Current Affairs One-liners — 05 February 2025

Wed, 05 Feb 2025

• Delhi voted for its 70-member Assembly in a single phase on 5 February 2025; the final polling-station turnout released by the Chief Electoral Officer, Delhi, was 60.54%.
• The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath approved the formation of the Uttar Pradesh Inland Waterways Authority on 5 February 2025 to develop water transport and tourism.
• Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi launched the 'Bikashita Gaon, Bikashita Odisha' rural development scheme at Jankia in Khordha district on 5 February 2025, with ₹5,000 crore over five years.
• Union Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched the national mass outreach campaign 'Watershed Yatra' under the Watershed Development Component of PMKSY on 5 February 2025.
• A US Air Force C-17 aircraft carrying 104 Indian nationals deported from the United States landed at Amritsar airport in Punjab on 5 February 2025, the first US military deportation flight to India.
• The Tripura government led by Chief Minister Manik Saha distributed government appointment letters to 2,807 youths on 5 February 2025, at an event addressed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah via video conference.
• Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired a high-level review of the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir in New Delhi on 5 February 2025 and directed agencies to pursue 'zero infiltration'.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj and took a holy dip at the Sangam on 5 February 2025.
• The Assam Cabinet on 5 February 2025 approved rules to preserve urban water bodies, extended the licence renewal period of fair price shops to five years and approved a portal for 25% RTE seats in private schools.
• Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia inaugurated the North East Trade and Investment Roadshow hosted by the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region in Chennai on 5 February 2025.