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• India’s 1st underwater metro - West Bengal, inaugurated by PM Modi ( connects Kolkata ↔ Howrah)
• National Sickle Cell Anaemia Elimination Mission launched in Shahdol, MP, 2047 Tak eliminate karna ka target
• New DG of FAO( food& agriculture organisation) : Qu Dongyu, Chinese | Hq: Rome, Italy
• Youngest person to Cross North Channel: Anshuman Jhingran
• Youngest & fastest to cross the English Channel: Jiya Rai
• Mukhya Mantri Khet Suraksha Yojana: UP
• IIT DELHI ‘s first overseas campus - Abu Dhabi , UAE
• Elena Geo systems, Bangalore has launched INDIA’s Navic- based Navigation Device
• Income threshold increased from 3L to 6L for EWS under PMAY-Urban
- PMAY was Launched on 25june,2015
• Asian Kabaddi championship 2023: host S.Korea, winner : India, Runnerup :Iran
• First Indian city to join World Cities culture forum: Bangalore
• India won total 11 medals (6 gold, 1silver & 4 bronze) in 2023, World Archery Youth Championship, 1-9 july
• 9th full member of SCO( est: 2009): Iran; Ind+ Pak joined SCO in 2017.
• Gram in Awas Nyay Yojana: Chhattisgarh ( CM Bhupesh Bhagel)
• Chandrayaan-3: launched on 14 July; sriharikota
- Lander-Vikram,
- Rover- Pragyan,
- Launch vehicle LVM3M4
- Landing point: Shivshakti
- Landed on : 23 August ( SPACE DAY announced)
• Men’s single title at 2023 & 2024 Wimbledon championship Won by Carlos Alcaraz, (spain) defeated Novak Djokovic.
• Women’s title 2023 : Marketa Vandrousova ( Czech Republic);
- 2024: Barbora Krejkova
• The Export preparedness index, 2022 by NITI AAYOG : 1st TN, 2nd MH, 3rd Karnataka
• 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup: host Australia + New Zealand. [2024: FIFA men’s :Mexico, Canada, USA]
- Winner: Spain , runner up England
- Max goals by Aitana Bonmaty ( Spain)🇪🇸
- Goalkeeper of the tournament: Mary Earls( England)🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
• Gajah kotha launched by Assam. ( to prevent man human conflict)
• 1st Indian woman to serve as jury in Summer Olympics Bilquis Mir
• oommen Chandy, former CM of Kerala.
• Most Valuable Company in India- Reliance;
• In World- Nvidia
• 1st at 2023 World Para Athlectics Championship, Paris France : China.
- India ranked 19th , ( 3 gold medals ) by Sachin Khilari( shot put) Sumit Antil & Ajeet Singh ( javelin)
• 25th DG of Indian Coast Guard- Rakesh Pal. [Indian coastguard day 1st feb]
• Global Multidimensional Poverty Index ( MPI) 2023 released by UNDP + Oxford poverty & human initiative.
- ( 10 indicators, 3 dimensions ( standard of living, Health, Education )
- NATIONAL MPI- Niti AAYOG release krta hai.

• New head coach of Indian Cricket team Gautam Gambhir

• New chairman of Indian cricket selection committee: Ajit Agarkar.
2023 Asian Athletic championship : Thailand, 12-16 july
- India ranked 3rd with 27 medals ( 6Gold, 12 silver , 9 Bronze).
Gold medallists : Jyothi Yarraji( sprinter), Parul Chaudhary, Tajinder Pal singh( shot put), Abdulla Aboobacker, Ajay Kumar
saroj + mixed relay team.

• India’s 1st Regional AI news Anchor: Lisa

• 1st AI teacher: Iris, launched in Kerala
• 1st AI movie: Irah

• Gruha Jyoti Yojana : Karnataka, gives 200 unit free electricity.

• World’s 1st methanol fueled space rocket: China
• International Conference on Green Hydrogen hosted by New Delhi in Vigyan Bhavan. Inaugurated by RK Singh
• Brand ambassador of ICC World Cup 2023: Shahrukh khan.
- 6th time Winner Australia, runner up India., Total 10 countries participated. Hosted by India
- Player of the series - Virat Kohli.
- Most no. Of wickets - Md. Shami.
• 2023 SAFF CHAMPIONSHIP: held at Sree Kanteervara stadium, Bangalore.
- 9th time winner India.,runner up Kuwait. ; top scorer & best player - Sunil Chhetri.
• ‘ Sashakt Manila Rin’ Himachal Pr. ( a collateral free loan of 21k, 51k, 101k for bonafide himachali women)
• GI TAGS: Authoor Betel leaves’ Salem sago- TamilNadu
- Dholak- UP
- Chokuwa rice ( aka Magic rice) - Assam
• Energy Transition Index 2023: 1st Sweden, India 67th
- Released by WEF, Hq. Cologny , Switzerland
- DG of RPF: Manoj Yadava
- NISAR is the joint project of ESA & ISRO, will be launched by GSLV Mk2
- PM Modi received Order of the Nile, Egypt.

• 2023 FIFA’s U17 World Cup host: Indonesia

winner Germany defeated France)
🇷🇺 Order of St. Andrews, Russia
• Global India icon at UK India Awards: MaryKom
• Geetanjali Shree+ Daisy Rockwell received
Man booker prize for tomb of sand.
• Pen Pinter prize 2023: Michael Rosen ( book Fearless)
• Pen Pinter 2024: Arundhati Roy
• New executive director of RBI : P Vasudevan
• India’s Operation Broader sword : USA ( ass. with pharmaceuticals )
• Amrit Bharat stations scheme launched by Railway ministry
to renovate railway stations of India. ( total 1309, 1st batch 508 stations)
• FIH hockey Pro league 2023 : won by Netherlands, defeated Britain.
• FIH hockey pro league 2024: won by Australia, defeated Belgium.
• Al- Hakim Mosque located in Egypt.
• Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2023: Priya A.S. For ‘Perumajhayathe kunjithakul’ or ‘the children who never Withered’
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• Kui language is spoken in Odisha.( is of Dravidian origin)
• India’s first hydrogen powered train - Haryana
• Guinness World Record for the fastest hit by a male player in badminton history: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (565km/h hit)
• Book ‘Through the broken glass: An Autobiography’ by T.N. Seshan( 10th CEC)
• SAGAR SAMPARK initiative launched by Ministry of Port Shipping & Waterways
• Urban 20(U20) Mayoral Summit: Ahmedabad
• Startup 20- Gurugram
• India hosted G20- vasudhaiva kutumbkam, chief coordinator: Harshvardhan Singhla, Sherpa: Amitabh Kant
- African union became new member , now its G21.
- Next G20 will be hosted by Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• ASEAN countries conference on traditional medicines: host India.

• Assam’s 1st Underwater Tunnel across Brahmaputra will connect Numaligarh to Gohpur,,
• India’s highest twin tube tunnel connects Assam’s tejpur to Tawang of Arunachal Pr.
• RBI has launched CIMS( centralised information Management System)
• INDIA To host biggest air exercise’ Tarang Shakti’, ( Tamil Nadu)
• Narayan Rane Launched CHAMPIONS 2.0 Portal to Support MSMEs ( MSME DAY 27june)
• INDIA’s 1st indigenously developed 700 MW nuclear power reactor has started in ‘ Kakrapar, Gujarat.
• India’s 1st fast breeder reactor in Kalpakkam, TN, inaugurated by PM Modi.
• President of Singapore : Tharman Shanmugartnam
• Miss International India 2023: Praveena Anjana from Rajasthan
• PM UJJWALA YOJANA: launched in 2016
• Operation Sajag : Indian coast Guard
• 2023 Durand Cup( oldest) : winner Mohan Bagan SG, West Bengal ( ATK Mohan Bagan won Indian super league)
• Indore Won the Smart City India Award 2022
⭐ PHANGNON KONYAK became 1st woman MP from Nagaland to preside over Rajya sabha.( panel of vice chairperson)
• Book ‘How Prime Minister decides’ author Neerja chaudhary.
• India’s 1st solar city: Sanchi, MP
• In 1st category cities- Indore topped in Swachh Vayu Survekshan, 2023, 2nd : Agra, 3rd : Thane
- 2nd category cities : Amravati ( Andhra)topped
- 3rd category cities: Parwanu of Himachal Pr
• US open 2023’ Women’s Single title: Coco Gauff. Men’s : Novak Djokovic
• ULLAS , A mobile app launched by Dharmendra pradhan in 2022 under New India literacy program
• Implementation period (2022-27); literacy rate increase in 15+ age group
• India’s aim to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis by 2027 ;WHO target by 2030
• Cabinet Approved ₹1.39 Lakh cr for connecting 6.4 lakh village with broadband under BHARAT NET Program
• Vibrant village programme: infrastructure improvement in northern borders of our country.
• Theme of 77th Indian Independence Day 2023: National first, always first.
- Chief guest on Republic Day France : president Emanuel Macron.
• Luna 25 mission launched by Russia
• Srettha Thavisin , PM of Thailand
• 2023, Diamond league title won by Jakub Vadlech of Czech Republic.
• Asia cup 2023: won by India 8th time, host Sri Lanka & Pakistan , defeated Sri Lanka by 10 wickets,
- Player of the series: Kuldeep Yadav Most runs : Shubhman Gill. Most wickets: Matheesa pathirana
• MD of LIC : R Doraiswamy
• Mukhyamantri Sampoora Pushti Yojana launched by Odisha , beneficiary ( 15-19 yrs age girls, pregnant women)
• New name of old Parliament Building: Samvidhan Sadan,
• NEw parliament - designer Bimal Patel, central vista project, LS theme peacock, RS theme lotus.
• Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thittam scheme: Tamil Nadu
• Prannoy Hs Won bronze medal at 2023 Badminton world championships
• Theme song of ICC cricket World Cup 2023: dil jashn bole.
• Swati Nayak won prestigious Norman Borlaug Field Award 2023.
• ⭐ Proposed % for women in the Women Reservation Bill 2023 (128th bill & 106th Act) = 33% in LA , LS
- Introduced on 9 September, assent by P on 28th sep
• 16th Global Innovation Index 2023: India ranks 40th, Switzerland-1st
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• India’s 1st underground transformer installed in Bengaluru
• PM Modi launched PM Vishwakarma scheme on 17 sep, for Artisans & craftsman, ( MoMSMEs)
- Loan amount- 3 lakh, interest rate 5%.
• Miss Earth India 2023: Priyam sain
• 15th BRICS Summit 2023 hosted by South Africa, 16th - Russia.
- 4 new members Iran , UAE, Ethiopia, Egypt from 1jan 2024 onwards
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• Geetika Srivastava , 1st woman to lead the Indian Mission in Pakistan
• Worldwide Highest motorable road aka ‘Likaru mig La fuke ‘is being constructed in Demchok, Ladakh
• 1st state in North Eastern Region to Initiate Aadhaar Linked Birth Registration- NAGALAND
• CHESS WORLD CUP 2023: winner Magnus Carlson, runner up: R praggnanandha., Baku, Azabaijan .
• Manish Desai became the principal director PIB.
• PM USHA scheme:( ucchtar siksha Abhiyan ) launched by Education ministry.
• India’s 1st AI Powered Anti- Drone system- INDRAJAAL
• Bhagwan Birsa Munda Jodaraste Scheme: MAHARASTHRA ( Munda rebellion 1899 )
• 1st transgender to play International cricket : McGahey( Australia)
• 1st 3D printed Post office: Bengaluru
• 2023 Archery World Cup, Prathmesh Jawakar won Silver medal in compound men
• 2023 FIBA Basketball WC: winner Germany
• Project Abhinandan launched by Air India
• Kachchatheevu Island is located in Palk straits
• PM Modi inaugurated Yashobhoomi convention centre, New Delhi on 17 sep
• Amazon India launched 1st floating store in Dal lake
• India’s 1st online gaming academy opened in MADHYA PRADESH

