HSSC CET Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Wed, 16 Apr 2025

• CPI retail inflation fell to 4.6% in 2024-25, the lowest since 2018-19, and to 3.34% year-on-year in March 2025, the lowest monthly rate since August 2019, the Finance Ministry said on 16 April 2025.
• India's merchandise and services exports in 2024-25 are estimated at US$ 820.93 billion, 5.50% higher than US$ 778.13 billion in 2023-24, the Commerce Ministry said on 16 April 2025.
• Government e Marketplace (GeM) facilitated insurance for more than 1.3 crore individuals and the hiring of 1 million manpower resources in 2024-25, the Commerce Ministry said on 16 April 2025.
• The Ministry of Mines issued guidelines on 16 April 2025 for setting up Centres of Excellence (CoEs) for critical-mineral R&D under the National Critical Mineral Mission, to work on a hub-and-spoke model.
• The Competition Commission of India, by an order dated 16 April 2025, imposed monetary and non-monetary sanctions on UFO Moviez (with subsidiary Scrabble Digital) and Qube Cinema Technologies for violating Section 3(4) of the Competition Act.
• CDS General Anil Chauhan presented MacGregor Memorial Medals for 2023 and 2024 at the United Service Institution of India, New Delhi, on 16 April 2025, for contributions to military reconnaissance, exploration and adventure.
• Science Minister Jitendra Singh, reviewing CSIR on 16 April 2025, hailed India's first indigenous green hydrogen fuel cell inland waterway vessel, built by Cochin Shipyard with a KPIT fuel-cell drivetrain drawing on CSIR's foundational work.
• The Election Commission of India began its first-ever training for Booth Level Agents (BLAs) of political parties on 16 April 2025, with about 280 BLAs from Bihar of 10 recognised parties at IIIDEM, New Delhi.

Tue, 15 Apr 2025

• The India Meteorological Department's first-stage forecast, issued on 15 April 2025, says the June–September 2025 southwest monsoon rainfall is most likely to be above normal at 105% of the Long Period Average, with a model error of ±5%.
• Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh visited Rome on 14–15 April 2025, called on Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto and co-chaired the 11th India–Italy Joint Defence Committee meeting; SIDM and AIAD signed an MoU.
• Annual inflation based on the all-India Wholesale Price Index was 2.05% (provisional) in March 2025, down from 2.38% in February, the Commerce Ministry said on 15 April 2025.
• Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) reported its highest-ever annual profit after tax of ₹1,699 crore for 2024-25, up 36%, and became the first PSU and first company in the NBFC and banking sector to publish audited results within 15 days, the MNRE said on 15 April 2025.
• INSV Tarini, crewed by Lieutenant Commanders Dilna K and Roopa A, was flagged off from the Royal Cape Yacht Club, Cape Town, on 15 April 2025 for the final leg of the Navika Sagar Parikrama II circumnavigation, to Goa.
• At the OALP Round-IX and Special Discovered Small Field signing ceremony on 15 April 2025, Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said 28 blocks across eight sedimentary basins covering 1.36 lakh sq km had been awarded.
• The Ministry of Labour & Employment signed an MoU with Swiggy on 15 April 2025 to link gig and logistics jobs to the National Career Service (NCS) portal, with Swiggy aiming to mobilise over 12 lakh job opportunities in 2–3 years.

Mon, 14 Apr 2025

• In Yamunanagar, Haryana, on 14 April 2025, PM Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of an 800 MW unit at the Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram Thermal Power Plant and a compressed biogas plant at Mukarabpur, and inaugurated the ₹1,070 crore Rewari Bypass.
• On 14 April 2025, the 135th birth anniversary of Dr B.R. Ambedkar, the President, Vice-President, Prime Minister and Lok Sabha Speaker paid floral tributes at his statue at Prerna Sthal in the Parliament House lawns, at an event organised by the Dr. Ambedkar Foundation.
• On World Quantum Day, 14 April 2025, the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser released the first edition of India's International Technology Engagement Strategy (ITES) for Quantum.
• On 14 April 2025, PM Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of a new terminal building, worth over ₹410 crore, at Maharaja Agrasen airport in Hisar, Haryana, as flights from Haryana to Ayodhya began.
• Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed the All India Forensic Science Summit 2025, organised by the National Forensic Sciences University in New Delhi on 14 April 2025 on the theme 'Role of Forensic Science in Effective Implementation of New Criminal Laws and Combating Terrorism'.

Sun, 13 Apr 2025

• The maiden Africa India Key Maritime Engagement (AIKEYME) exercise, co-hosted by India and Tanzania with eight other African nations, was inaugurated at Dar-es-Salaam on 13 April 2025 onboard INS Chennai.
• India finished the Archery World Cup 2025 Stage 1 in Auburndale, USA, on 13 April with four medals: gold in the compound mixed team, silver in the men's recurve team, and bronzes in the men's compound team and Dhiraj Bommadevara's men's individual recurve event.

Sat, 12 Apr 2025

• Union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary on 12 April 2025 handed over ₹515.31 crore to the Asset Disposal Committee headed by Justice D.K. Seth (Retd.) for restitution to legitimate investors of the Rose Valley group's Ponzi scheme.
• The Department of Biotechnology presented India's BioE3 policy and integrated biorefinery initiatives at the Mission Innovation Annual Gathering 2025 in Seoul, South Korea, held on 9–11 April.
• The Central Electricity Authority concurred Detailed Project Reports of six hydro pumped storage projects with about 7.5 GW capacity in 2024-25, a record, and aims to concur at least 13 projects of about 22 GW in 2025-26.

Fri, 11 Apr 2025

• DRDO carried out successful release trials of the indigenously developed long-range glide bomb 'Gaurav' from a Su-30 MKI aircraft on 8–10 April 2025, striking a land target on an island at a range close to 100 km, the Defence Ministry said on 11 April.
• The Commerce Ministry on 11 April 2025 operationalised a dedicated 'Global Tariff and Trade Helpdesk' on the DGFT website to help exporters, importers and other stakeholders deal with emerging global trade issues and tariff changes.
• India's Index of Industrial Production (IIP) grew 2.9% in February 2025, down from 5.0% in January, according to quick estimates released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation on 11 April 2025.
• The first edition of the biannual Naval Commanders' Conference for 2025, held in two phases at Karwar and New Delhi from 5 to 11 April, concluded on 11 April; Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh presided over the Karwar phase.
• The Ministry of Home Affairs said on 11 April 2025 that online nominations and recommendations for the Padma Awards 2026, which opened on 15 March 2025, will be accepted on the Rashtriya Puraskar Portal until 31 July 2025.