Judiciary Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Thu, 30 Jan 2025

• The Ministry of Rural Development sanctioned 27 roads of 50.13 km worth ₹50.35 crore for Maharashtra under the connectivity component of PM-JANMAN, it announced on 30 January 2025.
• Astronomers at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics devised a method to estimate the instantaneous expansion speed and radial size of coronal mass ejections from single-point spacecraft measurements, DST reported on 30 January 2025.
• The Health Ministry illuminated India Gate in New Delhi in purple and orange on 30 January 2025 to mark World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) Day.

Wed, 29 Jan 2025

• ISRO's GSLV-F15 lifted off from the Second Launch Pad at Sriharikota at 06:23 hrs on 29 January 2025 carrying the NVS-02 navigation satellite, the 100th launch from India's spaceport.
• The Union Cabinet on 29 January 2025 approved the National Critical Mineral Mission with government expenditure of ₹16,300 crore and expected PSU investment of ₹18,000 crore, a total of ₹34,300 crore over seven years.
• A stampede in the Sangam area of the Maha Kumbh at Prayagraj in the early hours of Mauni Amavasya, 29 January 2025, killed 30 people and injured 60, DIG Maha Kumbh Vaibhav Krishna announced.
• The Government approved the Mutual Credit Guarantee Scheme for MSMEs on 29 January 2025, under which NCGTC will give 60% guarantee coverage on loans up to ₹100 crore for buying plant, machinery or equipment.
• MoSPI released the detailed report of the Annual Survey of Unincorporated Sector Enterprises 2023-24 on 29 January 2025, showing establishments up 12.84% to 7.34 crore and GVA up 16.52%.
• A High-Level Committee chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on 29 January 2025 approved ₹3,027.86 crore for disaster mitigation projects covering drought, lightning and forest fires in various states.
• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on 29 January 2025 raised the administered ex-mill price of C-heavy molasses ethanol for public sector OMCs to ₹57.97 per litre from ₹56.58 for Ethanol Supply Year 2024-25.
• The keel of BY 529 Machilipatnam, the seventh Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft, was laid at Cochin Shipyard Limited, Kochi on 29 January 2025.
• The CAQM Sub-Committee on GRAP invoked Stage III of the Graded Response Action Plan across the entire NCR on 29 January 2025 after Delhi's average AQI reached 365.
• Researchers at the Indian Institute of Geomagnetism found that the north magnetic pole's drift from Canada towards Siberia has raised the penetration altitudes of charged particles over Siberia, DST reported on 29 January 2025.
• Union Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya launched state and UT microsites under e-Shram and an Occupational Shortage Index in New Delhi on 29 January 2025.
• Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini inaugurated the International Saraswati Mahotsav 2025 at Adi Badri in Yamunanagar district on 29 January 2025.

Tue, 28 Jan 2025

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 38th National Games in Dehradun, Uttarakhand on 28 January 2025; the Games run from 28 January to 14 February in 11 cities across 8 districts of Uttarakhand.
• The Government of Tripura signed an MoU with MeitY's Digital India Bhashini Division in Agartala on 28 January 2025, becoming the first North-Eastern state and the eighth state in India to do so.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Utkarsh Odisha – Make in Odisha Conclave 2025 and the Make in Odisha Exhibition in Bhubaneswar on 28 January 2025.
• Railway Board Chairman Satish Kumar said on 28 January 2025 that Indian Railways would run an all-time high of 360 trains from Prayagraj, including 190 specials, for Mauni Amavasya at Maha Kumbh 2025.
• Researchers at JNCASR, Bengaluru, led by Prof. Bivas Saha, found that quantum confinement of electrons at the nanoscale breaks down plasmonic behaviour in metals, DST reported on 28 January 2025.
• Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri announced the winners of the Avinya'25 and Vasudha startup challenges at ONGC headquarters on 28 January 2025, with UrjanovaC Pvt Ltd winning Avinya'25.
• The Competition Commission of India on 28 January 2025 approved the proposed acquisition of up to 72.64% shareholding in ITD Cementation India Limited by Renew Exim DMCC, an Adani group company.
• CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research marked its 60th anniversary at an event in Lucknow on 28 January 2025 addressed by Union Minister Jitendra Singh.
• The Ministry of Education said on 28 January 2025 that the 8th edition of Pariksha Pe Charcha received a record 3.56 crore registrations, up from 2.26 crore in the 7th edition.
• DPIIT and the Jammu & Kashmir Entrepreneurship Development Institute signed an MoU on 28 January 2025 at JKEDI's Baribrahamna campus to support startups in J&K.

Mon, 27 Jan 2025

• The Uniform Civil Code, Uttarakhand, 2024 came into force on 27 January 2025, making Uttarakhand the first state in independent India to implement a UCC.
• IIT Indore inaugurated AgriHub, a MeitY-supported Centre of Excellence using AI, machine learning and deep learning for sustainable agriculture, on 27 January 2025.
• The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy notified the Solar Systems, Devices, and Components Goods Order, 2025 in the Gazette on 27 January 2025, setting minimum efficiency norms for solar PV modules.
• India and Oman signed a protocol amending their Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement in Muscat on 27 January 2025.
• The Union Health Ministry deputed a seven-member multi-disciplinary team to Pune, Maharashtra on 27 January 2025 after a spurt in Guillain-Barré Syndrome cases.