Current Affairs One-liners — 12 April 2025

Sat, 12 Apr 2025

• Mohun Bagan Super Giant beat Bengaluru FC 2-1 after extra time in the Indian Super League 2024-25 final in Kolkata on 12 April 2025, winning the ISL Cup after the League Shield to complete a League Double.
• Renowned Kathak dancer and choreographer Kumudini Lakhia, founder of the Kadamb Centre for Dance in Ahmedabad and a 2025 Padma Vibhushan awardee, passed away on 12 April 2025; the President and Prime Minister condoled her death.
• Union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary on 12 April 2025 handed over ₹515.31 crore to the Asset Disposal Committee headed by Justice D.K. Seth (Retd.) for restitution to legitimate investors of the Rose Valley group's Ponzi scheme.
• APEDA and the Government of Arunachal Pradesh hosted an International Conclave cum Buyer-Seller Meet at the Kalawangpo Convention Hall, Tawang, bringing together 11 buyers from 3 countries, 17 exporters and over 350 farmers, APEDA said on 12 April 2025.
• Daripalli Ramaiah, known as 'Vanajeevi' for planting and protecting lakhs of trees, died of a heart attack in Khammam district, Telangana, on 12 April 2025; the Prime Minister called him a champion of sustainability.
• The Department of Biotechnology presented India's BioE3 policy and integrated biorefinery initiatives at the Mission Innovation Annual Gathering 2025 in Seoul, South Korea, held on 9–11 April.
• The Central Electricity Authority concurred Detailed Project Reports of six hydro pumped storage projects with about 7.5 GW capacity in 2024-25, a record, and aims to concur at least 13 projects of about 22 GW in 2025-26.
• Dr Jitendra Singh on 12 April 2025 unveiled a plaque at the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Chennai, marking the international recognition of its indigenously developed Acoustic Test Facility as India's Designated Laboratory in underwater acoustics under the BIPM.
• The President, after consulting the Chief Justice of India, appointed Justice Arun Palli of the Punjab and Haryana High Court as Chief Justice of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, the Law Ministry notified on 12 April 2025.
• Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda inaugurated a Central Research Laboratory at AIIMS Bhubaneswar on 12 April 2025 and laid the foundation stone of a Multiutility (Gastronomy) Block.