Uttar Pradesh Current Affairs One-liners — All time

Fri, 24 Jan 2025

• The 86th meeting of the Network Planning Group under PM GatiShakti, held on 24 January 2025, evaluated two railway and two highway projects, including Vadodara–Ratlam quadrupling.

Thu, 23 Jan 2025

• The Inland Waterways Authority of India upgraded its Varanasi sub-office to a full-fledged Regional Office on 23 January 2025, its sixth, to streamline waterway works in Uttar Pradesh.

Sat, 18 Jan 2025

• Akashvani's Kumbhvani news bulletins began airing on the public address system in Mahakumbh Nagar, Prayagraj, on 18 January 2025, with the first bulletin at 8:30 am.

Fri, 17 Jan 2025

• KVIC Chairman Manoj Kumar inaugurated a National-level Khadi Exhibition at Mahakumbh 2025 in Prayagraj on 17 January 2025, with 152 stalls running till 26 February.

Wed, 15 Jan 2025

• KTS 3.0 in Varanasi from 15 to 24 February 2025, themed on Sage Agasthyar.

Tue, 14 Jan 2025

• Holy bath at the Sangam on Makar Sankranti; Assam's Bhogali Bihu celebrated at the Kumbh for the first time.

Mon, 13 Jan 2025

• Over 1.5 crore devotees took the holy dip at the Sangam on the first day of the 45-day festival.

Fri, 10 Jan 2025

• Kumbhvani on FM 103.5 MHz will broadcast from 10 January to 26 February 2025.
• Nearly double December's ₹89,086 crore; Uttar Pradesh gets the largest share at ₹31,039.84 crore.

Wed, 08 Jan 2025

• Indusfood 2025 debuts as an integrated farm-to-fork trade show with about 1,800 exhibitors.

Tue, 07 Jan 2025

• Both bye-elections are being held alongside the Delhi Assembly election, with polling on 5 February 2025.

Sun, 05 Jan 2025

• The PM also opened the first Delhi Metro Phase-IV stretch and laid the stone of the Rithala–Kundli section.

Thu, 02 Jan 2025

• Over 900 new base stations, 78 transportable towers, 150 small cells and 53 help desks have been set up.

Tue, 31 Dec 2024

• Projects worth ₹272 crore in Uttar Pradesh, ₹257 crore in Bihar and ₹8 crore in West Bengal were approved.

Fri, 27 Dec 2024

• The CAQM Sub-Committee on GRAP revoked Stage-III of the revised Graded Response Action Plan across the NCR on 27 December 2024 after Delhi's average AQI improved to 334 at 7 PM.

Wed, 25 Dec 2024

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of the Ken-Betwa River Linking National Project at Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, on 25 December 2024, the 100th birth anniversary of Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

Tue, 24 Dec 2024

• The Union Government released XV Finance Commission untied grants of ₹1,598.80 crore to Uttar Pradesh and ₹446.49 crore to Andhra Pradesh for rural local bodies, the Panchayati Raj Ministry said on 24 December 2024.

Sun, 15 Dec 2024

• Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal unveiled 'Jalvahak', a cargo promotion scheme for National Waterways 1, 2 and 16, and flagged off scheduled cargo services from Kolkata on 15 December 2024.
• Northern Coalfields Limited launched 'CHARAK', a CSR scheme for free treatment of life-threatening diseases for economically weaker residents of Singrauli and Sonbhadra, on 15 December 2024.

Sat, 14 Dec 2024

• The Commission for Air Quality Management revised the Graded Response Action Plan for the entire NCR on 14 December 2024, moving certain actions earlier under Stages III and IV into Stages II and III.

Fri, 13 Dec 2024

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and launched development projects worth around ₹5,500 crore in Prayagraj on 13 December 2024 and launched the Kumbh Sah'AI'yak chatbot for Mahakumbh 2025.

Mon, 09 Dec 2024

• On 9 December 2024, at Jewar, Uttar Pradesh, the first validation flight, operated by IndiGo, landed at Noida International Airport in the presence of Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu.

Sat, 07 Dec 2024

• On 7 December 2024, at Fursatganj, Amethi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University celebrated International Civil Aviation Day and held its first convocation in the presence of Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu.

Thu, 05 Dec 2024

• On 5 December 2024, in Delhi-NCR, the CAQM Sub-committee on GRAP revoked Stages IV and III with immediate effect after Delhi's average AQI improved to 165.

Sun, 01 Dec 2024

• On 1 December 2024, in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen won the women's and men's singles titles at the Syed Modi India International badminton tournament.

Wed, 27 Nov 2024

• On 27 November 2024, the 19th meeting of the Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR, chaired by Rajesh Verma, delegated its Section 14 powers to NCR pollution control boards to act against construction and demolition dust violations.
• On 27 November 2024, the Ministry of Education said Yuva Sangam Phase V had begun, with 44 delegates from Bihar touring Karnataka and 50 from Andhra Pradesh touring Uttar Pradesh.

Tue, 26 Nov 2024

• On 26 November 2024 (National Milk Day) in New Delhi, Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh released Basic Animal Husbandry Statistics 2024, putting 2023-24 milk production at 239.30 million tonnes.

Mon, 25 Nov 2024

• On 25 November 2024 in New Delhi, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved three railway multitracking projects costing about ₹7,927 crore across Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.

Fri, 22 Nov 2024

• On 22 November 2024, Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Health Minister J.P. Nadda witnessed a tripartite MoU among the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University (IMS-BHU).