India Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Thu, 13 Feb 2025

• The report 'Status of Devolution to Panchayats in States', released by MoS S.P. Singh Baghel in New Delhi on 13 February 2025, ranked Karnataka first.
• The Joint Parliamentary Committee report on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 was presented in the Lok Sabha and laid in the Rajya Sabha on 13 February 2025.
• The Punjab Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann approved release of ₹14,000 crore in pending arrears to employees and pensioners on 13 February 2025.
• Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia released a souvenir sheet of three commemorative stamps on Maha Kumbh 2025 at Arail Ghat Post Office, Prayagraj, on 13 February 2025.
• India and the EU agreed to strengthen cooperation on smart and sustainable urbanisation at the 4th India-EU Urban Forum in New Delhi on 13 February 2025.
• Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and Speaker Surama Padhy unveiled the Digital House of the Odisha Legislative Assembly under the National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA) on 13 February 2025.
• The Finance Ministry said on 13 February 2025 that all public sector general insurance companies had become profitable, posting a combined profit of ₹1,066 crore in Q3 of 2024-25.

Wed, 12 Feb 2025

• TRAI amended the Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference Regulations (TCCCPR), 2018 on 12 February 2025 to curb unsolicited commercial communication.
• CPI-based retail inflation fell to 4.31% (provisional) in January 2025, the Statistics Ministry said on 12 February 2025.
• India's fourth-generation deep-ocean submersible Matsya-6000 completed wet tests at L&T's Kattupalli shipbuilding facility near Chennai, held from 27 January to 12 February 2025.
• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh addressed the valedictory event of the 15th Aero India in Bengaluru on 12 February 2025, where the first 'Samarthya' indigenisation event showcased 33 items.
• West Bengal Finance Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya tabled a ₹3.89 lakh crore Budget for 2025-26 in the Assembly on 12 February 2025.
• Fisheries Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh inaugurated the 14th Asian Fisheries and Aquaculture Forum (14AFAF) at the Pusa campus in New Delhi on 12 February 2025.
• Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan approved the transportation component of the Market Intervention Scheme for tomato in Madhya Pradesh through NCCF on 12 February 2025.
• India's Index of Industrial Production grew 3.2% in December 2024, according to Quick Estimates released on 12 February 2025.
• Mahant Satyendra Das, chief priest of the Ram Janmabhoomi temple in Ayodhya, died at SGPGI, Lucknow, on 12 February 2025.
• The Department of Telecommunications and the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure released a Disaster Risk and Resilience Assessment Framework (DRRAF) for the telecom sector on 12 February 2025.

Tue, 11 Feb 2025

• The Department of Food and Public Distribution said on 11 February 2025 that state governments and their corporations can buy FCI rice under OMSS (Domestic) at ₹2,250 per quintal without e-auction.
• The Maharashtra Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis approved a revised cost of ₹2,599.15 crore for the Deharji project in Palghar district on 11 February 2025.
• The Madhya Pradesh Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Mohan Yadav approved the Industrial Promotion Policy 2025, with 10 sector-specific policies, on 11 February 2025.
• PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the third edition of India Energy Week (IEW 2025) at Yashobhoomi, New Delhi, through a video message on 11 February 2025.
• TRAI released Independent Drive Test reports on 11 February 2025 for mobile networks in Mysuru, Dharamshala, Chennai, Chandigarh and Kolkata, tested in November 2024.
• President Droupadi Murmu inaugurated an international conference on innovation in Unani medicine for integrative health solutions in New Delhi on Unani Day, 11 February 2025.
• Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi announced on 11 February 2025 that mid-day meals would be extended to students of Classes IX and X.
• The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence said on 11 February 2025 it had busted two facilities printing fake Indian currency notes in Thane (Maharashtra) and Bhiwani (Haryana), leading to three arrests.

Mon, 10 Feb 2025

• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated Aero India 2025, Asia's biggest aerospace and defence exhibition, at Yelahanka Air Force Station in Bengaluru, Karnataka, on 10 February 2025, and addressed a CEOs Roundtable the same day.
• NITI Aayog released a policy report titled 'Expanding Quality Higher Education through States and State Public Universities' in New Delhi on 10 February 2025.
• A special Kerala Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan approved the Kerala State Private Universities (Establishment and Regulation) Draft Bill, 2025 in Thiruvananthapuram on 10 February 2025.
• The Tamil Nadu Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin decided in Chennai on 10 February 2025 to give pattas to about 86,000 people living on unobjectionable poromboke land, ending a ban dating to 1962.
• The Agriculture Ministry said on 10 February 2025 that the integrated PM-AASHA scheme will continue during the 15th Finance Commission cycle up to 2025-26, and extended groundnut and soybean procurement in Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Telangana.