MPSC (Maharashtra) Current Affairs One-liners — All time
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Mon, 02 Dec 2024
- On 2 December 2024, in India, the Ministry of Coal announced the selected applicants under Categories I and III of the Financial Incentive Scheme for coal and lignite gasification.
- On 2 December 2024, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav delivered India's statement at the Ministerial Dialogue on Drought Resilience at UNCCD CoP16.
- On 2 December 2024, in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded the PRAGATI platform, welcoming its recognition in a study by Oxford Saïd Business School and the Gates Foundation.
- On 2 December 2024, in India, Principal Scientific Adviser Prof Ajay Sood chaired a brainstorming session on collaborations with multilateral organisations under the National One Health Mission.
- On 2 December 2024, in India, Italian Minister Adolfo Urso called on Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh to discuss extending India–Italy cooperation in science, technology and space.
Sun, 01 Dec 2024
- On 1 December 2024, in Pune, Maharashtra, the first edition of the India–Cambodia joint table-top exercise CINBAX began at the Foreign Training Node.
- On 1 December 2024, in India, the Ministry of Coal reported that overall coal production in November 2024 reached 90.62 million tonnes (provisional), up 7.20% year on year.
- On 1 December 2024, in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted the Border Security Force on its Raising Day, calling it a critical line of defence.
- On 1 December 2024, in Busan, South Korea, India called for a stand-alone dedicated Multilateral Fund for developing countries at the final plenary of INC-5 on plastic pollution.
Sat, 30 Nov 2024
- On 30 November 2024 in New Delhi, the 236th meeting of EPFO's Central Board of Trustees, chaired by Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, approved paying interest up to the date of claim settlement.
- 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 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.
- On 30 November 2024, CBDT extended the due date for filing income tax returns for AY 2024-25 by assessees required to furnish a Section 92E report from 30 November to 15 December 2024.
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 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, the National Centre for Good Governance concluded its first two-week capacity building programme for 30 senior civil servants from nine Southeast Asian and Indian Ocean Region countries, held in Mussoorie and New Delhi.
- On 29 November 2024, the 18th NCB International Conference on Cement, Concrete and Building Materials concluded at Yashobhoomi, New Delhi, with the release of a Bharatiya Nirdeshak Dravya (Indian Certified Reference Material) for gypsum.
Thu, 28 Nov 2024
- 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 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, 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.