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

Sat, 03 May 2025

• The Ministry of Women and Child Development invited nominations for the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar 2025 on the Rashtriya Puraskar Portal, with 31 July 2025 as the last date.
• Union Cooperation Minister Amit Shah reviewed the national cooperative societies NCEL, NCOL and BBSSL in New Delhi on 3 May 2025 and set a ₹2 lakh crore export target for NCEL.
• Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on 3 May 2025 that Pune railway station will be completely transformed with world-class facilities including four new platforms, as he flagged off the Hadapsar–Jodhpur and MGR Chennai Central–Bhagat Ki Kothi Express trains.
• MoS for Information and Broadcasting Dr. L. Murugan presented the 10th National Community Radio Awards to 12 community radio stations at the 8th National Community Radio Conference held at WAVES 2025 in Mumbai on 3 May 2025.
• The committee on a Repairability Index framework for the mobile and electronics sector submitted its report to Consumer Affairs Secretary Nidhi Khare, recommending smartphones and tablets for the first phase, as announced on 3 May 2025.

Fri, 02 May 2025

• Anuradha Prasad, former Secretary of the Inter State Council Secretariat, took oath as Member of the Union Public Service Commission on 2 May 2025.
• NITI Aayog released the report 'Enhancing MSMEs Competitiveness in India', prepared with the Institute for Competitiveness, on 2 May 2025.
• Member nations at the Global Media Dialogue at WAVES 2025 in Mumbai adopted the WAVES Declaration on 2 May 2025, while WAVES Bazaar recorded confirmed deals worth ₹250 crore.
• President Droupadi Murmu launched the Senior Citizen Welfare Portal and virtually inaugurated five Senior Citizen Homes at the 'Ageing with Dignity' event at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 2 May 2025.
• Air Marshal Narmdeshwar Tiwari took charge as Vice Chief of the Air Staff, Indian Air Force, on 2 May 2025.
• Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal met Belgium's Theo Francken and Flanders' Matthias Diependaele in Brussels on 2 May 2025, as India and the EU reaffirmed their aim to conclude the FTA by the end of 2025.
• India and Denmark signed a renewed energy cooperation MoU in New Delhi on 2 May 2025, extending the partnership begun under the original MoU of 5 June 2020.
• The DGFT, by Notification No. 06/2025-26 dated 2 May 2025, inserted Para 2.20A in the Foreign Trade Policy 2023 to prohibit direct or indirect import or transit of all goods originating in or exported from Pakistan.
• India's total exports of goods and services reached an all-time high of US$824.9 billion in 2024–25, up 6.01% from US$778.1 billion, the Commerce Ministry said on 2 May 2025.

Thu, 01 May 2025

• Arvind Shrivastava, a 1994-batch IAS officer of the Karnataka cadre, took charge as Secretary, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, on 1 May 2025.
• India's coal production rose 3.63% to 81.57 million tonnes (provisional) in April 2025 from 78.71 MT a year earlier, the Coal Ministry said on 1 May 2025.
• Indian Ocean Ship SAGAR, INS Sunayna with a multinational crew, arrived at Port Victoria, Seychelles, on 1 May 2025.
• The Centre formulated the Sugar (Control) Order, 2025 after a review of the Sugar (Control) Order, 1966, the Food Ministry announced on 1 May 2025.
• The Election Commission of India announced on 1 May 2025 that it will obtain death registration data electronically from the Registrar General of India, redesign Voter Information Slips and issue photo ID cards to BLOs.
• Lieutenant General Pratik Sharma took over as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Indian Army's Northern Command on 1 May 2025.
• Badminton pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty received the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna from Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya in New Delhi on 1 May 2025.
• Wheat procurement for the Central Pool in Rabi Marketing Season 2025-26 reached 256.31 lakh metric tonnes by 30 April 2025, against an estimated target of 312 LMT.
• An Indian delegation led by Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav took part in the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions in Geneva, held from 30 April to 1 May 2025.
• Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit assumed the appointment of Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee (CISC) in New Delhi on 1 May 2025, succeeding Lt Gen JP Mathew.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated WAVES 2025, the first World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit, at the Jio World Centre in Mumbai on 1 May 2025.

Wed, 30 Apr 2025

• The DBT-funded GenomeIndia project has completed a whole genome sequencing database of over 10,000 individuals from all major population groups, the Science Ministry said on 30 April 2025.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the 46th PRAGATI meeting on 30 April 2025, reviewing eight projects worth about ₹90,000 crore.
• The Ministry of Tribal Affairs and BPCL announced on 30 April 2025 that Space Labs will be set up in 75 Eklavya Model Residential Schools across 19 States, with BPCL sanctioning about ₹12 crore under CSR.
• MoSPI released the findings of its pilot study on the Annual Survey of Services Sector Enterprises on 30 April 2025, which used the GSTN database as a sampling frame for the first time.
• The Multi Modal Logistics Park Nagpur at Sindi, near Wardha in Maharashtra, began commercial operations, receiving its first rake of 123 Maruti cars on 28 April 2025, MoRTH said on 30 April 2025.