India Current Affairs [Nation & States] MCQs

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Recently, the foundation stone for India’s first national cooperative university was laid in Anand, Gujarat. The university will be called Tribhuvan Sahkari University. It aims to fulfill the vision of strengthening India’s cooperative sector. The Union Minister of Cooperation and Home Affairs stressed adding cooperative education at the secondary school level. The university will teach technical skills, accounting, scientific methods, marketing, and cooperative values. It will fill a big gap in education, training, and innovation for the cooperative movement.

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Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi launched the Shaktishree Programme in Bhubaneswar to ensure safety of girl students. The programme will cover 16 universities and 730 government and aided colleges under the Higher Education Department of Odisha. It includes 8 components such as self-defence training, legal awareness, and mental health support for undergraduate and postgraduate girls. Every institution will have a Shaktishree Empowerment Cell run by girl students (Shaktishree Saathi), guided by a woman faculty (Sanyojika), and mentored by 5 working women (Shakti Appa).

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Recently, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) launched Skill India Assistant (SIA), an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered chatbot. It is developed by META and National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) under MSDE. It provides personalized skilling and job support through WhatsApp, promoting digital inclusion. It is accessible through Skill India Digital Hub (SIDH) and WhatsApp. It uses Meta’s open-source LLaMA (Large Language Model) as its AI base.

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On July 21, 2025, Minister of State for Environment, Kirti Vardhan Singh, shared NCAP progress data in the Lok Sabha. Under National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), only 25 out of 130 cities met the 40% PM10 reduction target by 2024-25. NCAP was launched in 2019 to cut PM2.5 and PM10 by 20%-30% by 2024 from 2017 levels. In 2022, the target was revised to a 40% reduction in PM10 by 2025-26. Cities in Uttar Pradesh showed the highest reduction in PM10 levels. Bareilly topped the list with 76% reduction, followed by Varanasi (74.3%) and Firozabad (59.5%). Dehradun (57.2%) in Uttarakhand also showed sharp improvement.

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Recently, the Delhi government announced a major hike in cash awards for Olympic and Paralympic medal winners under the Mukhyamantri Khel Protsahan Yojana. The announcement was made at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta. Olympic and Paralympic gold medalists will now receive ₹7 crore, silver medalists ₹5 crore, and bronze medalists ₹3 crore. Asian and Paralympic Games gold medalists will get ₹3 crore, silver ₹2 crore, and bronze ₹1 crore.

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Recently Indian Railways commissioned Kavach 4.0 on the Mathura Kota section of the Delhi Mumbai route. Kavach 4.0 is an advanced automatic train protection system developed by Research Design and Standards Organization (RDSO) of Indian Railways to enhance safety and efficiency in train operations. It aims to reduce accidents by controlling train speeds and minimizing human errors using advanced technology. Kavach is designed at Safety Integrity Level 4 SIL 4 which is the highest safety standard. Kavach was first tested in South Central Railway from 2015 and got operational certification in 2018.

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India has revived the 1,856-MW Sawalkote Hydroelectric Power Project on the Chenab River after keeping the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in abeyance since April. The project, first conceived in the 1960s, was delayed due to Indus Water Treaty restrictions and Pakistan’s objections. It is a 2,185 megawatt (MW) run-of-the-river hydroelectric project in Ramban District of Jammu and Kashmir. It will be the largest hydropower project in the Union Territory and one of the biggest in North India. It is being developed by National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) and Jammu and Kashmir State Power Development Corporation Limited (JKSPDC).

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Central government recently urged all states to actively use the India Cine Hub Portal to promote global film production locally. India Cine Hub Portal was launched on June 28, 2024 by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. It is a single-window system for film permissions, incentives, and resource mapping across India. It was developed under the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC). Its aim is to help foreign filmmakers shoot films in India by easing procedures and promoting India as a filming destination.

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Union Minister for Women and Child Development Annpurna Devi inaugurated the second edition of UN Women’s flagship capacity-building programme SheLeads II in New Delhi. The two-day workshop is organised by the UN Women India Country Office. The event comes after the passing of the Women’s Reservation Act, 2023, which mandates 33 percent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies. SheLeads aims to advance gender equality in public and political leadership and prepare women leaders for upcoming elections.

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Recently, Rajasthan launched India’s first drone-based artificial rain trial at Ramgarh Dam, shifting from aeroplane-assisted to unmanned aerial vehicles for cloud seeding. The project uses around 60 drones and is a joint effort between the state agriculture department and GenX AI (US and Bengaluru-based). It aims to revive the 129-year-old dam, which has been dry for 20 years. The project involves multi-department coordination with approval from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) for drone use. Cloud seeding uses particles like silver iodide to boost rainfall, with potential up to 20%, though results vary.