India Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Sun, 22 Dec 2024

• Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah conferred the award on 22 December 2024, during the first visit of an Indian Prime Minister to Kuwait in 43 years.
• Chief Minister Siddaramaiah inaugurated the ₹327.17 crore building of the Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research in Kalaburagi on 22 December 2024.
• G. Trisha's 52 off 47 balls and the left-arm spin of Ayushi Shukla, Sonam Yadav and Parunika Sisodia sealed the title on 22 December 2024.
• Union Cooperation Minister Amit Shah launched cooperative initiatives in Tripura and inaugurated or laid foundation stones for projects worth over ₹668 crore in Dhalai on 22 December 2024.
• The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities closed the 12–22 December fair with 'Divya Kala Shakti' at Kartavya Path, and NDFDC launched a loan app.
• The Central Consumer Protection Authority found that the institute hid the courses taken by successful candidates and used 'IAS' in a way that suggested its founder was an IAS officer.
• Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya flagged off the cycling initiative at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, New Delhi, on 22 December 2024.

Sat, 21 Dec 2024

• The GST Council chaired by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, on 21 December 2024 and recommended a series of rate changes and clarifications.
• Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav released ISFR 2023, the 18th biennial report of the Forest Survey of India, at the Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, on 21 December 2024.
• The 72nd Plenary Session of the North Eastern Council was held in Agartala, Tripura, on 21 December 2024, followed by the 12th meeting of the North Eastern Space Applications Centre Society.
• The Ministry of Textiles and SASMIRA launched a 15,000 sq m demonstration centre for agro-textiles in Navsari, Gujarat, on 21 December 2024 in the presence of Jal Shakti Minister C. R. Patil.
• The Ministry of Mines presented the auction process for India's first offshore areas mineral blocks to industry at Porbandar, Gujarat, on 21 December 2024, highlighting lime-mud for cement.
• World Meditation Day, proclaimed by the UN General Assembly with India in the core group of sponsors, was observed for the first time on 21 December 2024.
• The Wildlife Institute of India in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, received two new facilities on 21 December 2024, building on the Pashmina Certification Centre opened a year earlier.
• The Association of NPS Intermediaries (ANI) was launched at the Insurance Institute of India, Mumbai, on 21 December 2024 to bring together stakeholders of the National Pension System.
• The Nagpur–Mansar bypass stretch of NH-44 in Maharashtra, built with lignin-based bio-bitumen, was inaugurated on 21 December 2024.
• Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw presented the 69th Ati Vishisht Rail Seva Puraskar at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, on 21 December 2024.

Fri, 20 Dec 2024

• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the Minimum Support Price for copra for the 2025 season on 20 December 2024.
• The Winter Session of Parliament, which began on 25 November 2024, was adjourned sine die on 20 December 2024 after 20 sittings of the Lok Sabha and 19 of the Rajya Sabha.
• Two indigenously designed warships built by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders, the destroyer Surat and the frigate Nilgiri, were delivered to the Indian Navy on 20 December 2024.
• The College of Defence Management in Secunderabad, Telangana, received the President's Colours, the highest award to a defence institution, on 20 December 2024.
• The Competition Commission of India approved UltraTech Cement's acquisition of a controlling stake in The India Cements on 20 December 2024.
• The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, FAO and ICAR-National Research Centre on Camel held a stakeholder workshop in Bikaner, Rajasthan, on 20 December 2024.
• Union Home Minister Amit Shah attended the 61st Raising Day of the Sashastra Seema Bal at Siliguri, West Bengal, on 20 December 2024 as Chief Guest.
• The Government of India and the Asian Development Bank signed a $350 million policy-based loan on 20 December 2024 to support logistics reforms.
• The Ministry of Defence signed a contract with Larsen & Toubro on 20 December 2024 for 155 mm/52 calibre K9 VAJRA-T guns for the Indian Army under the Buy (Indian) category.
• Former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala died after a cardiac arrest at his Gurugram home on 20 December 2024.
• A DST-supported project run by ICAR-National Institute of Biotic Stress Management is training Chhattisgarh farmers to diagnose crop diseases with the low-cost Foldscope, PIB reported on 20 December 2024.
• The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India released its recommendations on additional spectrum for Indian Railways on 20 December 2024.

Thu, 19 Dec 2024

• The Ministry of Culture announced a partnership with France Museums Développement on 19 December 2024 to develop the Yuga Yugeen Bharat National Museum in New Delhi.