IMPORTANT BILLS PASSED IN PARLIAMENT:-

Established National Capital
Introduced by Amit Shah on Associated article - 239AA
1. The Government of services Authority :
3rd Aug. Amendment- 69th CA
National Capital Territory of Includes CM (chairman)+
LS passed on 3 aug,
Delhi( Amendment) Bill, 2023: Chief secretary + Principal
RS - 7 aug
Home secretary of Delhi

2. The digital Personal Data Introduced by Ashwini

Protection Bill, 2023 Vaishnav, technology minister.
On 3rd Aug

3. The Forest( Conservation ) Introduced on 29 March Seeks to ammend forest

by Bhupendra Yadav Conservation Act of 1980
Amendment Bill, 2023
( environment ministry)

Introduced on 26 July Seeks to ammend act of

4. The Registration of Birth &
by Minister of state for home 1969.
Deaths ( Amendment)Bill,
affairs Nityanand Rai
2023

5. The Mines & Minerals Introduced on 26 July Seeks to ammend act of

( Amendment)Bill, 2023 by Prahlad Joshi 1957.
6. The Central Goods& Introduced in LS on 11 aug, Seeks to amend CGST act
Services tax( Amendment) passed same day from both 2017.
bill, 2023 houses. By FM Nirmala ji.

Introduced in LS on 11 aug, Seeks to amend IGST act

7. The Integrated Goods& 2017.
passed same day from both
Services tax( Amendment) Online money laundering ke
houses. By FM Nirmala ji.
bill, 2023 liye tax

8. The Pharmacy( Amendment) Introduced on 3 aug, by Seeks to amend pharmacy

bill, 2023 health minister Mansukh act of 1948.
Mandviya.

9. Constitution scheduled Introduced by MoSJ&E- Seeks to amend act of 1950.

castes order (amendment) bill, Dr. Dhirendra Kumar, on To modify SC list of
2023 24july. Chhatisgarh.

10. Offshore Areas Mineral Introduced on 27july by

Seeks to amend act of 2002
( development & regulations) Prahlad Joshi
amendment bill, 2023
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⭐ 37th NATIONAL GAMES: GET SET GOA 2023 🌟 ASIAN GAMES:2022

• 25oct- 9 Nov
- 23 Sep- 8 Oct, 2023
• Location Goa
- Hangzhou, China
• Mascot (Indian Bison)
- Mascot: Congcong, Lianhian, Chenchen [Memoirs of Jiangnan]
• Sponsor Paytm
- Motto: Heart to Heart @ future
• 38th Uttarakhand
- 2026 Asian games: Anchi& Nagoya, Japan
• Motto- Get set Goa
- 2030: Doha,Qatar
• Medal tally:
Medal tally:
- 1st with Raja bhalinder Singh trophy -
- 1st China ( Gold 201, total 383)
MAHARASTHRA (total 228 medals, 80 Gold)
- 2nd Japan ( Gold 52, total 198)
- 2nd : SERVICES (total 126 medals ,66 Gold)
- 3rd Republic of Korea ( Gold 42’ total 190)
- 3rd : HARYANA : (Total 192, 62 Gold)
- 4th India (Gold 28, total 107)
IMPORTANT NAMES:
ASIAN PARA GAMES:2022 • Tajinder Pal Toor: 4th Indian to win 2 gold medals in consecutive
Asian games.
• Annu Rani : 1st female javelin thrower from India to win Gold.
- Hangzhou, China( Gold 214) • Avinash Samble: 3000m steeple chase Gold,
- Mascot FeiFei • Jyoti Surekha Verman: Gold in Archery
- Motto: Heart Meet, Dreams Shine. • Aishwarya pratap Singh Tomar: Gold in shooting, (also Gold in
- 1st China shooting championship, South Korea)
- 2nd Iran
- 5th INDIA (29 Gold, total 111 )
• Project Nilgiri tahr- Launched by Tamil Nadu with IUCN which also releases Red list, Hq Gland, Switzerland .
• Qatar sentenced 8 former navy officers to death but release later.
• 2023, Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy : Win- Punjab, Runner up: Baroda.
• Irani Trohy: winner Rest of India, runner up Saurashtra
• Duleep trophy: Winner South zone
• Deodhar trophy: Winner South zone, runner up east zone
• Uttarakhand launched Hunger programme, which supported by Norway.

• 1st female DG of CISF-Nina Singh

• DG of CRPF- Anish Dayal Singh
• of ITBP- Rahul Rasgotra
• of Indian Coast Guard - Rakesh Pal( passed away 19 aug)

• ASEAN’s India Millet Festival 2023 held in INDONESIA( Hq. Jakarta)

- 22-26 Nov
- 2023 year of millets
- 2024- year of camelid
- 2025 international year of Q-bits

• SAARC (India, Srilanka, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives, Pakistan, Bangladesh)

• Hq. Kathmandu, Nepal

• M S Swaminathan: Father of Green Revolution, also got Bharat Ratna feb 9.

• Yuva Bharat platform, a phygital platform to tap the energy of youth(15-29 yrs),
• launched by PM Modi on 31st Oct.(Unity Day)
• Asian Shooting Championship, Changwon, S. Korea
• India’s Rank 3rd, (Gold 6)
• A new variety of rice; IISR CHANDRA developed by Indian Institute of spices research, Kozhikode.
• Kozhikode as city of literature & Gwalior as city of Music joined the UNESCO CREATIVE CITITES NETWORK.
• Siddharth Mridul - chief justice of Manipur high court.
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• ⭐ IIT MADRAS established international campus at Zanzibar island, Tanzania
• IIT DELHI ‘ first overseas centre , Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Major Dhyan Chand khel ratna Award, 2023 - Chirag Shetty & Satwik Sai raj
• ⭐ World Day for the Prevention of and Healing from child Sexual exploitation,Abuse And violence- 18 November
by UN
• ⭐ India’s first lighthouse festival - Panjim, Goa, inaugurated by Ministry of ports Sarbanand Soonowal
• MD of SBI - Vinay kr. Tonse
• MS Dhoni New ambassador of SBI.
• Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar was awarded the Maulana Abul Kalam Award, 2023 (25th time winner)

• ENCORE SOFTWARE launched by ECI

• 1st Women Aide de Camp in IAF- Manisha Padhi

• Hamas initiated “Operation Al-Aqsa Flood” against Israel.

