Current Affairs One-liners — 27 March 2025

Thu, 27 Mar 2025

• The Lok Sabha passed the Immigration and Foreigners Bill, 2025 on 27 March 2025 after a reply by Union Home Minister Amit Shah; the Bill replaces four existing laws on passports, foreigners and immigration.
• The Government of India and JICA signed six loan agreements worth JPY 191.736 billion in New Delhi on 27 March 2025 under Japan's Official Development Assistance, covering projects in Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Assam and Punjab.
• The second Khelo India Para Games closed in New Delhi on 27 March 2025, with Haryana topping the medal table again with 34 gold and 104 medals in all, ahead of Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh.
• The Finance Ministry said on 27 March 2025 that the Centre will borrow ₹8 lakh crore through dated securities in April–September 2025, 54% of the ₹14.82 lakh crore gross borrowing budgeted for 2025-26.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi met a delegation of Keizai Doyukai, the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, led by its chair Takeshi Niinami, at 7 Lok Kalyan Marg in New Delhi on 27 March 2025.
• The Ministry of Defence signed contracts worth about ₹2,500 crore in New Delhi on 27 March 2025 for the Nag Missile System (Tracked) from Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited and about 5,000 light vehicles from Force Motors and Mahindra & Mahindra.
• The Union Government released the second instalment of XV Finance Commission untied grants for 2024-25 to rural local bodies in Karnataka (₹404.97 crore) and Tripura (₹31.13 crore), the Ministry of Panchayati Raj said on 27 March 2025.
• The President appointed four advocates as judges of the Rajasthan High Court, made three additional judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court permanent, and gave three Chhattisgarh High Court additional judges a fresh one-year term, the Law Ministry said on 27 March 2025.
• Union Home Minister Amit Shah on 27 March 2025 welcomed the decision of two more Hurriyat-affiliated groups, J&K Tahreeqi Isteqlal and J&K Tahreek-I-Istiqamat, to discard separatism.
• The Directorate General of Mines Safety held a mine disaster mock drill at Hindustan Copper Limited's Surda Copper Mine in East Singhbhum, Jharkhand, on 27 March 2025 under the Labour Ministry's Crisis Management Plan, 2024.
• The Union Health Ministry released the National Guidelines on Medical Oxygen Management at AIIMS, New Delhi, on 27 March 2025 and launched a capacity-building programme to train about 200 master trainers.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with King Philippe of Belgium on 27 March 2025 and appreciated the recent Belgian Economic Mission to India led by Princess Astrid.