World Current Affairs One-liners — All time
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Wed, 15 Jan 2025
- Merchandise plus services exports grew 6.03% over April–December 2023.
- First-ever tri-commissioning of a destroyer, a frigate and a submarine at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai.
- Shivraj Singh Chouhan handed over allotment letters at a mega event in Vidisha.
- Second edition implemented by DSCI; registration open from 15 January to 14 February 2025.
- Broadband (FTTH) tariff for PDOs should not exceed twice the retail FTTH tariff.
- KTS 3.0 in Varanasi from 15 to 24 February 2025, themed on Sage Agasthyar.
- Two new routes plus an additional Imphal–Dimapur flight, with VGF support from Manipur.
- Temple complex in Kharghar will have a Ramayana–Mahabharata museum and a garden inspired by Vrindavan's 12 forests.
- ₹30 crore CRC building for Divyangjan will include a Cross-Disability Early Intervention Centre.
Tue, 14 Jan 2025
- Holy bath at the Sangam on Makar Sankranti; Assam's Bhogali Bihu celebrated at the Kumbh for the first time.
- Commemorative postage stamp and coin unveiled; IMD was set up on 15 January 1875.
- Palle Ganga Reddy named first Chairperson; India accounts for over 70% of global turmeric production.
- Mission focuses on next-generation radars and satellites, high-resolution observations and high-performance computing.
- Up from 1.89% in November, driven by food articles and food products.
- Wheat area at 320 lakh ha versus 315.63 lakh ha a year ago.
- Imports fell to 149.39 MT while domestic coal output rose 6.04% to 537.57 MT.
- Veterans' rallies and wreath-laying ceremonies held at multiple locations across India.
- 8th edition registrations ran on MyGov from 14 December 2024 to 14 January 2025.
- Two-day international conference on aligning STI indicators for effective R&D governance.
Mon, 13 Jan 2025
- Scheme converged with Gopabandhu Jan Arogya Yojana; ₹5 lakh cover per family plus ₹5 lakh more for women members.
- ₹2,700 crore-plus project gives all-weather connectivity between Srinagar and Sonamarg en route to Leh.
- Over 1.5 crore devotees took the holy dip at the Sangam on the first day of the 45-day festival.
- 106 m vessel built by a private Indian shipyard; contract signed on 25 March 2022.
- Record 28.64 GW added in 2024; solar at 97.86 GW and wind at 48.16 GW.
- 3,000 high-genetic-merit cattle distributed; Gift Milk programme for about 1,200 schoolchildren.
- Food inflation (CFPI) at 8.39%; both lowest in four months.
- Projects in 10 best-performing states to cover about 2.8 lakh hectares.
- Quota of 1,75,025 pilgrims earmarked for India.
- 107 m ship with 7,500 nautical mile range will train 70 under-trainee officers, including women.