SSC CPO Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Wed, 02 Apr 2025

• US President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14257 on 2 April 2025, imposing a 10% baseline tariff on imports from all trading partners from 5 April and higher country-specific rates from 9 April; India's Department of Commerce said on 3 April that it was carefully examining the implications.
• The National Highways Authority of India built 5,614 km of national highways in FY 2024-25 against a target of 5,150 km, and its capital expenditure reached an all-time high of over ₹2.5 lakh crore, the Road Transport Ministry said on 2 April 2025.
• Indian Railways produced a record 1,681 locomotives in FY 2024-25, 19% more than the 1,472 of the previous year, the Railway Ministry said on 2 April 2025.
• MOIL recorded its best-ever financial year in FY 2024-25 with record manganese ore production of 18.02 lakh tonnes, 2.7% higher year on year, the Steel Ministry said on 2 April 2025.
• The Indian Navy and Kirloskar Oil Engines Limited signed a Project Sanction Order under the Make-I category on 2 April 2025 to design and develop a 6 MW medium-speed marine diesel engine at a cost of ₹270 crore.

Tue, 01 Apr 2025

• India's defence exports rose 12.04% to a record ₹23,622 crore in the financial year 2024-25 that ended on 31 March 2025, the Defence Ministry said on 1 April 2025.
• India's cumulative coal production crossed the one billion tonne mark in FY 2024-25, reaching a provisional 1,047.57 million tonnes, the Coal Ministry said on 1 April 2025.
• India added an unprecedented 25 GW of renewable energy capacity in FY 2024-25, nearly 35% more than the 18.57 GW added a year earlier, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy said on 1 April 2025.
• Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman launched the NITI NCAER States Economic Forum portal, a repository of about 30 years of data on state finances, in New Delhi on 1 April 2025.
• More than one million electric vehicles were sold in India in FY 2024-25, the Ministry of Heavy Industries said on 1 April 2025, with electric two-wheeler sales up 21% to 11,49,334 units.
• Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font held talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Hyderabad House on 1 April 2025 during his first State visit to India, and the two sides exchanged four documents including a Letter of Intent on Antarctica cooperation.
• The Rajya Sabha passed the Tribhuvan Sahkari University Bill, 2025 on 1 April 2025, completing its passage through Parliament after the Lok Sabha had passed it on 26 March 2025.
• India recorded 4,515 child adoptions in FY 2024-25, the highest since 2015-16, of which 4,155 were domestic, the Women and Child Development Ministry said on 1 April 2025.

Mon, 31 Mar 2025

• The Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) notified on 31 March 2025 that the price of APM gas from old nomination fields would rise to $6.75 per mmBtu from $6.50, effective 1 April.
• An Indian Army field hospital team and NDRF personnel reached earthquake-hit Mandalay, Myanmar, by road on 31 March 2025 under Operation Brahma.
• A Paris court on 31 March 2025 convicted French far-right leader Marine Le Pen of embezzling European Parliament funds and barred her from public office for five years with immediate effect.
• The Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) reported on 31 March 2025 provisional FY 2024-25 loan sanctions of ₹47,453 crore, up 27%.

Sun, 30 Mar 2025

• The Ministry of Mines said on 30 March 2025 that iron ore production rose 4.4% to 263 million tonnes in April–February of FY 2024-25.
• The Indian Air Force said on 30 March 2025 it would take part in Exercise INIOCHOS-25, hosted by the Hellenic Air Force at Andravida Air Base, Greece, from 31 March to 11 April 2025.
• Czech teenager Jakub Menšík beat Novak Djokovic 7-6(4), 7-6(4) in the Miami Open final at Miami Gardens, Florida, on 30 March 2025 (local time) to win his first ATP title.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced in the 120th episode of Mann Ki Baat on 30 March 2025 that the theme of International Day of Yoga 2025 is 'Yoga for One Earth, One Health'.

Sat, 29 Mar 2025

• Four days of India–US trade talks in New Delhi concluded on 29 March 2025, with both sides agreeing on next steps towards a multi-sector Bilateral Trade Agreement whose first tranche they aim to finalise by fall 2025.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with Myanmar's Senior General Min Aung Hlaing on 29 March 2025, as the Indian Army readied a 118-member medical team and two Navy ships sailed for Yangon under Operation Brahma.
• The National Statistics Office (NSO) released 'Energy Statistics India 2025' on 29 March 2025, showing total primary energy supply grew 7.8% in FY 2023-24.
• The Ministry of Defence said on 29 March 2025 that about 31 lakh of India's 32 lakh defence pensioners had been onboarded on the SPARSH digital pension system.
• Nidhi Tewari, a 2014-batch Indian Foreign Service officer serving as Deputy Secretary in the PMO, was appointed Private Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi by a DoPT order dated 29 March 2025.
• World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka beat Jessica Pegula 7-5, 6-2 in the Miami Open women's final at Miami Gardens, Florida, on 29 March 2025 to win her first Miami title.

Fri, 28 Mar 2025

• A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck near Mandalay, Myanmar, at 12:50 pm local time (11:50 am IST) on 28 March 2025, causing heavy damage in Myanmar and shaking Bangkok; Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India stood ready to help.
• The Ministry of Defence signed two contracts worth ₹62,700 crore with HAL in New Delhi on 28 March 2025 for 156 Light Combat Helicopters Prachand: 66 for the IAF and 90 for the Army.
• The Supreme Court quashed the Jamnagar FIR against Rajya Sabha MP Imran Pratapgarhi on 28 March 2025, holding that reciting a poem was protected free expression under Article 19(1)(a).