• 2+2 Dialogues between India & QUAD countries- India, USA, Australia, Japan.( external affairs & defence
ministry)
• Khelo India Para games, New Delhi , 10-17 dec 2023, winner Haryana.
• Russia withdraws from Treaty on the prohibition of Nuclear weapons, TPNW
• ⭐ India’s first Cartography Museum- Mussoorie

• ASTRA- A beyond visual range(BVR) air to air missile developed by DRDO & Bharat dynamics ltd.
• INS Imphal, Latest Stealth Guided Missile Destroyer commissioned by Indian Navy on Dec 26,2023
Developed under project 15 B ( Vishakapatnam class).
• NO NON-VEG DAY IN UP- 25th November
• GYANYODAYA EXPRESS- flagged off at J&K by LG Manoj Sinha.
• “Do Pal Ki Chhanv Me” written by Prasoon Joshi.
• Gujarat’s Dhordo village has been awarded UNWTO’s Best Tourism Village 2023
Biswanath Ghat, Assam - Best tourism award by Ministry of Tourism.

• The Mister Global pageant- Jason Dylan Bretfelean

• 2023 Men’s FIH Hockey Junior WC
• - held at Malaysia National Hockey Stadium, Kuala Lumpur.(5-6 dec 2023)
• Winner Germany , Runner up France; India 4th position
• Sultan Johar Cup winner Germany ; Runner up Australia.
• PM visited Ulihatu Village, birthplace of Birsa Munda on his birth anniversary 15 Nov ( first PM to do so) Munda
revolt- 1899
• Tripura becomes 4th state to implement E- Cabinet system ( Bru riang tribe voted 1st time)
- 1st UP, 2nd UK, 3rd Arunachal Pr.
• Virat Kohli the 1st cricketer to hit 50 centuries in ODI’s ( against New Zealand)
• Surat Diamond Bourse ( Khajod, Gujarat) becomes worlds largest office bulding. (beats USA’s Pentagon)
• 26 sportsperson received Arjuna sports Award.
- Divyakirti Singh- 1st female Equistrian
- Anahat Singh related to Squash.
• COP28 aims to limiting Global Warming to 1.5 degree Celsius & Net zero emissions by 2050
- COP 28 (Dubai’UAE)
- COP 29 : Azerbaijan, Baku

• Vidit Gujrathi & R Vaishali related to Chess

• Jharkhand Becomes the first state to ensure minimum wages to workers.
• Pankaj Advani win the IBSF World Billiards Championship 2024, defeating Saurav Kothari in Doha.
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• 🌟 Global partnership on Artificial Intelligence Summit held in dec 2023, in New Delhi.
- Inaugurated by PM Modi
- GPAI headquarters- France & Canada
• Meg Lanning & David Warner , Australian cricketers retires from international cricket
• ⭐ Indian Army installed first ever mobile tower at the Siachen Glacier
• Angelo Mathews (SL) become first cricketer to get timed out in international cricket
• New CM of Rajasthan - Bhajan lal Sharma
• CM of MP- Mohan Yadav
• CM of Chhattisgarh - Vishnu Dev Sai
• 2024, women’s Asian championship trophy (Hockey)winner INDIA, defeating JAPAN in Ranchi, Jharkhand.
• 🌟 The New BRO chief- Raghu Srinivasan
• Italy won the Davis Cup 2023, defeated Australia
• ⭐ Parliament passed J&K Reservation and Reorganisation (Amendment) Bills -
- J&K Reorganisation Bill modifies the 2019 Act, increasing total legislative assembly seats from 83 to 50
- 2 members will be nominated from Kashmir migrant community
- The bill reserves 7 seats for SC, 9 for STs
• ⭐ Post office bill 2023 replaced Indian Post Office Act 1898
• India conducted exercise Harimau Shakti 2023 with Malaysia in Umroi, Meghalaya, winner Germany
• Also India conducts ‘Sampriti’ with Bangladesh in Umroi, Meghalaya.
• Garba from Gujarat included in the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) of Humanity in dec 2023
• ⭐ Global Hunger Index 2023: (released by concern worldwide wealth hunger life )
- India ranks 111, with score 28.7
- ( Nepal 69, Pak 102, Bangladesh 81, Sri Lanka 60)
• Diana Edulji, Virendra Sehwag, Aravinda de Silva- inducted in ICC hall of fame.
• 🌟 Cyclone MICHAUNG - Southwest Bay of Bengal, dec 2023 (named by Myanmar)
• 🌟 Cyclone MIDHILILI - Bay of Bengal, (named by Maldives)
• 🌟 Cyclone HAMOON- named by Iran
• Recently 12 GST SEVA KENDRA were launched in Vapi, Gujarat by FM- Nirmala Sitaraman
• India’s 1st green hydrogen run bus that emits just water- unveiled by Indian Oil, driven by Hardeep Singh puri
• Intention to implement UCC - Uttarakhand.
• 🌟 World’s Largest Meditation centre - Swarved Mahamandir in Umaraha, Varanasi
• 🌟 SHRESHTA Scheme launched by Ministry of social justice and empowerment.
- Its a residential education scheme for students in high school belonging to SC community.
• IIT Kanpur established a centre of excellence named ATMAN ( Advanced technology for monitoring Air Quality)
• Most expensive player of IPL : Mitchell starc - 24.75 cr - KKR
• 2nd most expensive, Pat Cummins - 24.5 cr- SRH
• 🌟 World’s first humanoid robot CEO - Mika, company- Dictador
• 🌟 India launched ‘Operation Ajay’ to evacuate Indian from ISRAEL;
- Operation GANGA - Ukraine,
- Operation INDRAVATI - Haiti
• Word of the year by Cambridge Dictionary- Hallucinate
- Oxford dictionary- Rizz
- Merriam Webster - Authentic
• Pushpa Bharti, Hindi writer to receive 33rd Vyas Samman for “Yaadein, Yaadein and Yaadein”
• Javier Milei- New President of Argentina
• Donald tusk- President of Poland
• Luc Friedman- President of Lexumberg.
• Sweden’s SAAB has been granted 100% Foreign Direct Investment in Defence sector in India.
• World’s 2nd largest Hindu temple outside India- Akshardham mandir, USA.
1st largest Hindu temple Angkor vat ( 8th WOW) - Cambodia.
( now a Buddhist monastery, built by Suryavarman 2nd)
• The book ‘Breaking the Mould’ - Raghuram Rajan& Rohit lamba.
• Lied Erickson Lunar Prize, Iceland - ISRO’s Chandrayaan 3 Moon mission
Lander- Vikram, rover-pragyan
• The RISE PROGRAMME Launched by NITI AAYOG + AIM.
(Rapid innovation and startup expansion) India+ Australia partnership,.
• France’s Sakharov Prize 2023 to Mahsa Amini of Iran, posthumously.
• The Silkyara Tunnel collapsed in Uttarakhand. ( Operation zindagi)
• Indira Gandhi Peace prize - Ali Abu Awwad( Palestine) & Daniel Barenboim .
• The Fast track special courts scheme scheduled to continue until March, 2026, launched in 2019 for POCSO(2012)
• Pramila Malik became 1st woman speaker of Odisha.
• National rural employment guarantee scheme To provide drones to 15000 women in SHGs.
Total funding- 1261 Cr., target from 2024-25 to 2025-26.
• 53rd Dadasaheb Phalke Lifetime Achievement Award, 2021 : Waheeda Rehman
• 🌟 Booker prize 2023- Paul lynch for prophet song.
• 1st case of swine flu (H1N2) in human confirmed in USA
• Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award : Michael Douglas.
Best Actor: Pouria Rahimi Sam
Best Actress: Melanie Thierry
Best director : Stephen Komandarev
Golden Peacock Award: endless borders
Special jury award: Rishabh Shetty, Kantara
Best web series: Panchayat season 2
• Perumal Murugan won JCB prize 2023, for ‘Fire Bird.’
• 🌟 Sahitya Akademi Award 2023: Hindi- Sanjeev for ‘Mujhe pehchano “
English- Neelam Saran Guar for “Requim in Raga Janki”
Urdu- Sadiq Nawab Sahar for Rajdev ki amraai
• Bal sahitya puraskar: Manipuri author Dilip Nongmaitham. For Ibemma.
• Dahan Prize 2023: Deepti Babuta for ‘ Bhookh eun seh lendi’ ( bhookh aise hi seh lenge)
• British Academy Book prize, 2023: Nandini Das ( Courting India)
• 🌟 Highest literary award in India - Gyanpeeth award: awarded to Gulzar and Rambhadracharya

