Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Mon, 03 Mar 2025

• Ajay Bhadoo, Additional Secretary in the Department of Commerce, was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Government e Marketplace (GeM) with effect from 3 March 2025.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi released India's first-ever riverine dolphin estimation report, which counted 6,327 dolphins, at the NBWL meeting in Gir on 3 March 2025.
• NITI Aayog CEO B.V.R. Subrahmanyam launched the report 'From Borrowers to Builders: Women's Role in India's Financial Growth Story' on 3 March 2025, showing 27 million women monitoring their credit.
• World Wildlife Day was observed on 3 March 2025 with the theme 'Wildlife Conservation Finance: Investing in People and Planet', as the Environment Ministry listed India's conservation milestones.
• The Union Government released Fifteenth Finance Commission untied grants of about ₹699 crore for rural local bodies in West Bengal, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj said on 3 March 2025.
• The Indian Navy's Motor Car Rally Expedition on the East Coast was flagged off from INS Netaji, Kolkata, on 3 March 2025 and will end in Chennai on 21 March.
• Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the 'Workshop on Sustainability and Circularity in Dairy Sector' in New Delhi on 3 March 2025.

Sun, 02 Mar 2025

• 'Anora' won Best Picture and four other awards at the 97th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre, Los Angeles, on 2 March 2025, with director Sean Baker personally winning four Oscars.
• Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav announced at the Kisan Aabhar Sammelan in Bhopal on 2 March 2025 that farmers will get permanent electricity connections for ₹5 and 30 lakh solar pumps over the next three years.
• Vidarbha won the 2024-25 Ranji Trophy on 2 March 2025 when the final against first-time finalists Kerala at the VCA Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur, was drawn and Vidarbha took the title on their 37-run first-innings lead.
• India beat New Zealand by 44 runs in their final ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Group A match in Dubai on 2 March 2025, with Varun Chakravarthy taking 5 for 42.
• The multi-agency search and rescue operation after the 28 February avalanche at a Border Roads Organisation camp near Mana village in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district ended on 2 March 2025, with 46 of the 54 workers rescued and eight dead.
• The Central Warehousing Corporation celebrated its 69th Foundation Day in New Delhi on 2 March 2025, where Union Minister Pralhad Joshi said the government aims to cut logistics costs from 13-14% to around 8%.
• UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer hosted a leaders' meeting on Ukraine at Lancaster House, London, on 2 March 2025 and announced a four-point plan including a 'coalition of the willing' to guarantee any peace deal.
• The Election Commission of India clarified on 2 March 2025 that identical EPIC numbers held by electors in different states do not mean duplicate or fake voters, and said it will ensure a unique EPIC number for every registered elector.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Somnath Mandir in Gujarat on 2 March 2025, after the conclusion of the Maha Kumbh at Prayagraj.
• Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar delivered the Fourth P. Parameswaran Memorial Lecture, organised by Bharatheeya Vicharakendram, in Thiruvananthapuram on 2 March 2025.
• Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on 2 March 2025 that courts have convicted 29 drug traffickers in 12 cases investigated by the Narcotics Control Bureau across India.
• Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh addressed the Silver Jubilee celebration of the National Innovation Foundation, an autonomous institute under the Department of Science and Technology, on 2 March 2025 and released a postal stamp.

Sat, 01 Mar 2025

• President Droupadi Murmu visited the Harappan site of Dholavira, a UNESCO World Heritage Site on Khadir island in Kachchh, Gujarat, on 1 March 2025.
• Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Jayant Chaudhary launched Swavalambini, a women entrepreneurship programme by MSDE and NITI Aayog, at Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, on 1 March 2025.
• Dr Mayank Sharma, a 1989-batch Indian Defence Accounts Service officer, assumed office as Controller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA) on 1 March 2025.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the post-budget webinar on 'Agriculture and Rural Prosperity' via video-conferencing on 1 March 2025.
• Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired a high-level review of the security situation in Manipur in New Delhi on 1 March 2025 and directed that free movement be ensured on all roads in the state from 8 March 2025.
• India's cumulative coal production from April 2024 to February 2025 rose 5.73% to 928.95 million tonnes, the Ministry of Coal said on 1 March 2025.
• Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presided over the 49th Civil Accounts Day, marking the foundation day of the Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS), in New Delhi on 1 March 2025.
• The 88th meeting of the Network Planning Group under PM GatiShakti, held on 1 March 2025, evaluated 11 road, railway, IT and metro projects, including the northern portion of the Hyderabad Regional Ring Road.
• Union Minister J P Nadda inaugurated the week-long celebrations of the 7th Jan Aushadhi Diwas by flagging off awareness vehicles from Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi, on 1 March 2025.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the NXT Conclave at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, on 1 March 2025 and launched the NewsX World channel.
• The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities organised 'Sugamya Yatra' at Rajiv Chowk Metro Station, New Delhi, on International Wheelchair Day, 1 March 2025.