State Police Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Thu, 20 Feb 2025

• Civil Aviation Minister K. Ram Mohan Naidu launched the Electronic Personnel Licence (EPL) for pilots on 20 February 2025, making India the second country to implement it.
• Uttar Pradesh Finance Minister Suresh Kumar Khanna presented a ₹8,08,736 crore state budget for 2025-26 in the Assembly on 20 February 2025, 9.8% higher than the 2024-25 outlay.
• Gujarat Finance Minister Kanubhai Desai presented a ₹3,70,250 crore budget for 2025-26 on 20 February 2025, proposing a ₹50,000 crore Viksit Gujarat Fund over five years.

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.
• A High-Level Committee chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah approved ₹1,554.99 crore of additional central assistance from the NDRF on 19 February 2025 for five states hit by floods, landslides and cyclones in 2024.
• New Zealand beat Pakistan by 60 runs in the opening match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 at the National Stadium, Karachi, on 19 February 2025.
• India was elected to the Vice Presidency of the International Organization of Aids to Marine Navigation (IALA) at its first General Assembly in Singapore, the Ports Ministry announced on 19 February 2025.
• Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis led the 'Jai Shivaji Jai Bharat' Padyatra in Pune on 19 February 2025, the 395th Jayanti of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
• Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Diya Kumari presented the state's 2025-26 Budget in the Assembly on 19 February 2025, including Rajasthan's first Green Budget.
• Mineral Exploration and Consultancy Limited (MECL) signed an MoU with the Provincial Government of Catamarca, Argentina, in New Delhi on 19 February 2025 to cooperate on lithium and critical mineral exploration.
• The 13th Malaysia-India Defence Cooperation Committee (MIDCOM) met in Kuala Lumpur on 19 February 2025, co-chaired by Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh and Malaysia's Lokman Hakim Bin Ali.

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.
• Union Ports, Shipping and Waterways Minister Sarbananda Sonowal dedicated the Inland Waterways Terminal at Jogighopa, Assam, to the nation on 18 February 2025.
• The Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly adopted the National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA) and became a Digital House on 18 February 2025, inaugurated by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and Speaker Ritu Khanduri.
• Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched the NAKSHA pilot for geospatial survey of urban land records at Raisen, Madhya Pradesh, on 18 February 2025.
• The National Statistics Office's PLFS quarterly bulletin, released on 18 February 2025, put the urban unemployment rate for persons aged 15 and above at 6.4% in October-December 2024.
• A five-member team of the Archaeological Survey of India led by Prof. Alok Tripathi began underwater explorations off Dwarka, Gujarat, near the Gomati Creek, the Culture Ministry said on 18 February 2025.
• Union Jal Shakti Minister C R Patil inaugurated the second All-India State Water Ministers' Conference in Udaipur, Rajasthan, on 18 February 2025, in the presence of Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma.

Mon, 17 Feb 2025

• The Department of Telecommunications and the International Telecommunication Union signed a Letter of Intent in Geneva on 17 February 2025 to collaborate on digital twin and AI-driven technologies.
• The Ministry of Heavy Industries signed a Programme Agreement with Reliance New Energy Battery Limited for 10 GWh of Advanced Chemistry Cell capacity under the ₹18,100 crore PLI scheme on 17 February 2025.
• India's total exports of goods and services in April-January 2024-25 were estimated at USD 682.59 billion, up 7.21%, the Commerce Ministry said on 17 February 2025.
• The Agriculture Ministry said on 17 February 2025 that PM-AASHA continues through the 15th Finance Commission cycle to 2025-26, and Shivraj Singh Chouhan approved procurement of 13.22 lakh tonnes of tur in nine states for kharif 2024-25.
• The Arunachal Pradesh Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Pema Khandu approved the Arunachal Pradesh Arun Parivar Patra Authority Bill, 2025 on 17 February 2025 to create a family-centric citizen database.
• Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman launched the Mutual Credit Guarantee Scheme for MSMEs (MCGS-MSME) at a post-budget interaction in Mumbai on 17 February 2025.
• A magnitude 4.0 earthquake at a depth of 5 km, with its epicentre in New Delhi, struck at 5:36 am on 17 February 2025, the National Center for Seismology said.
• Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi presented the state's ₹2,90,000 crore Budget for 2025-26 in the Assembly in Bhubaneswar on 17 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.
• Voting was held in Gujarat on 16 February 2025 for the Junagadh Municipal Corporation, 68 municipalities and three taluka panchayats, conducted by the State Election Commission.
• Union Minister Jitendra Singh assured Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on 16 February 2025 that the Ministry of Earth Sciences will set up a state-of-the-art weather radar in Tripura within a year.
• Indian Navy ship INS Shardul and a P8I long-range maritime surveillance aircraft arrived in Bali, Indonesia, for the International Fleet Review 2025, the Navy said on 16 February 2025.