Current Affairs Today: 7th Jan 2025 Highlights for UPSC, SSC & Banking
📰 National News
1. Where will Aero India 2025 be held?
Answer: Air Force Station, Yelahanka, Bengaluru.
2. What is the theme of Aero India 2025?
Answer: “The Runway to a Billion Opportunities.”
3. What is the purpose of the BHARATPOL portal launched by CBI?
Answer: To facilitate real-time international police assistance and combat transnational crime.
4. Who will launch the BHARATPOL portal?
Answer: Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
5. Which city has become the 69th Railway Division in India?
Answer: Jammu.
6. What global rank does India hold in metro rail network length as of 2025?
Answer: Third largest in the world.
7. Which rare feline species was photographed for the first time in Himachal Pradesh?
Answer: Pallas’s Cat (Otocolobus manul).
8. Where was India’s first organic fisheries cluster launched?
Answer: Soreng District, Sikkim.
🌐 International News
9. Which Prime Minister announced resignation in January 2025?
Answer: Justin Trudeau of Canada.
10. Who was the Nagasaki atomic bomb survivor who died at age 93?
Answer: Shigemi Fukahori.
🏞️ State News
11. Which Chief Minister announced a $1 million prize to decode the Indus Valley script?
Answer: M.K. Stalin (Tamil Nadu).
12. Which state sponsored ₹15 crore for India’s kho kho team?
Answer: Odisha.
13. Where was India’s first coastal and wader bird census conducted?
Answer: Jamnagar, Gujarat.
14. What is the name of the marine park that hosted the bird census in Gujarat?
Answer: Marine National Park and Sanctuary.
🏦 Banking News
15. How much gold did RBI add to its reserves in November 2024?
Answer: 8 tonnes.
16. What was India’s total gold reserve as of end-2024?
Answer: 876 tonnes.
17. Which country was the largest gold buyer in 2024?
Answer: Poland.
📊 Ranks & Reports News
18. What was India’s global rank for cyberattacks in 2024?
Answer: Second most targeted nation.
19. How many cyberattack victims were reported in India in 2024?
Answer: 95 entities.
👔 Appointments News
20. Who was appointed as CEO of the Delhi Waqf Board in 2025?
Answer: IAS officer Azimul Haque.
📅 Important Days
21. When is World Day of War Orphans observed?
Answer: January 6.
22. What was the theme of World Day of War Orphans in 2024?
Answer: “Orphan Lives Matter.”
🏆 Sports News
23. Which footballer received the US Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2025?
Answer: Lionel Messi.
24. Why is Lionel Messi’s Medal of Freedom win significant?
Answer: He became the first male footballer to receive this highest civilian honour