Current Affairs One-liners — 20 February 2025

Thu, 20 Feb 2025

• BJP's Rekha Gupta was sworn in as Chief Minister of Delhi at Ramlila Maidan on 20 February 2025, with Lieutenant Governor V.K. Saxena administering the oath to her and six ministers.
• The Ministry of Mines, by a gazette notification dated 20 February 2025, shifted Barytes, Felspar, Mica and Quartz from the list of minor minerals to the category of major minerals.
• India beat Bangladesh by six wickets in their Champions Trophy opener in Dubai on 20 February 2025, as Mohammed Shami took 5 for 53 and Shubman Gill made an unbeaten 101.
• Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram celebrated their Statehood Day on 20 February 2025; both became full-fledged states on 20 February 1987, as India's 24th and 23rd states respectively.
• The Union Health Ministry launched an Intensified Special NCD Screening Campaign on 20 February 2025, running until 31 March 2025, to screen all individuals aged 30 years and above for diabetes, hypertension and oral, breast and cervical cancers.
• The Ministry of Defence signed a ₹1,220.12 crore contract with Bharat Electronics Limited, Bengaluru, on 20 February 2025 for 149 Software Defined Radios for the Indian Coast Guard under the Buy (Indian-IDDM) category.
• Civil Aviation Minister K. Ram Mohan Naidu launched the Electronic Personnel Licence (EPL) for pilots on 20 February 2025, making India the second country to implement it.
• Uttar Pradesh Finance Minister Suresh Kumar Khanna presented a ₹8,08,736 crore state budget for 2025-26 in the Assembly on 20 February 2025, 9.8% higher than the 2024-25 outlay.
• Gujarat Finance Minister Kanubhai Desai presented a ₹3,70,250 crore budget for 2025-26 on 20 February 2025, proposing a ₹50,000 crore Viksit Gujarat Fund over five years.
• The first phase of the 'Desh Ka Prakriti Parikshan Abhiyaan' concluded at a ceremony in Mumbai on 20 February 2025 with five Guinness World Records, after Prakriti assessments of over 1.29 crore people.
• INS Sujata and ICGS Veera of the Indian Navy's First Training Squadron arrived at Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam, on 20 February 2025 for a port call ending with bilateral exercises.