March 25 – Delhi CM to present state Budget, SC to hear honey trap case, IPL: GT vs PBKS

• JPC meet on 'One Nation, One Election' proposal
The panel will meet Justice DN Patel, former Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court and current chairperson of TDSAT, to get constitutional suggestions on modifying the bill.
• US trade official to visit India for key talks
Brendan Lynch, assistant US trade representative for South and Central Asia, will have trade discussions over 5 days with Union commerce minister Piyush Goyal, ahead of upcoming reciprocal tariffs announced by US President Trump.
• CM Rekha Gupta to present Delhi Budget
The BJP government, which returned to power in Delhi last month after 27 years, will table the 2025-26 Budget in the Assembly, with a focus on development initiatives.
• PIL in SC on Karnataka honey trap case
The top court will hear a plea seeking an independent probe into the honey trap case after Karnataka minister KN Rajanna's claim that that over 48 politicians have been trapped in similar fashion.
• Brazil's Supreme Court to decide fate of Bolsonaro's trial
A five-judge panel will meet to determine if ex-president Jair Bolsonaro will face trial over an alleged coup attempt.

Other key events
• Multiple events planned in UP to mark eight years of Yogi Adityanath government
• Prohibitory orders in Maharashtra's Aurangabad in the wake of the agitation against Aurangzeb's tomb
• IPL 2025 – Gujarat Titans (GT) vs Punjab Kings (PBKS) at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad
• 2027 AFC Asian Cup football qualifier – India vs Bangladesh
• UN Security Council meeting on Syria
•WHO’s second global conference on air pollution and health

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Anniversaries
•International Day of Victims of Slavery
• Birth anniversary of Indian field hockey player Leslie Claudius
• Birth anniversary of freedom fighter Usha Mehta
•Birth anniversary of actor Farooq Sheikh
• Birth anniversary of author VP Kale
• Birth anniversary of chess player Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi
• Saturn's largest moon, Titan, was discovered by Christiaan Huygens on this day in 1655
• This day, WikiWikiWeb, the world's first wiki (user-editable website), was made public by Ward Cunningham in 1995
• Pakistan won its only ODI Cricket World Cup on this day in 1992

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Compiled by Rajesh Sharma