Compile by-P. Shivam
Daily News Digest; March 16, 2025
Persons/Places in News
Munich (Germany):
- The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) meetings organised here.
- The Uyghurs is a Muslim ethnic group in China's Xinjiang region.
Elmer Schialer
- Foreign Minister of Peru was in Delhi to attend Raisina Dialogues 2025
- He emphasised the importance of improving logistics between India and Peru to strengthen their economic ties.
Memories and Milestones
- A book by historian V. Sriram and Lashman which highlighs the 60 years of Blue Cross in their book "Memories and Milestones"
- Book was released by Justice P.N. Prakash, Former judge of Madras High Court and former Special Public Prosecutor, National Investigation Agency.
Enrique Manalo
- Philippines' Secretary for Foreign Affairs highlighted for a bilateral Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) with India.
- Philippines invited India to source nickel from it for battery manufacturing.
- The Philippines is the world's largest exporter of nickel ore
- The Philippines accounts for 11 per cent of the global production of nickel.
- It will be the world's second-largest producer of nickel in 2023.
India - New Zealand Joint Statement: Highlights
- Christopher Luxon, the Prime Minister of New Zealand is on an Official Visit to India on 16-20 March 2025.
- New Zealand welcomed India joining the Combined Maritimes Forces. Both Leaders welcomed advancement in defence ties during New Zealand command of Command Task Force 150.
- Prime Minister Luxon expressed New Zealand’s interest in joining the Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative (IPOI)
- The two Leaders welcomed work towards a Memorandum of Cooperation on earthquake mitigation cooperation between relevant authorities of India and New Zealand.
- India and New Zealand enjoy close sporting links, particularly in cricket, hockey and other Olympic sports
- Both the countries welcomed the "Sporting Unity” events planned in 2026, to recognise and celebrate 100 years of sporting contact between India and New Zealand.
Daily News Digest; March 16, 2025
- RBI- won ‘Digital Transformation Award 2025
- Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has won ‘Digital Transformation Award 2025’ by Central Banking, London.
- ‘Saarathi-Programme launched in January 2023 by RBI has enhanced operational efficiency, task tracking, collaboration, and integration with other RBI systems.
- ‘Pravaah-Introduced in May 2024 which use to provide facility to external users with a digital platform to submit regulatory applications to RBI.
Khanjar-XII
India, Kyrgyzstan joint military exercise.
- It is being conducted in Tokmok, Kyrgyzstan from March 10 to March 23.
- It was commenced in 2011
Places in News: Amaravati
- State government is set to install an 58-foot statue of Potti Sriramulu.
- The effort is for his honour of his 58-day-long hunger strike for the creation of Andhra State.
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Indian Grandmaster Dommaraju Gukesh Created History
- Indian Grandmaster D. Gukesh becomes youngest World chess champion
- Championship-FIDE World Chess Championship
- Venue-Singapore
- He has clinched 18th World Chess Championship defeating Ding Liren of China
- His suceess is miracle as n man even Carlsen, Kramnik and Kasparov was 18 when he became the world chess champion.
Samantha Harvey awarded the Booker Prize for the year 2024
- Samantha Harvey, a British writer, will be awarded the Booker Prize for the year 2024. She has been given this award for her novel Orbital.
- Orbital is actually a novel written on the issue of space, which is the story of a team of astronauts on the International Space Station. It is noteworthy that under this award, she will get 50 thousand pounds for this.
- Samantha Harvey is the first woman to win this award after 2019.
Research Center in Ladakh
- A project proposal titled “Establishment of Herbal Garden” at the campus of Central Institute for Buddhist Studies (CIBS), Choglamsar, Leh, Ladakh has also been sanctioned for an amount of Rs. 1.35 Lakhs during the financial year 2023-24.