• MitraShakti exercise btw. India & Srilanka, in Aundh, Pune

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• Bongosagar-India & Bangladesh
• Surya Kiran - India & Nepal
• Vajraprahar- India& US
• 🌟 5 sports added to 2028 olympics, LA ( cricket, baseball softball, lacrosse, squash, flag football)
• 4th Anti- Submarine Warfare Craft launched at Tamil Nadu - AMINI
• RBI won the Businessline change maker of the year Award, 2023, received by Shakti Kant Das.
• Chanakya Raksha Samvad conducted by Indian Army.
• J&K Achieved 100% ODF plus model status.
• The Igla-S missile ( very short range)’ is procured by India from Russia.
• The Wildlife photographer of the year, 2023: Vihaan Talya Vikas
• ‘Music Frog’ : Arunachal Pr.
• Raghubar Das- governor of Odisha. Indrasen Nallu- Tripura.
• Best Actor award at Stars Asian International Film Festival: Ishwak singh
• Gangetic Dolphin as state aquatic animal: UP
• 72nd Miss Universe pageant, 2023 : Sheynnis Palacio( Nicaragua)
• SAFF U-19 Championship, Kathmandu: winner India, runner up Pakistan
• Suresh Ishwar Wadkar (Marathi singer) : Lata Mangeshkar Award, 2023
• Noor 3 satellite: Iran
• International Emmy Awards,2023:
- Best actor : Martin Freeman
- Best Director : Ekta Kapoor
- Best Drama series: The Empress
- Best unique comedy category: Veer Das
• ‘The book of Life: My dance with Buddha for success’ : Vivek Agnihotri.
• Painting ‘Women with a Watch’ : artist Pablo Picasso, 139 million dollars.
• SASTRA Ramanujan Prize 2023 : Ruixiang Zhang ( China) | 2022: Yunqing Tang
• Pankaj Tripathi - UPI Safety Ambassador by the NPCI.
• 10% reservation for EWS in judicial services announced by Bihar.
• 🌟 🌟 Shri Heeralal Samariya, 2024: Chief Information commissioner
• Largest statue of Dr BR Ambedkar- Maryland, USA 🇺🇸 ( highest in Vishakapatnam, AP)
• Lifetime Disturbing the peace Award: Salman Rushdie ( midnight’s children, satanic verses, moor’s last sigh, Grimus, Knife:
meditation after attempting murders)
• The Reverse Swing: Colonialism to Cooperation: Ashok Tandon
• Pen Pinter prize: Michael Rozen for fearless
• 🌟 New maximum deposit increased from 15L to 30L in the Senior Citizens Savings Scheme, launched in 2004, dept. of eco
affairs- MoF
• 🌟 Veerangna Durgavati Tiger reserve- MP
• State fish of Gujarat: Ghol
• 🌟 Jamrani Dam Project( gola river) : Uttarakhand
• UP imposed ban on Halal certified products
• Rajnath Singh has Launched ‘Udbhav’ to promote Indianisation.( associated with Indian Army)
• World’s first 3D printed temple- Begumpet, Telangana
• 🌟 Saraswati samman, 2022: Sivasankari for suryavansam.
• Rare metal, Tantalum(Z=73) has been discovered in Satluj river, Punjab.
• 🌟 India’s first wetland city : Udaipur
• 🌟 🌟 Statue of Oneness ( Adi Shankaracharya) : inaugurated at Mandhata Mt of Khandwa MP, 108 ft.
• Hoysala temples, , karnataka : 42nd UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE,
• 41st site : Shantiniketan, West Bengal.
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Female- Atana bonmati ( Spain)

12 digit ID, launched by MoE, One student,one ID card

Namo Bharat express, Rapid X programme

28 aug, 2014 by MoF

Ministry of
Health & family welfare,
Ajay Jadeja 25 dec 2014

Kempegowda,Bangalore

Fastest 2000 run in ODI - Shubhman gill

Kenya

Chris Gayle Rohit sharma

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KHELO INDIA YOUTH GAMES , 2023 - 6th Edition KHELO INDIA WINTER GAMES 2024 - 4th edition

Held in 4 cities of TN • LOGO- Thiruvalluvar

- Held in
- Chennai • Mascot- VEERMANGAI aka Rani Velu Nachiyar
- 1st phase: Leh, Ladakh ( 2- 6 feb)
- Coimbatore
- 2nd phase: Gulmarg, J&K ( 21-25 feb)
- Madurai • Total Sports : 26+1 ( where 1 is demo sport)
- Trichy • ( agar option me 27 ho to mark that ans.)
Date 19-31 Jan 2024 • Squash added for the 1st time . Mascot: SHEEN-e-SHE ( snow leopard)

MEDAL TALLY: MEDAL TALLY:

1st- Maharashtra: 57 Gold, Total 158 1st- INDIAN ARMY: 10 Gold, 5 Silver Total 68
2nd- Tamil Nadu: 38 Gold, Total 98 2nd- KARNATAKA: 9 Gold, Total 11
3rd - Haryana: 35 Gold, Total 103 3rd - MAHARASHTRA : 7Gold, Total 22

KHELO INDIA PARA GAMES 2023 - 1st edition KHELO INDIA UNIVERSE GAMES 2023 - 4th edition

‘Champions beyond limits Total no. Of Sports= 20

Started from Guwahati, Assam
Different events in different states of
Held in DELHI
Date: 10-17th Dec, 2023 North east, except Manipur
Mascot: UJJAWALA ( a sparrow) Mascot: ASHTALAKSHMI ( a Butterfly)

MEDAL TALLY: MEDAL TALLY:

1st- HARYANA : 40 Gold, Total 105 1st- CHANDIGARH UNIVERSITY : Total 71
2nd- UP 2nd- LOVELY PROFESSIONAL UNI : Total 42
3rd - TN 3rd - GURU NANAK UNI : Total 51

WINTER ASIAN GAMES 2025

BEACH GAMES 2024 - 1st edition

Held at Ghogla beach, DIU • To be held in , Harbin, China

Date: 4-11th Jan, 2024 • Slogan: Dream of Winter, Love among Asia
• Mascot: BINBIN & NINI
MEDAL TALLY:
1st- MP : Total 18, Gold 7
FIH HOCKEY 5s WORLD CUP: 1st edition
Mascot: PEARL ( a dolphin)
Held in Muscat, Oman.
5 players
Winner : Netherlands ( both men & wome)
ISSF SHOOTING WORLD CUP 1st : China
Runner Up : Malaysia ( men)
5th : INDIA ( 3G, 3S, 3 B)
India( women)
- Pitch smaller : 40m* 23.7m
OPENING AT : CAIRO, EGYPT
Important Names:
75th STRANDJA MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT:
1. DIVYANSH SINGH PAWAR: Gold in 10m air rifle
2. RYTHM SANGWAN & UJJWAL MALIK: Gold in 10m air pistol ( mixed) • Total 8 medals
3. ARJUN BABUTA & SONAM MASKAR: silver in 10m rifle ( mixed) • AMIT PANGHAL : gold in men’s flyweight category
4. SONAM MASKAR : Silver in 10m air rifle
5. SARABJOT SINGH : Gold in 10m air pistol • SATISH KUMAR: Gold in 57 kg category

AUSTRALIAN OPEN :
• Title of 77th Santosh Trophy, 2023-24: Winner- Services
Runner Up: Goa
Men’s single category:
Winner: JANNIK SINNER (ITALY)

Men’s double category:

• FIFA men s player awards 2024: LIONEL MESSI
• Female: AITANA BONMATI ( Spain) ROHAN BOPANNA & MATHEW EBDEN

Has become Top in the world in men s double category at the age of 43

Women’s single category:

ARYNA SABALENKA (BELARUS)

ICC AWARDS: 2023

MEN s ODI CRICKETER : VIRAT KOHLI 💎 WOMEN

BEST CRICKETER , also

BEST CRICKETER , Also (Rachael Heyhoe Flint Award) : NAI SCIVER-BRUNT
( Sir Garfield sobers trophy): PAT CUMMINS
Women s T20I Cricketer : HAYLEY MATHEWS
Men s T20I cricketer : SURYAKUMAR YADAV
Women s ODI Cricketer: CHAMARI ATTAPATTU
MEN s test cricketer: USMAN KHAWAJA

MEN s Emerging cricketer: RACHIN RAVINDRA

Australia s David Warner & Shaun Marsh - announced retirement

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• Chef de mission: Gagan Narang
• Torch bearer: Abhinav Bindra

• Puneri Paltan : won 2023-24 Pro Kabaddi league

• NAGESH TROPHY for the Blind in Men’s National T20 cricket tournament 2023-24:
win: Karnataka , runner up Andhra Pr., held at Nagpur.

• The Breakthrough Archer of the year 2023 by world Archery: Aditi Swami
• 1st Indian Pacer to achieve No.1 ranking in all 3 formats of cricket: JASPRIT BUMRAH
• Australia won 4th title at U-19 World Cup, defeated India.
• Most no. Of sixes - Rohit Sharma
• India’s biggest win against England in terms of runs in Rajkot ( 434 runs )
• BADMINTON ASIA TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS 2024:
India women’s team : Gold , defeated Thailand
( *Anmol Kharb)

• Quickest to score 10000 runs : Babar Azam ( surpassed Virat Kohli’s & Chris gayle)
• Jan Nicol Loftei- Eaton of Namibia , Hit the fastest century in just 33 balls, in T20 internationals
• Vamshhi Krrishna hit 6 sixes in an over during the Colonel CK Naidu Trophy. ( winner- Karnataka by defeating UP)
• Gold medal at The Zagreb Open 2023: Aman Sehrawat ( also youngest Olympian medallist)
• SUMIT NAGAL: Indian tennis player became 1st in 35 yrs to beat a seed at a Grand Slam
defeated Alexander Bublik (Kazakhstan) in Australia Open.
• IPL sponsorship rights for 5 yrs for $300 million: TATA GROUP
• 2nd Indian to win Gold at Asian Marathon championship : MAN SINGH
• BCCI’s ‘ Polly Umrigar’ Award , for being the Best International Cricketers : SHUBHMAN GILL & DEEPTI SHARMA

PM MODI

• PM Modi announced 4 astronauts for Gaganyaan mission:

- PRASANTH B. NAIR
- AJIT KRISHNAN
- ANGAD PRATAP
- SUBHANSHU SHUKLA
• Rocket: HLVM3

• PM launched INTERNATIONAL BIG CAT ALLIANCE (IBCA) , Hq: Delhi, INDIA

( Jaguar, Puma, Leopard, Lion, Tiger, Cheetah, Snow leopard)
• Inaugurated Fast breeder reactor at Kalpakkam, TN
• laid foundation stone for TALABIRA THERMAL POWER PLANT: ODISHA
• Inaugurated permanent IIM CAMPUS AT SAMBALPUR,

