CDS Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Tue, 20 May 2025

• Union MoS Jayant Chaudhary and Mizoram CM Lalduhoma launched a pilot scheme in Aizawl on 20 May 2025 under which over 26,000 youth from the North East will get an extra ₹1,500 a month for one year over their NAPS apprenticeship stipend.
• Union Food Minister Pralhad Joshi launched the Depot Darpan portal and the Anna Mitra and Anna Sahayata digital platforms on 20 May 2025 to modernise the Public Distribution System.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the 78th session of the World Health Assembly in Geneva via video on 20 May 2025, noting this year's theme 'One World for Health'.
• The Ministry of Earth Sciences, with the Embassies of France and Costa Rica, hosted the 2nd Blue Talks at Prithvi Bhawan, New Delhi on 20 May 2025 ahead of the 3rd UN Ocean Conference in Nice (9–13 June 2025).
• An Indian delegation led by Raksha Rajya Mantri Sanjay Seth took part in the opening of LIMA 2025, the 17th Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition in Malaysia, on 20 May 2025 and inaugurated the India Pavilion.

Mon, 19 May 2025

• Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched the Bharatiya Bhasha Summer Camp, a festival of multilingualism for schools, in New Delhi on 19 May 2025 and released primers and special modules in 13 languages.
• The BRICS Energy Ministers' Meeting was held in Brasília on 19 May 2025 under Brazil's Presidency; Power Minister Manohar Lal led India and invited BRICS nations to the 2026 energy meeting in India.
• UIDAI said on 19 May 2025 it has begun sharing non-personal, anonymised Aadhaar Dashboard data on the Open Government Data platform data.gov.in to promote transparency and research.

Sun, 18 May 2025

• A National Cadet Corps team of 10 novice cadets — five girls and five boys, average age 19 — scaled Mount Everest on 18 May 2025, the NCC's third Everest ascent after 2013 and 2016.
• International Museum Day, organised every year on 18 May by the International Council of Museums (ICOM), was observed on 18 May 2025 with the theme 'The Future of Museums in Rapidly Changing Communities'.
• Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya launched an Annual Calendar under Khelo India on 18 May 2025 to create a year-round competition structure, with an eye on the Commonwealth Games 2030 and Olympic Games 2036.

Sat, 17 May 2025

• The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs announced on 17 May 2025 that seven all-party delegations, led by MPs including Shashi Tharoor and Ravi Shankar Prasad, would visit key partner countries, including UN Security Council members.
• DGFT Notification No. 07/2025-26 of 17 May 2025 restricts imports of readymade garments from Bangladesh to Nhava Sheva and Kolkata seaports and bars several other goods through land ports in the Northeast and two West Bengal LCSs.
• World Telecommunication and Information Society Day, observed every 17 May to mark ITU's founding, was observed on 17 May 2025 with the theme 'Gender equality in digital transformation', as ITU marked its 160th anniversary.

Fri, 16 May 2025

• The 8th India–US Joint Working Group on Aircraft Carrier Technology Cooperation (JWGACTC), set up under the Defence Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI), met in Delhi and Goa from 13 to 16 May 2025.
• Neeraj Chopra threw 90.23 m at the Doha Diamond League on 16 May 2025, a new Indian record and his first throw beyond 90 m, finishing second behind Germany's Julian Weber (91.06 m).
• The Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), an autonomous body under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, announced on 16 May 2025 the establishment of its first overseas campus in Dubai, UAE.
• Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav represented India at the inaugural Sagarmatha Sambaad in Kathmandu on 16 May 2025, themed 'Climate Change, Mountains, and the Future of Humanity', and set out a five-point call for global action on mountain ecosystems.
• President Droupadi Murmu conferred the 58th Jnanpith Award on Sanskrit scholar Jagadguru Rambhadracharya at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi, on 16 May 2025; co-awardee Gulzar could not attend.
• The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation released the 'National Accounts Statistics – 2025' publication on 16 May 2025, with detailed GDP, GVA, consumption, savings and capital formation estimates at current and constant (2011-12) prices.
• Cumulative Aadhaar authentication transactions crossed 150 billion (15,011.82 crore) by the end of April 2025, UIDAI data released on 16 May 2025 showed.

Thu, 15 May 2025

• Dr Jitendra Singh announced on 15 May 2025 that India will conduct its first biological experiments aboard the International Space Station during the Axiom-4 mission, with Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla as a crew member, under the BioE3 policy.
• DPIIT said on 15 May 2025 that 187 startups were approved for income tax exemption under Section 80-IAC — 75 at the 79th and 112 at the 80th Inter-Ministerial Board meeting (30 April 2025) — taking the total past 3,700.
• India and the European Union launched two coordinated research calls under the India–EU Trade and Technology Council on 15 May 2025, on marine plastic litter and waste to green hydrogen, with a joint investment of ₹391 crore (about €41 million).
• The NHRC wrote to all States and UTs on 15 May 2025 asking for immediate implementation of the Supreme Court's 14 directives in Dr. Balram Singh v. Union of India (2023) to end manual scavenging and hazardous sewer cleaning, with action taken reports within eight weeks.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level review of the fisheries sector on 15 May 2025, focusing on fishing in the Exclusive Economic Zone and high seas, and called for satellite technology, drones for fish transport and wider use of seaweed.
• Dr Ajay Kumar, former Defence Secretary and a 1985-batch IAS officer of the Kerala cadre, took oath as Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission on 15 May 2025.
• MoSPI's Periodic Labour Force Survey monthly bulletin for April 2025, released on 15 May 2025, put the unemployment rate (Current Weekly Status, age 15+) at 5.1% and the labour force participation rate at 55.6%.
• The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) revoked the security clearance of M/s Celebi and its associated companies on 15 May 2025 on grounds of national security.
• India's total exports (merchandise and services) in April 2025 were estimated at US$ 73.80 billion, 12.70% higher than the US$ 65.48 billion of April 2024, the Commerce Ministry said on 15 May 2025.