Current Affairs One-liners — All time
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Sun, 01 Dec 2024
- On 1 December 2024, in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen won the women's and men's singles titles at the Syed Modi India International badminton tournament.
- On 1 December 2024, in India, the Ministry of Coal reported that overall coal production in November 2024 reached 90.62 million tonnes (provisional), up 7.20% year on year.
- On 1 December 2024, in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, IMD said Cyclonic Storm Fengal had weakened into a deep depression close to Puducherry after crossing the coast the previous night.
- On 1 December 2024, in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted the Border Security Force on its Raising Day, calling it a critical line of defence.
- On 1 December 2024, in Busan, South Korea, India called for a stand-alone dedicated Multilateral Fund for developing countries at the final plenary of INC-5 on plastic pollution.
- On 1 December 2024, in New Delhi, Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar addressed the 138th birth anniversary celebrations of Raja Mahendra Pratap at Bharat Mandapam.
Sat, 30 Nov 2024
- On 30 November 2024 in New Delhi, the 236th meeting of EPFO's Central Board of Trustees, chaired by Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, approved paying interest up to the date of claim settlement.
- On the night of 30 November 2024, Cyclonic Storm 'Fengal' crossed the north Tamil Nadu and Puducherry coasts close to Puducherry with winds of 70–80 kmph gusting to 90 kmph, IMD reported.
- On 30 November 2024, the Health Ministry announced that Union Health Minister J P Nadda would lead the national World AIDS Day 2024 event in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, on 1 December, on the theme 'Take the Rights Path'.
- On 30 November 2024, the 13th edition of the India–Singapore bilateral exercise 'Agni Warrior' (XAW-2024) concluded at the Field Firing Ranges, Devlali, Maharashtra.
- On 30 November 2024, TRAI directed access providers to ensure that all Principal Entities and Telemarketers declare their message chains by 10 December 2024 for traceable commercial SMS.
- On 30 November 2024, the Ministry of Defence signed a ₹1,207.5 crore contract with Cochin Shipyard Limited, Kochi, for the Short Refit and Dry Docking of aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya.
- On 30 November 2024 in Madhubani, Bihar, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman chaired a Credit Outreach Programme and distributed loans worth ₹1,121 crore to 50,294 beneficiaries.
- On 30 November 2024 in Mumbai, Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal met Italy's Minister of Enterprises Adolfo Urso during the visit of the Italian Navy's school ship 'Amerigo Vespucci' to Mumbai Port.
- On 30 November 2024, CBDT extended the due date for filing income tax returns for AY 2024-25 by assessees required to furnish a Section 92E report from 30 November to 15 December 2024.
- On 30 November 2024, 239 trainees passed out at the Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala, Kerala, in a parade reviewed by Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi.
Fri, 29 Nov 2024
- On 29 November 2024 in New Delhi, the National Statistics Office estimated India's real GDP growth for July–September 2024 (Q2 of 2024-25) at 5.4%, down from 8.1% a year earlier.
- On 29 November 2024, the Ministry of Mines said the Nayakkarpatti Tungsten Block in Tamil Nadu, auctioned with Hindustan Zinc Ltd as preferred bidder, will follow all environmental and heritage safeguards.
- On 29 November 2024, the Ministry of Women and Child Development told the Lok Sabha that its Empowered Committee had approved MEA proposals for nine One Stop Centres for Indian women facing distress abroad.
- On 29 November 2024 in New Delhi, DoNER Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia held the curtain raiser for the first-ever Ashtalakshmi Mahotsav, to be held at Bharat Mandapam from 6 to 8 December 2024, and unveiled its mascot 'Purvi'.
- On 29 November 2024 in New Delhi, the Government of India and the Asian Development Bank signed a $98 million loan for 'Building India's Clean Plant Programme' to give horticulture farmers certified disease-free planting material.
- On 29 November 2024, the Indian Navy announced that, acting on Sri Lanka Navy inputs, it intercepted two Sri Lankan fishing boats in the Arabian Sea and seized about 500 kg of crystal meth.
- On 29 November 2024, the Commerce and Industry Ministry reported that the Index of Eight Core Industries rose 3.1% (provisional) in October 2024 over October 2023.
- On 29 November 2024 in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the 59th All India Conference of DGsP/IGsP and released the MHA book 'Ranking of Police Stations 2024'.
- On 29 November 2024, the Indian Coast Guard conducted the sea phase of the 11th National Maritime Search and Rescue Exercise (SAREX-2024) off the Kochi coast, Kerala.
- On 29 November 2024, the National Centre for Good Governance concluded its first two-week capacity building programme for 30 senior civil servants from nine Southeast Asian and Indian Ocean Region countries, held in Mussoorie and New Delhi.
- On 29 November 2024, the two-day 48th meeting of the National Committee of Archivists concluded at Ekta Nagar (Kevadiya), Gujarat — only the second NCA meeting held in Gujarat.
- On 29 November 2024, the 18th NCB International Conference on Cement, Concrete and Building Materials concluded at Yashobhoomi, New Delhi, with the release of a Bharatiya Nirdeshak Dravya (Indian Certified Reference Material) for gypsum.
Thu, 28 Nov 2024
- On 28 November 2024 at Morabadi Ground, Ranchi, JMM leader Hemant Soren was sworn in as the 14th Chief Minister of Jharkhand by Governor Santosh Kumar Gangwar — his fourth term as CM.
- On 28 November 2024 in New Delhi, Mines Minister G Kishan Reddy launched the first-ever tranche of e-auction of offshore mineral blocks — 13 blocks in the Arabian Sea and the Andaman Sea.