One-Liner Current Affairs

India secured 2.8 million tonne duty-free steel quota from EU, exempting exports from safeguard duties

Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) threatened competitiveness; quota provides interim protection

Approvals for seafood sanitary standards and EU Ship Recycling Regulation compliance strengthens non-steel sectors

₹76,000 crore ISM allocation with up to 50% fiscal support for semiconductor/display fabs

Key facilities: Dholera (Gujarat), Morigaon (Assam) under approved OSAT and fabrication projects

Supply chain weaponisation during geopolitical conflicts accelerated India's diversification strategy

SC awarded ₹12 lakh for unlawful gender-based job denial at IOC in 1988 under Articles 14, 15, 16.

Article 142 invoked for direct monetary compensation despite 38-year delay in administrative justice.

Court rejected "protective paternalism" justifying exclusion from physically demanding roles as unconstitutional stereotyping.

ECI freezes party symbol under Paragraph 15 of Election Symbols Order 1968 during factional disputes, directing factions to select distinct names and temporary symbols.

OneTag allows FASTag bank switching without replacing physical RFID tags via Rajmargyatra app

Dynamic re-mapping of VIN and tag ID to new bank accounts through NPCI integration

Reduces plastic waste while improving toll collection seamlessness on National Highways

Schedule H, H1, X drugs require CCTV monitoring under amended Drugs & Cosmetics Rules, 1945

Visa hopping ban: onshore category switches prohibited for international students in Australia

Secondary applicants (family) restrictions on non-postgraduate research courses directly target Indian students

Post-pandemic net overseas migration spike triggered policy reversal across Anglophone nations

Bab-el-Mandeb Strait: 12% global seaborne oil + 8% LNG pass annually; connects Indian Ocean to Suez Canal

Houthi drone/missile attacks force rerouting via Cape of Good Hope, increasing transit time and insurance costs exponentially

Yemen displacement crisis (100,000+) creates humanitarian-geopolitical nexus affecting regional stability

NLC India Limited is a Navratna CPSE under Ministry of Coal, headquartered in Neyveli, Tamil Nadu.

NLCIL operates thermal power generation, lignite mining, and expanding renewable energy (solar/wind) portfolios.

Leadership transitions in Navratnas reflect governance focus on energy infrastructure and clean energy diversification.