Sainik School (AISSEE) Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Wed, 05 Mar 2025

• The Union Cabinet on 5 March 2025 approved the revision of the Livestock Health and Disease Control Programme (LHDCP) with an outlay of ₹3,880 crore for 2024-25 and 2025-26, adding a new Pashu Aushadhi component.

Tue, 04 Mar 2025

• India beat Australia by four wickets in the first semi-final of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on 4 March 2025, with Virat Kohli's 84 earning him Player of the Match.

Sun, 02 Mar 2025

• 'Anora' won Best Picture and four other awards at the 97th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre, Los Angeles, on 2 March 2025, with director Sean Baker personally winning four Oscars.

Fri, 28 Feb 2025

• PM Narendra Modi and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen issued a Leaders' Statement in New Delhi on 28 February 2025, agreeing to conclude the India–EU free trade agreement within the year.
• The National Statistics Office (MoSPI) on 28 February 2025 released the Second Advance Estimates putting real GDP growth for 2024-25 at 6.5%, with growth of 6.2% in the October–December quarter.

Sun, 23 Feb 2025

• Virat Kohli scored an unbeaten 100, his 51st ODI century, as India beat Pakistan by six wickets in their ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Group A match in Dubai on 23 February 2025.
• In the 119th episode of Mann Ki Baat on 23 February 2025, PM Narendra Modi hailed ISRO's 100th launch, proposed 'One Day as a Scientist' for National Science Day, and said he would hand his social media accounts to inspiring women on International Women's Day.

Sat, 22 Feb 2025

• The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on 22 February 2025 approved the appointment of former RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das as Principal Secretary-2 to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Fri, 21 Feb 2025

• International Mother Language Day was observed on 21 February 2025, its 25th anniversary, with UNESCO's theme 'Languages matter: Silver Jubilee Celebration of International Mother Language Day'; in New Delhi, IGNCA held a two-day celebration.

Thu, 20 Feb 2025

• The Ministry of Mines, by a gazette notification dated 20 February 2025, shifted Barytes, Felspar, Mica and Quartz from the list of minor minerals to the category of major minerals.
• India beat Bangladesh by six wickets in their Champions Trophy opener in Dubai on 20 February 2025, as Mohammed Shami took 5 for 53 and Shubman Gill made an unbeaten 101.

Wed, 19 Feb 2025

• Gyanesh Kumar assumed charge as the 26th Chief Election Commissioner of India at Nirvachan Sadan, New Delhi, on 19 February 2025.

Tue, 18 Feb 2025

• India and Qatar signed an agreement establishing a Strategic Partnership after talks between PM Narendra Modi and Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani at Hyderabad House, New Delhi, on 18 February 2025.

Sun, 16 Feb 2025

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed Bharat Tex 2025, the second edition of the global textile event, at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, on 16 February 2025.

Thu, 13 Feb 2025

• Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman introduced the Income-tax Bill, 2025 in the Lok Sabha on 13 February 2025, and it was referred to a Select Committee.
• PM Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump met in Washington, DC, on 13 February 2025 and launched the U.S.-India COMPACT, a 'Mission 500' trade goal and the TRUST technology initiative.

Wed, 12 Feb 2025

• PM Narendra Modi and President Emmanuel Macron jointly inaugurated India's Consulate General in Marseille and visited the ITER fusion facility at Cadarache on 12 February 2025.

Tue, 11 Feb 2025

• PM Narendra Modi co-chaired the AI Action Summit with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on 11 February 2025 and announced that India would host the next summit.

Fri, 07 Feb 2025

• The RBI's Monetary Policy Committee, in its first meeting under Governor Sanjay Malhotra, unanimously cut the policy repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.25% on 7 February 2025.

Sun, 02 Feb 2025

• On 2 February 2025, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, India beat South Africa by nine wickets in the final to win the ICC U19 Women's T20 World Cup 2025 and retain the title they first won in 2023.

Sat, 01 Feb 2025

• On 1 February 2025, in Parliament in New Delhi, the Union Budget 2025-26 announced a Nuclear Energy Mission for research and development of Small Modular Reactors with an outlay of ₹20,000 crore.
• On 1 February 2025, in Parliament in New Delhi, the Union Budget 2025-26 put the 2024-25 fiscal deficit at 4.8% of GDP (Revised Estimate) and targeted 4.4% for 2025-26.
• On 1 February 2025, in Parliament in New Delhi, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that no income tax will be payable on normal income up to ₹12 lakh under the new tax regime.
• On 1 February 2025, in Parliament in New Delhi, the Union Budget 2025-26 announced the Prime Minister Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana for 100 low-productivity districts, covering 1.7 crore farmers.
• On 1 February 2025, in Parliament in New Delhi, the Union Budget 2025-26 announced 50,000 Atal Tinkering Labs in government schools over 5 years and Day Care Cancer Centres in all district hospitals over 3 years.

Fri, 31 Jan 2025

• The Budget Session 2025 of Parliament began in New Delhi on 31 January 2025 with President Droupadi Murmu addressing both Houses assembled together under Article 87(1) of the Constitution.
• The Economic Survey 2024-25, tabled in Parliament by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on 31 January 2025, estimated India's real GDP growth at 6.4% in FY25 and projected 6.3–6.8% for FY26.

Thu, 30 Jan 2025

• MoSPI released the detailed report of the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey 2023-24 on 30 January 2025, putting average monthly per capita consumption expenditure at ₹4,122 in rural and ₹6,996 in urban India.

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.