• PM Surya Garh: Muft Bijli Yojana to provide free electricity to 1 cr households

• Inaugurated BAPS Temple (1st Hindu temple), in Abu Dhabi, UAE

• Inaugurated Sant Ravidas’s statue in Varanasi
• Inaugurated India’s longest cable stayed bridge aka SUDARSHAN SETU
Connects okha to Beyt, Dwarka
• Laid foundation stone for RANGPO : SIKKIM’s 1st railway station.
• *Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) technology used in 1st on grid solar
project dedicated by PM in Kavaratti, Lakshadweep.
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GRAMMY AWARDS:
Shankar Mahadevan + Zakir Hussain + 2 others 69th FILMFARE AWARDS, 2024:

Best Global Music Album: SHAKTI - a fusion group for the ALBUM- ‘THIS MOMENT
- Best Director: Vidhu Vinod Chopra(12th fail )
Zakir Hussain : Best Contemporary Instrumental Album ‘ AS WE SPEAK - Best Film: 12th Fail
& - Best Actor: Ranbir Kapoor (Animal)
Best Global Music performance ‘ PASHTO - In critics category, : Vikrant Messy

• Padma Vibhushan 2023

- Best Actress : Alia Bhatt
• 5 times Grammy holder
- In critics category: Rani Mukherjee

GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS:

OSCAR AWARDS, 2024:

Best Director: Christopher Nolan ( Oppenheimer)

- Best Director: Christopher Nolan
- Best Film: Oppenheimer
(In drama category )
- Best Actor: Cillian Murphy ( Oppenheimer)
Best Actor: CILIAN MURPHY
- Best Supporting Actor: Robert Downey jr
Best Actress: LILY GLADSTONE
- Best Actress : Emma Stone ( Poor things)
Best TV series: SUCCESION
- Best International film: Zone of Interest
Best Film : OPPENHEIMER

(In Music/ comedy category)

BHARAT RATNA:
Best Actor: PAUL GIAMATTI
Best Actress : EMMA STONE • L.K Advani
BEST TV series: THE BEAR • Karpuri Thakur ( aka Jannayak, 11th CM of Bihar)
BEST film : POOR THINGS • P.V. Narsimharao
• Chaudhary Charan singh
• M.S. Swaminathan ( father of Green rev)

🌟 PADMA VIBHUSHAN, 2024 (5):

77th BAFTA, 2024:

• hosted by DAVID TENNANT

• Best film: OPPENHEIMER
• Outstanding British film: THE ZONE OF INTEREST

75th EMMY AWARDS :

Best Actress (drama): SARAH SNOOK

Best actor ( drama): Kieran Culkin
Best Actor ( comedy) : JEREMY ALLEN WHITE
Outstanding drama: SUCCESSION
Outstanding Comedy: THE BEAR

• Miss World 2024: Krystyna Pyszkova • SARASWATI SAMMAN , 2023: PRABHA VERMA
• For Raudra Satwikam ( Malayalam)
• PRITZKER ARCHITECTURE PRIZE, 2024: RIKEN YAMAMOTO ( Japan)

• P.V. Narsimharao Memorial Award for Philanthropy: RATAN TATA • ABEL PRIZE, 2024: Michael Talagrand , France ( for maths)
• YATIN BHASKAR DUGGAL ( Haryana): 1st prize at National Youth Parliament festival, 2024
• International Super Featherweight: Mandeep Jhangra • ⭐ ⭐ Sangeet kalanidhi award, 2024: T.M. Krishnan
• WHO awarded The Nelson Mandela award for Health Promotion , 2024: NIMHANS, BENGALURU
• ⭐ ⭐ Nritya kalanidhi award, 2024 : Neena Prasad
• DADASAHEB PHALKE AWARD, 53rd recipient: WAHEEDA REHMAN
• Lakshminarayana International Award: Pyarelal Sharma
1st recipient: DEVIKA RANI
• SHASHI THAROOR: France’s highest civilian awards- ‘legion d’honneur
(also awarded to PM Modi & HCL chairman Roshni Nadar)
• Outstanding Business Woman of the year 2023 , award - Dr. BINA MODI
• M.S. Swaminathan award in Agronomy: Prof. B. R. Kamboj
• Tenzing Norgay Prize : Savita Kanswal (posthumously)
( 1st Indian female mountaineer to climb Nanda Devi & Mt. Everest in 16 days)

• ⭐ 60 Parachute Field Hospital, UP Subhash Chandra Bose Apada Prabandhan Puraskar.

• ⭐ VAYU SENA MANDAL AWARD : Squadron leader Nikita Malhotra.
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• NAYAB SINGH SAINI: new CM of Haryana

• NITISH KUMAR : 9th CM of Bihar. Using this to make correct page layout
• Chairperson of Lokpal: Ajay M. khanwilkar
- lokpal : 1+8 composition,
Tenure : 5yrs/ until 70 yrs of age
• UPSC Director: HANSHA MISHRA ( chairman : Manoj Soni)
• IFS Sanjay Verma: new UPSC member
• Youngest PM of IRELAND: Simon Harris
• C.P. RADHAKRISHNAN : New Governor of MAHARASHTRA
• 1st women DG of MAharashtra- RASHMI SHUKLA
• Chairperson of CBSE : RAHUL SINGH
• Chairman of NCSC( art. 330): KISHOR MAKWANA
• TAMAS SULYOK: New PM of Hungary
• Bichon : 27th district of Arunachal Pr, carved out from Kameng region
• Keyi Panyor: 26 th district , carved out from subansari.

• ASIF ALI ZARDARI: 14th President of Pakistani

• DEVENDRA JHAJHARIA ( javelin) : New President of Paralympic committee of India
• BSF’s 1st Female Sniper: SUMAN KUMARI
• 16th Finance Commission: chairman Arvind Pangarhiya ( March 2026)
Full time members of FC -Ajay Narayan Jha
-Annie George Mathew
- Manoj Panda
Advisor - Poonam Gupta

• President of Asian Cricket Council for 3rd term: JAY SHAH ( youngest ICC chairperson)
• ⭐ ⭐ CHIEF HYDROGRAPHER TO GoI : Vice Admiral Lochan Singh Pathania

• Nangloi Mbumba: New president of Namibia ( after death of Hage Geingob)

• New President of El Salvador: Nayib Bukele
• ⭐ ⭐ New Vigilance Commisioner: A S RAJEEV
• New BBC chairman - SAMIR SHAH
• 1st woman CM of Pak’s Punjab Provice: MARYAM NAWAZ
• 💯 ⭐ 1st woman ChiefJustice of Uttarakhand HC : Justice Ritu Bahri
• ⭐ ⭐ 1st ICC Female neutral Umpire: SUE REDFERN, England
• 1st Transgender Umpire : Mcgahey
• Vice Chief of Naval Staff: Vice admiral Dinesh kr. Tripathi
• ⭐ IAS SENTHIL PANDIAN : India’s envoy to WTO
• SATNAM SINGH SANDHU: ( Nominated in RS) - NEW RAILWAY BOARD SECRETARY
Not to confuse with JAYA VERMA SINHA ( 1st woman chairperson of Railway board)

• TRAI new chairman : ANIL KUMAR LAHOTI

• ⭐ 1st Women Subedar in the Indian Army: PREETI RAJAK
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• Arjun Munda, agriculture minister unveils: SARATHI

• Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) passed in 2019
• APAAR- Automated Permanent Academic Account Registry
- Amends act of 1955
Launched by Education Ministry, through UMANG app.
- To be implemented from March,2024
• Tamil Nadu Opposes one national & one election policy
- 6 communities from ( Afghanistan, Pak, Bangladesh)
- ( Sikh, Hindu, Christian, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis)
• State fruit of Assam: Kaji Nemu ( Citrus limon)
• Telangana bans hookah parlours.
• ELECTORAL BONDS SCHEME: 2018
• SWAYAM : Interest free loans up to ₹1lakh to unemployed youth
BJP>> Congress
Under 18-35 yrs age , Launched by Odisha gov.
SC struck down this BOND scheme as it violated Art19(1)(a) & RTI Act, 2005
• KIRTI Programme: launched by : M/o Sports
• Statue of U Tirot Sing, (freedom fighter of Khasi hills)- Dhaka,
( Khelo India rising talent identification)
• Punjab’s state icon for 2024 Lok Sabha elections: SHUBHMAN GILL
• ‘PM- SHRI’, a centrally sponsored scheme: launched in 2022 • ⭐ Artificial Reef Project: Kerala.
-Target to Develop 14,500 schools Coral bleaching: decolouration of corals due to global warming

