Top Current Affair of the Day for 19th May 2025
- Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan inaugurated the Annual Conference of Vice-Chancellors of Agricultural Universities and Directors of ICAR Institutes in New Delhi.
- President Smt Droupadi Murmu paid floral tributes to former President Neelam Sanjiva Reddy on his birth anniversary at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy served as the sixth President of India from 25th July 1977 to 25th July 1982.
- The National Cadet Corps-NCC mountaineering team has safely returned to the Everest Base Camp after successfully scaling the world’s highest peak, Mount Everest. This monumental achievement marks the third successful summit of Mount Everest by the NCC expedition team, following the earlier triumphs in 2013 and 2016.
- Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) is a leading Navratna Defence Public Sector Undertaking, has signed a significant contract with the Indian Army Air Defence for the supply of the Integrated Drone Detection and Interdiction System (IDDIS).
- Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched the new Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) Portal in New Delhi. The new portal will provide enhanced functionality, advanced security, and a user-friendly experience for the existing over 5 million OCI cardholders and new users.
- German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni held a phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump yesterday, ahead of his call to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
- Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurated the first-ever Khelo India Beach Games at Ghoghla Beach in the Union territory of Diu.
- India clinched the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Under-19 Championship 2025. India defeated Bangladesh 4-3 in a penalty shootout in the final at the Yupia Outdoor Stadium in Yupia, Arunachal Pradesh.