State Staff Selection Current Affairs One-liners — All time

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.
• Union New and Renewable Energy Minister Pralhad Joshi inaugurated Waaree Energies' 5.4 GW solar cell manufacturing facility at Chikhli, Gujarat, on 29 March 2025.
• President Droupadi Murmu inaugurated the National Green Tribunal's two-day National Conference on 'Environment – 2025' at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, on 29 March 2025.
• 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.
• A six-day International Workshop on Land Governance, organised by the Ministry of Panchayati Raj with the MEA under ITEC, concluded at HIPA, Gurugram, Haryana, on 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.
• Security forces killed at least 16 Maoists in an encounter in the Kerlapal area of Sukma district, Chhattisgarh, on 29 March 2025.

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).
• The 14th edition of the India–Russia naval exercise INDRA began at Chennai on 28 March 2025, with a harbour phase until 30 March and a sea phase in the Bay of Bengal from 31 March to 2 April.
• The Lok Sabha passed the Carriage of Goods by Sea Bill, 2024 on 28 March 2025 to replace the colonial-era Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1925.
• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the 120.10 km four-lane Patna–Arrah–Sasaram corridor (NH-119A) in Bihar on Hybrid Annuity Mode at a cost of ₹3,712.40 crore on 28 March 2025.
• The Union Cabinet approved the Electronics Component Manufacturing Scheme (ECMS) with an outlay of ₹22,919 crore on 28 March 2025 to build India's electronics component supply chain.
• A High-Level Committee chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah approved ₹555.70 crore for Sikkim's recovery from the October 2023 glacial lake outburst flood and ₹1,604.39 crore for fire services in five States on 28 March 2025.
• The 113th meeting of the Executive Committee of EPFO's Central Board of Trustees was held in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on 28 March 2025, and welcomed a proposal to raise the auto-claim settlement limit to ₹5 lakh.
• The Union Cabinet approved a 2% increase in Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief for Central Government employees and pensioners on 28 March 2025, taking it from 53% to 55% of basic pay or pension from 1 January 2025.
• The CCEA approved inclusion of Bihar's Kosi–Mechi Intra-State Link Project, costing ₹6,282.32 crore, under PMKSY-AIBP on 28 March 2025, with ₹3,652.56 crore central support and completion by March 2029.
• The National Statistics Office released the report of the second all-India Time Use Survey (January–December 2024) on 28 March 2025, showing that 74.5% of men and 24.9% of women aged 15–59 took part in paid activities.
• The Union Cabinet approved Nutrient Based Subsidy rates on phosphatic and potassic fertilisers for Kharif 2025 (1 April to 30 September 2025) on 28 March 2025, with a budget need of about ₹37,216.15 crore.

Thu, 27 Mar 2025

• The Lok Sabha passed the Immigration and Foreigners Bill, 2025 on 27 March 2025 after a reply by Union Home Minister Amit Shah; the Bill replaces four existing laws on passports, foreigners and immigration.
• The Government of India and JICA signed six loan agreements worth JPY 191.736 billion in New Delhi on 27 March 2025 under Japan's Official Development Assistance, covering projects in Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Assam and Punjab.
• The second Khelo India Para Games closed in New Delhi on 27 March 2025, with Haryana topping the medal table again with 34 gold and 104 medals in all, ahead of Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh.
• The Finance Ministry said on 27 March 2025 that the Centre will borrow ₹8 lakh crore through dated securities in April–September 2025, 54% of the ₹14.82 lakh crore gross borrowing budgeted for 2025-26.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi met a delegation of Keizai Doyukai, the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, led by its chair Takeshi Niinami, at 7 Lok Kalyan Marg in New Delhi on 27 March 2025.
• The Ministry of Defence signed contracts worth about ₹2,500 crore in New Delhi on 27 March 2025 for the Nag Missile System (Tracked) from Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited and about 5,000 light vehicles from Force Motors and Mahindra & Mahindra.
• The Union Government released the second instalment of XV Finance Commission untied grants for 2024-25 to rural local bodies in Karnataka (₹404.97 crore) and Tripura (₹31.13 crore), the Ministry of Panchayati Raj said on 27 March 2025.