MPSC (Maharashtra) Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Tue, 06 May 2025

• Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Keir Starmer on 6 May 2025 announced the conclusion of the India–UK Free Trade Agreement and a Double Contribution Convention, with tariff elimination on about 99% of tariff lines for Indian exports.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Anthony Albanese on 6 May 2025 and congratulated him on his re-election as the 32nd Prime Minister of Australia; the leaders reaffirmed the India–Australia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
• The Maharashtra cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, met at Chaundi in Ahilyanagar district on 6 May 2025 to mark Ahilyabai Holkar's 300th birth anniversary, approving ₹681 crore for her memorial and development plans worth about ₹5,503 crore for pilgrimage centres.
• The Inland Waterways Authority of India signed an MoU with Rhenus Logistics India on 6 May 2025 for barge services on national waterways, with 100 cargo vessels to be deployed in phases on NW-1, NW-2, NW-16 and Indo-Bangladesh Protocol routes.
• Friedrich Merz assumed office as the Federal Chancellor of Germany on 6 May 2025, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated him, saying he looked forward to further cementing the India–Germany Strategic Partnership.
• Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh said on 6 May 2025 that India's first human space mission Gaganyaan has entered its final phase, with the first human spaceflight now scheduled for the first quarter of 2027.
• Union Minister Kiren Rijiju addressed the United Nations Vesak Day 2025 celebrations at the Vietnam Buddhist Academy in Ho Chi Minh City on 6 May 2025, conveying the greetings of the President and the Prime Minister.
• Union Health Minister J P Nadda inaugurated the 2nd National Workshop on 'Health Sector Disaster Preparedness and Response' and 'Fire Safety in Healthcare Facilities' at Dr Ambedkar International Centre, New Delhi, on 6 May 2025, and an iGOT course on fire safety was launched.
• Scientists of the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, have traced palaeofires from about 250 million years ago in the Permian period using shale samples from the Godavari Basin, the DST said on 6 May 2025.
• Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia inaugurated Bharat Telecom 2025 in New Delhi on 6 May 2025; the event, organised by TEPC with the Department of Telecommunications, drew over 130 foreign delegates from more than 35 countries.

Mon, 05 May 2025

• DRDO and the Indian Navy on 5 May 2025 successfully carried out combat firing (with reduced explosive) of the indigenously designed and developed Multi-Influence Ground Mine (MIGM).
• The Ministry of Mines said on 5 May 2025 that iron ore production reached a record 289 million metric tonnes in FY 2024-25 (provisional), with records also in manganese ore and primary aluminium.
• DFS Secretary M. Nagaraju reviewed the performance of Regional Rural Banks and progress on the One State-One RRB amalgamation plan in Mumbai on 5 May 2025.
• Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh held a bilateral meeting with Japan's Minister of Defense Gen Nakatani at the Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi, on 5 May 2025.
• INS Sharda arrived at Maafilaafushi Atoll, Maldives, for a Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) exercise planned from 4 to 10 May 2025 with the Maldives National Defence Force.
• India's first mortgage-backed Pass Through Certificates (PTCs), structured by RMBS Development Company Limited, were listed on the National Stock Exchange on 5 May 2025.
• UIDAI carried out a proof of concept of Aadhaar Face Authentication for candidate verification at select NEET UG 2025 centres in Delhi, with NIC and NTA, as announced on 5 May 2025.
• The Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) on 5 May 2025 announced the selection of seven e-Nodes under its Mission for Advancement of High-impact Areas on Electric Vehicles (MAHA-EV).
• Prakash Magdum, a 1999-batch Indian Information Service officer, assumed charge as Managing Director of the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) in Mumbai on 5 May 2025.
• The Department of Biotechnology and BIRAC on 5 May 2025 announced a joint call for proposals to set up Bio-AI 'Moolankur' hubs under the BioE3 Policy for biomanufacturing.

Sun, 04 May 2025

• Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on 4 May 2025 announced two genome-edited rice varieties developed by ICAR, DRR Rice 100 (Kamla) and Pusa DST Rice 1, which the Ministry described as the world's first.
• The Election Commission of India said on 4 May 2025 that it is developing ECINET, a one-stop digital platform that will integrate over 40 of its existing mobile and web applications.
• Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will lead India's delegation to the 58th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank in Milan, Italy, from 4 to 7 May 2025.
• APEDA held a high-level Chintan Shivir in New Delhi, announced on 4 May 2025, to deliberate on strategies for boosting exports of agricultural and processed food products.
• MOIL reported its highest-ever April performance on 4 May 2025, producing 1.62 lakh tonnes of manganese ore in April, 1.5% more than a year earlier.
• Union Sports Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya led 750 participants, including teachers, at the 'Cycling with Teachers' edition of Fit India Sundays on Cycle at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, New Delhi, on 4 May 2025.

Sat, 03 May 2025

• Angolan President João Lourenço held talks in New Delhi on 3 May 2025 during his first State visit to India; Angola signed the ISA Framework Agreement as its 123rd member and India approved a US$200 million defence credit line.
• MoS Dr. L. Murugan released five reports on India's media and entertainment sector at WAVES 2025 in Mumbai on 3 May 2025, including a live events white paper and BCG's creator economy report.
• Singapore's People's Action Party, led by Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, won 87 of 97 seats with 65.57% of the vote in the general election held on 3 May 2025.
• President Droupadi Murmu graced the launch of the Mediation Association of India and addressed the first National Mediation Conference 2025 in New Delhi on 3 May 2025.