- Further, the project relating to conservation status, germplasm collection and resource augmentation of priority medicinal plants in the cold deserts of Ladakh has been established, at a sanctioned amount of Rs. 156.84 Lakhs
Cabinet approves 8 new line projects across Indian Railways
- The 8 (Eight) projects covering 14 Districts in Seven States i.e., Odisha, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bihar, Telangana and West Bengal will increase the existing network of Indian Railways by 900 Kms.
- With these projects 64 New Stations will be constructed, providing enhancing connectivity to Six(6) Aspirational Districts (East Singhbum, BhadadriKothagudem, Malkangiri, Kalahandi, Nabarangpur, Rayagada), approx. 510 villages and about 40 lakh population.
- Ajanta Caves, a UNESCO World Heritage site will be connected to Indian Railway Network facilitating large number of tourists.
- A total estimated cost of Rs. 24,657 crore (approx.).
Paris Olympics 2024: Facts in Brief
A total of athletes, including 48 women athletes, across 16 sports disciplines will participate in the Paris Olympics. Out of the total 118 Paris-bound athletes, 26 are Khelo India athletes and 72 athletes have qualified for Olympic games for the first time.
Total Athletes-118
- women athletes-48
- sports disciplines-16
- From Khelo India -26
- Qualified for Olympic games-72
- For the first time, a recovery centre with sports science equipment will be available for Indian athletes at the Games Village.
- Additionally, India House has been set up at the Park of Nations in Paris, joining 14 other countries, including France, with similar houses. Importantly, all decisions are made with a focus on the athletes' needs and perspectives.
Daily News Digest; June 02, 2024
Chang'e-6 probe launched
- Chang'e-6 probe launched on China's Long March 5 rocket from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on the southern island of Hainan.17:56 02-06-2024'
- The Chang'e-6 craft touched down at 6.23 am local time in a huge crater known as the South Pole-Aitken Basin.
- This mission is China's second on the far side of the moon, a region no other country has reached.
- It will return, with a landing in China's Inner Mongolia region expected around June 25, 2024.
Daily News Digest; April 28, 2024
Ujjwal Nikam: Persons in News
The BJP has chosen lawyer Ujjwal Nikam as its candidate for the Mumbai North Central constituency. Here are the crucial facts about him-
- Mr Nikam is renowned for his role as the prosecutor in the 26/11 attacks case which was one of the high prflle case across the country. Ujjwal Nikam was the public prosecutor in the trial of Ajmal Kasab, the lone terrorist caught after the 26/11 attacks.
- Mumbai North Central constituency
- The Mumbai North Central constituency located in Maharashtra consists of six assembly segments and will go to polls on May 20, 2024.
- Ujjwal Nikam began his career as a district prosecutor in Jalgaon. In a 30-year career, he has secured 628 life imprisonments and 37 death penalties.
- As a legal career, Ujjwal Nikam has several high-profile assignments which kept him in lifelight.
- The murder case of Bollywood producer and T series founder Gulshan Kumar in 1997.
- Murder of BJP Leader Pramod Mahajan (2006).
- 1993 Bombay bombings
- In 2016, Ujjwal Nikam was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian award.
Daily News Digest; April 09, 2024
- Peter Pellegrini wins Slovakia's presidential election.
Slovakia - Capital - Bratislava, Currency - Euro. Prime Minister - Robert Fico
- Srini Pallia has been appointed as the new CEO and MD of India's third largest IT company, Wipro Limited.
- India has approved the highest ever export quota for essential commodities, strengthening bilateral relations with Maldives.
- Mirabai Chanu has become the only Indian weightlifter to qualify for Paris Olympics 2024.
- The Philippines conducted joint naval exercises with the US, Australia and Japan in the South China Sea.
- GAIL won the 15th CIDC Vishwakarma Award for the Barauni-Guwahati Natural Gas Pipeline Project connecting North-East India to the National Gas Grid.
- Parivartan Chintan, a tri-services conference chaired by Chief of Defense Staff General Anil Chauhan was held in New Delhi on 8 April 2024. Its objective is to generate new ideas, reforms and initiatives to advance jointness and integration efforts.