• 'Neengal Nalama’ Scheme : TN • States to launch Caste Census- 1st Bihar

- to address grievances and awareness of public - 2nd Andhra Pr.
• Widow Remarriage Incentive Scheme: launched by JHARKHAND GOVT. • SAMBHAV : mobile app launched by Indian Army for secure
- ₹ 2 lakh incentive communication
• Vidhwa Uttejaka mandala: started by Vishnu Shastri Pandit, 1866 • India’s 1st graphene centre & COE in IIOT, KERALA
( Intelligent Internet of things) inaugurated- S. Krishnan
• Scheme UNNATI - Uttar Poorva transformative Industrialisation scheme,
- Launched by Mo commerce • ⭐ ⭐ SWAMITVA SCHEME: won gold prize in National
Award for e-governance 2023,
• ADITI Scheme: launched by Rajnath Singh -a central sector scheme of
Promoting funding startup in defence sector under iDEX, 25cr fund -M/o Panchayti Raj.
- launched on 24 april,2021
• Operation KAMDHENU - J&K
• NAMASTE : a centra sector scheme of MoHUA+ MoSJE (social justice & empowerment) • YOGYASHREE scheme: West Bengal
For mechanising sanitation ecosystem. • Sarak Surakhya Force launched by PUNJAB GOV
• India’s 1st driver less metro train : Bengaluru
• India’s 1st govt backed OTT platform: KERALA
• Indira Gandhi Pyari Behna Sukh Samman Nidhi Yojana: Himachal Pr.
18-59 yrs age women, ₹1500

• Mahtari Vandana Yojana 2024, Chhattisgarh. ( ₹1000 per month)

• Gharana Gharana Muft Ration Yojana: Punjab govt.
• VIDYANJALI SCHOLARSHIP programme: DHARMENDRA PRADHAN ( Education minister)
• PADDARI + PAHARI + KALI + GADDA BRAHMIN- new groups in J&K’s list of STs.
• also HATTI of Himachal Pr. Added to list of ST
• Haryana’s CM launched VAN MITRA, ( tree slanting)
• 100% saturation in Har Ghar Jal scheme( Jal jivan mission): Arunachal Pr.
• Union Cabinet approved up to 100% FDI in SPACE sector.
• Bagless school initiative for grade 1-12: MP
• 50th Khajuraho dance festival: MP
• UP to establish 1st Turtle Conservation Reserve, along Saryu river.
• Country’s 1st submarine tourism: Dwarka, GUJARAT.
• J&K’s Masarat Alam Faction officially declared as an Unlawful organisation
• Gujarat Sets Guinness world record for mass performance of Surya Namaskar
( 4000 people at 108 different locations, on 1st jan 2024)
• New pharma park: Lalitpur, UP.

• Maharashtra’s Atpadi Conservation Reserve: declared a new wildlife habitat for the CANID wild dog family.
• NACIN CAMPUS: Palasamudram, Sri Sathya Sai district, Andhra Pr,
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World Happiness report 2024: INDIA ranks126 Global Human Development Index 2022 ( UNDP):
China - 60
INDIA ranks 134/193 1st: Switzerland
1st: FINLAND Nepal- 93
Last: AFGHANISTAN Score: 0.644 ( Medium category) 2nd: Norway
Pakistani- 108
China - 75 3rd: Iceland
Bangladesh- 129
Nepal- 146
UN sustainable development solutions network
Pakistani- 164
Bangladesh- 129
Bhutan- 125

• The Corruption Perception Index (CPI) 2023: ( by Trasparency International) DPIIT s Startup Ranking, 2022
INDIA ranks 93rd , Bangladesh 149, Sri Lanka 115, Pakistani 133
Population >1Cr- category A
• Hydrogen Price Index to develop in GIFT CITY( Gandhinagar, Gujarat)
Population <1Cr- Category B
GIFT- Gujarat International Finance Technical city
• Strongest currency: Kuwaiti Dinar
Best performer( Himachal Pr, category B)
• Swacch Survekshan 2023: City 1st rank - Indore (MP) & Surat (Guj)
Top performer
- 2nd rank :Navi Mumbai
Leaders
- Top Rank of states in swachh survekshan: MH> MP> CG
Aspiring leaders
- Bottom 3 cities: all of Bengal
Emerging startup ecosystems.

• ISRO becomes 4th globally to successfully launch a spacecraft that has entered the Sun’s final Orbit.
ADITYA - L1 mission / PSLV-C57
Launch: Sep 2nd, 2023 landed: 6th Jan, 2024
Satish Dhawan Space centre, Sriharikota

• Jio: strongest brand acc to Global 500 report of 2024

• India’s fastest Unicorn & 1st AI unicorn - OLA KRUTRIM
• 1st research IIT Satellite Campus in Ujjain: IIT INDORE

MIXED CAs

• India’s 1st inaugural DARK SKY PARK: Pench Tiger Reserve, Mp

• India’s 1st all girl Sainik School, Samvid Gurukulam, : VRINDAVAN (inaugurated by Rajnath Singh)
• GRUHA JYOTI scheme launched by: Telangana ( home loans)
• LABHA Scheme is launched by: Odisha (life insurance)
• CHIRANJEEVI Health Insurance Scheme: RAJASTHAN
• MY SCHOOL, MY PRIDE Campaign: HIMACHAL PR
• Ram Lala Darshan Scheme: CHHATTISGARH.
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- Ankasamudra, Karnataka • ⭐ 32nd Member of NATO : SWEDEN
- Aghanashini, Karnataka - HQ: Brussels, Belgium.
- Magadikere conservation centre, Karnataka - STEADFAST DEFENDER: exercise been NATO countries
- Karaivetti bird sanctuary , TN
- Longwood shola , TN

latest sites: Nagi & Natki, Bihar

Total 85

• Sela Tunnel , longest twin tube tunnel , constructed in Arunachal Pr( Tawang to tezpur )
• Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla. Rail link - India’s longest railway tunnel (PIR PANJAL TUNNEL)
• Gotabaya Rajapaksa : author of ‘ The Conspiracy’
• India to have its own space station by 2035.
• 1st lab grown fish meat : KERALA
• National Museum of “Epigraphy “: Salar Jung, Hyderabad.
• UAE golden Visa: Anand kumar
• North India’s 1st human DNA bank : BHU
• Dattajirao Krishnarao Gaekwad, India’s oldest loving test cricketer, passed at 95 yrs age
• Rachna Kumari, suspended for 12 yrs by AIU, for 2nd anti doping violation.
• 🌟 Acharya Vidyasagar Maharaj, saint of Digambar Jain comm, died practising Sallekhana.
• Kyriakos Mitsotakis , PM of GREECE, to attend 9th Raisina Dialogue 2024’ in New Delhi
• 119th member of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) :MALTA
• DURGA-2 developed by DRDO.
[DURGA- Directionally Unrestricted Ray Gun Array]
• Pankaj Udaas, a GHAZAL exponents, passed away at 75 yrs age
• World’s 1st Vedic clock: VIKRAMADITYA, unveiled in UJJAIN.
• SHAHPUR KANDI BARRAGE (DAM): to stop the flow of RAVI river, lakhanpur ,into Pakistan

Track Child Portal

• M/o women & child development launched
for child safety & welfare :
GHAR (Go home and Reunite)

• SAKHI app:developed for Gaganyaan mission. ( assist astronauts)

• Deal to Purchase Indian- Made Dornier Aircraft with GUYANA.
• 1st Indoor Athletics & Aquatic Centres : Odisha
• Headquarters of Indian Navy : New Delhi
• Numaligarh Refinery opens first overseas Office in BANGLADESH 🇧🇩
( TATIPAKA REFINERY- Andhra Pr., BINA REFINERY- MP)

• New 18th Wildlife sanctuary Of TN: Thanthai Periyar WS, in Erode district
• Paytm Payments Bank barred by RBI from onboarding new customers.
• OM BIRLA inaugurated *Panchayat se Parliament tak* program.
• NH- 66, connecting Mumbai to Goa, inaugurated a steel slag road section. 12 indicators

• ⭐ Title of discussion paper published by NITI Aayog : Multi-Dimensional Poverty in India since 2005-2006
analysing Multi-Dimensional Poverty ( MDP)
24.8 Cr Indians moved out of MDP index
in last 9 yrs

Mostly from UP>> Bihar>> MP

• Dr. S. Jaishankar declares Persian as India’s ew classical language acc to NEP, 2020
• A 206 ft, WORLD’s tallest statue of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar unveiled at VIJAYWADA, Andhra Pr

• India’s 1st indigenously developed Hepatitis A Vaccine, by Indian Immunologicals (IIL)launched in Hyderabad- HAVISURE’
• World’s 1st Melanistic Tiger Safari : Odisha Project tiger: 1973,
St. Petersburg declaration
29 July: International Tigers day
• 1st Carbon Neutral Sports City : Kochi Project Elephant: 1992
• 75th Republic Day theme- ‘Viksit Bharat’ & ‘ Bharat- Loktantra ki Matruka’
Chief guest: Emmanuel Macron ( France Pres)
Best Tableau: Odisha.
• 1st Yoga and Naturopathy Hospital in the Northeast- DIBRUGARH, Assam.
• 54th WEF annual meeting held at Davos, Switzerland, from Jan 15 -19th
• India to be part of world’s largest radio telescope project: Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO), Hq: UK
• Russia to hold the Chairmanship of BRICS, from 1st Jan 2024
[Egypt, Ethiopia, UAE, Iran - 4 new BRICS MEMBERS] - Launched in 1961
- Belgrade, Serbia
- India, one of the founding member
• World’s Best Airport : Changi Airport, SINGAPORE
• EINSTEIN PROBE EP: a lotus shaped satellite launched by China, Jan 9,2024.
• World’s tallest Ram Mandir, approx 721 ft tall, to be constructed in Perth, Australia.

• 19th Non-aligned Movement summit- KAMPALA, UGANDA

• ⭐ India & Switzerland concluded Free trade Agreement after 16 years.

