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Sat, 08 Feb 2025

• 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.
• Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh inaugurated seven water supply schemes under the Jal Jeevan Mission at Jasrota in Kathua district, Jammu and Kashmir, on 8 February 2025.
• The 15th biennial Aero-India International Seminar, organised by DRDO's CEMILAC with the Aeronautical Society of India, began in Bengaluru on 8 February 2025 as a prelude to Aero India 2025.
• Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched 41 books by young authors under the PM YUVA 2.0 scheme at the New Delhi World Book Fair 2025 on 8 February 2025.

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.
• The RBI announced on 7 February 2025 an exclusive 'bank.in' internet domain for Indian banks to curb phishing and digital payment fraud, with IDRBT as the exclusive registrar.
• DRDO on 7 February 2025 released redefined research verticals and thrust areas for its Industry Academia – Centres of Excellence, redesigning 65 verticals across 15 centres into 82.
• The Narcotics Control Bureau dismantled a drug network in Mumbai, seizing 11.54 kg of high-grade cocaine, 4.9 kg of hydroponic ganja and 5.5 kg of cannabis gummies, the Home Ministry said on 7 February 2025.
• The Indian Navy said on 7 February 2025 that TROPEX-25, its biennial capstone Theatre Level Operational Readiness Exercise, was underway in the Indian Ocean Region from January to March 2025.
• Kameshwar Choupal, senior BJP leader and a trustee of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, died; PM Narendra Modi condoled his demise on 7 February 2025.
• Minister of State Rao Inderjit Singh inaugurated the national event marking 75 years of the National Sample Survey at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, on 7 February 2025.
• Aadhaar holders carried out more than 284 crore authentication transactions in January 2025, a rise of over 32% from January 2024, the Ministry of Electronics and IT said on 7 February 2025.
• Researchers developed a technique using a radioactive source to study radiation effects on Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) detectors, the Ministry of Science and Technology said on 7 February 2025, a step for India's role in the FAIR project in Germany.

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.
• Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya announced on 6 February 2025 that EPFO had settled over 5.08 crore claims worth ₹2,05,932 crore in FY 2024-25, crossing 5 crore for the first time.
• The Ministry of Defence on 6 February 2025 signed contracts worth ₹10,147 crore with Economic Explosives Ltd and Munitions India Ltd for Pinaka rockets, and a SHAKTI software upgrade contract with BEL.
• The 5th Joint Working Group meeting between the Defence Ministries of India and Spain was held in New Delhi on 6 February 2025, with a focus on technology and armament production.
• Scientists from the S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences and NITTTR developed a hybrid memristor material that mimics biological synapses, the Ministry of Science and Technology said on 6 February 2025.
• C-DAC Noida, a research organisation under MeitY, signed a Letter of Intent with Creative Play Lab of the LEGO Group on 6 February 2025 to boost India's electronic toy ecosystem.