- Zimbabwe, along with Zambia and Malawi, has declared a state of disaster due to a severe drought sweeping across southern Africa. President Emmerson Mnangagwa cited an “El Nino-induced drought” causing below-normal rainfall, affecting over 80% of the country. President Mnangagwa made the emergency declaration, emphasising the need for $2 billion in humanitarian aid to address the crisis. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) estimates that 20 million people in southern Africa require food relief, with needs extending into early 2025.
- Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC – Masdar, the UAE’s clean energy powerhouse, will host the World Future Energy Summit (WFES).
- Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) and Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) have signed an MoU to jointly develop an indigenous Train Control System (i-TCMS), aimed at “revolutionising” rail communication technology in the country.
- Parivartan Chintan, a pioneering Tri-Service Conference aimed at generating new and fresh ideas, initiatives and reforms to propel Jointness and Integration efforts held in New Delhi. It is the first-ever conference of the Heads of all Tri- Services Institutions, the Department of Military Affairs, Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff and the three Services.
- In Punjab, under the unique initiative of the District Election Officer and Deputy Commissioner of Malerkotla, Dr. Pallavi, a special website named ‘Booth Raabta’ has been launched to provide election- related information to the people of the district.
- Triple world champion Max Verstappen romped to victory at the Japanese Grand Prix, leading team-mate Sergio Perez to a dominant one-two finish for Red Bull.
Daily News Digest; April 07, 2024
- Pakistan is to repay a foreign debt worth USD 1 billion
- Pakistan is to repay a foreign debt worth USD 1 billion against a 10-year Eurobond maturing in the middle of this month which will reduce the stock of the debt acquired through the selling of bonds in international markets to below USD 7 billion.
- Anupama Upadhyaya and M. Tharun
- Indian shuttlers Anupama Upadhyaya and M. Tharun have won the Women’s and Men’s singles titles, at the Kazakhstan International Badminton Challenge tournament in Astana.
- Slovakia's Peter Pellegrini wins presidential election
- Slovakia's incumbent Speaker of the National Council Peter Pellegrini has won the country's second round of the presidential election .
- Mexico suspended relations with Ecuador
- Mexico has suspended relations with Ecuador after the arrest of former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas by Ecuadorean authorities from the Mexican embassy. It is noted that Jorge Glas, convicted twice for corruption, had been holed up in the embassy in Quito since seeking political asylum in Decembe.
Daily News Digest; April 03, 2024
- Hardik Singh and Salima Tete were named the men's and women's players of the year at the Hockey India Awards 2024.
- 'Matabari Pera' served as prasad at the Tripurasundari temple in Tripura and 'Pachar', a hand-woven cloth used by indigenous communities, were awarded the coveted GI tag.
- Axis Bank launches digital US dollar fixed deposit service for NRI customers at GIFT City.
- Professor Meena Charanda, Principal of Kalindi College, Delhi University, was given the International Culture Award for the year 2024 for her remarkable work in the field of education and social service.
- Jayshree Das Verma took charge as the 41st national president of industry body FICCI Women' s Organization (FLO).
- Bangladesh launched the first submarine base BNS Sheikh Hasina built with the help of China. Six submarines and 8 warships can be deployed simultaneously at this base. Its aim is to increase the strength of Bangladesh Navy in the Bay of Bengal.
- Transgender Day of Visibility is a festival observed every year on 31 March to celebrate the achievements and contributions of transgender people.
- Indian tennis star Rohan Bopanna and his Australian partner Matthew Ebden won the Miami Open 2024 tennis men's doubles title at the Hard Rock Stadium in Florida.
- Major Dhyan Chand's son Ashok Dhyan Chand was honored with the Major Dhyan Chand Life Time Achievement Award.
- On 1 April, Southern Command celebrated its 130th Raising Day. Southern Command is the oldest and largest command of the Indian Army. Within this comes a total of 41 percent land area of 11 states and four union territories.
- PhonePe has also started Unified Payment Interface (UPI) service in United Arab Emirates (UAE).
