Current Affairs One-liners — 01 May 2025

Thu, 01 May 2025

• The CAQM Sub-Committee on GRAP revoked Stage-I of the Graded Response Action Plan across the NCR on 1 May 2025 after Delhi's AQI improved to 184 ('Moderate').
• Union Home Minister Amit Shah unveiled a 9-foot statue of Bodofa Upendranath Brahma and named a road and rotary in New Delhi after him on 1 May 2025, his 35th death anniversary.
• Arvind Shrivastava, a 1994-batch IAS officer of the Karnataka cadre, took charge as Secretary, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, on 1 May 2025.
• India's coal production rose 3.63% to 81.57 million tonnes (provisional) in April 2025 from 78.71 MT a year earlier, the Coal Ministry said on 1 May 2025.
• Indian Ocean Ship SAGAR, INS Sunayna with a multinational crew, arrived at Port Victoria, Seychelles, on 1 May 2025.
• Maharashtra and Gujarat celebrated their foundation day on 1 May 2025; both States were formed from Bombay State on 1 May 1960.
• The Centre formulated the Sugar (Control) Order, 2025 after a review of the Sugar (Control) Order, 1966, the Food Ministry announced on 1 May 2025.
• The Election Commission of India announced on 1 May 2025 that it will obtain death registration data electronically from the Registrar General of India, redesign Voter Information Slips and issue photo ID cards to BLOs.
• Lieutenant General Pratik Sharma took over as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Indian Army's Northern Command on 1 May 2025.
• Badminton pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty received the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna from Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya in New Delhi on 1 May 2025.
• Wheat procurement for the Central Pool in Rabi Marketing Season 2025-26 reached 256.31 lakh metric tonnes by 30 April 2025, against an estimated target of 312 LMT.
• An Indian delegation led by Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav took part in the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions in Geneva, held from 30 April to 1 May 2025.
• Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit assumed the appointment of Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee (CISC) in New Delhi on 1 May 2025, succeeding Lt Gen JP Mathew.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated WAVES 2025, the first World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit, at the Jio World Centre in Mumbai on 1 May 2025.