Current Affairs One-liners — 20 April 2025
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Sun, 20 Apr 2025
- A cloudburst and heavy rain triggered flash floods and landslides in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district on 20 April 2025; officials said three people, including two children, died in Seri Bagna, as reported by The Hindu and The New Indian Express.
- Arjun Babuta won silver in the men's 10m air rifle at the ISSF World Cup in Lima, Peru, losing gold by 0.1 point to Olympic champion Sheng Lihao of China.
- India's Rudrankksh Patil and Arya Borse won the 10m air rifle mixed team silver at the ISSF World Cup in Lima on 20 April 2025, losing 11–17 to Norway in the gold medal match.
- Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis flagged off 50 pink e-rickshaws for women beneficiaries in Nagpur on 20 April 2025 under the Women and Child Development Department's Pink E-Rickshaw scheme.
- Odisha Sports Minister Suryabanshi Suraj inaugurated 30 Khelo India Centres, one in each district of the state, from Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, on 20 April 2025.
- An Indian Air Force contingent reached Al Dhafra Air Base in the UAE to take part in Exercise Desert Flag-10, a multinational air combat exercise scheduled from 21 April to 8 May 2025, the Defence Ministry said on 20 April 2025.
- Over 5,000 runners took part in the first Soldierathon, 'Run for Soldiers and Run with Soldiers', at Army Hospital (Research & Referral), New Delhi, on 20 April 2025.
- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman began an official visit to the USA and Peru on 20 April 2025, covering the IMF–World Bank Spring Meetings and G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meetings, followed by her maiden visit to Peru.
- Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on 20 April 2025 that the 2023 IAS batch has 74 women among 180 officers, nearly 41%, the largest women representation in the service's history.