APPSC (Andhra Pradesh) Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Sun, 01 Jun 2025

• Gross GST collections for May 2025 stood at ₹2,01,050 crore, up 16.4% from ₹1,72,739 crore in May 2024, according to data released on 1 June 2025.
• World champion D Gukesh beat world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen for the first time in a classical game in Round 6 of Norway Chess 2025 in Stavanger on 1 June 2025.

Sat, 31 May 2025

• Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla will conduct ISRO-DBT food and nutrition experiments on the International Space Station as Mission Pilot of Axiom Mission 4, Union Minister Jitendra Singh announced on 31 May 2025.
• India's Environment MoS Kirti Vardhan Singh addressed the High-Level International Conference on Glaciers' Preservation in Dushanbe, Tajikistan (29–31 May 2025), outlining India's Himalayan monitoring efforts.
• Shailendra Nath Gupta, a 1990-batch Indian Defence Estates Service officer, assumed office as Director General of Defence Estates on 31 May 2025.
• The Youth Affairs Ministry and the Department of Pharmaceuticals announced on 31 May 2025 a 15-day Jan Aushadhi Kendra experiential learning programme for youth volunteers under 'Seva Se Seekhen', starting 1 June 2025.
• The Indian Army is conducting Capacity Development Demonstrations of indigenous next-generation technologies at Pokhran, Babina and Joshimath, with air defence demonstrations at Agra and Gopalpur, the Defence Ministry said on 31 May 2025.

Fri, 30 May 2025

• India's real GDP grew 6.5% in FY 2024-25 and 7.4% in the January–March 2025 quarter, according to the provisional estimates released by the NSO on 30 May 2025.
• India's common compute capacity under the IndiaAI Mission crossed 34,000 GPUs, and Soket AI, Gnani AI and Gan AI were selected to build indigenous foundation models, Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced on 30 May 2025.
• The Government of India's provisional accounts for 2024-25, released on 30 May 2025, show total receipts of ₹30,78,247 crore (97.8% of RE) and total expenditure of ₹46,55,517 crore (98.7% of RE).
• Central Government NPS subscribers who retired on or before 31 March 2025 with at least 10 years of qualifying service, or their spouses, can claim additional Unified Pension Scheme benefits by 30 June 2025, the Finance Ministry said on 30 May 2025.
• President Droupadi Murmu presented the National Florence Nightingale Awards 2025 to nurses at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 30 May 2025.
• Ayush MoS (Independent Charge) Prataprao Jadhav launched the AyushSuraksha Portal on 30 May 2025 to tackle misleading advertisements and monitor adverse drug reactions linked to Ayush products.
• The Department of Posts released DHRUVA (Digital Hub for Reference and Unique Virtual Address), a policy framework for a national Digital Address Digital Public Infrastructure, on 30 May 2025.
• The first round of negotiations on the India–Chile Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, which began in New Delhi on 26 May 2025, concluded on 30 May, after the Terms of Reference were signed on 8 May 2025.

Thu, 29 May 2025

• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh approved Miniratna (Category-I) status for three DPSUs — Munitions India Ltd, Armoured Vehicles Nigam Ltd and India Optel Ltd — on 29 May 2025.
• The Centre imposed stock limits on wheat for traders, wholesalers, retailers, big chain retailers and processors in all states and UTs, valid until 31 March 2026, through an order issued on 27 May 2025, the Food Ministry said on 29 May 2025.
• An Indian all-party parliamentary delegation led by MP Shashi Tharoor visited Colombia from 29 to 31 May 2025 to convey India's message of zero tolerance for terrorism, according to the Embassy of India in Bogotá.
• The Coal Ministry's Nominated Authority issued vesting orders for seven commercially auctioned coal blocks on 29 May 2025, taking the total to 116 blocks; Western Coalfields became the first Coal India subsidiary to win a block in commercial auction.
• An Indian Army contingent left on 29 May 2025 for the 17th India–Mongolia joint military exercise Nomadic Elephant, scheduled in Ulaanbaatar from 31 May to 13 June 2025.
• The Home Ministry decided on 29 May 2025 to confer an honorary rank one level higher on CAPF and Assam Rifles personnel from Constable to Sub-Inspector on their day of retirement, without financial or pension benefits.
• Jal Shakti Minister C R Patil launched Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2025, a rural sanitation survey covering 21,000 villages in 761 districts of 34 States and UTs, in New Delhi on 29 May 2025.
• The MoSPI Comprehensive Modular Survey: Telecom 2025 (January–March 2025), released on 29 May 2025, found 85.5% of Indian households had at least one smartphone and 86.3% had internet access at home.

Wed, 28 May 2025

• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on 28 May 2025 approved higher Minimum Support Prices for 14 kharif crops for marketing season 2025-26, with common paddy raised by ₹69 to ₹2,369 per quintal.
• India's foodgrain production in 2024-25 is estimated at a record 3,539.59 lakh tonnes, about 6.5% higher than 2023-24, according to the Third Advance Estimates released by the Agriculture Ministry on 28 May 2025.
• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on 28 May 2025 approved the 108.134 km four-lane Badvel–Nellore corridor on NH-67 in Andhra Pradesh at a cost of ₹3,653.10 crore in DBFOT mode.
• The Centre notified rules under the Inter-Services Organisations (Command, Control and Discipline) Act 2023, effective 27 May 2025, to strengthen command and jointness in the armed forces, the Defence Ministry said on 28 May 2025.
• India's Index of Industrial Production grew 2.7% year-on-year in April 2025, led by 3.4% growth in manufacturing, according to MoSPI's quick estimate released on 28 May 2025.
• The Union Cabinet on 28 May 2025 approved continuing the interest subvention component of the Modified Interest Subvention Scheme for 2025-26 at the existing 1.5%, keeping KCC loans up to ₹3 lakh at 7% (4% with prompt repayment).
• Indian all-party parliamentary delegations held meetings in Riyadh and Jakarta on 28 May 2025 to convey India's stance against terrorism, meeting Saudi Arabia's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and ASEAN's Secretary-General among others.