State Staff Selection Current Affairs One-liners — All time
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Tue, 11 Feb 2025
- The Madhya Pradesh Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Mohan Yadav approved the Industrial Promotion Policy 2025, with 10 sector-specific policies, on 11 February 2025.
- PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the third edition of India Energy Week (IEW 2025) at Yashobhoomi, New Delhi, through a video message on 11 February 2025.
Mon, 10 Feb 2025
- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated Aero India 2025, Asia's biggest aerospace and defence exhibition, at Yelahanka Air Force Station in Bengaluru, Karnataka, on 10 February 2025, and addressed a CEOs Roundtable the same day.
- NITI Aayog released a policy report titled 'Expanding Quality Higher Education through States and State Public Universities' in New Delhi on 10 February 2025.
- The Fourth India-UK Energy Dialogue, co-chaired by Power Minister Manohar Lal and UK Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband, was held in New Delhi on 10 February 2025.
- A special Kerala Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan approved the Kerala State Private Universities (Establishment and Regulation) Draft Bill, 2025 in Thiruvananthapuram on 10 February 2025.
- The Tamil Nadu Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin decided in Chennai on 10 February 2025 to give pattas to about 86,000 people living on unobjectionable poromboke land, ending a ban dating to 1962.
- The Agriculture Ministry said on 10 February 2025 that the integrated PM-AASHA scheme will continue during the 15th Finance Commission cycle up to 2025-26, and extended groundnut and soybean procurement in Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Telangana.
- Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh dedicated 'Sṛjanam', India's first indigenous automated biomedical waste treatment rig developed by CSIR-NIIST, to the nation at AIIMS New Delhi on 10 February 2025.
- The third edition of the India-Egypt Joint Special Forces Exercise CYCLONE began at the Mahajan Field Firing Ranges in Rajasthan on 10 February 2025 and runs until 23 February.
Sun, 09 Feb 2025
- Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh tendered his resignation to Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla at Raj Bhavan, Imphal, on 9 February 2025, nearly two years after ethnic violence broke out in the state.
- Security forces killed 31 Maoists in an encounter in Indravati National Park in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on 9 February 2025; two security personnel were also killed.
- Delhi Chief Minister Atishi handed her resignation to Lieutenant Governor V.K. Saxena at Raj Niwas on 9 February 2025, a day after the Assembly election results.
- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met Fiji's Defence Minister Pio Tikoduadua and South Sudan's Defence Minister Lt Gen Chol Thon Balok in Bengaluru on 9 February 2025, ahead of Aero India 2025.
- Captain Rohit Sharma scored 119 off 90 balls as India beat England by four wickets in the second ODI at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, on 9 February 2025 to take an unassailable 2-0 lead.
Sat, 08 Feb 2025
- The Election Commission declared results of the Delhi Assembly election on 8 February 2025: the BJP won 48 of the 70 seats and the Aam Aadmi Party 22, while the Congress won none.
- Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi disbursed ₹5,000 each to over 18 lakh women under the fourth phase of the Subhadra Yojana at a function in Jajpur district on 8 February 2025.
- Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi inaugurated the government medical college and hospital in Jajpur on 8 February 2025 and announced its renaming as Maharaja Jajati Keshari Medical College and Hospital.
- The Defence Ministry signed a ₹642.17 crore contract with Bharat Electronics Limited in New Delhi on 8 February 2025 for 28 EON-51 electro-optical fire control systems for the Indian Navy.
- Results of two Assembly by-elections declared on 8 February 2025 saw the BJP's Chandrabhanu Paswan win Milkipur (Uttar Pradesh) and the DMK's V.C. Chandhirakumar win Erode East (Tamil Nadu).
- Union Youth Affairs Minister Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurated the first-ever BIMSTEC Youth Summit at Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, on 8 February 2025 and proposed a 'Youth Bridge' initiative.
Fri, 07 Feb 2025
- The RBI's Monetary Policy Committee, in its first meeting under Governor Sanjay Malhotra, unanimously cut the policy repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.25% on 7 February 2025.
- The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy said on 7 February 2025 that India's installed solar capacity had reached 100.33 GW as of 31 January 2025, up from 2.82 GW in 2014.
- The Union Cabinet on 7 February 2025 approved continuing and restructuring the Skill India Programme till 2026 with an outlay of ₹8,800 crore for 2022-23 to 2025-26.
- The Union Cabinet on 7 February 2025 gave ex-post facto approval to retain the Waltair division in truncated form, renamed Visakhapatnam division, under the new South Coast Railway zone.
- Kerala Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal presented the State Budget for 2025-26 in the Assembly on 7 February 2025, raising basic land tax rates by 50% and announcing ₹750 crore for the first phase of Wayanad landslide rehabilitation.
Thu, 06 Feb 2025
- The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India issued recommendations on 'Revision of National Numbering Plan' on 6 February 2025, including a 10-digit closed numbering scheme for fixed lines based on Licensed Service Areas.
- Public Sector Banks reported their highest-ever aggregate net profit of ₹1,29,426 crore in April–December of FY 2024-25, up 31.3% year-on-year, the Finance Ministry said on 6 February 2025.
- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held his first phone call with new US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on 6 February 2025; the two sides agreed to draft a framework for defence cooperation for 2025–2035.
- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin inaugurated TP Solar's 4.3 GW solar cell and module manufacturing plant, built for ₹3,800 crore, at Gangaikondan SIPCOT in Tirunelveli district on 6 February 2025.