CTET Current Affairs One-liners — All time
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Mon, 03 Feb 2025
- On 3 February 2025, in Parliament in New Delhi, Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat told the Lok Sabha that, besides six earlier classical languages, five more were notified on 4 October 2024.
- On 3 February 2025, in Bengaluru, Karnataka, the Department of Science and Technology announced that the Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences had developed a high-entropy alloy catalyst, PtPdCoNiMn, for efficient hydrogen production by water electrolysis.
- On 3 February 2025, in Faridabad, Haryana, India's first Ferret Research Facility was dedicated at the Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI), and the GARBH-INi-DRISHTI data repository was launched.
- On 3 February 2025, in Delhi-NCR, the CAQM Sub-Committee on GRAP revoked Stage-III of the Graded Response Action Plan in the entire NCR with immediate effect after Delhi's average AQI improved to 286.
Sun, 02 Feb 2025
- On 2 February 2025, in Gonda, Uttar Pradesh, the Environment Ministry held the national World Wetlands Day 2025 celebration at the Parvati Arga Ramsar Site on the theme 'Protecting Wetlands for our Common Future'.
- On 2 February 2025, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, India beat South Africa by nine wickets in the final to win the ICC U19 Women's T20 World Cup 2025 and retain the title they first won in 2023.
- On 2 February 2025, in Los Angeles, United States, Indian-American vocalist Chandrika Tandon won the Grammy for Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album for 'Triveni' at the 67th Grammy Awards.
- On 2 February 2025, in Jammu, Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh inaugurated the Centre for Advanced Genomics & Precision Medicine at AIIMS Jammu.
- On 2 February 2025, in New Delhi, Akashvani and the Ministry of Culture launched 'Har Kanthh Mein Bharat', a radio series on Indian classical music, on Basant Panchami.
- India beat England by 150 runs in the fifth T20I at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, on 2 February 2025, with Abhishek Sharma scoring 135 off 54 balls, to win the series 4–1.
- On 2 February 2025, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed by video message the Maha Kumbhabhishegam of the Shri Sanathana Dharma Aalayam, a Murugan temple, in the presence of President Prabowo Subianto.
- R Praggnanandhaa won the Tata Steel Masters chess tournament at Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, on 2 February 2025, beating world champion D Gukesh 2–1 in a blitz tiebreak for his maiden Masters title.
Sat, 01 Feb 2025
- On 1 February 2025, in Parliament in New Delhi, the Union Budget 2025-26 announced a Nuclear Energy Mission for research and development of Small Modular Reactors with an outlay of ₹20,000 crore.
- On 1 February 2025, in Parliament in New Delhi, the Union Budget 2025-26 put the 2024-25 fiscal deficit at 4.8% of GDP (Revised Estimate) and targeted 4.4% for 2025-26.
- On 1 February 2025, in Parliament in New Delhi, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that no income tax will be payable on normal income up to ₹12 lakh under the new tax regime.
- On 1 February 2025, in Parliament in New Delhi, the Union Budget 2025-26 announced the Prime Minister Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana for 100 low-productivity districts, covering 1.7 crore farmers.
- On 1 February 2025, in Parliament in New Delhi, the Union Budget 2025-26 announced 50,000 Atal Tinkering Labs in government schools over 5 years and Day Care Cancer Centres in all district hospitals over 3 years.
- On 1 February 2025, off the coast of Odisha, DRDO conducted three successive flight-trials of the Very Short-Range Air Defence System (VSHORADS) from Chandipur.
- On 1 February 2025, in Parliament in New Delhi, the Union Budget 2025-26 raised the investment and turnover limits for classifying all MSMEs to 2.5 and 2 times respectively.
- On 1 February 2025, in Parliament in New Delhi, the Union Budget 2025-26 announced a Makhana Board in Bihar to improve production, processing, value addition and marketing of makhana.
- On 1 February 2025, in Parliament in New Delhi, the Union Budget 2025-26 announced a ₹1 lakh crore Urban Challenge Fund to implement 'Cities as Growth Hubs' and extended the Jal Jeevan Mission until 2028.
- On 1 February 2025, in Parliament in New Delhi, the Union Budget 2025-26 raised the FDI limit for the insurance sector from 74% to 100% for companies that invest the entire premium in India.
- On 1 February 2025, in New Delhi, the Union Budget 2025-26 allocated a record ₹6,81,210.27 crore to the Ministry of Defence, 9.53% more than the 2024-25 Budget Estimate.
- On 1 February 2025, in India, the Indian Coast Guard celebrated its 49th Raising Day, with its Director General Paramesh Sivamani laying a wreath at the National War Memorial, New Delhi.
Fri, 31 Jan 2025
- The Budget Session 2025 of Parliament began in New Delhi on 31 January 2025 with President Droupadi Murmu addressing both Houses assembled together under Article 87(1) of the Constitution.
- The Economic Survey 2024-25, tabled in Parliament by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on 31 January 2025, estimated India's real GDP growth at 6.4% in FY25 and projected 6.3–6.8% for FY26.
- MeitY notified the Aadhaar Authentication for Good Governance (Social Welfare, Innovation, Knowledge) Amendment Rules, 2025 on 31 January 2025, allowing government and non-government entities to use Aadhaar authentication for public-interest services.
- The DRDO-Industry-Academia Centre of Excellence at IIT Hyderabad, Telangana demonstrated a Large Area Additive Manufacturing (LAAM) System for fabricating rocket components, DRDO announced on 31 January 2025.
- On 31 January 2025, in New Delhi, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav announced four new Ramsar sites, Sakkarakottai and Therthangal (Tamil Nadu), Khecheopalri (Sikkim) and Udhwa Lake (Jharkhand), taking India's total to 89.
- The Ministry of Railways introduced 'SwaRail', a SuperApp developed by CRIS that brings Indian Railways' public services into one platform, for beta testing on 31 January 2025.