Infrastructure & Energy Current Affairs One-liners — All time
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Mon, 21 Apr 2025
Sat, 19 Apr 2025
- A four-storey building collapsed in the Dayalpur area of Mustafabad, North East Delhi, early on 19 April 2025, killing 11 people, as reported by The Indian Express and Hindustan Times; the PM announced ex-gratia from the PMNRF.
- Southern Railway's Chennai Division introduced Chennai's first air-conditioned EMU suburban train service on the Chennai Beach–Chengalpattu section on 19 April 2025.
- Union Minister Jitendra Singh and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah jointly inaugurated the first-ever Municipal Parking Complex in Kathua on 19 April 2025.
Fri, 18 Apr 2025
- South Eastern Coalfields Limited signed a ₹7,040 crore agreement with TMC Mineral Resources to mine the Singhali underground mine in Korba using paste fill technology, the Coal Ministry said on 18 April 2025.
- Union Minister Pralhad Joshi visited the Greenko-built Integrated Renewable Energy Storage Project at Pinnapuram near Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, described as the world's first and largest of its kind, on 18 April 2025.
- The Petroleum Ministry said on 18 April 2025 that, from Q1 of FY 2025-26, domestic gas for CNG (transport) and PNG (domestic) will be allocated two quarters in advance, and New Well Gas will be allocated pro-rata instead of by auction.
- The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways clarified on 18 April 2025 that no decision has been taken to roll out satellite-based tolling nationwide from 1 May 2025, and said an ANPR-FASTag-based barrier-less system will be implemented at selected toll plazas.
- The Department of Consumer Affairs notified rules on 18 April 2025 making verification and stamping of radar-based vehicle speed-measurement equipment mandatory under the Legal Metrology (General) Rules, 2011, from 1 July 2025.
Thu, 17 Apr 2025
Wed, 16 Apr 2025
- Science Minister Jitendra Singh, reviewing CSIR on 16 April 2025, hailed India's first indigenous green hydrogen fuel cell inland waterway vessel, built by Cochin Shipyard with a KPIT fuel-cell drivetrain drawing on CSIR's foundational work.
- Karad, a city in Maharashtra's Satara district, achieves 100% segregation, collection and processing of sanitary and biomedical waste, the Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry said on 16 April 2025.
Tue, 15 Apr 2025
- Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) reported its highest-ever annual profit after tax of ₹1,699 crore for 2024-25, up 36%, and became the first PSU and first company in the NBFC and banking sector to publish audited results within 15 days, the MNRE said on 15 April 2025.
- At the OALP Round-IX and Special Discovered Small Field signing ceremony on 15 April 2025, Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said 28 blocks across eight sedimentary basins covering 1.36 lakh sq km had been awarded.
- The sixth edition of the National Highways Excellence Awards 2023 was held at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, in the presence of Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari, the ministry said on 15 April 2025.
Mon, 14 Apr 2025
- In Yamunanagar, Haryana, on 14 April 2025, PM Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of an 800 MW unit at the Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram Thermal Power Plant and a compressed biogas plant at Mukarabpur, and inaugurated the ₹1,070 crore Rewari Bypass.
- On 14 April 2025, PM Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of a new terminal building, worth over ₹410 crore, at Maharaja Agrasen airport in Hisar, Haryana, as flights from Haryana to Ayodhya began.
Sun, 13 Apr 2025
- Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on 13 April 2025 inaugurated North-East India's first onco-robotic surgery facility at the State Cancer Institute on the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital premises.
- Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on 13 April 2025 raised the financial assistance for building new Nagar Seva Sadans (municipal offices) under the Swarnim Jayanti Mukhyamantri Shaheri Vikas Yojana, to ₹6 crore for A-class municipalities.
Sat, 12 Apr 2025
- The Central Electricity Authority concurred Detailed Project Reports of six hydro pumped storage projects with about 7.5 GW capacity in 2024-25, a record, and aims to concur at least 13 projects of about 22 GW in 2025-26.
- Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda inaugurated a Central Research Laboratory at AIIMS Bhubaneswar on 12 April 2025 and laid the foundation stone of a Multiutility (Gastronomy) Block.
Fri, 11 Apr 2025
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 11 April 2025 inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of development works worth over ₹3,880 crore in Varanasi, covering roads, power substations, education, sports and dairy.
- The Central Electricity Authority on 11 April 2025 launched STELLAR, an indigenously developed resource adequacy model that States and distribution companies can use free of cost for power planning.
Thu, 10 Apr 2025
- India added a record 29.52 GW of renewable energy capacity in 2024-25, taking total installed RE capacity to 220.10 GW as of 31 March 2025, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy said on 10 April 2025.
- Union Minister Pralhad Joshi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath reviewed PM-KUSUM, PM Surya Ghar and wheat procurement in Lucknow on 10 April 2025, with UP reaffirming its target of 22 GW of solar capacity.
Wed, 09 Apr 2025
- The CCEA on 9 April 2025 approved doubling of the 104-km Tirupati-Pakala-Katpadi single railway line in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu at a cost of about ₹1,332 crore.
- The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on 9 April 2025 approved a 19.2-km, 6-lane access-controlled Zirakpur Bypass in Punjab and Haryana on Hybrid Annuity Mode at a capital cost of ₹1,878.31 crore.
- Ports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on 9 April 2025 launched an IWAI digital portal under the National Waterways (Construction of Jetties/Terminals) Regulations, 2025, and handed over the first NoC for a jetty at Malim on NW-68 (Mandovi) in Goa.
- Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu on 9 April 2025 inaugurated the Digital Flight Data Recorder and Cockpit Voice Recorder laboratory of the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau at Udaan Bhawan, New Delhi, set up at ₹9 crore.