Current Affairs One-liners — 20 June 2025
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Fri, 20 Jun 2025
- On 20 June 2025 in Siwan, Bihar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of projects worth over ₹5,200 crore, including the Vaishali–Deoria rail line and the first export locomotive from the Marhowra plant.
- On 20 June 2025 in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the function marking one year of the State government and launched projects worth over ₹18,600 crore.
- On 20 June 2025 in New Delhi, the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization held a One Health Communication Strategy Workshop under a Pandemic Fund-supported project.
- On 20 June 2025 in New Delhi, Sivasubramanian Ramann assumed charge as Chairperson of the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA).
- On 20 June 2025 in New Delhi, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy launched the Innovative Projects Start-Up Challenge on Rooftop Solar (RTS) and Distributed Renewable Energy (DRE) Technologies with a ₹2.3 crore prize pool.
- On 20 June 2025 in New Delhi, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman released the fifth edition of the National Time Release Study (NTRS) at the CBIC Conclave.
- On 20 June 2025 in New Delhi, MNRE Secretary Santosh Kumar Sarangi launched the City Accelerator Program under PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana to drive rooftop solar adoption in cities.
- On 20 June 2025, the Department of Science and Technology said scientists at the Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS), Bengaluru, Karnataka developed a scalable device that splits water into green hydrogen using only solar energy.
- On 20 June 2025 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah addressed a national seminar on the International Year of Cooperatives 2025 and inaugurated the new headquarters of MACCIA.
- On 20 June 2025 in New Delhi, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry said the combined Index of Eight Core Industries grew 0.7% (provisional) in May 2025 over May 2024.
- On 20 June 2025 in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, President Droupadi Murmu opened Rashtrapati Tapovan and Rashtrapati Niketan for public visits and laid the foundation stone of Rashtrapati Udyan.