- Arnab Banerjee was appointed as the new chairman of the Automotive Tire Manufacturers Association (ATMA).
- Varanasi became the GI Hub with 36 products receiving the GI Tag, leading Uttar Pradesh to 1st place in India with overall 69 GI Tags. Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Kerala are ranked in descending order after UP.
Daily News Digest; April 02, 2024
UNESCO added 18 sites to the Global Geopark Network, bringing the total number of geoparks in 48 countries to 213.
The new geoparks are located in Brazil, China, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Poland,
Portugal and Spain.
UNESCO : It is called the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. It is a specialised agency of the United Nations (UN).
It aims to build peace through international co-operation in Education, Sciences and Culture.
Global Geoparks Network : It is a non-profit International Association officially established in 2014 subject to French legislation. It is the official partner of UNESCO for the operation of the UNESCO Global Geoparks.
2. IIT Madras alumnus Pawan Davuluri has been appointed as the new head of Microsoft Windows and Surface.
3. Nidhu Saxena was appointed as MD&CEO of Bank of Maharashtra.
4. Odisha Day or Utkal Day is celebrated on 1 April. Utkal Divas celebrates the establishment of Odisha on April 1, 1936, due to its separation from Bihar and Orissa provinces during British rule.
5. On completion of 90 years of Reserve Bank of India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi released a commemorative coin of Rs 90.
Facts about RBI :
Establishment – 1 April 1935 (Ques asked in SSC GD 2023)
Headquarters – Mumbai (Ques asked in MP Police 2017)
President – Shaktikanta Das (25th)
Nationalisation – 1 January 1949 (Ques asked in Delhi Police 2020)
6. The famous Sanjhi craft of Mathura was given a GI tag by the Government of India. The Sanjhi craft involves composing and drawing a motif from the Krishna legend, cutting a stencil using small, fine, customised scissors on
paper or a banana leaf. Then the stencil is used to create the images.
March, 2024
Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu assumed charge as Election Commissioners
Chief Election Commissioner Shri Rajiv Kumar welcomed the newly appointed Election Commissioner’s at Nirvachan Sadan to the action packed and intense twelve weeks ahead.
He emphasized the significance of their joining at this historic point, when team ECI is all set to conduct the General Elections 2024 in the world's largest democracy.
A notification regarding appointment of the Election Commissioners was published in the Gazette on March 14, 2024.
Shri Gyanesh Kumar and Dr. Sukhbir Singh Sandhu are officers from the 1988 batch of the Indian Administrative Service who belonged to the Kerala and Uttarakhand cadre respectively.
H.E Dasho Tshering, P.M. Bhutan
- Prime Minister of Bhutan H.E Dasho Tshering
- Recently on visit to India.
- His Excellency Dasho Tshering the Prime Minister of Bhutan called on the President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan on March 15, 2024.
- Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay is in India on an official visit, which is his first overseas visit after assuming office in February 2024.
- On behalf of His Majesty the King of Bhutan, PM Tshering Tobgay extended invitation to Prime Minister Modi to visit Bhutan next week. Prime Minister accepted the invitation.
The First Training Squadron (1TS), comprising INS Tir and CGS Sarathi, concluded visit to Port Louis, Mauritius, as part of their Long Range Training Deployment. The visit, coinciding with the 57th Mauritius National Day celebrations, highlighted the deep maritime ties between India and Mauritius. A naval contingent and a helicopter participated in the Mauritius National Day city parade which was witnessed by Smt. Droupadi Murmu, the Hon'ble President of India, as the Chief Guest.
March 10, 2024
Chandrayaan-4 mission: ISRO To Launch LVM-3 and PSLV in 2028
- ISRO has decided to launch Launch LVM-3 and PSLV in 2028 for its ambitious Chandrayaan-4 Mission.
- The mission Chandrayaan-4 will bring moon rocks and soil (regolith) back to Earth.
