India Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Mon, 05 May 2025

• DRDO and the Indian Navy on 5 May 2025 successfully carried out combat firing (with reduced explosive) of the indigenously designed and developed Multi-Influence Ground Mine (MIGM).
• The Ministry of Mines said on 5 May 2025 that iron ore production reached a record 289 million metric tonnes in FY 2024-25 (provisional), with records also in manganese ore and primary aluminium.
• DFS Secretary M. Nagaraju reviewed the performance of Regional Rural Banks and progress on the One State-One RRB amalgamation plan in Mumbai on 5 May 2025.
• Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh held a bilateral meeting with Japan's Minister of Defense Gen Nakatani at the Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi, on 5 May 2025.
• Civil Aviation Minister Rammohan Naidu Kinjarapu on 5 May 2025 granted in-principle approval for greenfield airports at Kota in Rajasthan and Puri in Odisha.
• INS Sharda arrived at Maafilaafushi Atoll, Maldives, for a Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) exercise planned from 4 to 10 May 2025 with the Maldives National Defence Force.
• India's first mortgage-backed Pass Through Certificates (PTCs), structured by RMBS Development Company Limited, were listed on the National Stock Exchange on 5 May 2025.
• Union Home Minister Amit Shah on 5 May 2025 reviewed the implementation of the three new criminal laws in Delhi with Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena and Chief Minister Rekha Gupta.
• UIDAI carried out a proof of concept of Aadhaar Face Authentication for candidate verification at select NEET UG 2025 centres in Delhi, with NIC and NTA, as announced on 5 May 2025.
• The Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) on 5 May 2025 announced the selection of seven e-Nodes under its Mission for Advancement of High-impact Areas on Electric Vehicles (MAHA-EV).
• Prakash Magdum, a 1999-batch Indian Information Service officer, assumed charge as Managing Director of the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) in Mumbai on 5 May 2025.
• The Department of Biotechnology and BIRAC on 5 May 2025 announced a joint call for proposals to set up Bio-AI 'Moolankur' hubs under the BioE3 Policy for biomanufacturing.
• Researchers led by Prof. Tapas K. Maji at JNCASR, Bengaluru, have developed a metal-free covalent organic framework (COF) catalyst for piezocatalytic water splitting to produce hydrogen, the Science Ministry said on 5 May 2025.

Sun, 04 May 2025

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated the seventh edition of the Khelo India Youth Games at Patliputra Sports Complex, Patna, on 4 May 2025; the Games, Bihar's first major multi-discipline event, run till 15 May.
• Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on 4 May 2025 announced two genome-edited rice varieties developed by ICAR, DRR Rice 100 (Kamla) and Pusa DST Rice 1, which the Ministry described as the world's first.
• The Election Commission of India said on 4 May 2025 that it is developing ECINET, a one-stop digital platform that will integrate over 40 of its existing mobile and web applications.
• K.V. Rabiya, the Padma Shri-awarded literacy activist from Kerala who worked from a wheelchair after polio, died at Tirurangadi in Malappuram on 4 May 2025, aged 59.
• Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will lead India's delegation to the 58th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank in Milan, Italy, from 4 to 7 May 2025.
• APEDA held a high-level Chintan Shivir in New Delhi, announced on 4 May 2025, to deliberate on strategies for boosting exports of agricultural and processed food products.
• The Ministry of Tourism, with Rajasthan's Tourism Department and FICCI, held the Meet in India Conclave in Jaipur on 4 May 2025, on the sidelines of the 14th Great Indian Travel Bazaar.
• MOIL reported its highest-ever April performance on 4 May 2025, producing 1.62 lakh tonnes of manganese ore in April, 1.5% more than a year earlier.
• Union Home Minister Amit Shah attended the closing ceremony of Sanskrit Bharati's 1008 Sanskrit Sambhashan Shivirs in New Delhi on 4 May 2025 as chief guest.
• Shivanand Baba, a yoga practitioner and resident of Kashi who had been conferred the Padma Shri for serving society through yoga, passed away; Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled his death on 4 May 2025.
• Minister of State for Coal and Mines Satish Chandra Dubey reviewed the performance of Central Mine Planning and Design Institute Limited (CMPDI) at Ranchi on 4 May 2025.
• Union Sports Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya led 750 participants, including teachers, at the 'Cycling with Teachers' edition of Fit India Sundays on Cycle at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, New Delhi, on 4 May 2025.

Sat, 03 May 2025

• DRDO carried out the maiden flight-trial of its Stratospheric Airship Platform from the Sheopur trial site in Madhya Pradesh on 3 May 2025, reaching an altitude of around 17 km.
• Angolan President João Lourenço held talks in New Delhi on 3 May 2025 during his first State visit to India; Angola signed the ISA Framework Agreement as its 123rd member and India approved a US$200 million defence credit line.
• A stampede at the annual Lairai Jatra of the Shree Lairai Devi temple in Shirgao village, North Goa, in the early hours of 3 May 2025 killed at least six devotees; Chief Minister Pramod Sawant ordered a magisterial inquiry.
• MoS Dr. L. Murugan released five reports on India's media and entertainment sector at WAVES 2025 in Mumbai on 3 May 2025, including a live events white paper and BCG's creator economy report.
• Singapore's People's Action Party, led by Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, won 87 of 97 seats with 65.57% of the vote in the general election held on 3 May 2025.