India Current Affairs — All time
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Tue, 07 Jan 2025
Ajit Doval co-chairs first India–Malaysia Security Dialogue in New Delhi
Both sides agreed to institutionalise the dialogue with annual meetings.
Mansukh Mandaviya launches e-Shram portal in all 22 Scheduled Languages
MeitY's Bhashini was used to expand the portal from four languages to 22.
European Council President António Costa calls PM Modi; leaders seek early India–EU FTA
The next India–EU Summit is to be held in India at a mutually convenient time.
Sonowal announces ₹57,000 crore projects at Kandla Port, including mega shipbuilding facility
The ₹30,000 crore shipyard will be able to build Very Large Crude Carriers of up to 3,20,000 DWT.
Indian Navy inducts LSAM 14, seventh Missile cum Ammunition Barge, at Mumbai
The barge was built by MSME shipyard SECON Engineering Projects, Visakhapatnam.
ECI schedules bye-elections to Milkipur (UP) and Erode (East) (TN) with Delhi poll
Both bye-elections are being held alongside the Delhi Assembly election, with polling on 5 February 2025.
Mon, 06 Jan 2025
PM Modi inaugurates Jammu Railway Division and Charlapalli terminal, lays stone of Rayagada division building
The new Jammu Railway Division covers 742.1 km, including the Pathankot–Jammu–Udhampur–Srinagar–Baramulla line.
ICMR detects two HMPV cases in Karnataka; Health Ministry says no unusual surge in respiratory illness
Both infants at Baptist Hospital, Bengaluru, had no history of international travel.
India's first Organic Fisheries Cluster launched in Soreng district, Sikkim
Fisheries Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh also opened 50 PMMSY projects worth ₹50 crore for the Northeast in Guwahati.
NSA Doval meets US NSA Jake Sullivan; US moves to delist Indian nuclear entities
Sullivan also called on PM Modi and handed over a letter from President Biden.
Dharmendra Pradhan releases draft UGC Regulations, 2025 on teacher appointments and standards
The draft has been placed in the public domain for feedback; Pradhan also opened UGC's new 'Pushpagiri' auditorium.
H.D. Kumaraswamy launches PLI Scheme 1.1 for specialty steel
The second round covers five product categories within the original ₹6,322 crore outlay.
FIU-IND and IRDAI sign MoU on anti-money laundering coordination in insurance
The two bodies will share intelligence and identify red-flag indicators for suspicious transactions in insurance.
Indian Navy inducts LSAM 22, eighth Ammunition cum Torpedo cum Missile Barge, at Mumbai
The barge was built by MSME shipyard Suryadipta Projects, Thane, under an eleven-barge contract.
Bureau of Indian Standards marks 78th Foundation Day; Pralhad Joshi suggests hallmarking of silver
More than 23,500 Indian standards are in force, and 94% are harmonised with ISO and IEC standards.
Capacity Building Commission begins master-trainer training under 'Rashtriya Karmayogi – Large Scale Jan Seva' programme
Over 200 Deputy Secretary/Director-level officers are being trained in eight batches till 18 January 2025.
Sun, 05 Jan 2025
PM Modi opens Namo Bharat Sahibabad–New Ashok Nagar stretch, giving Delhi its first Namo Bharat link
The PM also opened the first Delhi Metro Phase-IV stretch and laid the stone of the Rithala–Kundli section.
Jitendra Singh announces CSIR's indigenous paracetamol technology at DSIR's 40th Foundation Day
Karnataka-based Satya Deeptha Pharmaceuticals will use the technology to produce affordable paracetamol in India.
Goa Shipyard launches Coast Guard Fast Patrol Vessels Amulya and Akshay
The two vessels are the third and fourth of eight FPVs, launched together for the first time using GSL's ship-lift.
Australia beat India by six wickets in Sydney to regain Border-Gavaskar Trophy 3-1
Jasprit Bumrah was named Player of the Series; Australia also entered the World Test Championship final.
Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi launches Shahid Madho Singh Haath Kharcha Scheme for ST students
Scheduled Tribe students entering Class IX or XI get a one-time ₹5,000 to curb dropouts.
CAQM revokes GRAP Stage-III curbs across Delhi-NCR as air quality improves
Stages I and II of the revised GRAP stay in force; Stage-III had been in place since 3 January 2025.
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar inaugurates NCC Republic Day Camp-2025 in Delhi Cantt
2,361 cadets, including 917 girl cadets, from 17 NCC Directorates are taking part.
Mansukh Mandaviya leads 'Fit India Sundays on Cycle' in Upleta, Porbandar; drive themed against drugs
Olympic medallist Lovlina Borgohain and wrestler Sangram Singh pledged support in the campaign's third week.
PM Modi lays foundation stone of new Central Ayurveda Research Institute building at Rohini, Delhi
The 2.92-acre campus will house a 100-bed research hospital and is to be completed in 30 months.
Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren launches Abua Budget Portal and app to invite public suggestions for 2025-26 budget
Suggestions were open till 17 January 2025, and the three best contributors are to be honoured by the State Government.
Sat, 04 Jan 2025
Health Ministry's Joint Monitoring Group finds no unusual surge in respiratory illness amid China reports
ICMR will increase the number of laboratories testing for HMPV and track its trends for the whole year.
PM Modi inaugurates Grameen Bharat Mahotsav 2025 at Bharat Mandapam
The 4–9 January festival, organised with NABARD, carries the theme 'Building a Resilient Rural India for a Viksit Bharat 2047'.
Coal production hits record 1,039.59 million tonnes in calendar year 2024
Production grew 7.28% and dispatch 6.56% over 2023, both all-time highs.
INSV Tarini leaves Lyttelton, New Zealand, on longest leg of Navika Sagar Parikrama II
The 5,600 nautical mile third leg to Port Stanley crosses the Drake Passage and Cape Horn.