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Fri, 14 Feb 2025

• Principal Scientific Adviser Ajay Kumar Sood inaugurated the first Rural Technology Action Group (RuTAGe) Smart Village Centre at Mandaura village in Sonipat, Haryana, on 14 February 2025.
• Invest Karnataka 2025, the state's Global Investors' Meet, concluded in Bengaluru on 14 February 2025 with investment commitments of ₹10.27 lakh crore.
• The Commerce Ministry said on 14 February 2025 that annual inflation based on the Wholesale Price Index was 2.31% (provisional) in January 2025.
• The Gujarat government introduced G-SAFAL (Gujarat Scheme for Antyodaya Families for Augmenting Livelihoods) on 14 February 2025 to support 50,000 Antyodaya Anna Yojana families over five years.
• BSNL reported a profit of ₹262 crore for the third quarter of 2024-25, announced on 14 February 2025, its first return to profit since 2007.
• At the close of India Energy Week 2025 on 14 February 2025, Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri reiterated India's goal of raising natural gas to 15% of its energy mix.
• Home Minister Amit Shah reviewed the implementation of the three new criminal laws in Maharashtra with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in New Delhi on 14 February 2025.
• INS Sujata and ICGS Veera of the Indian Navy's First Training Squadron arrived at Sihanoukville Port, Cambodia, on 14 February 2025.
• On Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day, 14 February 2025, Coal India subsidiaries CCL and NCL signed MoUs with the Sri Sathya Sai Health & Education Trust for heart surgeries for children under 'Nanha Sa Dil'.
• The Central Consumer Protection Authority said on 14 February 2025 that it had imposed a ₹3 lakh penalty on IITian's Prashikshan Kendra for misleading claims about IIT-JEE results.
• The five-day IIAS-DARPG India Conference 2025 concluded in New Delhi on 14 February 2025 with over 750 delegates from 58 countries.
• Commerce MoS Jitin Prasada met Myanmar's Deputy Commerce Minister U Minn Minn in New Delhi on 14 February 2025 to discuss bilateral trade.
• The eighth Missile cum Ammunition (MCA) Barge for the Indian Navy, LSAM 11 (Yard 79), was launched at Mira Bhayandar, Maharashtra, on 14 February 2025.

Thu, 13 Feb 2025

• Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman introduced the Income-tax Bill, 2025 in the Lok Sabha on 13 February 2025, and it was referred to a Select Committee.
• President Droupadi Murmu imposed President's Rule in Manipur under Article 356 on 13 February 2025, four days after Chief Minister N. Biren Singh resigned.
• The report 'Status of Devolution to Panchayats in States', released by MoS S.P. Singh Baghel in New Delhi on 13 February 2025, ranked Karnataka first.
• The Joint Parliamentary Committee report on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 was presented in the Lok Sabha and laid in the Rajya Sabha on 13 February 2025.
• The Punjab Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann approved release of ₹14,000 crore in pending arrears to employees and pensioners on 13 February 2025.
• Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia released a souvenir sheet of three commemorative stamps on Maha Kumbh 2025 at Arail Ghat Post Office, Prayagraj, on 13 February 2025.
• India and the EU agreed to strengthen cooperation on smart and sustainable urbanisation at the 4th India-EU Urban Forum in New Delhi on 13 February 2025.
• Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and Speaker Surama Padhy unveiled the Digital House of the Odisha Legislative Assembly under the National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA) on 13 February 2025.
• The Finance Ministry said on 13 February 2025 that all public sector general insurance companies had become profitable, posting a combined profit of ₹1,066 crore in Q3 of 2024-25.

Wed, 12 Feb 2025

• TRAI amended the Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference Regulations (TCCCPR), 2018 on 12 February 2025 to curb unsolicited commercial communication.
• CPI-based retail inflation fell to 4.31% (provisional) in January 2025, the Statistics Ministry said on 12 February 2025.
• India's fourth-generation deep-ocean submersible Matsya-6000 completed wet tests at L&T's Kattupalli shipbuilding facility near Chennai, held from 27 January to 12 February 2025.
• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh addressed the valedictory event of the 15th Aero India in Bengaluru on 12 February 2025, where the first 'Samarthya' indigenisation event showcased 33 items.
• West Bengal Finance Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya tabled a ₹3.89 lakh crore Budget for 2025-26 in the Assembly on 12 February 2025.
• Fisheries Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh inaugurated the 14th Asian Fisheries and Aquaculture Forum (14AFAF) at the Pusa campus in New Delhi on 12 February 2025.
• Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan approved the transportation component of the Market Intervention Scheme for tomato in Madhya Pradesh through NCCF on 12 February 2025.
• India's Index of Industrial Production grew 3.2% in December 2024, according to Quick Estimates released on 12 February 2025.