Current Affairs- One-liner GK : 3 July 2025

Here are 100 crisp one‑liner current‑affairs facts for July 3, 2025, organized by category:


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🏛 Abbreviations

1. RBI means Reserve Bank of India.


2. BRICS stands for Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa.


3. FRI refers to Financial Fraud Risk Indicator.


4. SBI is State Bank of India.


5. ICAI means Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.




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👥 Latest “Who’s Who”

6. Droupadi Murmu is President of India. 


7. Jagdeep Dhankhar serves as Vice‑President of India. 


8. Narendra Modi continues as Prime Minister of India. 


9. Bhushan R. Gavai assumed office as Chief Justice of India in May 2025. 


10. Om Birla remains Speaker of the Lok Sabha. 


11. Gyanesh Kumar is the Chief Election Commissioner since Feb 19 2025. 


12. Anil Chauhan holds the post of Chief of Defence Staff. 


13. Sanjay Malhotra is the RBI Governor since Dec 11 2024. 


14. Mansukh Mandavia chaired the 196th ESIC meeting. 


15. Amit Shah inaugurated the Turmeric Board HQ in Nizamabad. 


16. Joanna Quigan appointed Senior Underwriter in Melbourne by Markel. 




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🏆 Awards & Honours

17. PM Modi will receive Trinidad & Tobago’s Order of the Republic. 


18. Nominations for Padma Awards 2026 are open till July 31. 


19. Echo360 launched its 2025 e³ Tech Grants for educators globally. 


20. Canada’s Amazon.ca First Novel Award won by Valérie Bah. 


21. Carol Shields Fiction Prize claimed by Canisia Lubrin. 


22. Leacock Medal awarded to Natalie Sue for humour in Canada. 


23. Maurice Vellekoop won Trillium Book Award (English Prose). 


24. Jake Byrne earned the Poetry category at Trillium Book Award. 




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🧪 Science & Technology

25. Indian scientists engineered a supercharged green‑energy material. 


26. SACHET mobile alerts now live across all 36 Indian states/UTs. 


27. Cell‑Broadcast disaster alerts are being tested in India. 




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📈 Economy & Business

28. UPI saw a slight dip in June 2025 amid strong YoY growth. 


29. Bank lending to industry slowed to 4.9% as of July 1. 


30. India’s GNPA ratio dropped to a multi‑decade low of 2.3%. 


31. SBI plans to solar‑power four million homes by 2027. 


32. AI is increasingly used in currency and banking systems. 


33. Karnataka Bank MD and ED resigned on June 30. 


34. Indian Railways raised fare by ₹0.01/km (non‑AC) and ₹0.02/km (AC). 


35. Above‑normal monsoon rainfall expected (~106% LPA). 


36. DoT’s FRI dashboard to be integrated by RBI with banks. 


37. DoP launches ‘Know Your DIGIPIN’ & ‘Know Your PIN Code’ platforms. 


38. India’s household consumption survey for 2022‑24 published. 




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⚽ Sports

39. Chennai Bulls crowned Rugby Premier League winners 2025. 


40. First Indian won the US Open BWF World Tour—Ayush Shetty. 




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🎬 Movies, 🎧 Books & ✍️ Authors

41. “Subterrane” wins Amazon Canada First Novel Award. 


42. “Code Noir” by Canisia Lubrin wins Carol Shields Prize. 


43. “I Hope This Finds You Well” wins Leacock Medal. 


44. “I’m So Glad We Had This Time Together” wins Trillium (Prose). 


45. “DADDY” by Jake Byrne wins Trillium (Poetry). 




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🏛 Polity & Government

46. PM Modi began an eight‑day, five‑nation tour on July 2. 


47. He addressed Ghana, Trinidad & Tobago, Argentina, Brazil & Namibia. 


48. Modi to address parliaments in Ghana, T&T and Namibia. 


49. State visit to Ghana concluded on July 2–3 with outcomes published. 


50. PM shared articles on Digital India’s 10‑year journey. 


51. GST hailed by PM as “landmark reform” transforming India. 


52. Minister Scindia interacted with India Post staff under “Dak Sewa, Jan Sewa”. 


53. J&K Aqua Park ₹100‑cr proposal under PMMSY Phase II under review. 


54. Natl Workshop held on higher‑education equivalence & learning outcomes. 


55. National rural sanitation workshop emphasised SBM‑G next phase. 


56. Pension litigation reform workshop chaired by Dr Jitendra Singh. 


57. PM lauded 10 years of Digital India. 


58. National workshop on curricular equivalence held by Education Dept. 


59. ESIC launched SPREE 2025 to expand social‑security coverage. 


60. Cabinet approved Employment‑Linked Incentive Scheme. 


61. NHRC took suo motu cognizance of caste atrocity in Odisha. 


62. Lok Sabha Speaker inaugurated urban local‑bodies conference in Gurugram. 


63. TRAI released its May ’25 Independent Drive Test report. 


64. DoT unified C-FLOOD inundation forecasting system inaugurated. 


65. Amit Shah vowed to eliminate drug cartels in India. 




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🏦 Banking & Finance

66. RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra in office since Dec ’24. 


67. RBI holiday calendar lists July 3 as Tripura bank holiday. 


68. July 5, 14, 16, 17, 19 and 28 are bank holidays in India for July 2025. 




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🌐 International Relations

69. U.S.‑India trade deal close to agreement before July 9. 


70. U.S. may impose 30–35% tariffs on Japanese goods if no deal. 


71. India extended its delegations’ stay in Washington amid talks. 


72. India‑Pakistan ceasefire got global diplomatic praise. 


73. France, UK, UN, Jordan, Italy, Japan and Gulf nations welcomed it. 




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🌦 Environment & Weather

74. Above‑normal monsoon rainfall expected in July. 




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🏆 Sports (cont.)

75. India bids to host 2036 Summer Olympics using multi‑city plan. 





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📚 Books & Education

77. National Doctors’ Day celebrated July 1 in India – theme “Behind the Mask”. 


78. Chartered Accountants Day 2025 marked on July 1. 


79. SBI celebrates its 70th anniversary on July 1. 


80. UPSC prelim-focused current affairs featured 1 July events. 




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📅 Days & Observances

81. National Doctors’ Day: observed July 1. 


82. Chartered Accountants Day: observed July 1. 




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🧩 Miscellaneous

83. Polygon vocabulary puzzle featured July 3 in The Times. 


84. Word‑Watch quiz also published July 3 by The Times. 




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