Current Affairs — 03 January 2025
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Fri, 03 Jan 2025
MeitY releases draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 for consultation
The draft rules to operationalise the DPDP Act, 2023 are open for comments on MyGov until 18 February 2025.
LEADS 2024 report released; Sustainable Logistics added as a fourth pillar
Piyush Goyal released the sixth edition of the Logistics Ease Across Different States report and felicitated LEAPS 2024 winners.
EAM Jaishankar holds talks with Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Khaleel; HICDP Phase-III MoU signed
Abdulla Khaleel's 2–4 January visit followed President Muizzu's State Visit to India in October 2024.
NIELIT Deemed to be University inaugurated from Guwahati; MoU with Tata Electronics
The university, the only one under MeitY, starts at 12 locations including five in the North-East.
President Murmu addresses NIMHANS Golden Jubilee in Bengaluru; inaugurates new facilities
New facilities include a Psychiatry Speciality Block, Central Laboratory Complex, 3T MRI scanner and advanced DSA system.
French Carrier Strike Group led by FNS Charles de Gaulle visits India, 3–9 January
The group makes port calls at Goa and Kochi and holds a PASSEX with the Indian Navy's Western Fleet.
EPFO's Centralized Pension Payments System fully rolled out in all regional offices
About ₹1,570 crore was paid to more than 68 lakh EPS pensioners for December 2024 through all 122 pension-disbursing regional offices.
CSIR-CIMFR conducts India's first trial blast for the Dozer Push Mining Method
The trial at the PEKB coal mine in Chhattisgarh used 108 holes drilled by an unmanned automated drill and 60 tonnes of bulk emulsion explosives.
DFS launches revamped 'Baanknet' e-auction portal for PSB properties
The one-stop portal consolidates e-auction listings of all public sector banks; over 1,22,500 properties have been migrated.
Three new trains flagged off and ₹72 crore Tetelia road over bridge dedicated in Assam
The services include a Guwahati–North Lakhimpur Jan Shatabdi and a Tinsukia–Naharlagun tri-weekly express.