Current Affairs One-liners — 28 January 2025

Tue, 28 Jan 2025

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 38th National Games in Dehradun, Uttarakhand on 28 January 2025; the Games run from 28 January to 14 February in 11 cities across 8 districts of Uttarakhand.
• The Government of Tripura signed an MoU with MeitY's Digital India Bhashini Division in Agartala on 28 January 2025, becoming the first North-Eastern state and the eighth state in India to do so.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Utkarsh Odisha – Make in Odisha Conclave 2025 and the Make in Odisha Exhibition in Bhubaneswar on 28 January 2025.
• Railway Board Chairman Satish Kumar said on 28 January 2025 that Indian Railways would run an all-time high of 360 trains from Prayagraj, including 190 specials, for Mauni Amavasya at Maha Kumbh 2025.
• Researchers at JNCASR, Bengaluru, led by Prof. Bivas Saha, found that quantum confinement of electrons at the nanoscale breaks down plasmonic behaviour in metals, DST reported on 28 January 2025.
• Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri announced the winners of the Avinya'25 and Vasudha startup challenges at ONGC headquarters on 28 January 2025, with UrjanovaC Pvt Ltd winning Avinya'25.
• The Competition Commission of India on 28 January 2025 approved the proposed acquisition of up to 72.64% shareholding in ITD Cementation India Limited by Renew Exim DMCC, an Adani group company.
• CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research marked its 60th anniversary at an event in Lucknow on 28 January 2025 addressed by Union Minister Jitendra Singh.
• The Ministry of Education said on 28 January 2025 that the 8th edition of Pariksha Pe Charcha received a record 3.56 crore registrations, up from 2.26 crore in the 7th edition.
• DPIIT and the Jammu & Kashmir Entrepreneurship Development Institute signed an MoU on 28 January 2025 at JKEDI's Baribrahamna campus to support startups in J&K.