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May Weekly One Liner Current Affairs Part 1
National News
- Election Commission of India Introduces New Initiatives to Improve Electoral Rolls and Voter Convenience
- NITI Aayog Releases Report on “Enhancing Competitiveness of MSMEs in India”
- NITI Aayog and Global Alliance for Mass Entrepreneurship (GAME) Form Strategic Partnership to Foster Localized Entrepreneurship Ecosystems Across India
- Jubilant Beverages gets CCI nod to acquire 40 pc stake in Hindustan Coca-Cola Holdings
- HPCL, ADNOC Trading ink their first LNG trading supply agreement
- India’s First World Audio Visual Entertainment Summit (WAVES) 2025 Concludes in Mumbai
- Tamil Nadu Launches India’s First Electronics Components Manufacturing Scheme to Boost Exports and Employment
- Government to Launch ‘Depot Darpan’ Portal for Real-Time Monitoring of Food Storage Warehouses
- UIDAI successfully conducts Face Authentication pilot for NEET Exam
- India to provide $200 loan to Angola to modernise its Armed Forces
- Jitendra Singh set to inaugurate Global Space Exploration Summit GLEX 2025
- Indian Armed Forces launch ‘OPERATION SINDOOR’ on nine terror targets of Pakistan & PoK
- IIFT gets approval to set up off-campus centre at GIFT City
- Cabinet approves expansion of academic and infrastructure capacity of five IITs
- Jyotirditya Scindia inaugurates 22nd edition of Bharat Telecom 2025
- India Introduces Genome-Edited Rice Varieties: Kamla & Pusa DST Rice 1
- Chhattisgarh CM lays foundation of India’s first AI-based data park
- C-DOT and CSIR-NPL Sign MoU to Advance Collaborative Research in Classical and Quantum Communications
- Cabinet approves revised ‘SHAKTI’ policy for coal allocation to power sector
- G Kishan Reddy Launches Dedicated Non-Ferrous Metal Recycling Portal
- Cabinet approves National Scheme for Industrial Training Institute (ITI) Upgradation
- Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) Revives Two Key Ayurvedic Manuscripts to Preserve India’s Traditional Medical Heritage
- South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) Organises First ‘Sneh Milan Mela to Build Stronger Community Relations
- India Embarks on Nationwide Rollout of Secure Chip-Enabled e-Passports
- India’s First Geothermal Production Well Drilled in Arunachal Pradesh
- Kerala Launches ‘Jyothi’ Scheme to Enrol Migrant Children in Schools and Anganwadis
- Maharashtra Launches ‘Adishakti Abhiyan’ for Women Empowerment
Banking and Financial
- India’s Total Exports Grow by 6.01% to Reach Record $824.9 Billion in 2024–25, Up from $778.1 Billion in 2023–24: RBI Report
- RBI Fines ICICI Bank, Bank of Baroda, IDBI Bank, and Bank of Maharashtra for Regulatory Non-Compliance
- GST collections in April hit all-time high of ₹2.36 lakh crore
- India’s economic growth to remain steady at 6.6% in FY2025-26: Deloitte
- Goldsikka Unveils AI-Powered Gold-Melting ATM
- Nirmala Sitharaman attends the 58th ADB Board of Governors meeting in Milan, Italy
Appointment and Resignation
- Anuradha Prasad Takes Oath as UPSC Member
- Prof Ajay K Sood Elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
- Air Marshal N Tiwari takes charge as Vice Chief of Air Staff
- Legend Kapil Dev joins Sobo Mumbai Falcons as brand ambassador for T20 Mumbai League
- Arvind Shrivastava Assumes Charge as Revenue Secretary, to Oversee Key Tax Reform
- Sanjay Khanna Takes Additional Charge as Chairman & MD of BPCL
- Prakash Magdum Appointed as MD of National Film Development Corporation
- FMCG major Marico extends CEO Saugata Gupta’s tenure for two years
- FSIB recommends Sanjay Joshi as CMD of Oriental Insurance Company
- Parameswaran Iyer Appointed as India’s Representative to the IMF Board
- Yemen appoints Salem Saleh Bin Braik as PM
- CBI Director Praveen Sood gets one-year extension
- Friedrich Merz elected 10th Chancellor of Germany
Awards
- Subhasish Bose named Men’s Player of the Year at All India Football Federation Awards 2025
- Bhuwan Ribhu Becomes First Indian Lawyer to Receive ‘Medal of Honour’ from World Jurist Association
Defence
- India to Join Australia, Japan, and US in Talisman Sabre 2025 Military Drill
- DRDO conducts maiden flight-trials of Stratospheric Airship Platform at Sheopur, Madhya Pradesh
- INS Kiltan Arrives in Singapore for IMDEX Asia 2025, Strengthening India-Singapore Maritime Cooperation
Sports
- Cricket retained, MMA to debut at Asian Games 2026
- China wins the 19th Sudirman Cup 2025
- PM Modi Virtually Opens 7th Khelo India Youth Games 2025 Hosted by Bihar
- Goa wins 2025 Kalinga Super Cup
- Rohit Sharma retires from Test Cricket
- SAFF U-19 Championship 2025 Begins in Arunachal Pradesh
Important day
- 1 May – International Labour Day (Theme 2025 – Justice for Africans and People of African Descent through Reparations)
- 1 May – Maharashtra and Gujarat Day
- 3 May – World Press Freedom Day (Theme 2025 – Reporting In The Brave New World – The Impact Of Artificial Intelligence On Press Freedom And The Media)
- 4 May 2025 (first Sunday of May) – World Laughter Day (Theme 2025 – Always laugh when you can)
- 4 May – International Firefighters’ Day
- 6 May – International No Diet Day
- 5 May – World Portuguese Language Day
- 6 May 2025 (first Tuesday of May) – World Asthma Day (Theme 2025 -Make Inhaled Treatments Accessible for ALL)
- 7 May – World Athletics Day
- 8 May – World Thalassaemia Day (Theme 2025 – Together for Thalassaemia: Uniting Communities, Prioritizing Patients)
- 8 May – World Red Cross Day (Theme 2025 – Keeping Humanity Alive)
Obituary
- Padma Shri Awardee K V Rabiya Passes Away
- Argentina 1978 World Cup winner, Luis Galván, passes away at 77
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