Current Affairs One-liners — 22 April 2025

Tue, 22 Apr 2025

• A terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, on 22 April 2025 killed 25 Indians and one Nepali citizen, according to the Foreign Secretary's briefing; Prime Minister Narendra Modi strongly condemned it.
• The Union Public Service Commission declared the final result of the Civil Services Examination 2024 on 22 April 2025, recommending 1,009 candidates for appointment.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman co-chaired the second meeting of the India–Saudi Arabia Strategic Partnership Council in Jeddah on 22 April 2025; the PM cut short his two-day visit after the Pahalgam attack.
• Union Power Minister Manohar Lal inaugurated electromechanical works at the 900 MW Arun-3 project in Nepal and witnessed a POWERGRID–Nepal Electricity Authority MoU on cross-border transmission on 22 April 2025.
• The 10th Ammunition cum Torpedo cum Missile (ACTCM) barge, LSAM 24 (Yard 134), built by MSME shipyard Suryadipta Projects, Thane, was inducted at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai, on 22 April 2025.
• The Indian Yoga Association and its state chapters observed World Earth Day on 22 April 2025 with a nationwide tree plantation drive under the Ministry of Ayush's 'Harit Yoga' initiative, one of the ten signature events of International Day of Yoga 2025.
• DPIIT, Startup India and Stride Ventures announced Buoyancy Plastics for Change Recycling Pvt Ltd as the winner of the Bharat Startup Grand Challenge 2025, with funding of up to ₹10 crore, on 22 April 2025.
• India nominated M. Revathi, Joint Wireless Advisor at the Department of Telecommunications, as its candidate for Director of the Radiocommunication Bureau of the International Telecommunication Union, it was announced on 22 April 2025.
• The Government amended the Tobacco Board Rules, 1976, to make Virginia tobacco grower registrations and barn licences valid for 3 years instead of 1, effective from the 2025-26 crop season in Andhra Pradesh, the Commerce Ministry said on 22 April 2025.
• NECTAR, an autonomous body under DST, held a live demonstration of an aerostatic drone developed by Airbotix Technologies, Gurgaon, for forest, wildlife, border and disaster surveillance, it was reported on 22 April 2025.
• Union Minister Pralhad Joshi inaugurated the PV Module Testing and Calibration Lab at the National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE), Gwal Pahari, Haryana, on 22 April 2025.
• Over 12 lakh new private-sector subscribers joined the National Pension System in 2024-25, taking total subscribers to over 165 lakh by March 2025, the Finance Ministry said on 22 April 2025.