BSSC Current Affairs One-liners — All time
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Sat, 03 May 2025
- Singapore's People's Action Party, led by Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, won 87 of 97 seats with 65.57% of the vote in the general election held on 3 May 2025.
- President Droupadi Murmu graced the launch of the Mediation Association of India and addressed the first National Mediation Conference 2025 in New Delhi on 3 May 2025.
Fri, 02 May 2025
- Anuradha Prasad, former Secretary of the Inter State Council Secretariat, took oath as Member of the Union Public Service Commission on 2 May 2025.
- NITI Aayog released the report 'Enhancing MSMEs Competitiveness in India', prepared with the Institute for Competitiveness, on 2 May 2025.
- President Droupadi Murmu launched the Senior Citizen Welfare Portal and virtually inaugurated five Senior Citizen Homes at the 'Ageing with Dignity' event at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 2 May 2025.
- Air Marshal Narmdeshwar Tiwari took charge as Vice Chief of the Air Staff, Indian Air Force, on 2 May 2025.
- Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal met Belgium's Theo Francken and Flanders' Matthias Diependaele in Brussels on 2 May 2025, as India and the EU reaffirmed their aim to conclude the FTA by the end of 2025.
- India and Denmark signed a renewed energy cooperation MoU in New Delhi on 2 May 2025, extending the partnership begun under the original MoU of 5 June 2020.
Thu, 01 May 2025
- Arvind Shrivastava, a 1994-batch IAS officer of the Karnataka cadre, took charge as Secretary, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, on 1 May 2025.
- India's coal production rose 3.63% to 81.57 million tonnes (provisional) in April 2025 from 78.71 MT a year earlier, the Coal Ministry said on 1 May 2025.
- Indian Ocean Ship SAGAR, INS Sunayna with a multinational crew, arrived at Port Victoria, Seychelles, on 1 May 2025.
- The Centre formulated the Sugar (Control) Order, 2025 after a review of the Sugar (Control) Order, 1966, the Food Ministry announced on 1 May 2025.
- The Election Commission of India announced on 1 May 2025 that it will obtain death registration data electronically from the Registrar General of India, redesign Voter Information Slips and issue photo ID cards to BLOs.
- Lieutenant General Pratik Sharma took over as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Indian Army's Northern Command on 1 May 2025.
- Badminton pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty received the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna from Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya in New Delhi on 1 May 2025.
- Wheat procurement for the Central Pool in Rabi Marketing Season 2025-26 reached 256.31 lakh metric tonnes by 30 April 2025, against an estimated target of 312 LMT.
- An Indian delegation led by Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav took part in the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions in Geneva, held from 30 April to 1 May 2025.
- Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit assumed the appointment of Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee (CISC) in New Delhi on 1 May 2025, succeeding Lt Gen JP Mathew.
Wed, 30 Apr 2025
- The DBT-funded GenomeIndia project has completed a whole genome sequencing database of over 10,000 individuals from all major population groups, the Science Ministry said on 30 April 2025.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the 46th PRAGATI meeting on 30 April 2025, reviewing eight projects worth about ₹90,000 crore.
- The Ministry of Tribal Affairs and BPCL announced on 30 April 2025 that Space Labs will be set up in 75 Eklavya Model Residential Schools across 19 States, with BPCL sanctioning about ₹12 crore under CSR.
- MoSPI released the findings of its pilot study on the Annual Survey of Services Sector Enterprises on 30 April 2025, which used the GSTN database as a sampling frame for the first time.
Tue, 29 Apr 2025
- The Department of Posts signed an MoU with SBI Funds Management Limited at Dak Bhawan, New Delhi, on 29 April 2025 to provide doorstep KYC verification for SBI Mutual Fund investors.
- The Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser released the Round 2 study report 'Evaluation of Innovation Excellence Indicators of Public Funded R&D Organizations' on 29 April 2025.
- The Ministry of Labour and Employment signed an MoU with Rapido in New Delhi on 29 April 2025 to bring 50 lakh livelihood opportunities in the logistics sector to the National Career Service (NCS) portal over 1–2 years.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the YUGM Innovation Conclave at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, on 29 April 2025.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 29 April 2025 congratulated Mark Carney on his election as Prime Minister of Canada and Kamla Persad-Bissessar on her election victory in Trinidad and Tobago.
- MoSPI on 29 April 2025 released findings of its first Forward-Looking Survey on Private Sector CAPEX Investment Intentions, estimating provisional 2024-25 CAPEX per enterprise at ₹172.2 crore.
Mon, 28 Apr 2025
- Under the National Supercomputing Mission, 34 supercomputers with a combined capacity of 35 petaflops had been deployed as of March 2025, according to a MeitY backgrounder of 28 April 2025.
- The Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (IEPFA) signed an MoU with Kotak Mahindra Bank on 28 April 2025 to display its investor education content on the bank's ATMs, kiosks, websites, apps and social media.