OPSC OCS Current Affairs One-liners — All time
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Thu, 30 Jan 2025
- Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced in New Delhi on 30 January 2025 that the IndiaAI Mission has built a common computing facility of about 18,693 GPUs and that India will launch its own indigenous AI model.
- The Odisha government inaugurated the state's first Automated Testing Station (ATS) for vehicle fitness tests at the Cuttack RTO on 30 January 2025.
- Vice Admiral Rajaram Swaminathan assumed charge as the Controller of Warship Production & Acquisition of the Indian Navy on 30 January 2025, taking over from Vice Admiral B Sivakumar.
- Astronomers at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics devised a method to estimate the instantaneous expansion speed and radial size of coronal mass ejections from single-point spacecraft measurements, DST reported on 30 January 2025.
- The Health Ministry illuminated India Gate in New Delhi in purple and orange on 30 January 2025 to mark World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) Day.
Wed, 29 Jan 2025
- ISRO's GSLV-F15 lifted off from the Second Launch Pad at Sriharikota at 06:23 hrs on 29 January 2025 carrying the NVS-02 navigation satellite, the 100th launch from India's spaceport.
- The Union Cabinet on 29 January 2025 approved the National Critical Mineral Mission with government expenditure of ₹16,300 crore and expected PSU investment of ₹18,000 crore, a total of ₹34,300 crore over seven years.
- The Government approved the Mutual Credit Guarantee Scheme for MSMEs on 29 January 2025, under which NCGTC will give 60% guarantee coverage on loans up to ₹100 crore for buying plant, machinery or equipment.
- MoSPI released the detailed report of the Annual Survey of Unincorporated Sector Enterprises 2023-24 on 29 January 2025, showing establishments up 12.84% to 7.34 crore and GVA up 16.52%.
- A High-Level Committee chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on 29 January 2025 approved ₹3,027.86 crore for disaster mitigation projects covering drought, lightning and forest fires in various states.
- The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on 29 January 2025 raised the administered ex-mill price of C-heavy molasses ethanol for public sector OMCs to ₹57.97 per litre from ₹56.58 for Ethanol Supply Year 2024-25.
- Researchers at the Indian Institute of Geomagnetism found that the north magnetic pole's drift from Canada towards Siberia has raised the penetration altitudes of charged particles over Siberia, DST reported on 29 January 2025.
- Union Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya launched state and UT microsites under e-Shram and an Occupational Shortage Index in New Delhi on 29 January 2025.
Tue, 28 Jan 2025
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Utkarsh Odisha – Make in Odisha Conclave 2025 and the Make in Odisha Exhibition in Bhubaneswar on 28 January 2025.
- Researchers at JNCASR, Bengaluru, led by Prof. Bivas Saha, found that quantum confinement of electrons at the nanoscale breaks down plasmonic behaviour in metals, DST reported on 28 January 2025.
- Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri announced the winners of the Avinya'25 and Vasudha startup challenges at ONGC headquarters on 28 January 2025, with UrjanovaC Pvt Ltd winning Avinya'25.
- The Competition Commission of India on 28 January 2025 approved the proposed acquisition of up to 72.64% shareholding in ITD Cementation India Limited by Renew Exim DMCC, an Adani group company.
- The Ministry of Education said on 28 January 2025 that the 8th edition of Pariksha Pe Charcha received a record 3.56 crore registrations, up from 2.26 crore in the 7th edition.
Mon, 27 Jan 2025
- The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy notified the Solar Systems, Devices, and Components Goods Order, 2025 in the Gazette on 27 January 2025, setting minimum efficiency norms for solar PV modules.
- India and Oman signed a protocol amending their Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement in Muscat on 27 January 2025.
- Indian Railways announced on 27 January 2025 that over 23,000 track kilometres had been upgraded for train speeds up to 130 kmph.
- The Department of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare reported Rabi sowing of over 655.88 lakh hectares as of 27 January 2025, with wheat at 324.38 lakh hectares.
- Union Minister Jitendra Singh virtually inaugurated the Incubation & Innovation Complex (IICON) of CSIR-NEIST at the North East Aroma Conclave 2025, PIB reported on 27 January 2025.
Sun, 26 Jan 2025
- A tri-services tableau themed 'Shashakt aur Surakshit Bharat' took part in the Republic Day Parade for the first time on 26 January 2025.
- 'Jayati Jai Mamah Bharatam', performed by over 5,000 folk and tribal artists at the Republic Day Parade on 26 January 2025, was recognised by Guinness World Records as 'The Largest Indian Folk Variety Dance'.
- DRDO's tableau 'Raksha Kavach – Multi-layer Protection against Multi-domain Threats' was displayed at the Republic Day Parade on 26 January 2025.
- The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying displayed its first-ever Republic Day tableau, on indigenous cattle breeds, at Kartavya Path on 26 January 2025.
- The Ministry of Women and Child Development's tableau at the Republic Day Parade on 26 January 2025 depicted its life-cycle continuum approach and women-led development.
- An SBI report highlighted by the Finance Ministry on 26 January 2025 said investment announcements in April–December 2024 rose 39% to ₹32.01 lakh crore.