OPSC OCS Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Thu, 10 Apr 2025

• 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.
• EPFO announced on 9 April 2025 that members can generate and activate their Universal Account Number using Aadhaar Face Authentication Technology through the UMANG mobile app.
• Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu on 9 April 2025 inaugurated the Digital Flight Data Recorder and Cockpit Voice Recorder laboratory of the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau at Udaan Bhawan, New Delhi, set up at ₹9 crore.
• Airbus and Mahindra Aerostructures Pvt. Ltd. signed a contract on 9 April 2025 for manufacturing and assembly of the H130 helicopter fuselage, at a ceremony chaired by Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu.

Tue, 08 Apr 2025

• The Ministry of Minority Affairs notified 8 April 2025 as the date on which the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 (Act 14 of 2025), which received Presidential assent on 5 April, came into force.
• PMMY, launched on 8 April 2015, completed 10 years on 8 April 2025, having extended over ₹33.65 lakh crore through 52.37 crore collateral-free loans, with nearly 68% of accounts sanctioned to women.
• The Department of Financial Services on 8 April 2025 notified the amalgamation of 26 RRBs in 10 states and 1 UT on the principle of 'One State One RRB', reducing the number of RRBs from 43 to 28.
• The Ministry of Women and Child Development's 7th Poshan Pakhwada runs from 8 to 22 April 2025, focusing on the first 1000 days of life, the Poshan Tracker beneficiary module, CMAM and childhood obesity.
• The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and the World Economic Forum deliberated on the 'India Skills Accelerator', a national public-private collaboration platform for skilling, at a roundtable in New Delhi on 8 April 2025.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, in New Delhi on 8 April 2025.
• The Ministry of Coal on 8 April 2025 signed Coal Mine Development and Production Agreements for Marwatola-II and Namchik West, auctioned in the 11th round of commercial coal mining, taking the total to 120 mines.
• The Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority and India Post Payments Bank signed a Memorandum of Agreement on 8 April 2025 to launch Phase 2 of 'Niveshak Didi', a financial literacy initiative led by women.

Mon, 07 Apr 2025

• On 7 April 2025, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla met Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev in Tashkent on the sidelines of the 150th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
• World Health Day was observed on 7 April 2025 with the theme 'Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures', which launches a year-long campaign on maternal and newborn health.
• On 7 April 2025, the Ministry of Defence signed a ₹2,385.36 crore contract with Bharat Electronics Limited for Electronic Warfare suites and aircraft modification kits for the IAF's Mi-17 V5 helicopters under the Buy (Indian-IDDM) category.
• On 7 April 2025, Lt Gen AK Ramesh flagged off 'Samudra Pradakshina', a 12-member all-women tri-services sailing expedition from Mumbai to Seychelles and back aboard IASV Triveni.
• On 7 April 2025, the Digital Threat Report 2024 for the Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI) sector, prepared by CERT-In, CSIRT-Fin and cybersecurity company SISA, was launched in New Delhi.
• On 7 April 2025, President Droupadi Murmu held engagements in Lisbon with President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, including the launch of postage stamps marking 50 years of India–Portugal diplomatic relations, and received the City Key of Honour of Lisbon.
• On 7 April 2025, MeitY held an event for technology transfers under the National Mission on Power Electronics Technology (NaMPET), including an indigenous 1.5 kW wireless EV charger developed by C-DAC (T) and VNIT Nagpur.

Sun, 06 Apr 2025

• The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation released the 26th edition of 'Women and Men in India 2024', showing the labour force participation rate (usual status, 15+) rising from 49.8% in 2017-18 to 60.1% in 2023-24.
• On 6 April 2025 in Anuradhapura, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Disanayaka inaugurated the 128 km Maho–Omanthai railway line refurbished with Indian assistance and visited the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi temple.