• Cyclone ‘ ALVARO’ hit Madagascar, named by Mozambique.
• World’s richest man, as per bay Forbes: Bernard Arnault (Louis Vuitton)
• Brand Ambassador of BETI BACHAO BETI PADHAO- PINKY
• Joint Military exercise by India & UAE: DESERT CYCLONE
India& Kyrgyzstan - KHANJAR ( Baklo, HP)
India& Egypt - CYCLONE
India& Japan - SAHYOG KAIJIN ( coastguard)
⭐ India& Thailand- AYUTTHAYA( navy)
India & Saudi - SADA TANSEEQ ( at Mahajan field firing range, Rajasthan)

• C-130J : an Indian aircraft executed a night landing at Kargil

• DRISHTI 10 UAV- built by Adani defence ( medium altitude)
• UGRAM - fully indigenous Assam rifle developed by DRDO
• Topa Pir, a model village under SADBHAVNA PROGRAMME
• SARVASHAKTI ( to alleviate terrorist activities in Rajouri & poonch region)
• Gandhi: a life in three campaigns : authors NATWAR SINGH & MJ AKBAR
• POPULATION OF SNOW LEOPARDS IN INDIA : 718 ( No. 1 - Ladakh)
• 46th session of UNESCO World Heritage Committee host : NEW DELH, INDIA
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 WORLD PRESS FREEDOM INDEX 2024: WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM’s ENERGY TRANSITION INDEX 2024:

Released by : Reporters without Border

- INDIA ranks 63rd
- 1st : SWEDEN

- INDIA ranks 159/180; score 31.28

- 1st : NORWAY
- 2nd : DENMARK
- 3rd : SWEDEN
- last: ERITREA

• IIT BOMBAY ranks 1st in India in the QS World university ranking 2024, overall ranks 118 in world.
• India lost 2.33 mn hectares of tree cover since 2000, acc to Global Forest Watch.( 6% decrease)

STATES & SCHEMES:

• India 1st Constitution Park, developed by Indian Army + Punit Balan Group in PUNE
• KARNATAKA gov mandated 33% Reservations for Women in govt Contract jobs
• Uttarakhand Launched ‘Pirul Lao- Paise Lao’ campaign to combat forest fires.
• Uttarakhand launched NAKSHASTRA SABHA , an astrotourism campaign.
• 1st police drone city: Chennai
• PUNJAB launched MISSION NISCHAY to combat the supply & demand of drugs
• Om shaped temple inaugurated in Pali, Rajasthan
• GI tags UP- 1.Sanjhi ceremonial craft
2. Tiranga Barfi
3. Kathiya gehu
• “Booth Rabta” launched by Punjab govt to bridge gap between voters & election authorities.
• Gepan
GHEPAN Garth
GATHLake
lake - Himachal Pradesh.
• India’s 1st transgender sarpanch, now a Lok Sabha candidate from MP’s Damoh: Ms. Durga BaiMajhwar
• SRINAGAR- 4th Indian city as Craft city ( 1st - Jaipur, 2nd Malappuram, 3rd Mysore)
• India’s first multipurpose green hydrogen pilot project: HIMACHAL P.
• CYCLONE GAMANE - MADGASCAR
• Udhampur railway station of J&K changed name to Tushar Mahajan
• Utkela Airport inaugurated in ODISHA by civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia.
 🌟 🌟 Public Examinations ( Prevention of unfair means) Bill, 2024:
-Anti- paper leak bill
- 3-5 yrs jail, fine of 10lakhs
-1 cr fine if service provider involved
-introduced by Jitendra Singh
- introduced on 5th feb
- Assent from President on

• Menstrual leave policy for female employees: SIKKIM HIGH COURT ( smallest HC)
• Bank of Maharashtra launched ‘Maha Krishi Samrudhhi Yojana’
• MUKHYAMANTRI MAJHI LADKI BEHAN scheme - Maharashtra
Beneficiary- ₹1500 to women of 21-35 yrs age

• CDP-SURAKSHA PLATFORM Launched by Central gov aims to disburse Subsidies to horticulture farmers.
• IRDAI removed age limit for purchasing health insurance policy in India.
- Chairman: Debashish Panda
- estb in 1999
- Hq: Hyderabad

• NAYA SAVERA SCHEME : launched by M/o Minority affairs

-Aka the Free Coaching & Allied Scheme.
- to assist student of 6 minority groups ( Sikh, Jain, Muslim Christian, Buddhist , Parsi)
- coaching period. 3 months to 2 years
- income less than ₹6lakh per year

APPOINTMENTS:

• JETHA AHIR : new NAFED Chairman ( National Agriculture cooperative marketing federation)
• President of SC Bar Association: KAPIL SIBAL
• ⭐ 1st Woman DGP of Meghalaya : IDASHISHA NONGRAN
• Chief of Personnel of Indian Navy: SANJAY BHALLA
• MIKHAIL MISHUSTIN : Re-appointed as PM of Russia
• National Ambassador for UNICEF India: KAREENA KAPOOR.
• Pro-tem speaker of the 18th Lok Sabha: BHARTURAHI MAHTAB
• P.K. MISHRA : Principal secretary to the PM Modi.
• AJIT DOVAL : National Security Advisor
• N. Chandrababu Naidu - CM of Andhra Pradesh.
Kalyan Singh - Deputy CM of Andhra
• CLAUDIA SHEINBAUM: 1st Female president of Mexico
• ⭐ Next Chief of the Army Staff: Lt. Gen. Upendra Dwivedi ji
• ⭐ JYOTI VIJ: DG of FICCI (estb. 1927)
• ANURAG BATRA: elected as member of international academy of Television Arts & Sciences, representing India.
⭐ ⭐ INDIAN NAVY’s 1st woman Helicopter Pilot: Sub-Lieutenant Anamika B. Rajeev
• India’s 1st female jury member at summer Olympics: BILQUIS MIR
• PM Modi featured on the cover of Newsweek Magazine
• New PM of Portugal: Luis Montenegro.
• YUVRAJ SINGH & USAIN BOLT & AFRIDI & CHRIS GAYLE: Ambassador for ICC Men’s T20 WC
• IPS Rajeev Kr. Sharma: new DG of Bureau of Police research & Development.
• Sanjay Nayar: new president of ASSOCHAM
• Head of IMF for a 2nd Five year term- KRISTALLINA GEORGIEVA.( Bulgaria)
• Prof. Naima khatoon- 1st woman VC of Aligarh Muslim University
• Next chief of Naval Staff: Vice admiral Dinesh Kr Tripathi.
 AWARDS

• International Booker Prize 2024: JENNY ERPENBECK (Germany)

Translated by: MICHAEL HOFMANN
• Prestigious GOLDMAN ENVIRONMENTAL PRIZE, 2024: Alok Shukla
• The Shaw Prize 2024, in Astronomy: SHRINIVAS R. KULKARNI
• SULTAN AZLAN SHAH cup (Malaysia) : Win: JAPAN. Runner Up: Pakistani
( India didn’t Participate)
• ⭐ ⭐ United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the year , 2023 : Radhika Sen
• All we Imagine is Light, an Indian Film, won Grand Prix award at 77th CANNES FILM FESTIVAL.
-DIRECTOR: Payal Kapadia
-Anusuya Sengupta: Best Actress ( uncertain cat.) for ‘The Shamless’

⭐ ⭐ 65th Raman Magsaysay Award 2023:

RAVI KANNAN R. ( oncologist from India)
EUGENIO LEMOS
MIRIAM CORONEL FERREL
KORVI RAKSHAND
🌟 ‘ Green Oscar’ Whitley Gold Award. 2024: Purnima Devi Barman ( Assam)
• UN’s Ag Hammarskjold medal : Naik Dhananjay Kr.Singh ( posthumously)
( Ruchika Kamboj received on his behalf)
• ⭐ 1st Indian to receive ‘Nelson Mandela Lifetime Achievement Award’ from South Africa: VINOD GANATRA
• PEN PINTER PRIZE 2024 by British Library: ARUNDHATI ROY for
2023: MICHAEL ROZEN for Fearless
• 12th VISHWA HINDI SAMMAN: USHA THAKUR
• International Culture Award: Prof. Meena Charanda
• Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar award: Amitabh Bachhan .
• Aryabhatta Award by Aeronautical Society of India to: PAVULURI SUBBA RAO
• BINDYARANI DEVI won International weightlifting World Cup 2024.

