Current Affairs One-liners — 11 July 2025
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Fri, 11 Jul 2025
- On 11 July 2025 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, the World Heritage Committee inscribed the 'Maratha Military Landscapes of India' on the World Heritage List as India's 44th property.
- On 11 July 2025 off the coast of Odisha, DRDO and the IAF successfully flight-tested the Astra beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile fitted with an indigenous radio frequency seeker from a Su-30 Mk-I.
- On 11 July 2025 in New Delhi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired a high-level review of Yamuna rejuvenation and directed that sewage treatment capacity for the river be raised to 1,500 MGD by 2028.
- On 11 July 2025 in Guwahati, the DoT's Assam LSA held the first outreach of the Sanchar Mitra Scheme, partnering 18 engineering colleges to enlist student volunteers as digital ambassadors.
- On 11 July 2025, the Ministry of Heavy Industries launched India's first incentive scheme for electric trucks under PM E-DRIVE, with up to ₹9.6 lakh per vehicle.
- On 11 July 2025 at the ICAR–Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan chaired a meeting to boost cotton productivity.
- On 11 July 2025 in New Delhi, MeitY, CERT-In and cybersecurity firm SISA launched the whitepaper 'Transitioning to Quantum Cyber Readiness'.
- On 11 July 2025, Union MoS (IC) Jayant Chaudhary inaugurated a Skill Centre at the Chaudhary Charan Singh National Institute of Agricultural Marketing (CCS NIAM), Jaipur.
- On 11 July 2025, the DRI said it had seized Chinese firecrackers worth about ₹35 crore, concealed in seven containers at Nhava Sheva, Mundra and Kandla SEZ, under 'Operation Fire Trail'.
- On 11 July 2025, Indian Coast Guard ship Rajveer towed the disabled US sailing vessel 'Sea Angel' and its two crew to Campbell Bay, Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
- On 11 July 2025, MeitY announced that Semicon India 2025, the fourth edition, will be held from 2 to 4 September 2025 at Yashobhoomi (IICC), New Delhi, with over 300 companies from 18 countries.