State Police Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Sat, 21 Dec 2024

• World Meditation Day, proclaimed by the UN General Assembly with India in the core group of sponsors, was observed for the first time on 21 December 2024.
• The Wildlife Institute of India in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, received two new facilities on 21 December 2024, building on the Pashmina Certification Centre opened a year earlier.
• The Association of NPS Intermediaries (ANI) was launched at the Insurance Institute of India, Mumbai, on 21 December 2024 to bring together stakeholders of the National Pension System.
• The Nagpur–Mansar bypass stretch of NH-44 in Maharashtra, built with lignin-based bio-bitumen, was inaugurated on 21 December 2024.
• Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw presented the 69th Ati Vishisht Rail Seva Puraskar at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, on 21 December 2024.

Fri, 20 Dec 2024

• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the Minimum Support Price for copra for the 2025 season on 20 December 2024.
• The Winter Session of Parliament, which began on 25 November 2024, was adjourned sine die on 20 December 2024 after 20 sittings of the Lok Sabha and 19 of the Rajya Sabha.
• Two indigenously designed warships built by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders, the destroyer Surat and the frigate Nilgiri, were delivered to the Indian Navy on 20 December 2024.
• The College of Defence Management in Secunderabad, Telangana, received the President's Colours, the highest award to a defence institution, on 20 December 2024.
• The Competition Commission of India approved UltraTech Cement's acquisition of a controlling stake in The India Cements on 20 December 2024.
• The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, FAO and ICAR-National Research Centre on Camel held a stakeholder workshop in Bikaner, Rajasthan, on 20 December 2024.
• Union Home Minister Amit Shah attended the 61st Raising Day of the Sashastra Seema Bal at Siliguri, West Bengal, on 20 December 2024 as Chief Guest.
• The Government of India and the Asian Development Bank signed a $350 million policy-based loan on 20 December 2024 to support logistics reforms.
• The Ministry of Defence signed a contract with Larsen & Toubro on 20 December 2024 for 155 mm/52 calibre K9 VAJRA-T guns for the Indian Army under the Buy (Indian) category.
• Former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala died after a cardiac arrest at his Gurugram home on 20 December 2024.
• A DST-supported project run by ICAR-National Institute of Biotic Stress Management is training Chhattisgarh farmers to diagnose crop diseases with the low-cost Foldscope, PIB reported on 20 December 2024.
• The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India released its recommendations on additional spectrum for Indian Railways on 20 December 2024.

Thu, 19 Dec 2024

• The Ministry of Culture announced a partnership with France Museums Développement on 19 December 2024 to develop the Yuga Yugeen Bharat National Museum in New Delhi.
• The Government of India and the Asian Development Bank signed a $42 million loan on 19 December 2024 for coastal and riverbank protection in Maharashtra.
• The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on 19 December 2024 approved 45 engineering works in Amaravati and restored the mid-day meal for Intermediate students.
• Scientists at the Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Mohali found that nanoplastics from used plastic bottles can help transfer antibiotic resistance genes between bacteria, DST said on 19 December 2024.
• TRAI said on 19 December 2024 that all major Principal Entities had registered their message transmission chains and SMS traffic on unregistered paths was being rejected from 11 December 2024.
• NITI Aayog released a report on 19 December 2024 on secure, affordable, flexible and efficient housing for industrial workers.
• The General Manager of East Coast Railway approved 170 road over bridge projects as Special Railway Projects, ECoR said on 19 December 2024.
• DRDO, IIT Delhi and industry partners signed 10 tripartite agreements at the DIA-GARIMA event at IIT Delhi on 19 December 2024.
• Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders held the plate cutting ceremony for the first Fast Patrol Vessel and the first Next-Gen Offshore Patrol Vessel for the Indian Coast Guard in Mumbai on 19 December 2024.

Wed, 18 Dec 2024

• Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin announced an additional ₹400 crore for the Kalaignarin Kanavu Illam housing scheme on 18 December 2024.
• INS Nirdeshak, the second ship of the Survey Vessel (Large) project, was commissioned into the Indian Navy at Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam on 18 December 2024.
• The first-ever Ganges River Dolphin was satellite-tagged in Assam on 18 December 2024 under Project Dolphin.
• EPFO on 18 December 2024 gave employers a final opportunity till 31 January 2025 to upload wage details for over 3.1 lakh pending applications for pension on higher wages.