Current Affairs One-liners — 10 April 2025

Thu, 10 Apr 2025

• India added a record 29.52 GW of renewable energy capacity in 2024-25, taking total installed RE capacity to 220.10 GW as of 31 March 2025, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy said on 10 April 2025.
• Tahawwur Hussain Rana, an accused in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks case, was extradited from the United States and formally arrested by the National Investigation Agency on arriving in New Delhi on 10 April 2025.
• The Ministry of Education raised the 'material cost' under the PM POSHAN scheme by 9.50% with effect from 1 May 2025, at an additional cost of about ₹954 crore to the Centre in 2025-26.
• India finished second in the medal table at the ISSF World Cup (rifle/pistol/shotgun) in Buenos Aires, which ended on 10 April 2025, with eight medals including four golds; China topped the table.
• The Ministry of Ayush marked World Homoeopathy Day 2025, the 270th birth anniversary of Dr Samuel Hahnemann, with a two-day convention at the Mahatma Mandir Convention and Exhibition Centre in Gandhinagar, inaugurated by Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel.
• On the second day of her visit to Slovakia on 10 April 2025, President Droupadi Murmu addressed the Slovakia-India Business Forum in Bratislava and was conferred an Honoris Causa doctorate by the Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra.
• The Government of NCT of Delhi signed an MoU with the Union Health Ministry on 10 April 2025 to implement PM-ABHIM, and Ayushman cards under AB-PMJAY were distributed to Delhi beneficiaries, with about 36 lakh people expected to benefit.
• The Narcotics Control Bureau, with Assam Police and CRPF, seized 30.4 kg of methamphetamine (YABA) tablets worth ₹24.32 crore and arrested three people in two operations in Silchar, the Home Ministry said on 10 April 2025.
• Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh, addressing the convocation of the 80th Staff Course at the Defence Services Staff College (DSSC), Wellington, Tamil Nadu, on 10 April 2025, said the armed forces must operate jointly and remain future-ready in a multi-domain environment.
• Union Minister Pralhad Joshi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath reviewed PM-KUSUM, PM Surya Ghar and wheat procurement in Lucknow on 10 April 2025, with UP reaffirming its target of 22 GW of solar capacity.