• 69th National Film Awards:

BEST FILM: ROCKETRY: The Nambi effect
BEST ACTOR: ALLU ARJUN
BEST ACTRESS: ALIA BHATT

• UNESCO’s Asia pacific cultural Heritage Award: BYCULLA RAILWAY STATION ( Maharashtra)
 SPORTS

UBER CUP & THOMUS CUP 2024-

IPL, 2024
- Winner- CHINA
- Runner up: INDONESIA • Orange Cap: VIRAT KOHLI ( RCB)
- Host: CHINA • Purple Cap: HARSHAL PATRL ( kings11 Punjab)
- INDIA lost in Quarter finals • Most Valuable Player: SUNIL NARINE (KKR)
- India won the 2022 cup. • Win:KKR. Runner up: SRH

LAUREUS SPORTS AWARDS, 2024: • Asian Wrestling championship 2024 held at Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Silver- Udit
• MALE Player of the year - NOVAK DJOKOVIC (Serbia) Bronze- Abhimanyu and Vicky
• FEMALE Player of the year- AITANA BONMATI (Spain)
• Comeback of the Year: SIMON BILES (America)

US OPEN, 2023 ITALIAN OPEN, 2024 ( tennis)

• MEN’s single winner: NOVAK DJOKOVIC • MEN’s single winner: ALEXANDER ZVEREV ( Germany)
• FEMALE’s Single winner: COCO GAUFF ( USA) • FEMALE’s Single winner: IGA SWIATEK (Poland)

• ⭐ ⭐ DIPA KARMAKAR won Gold at 2024 Asian Women’s Gymnastics Championships ( 1st Indian)
• ⭐ JYOTI RATRE: India’s Oldest woman to conquer Mt. Everest. ( age 55)
• Host 2027 FIFA WOMEN’s World Cup: Brazil
• Host FIFA MEN’s World Cup : MEXICO+ USA+ CANADA
• Host 2023 : Australia + N. Zealand, Winner : SPAIN

• FEDERATION CUP, 2024: Host ( Bhubhaneshwar, Odisha)

-Neeraj Chopra won Gold
• Winner of Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland Chess Tournament, 2024: MAGNUS CARLSEN
• 2025 BWF World Junior Badminton Championships Host: INDIA ( Guwahati,Assam)

• ⭐ CARLOS ALCARAZ : youngest man to win grand slam titles on all 3 surfaces, after winning French Open 2024
• FIH Hockey Men’s Junior WC , dec 2025 HOST: INDIA
• ⭐ 1st Indian to win 3-Star Grand Prix equestrian event: SHRUTI VORA
• GOLD MEDAL in women’s long jump at the TAIWAN ATHELETICS OPEN 2024: NAYANA JAMES
• PAT CUMMINS : consecutive hat-tricks in the T20 World Cup 2024.
Also received ‘wisden leading cricketer of the year’
• SHAFALI VERMA : 1st Indian woman cricketer to score over 200 runs in a single day’s play ( against S.A)
• PUJA TOMAR :1st Indian to win UFC fight.
• IIT Madras hosted BLITZ CHESS TOURNAMENT.
• HOCKEY INDIA BALBIR SINGH SR.AWARD for player of the year ( women) : Salima Tete
(Men) : Hardik Singh
• 56th National Kho Kho championship:
Winner ( men & women) - MAHARASHTRA
• NO. 1 chess player in India acc to April 2024 FIDE rating list- ARJUN ERIGASI.
• D GUKESH won FIDE candidate Chess tournament 2024.
 • PANKAJ ADVANI - 4th Consecutive winner of CCI Billiards Classic.
• SUMIT NAGAL: 1st Indian to enter Monte Carlo Masters singles main draw in 42 yrs.
• 41st Badminton Asia Championship 2024 held at Ningbo, China.
• Dinesh Karthik & Kedar Jadhav retired from all formats of cricket
• Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma & Jadeja retired from T20 format .
• 3rd player to hit 6 sixes in an over in a T20I: DIPENDRA SINGH AIREE.
• SUKANT KADAM- silver medalist at Spanish Para Badminton International 2024-II tournament
• PRACHI YADAV- WON 2 gold medal at the PARACANOE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP.
• SREEJA AKULA- top TT player acc to latest ITTF rankings
• Yuki Bhambri+ Albano Olivetti won 2024 BMW open Tennis tournament
• India Won 3 gold medals(maximum) at 2023 World Archery Championships ;
Held at Berlin, 🇩🇪 Germany .
( Aditi swamy, Ojas Pravin)

• PRIYA MALIK : Gold in U20 World Wrestling Championships ( Amman, Jordan)

• INDIA won Asians Champions Trophy Title 2023. (4th time) hosted by Chennai.
India: total 14 medals,
4 Gold medals ( Mohit Kumar, Antim panghal, Savita, Priya Malik)

• Maximum medals at ISSF junior World Championship 2023- Host S.Korea

1st - China
2nd- India ( total 17 medals, Gold-6)

SCIENCE & DEVELOPMENTS

• World’s 1st 3D-printed rocket engine, a single piece, named - AGNIBAAN or AGNIBAAN SORTED
(developed by Agnikul cosmos, Chennai)
• World’s deepest blue hole discovery in MEXICO
• 1st AI anchor in India’s govt- KRISH & BHOOMI
• 1st Indian Tourist to journey into space with Blue Origin’s N-25 mission: GOPI THOTAKURA
• World’s 1st wooden ( Maglonia Wood) satellite built by KYOTO UNI, Japan: LIGNOSAT
• KASA: Korea AeroSpace Administration. ( S.korea )
• UN declares as 2025 the International Year of Quantum Science & Tech. [ 2023- Millets, 2024- Camelids]
• Barauni thermal Power Station Stage 1- recently closed , is in Begusarai, Bihar
• RBI’s new agency Digital India Trust Agency (ICPA) : fight against Cybercrime
• GUJCOST ( Gujarat Council on science and technology) nodal centre for training of individuals in Space Science under START program of ISRO
START- Space science & Tech Awareness Training

• Navratna status awarded to - NATIONAL FERTILISERS LTD & IREDA

-Also to Mazagong dock shipbuilders.
- total 18 navratnas
• Pyolijji-1-2 anti aircraft missile & Hawai-1 Ra-3 cruise missile developed by North Korea
• Russia’s Oleg kononenko: record for staying 1000 days in space.
• Change’ 6 Mission - lunar mission of China. (Samples from far side of the moon)
• Proposed the existence of Higgs Boson ( God Particle) : Peter Higgs
• Vasuki indicus- fossil of the largest snake that ever lived on earth
• BAPU tower inaugurated in PATNA. (Copper plated)
• National space day : 23 Aug ( chandryaan 3 success)
• LUPEX lunar mission will be launched by ISRO+ JAXA
• 18th country to eliminate Trachoma: IRAQ
• Female Robot for GAGANYAAN MISSION: VYOM MITRA
 MIXED AFFAIRS

• Cyclone REMAL named by OMAN.

• CHABAHAR Port is in IRAN (10yr deal with India)
• SITTWE port of Myanmar
• VENEZUELA: 1st country to lose all Glaciers.
• 99th Member of ISA( Hq. Gurugram) : SPAIN (97th- MALTA)
• Ebrahim Raisi, President of Iran, & Hussain Amir Abdullahidin (foreign minister)passed away in
helicopter crash.
• Current President of Iran: MASOUD PEZESHKAN.

• INDIAN ARMY to receive IGLA-S air defence systems from Russia.

It’s a Man portable air defence system,
India to receive 48 launches & 100 missiles
• fLIRT : new COVID Varient
• Highest Paid Athelets acc to Forbes list C. Ronaldo
• Victoria Shi: an AI powered digital spokesperson of Ukraine.
• Kuwait started 1st ever Hindi Broadcast.
• RBI has transferred 100 tonnes of gold from its vaults in UK to domestic values in India.
• Ruchiraj Kamboj , 1st woman permanent representative of India to UN, retired after 4 decades.
• RBI cancelled Purvanchal cooperative bank.
• Nalanda University, Rajgir. New campus inaugurated by PM Modi.
• Rs 76,200 cr. approved for the construction of a major port in Vadhavan, Maharashtra .
• UNESCO’s Memory of the World AsiaPacific Regional Register:
- Ramcharitmanas
- Sahrdayaloka-locana
- Panchatantra
• MONGLA PORT of Bangladesh, India will operate & build a new terminal here
Also imp - Dar-el-Salem port of Tanzania (operated by Adani group)

• World’s Highest polling station : Tashigang, Himachal Pradesh. ( 15,250 ft. Approx height)
• World’s 1st conservation & breeding centre for Asian king vulture: MAHARAJGANJ, UP
• World’s 2nd most valuable company overtaking Apple: Nvidia
• Indigenously developed “suicide drones” deliver to Indian Army : NAGASTRA-1
• Autobiography of BILL GATES : SOURCE CODE- My Beginnings
• SHANE WATSONS book - THE WINNERS MINDSET
• RAVICHANDRAN ASHWIN’s “I HAVE THE STREETS- a Kutti Cricket story”
• RAJEEV TARANATH - Sarod player passed away at age of 92cin Mysuru
• 1st South Indian actor to have statue at Madame Tussads, Dubai- ALLU ARJUN
• Katchatheevu - a disputed island between India& Sri Lanka
• Largest major ports in terms of cargo volumes in FY24 : PARADIP PORT ( Odisha)
• G2G agreement between India & Israel involves Worker exchange.
• SC recognises Right to be free from adverse effect of climate change under ARTICLE 14 & 21
• HDFC bank- Kavaratti island , Lakshadweep
• ⭐ Shompen tribe of Andaman & Nicobar island voted for the 1st time.
• India’s 1st transshipment port: VIZHINJAM PORT, Kerala.
• CSIR- installed India’s biggest climate Clock at its headquarters in Delhi.
• IIT BOMBAY launched CAT-T : India’s 1st domestic gene therapy
• 1st BCCI accredited HPCA STADIUM venue with a cutting edge hybrid pitch
• New Gold backed currency in Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 - ZiG
• Cyclone GAMANE- MADGASCAR
• Operation Iron shield of ISRAEL.
• Germany Legalised Recreational Cannabis
• UK + Rwanda -agreement to relocate asylum seekers.
• Same Pitoroda’s new book: THE IDEA OF DEMOCRACY