- Two separate rockets — heavy-lifter LVM-3 and Isro’s workhorse PSLV — will carry different payloads for the same moon mission.
- If the mission remained succesfully, India will become fourth nation with capability to bring back the samples from the moon surface.
Sudarshan Setu
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi today inaugurated Sudarshan Setu which connects Okha mainland and Beyt Dwarka island, built at a cost of around Rs. 980 crores.
- It is the longest Cable-stayed bridge in the country of around 2.32 Km.
- Sudarshan Setu boasts a unique design, featuring a footpath adorned with verses from Shrimad Bhagavad Gita and images of Bhagwan Krishna on both sides.
- It also has solar panels installed on the upper portions of the footpath, generating one megawatt of electricity.
- This bridge will ease the transportation and significantly reduce the time of devotees travelling between Dwarka and Beyt-Dwarka.
- Before the bridge's construction, pilgrims had to rely on boat transport to reach Beyt Dwarka. This iconic bridge will also serve as a major tourist attraction of Devbhumi Dwarka.
February 24, 2024
Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh-India's largest Battery Energy Storage System (BESS)
The Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited (SECI), under the aegis of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, has successfully commissioned India's largest Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), which stores energy using solar energy.
The 40 megawatts (MW) / 120MWh BESS with a solar photovoltaic (PV) plant which has an installed capacity of 152.325 megawatt hour (MWh)and dispatchable capacity of 100MW AC (155.02 MW peak DC) is located in Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh.
A unique aspect of this project is its strategic use of previously unused land.
Ursula von der Leyen
Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission President Ursula has arrived in Kyiv, Ukraine on the second anniversary of Russia's full scale invasion to show solidarity with Ukraine.
European Commission to release 137 billion euros for Poland
The European Commission (EC) has decided to release up to 137 billion euros ($148 billion) of funding for Poland.
Hungary buys Swedish fighter jets Gripen fighter
Hungary has signed an agreement to buy four new Gripen fighter jets from Sweden ahead of the Hungarian parliament's vote on Sweden's NATO accession scheduled for February 26.
February (11-15), 2024
Padasuri-6, or "Sea Eagle-6
- North Korea's surface-to-sea missile
- North Korea launched multiple cruise missiles off its east coast.
Govind Dholakia; BJP Rajya sabha candidate
- Founder and chairman of Shree Ramkrishna Exports Private Limited
- It is Surat-based diamond manufacturing and exporting company based in Surat.
- Govind Dholakia had donated ₹11 crore for the construction of Ram Temple.
February 10, 2024
India Energy Week 2024
The second edition of India Energy Week 2024 in Goa
- The next edition of the global energy conclave will be held at Yashobhoomi in New Delhi between February 11-14.
- The fourth edition of the global conclave in 2026 will be back in Goa at the IPSHEM-ONGC-Training Institute.
- The International Energy Agency (IEA) released a report ‘Indian Oil Market Outlook to 2030’ stating India will become the largest source of global oil demand growth between 2024 and 2030.
- India will become an exporter of clean energy by 2047. India’s G20 Sherpa Kant said that the country will achieve the milestone by exporting green hydrogen.
- ‘Pure for Sure’: Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) announced the launch of ‘Pure for Sure’, the initiative, aims to eradicate last-mile delivery inefficiencies and elevate customer satisfaction to unprecedented levels.
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- World Defence Show 2024 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
67th All India Police Duty Meet-Lucknow
- 67th All India Police Duty Meet in Lucknow from February 12 to 16.
- All of these competitions will be organised in Jagjivan Ram RPF Academy, Lucknow.
- Railway Protection Force (RPF) is set to host the 67th All India Police Duty Meet (AIPDM) in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh from February 12th to 16th, 2024.
February 09, 2024
Road to Paris 2024: Clean Sports and Uniting for Anti-Doping
- The National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA), organized the conference “Road to Paris 2024: Championing Clean Sports and Uniting for Anti-Doping” Conference in New Delhi on February, 09, 2024.
