Top 10 Current Affairs September 2025

Starting from India getting its 15th Vice President, Actor Mohanlal being conferred the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke award, Qatar becoming the eighth nation to join India's UPI network, to the GenZ protest in Nepal & India winning the Asia Cup 2025. This month has witnessed some of the most important news which will have a great impact on the current affairs section of competitive exams. Let’s have a sneak peek at all the major highlights of the month in our September 2025 current affairs roundup.

This comprehensive current affairs update will boost your General Knowledge and help you stay ahead in UPSC, SSC, Banking, Railways, Defence, State PSC, Teaching Exams, and other competitive exams. Stay informed. Keep reading! 💯

1. List of new appointments in September 2025

2. September 2025 National News

2.1 India gets it’s 15th Vice President

• Name : CP Radhakrishnan (was NDA’s candidate for the Vice President post)

• He superceded Jagdeep Dhankar (14th Vice President)

• About Vice President of India (static pionters to remember) : 

  • 1st Vice President of India : Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

  • Article 63 of the Indian constitution says that there shall be a Vice President of India.

  • Eligibility to become a Vice President : 

    • Must have Indian citizenship.

    • Aged 35 years or above.

    • Qualified to become a Rajya Sabha member.

    • Should not hold any "office of profit" under central or state governments.

2.2 Namo Bharat becomes India’s fastest train

• Top speed : 160 km/hr

• Operates on the Delhi-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS)

• The operational stretch of the RRTS currently spans 55 km, from New Ashok Nagar in Delhi to Meerut South in Uttar Pradesh.

2.3 First Indian-born cub to reach adulthood

• Name : Mukhi

• Born on : March 29, 2023

• Mukhi turns 915 days old on 30 September 2025.

• About Project Cheetah : 

  • Launched on September 17, 2022.

  • It’s was world’s first intercontinental translocation of a carnivorous animal with the objective of reintroducing cheetahs to India.

  • Eight cheetahs from Namibia introduced into Kuno National Park.

3. September 2025 International News

3.1 Nepal get it’s first Woman Prime Minister

• Name : Sushila Karki ( Former Chief Justice of Nepal)

• Chosen by Gen-Z protest groups on Discord.

• About Gen-Z protest : 

  • Led by young Nepalis frustrated with corruption and governance failures.

  • Reason : Attempt of the government to impose a ban on social media platforms.

  • This protest forced widespread resignations from older political leaders which includes former PM KP Sharma Oli.

3.2 Albania Appoints World’s First AI Cabinet Minister

• Name : Diella

• Country : Albania 🇦🇱

• Diella is a virtual AI avatar integrated into Albania’s digital governance portal, E-Albania.

• Tasked with managing public procurement.

3.3 Eighth country to join India’s UPI payment network

• Country name : Qatar 🇶🇦

• This development is part of a collaboration between NPCI International Payments Ltd (NIPL), Qatar National Bank (QNB), and Japanese payments gateway NETSTARS.

• Countries which accept UPI payments : 

  • Bhutan 🇧🇹

  • Nepal 🇳🇵

  • Singapore 🇸🇬

  • France 🇫🇷

  • United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪

  • Mauritius 🇲🇺

  • Sri Lanka 🇱🇰

4. September 2025 States/UTs News

4.1 Visakhapatnam Declaration 2025

• State : Andhra Pradesh

• Adopted at 28th National Conference on e-Governance (NCeG).

• Conference co-hosted by the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY).

• Theme : Viksit Bharat: Civil Service and Digital Transformation

4.2 India’s First Vulture Knowledge Portal 

• Launched in Assam

• It’s designed as a knowledge hub and outreach tool to provide scientific resources.

• International Vulture Awareness Day is observed on first saturday of September.

5. Defence Current Affairs 2025

5.1 Commissioning of INS Aravali

• It’s a new base designed to strengthen India’s information dominance.

• Location: Gurugram (Haryana)

• Commissioned by the Indian Navy

• INS Aravali is guided by the motto ‘सामुद्रिकसुरक्षायाः सहयोगं’ or “Maritime Security through Collaboration.”

