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Oceania Current Affairs — All time

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Sun, 02 Mar 2025

🏅 Cricket 📍 United Arab Emirates Important

Champions Trophy 2025: Varun Chakravarthy's 5/42 helps India beat New Zealand by 44 runs, top Group A

India beat New Zealand by 44 runs in their final ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Group A match in Dubai on 2 March 2025, with Varun Chakravarthy taking 5 for 42.

For: UPSC Civil Services · State PSC · SSC +7 3 MCQs

Tue, 25 Feb 2025

🔬 Health & Medicine 📍 Telangana Important

BioAsia 2025 opens in Hyderabad; Genome Valley Excellence Award to Professor Patrick Tan

Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and Industries Minister D. Sridhar Babu inaugurated BioAsia 2025, the life sciences conference, at HICC Hyderabad on 25 February 2025; the Genome Valley Excellence Award went to Professor Patrick Tan.

For: State PSC · State Police · State Staff Selection +2 2 MCQs

Mon, 24 Feb 2025

🏅 Cricket 📍 Pakistan Important

Champions Trophy 2025: New Zealand beat Bangladesh at Rawalpindi; India and New Zealand reach semi-finals, hosts Pakistan out

New Zealand beat Bangladesh by five wickets in a Champions Trophy Group A match at Rawalpindi on 24 February 2025, taking themselves and India into the semi-finals and eliminating hosts and defending champions Pakistan along with Bangladesh.

For: UPSC Civil Services · State PSC · SSC +7 3 MCQs

Sun, 09 Feb 2025

🌐 Bilateral Relations 📍 India Important

Rajnath Singh holds talks with defence ministers of Fiji and South Sudan in Bengaluru ahead of Aero India 2025

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met Fiji's Defence Minister Pio Tikoduadua and South Sudan's Defence Minister Lt Gen Chol Thon Balok in Bengaluru on 9 February 2025, ahead of Aero India 2025.

For: UPSC Civil Services · State PSC · SSC +7 3 MCQs

Sun, 05 Jan 2025

🏅 Cricket 📍 Australia Important

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.

For: UPSC Civil Services · State PSC · SSC +7 3 MCQs

Sat, 04 Jan 2025

🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 New Zealand Important

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.

For: UPSC Civil Services · State PSC · SSC +7 3 MCQs

Thu, 02 Jan 2025

🌐 Bilateral Relations 📍 Oceania

India announces USD 500,000 relief assistance to earthquake-hit Vanuatu

The aid follows the magnitude 7.4 earthquake near Vanuatu's coast on 17 December 2024.

For: UPSC Civil Services · State PSC · Defence +1 2 MCQs

Sun, 29 Dec 2024

🌐 Agreements & MoUs 📍 India Important

India-Australia ECTA completes two years: export utilisation at 79%, CECA talks at 10 rounds

The Commerce Ministry reviewed two years of the India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement on 29 December 2024.

For: UPSC Civil Services · State PSC · SSC +7 4 MCQs
🏅 Cricket 📍 Australia Important

Jasprit Bumrah reaches 200 Test wickets at MCG: fastest Indian by balls, first to the mark with a sub-20 average

Jasprit Bumrah took his 200th Test wicket, Travis Head, on day four of the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne on 29 December 2024.

For: UPSC Civil Services · State PSC · SSC +7 5 MCQs

Sat, 28 Dec 2024

🏅 Cricket 📍 Australia Important

Nitish Kumar Reddy hits maiden Test century at MCG, 105 not out batting at No. 8

Nitish Kumar Reddy scored an unbeaten 105 on day three of the fourth Test against Australia in Melbourne on 28 December 2024.

For: UPSC Civil Services · State PSC · SSC +7 3 MCQs

Sun, 08 Dec 2024

🏅 Sports 📍 Australia Important

Australia beat India by 10 wickets in Adelaide pink-ball Test

On 8 December 2024, in Adelaide, Australia, the hosts beat India by 10 wickets on day three of the second Test to level the five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy series 1-1.

For: UPSC Civil Services · State PSC · SSC +7 2 MCQs

Sun, 24 Nov 2024

🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Australia Important

Navika Sagar Parikrama-II: INSV Tarini sails from Fremantle on second leg to Lyttelton

On 24 November 2024, INSV Tarini sailed out of Fremantle, Australia, on the second leg of Navika Sagar Parikrama-II, bound for Lyttelton, New Zealand.

For: UPSC Civil Services · State PSC · SSC +7 3 MCQs

Fri, 22 Nov 2024

🏅 Cricket 📍 Australia Important

Perth Test, Day 1: India all out for 150, Bumrah's 4-17 leaves Australia 67/7

On 22 November 2024 in Perth, on the opening day of the first Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test, India were bowled out for 150 and stand-in captain Jasprit Bumrah took 4 for 17 to reduce Australia to 67 for 7 at stumps.

For: UPSC Civil Services · State PSC · SSC +7 3 MCQs

Tue, 19 Nov 2024

🌐 Bilateral Relations 📍 Brazil Must know

2nd India-Australia Annual Summit held in Rio; Renewable Energy Partnership launched

On 19 November 2024 in Rio de Janeiro, PM Modi and Australian PM Anthony Albanese held the 2nd India-Australia Annual Summit on the sidelines of the G20 Summit.

For: UPSC Civil Services · State PSC · SSC +8 3 MCQs

Sat, 09 Nov 2024

🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Australia Must know

Navika Sagar Parikrama II: INSV Tarini reaches Fremantle, Australia

On 9 November 2024, INSV Tarini, on the Navika Sagar Parikrama II circumnavigation with Lt Cdr Dilna K and Lt Cdr Roopa A, arrived at Fremantle, Australia, its first port after leaving Goa.

For: UPSC Civil Services · State PSC · SSC +8 3 MCQs

Thu, 10 Oct 2024

🌐 Bilateral Relations 📍 New Zealand Important

PM Modi holds first meeting with New Zealand PM Christopher Luxon; welcomes NZ joining ISA

On 10 October 2024, in Vientiane, PM Narendra Modi met New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon for the first time and welcomed New Zealand's decision to join the International Solar Alliance.

For: UPSC Civil Services · State PSC · SSC +7 2 MCQs