Top Current Affair of the Day for 1st May 2025
- International Labour Day is being celebrated across the globe on 1st May . The day is observed to honour the contributions of the working class and promote their rights.
- Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has appointed BJP MP Sanjay Jaiswal as the Chairperson of the Committee on Estimates for 2025-26.
- Ex-Union minister Girija Vyas dies. She was a prominent Congress leader who served as a minister in both the state and central governments. She was also the Pradesh Congress Committee chief. She also served as the chairperson of the National Commission for Women. She suffered burn injuries on March 31 while performing aarti at her home in Udaipur.She was 79.
- Delhi high court on Thursday ordered Yoga guru Ramdev to remove within 24 hours an offensive video targeting Hamdard, manufacturers of Rooh Afza, from social media platforms after he was accused of contempt in a row over his controversial ‘sharbat jihad’ remarks against the drink.
- GST collections surge by 12.6 percent to an all-time high of 2.37 lakh crore rupees in the month of April 2025.
- PM Modi inaugurated the World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit (WAVES) 2025 at the Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai.He said that the WAVES Summit has highlighted India’s creative strengths on a global platform.
- YouTube’s Chief Executive Officer, Neal Mohan, shared insights on the use of YouTube by Indian creators.
- The former chief of RAW (Research and Analysis Wing ) Alok Joshi has been appointed as the new Chairman of the NSAB(National Security Advisory Board).
- The Attari-Wagah border crossing between India and Pakistan was completely shut on Thursday (May 1) as the tensions between the two nations heightened after the Pahalgam terror attack.
- Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya felicitated and presented the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2023 to badminton champions Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, in New Delhi.