Judiciary Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Tue, 25 Feb 2025

• Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and Industries Minister D. Sridhar Babu inaugurated BioAsia 2025, the life sciences conference, at HICC Hyderabad on 25 February 2025; the Genome Valley Excellence Award went to Professor Patrick Tan.
• The amount under operative Kisan Credit Card (KCC) accounts reached ₹10.05 lakh crore as of 31 December 2024, benefiting 7.72 crore farmers, the Finance Ministry said on 25 February 2025.
• DRDO and the Indian Navy carried out successful flight-trials of the Naval Anti-Ship Missile (NASM-SR) from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, Odisha, on 25 February 2025, launching it from a Seaking helicopter.
• The National Statistics Office released the results of the Time Use Survey (January-December 2024), the second all-India TUS, on 25 February 2025.
• The Indian Army signed a contract with Larsen & Toubro on 25 February 2025 for 223 Automatic Chemical Agent Detection and Alarm (ACADA) systems at ₹80.43 crore, under the Buy (Indian-IDDM) category.
• Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed the closing ceremony of Madhya Pradesh's two-day Global Investors Summit 2025 in Bhopal on 25 February 2025, where MoUs worth ₹30.77 lakh crore were signed.
• The Telangana government on 25 February 2025 ordered Telugu to be taught as a compulsory subject in CBSE, ICSE, IB and other board-affiliated schools in the state from 2025-26, with the simple Telugu textbook 'Vennela' for Classes 9 and 10.
• EPFO's provisional payroll data released on 25 February 2025 showed a net addition of 16.05 lakh members in December 2024, with 8.47 lakh new subscribers.
• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh conferred 32 gallantry, distinguished service and meritorious service medals on Indian Coast Guard personnel at the 18th ICG Investiture Ceremony at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, on 25 February 2025.
• President Droupadi Murmu graced the centenary celebration of Patna Medical College in Patna, Bihar, on 25 February 2025.
• The two-day Regional Dialogue on Social Justice, hosted by India with the ILO under the Global Coalition for Social Justice at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, concluded on 25 February 2025.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted Kashmiri Pandits on the occasion of Herath Poshte on 25 February 2025.

Mon, 24 Feb 2025

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the 19th instalment of PM-KISAN from Bhagalpur, Bihar, on 24 February 2025, transferring over ₹22,000 crore to more than 9.8 crore farmers, including 2.41 crore women farmers.
• New Zealand beat Bangladesh by five wickets in a Champions Trophy Group A match at Rawalpindi on 24 February 2025, taking themselves and India into the semi-finals and eliminating hosts and defending champions Pakistan along with Bangladesh.
• On 24 February 2025, the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion, the UN General Assembly adopted a Ukraine-tabled resolution by 93 votes to 18 with 65 abstentions and an amended US resolution by 93 to 8 with 73 abstentions; India abstained on both.
• The Indian Army's Centre for United Nations Peacekeeping (CUNPK) hosted a two-day Conference on Women Peacekeepers from the Global South at the Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi, from 24 February 2025, with women peacekeepers from 35 nations.
• The 21st General Session of the African-Asian Rural Development Organization (AARDO), held in New Delhi from 21 to 24 February 2025, unanimously elected India as President for the triennium 2025-27.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Madhya Pradesh's Global Investors Summit 2025 in Bhopal on 24 February 2025, where SECI signed an MoU with the state for a 200 MW solar project at Dhar and a 1,000 MWh battery storage project.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi took part in Jhumoir Binandini 2025, a mega Jhumoir dance programme of Assam's tea garden community, in Guwahati on 24 February 2025.
• India and the United Kingdom resumed negotiations towards a trade deal on 24 February 2025, announced in New Delhi by Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal and UK Business and Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds.
• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh addressed the 16th Foundation Day of IIT Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, on 24 February 2025, saying India's technology sector is expected to reach $300-350 billion in the next five years.
• Union Home Minister Amit Shah interacted with 250 children from Jammu and Kashmir under the 'Watan Ko Jano' programme in New Delhi on 24 February 2025.

Sun, 23 Feb 2025

• Virat Kohli scored an unbeaten 100, his 51st ODI century, as India beat Pakistan by six wickets in their ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Group A match in Dubai on 23 February 2025.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of the Bageshwar Dham Medical and Science Research Institute, a cancer institute, at Garha village in Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh, on 23 February 2025.
• In the 119th episode of Mann Ki Baat on 23 February 2025, PM Narendra Modi hailed ISRO's 100th launch, proposed 'One Day as a Scientist' for National Science Day, and said he would hand his social media accounts to inspiring women on International Women's Day.
• In Germany's early federal election on 23 February 2025, Friedrich Merz's CDU/CSU won the most votes, the AfD came second with 20.8% and turnout was 82.5%, up from 76.4% in 2021.
• Ahead of World Wildlife Day, PM Narendra Modi said in Mann Ki Baat on 23 February 2025 that the tiger-worshipping Soliga tribe deserves much of the credit for the rising tiger population in Karnataka's BRT Tiger Reserve.
• Chief of the Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi departed on 23 February 2025 for an official visit to France from 24 to 27 February to strengthen India-France defence cooperation.
• The Union Health Ministry said on 23 February 2025 that CDSCO and Maharashtra regulators had stopped operations at Aveo Pharmaceuticals, Mumbai, and moved to withdraw export NOCs for the unapproved Tapentadol-Carisoprodol combination exported to West Africa.
• Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya led the ninth week of Fit India Sundays on Cycle in Delhi on 23 February 2025 with FICCI and CII, as the campaign, dedicated to the fight against obesity, reached 4,200 locations nationwide.