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Sat, 05 Apr 2025

• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh flagged off the Navy's offshore patrol vessel INS Sunayna as Indian Ocean Ship (IOS) SAGAR from Karwar, Karnataka, on 5 April 2025 with 44 naval personnel from nine friendly nations.
• Delhi became the 35th State/UT to implement Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) on 5 April 2025, when the National Health Authority signed an MoU with the Delhi government.
• The Stand-Up India Scheme completed nine years on 5 April 2025, with total loans sanctioned of Rs 61,020.41 crore by 17 March 2025, the Finance Ministry said.
• India marked the 62nd National Maritime Day on 5 April 2025 on the theme "Prosperous Seas - Developed India and Youth for Blue Economy and Green Growth", with the central celebration in New Delhi.

Fri, 04 Apr 2025

• The Union Cabinet approved the Vibrant Villages Programme-II (VVP-II) on 4 April 2025 as a fully Centre-funded scheme with an outlay of Rs 6,839 crore for villages along international land borders other than the Northern border.
• Parliament cleared the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025 when the Rajya Sabha passed it in the early hours of 4 April 2025, after the Lok Sabha had passed it on 3 April.
• The 6th BIMSTEC Summit, hosted by Thailand in Bangkok on 4 April 2025, adopted the BIMSTEC Bangkok Vision 2030 and saw the signing of the BIMSTEC Maritime Transport Agreement.
• DRDO and the Indian Army completed four successful flight-tests of the Army version of the Medium-Range Surface-to-Air Missile (MRSAM) from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha on 3 and 4 April 2025.
• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved four Indian Railways multitracking projects costing about Rs 18,658 crore on 4 April 2025, adding about 1,247 km across 15 districts of Maharashtra, Odisha and Chhattisgarh.
• Union Minister Jitendra Singh formalised the transfer of technology of CSIR's indigenous HANSA-3(NG) two-seater trainer aircraft to Pioneer Clean Amps Pvt Ltd in New Delhi on 4 April 2025.
• Indian Railways produced an all-time high of 41,929 wagons in FY 2024-25, the Railways Ministry said on 4 April 2025, up from 37,650 in FY 2023-24.

Thu, 03 Apr 2025

• India and Thailand elevated their relations to a Strategic Partnership on 3 April 2025, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra witnessed the exchange of the joint declaration in Bangkok.
• The Odisha Legislative Assembly passed the Odisha State Highways Authority Bill, 2025 early on 3 April 2025, enabling an autonomous body for the planning, development, maintenance and management of highways and major roads in the state.
• The Lok Sabha passed the Protection of Interest in Aircraft Objects Bill, 2025 on 3 April 2025, completing its passage through Parliament after the Rajya Sabha had already accepted it.
• Jal Shakti Minister C.R. Patil launched the Water Resource Census application and portal in New Delhi on 3 April 2025 for four censuses, including the 7th Minor Irrigation Census and the first Census of Springs.
• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh flagged off an Indian Army expedition to Mount Everest, a joint Indian Army-Nepali Army expedition to Mount Kangchenjunga and an NCC Everest expedition from South Block, New Delhi, on 3 April 2025.
• The National Highways Authority of India said on 3 April 2025 that it has signed a concession agreement for the 121-km Guwahati Ring Road, to be built at ₹5,729 crore on Build Operate Toll mode with zero grant.
• Indian Railways manufactured a record 7,134 coaches in FY 2024-25, 9% more than the 6,541 of the previous year, with the Integral Coach Factory in Chennai rolling out 3,007, the Railway Ministry said on 3 April 2025.

Wed, 02 Apr 2025

• US President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14257 on 2 April 2025, imposing a 10% baseline tariff on imports from all trading partners from 5 April and higher country-specific rates from 9 April; India's Department of Commerce said on 3 April that it was carefully examining the implications.
• The National Highways Authority of India built 5,614 km of national highways in FY 2024-25 against a target of 5,150 km, and its capital expenditure reached an all-time high of over ₹2.5 lakh crore, the Road Transport Ministry said on 2 April 2025.
• Indian Railways produced a record 1,681 locomotives in FY 2024-25, 19% more than the 1,472 of the previous year, the Railway Ministry said on 2 April 2025.
• MOIL recorded its best-ever financial year in FY 2024-25 with record manganese ore production of 18.02 lakh tonnes, 2.7% higher year on year, the Steel Ministry said on 2 April 2025.
• The Indian Navy and Kirloskar Oil Engines Limited signed a Project Sanction Order under the Make-I category on 2 April 2025 to design and develop a 6 MW medium-speed marine diesel engine at a cost of ₹270 crore.
• The Arunachal Pradesh cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Pema Khandu, on 2 April 2025 raised old-age, disability and widow pensions by Rs 300 a month, lowered the widow pension age from 40 to 18, and extended the CM's Bal Seva Scheme to all registered orphans.

Tue, 01 Apr 2025

• India's defence exports rose 12.04% to a record ₹23,622 crore in the financial year 2024-25 that ended on 31 March 2025, the Defence Ministry said on 1 April 2025.
• India's cumulative coal production crossed the one billion tonne mark in FY 2024-25, reaching a provisional 1,047.57 million tonnes, the Coal Ministry said on 1 April 2025.
• India added an unprecedented 25 GW of renewable energy capacity in FY 2024-25, nearly 35% more than the 18.57 GW added a year earlier, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy said on 1 April 2025.
• The Border Roads Organisation reopened Zojila Pass, which links the Kashmir Valley to Ladakh, on 1 April 2025 after a closure of only 32 days.
• Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman launched the NITI NCAER States Economic Forum portal, a repository of about 30 years of data on state finances, in New Delhi on 1 April 2025.
• The Maharashtra government signed an MoU with Microsoft in Mumbai on 1 April 2025 to set up three Artificial Intelligence Centres of Excellence in Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur and to speed up AI adoption in the state administration.