India Current Affairs One-liners — All time
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Wed, 09 Apr 2025
- Kumari Ananthan, former president of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee and Lok Sabha member from Nagercoil (1977), died in Chennai on 9 April 2025 at the age of 93.
- EPFO announced on 9 April 2025 that members can generate and activate their Universal Account Number using Aadhaar Face Authentication Technology through the UMANG mobile app.
- Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu on 9 April 2025 inaugurated the Digital Flight Data Recorder and Cockpit Voice Recorder laboratory of the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau at Udaan Bhawan, New Delhi, set up at ₹9 crore.
- Airbus and Mahindra Aerostructures Pvt. Ltd. signed a contract on 9 April 2025 for manufacturing and assembly of the H130 helicopter fuselage, at a ceremony chaired by Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu.
Tue, 08 Apr 2025
- The Ministry of Minority Affairs notified 8 April 2025 as the date on which the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 (Act 14 of 2025), which received Presidential assent on 5 April, came into force.
- PMMY, launched on 8 April 2015, completed 10 years on 8 April 2025, having extended over ₹33.65 lakh crore through 52.37 crore collateral-free loans, with nearly 68% of accounts sanctioned to women.
- On 8 April 2025, a Supreme Court bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan held the Governor's reservation of ten re-passed Tamil Nadu Bills for the President illegal, declared them deemed assented under Article 142, and prescribed timelines for Governors and the President.
- The Department of Financial Services on 8 April 2025 notified the amalgamation of 26 RRBs in 10 states and 1 UT on the principle of 'One State One RRB', reducing the number of RRBs from 43 to 28.
- The Ministry of Women and Child Development's 7th Poshan Pakhwada runs from 8 to 22 April 2025, focusing on the first 1000 days of life, the Poshan Tracker beneficiary module, CMAM and childhood obesity.
- Union Minister Jitendra Singh on 8 April 2025 inaugurated the first-ever Himalayan High Altitude Atmospheric and Climate Research Centre at Nathatop in Jammu and Kashmir and flagged off the Indo-Swiss ICE-CRUNCH project with ETH Zurich.
- The Cotton Corporation of India procured 100 lakh bales of cotton under MSP operations in the 2024-25 season up to 31 March 2025, with Telangana (40 lakh bales) leading, the Ministry of Textiles said on 8 April 2025.
- The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and the World Economic Forum deliberated on the 'India Skills Accelerator', a national public-private collaboration platform for skilling, at a roundtable in New Delhi on 8 April 2025.
- During a review ride on the Kochi Water Metro on 8 April 2025, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said his ministry has approved technical feasibility studies in 24 cities, including Guwahati, Dibrugarh and Tezpur in Assam.
- The Ministry of Coal on 8 April 2025 signed Coal Mine Development and Production Agreements for Marwatola-II and Namchik West, auctioned in the 11th round of commercial coal mining, taking the total to 120 mines.
- The Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority and India Post Payments Bank signed a Memorandum of Agreement on 8 April 2025 to launch Phase 2 of 'Niveshak Didi', a financial literacy initiative led by women.
- Ram Sahay Panday, the Padma Shri-awarded exponent of Bundelkhand's Rai folk dance, died at a hospital in Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, on 8 April 2025.
Mon, 07 Apr 2025
- On World Health Day, 7 April 2025, Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma launched the Niramay Rajasthan campaign along with Eat Right Rajasthan, Mission Madhuhari, Mission Liver Smile and the Chief Minister Ayushman Adarsh Gram Panchayat Yojana.
- On 7 April 2025, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin announced in the Assembly livelihood schemes worth ₹216.73 crore and fishing harbours at Thangachimadam, Pamban and Kundukal for fishermen in districts around the Gulf of Mannar.
- World Health Day was observed on 7 April 2025 with the theme 'Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures', which launches a year-long campaign on maternal and newborn health.
- On 7 April 2025, the Ministry of Defence signed a ₹2,385.36 crore contract with Bharat Electronics Limited for Electronic Warfare suites and aircraft modification kits for the IAF's Mi-17 V5 helicopters under the Buy (Indian-IDDM) category.
- On 7 April 2025, Lt Gen AK Ramesh flagged off 'Samudra Pradakshina', a 12-member all-women tri-services sailing expedition from Mumbai to Seychelles and back aboard IASV Triveni.
- On 7 April 2025, the Digital Threat Report 2024 for the Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI) sector, prepared by CERT-In, CSIRT-Fin and cybersecurity company SISA, was launched in New Delhi.
- On 7 April 2025 at Cochin Shipyard, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated an Industry 4.0-ready ProArc CNC plate cutting machine and presided over steel cutting for two Green Tugs under the Green Tug Transition Programme.
- On 7 April 2025, MeitY held an event for technology transfers under the National Mission on Power Electronics Technology (NaMPET), including an indigenous 1.5 kW wireless EV charger developed by C-DAC (T) and VNIT Nagpur.
- On 7 April 2025, NIEPVD Dehradun, with the National Association for the Blind, inaugurated 'Antar Drishti', a sensory dark room to sensitise society to the challenges faced by persons with visual impairment.
Sun, 06 Apr 2025
- On 6 April 2025 (Ram Navami), Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the New Pamban Rail Bridge, India's first vertical-lift railway sea bridge, flagged off the Rameswaram–Tambaram (Chennai) train service and launched rail and road projects worth over ₹8,300 crore in Tamil Nadu.
- The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation released the 26th edition of 'Women and Men in India 2024', showing the labour force participation rate (usual status, 15+) rising from 49.8% in 2017-18 to 60.1% in 2023-24.
- On Ram Navami, 6 April 2025, the 'Surya Tilak' on the Ram Lalla idol at Ayodhya was beamed from the temple's completed third floor using an upgraded optical design, according to CSIR-CBRI Roorkee.
- On 6 April 2025, Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah attended the golden jubilee of IFFCO's Kalol plant in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, and laid the foundation stone of the Beej Anusandhan Kendra (seed research centre).