- Shri Anurag Singh Thakur virtually inaugurated Centre of Excellence for Nutritional Supplements Testing (CoE-NSTS) at the esteemed National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU) in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
February 02, 2024
Akshar Bhumi
‘Akshar Bhumi’ is known as the Odia language park which has been inaugurated by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
- Biswa Odia Bhasha Sammilani’ (World Odia Language Conference) is a function organising in the state.
INS Karanj
An Indian Navy submarine reacjed to Colombo, on the occassion of the 76th Independence Day celebrations of Sri Lanka.
- INS Karanj, An Indian Navy submarine, arrived in the port of Colombo on Thursday, ahead of Sri Lanka’s 76th Independence Day celebrations on Sunday.
January 27, 2024
Loud Video Game Risking Irreversible Hearing Loss: WHO
January 26, 2024
Virat Kohli bagged the ICC ODI Player of the Year award
- Its 4th time Kohli has won the prestigious award.
- First ever cricketer to clinch this award four times
- He had previously won the award in 2012, 2017, and 2018
- Kohli is the first-ever cricketer to clinch this award four times
- Earlier AB de Villiers' has won this awards for three times.
Tanmay Agarwal
- Tanmay Agarwal from Hyedrabad scored the fastest triple hundred in First-Class cricket.
- Made 300 runs in only 147 balls.
- Played in Ranji Trophy against Arunachal Pradesh.
- Striked 33 fours and 21 sixes in his innings.
- He also become the first player to score 300-plus runs in a single day in Ranji history.
Nov 12, 2023
Places in News
New Delhi: 33rd Conference on World Animal Health
- New Delhi will host the 33rd Conference of World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH)Regional Commission for Asia and Pacific will begin today New Delhi.
- To he held on 13-17 November 2023
- 90th General Session of the World Assembly of Delegates of the WOAH was held in Paris in May 2023,
Aug 19, 2023
Person/Places in News: 18 Aug. 2023
Jaipur: G20 Trade and Investment Ministerial Meeting TIMM
- The G20 Trade and Investment Ministerial Meeting TIMM will be held in Jaipur on 24th and 25th August, 2023
Buldhana district, Maharashtra
- The Union Minister for Roads Transport and Highways, Shri Nitin Gadkari today inaugurated the quadranglement of Nandura to Chikhli section of 45 km length on National Highway 53 worth Rs.800 crore at Malkapur in Buldhana district, Maharashtra.
- Religious places like Gajanan Maharaj Temple of Shegaon, Hanuman Temple at Nandura and tourist spots like Lonar Sarovar in Buldhana district will be easily accessible.
Guttenadeevi, East Godavari, Andhra Pradesh
- Second Missile Cum Ammunition (MCA) Barge, Yard 76 (LSAM 8) was launched by Cmde G Ravi, Warship Production Superintendent (Visakhapatnam) at Guttenadeevi, East Godavari, Andhra Pradesh
- This Barge is being built with a service life of 30 years.
July 26, 2023
The Surat Diamond Bourse: Facts in Brief
Surat Diamond Bourse showcases the dynamism and growth of Surat's diamond industry.
It is also a testament to India’s entrepreneurial spirit. It will serve as a hub for trade, innovation and collaboration, further boosting our economy and creating employment opportunities.
It has surpassed the Pentagon in terms of floor space,
- The complex aims to serve as a hub for over 65,000 diamond professionals, including cutters, polishers, and traders, consolidating Surat's position as a global diamond-cutting capital.
- It has over 4,700 office spaces
- It cost approximately $388 million
- 15-story complex spread across 35 acres of land,
India's first Atal Incubation Centre (AIC) in fisheries to be set up in Kerala.
- The AIC will be set up at Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS) in Kochi.
- It will promote innovation, entrepreneurship, and technological advancement in the fisheries sector.
WHO identifies first case of MERS-CoV in UAE this year.
- Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) has been identified in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) this year.
