State PSC Current Affairs — All time
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Fri, 03 Jan 2025
Thu, 02 Jan 2025
National Sports Awards 2024: Khel Ratna for Gukesh D, Harmanpreet Singh, Praveen Kumar and Manu Bhaker
The Sports Ministry also named 32 Arjuna Award winners; the President will present the awards on 17 January 2025.
Arif Mohammed Khan sworn in as the 42nd Governor of Bihar
Patna High Court Chief Justice K. Vinod Chandran administered the oath at Raj Bhavan, Patna.
National Sports Awards 2024: Dronacharya, Arjuna (Lifetime) and MAKA Trophy winners named
Chandigarh University won the MAKA Trophy; the selection committee was headed by Justice (Retd.) V. Ramasubramanian.
NSO begins NSS 80th Round, PLFS and ASUSE from January 2025 with district-level sample design
The district now forms the basic stratum for sample selection so that district-level estimates can be generated.
Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar sworn in as Governor of Kerala
Kerala High Court Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar administered the oath at Raj Bhavan, Thiruvananthapuram.
Working Group set up to revise WPI base year from 2011-12 to 2022-23
The 18-member group, chaired by NITI Aayog Member Ramesh Chand, will also recommend a roadmap to switch from WPI to a Producer Price Index.
INST Mohali scientists show nano-melatonin could help treat Parkinson's disease
A human serum albumin nanocarrier gave sustained release and better brain delivery of the 'darkness hormone'.
DoT augments telecom network for Maha Kumbh 2025 at Prayagraj
Over 900 new base stations, 78 transportable towers, 150 small cells and 53 help desks have been set up.
Captive and commercial coal mines record highest-ever monthly output of 18.40 MT in December 2024
April–December 2024 production from these mines rose 34.20% to 131.05 MT.
India announces USD 500,000 relief assistance to earthquake-hit Vanuatu
The aid follows the magnitude 7.4 earthquake near Vanuatu's coast on 17 December 2024.
India and Bangladesh agree mutual release of fishermen: 95 Indians, 90 Bangladeshis
Bangladesh handed over 95 Indian fishermen to its Coast Guard for transfer to the Indian Coast Guard at sea on 5 January 2025.
Wed, 01 Jan 2025
Cabinet continues PMFBY and RWBCIS till 2025-26; creates ₹824.77 crore technology fund
The overall outlay is ₹69,515.71 crore for 2021-22 to 2025-26.
One Nation One Subscription Phase I begins, giving access to over 13,000 journals
About 1.8 crore students, faculty and researchers in over 6,300 government institutions get access to journals of 30 publishers.
Cabinet extends one-time special package on DAP at ₹3,500 per tonne beyond NBS subsidy
The extension from 1 January 2025 till further orders will cost up to about ₹3,850 crore.
11 Maoists including senior cadre Tarakka surrender in Gadchiroli; CM opens Gatta–Gardewada–Wangeturi road
Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis also launched MSRTC bus services on the Wangeturi–Gardewada–Gatta–Aheri route.
Ministry of Defence declares 2025 as the 'Year of Reforms'
Focus areas include integrated theatre commands, new domains like cyber and space, simpler acquisition and defence exports.
Kerala Cabinet approves two model townships for Wayanad landslide survivors
Townships will come up on 58.50 hectares of Elstone Estate and 48.96 hectares of Nedumpala Estate.
Botanist K.S. Manilal, who revived Hortus Malabaricus, passes away at 86
The Padma Shri awardee spent about 35 years translating and annotating the 12-volume Latin treatise.
India and Pakistan exchange lists of prisoners and of nuclear installations on 1 January
This was the 34th consecutive exchange of nuclear installation lists since 1992.
Air Marshal Jeetendra Mishra assumes command of IAF's Western Air Command
Air Marshal Mishra, an experimental test pilot, succeeds Air Marshal Pankaj Mohan Sinha.
DARPG issues guidelines for 28th National Awards for e-Governance 2025
Nominations in six categories are open on www.nceg.gov.in till 15 February 2025.
Bhuvnesh Kumar assumes charge as CEO of UIDAI
The 1995-batch IAS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre continues as Additional Secretary in MeitY.
Madhya Pradesh launches e-office system for paperless government files
CM Mohan Yadav launched it from Samatva Bhawan; e-office began in the CM's and Chief Secretary's offices.
Odisha's 133rd SLSWCA meeting approves 25 projects worth ₹4,222.24 crore
The projects across 16 sectors and 11 districts are expected to create 14,497 jobs.
Tue, 31 Dec 2024
Ground water assessment 2024: stage of extraction at 60.47%, 73.4% of units safe
Union Jal Shakti Minister C.R. Patil released the Dynamic Ground Water Resource Assessment Report 2024 on 31 December 2024.
NPCI lifts WhatsApp Pay's UPI user limit and extends the 30% UPI volume-cap deadline to 31 December 2026
Both decisions were announced by the National Payments Corporation of India on 31 December 2024.
NMCG's 59th Executive Committee approves sewerage projects for Chandauli, Buxar and Uttarpara-Kotrung
Projects worth ₹272 crore in Uttar Pradesh, ₹257 crore in Bihar and ₹8 crore in West Bengal were approved.
World Blitz 2024: Carlsen and Nepomniachtchi share the open title; Ju Wenjun wins women's crown, Vaishali takes bronze
The FIDE World Blitz Championship 2024 concluded in New York on 31 December 2024.
Odisha gets ₹676.70 crore under PM-USHA; four universities to get ₹100 crore each as MERUs
Higher Education Minister Suryabanshi Suraj announced the sanction in Bhubaneswar on 31 December 2024.