Current Affairs One-liners — 28 February 2025

Fri, 28 Feb 2025

• PM Narendra Modi and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen issued a Leaders' Statement in New Delhi on 28 February 2025, agreeing to conclude the India–EU free trade agreement within the year.
• The National Statistics Office (MoSPI) on 28 February 2025 released the Second Advance Estimates putting real GDP growth for 2024-25 at 6.5%, with growth of 6.2% in the October–December quarter.
• The Ministry of Agriculture said on 28 February 2025 that the target of 10,000 Farmer Producer Organisations under the central sector scheme has been achieved, with the 10,000th FPO, in Khagaria district, Bihar, launched by PM Modi at Bhagalpur.
• The Central Board of Trustees of EPF, chaired by Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, recommended an 8.25% interest rate on EPF accumulations for 2024-25 at its 237th meeting in New Delhi on 28 February 2025.
• Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh visited DRDO's Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Missile Complex in Hyderabad on National Science Day, 28 February 2025, and felicitated the Long-Range Hypersonic Anti-Ship Missile team.
• The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways said on 28 February 2025 that the National Waterways (Construction of Jetties/Terminals) Regulations, 2025, framed by IWAI, will let private and other entities build and operate terminals on national waterways.
• The Indian Air Force conducted Exercise Desert Hunt 2025, an integrated tri-service special forces exercise, at Air Force Station Jodhpur from 24 to 28 February 2025.
• National Science Day was observed on 28 February 2025 with the theme 'Empowering Indian Youth for Global Leadership in Science & Innovation for Viksit Bharat', with the main event at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.
• The second meeting of the India–EU Trade and Technology Council (TTC) was held in New Delhi on 28 February 2025, co-chaired by S. Jaishankar, Piyush Goyal and Ashwini Vaishnaw for India.
• Union Mines Minister G. Kishan Reddy and Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis handed over a Letter of Intent for an offshore construction sand block to the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority in Mumbai on 28 February 2025, the first allocation of an offshore mineral block in India.
• Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia inaugurated a low-cost 5G test lab developed by C-DOT at the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Gauhati University, on 28 February 2025.
• The HIMASHIELD 2024 Grand Challenge on Glacial Lake Outburst Flood mitigation, organised by C-DAC Thiruvananthapuram, concluded on National Science Day, 28 February 2025.
• Union Health Minister J P Nadda inaugurated the 9th National Summit on Good & Replicable Practices and Innovation in the Public Healthcare System in Puri, Odisha, on 28 February 2025.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi took part in Jahan-e-Khusro 2025, the Sufi music festival completing 25 years, at Sunder Nursery, New Delhi, on 28 February 2025.
• The combined Index of Eight Core Industries rose 4.6% (provisional) in January 2025 over January 2024, the Commerce Ministry said on 28 February 2025.