khan, veteran film and television actor, died in Mumbai at 56. (All exams)
- Soorya Krishnamoorthy, former ISRO scientist and founder of the Soorya cultural festival, died in Thiruvananthapuram at 78. (All exams)
- Flight Lieutenant Alfred Tyrone Cooke, Vir Chakra awardee who shot down a Pakistani F-86 Sabre over Kalaikunda in the 1965 war, died at 87. (Defence / All exams)
Important Days
World Maritime Day is not on a fixed date. The IMO fixes it on the last Thursday of September, which fell on 24 September in 2026. Examiners like that detail, so store the rule rather than the date.
Appointments and People in News
Practise Today's Facts
Every fact on this page has been turned into a graded objective question on the platform. The set runs to 15 questions, bilingual, with a one-line explanation under each answer and difficulty pitched a shade above the real paper. Attempt it the same evening you read the facts, because a fact you can recall at 9 pm is a fact that survives to December.
What to Do With This Page
Do not read all twenty facts and close the tab. Pick the eight that fit your paper. A BSSC Inter Level aspirant needs the Bihar Cabinet block and the important days far more than the Pine Labs block deal, while an IBPS PO aspirant should invert that order.
One working habit that pays off by December: keep a two-column register, fact on the left, the month on the right. Monthly revision of one page beats re-reading thirty daily posts you half-remember. ExamAtlas runs a free daily current-affairs quiz with topic-wise accuracy tracking, which is the fastest way to find out whether yesterday's facts actually stuck.
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