India Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Wed, 28 May 2025

• Minister of State for Ports Shantanu Thakur inaugurated and laid foundation stones for port development projects worth ₹42.42 crore at Deendayal Port Authority, Kandla, Gujarat, on 28 May 2025, including a new Seafarer Centre.
• The Union Public Service Commission announced a new online application portal on 28 May 2025, with four parts — Account Creation, Universal Registration, Common Application Form and Examination — replacing the old One Time Registration module.
• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on 28 May 2025 approved two railway multitracking projects — Ratlam–Nagda 3rd and 4th line and Wardha–Balharshah 4th line — worth about ₹3,399 crore in Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a PRAGATI meeting on 28 May 2025, reviewing three infrastructure projects worth over ₹62,000 crore and asking states to ensure mandatory RERA registration of eligible real estate projects.
• NHAI announced on 28 May 2025 a daily trial run, from 29 May, of the tunnel and underpasses on the Delhi section of the Dwarka Expressway to decongest the Delhi–Gurugram section of NH-48.

Tue, 27 May 2025

• The India Meteorological Department on 27 May 2025 forecast 2025 southwest monsoon rainfall (June–September) at 106% of the Long Period Average with a model error of ±4%, indicating above-normal rainfall.
• Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh on 27 May 2025 approved the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) Programme Execution Model, under which the Aeronautical Development Agency will execute the programme through industry partnership open to private and public sectors.
• India's FDI inflow rose 14% to USD 81.04 billion (provisional) in FY 2024-25 from USD 71.28 billion in FY 2023-24, the Commerce Ministry said on 27 May 2025.
• The Department of Posts on 27 May 2025 launched the 'Know Your DIGIPIN' and 'Know Your PIN Code' web portals to modernise India's addressing system, in line with the National Geospatial Policy 2022.
• The Indian Coast Guard said on 27 May 2025 that its response had slowed the spread of oil from the sunken Liberian container vessel MSC ELSA 3 off Alappuzha, Kerala, with no oil reaching the shore as of 26 May and about 46 containers washed ashore.
• Indian all-party parliamentary delegations began engagements in South Africa, Italy and Greece and held meetings in Singapore on 27 May 2025 to convey India's message of zero tolerance for terrorism, according to Indian mission releases published by PIB.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 27 May 2025 addressed the celebrations of 20 years of Gujarat's Urban Growth Story in Gandhinagar and launched Urban Development Year 2025, marking 20 years of Urban Development Year 2005.
• India's coal imports fell 7.9% to 243.62 million tonnes in FY 2024-25 from 264.53 MT a year earlier, saving about USD 7.93 billion in foreign exchange, the Coal Ministry said on 27 May 2025.
• The Ministry of Mines said on 27 May 2025 that Tranche V of critical and strategic mineral auctions ended with 10 of 15 blocks auctioned, including the first-ever successful auction of a potash block by the Government of India.
• DRDO inaugurated its Quantum Technology Research Centre (QTRC) at Metcalfe House, Delhi on 27 May 2025 to strengthen indigenous quantum capabilities for strategic and defence applications.
• The Central Board of Direct Taxes on 27 May 2025 extended the due date for filing Income Tax Returns for AY 2025-26, originally 31 July 2025, to 15 September 2025.
• The Government on 27 May 2025 restored RoDTEP benefits for exports by Advance Authorisation holders, Export-Oriented Units and SEZ units, applicable to eligible exports from 1 June 2025.
• Sabal, the sixth 25-tonne Bollard Pull tug built for the Indian Navy, was launched at Titagarh Rail Systems Limited (TRSL), Kolkata on 27 May 2025.
• Union Home Minister Amit Shah on 27 May 2025 addressed the 150th anniversary celebrations of Shri Laxmi Narayan Mandir at Madhavbag in Mumbai, a temple built in 1875.

Mon, 26 May 2025

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 26 May 2025 laid foundation stones, inaugurated and dedicated projects worth over ₹24,000 crore in Dahod, Gujarat, inaugurated the Indian Railways locomotive manufacturing plant there and flagged off its first electric locomotive.
• Union Earth Sciences Minister Dr Jitendra Singh on 26 May 2025 dedicated the Bharat Forecast System, an indigenously developed high-resolution weather forecast system by IITM Pune that improves resolution from 12 km to 6 km.
• The Department of Atomic Energy said on 26 May 2025 that the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics was awarded to the ATLAS, CMS, ALICE and LHCb collaborations at CERN's Large Hadron Collider, with Indian scientists playing a significant role in ALICE and CMS.
• The 38th meeting of the Central Apprenticeship Council, chaired by MoS (IC) Jayant Chaudhary on 26 May 2025, recommended a 36% increase in stipend under NAPS and NATS, revising the range from ₹5,000–₹9,000 to ₹6,800–₹12,300.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 26 May 2025 laid foundation stones, inaugurated and dedicated projects worth over ₹53,400 crore in Bhuj, Gujarat, including the foundation stone of a new green hydrogen plant in Kutch.
• Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on 26 May 2025 unveiled 'Innovate to Transform' as the theme of the 9th India Mobile Congress, to be held from 8 to 11 October 2025 at Yashobhoomi, New Delhi, and launched the student volunteer-led Sanchar Mitra Scheme.
• NITI Aayog on 26 May 2025 released the report 'Designing a Policy for Medium Enterprises', noting that medium enterprises are only 0.3% of MSMEs but contribute 40% of MSME exports.
• The Election Commission of India on 26 May 2025 announced biennial elections to eight Rajya Sabha seats — two from Assam and six from Tamil Nadu — with polling and counting on 19 June 2025.
• The University of Liverpool received a Letter of Intent on 26 May 2025 to open a campus in Bengaluru, becoming the second foreign university issued an LoI under the UGC regulations of 2023 for foreign higher education campuses.
• The Ministry of Panchayati Raj launched the Panchayat Advancement Index (PAI) 2.0 portal on 26 May 2025 at a national writeshop on PAI 2.0 for FY 2023-24 in New Delhi.
• Union Home Minister Amit Shah on 26 May 2025 performed the Bhoomi Pujan of 'Swasti Nivas' for patients and relatives at the National Cancer Institute, Nagpur, and of the permanent campus of the National Forensic Science University's Nagpur campus.