Kerala PSC Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Mon, 14 Apr 2025

• QNu Labs, a startup selected by DST under the National Quantum Mission, launched QShield, a platform for cryptography management across cloud, on-premises and hybrid environments, on World Quantum Day, 14 April 2025.
• The Department of Consumer Affairs said on 14 April 2025 that it has framed draft rules making testing, verification and stamping mandatory for all domestic, commercial and industrial gas meters before use in trade and commerce.

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.
• Markus Söder, Minister-President of the German state of Bavaria, called on Union Science and Technology Minister Dr Jitendra Singh in New Delhi, with both sides discussing cooperation in areas such as AI, quantum, biotechnology and green hydrogen.

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.
• NITI Aayog on 11 April 2025 launched a report titled 'Automotive Industry: Powering India's Participation in Global Value Chains', which sets a goal of US$145 billion in auto component production by 2030.
• India hosted the 8th meeting of the AITIGA Joint Committee and related meetings at Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi, from 7 to 11 April 2025, as part of the review of the ASEAN-India Trade in Goods Agreement.
• The Central Electricity Authority on 11 April 2025 launched STELLAR, an indigenously developed resource adequacy model that States and distribution companies can use free of cost for power planning.
• Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal met Italy's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani in New Delhi on 11 April 2025 to discuss trade and investment under the India–Italy Joint Strategic Action Plan 2025-2029.

Thu, 10 Apr 2025

• India added a record 29.52 GW of renewable energy capacity in 2024-25, taking total installed RE capacity to 220.10 GW as of 31 March 2025, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy said on 10 April 2025.
• Tahawwur Hussain Rana, an accused in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks case, was extradited from the United States and formally arrested by the National Investigation Agency on arriving in New Delhi on 10 April 2025.
• The Ministry of Education raised the 'material cost' under the PM POSHAN scheme by 9.50% with effect from 1 May 2025, at an additional cost of about ₹954 crore to the Centre in 2025-26.
• India finished second in the medal table at the ISSF World Cup (rifle/pistol/shotgun) in Buenos Aires, which ended on 10 April 2025, with eight medals including four golds; China topped the table.
• On the second day of her visit to Slovakia on 10 April 2025, President Droupadi Murmu addressed the Slovakia-India Business Forum in Bratislava and was conferred an Honoris Causa doctorate by the Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra.

Wed, 09 Apr 2025

• At its 54th meeting (7-9 April 2025), the RBI's Monetary Policy Committee unanimously cut the policy repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.00% and changed its stance from neutral to accommodative.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and took part in Navkar Mahamantra Divas at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, on 9 April 2025 and proposed nine resolutions, beginning with water conservation.
• Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan led India at the 3rd BIMSTEC Agriculture Ministerial Meeting (BAMM) in Kathmandu, Nepal, on 9 April 2025.
• The Union Cabinet on 9 April 2025 approved M-CADWM as a sub-scheme of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana for 2025-26 with an initial outlay of ₹1,600 crore.
• The first Panchayat Advancement Index baseline report (FY 2022-23), released on 9 April 2025, rated 2.16 lakh validated Gram Panchayats; Gujarat and Telangana had the most Front Runners.
• On 9 April 2025, in the first visit by an Indian President to Slovakia in 29 years, President Droupadi Murmu held talks with President Peter Pellegrini in Bratislava and witnessed the exchange of two MoUs.
• The NSO's Periodic Labour Force Survey indicators for calendar year 2024, released on 9 April 2025, put the all-India unemployment rate in Current Weekly Status at 4.9% (5.0% in 2023).
• Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves held the 13th India-UK Economic and Financial Dialogue in London on 9 April 2025 and adopted a Joint Statement.