Current Affairs One-liners — 02 May 2025
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Fri, 02 May 2025
- Coal Secretary Vikram Dev Dutt and Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary N. Muruganandam held a high-level meeting in Chennai on 2 May 2025 on strengthening the State's energy security.
- Anuradha Prasad, former Secretary of the Inter State Council Secretariat, took oath as Member of the Union Public Service Commission on 2 May 2025.
- NITI Aayog released the report 'Enhancing MSMEs Competitiveness in India', prepared with the Institute for Competitiveness, on 2 May 2025.
- Member nations at the Global Media Dialogue at WAVES 2025 in Mumbai adopted the WAVES Declaration on 2 May 2025, while WAVES Bazaar recorded confirmed deals worth ₹250 crore.
- President Droupadi Murmu launched the Senior Citizen Welfare Portal and virtually inaugurated five Senior Citizen Homes at the 'Ageing with Dignity' event at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 2 May 2025.
- Air Marshal Narmdeshwar Tiwari took charge as Vice Chief of the Air Staff, Indian Air Force, on 2 May 2025.
- Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal met Belgium's Theo Francken and Flanders' Matthias Diependaele in Brussels on 2 May 2025, as India and the EU reaffirmed their aim to conclude the FTA by the end of 2025.
- India and Denmark signed a renewed energy cooperation MoU in New Delhi on 2 May 2025, extending the partnership begun under the original MoU of 5 June 2020.
- The DGFT, by Notification No. 06/2025-26 dated 2 May 2025, inserted Para 2.20A in the Foreign Trade Policy 2023 to prohibit direct or indirect import or transit of all goods originating in or exported from Pakistan.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated, laid foundation stones for and dedicated projects worth over ₹58,000 crore in Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh, on 2 May 2025.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the ₹8,800 crore Vizhinjam International Deepwater Multipurpose Seaport in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, to the nation on 2 May 2025.
- India's total exports of goods and services reached an all-time high of US$824.9 billion in 2024–25, up 6.01% from US$778.1 billion, the Commerce Ministry said on 2 May 2025.