Current Affairs One-liners — 08 February 2025

Sat, 08 Feb 2025

• The Election Commission declared results of the Delhi Assembly election on 8 February 2025: the BJP won 48 of the 70 seats and the Aam Aadmi Party 22, while the Congress won none.
• Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi disbursed ₹5,000 each to over 18 lakh women under the fourth phase of the Subhadra Yojana at a function in Jajpur district on 8 February 2025.
• Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi inaugurated the government medical college and hospital in Jajpur on 8 February 2025 and announced its renaming as Maharaja Jajati Keshari Medical College and Hospital.
• The Defence Ministry signed a ₹642.17 crore contract with Bharat Electronics Limited in New Delhi on 8 February 2025 for 28 EON-51 electro-optical fire control systems for the Indian Navy.
• Results of two Assembly by-elections declared on 8 February 2025 saw the BJP's Chandrabhanu Paswan win Milkipur (Uttar Pradesh) and the DMK's V.C. Chandhirakumar win Erode East (Tamil Nadu).
• Union Youth Affairs Minister Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurated the first-ever BIMSTEC Youth Summit at Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, on 8 February 2025 and proposed a 'Youth Bridge' initiative.
• Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh inaugurated seven water supply schemes under the Jal Jeevan Mission at Jasrota in Kathua district, Jammu and Kashmir, on 8 February 2025.
• The 15th biennial Aero-India International Seminar, organised by DRDO's CEMILAC with the Aeronautical Society of India, began in Bengaluru on 8 February 2025 as a prelude to Aero India 2025.
• Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched 41 books by young authors under the PM YUVA 2.0 scheme at the New Delhi World Book Fair 2025 on 8 February 2025.