India Current Affairs [Nation & States] MCQs

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The Ministry of Women and Child Development is celebrating the 7th edition of Poshan Pakhwada from April 8th to 22nd, 2025. It aims to raise awareness about nutrition and promote healthy eating habits through public participation and involvement. The themes include focusing on the first 1000 days of life, promoting the Beneficiary/Citizen Module of Poshan Tracker, managing malnutrition through Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM), and addressing obesity in children.

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Dharmadam constituency in Kannur, represented by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, has become the state’s first extreme poverty-free constituency as of April 2025. This is part of Kerala’s larger mission to eradicate extreme poverty by 1 November 2025, promoting inclusive growth. Extreme poverty means a household lacks access to food, healthcare, basic income, and adequate housing—the four key indicators used in Kerala’s grassroots-level survey. As per the United Nations (UN), extreme poverty is defined as living on less than USD 1.90 a day, highlighting the urgency to ensure basic human needs are met.

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The Yimkhiung Tribal Council (YTC) recently led a protest in Pungro Town, Nagaland, against the fencing of the Indo-Myanmar border and the removal of the Free Movement Regime (FMR). The Yimkhiung tribe mainly lives in eastern Nagaland’s Kiphire district and nearby regions of Myanmar. Their villages are based on clans, and they follow a strong tradition of oral history, festivals, and communal land ownership. The international border divides the Yimkhiung people, separating families and ancestral lands they consider as one. The Yimkhiungrü language, part of the Sino-Tibetan family, is spoken by over 100,000 people. Tsüngkamnyo is their most important post-harvest festival.

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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar launched the ‘Mahila Samvad Rath’ campaign to promote women empowerment in the state. The campaign involves 600 specially designed promotional vehicles called “raths” or chariots. These raths will travel to more than 70,000 locations across Bihar. The aim is to empower over two crore women by spreading awareness and supporting their social and economic development. This initiative reflects the government’s strong focus on inclusive growth and gender equality.

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Recently, Karnataka became the first Indian state to complete a detailed antiquities survey at the village level. The Department of Archaeology is surveying 119 taluks to document antiquities like inscriptions, sculptures, and monuments. Geo-tagging is used to digitally mark and track the exact locations of these heritage items. A proposal is being prepared to add 110 new monuments to the protected list, aiming to safeguard 1,000 more in future. Karnataka faces challenges like lack of resources and coordination in preserving over 25,000 monuments. The ‘Adopt a Monument’ scheme uses Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds to support heritage upkeep.

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In a major counter-infiltration move after the Pahalgam terror attack, the Indian Army recovered arms from Baramulla district, Jammu and Kashmir. The operation was called Operation TIKKA and was led by the Chinar Corps. The army seized two AK-series rifles, five magazines, one pistol, ten kilograms of RCIED (Remote-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device), and other war-related items. This action followed intelligence reports of Pakistani terrorists trying to cross the Line of Control (LOC) in the Uri sector.

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The Dhubri-Phulbari Brahmaputra Bridge, a 19.28 km project, has 59% of its work completed, according to reports. It is a 4-lane bridge being built over the Brahmaputra River, connecting Dhubri in Assam and Phulbari in Meghalaya on National Highway 127 B. The bridge will be 19.3 km long, making it the longest river bridge in India. It will have a navigation bridge of 12.625 kilometers, with approach viaducts of 3.5 km on the Dhubri side and 2.2 km on the Phulbari side. The structure will be supported by 199 pillars. Larsen & Toubro (L&T) is handling the civil construction for the National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd. (NHIDCL), with funding from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The project is estimated to cost ₹3,165.99 crore.

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Eight Gram Sabhas in Baipariguda block, Koraput district, Odisha, have harvested over 4 lakh bundles of kendu leaves in the 2025 season and are waiting for government notification to deregulate the trade. These communities are pushing to manage and sell kendu leaves under the Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006. Kendu leaf, also known as Tendu leaf, is a vital non-wood forest product and is referred to as the “Green Gold of Odisha.” It is a major forest product in states like Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, and others. Under the FRA, forest-dwelling communities have rights to collect, use, and sell minor forest products like kendu leaves.

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The Governor of Telangana, Jishnu Dev Verma, inaugurated Babuji Vanam, the world’s first energy transmission garden in Hyderabad. The garden was developed in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture to mark the 125th birth anniversary of Babuji Maharaj and the end of a year-long national celebration. Located in Kanha Village, Ranga Reddy district, Telangana, the site promotes yogic energy transmission called Pranahuti. The initiative is led by Heartfulness and promotes meditation, wellness, and sustainable living. More than 50,000 people attended the event in person, while millions joined online from 165 countries.

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India has launched chip-based e-passports as part of its digital transformation of travel documentation. These passports, embedded with Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chips and biometric data, aim to improve security, efficiency, and convenience for international travelers. The initiative, under the Passport Seva Programme Version 2.0, began on April 1, 2024. The new passports make India comparable to countries like the USA, UK, and Germany in using advanced e-passport technology. Features include enhanced security, RFID chips, scannable barcodes, and a tamper-proof design. The goal is to improve passport security, streamline immigration, and support India’s digital transformation.