Education, Health & Society Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Thu, 17 Apr 2025

• Union Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurated the newly developed 220-bedded ESIC Hospital at Namkum, Ranchi, Jharkhand, on 17 April 2025.

Wed, 16 Apr 2025

• Union MoS for Women and Child Development Savitri Thakur reviewed flagship schemes in East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, on 16 April 2025, visiting the One Stop Centre 'Shakti Sadan' at Mawroh and an Anganwadi centre at Mawsmai.

Tue, 15 Apr 2025

• Union Health Minister JP Nadda presided over the fifth convocation of AIIMS Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, on 15 April 2025, where 434 students were awarded degrees.
• INSV Tarini, crewed by Lieutenant Commanders Dilna K and Roopa A, was flagged off from the Royal Cape Yacht Club, Cape Town, on 15 April 2025 for the final leg of the Navika Sagar Parikrama II circumnavigation, to Goa.
• The Ministry of Labour & Employment signed an MoU with Swiggy on 15 April 2025 to link gig and logistics jobs to the National Career Service (NCS) portal, with Swiggy aiming to mobilise over 12 lakh job opportunities in 2–3 years.
• The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet on 15 April 2025 approved issuing an ordinance to sub-categorise the state's 59 Scheduled Castes into three groups for reservation, along with the AP Minor Mineral Policy 2025.

Mon, 14 Apr 2025

• On 14 April 2025, Ambedkar Jayanti, Telangana published the Scheduled Castes (Rationalisation of Reservation) Act, 2025 in the state gazette and issued orders dividing Scheduled Castes into three groups within the 15% SC quota, becoming the first state to implement SC sub-categorisation.

Sun, 13 Apr 2025

• Union Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya led a 'Jai Bhim Padyatra' with MY Bharat volunteers in Patna on 13 April 2025, on the eve of Ambedkar Jayanti.
• Eight workers were killed in an explosion at a firecracker manufacturing unit at Kailasapatnam in Kotauratla mandal of Anakapalli district on 13 April 2025; the Prime Minister announced ex gratia from the PMNRF.

Fri, 11 Apr 2025

• The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting and the Government of Maharashtra signed an MoU on 11 April 2025 to establish the Indian Institute of Creative Technologies (IICT) at Film City, Goregaon, Mumbai, for the AVGC-XR sector.

Thu, 10 Apr 2025

• The Ministry of Education raised the 'material cost' under the PM POSHAN scheme by 9.50% with effect from 1 May 2025, at an additional cost of about ₹954 crore to the Centre in 2025-26.
• The Narcotics Control Bureau, with Assam Police and CRPF, seized 30.4 kg of methamphetamine (YABA) tablets worth ₹24.32 crore and arrested three people in two operations in Silchar, the Home Ministry said on 10 April 2025.

Wed, 09 Apr 2025

• EPFO announced on 9 April 2025 that members can generate and activate their Universal Account Number using Aadhaar Face Authentication Technology through the UMANG mobile app.

Tue, 08 Apr 2025

• PMMY, launched on 8 April 2015, completed 10 years on 8 April 2025, having extended over ₹33.65 lakh crore through 52.37 crore collateral-free loans, with nearly 68% of accounts sanctioned to women.
• The Ministry of Women and Child Development's 7th Poshan Pakhwada runs from 8 to 22 April 2025, focusing on the first 1000 days of life, the Poshan Tracker beneficiary module, CMAM and childhood obesity.
• The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and the World Economic Forum deliberated on the 'India Skills Accelerator', a national public-private collaboration platform for skilling, at a roundtable in New Delhi on 8 April 2025.
• The Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority and India Post Payments Bank signed a Memorandum of Agreement on 8 April 2025 to launch Phase 2 of 'Niveshak Didi', a financial literacy initiative led by women.

Mon, 07 Apr 2025

• On 7 April 2025, Lt Gen AK Ramesh flagged off 'Samudra Pradakshina', a 12-member all-women tri-services sailing expedition from Mumbai to Seychelles and back aboard IASV Triveni.
• On 7 April 2025, NIEPVD Dehradun, with the National Association for the Blind, inaugurated 'Antar Drishti', a sensory dark room to sensitise society to the challenges faced by persons with visual impairment.

Sun, 06 Apr 2025

• The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation released the 26th edition of 'Women and Men in India 2024', showing the labour force participation rate (usual status, 15+) rising from 49.8% in 2017-18 to 60.1% in 2023-24.

Tue, 01 Apr 2025

• The Rajya Sabha passed the Tribhuvan Sahkari University Bill, 2025 on 1 April 2025, completing its passage through Parliament after the Lok Sabha had passed it on 26 March 2025.
• India recorded 4,515 child adoptions in FY 2024-25, the highest since 2015-16, of which 4,155 were domestic, the Women and Child Development Ministry said on 1 April 2025.
• The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation signed agreements with 15 more public and private sector banks for collecting contributions on 1 April 2025, taking the number of empanelled banks to 32.

Mon, 31 Mar 2025

• Union Home Minister Amit Shah unveiled a statue of Maharaja Agrasen, inaugurated a new ICU and laid the foundation stone of a PG hostel at a hospital in Hisar, Haryana, on 31 March 2025.

Sun, 30 Mar 2025

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of the Madhav Netralaya Premium Centre in Nagpur, Maharashtra, on 30 March 2025, Gudi Padwa.
• Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy launched a scheme to distribute fine rice (sanna biyyam) free through ration shops at Huzurnagar, Suryapet district, on 30 March 2025, Ugadi.
• Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi launched the Antyodaya Gruha Yojana, the state's flagship housing scheme, at Bhawanipatna, Kalahandi district, on 30 March 2025.

Sat, 29 Mar 2025

• The Ministry of Tribal Affairs announced on 29 March 2025 that over 45 tribal startups would be showcased under 'Dharti Aaba TribePreneurs 2025' at Startup Mahakumbh, Bharat Mandapam, on 3–5 April 2025.
• Union Ports, Shipping and Waterways Minister Sarbananda Sonowal laid the foundation stone of a new ₹38 crore building for Kendriya Vidyalaya, Dibrugarh, Assam, on 29 March 2025.

Fri, 28 Mar 2025

• The 113th meeting of the Executive Committee of EPFO's Central Board of Trustees was held in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on 28 March 2025, and welcomed a proposal to raise the auto-claim settlement limit to ₹5 lakh.