5.2 Delivery of India’s second ASW Shallow Water Craft

• Name : INS Androth

• Built by : Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata.

• Ministry of Defence had sanctioned construction of 16 ASW SWCs in 8 will be built by GRSE and the rest by Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL).

• INS Arnala is India’s first ASW SWC.

5.3 India bids farewell to the iconic MiG-21 Fighter jet

• Decommissioned at Air Force Station Chandigarh.

• It was inducted in the year 1963.

• Procured from : Russia

• Last operational unit : No. 23 Squadron “Panthers”

Do you know : The MiG-21 fighter aircraft is also known as the “flying coffin”.

6. Sports Current Affairs September 2025

6.1 Asia Cup 2025

• Edition : 17th

• Hosts : UAE 🇦🇪

• Winners : India 🇮🇳

• Runners-up : Pakistan 🇵🇰

• Player of the tournament : Abhishek Sharma (India)

• About Asia Cup : 

  • 1st edition held in the year : 1984

  • Most successful team : India (won it 9 times)

Do you know : Arshdeep Singh became the first Indian bowler to reach 100 T20I wickets.

6.2 India’s First-Ever Gold at Speed Skating World Championship

• Won by Anandkumar Velkumar and Krish Sharma .

• Tournament host : China 🇨🇳

• Anandkumar Velkumar won the gold medal in the senior men’s 1000m sprint which became India’s first medal in the senior category at the World Championships.

• Krish Sharma clinched gold in the junior 1000m sprint.

6.3 US Open 2025

• Sport : Tennis 🎾

• Winner : Carlos Alcaraz (Spain 🇪🇸)

• Runners-up : Jannik Sinner (Italy 🇮🇹)

7. Awards & Honours September 2025

7.1 71st National Film Awards

• Edition: 71st

• Important winners 👇

• Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2023 conferred upon Mohanlal (Malayam Film actor) who became the youngest recipient to receive this honour.

Do you know : The firsit Dadasaheb Phalke Award was won by Devika Rani in 1969.

7.2 Anuparna Roy wins Best Director at Venice Film Festival

• Edition : 82nd

• Won in the Orizzonti section .

• Won for her film Songs of Forgotten Trees (only Indian entry in this category)

• The “Songs of Forgotten Trees” delves into the inner worlds of two migrant women as they confront memory, identity, and survival in the ever-changing urban landscape of Mumbai.

7.3 Ballon d’Or 2025

• Sport : Football

• Edition : 69th

• Location :Théâtre du Châtelet (Paris, France)

• Important awardees : 

  • Men’s Ballon d’Or : Ousmane Dembélé (Paris Saint‑Germain - France)

  • Women’s Ballon d’Or: Aitana Bonmatí (Barcelona - Spain)

8. Reports and Rankings September 2025

8.1 NIRF Rankings 2025

• Released by : Ministry of Education (Government of India)

• NIRF means National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF).

• India’s top institution(overall) : IIT Madras

• About NIRF : 

  • It was launched in 2015.

  • It provides a transparent and comprehensive evaluation framework for Indian higher education institutions.

8.2 Passbook Lite

• Released by EPFO (Employees' Provident Fund Organisation)

• It’s an initiative aimed at making EPF account management easier, faster, and more transparent.

9. September 2025 Obituaries

9.1 Dickie Bird

• Legendary Cricket Umpire 

• Name: Harold Dennis

• He holds a rare honour of officiating three consecutive ICC Cricket World Cup finals i.e in 1975, 1979 & 1983.

10. Books

10.1 Demography, Representation, Delimitation

• Author: Ravi K Mishra

• It addresses the tension over redrawing Lok Sabha constituency boundaries, a process deeply intertwined with regional identity, representation, and population control narratives across northern and southern states.

10.2 Why the Constitution Matters

• Author: Former Chief Justice of India, DY Chandrachud.

• It gives a powerful public narrative on how the Indian Constitution impacts real lives.

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