Infrastructure & Energy Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Thu, 30 Jan 2025

• The Odisha government inaugurated the state's first Automated Testing Station (ATS) for vehicle fitness tests at the Cuttack RTO on 30 January 2025.

Tue, 28 Jan 2025

• Railway Board Chairman Satish Kumar said on 28 January 2025 that Indian Railways would run an all-time high of 360 trains from Prayagraj, including 190 specials, for Mauni Amavasya at Maha Kumbh 2025.
• Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri announced the winners of the Avinya'25 and Vasudha startup challenges at ONGC headquarters on 28 January 2025, with UrjanovaC Pvt Ltd winning Avinya'25.

Mon, 27 Jan 2025

• The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy notified the Solar Systems, Devices, and Components Goods Order, 2025 in the Gazette on 27 January 2025, setting minimum efficiency norms for solar PV modules.
• The Civil Aviation Ministry said on 27 January 2025 that Prayagraj Airport now has direct flights to 17 cities, against 8 in December 2024, for Maha Kumbh 2025.
• Indian Railways announced on 27 January 2025 that over 23,000 track kilometres had been upgraded for train speeds up to 130 kmph.

Sat, 25 Jan 2025

• THDC India Limited declared the Commercial Operation Date of Unit 1 of the 2×660 MW Khurja Super Thermal Power Plant in Uttar Pradesh in the midnight of 25 January 2025.

Fri, 24 Jan 2025

• Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Manohar Lal inaugurated four Karimnagar Smart City projects in Telangana on 24 January 2025.
• The 86th meeting of the Network Planning Group under PM GatiShakti, held on 24 January 2025, evaluated two railway and two highway projects, including Vadodara–Ratlam quadrupling.

Thu, 23 Jan 2025

• The Inland Waterways Authority of India upgraded its Varanasi sub-office to a full-fledged Regional Office on 23 January 2025, its sixth, to streamline waterway works in Uttar Pradesh.
• The Department of Consumer Affairs notified on 23 January 2025 rules under the Legal Metrology (General) Rules, 2011 for radar equipment that measures vehicle speed, effective 1 July 2025.

Tue, 21 Jan 2025

• Ports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal launched projects worth nearly ₹2,000 crore at Jawaharlal Nehru Port, Mumbai, on 21 January 2025, as JNPA crossed 10 million TEUs of capacity to become India's largest port.

Fri, 17 Jan 2025

• Union Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia launched the Sanchar Saathi mobile app and National Broadband Mission (NBM) 2.0 on 17 January 2025, and inaugurated Intra Circle Roaming at DBN-funded 4G sites.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Bharat Mobility Global Expo 2025 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, on 17 January 2025; the expo runs from 17 to 22 January across three venues in Delhi NCR.
• Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Manohar Lal launched the toolkit for the 9th edition of Swachh Survekshan on 17 January 2025, introducing a Super Swachh League of 12 cities.

Thu, 16 Jan 2025

• The Union Cabinet on 16 January 2025 approved a Third Launch Pad at ISRO's Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, at a cost of ₹3,984.86 crore, to be built within 48 months.

Wed, 15 Jan 2025

• Two new routes plus an additional Imphal–Dimapur flight, with VGF support from Manipur.

Tue, 14 Jan 2025

• Imports fell to 149.39 MT while domestic coal output rose 6.04% to 537.57 MT.

Mon, 13 Jan 2025

• ₹2,700 crore-plus project gives all-weather connectivity between Srinagar and Sonamarg en route to Leh.
• Record 28.64 GW added in 2024; solar at 97.86 GW and wind at 48.16 GW.

Fri, 10 Jan 2025

• National River Traffic and Navigation System launched; 1,000 green vessels planned in five years.
• The platform aims to strengthen India's solar, wind, hydrogen and battery storage value chains.

Thu, 09 Jan 2025

• The PM flagged off the Pravasi Bharatiya Express, a tourist train for the diaspora; theme 'Diaspora's Contribution to a Viksit Bharat'.

Wed, 08 Jan 2025

• The NTPC Green Energy hub at Pudimadaka is the first Green Hydrogen Hub under the National Green Hydrogen Mission.

Tue, 07 Jan 2025

• The ₹30,000 crore shipyard will be able to build Very Large Crude Carriers of up to 3,20,000 DWT.

Mon, 06 Jan 2025

• The new Jammu Railway Division covers 742.1 km, including the Pathankot–Jammu–Udhampur–Srinagar–Baramulla line.

Sun, 05 Jan 2025

• The PM also opened the first Delhi Metro Phase-IV stretch and laid the stone of the Rithala–Kundli section.

Sat, 04 Jan 2025

• Production grew 7.28% and dispatch 6.56% over 2023, both all-time highs.

Fri, 03 Jan 2025

• Piyush Goyal released the sixth edition of the Logistics Ease Across Different States report and felicitated LEAPS 2024 winners.
• The trial at the PEKB coal mine in Chhattisgarh used 108 holes drilled by an unmanned automated drill and 60 tonnes of bulk emulsion explosives.