KVS / NVS Current Affairs One-liners — All time
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Sat, 30 Nov 2024
- On 30 November 2024, the Health Ministry announced that Union Health Minister J P Nadda would lead the national World AIDS Day 2024 event in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, on 1 December, on the theme 'Take the Rights Path'.
- On 30 November 2024, the 13th edition of the India–Singapore bilateral exercise 'Agni Warrior' (XAW-2024) concluded at the Field Firing Ranges, Devlali, Maharashtra.
- On 30 November 2024, TRAI directed access providers to ensure that all Principal Entities and Telemarketers declare their message chains by 10 December 2024 for traceable commercial SMS.
- On 30 November 2024, the Ministry of Defence signed a ₹1,207.5 crore contract with Cochin Shipyard Limited, Kochi, for the Short Refit and Dry Docking of aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya.
- On 30 November 2024 in Madhubani, Bihar, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman chaired a Credit Outreach Programme and distributed loans worth ₹1,121 crore to 50,294 beneficiaries.
- On 30 November 2024 in Mumbai, Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal met Italy's Minister of Enterprises Adolfo Urso during the visit of the Italian Navy's school ship 'Amerigo Vespucci' to Mumbai Port.
Fri, 29 Nov 2024
- On 29 November 2024 in New Delhi, the National Statistics Office estimated India's real GDP growth for July–September 2024 (Q2 of 2024-25) at 5.4%, down from 8.1% a year earlier.
- On 29 November 2024, the Ministry of Mines said the Nayakkarpatti Tungsten Block in Tamil Nadu, auctioned with Hindustan Zinc Ltd as preferred bidder, will follow all environmental and heritage safeguards.
- On 29 November 2024, the Ministry of Women and Child Development told the Lok Sabha that its Empowered Committee had approved MEA proposals for nine One Stop Centres for Indian women facing distress abroad.
- On 29 November 2024 in New Delhi, DoNER Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia held the curtain raiser for the first-ever Ashtalakshmi Mahotsav, to be held at Bharat Mandapam from 6 to 8 December 2024, and unveiled its mascot 'Purvi'.
- On 29 November 2024 in New Delhi, the Government of India and the Asian Development Bank signed a $98 million loan for 'Building India's Clean Plant Programme' to give horticulture farmers certified disease-free planting material.
- On 29 November 2024, the Indian Navy announced that, acting on Sri Lanka Navy inputs, it intercepted two Sri Lankan fishing boats in the Arabian Sea and seized about 500 kg of crystal meth.
- On 29 November 2024, the Commerce and Industry Ministry reported that the Index of Eight Core Industries rose 3.1% (provisional) in October 2024 over October 2023.
- On 29 November 2024 in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the 59th All India Conference of DGsP/IGsP and released the MHA book 'Ranking of Police Stations 2024'.
- On 29 November 2024, the Indian Coast Guard conducted the sea phase of the 11th National Maritime Search and Rescue Exercise (SAREX-2024) off the Kochi coast, Kerala.
Thu, 28 Nov 2024
- On 28 November 2024 at Morabadi Ground, Ranchi, JMM leader Hemant Soren was sworn in as the 14th Chief Minister of Jharkhand by Governor Santosh Kumar Gangwar — his fourth term as CM.
- On 28 November 2024 in New Delhi, Mines Minister G Kishan Reddy launched the first-ever tranche of e-auction of offshore mineral blocks — 13 blocks in the Arabian Sea and the Andaman Sea.
- On 28 November 2024 in Goa, the 55th International Film Festival of India closed with the Golden Peacock for Best Film going to the Lithuanian film 'Toxic', directed by Saulė Bliuvaitė.
- On 28 November 2024 in Portsmouth, the defence ministries of India and the UK signed a Statement of Intent on cooperation in designing and developing electric propulsion systems for the Indian Navy.
- On 28 November 2024 at the IFFI closing in Goa, Australian director Phillip Noyce received the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award and Vikrant Massey was named Indian Film Personality of the Year.
- On 28 November 2024, President Droupadi Murmu visited the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, in the Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu and addressed its student officers and faculty.
- On 28 November 2024, the Centre decided that the Food Corporation of India will offload 25 lakh metric tonnes of wheat through e-auction under the Open Market Sales Scheme (Domestic) 2024 to moderate open-market prices.
- On 28 November 2024, at the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) on plastic pollution in Busan, India called for a clear scope and principles for the new legally binding instrument.
- On 28 November 2024, Chief of the Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi launched 'Eklavya', an online learning platform for Indian Army officers developed at zero cost with BISAG-N, Gandhinagar.
Wed, 27 Nov 2024
- On 27 November 2024 in New Delhi, Women and Child Development Minister Annapurna Devi launched the national 'Bal Vivah Mukt Bharat' campaign and the Child Marriage Free Bharat Portal.
- On 27 November 2024, the Department of Telecommunications said India rose 11 places to 49th of 133 economies in the Network Readiness Index 2024, from 60th in 2023.
- On 27 November 2024 at the Mechanised Infantry Centre and School, Ahilyanagar, Maharashtra, Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi presented the President's Colours to four Mechanised Infantry battalions.
- On 27 November 2024, Union Tourism and Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat inaugurated the 12th International Tourism Mart in Kaziranga, Assam, with Chief Ministers Himanta Biswa Sarma and Pema Khandu.
- On 27 November 2024, the Department of Consumer Affairs said the E-Daakhil portal for online consumer complaints is now operational in every State and UT, after its launch in Ladakh on 22 November 2024.
- On 27 November 2024 at INC-5 in Busan, Republic of Korea, India proposed a dedicated multilateral fund under the new plastic pollution treaty to give grant-based finance to developing countries.