Teaching Current Affairs — All time
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Thu, 02 Jan 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.
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.
Eight core industries grow 4.3% in November 2024; cement leads with 13%
The Index of Eight Core Industries was released by the Commerce Ministry on 31 December 2024.
Union government accounts to November 2024: receipts at 59.1% of Budget Estimates
Monthly accounts released on 31 December 2024 show ₹27,41,002 crore spent in April–November 2024.
Annual Ground Water Quality Report 2024: first under a standard procedure, over 81% samples safe for irrigation
The CGWB report, released on 31 December 2024, covers more than 15,200 monitoring locations.
Delhi logged a record 209 'good to moderate' air quality days in 2024: CAQM
The Commission for Air Quality Management reviewed Delhi's 2024 air quality on 31 December 2024.
Mon, 30 Dec 2024
PSLV-C60 launches SpaDeX; POEM-4 flies 24 experimental payloads
ISRO's PSLV-C60 lifted off from Sriharikota at 10 p.m. on 30 December 2024 with the two SpaDeX satellites and 24 POEM-4 payloads.
RBI Financial Stability Report, December 2024: banks' GNPA ratio at 12-year low of 2.6%
The Reserve Bank of India released the December 2024 issue of its Financial Stability Report on 30 December 2024.
India submits fourth Biennial Update Report to UNFCCC: 2020 emissions down 7.93% from 2019
India's BUR-4, submitted to the UNFCCC on 30 December 2024, contains the national GHG inventory for 2020.
MoD signs ₹2,867 crore contracts for DRDO-AIP plug and heavy-weight torpedo integration on Kalvari-class submarines
The Ministry of Defence signed two submarine contracts with Mazagon Dock and France's Naval Group in New Delhi on 30 December 2024.
Justice V. Ramasubramanian assumes charge as NHRC Chairperson; Justice Bidyut Ranjan Sarangi joins as Member
Former Supreme Court judge V. Ramasubramanian took charge as Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission on 30 December 2024.
Kanniyakumari: India's first glass bridge over the sea links Thiruvalluvar Statue and Vivekananda Rock Memorial
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin inaugurated the glass bridge in Kanniyakumari on 30 December 2024.
Andhra Pradesh plans ₹80,112 crore Godavari-Banakacherla project to take Polavaram water to Rayalaseema
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu unveiled the three-segment project at the Secretariat in Velagapudi on 30 December 2024.
Sun, 29 Dec 2024
Haryana Steelers win maiden Pro Kabaddi League title, beating Patna Pirates 32-23 in Season 11 final
Haryana Steelers beat Patna Pirates 32-23 in the PKL Season 11 final at Balewadi, Pune, on 29 December 2024.
India-Australia ECTA completes two years: export utilisation at 79%, CECA talks at 10 rounds
The Commerce Ministry reviewed two years of the India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement on 29 December 2024.
Jimmy Carter, 39th US President and 2002 Nobel Peace laureate, dies at 100; Haryana's Carterpuri recalls 1978 visit
Former US President Jimmy Carter died at his home in Plains, Georgia, on 29 December 2024, aged 100.
Jasprit Bumrah reaches 200 Test wickets at MCG: fastest Indian by balls, first to the mark with a sub-20 average
Jasprit Bumrah took his 200th Test wicket, Travis Head, on day four of the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne on 29 December 2024.
Odisha sanctions additional ₹50 lakh for Bargarh's Dhanu Yatra, plans UNESCO heritage bid
Odisha Culture Minister Suryabanshi Suraj announced new support for the Dhanu Yatra on 29 December 2024.