Top 10 Current Affairs of September 2025 for Competitive Exams – Finology Blog

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! 💯
Air Marshal Sanjiv Ghuratia
Maintenance Head (Indian Air Force)
Vandana Gupta
Controller General of Communication Accounts
Mithun Manhas 
President (BCCI)
Anutin Charnvirakul
Prime Minister (Thailand 🇹🇭)
David Lammy
Deputy Prime Minister (United Kingdom 🇬🇧)
Irfaan Ali
President (Guyana 🇬🇾)
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He superceded Jagdeep Dhankar (14th Vice President)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.
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.
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 were introduced into Kuno National Park.

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.
Name : Diella
Country : Albania 🇦🇱
Diella is a virtual AI avatar integrated into Albania’s digital governance portal, E-Albania.
Tasked with managing public procurement.
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 🇱🇰

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
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.
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.”
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.
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”.
Want to understand how India’s military structure has developed from independence to modern times? Read the detailed analysis on the Evolution of Defence Forces in India.

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.
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.
Sport : Tennis 🎾
Winner : Carlos Alcaraz (Spain 🇪🇸)
Runners-up : Jannik Sinner (Italy 🇮🇹)
Edition: 71st
Important winners 👇
 
Best Actor (Leading Role)
Shah Rukh Khan (for Jawan)
 
Vikrant Massey (for 12th Fail)
Best Actress (Leading Role)
Rani Mukerjee (for Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway)
 
Do you know : The firsit Dadasaheb Phalke Award was won by Devika Rani in 1969.
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.
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)
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.
Released by EPFO (Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation)
It’s an initiative aimed at making EPF account management easier, faster, and more transparent.
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.
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.
Author: Former Chief Justice of India, DY Chandrachud.
It gives a powerful public narrative on how the Indian Constitution impacts real lives.
5 September
Teacher’s Day 2025
7 September
Brazil Independence Day 2025
8 September
International Literacy Day 2025
13 September
World First Aid Day 2025
14 September
Hindi Diwas 2025
16 September
World Ozone Day 2025
21 September
International Day of Peace 2025
World Alzheimer’s Day 2025
23 September
International Day of Sign Languages 2025
Ayurveda Day 2025
27 September
World Tourism Day 2025
29 September
World Heart Day 2025

Mohan is a content associate specializing in current affairs. He simplifies complex news for competitive exam aspirants and creates well-researched material for the General Knowledge (GK) section, helping students stay informed and succeed in national and state-level government exams.
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