Current Affairs One-liners — 24 April 2025

Thu, 24 Apr 2025

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated, laid foundation stones for and dedicated projects worth over ₹13,480 crore in Madhubani, Bihar, on National Panchayati Raj Day, 24 April 2025.
• Union Health Minister J P Nadda virtually launched the National Zero Measles-Rubella Elimination Campaign 2025-26 on 24 April 2025, the first day of World Immunization Week.
• India's inland waterways moved a record 145.5 million tonnes of cargo in FY 2024-25, up from 18.1 million tonnes in FY 2013-14, the Ports, Shipping and Waterways Ministry said on 24 April 2025.
• The Ministry of Home Affairs announced on 24 April 2025 that State Mourning would be observed on 26 April 2025, the day of Pope Francis's funeral, completing the three-day State Mourning announced by the Government of India.
• Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh visited BRIC-inStem, Bengaluru, and reviewed its clinical trials, including the first-in-human gene therapy trial for haemophilia conducted with CMC Vellore, as reported on 24 April 2025.
• AIIMS Raipur performed its first Swap Kidney Transplant (Kidney Paired Transplant), becoming the first among the newer AIIMS and the first government hospital in Chhattisgarh to do so, as announced on 24 April 2025.
• The keel of Yard 3040, the fourth Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessel built by GRSE, was laid at Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers, Kolkata, on 24 April 2025.
• Cooperation Secretary Dr. Ashish Kumar Bhutani inaugurated the packaging facility of National Cooperative Organics Limited (NCOL) in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, on 24 April 2025.
• The Ministry of Coal has cut the floor revenue share for underground coal mines from 4% to 2% and waived the upfront payment requirement, it said on 24 April 2025.
• Union Sports Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya launched the issuance of sports certificates via DigiLocker and inaugurated the National Centre for Sports Science and Research at Indira Gandhi Stadium, New Delhi, on 24 April 2025.
• Indian Institute of Astrophysics researchers used magnesium and carbon spectral features to estimate the helium abundance in the Sun's photosphere, finding a helium-to-hydrogen ratio consistent with 0.1, DST said on 24 April 2025.