Goa Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Thu, 13 Mar 2025

• Union Mines Minister G. Kishan Reddy and Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant launched India's first auction of Exploration Licences (ELs), for 13 blocks of critical and deep-seated minerals, at Dona Paula, Goa, on 13 March 2025.

Sat, 08 Mar 2025

• KVIC Chairman Manoj Kumar distributed 2,050 bee boxes, honey colonies and toolkits to 205 beekeepers in six states under the Honey Mission, by video conference from New Delhi, on 8 March 2025.

Sat, 01 Mar 2025

• Civil Aviation Minister K. Rammohan Naidu inaugurated a Boeing 737 flight on the Kolkata–Hindon–Goa route under UDAN at Hindon, Ghaziabad, on 1 March 2025.

Thu, 30 Jan 2025

• Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant laid the foundation stone for the Tata Technologies Centre of Excellence project at Government ITI Altinho, Panaji on 30 January 2025.

Tue, 21 Jan 2025

• TRAI Chairman Anil Kumar Lahoti inaugurated the three-day South Asian Telecommunication Regulators' Council (SATRC) Workshop on Spectrum in Goa on 21 January 2025, organised by the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity.

Sat, 18 Jan 2025

• The National Red Run 2.0, a 10-km run organised by NACO to raise HIV awareness, was held at Miramar, Panaji, Goa, on 18 January 2025 with around 150 runners.

Sun, 05 Jan 2025

• The two vessels are the third and fourth of eight FPVs, launched together for the first time using GSL's ship-lift.

Fri, 03 Jan 2025

• The group makes port calls at Goa and Kochi and holds a PASSEX with the Indian Navy's Western Fleet.

Thu, 28 Nov 2024

• On 28 November 2024 in Goa, the 55th International Film Festival of India closed with the Golden Peacock for Best Film going to the Lithuanian film 'Toxic', directed by Saulė Bliuvaitė.
• On 28 November 2024 at the IFFI closing in Goa, Australian director Phillip Noyce received the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award and Vikrant Massey was named Indian Film Personality of the Year.

Tue, 26 Nov 2024

• On 26 November 2024 in Goa, India and Tanzania held the third Joint Defence Cooperation Committee (JDCC) meeting to expand defence ties.

Sun, 24 Nov 2024

• On 24 November 2024, the Indian Army's promotional video for Army Day Parade 2025 was showcased at the 55th IFFI in Goa; the parade will be held in Pune for the first time on 15 January 2025.
• On 24 November 2024, PIB reported that the 55th International Film Festival of India in Goa held a special session marking actor-director Raj Kapoor's birth centenary, attended by his grandson Ranbir Kapoor.

Thu, 21 Nov 2024

• On 21 November 2024 in New Delhi, Fisheries Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh marked World Fisheries Day by launching the 5th Marine Fisheries Census, a National Plan of Action on Sharks and other initiatives, and presenting awards to Kerala, Telangana and others.

Thu, 07 Nov 2024

• On 7 November 2024 off Goa, President Droupadi Murmu attended the Indian Navy's 'Day at Sea' on board the indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant, her maiden visit to Navy ships at sea.

Mon, 28 Oct 2024

• On 28 October 2024, the Indian Coast Guard simultaneously launched two Fast Patrol Vessels, 'Adamya' and 'Akshar', with over 60% indigenous content, built by Goa Shipyard Ltd.

Thu, 24 Oct 2024

• On 24 October 2024, in India, the Ministry of Defence signed a ₹387.44 crore contract with Chowgule & Company Pvt. Ltd., Goa, for six Air Cushion Vehicles (hovercraft) for the Indian Coast Guard.

Fri, 18 Oct 2024

• On 18 October 2024, off Goa, the India-Oman bilateral naval exercise Naseem-Al-Bahr (13-18 October) concluded, with INS Trikand, a Dornier aircraft and Royal Navy of Oman Vessel Al Seeb taking part.