China removes Qin Gang as Foreign Minister; brings back Wang Yi
28 June 2023
Chandrayaan-3: To be launched on July 13- Facts in Brief
- Chandrayaan-3, commonly know as the India's lunar mission will be launche on July 13, 2023.
- Primary Goal- The ability to soft-land on the lunar surface and operate a robotic rover.
- The mission has a budget of Rs 615 crore.
- Earlier mission known as Chandrayaan-2 was launached in 2019.
12 June 2023
- Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari laid the foundation stone of 10 national highway projects worth more than 8,415 crore in Uttar Pradesh
- Five national highway projects worth 2,200 crore rupees are in the Pratapgarh region while five projects worth 6,215 crore rupees are in the Deoria Region of the State.
- President Droupadi Murmu today interacted with members of 75 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) from various parts of the country at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
28 May 2023
G20 Anti-corruption Working Group Meeting Rishikesh (Tehri), Uttarakhand
- The Second meeting of the G20 Anti-corruption Working Group Meeting May 25-27 was concluded in Rishikesh (Tehri).
- The meeting had wide participation from 90 delegates of 20 member countries, 10 Invitee countries and 9 International Organisations including UNODC, OECD, Egmont Group, INTERPOL and IMF.
Al Mohed Al Hindi 23; India-Saudi Arabia Bilateral Maritime Exercise
- The sea phase of second edition of bilateral exercise 'Al Mohed Al Hindi 23', between Indian Navy and Royal Saudi Naval Force (RSNF) was held from 23 - 25 May 23 off Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia.
- Indian INS Tarkash, INS Subhadra and Dornier Maritime Patrol aircraft (MPA) participated in the exercise from the Indian side.
- The RSNF was represented by HMS Badr and Abdul Aziz, MH 60R helo and UAV.
- The three-day exercise at sea witnessed a wide spectrum of maritime operations.
03 May 2023
- India's domestic coal production has risen by over 22 per cent during the last five years.
- International Year of Millets 2023: The Ministry of Home Affairs has announced to introduce Millets (Shree Anna) in the meals of personnel of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF).
Goa To Host: SCO Meeting
- A two-day meeting of Foreign Ministers of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) will begin tomorrow in Goa.
- Union government will soon introduce Animation, Gaming and VFX curriculum in schools.
29 April 2023
Anji Khad Bridge- India's first cable-stayed bridge: Facts in Brief
- Another milestone achieved by Indian Railways, despite difficult geographic conditions!
- All 96 cables on India's first cable-stayed bridge, the Anji Khad bridge connecting Katra and Reasi in Jammu and Kashmir have been fully installed in a record time of 11 months.
- Situated over Anji river, Anji Khad Bridge will connect Katra & Reasi Section.
- This is a part of Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla railway link.
- India's first ever cable-stayed rail bridge is a true engineering marvel which has been completed despite difficult geographic conditions in the area.
- It has been said that it has been completed in just 11 months.
- India’s first cable stayed rail bridge is ready where Total length of cable strands 653 km.
27 April 2023
Pratap Subrahmanyam Centre for Digital Intelligence, Security Hardware and Architecture Centre @ IIT, Madras
- Union Minister of State for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship and Electronics & IT Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar inaugurated the Pratap Subrahmanyam Centre for Digital Intelligence, Security Hardware and Architecture Centre (PS CDISHA) at IIT, Madras.
- The Centre has been created through contribution of one of IIT-M alumni from the class of 1985, Shri Pratap Subrahmanyam.
- As part of the Computer Science Engineering Department, it will work in the areas of Computer Architecture, Security, Machine Learning and VLSI Design.
ISRO: Facts in Brief
- ISRO has gradually become one of the six largest space agencies in the world.
- India has launched 385 foreign satellites so far, out of which 353 were launched in the last 8 years under this government, which is around 90 percent of all launches.
- ISRO has set-up a Space Technology Incubation Centre in 6 regions of the Country viz. Central, East, North, North-East, South and West.
