AFCAT Current Affairs One-liners — All time
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Wed, 15 Jan 2025
- Merchandise plus services exports grew 6.03% over April–December 2023.
- Second edition implemented by DSCI; registration open from 15 January to 14 February 2025.
- Broadband (FTTH) tariff for PDOs should not exceed twice the retail FTTH tariff.
Tue, 14 Jan 2025
- Mission focuses on next-generation radars and satellites, high-resolution observations and high-performance computing.
- Up from 1.89% in November, driven by food articles and food products.
- Wheat area at 320 lakh ha versus 315.63 lakh ha a year ago.
- Imports fell to 149.39 MT while domestic coal output rose 6.04% to 537.57 MT.
- 8th edition registrations ran on MyGov from 14 December 2024 to 14 January 2025.
- Two-day international conference on aligning STI indicators for effective R&D governance.
Mon, 13 Jan 2025
- Record 28.64 GW added in 2024; solar at 97.86 GW and wind at 48.16 GW.
- Food inflation (CFPI) at 8.39%; both lowest in four months.
- Projects in 10 best-performing states to cover about 2.8 lakh hectares.
- Quota of 1,75,025 pilgrims earmarked for India.
Sun, 12 Jan 2025
Sat, 11 Jan 2025
Fri, 10 Jan 2025
- Manufacturing grew 5.8%, electricity 4.4% and mining 1.9%.
- Nearly double December's ₹89,086 crore; Uttar Pradesh gets the largest share at ₹31,039.84 crore.
Thu, 09 Jan 2025
Wed, 08 Jan 2025
- India will consider development projects in Afghanistan and give more material support for health and refugee rehabilitation.
- The previous round of the dialogue was held in July 2022.
- India handed over defence equipment and stores to the Maldives on Male's request.
Tue, 07 Jan 2025
- Growth is down from 8.2% in 2023-24; nominal GDP is estimated to grow 9.7%.
- The ACC appointed the LPSC Director for two years from 14 January 2025, succeeding S. Somanath.
- Both sides agreed to institutionalise the dialogue with annual meetings.
- MeitY's Bhashini was used to expand the portal from four languages to 22.
- The next India–EU Summit is to be held in India at a mutually convenient time.
Mon, 06 Jan 2025
- Sullivan also called on PM Modi and handed over a letter from President Biden.
- The draft has been placed in the public domain for feedback; Pradhan also opened UGC's new 'Pushpagiri' auditorium.
- The second round covers five product categories within the original ₹6,322 crore outlay.