Current Affairs One-liners — 04 March 2025

Tue, 04 Mar 2025

• DRDO's Bengaluru-based Defence Bio-Engineering & Electro Medical Laboratory (DEBEL) successfully conducted high-altitude trials of the indigenous On-Board Oxygen Generating System-based Integrated Life Support System for the LCA Tejas on 4 March 2025.
• India beat Australia by four wickets in the first semi-final of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on 4 March 2025, with Virat Kohli's 84 earning him Player of the Match.
• Union Ministers Nitin Gadkari and Pralhad Joshi flagged off the first-ever trials of hydrogen-powered heavy-duty trucks, built by Tata Motors, in New Delhi on 4 March 2025.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Vantara, a wildlife conservation, rescue and rehabilitation initiative in Jamnagar, Gujarat, on 4 March 2025.
• India observed National Safety Day on 4 March 2025, starting the 54th National Safety Week (4–10 March) on the theme 'Safety & Well-being Crucial for Viksit Bharat'.
• The Ministry of Panchayati Raj launched the 'Sashakt Panchayat-Netri Abhiyan' for capacity building of women elected representatives of Panchayati Raj Institutions in New Delhi on 4 March 2025.
• The Central Electricity Authority, with Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd, marked the fifth edition of Lineman Diwas in New Delhi on 4 March 2025 on the theme 'Seva, Suraksha, Swabhiman'.
• The two-day Visitor's Conference at Rashtrapati Bhavan concluded on 4 March 2025, with President Droupadi Murmu urging heads of higher education institutions to build a strong academia-industry interface.
• Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal laid the foundation stone of a 37-bed patient care cabin block at Assam Medical College and Hospital (AMCH), Dibrugarh, on 4 March 2025.
• Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal AP Singh inaugurated the 16th 'Jumbo' Majumdar International Seminar, organised by the Centre for Air Power Studies, on 4 March 2025.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi met HRH Princess Astrid of Belgium in New Delhi on 4 March 2025 and appreciated her leading a 300-member Belgian Economic Mission to India.
• INS Kuthar, an Eastern Fleet ship of the Indian Navy's Eastern Naval Command, arrived at Colombo, Sri Lanka, on 4 March 2025 during a mission deployment in the Indian Ocean Region.