- Besides the successful launch of India’s Mars orbiter mission in 2013, India has twice attempted to send its Mission to the moon known as Chandrayaan 1 and Chandrayaan 2. The third satellite mission to the moon, the Chandrayaan 3 will be launched next year,
23 April 2023
India reaches 38th spot on World Bank's Logistics Performance Index
- India has reached the 38th spot on World Bank's Logistics Performance Index. Certainly the improvement in country's ranked is spectacular. It is noted that the position of India in 2014 was ranked 54th.
- In 2014, India was ranked 54th
- 1st-Singapore
- 2nd-Finland
- 3rd-Denmark
- 4th-Germany
- 5th-Netherlands
ISRO To Launch PSLV-C55 with two Singaporean satellites
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is to launch PSLV-C55 with two Singaporean satellites.
- It will be the 16th mission of the PSLV
- A commercial mission through NewSpace India Limited which is the commercial arm of ISRO. PSLV-C55 will launch two Singaporean satellites-
- TeLEOS-2 and Lumelite-4
- TeLEOS-2- the primary satellite with weight 741 kg
- Lumelite-4-weight 16 kilograms
5th India-Guyana Joint Commission
- Guyana Joint Commission Meeting with Foreign Minister Hugh Todd and External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar co-chaired the meeting.
- Prime Minister of Guyana- Mark Phillips.
DRDO and Indian Navy Test Fired Missile Defence Interceptor
- The maiden flight trial of ballistic missile defence Interceptor was conducted from Naval Platform.
- Trial was conducted off the coast of Odisha in the Bay of Bengal.
09 April 2023
Commemoration of 50 years of Project Tiger in Mysuru, Karnataka
The Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the program ‘Commemoration of 50 years of Project Tiger’at Mysuru University in Mysuru, Karnataka.
- The Prime Minister also launched the International Big Cats Alliance (IBCA).
- India is home to 75% of the world’s tiger population in the 75th year of Indian independence.
- The tiger reserves in India cover 75,000 square kilometers of land.
- In the past ten to twelve years, the tiger population in the country has increased by 75 percent.
- India has only 2.4 percent of the world’s land area but it contributes toward 8 percent to known global biodiversity.
- India is the largest tiger range country in the world.
- The largest Asiatic elephant range country in the world with nearly thirty thousand elephants.
- India is the largest single-horn rhino country with a population of nearly three thousand.
President Droupadi Murmu Sortie in a Sukhoi 30
President Droupadi Murmu took a historic sortie in a Sukhoi 30 MKI fighter aircraft at the Tezpur Air Force Station in Assam.
President Murmu is the third President and second woman President to undertake such a sortie.
04 April 2023
Finland Now Part of NATO
In a latest update, Finland is set to become a member of North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATO.
General Jens Stoltenberg- Is the NATO's Secretary.
NASA Announced Moon Mission
NASA has decided to send a team of four astronauts who will fly around the moon. Out of four astronaut, there are from USA and one from Cànada Name of the astronauts are-1. Reid Wiseman
2. Victor Glover
3. Christina Koch and
4. Canada's Jeremy Hansen
02 April 2023
- Arunachal Pradesh crosses 75% coverage under Jal Jeevan Mission providing drinking water to 1.73 lakh rural households.
- Vice Admiral Sanjay Jasjit Singh, AVSM, NM assumed the appointment of the Vice Chief of Naval Staff.
- G20 Energy Transition Working Group (ETWG) Meeting & Event
- The first meeting of ETWG was held in Bengaluru, Karnataka, in February, 2023 and the second ETWG deliberation will be held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat from 2nd to 4th April, 2023.
- Former Indian Cricketer, Salim Durani Passed Away.
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The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi participated in Combined Commanders’ Conference in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
The conference witnessed participation of commanders from the three armed forces and senior officers from the Ministry of Defence. Inclusive and informal interaction was also held with soldiers, sailors and airmen from Army, Navy and Air Force who contributed to the deliberations.
Theme of Conference: ‘Ready, Resurgent, Relevant’.
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