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February 2025 Current Affairs

National Appointments

1. Tuhin Kanta Pandey Appointed as 11th SEBI Chairperson

• Tuhin Kanta Pandey, India’s Finance Secretary,

has been appointed as the 11th Chairperson of
the Securities and Exchange Board of India
(SEBI) for a three-year term
• Replaced - Madhabi Puri Buch.
• Regulator for the Securities Market of India.

2. Rekha Gupta Sworn in as Delhi CM

• Parvesh Verma – Deputy CM
• Lt. Governor – VK Saxena
• Fourth female CM of Delhi.
• Vijender Gupta Sworn in as Delhi Assembly
Speaker

3. Election Commission Of India

• Gyanesh Kumar Appointed as New Chief
Election Commissioner (26th)
• Other commissioners- Sukhbir Singh Sandhu &
Vivek Joshi.
• This committee comprises: The Prime Minister
, A Cabinet Minister nominated by the Prime
Minister , The Leader of the Opposition in the
Lok Sabha. 1st CEC appointment under the Chief Election Commissioner
and Other Election Commissioner Act, 2023.

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4. N Chandrasekaran Appointed as Chairman of
Ratan Tata Endowment Foundation -
Philanthropy and technological research

5. V Anantha Nageswaran’s Term as Chief

Economic Advisor Extended to March 2027

6. Centre extends tenure of NITI Aayog CEO

Subrahmanyam by one year

7. Shaktikanta Das Appointed Principal

Secretary-2 to PM Modi

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 International Appointments

1. Friedrich Merz Set to Become Germany’s Next

Chancellor

2. 9th Director of Federal Bureau of

Investigation
• Kash Patel
• He is the FBI's first Indian-origin Director.
He is a loyalist of Donald Trump.

3. Tulsi Gabbard – US 'National Intelligence

Director (DNI)'
• First Hindu to lead the US intelligence
community.

4. Greece’s - Constantine Tassoulas as president

5. Vanuatu - Jotham Napat as new prime minister

6. Lebanon's new Prime Minister - Nawaf Salam

7. Prime Minister of Belgium - Bart De Wever

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 National News

1. Country’s first underwater museum

• Indian Navy's INS Guldar will become India's

first underwater museum as it has been handed
over to the Maharashtra Tourism Development
Corporation Ltd (MTDC).
• Sunk in Sindhudurg district and used for scuba
diving.

2. Chairman of BOB Inter-Governmental Organisation

• India assumed the Chairmanship from

Bangladesh at the 13th Governing Council
Meeting of the Bay of Bengal Programme
Inter-Governmental Organisation at Male,
Maldives.
• The Governing Council is the apex decision-making body of the Bay of
Bengal Programme Inter-Governmental Organisation, which meets once a
year.

3. Committee for transformation in AIIMS New Delhi

• NITI Aayog has constituted a committee to

prepare a roadmap for transforming AIIMS
(New Delhi) .
• The committee will be headed by NITI Aayog
member VK Paul.

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4. First international conference on carbon market Nature 2025 - Prakriti
2025

• Held in New Delhi from 24 to 25 February 2025.

• Prakriti 2025 - By bringing together global
leaders and experts, the event advanced
discussions on innovative solutions for a
sustainable, low-carbon future.
• The first International Conference on Carbon
Markets-Nature was organized by the Bureau
of Energy Efficiency (BEE) ,it is under the
Union Ministry of Power.

5. India’s first Hyperloop test track

• IIT Madras has launched India's first

Hyperloop test track in collaboration with
Indian Railways.
• The Hyperloop system uses electromagnetically
levitated pods that move inside vacuum tubes.
• Airplane Speed.

6. 98th Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan

• On February 21, the 98th Akhil Bharatiya
Marathi Sahitya Sammelan inaugurated by PM
Narendra Modi in New Delhi.
• Recently, the government has given Marathi
the status of classical language.

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7. Pusa Krishi Vigyan Mela 2025

• Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers

Welfare, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, will visit the
Pusa Krishi Vigyan Mela (PKVM) 2025 in New
Delhi on February 22, 2025.
• The Indian Council of Agricultural Research - Indian Agricultural
Research Institute (ICAR-IARI) is organizing this event from February
22-24, 2025 with the theme "Advanced Agriculture – Developed India."

8. nPROUD - Kerala

• For the first time in the country, the State

Drug Control Department is launching a project
to collect and dispose of expired and unused
medicines from households in a scientific
manner.
• nPROUD (New Programme for Removal of
Unused Drugs)

9. India’s first Bifacial Solar Plant on the Metro Station

• Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs and

Power Manohar Lal Khattar inaugurated India’s
first vertical bifacial solar plant on a metro
viaduct at Okhla Vihar Metro station.
• The vertical bi-facial solar panels can capture
sunlight from both sides.

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10. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurates the first edition of
the SOUL Leadership Conclave- Delhi

• Leaders from diverse fields such as politics,

sports, arts and media, the spiritual world,
public policy, business, and the social sector
shared their inspiring life journeys and
discussed aspects related to leadership.

11. India’s First “Open-Air Art Wall Museum” - Mausam Bhawan , New
Delhi

• India’s first “Open Air Art Wall Museum”

shows 150 years of milestone journey of the
India Meteorological Department (IMD).

12. Inland Waterway Terminal

• Recently, the Union Minister for Ports,

Shipping, and Waterways inaugurated an inland
waterway terminal (IWT) on the Brahmaputra
River in Jogighopa, Assam.

13. ‘BHARAT TEX 2025’

• BHARAT TEX 2025, one of the largest global

textiles events, is returning with its second
edition from February 14 to 17, 2025.

The event will be hosted across two major

venues:
• Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi
• India Expo Centre & Mart, Greater Noida

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14. BRICS summit 2025

• Brazil will host the BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro on

July 6-7, 2025.

15. World's largest 10-tonne propellant mixer

for rocket motors

• This advanced system promises improved

productivity, quality and safety in solid motor
production.

16. National Geospatial Knowledge-based Land

Survey of Urban Habitations (NAKSHA) Pilot
Programme

• Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, Shivraj Singh

Chouhan inaugurate the National Geospatial
Knowledge-based Land Survey of Urban
Habitations (NKSHA) pilot program on 18th
February.
• The NAKSHA program will be implemented by the Department of Land
Resources under the Ministry of Rural Development.
• The main objective is to create and update land records, ensuring
accurate documentation of land ownership, improving urban planning, and
reducing land-related disputes.

17. 'Aadi Mahotsav 2025

National Tribal Festival 2025

Event Name National Tribal Festival 2025 (Aadi Mahotsav 2025)

Organized By Ministry of Tribal Affairs & TRIFED

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Venue Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, New Delhi

Dates February 16 to February 24, 2025

Hon’ble President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu

Inaugurated By (Tribal artisans, entrepreneurs, and performers to
showcase their talent and craftsmanship )

18. AI Action Summit

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that

India will host the next Global AI Summit,
following discussions at the AI Action Summit
in Paris 2025
• The summit, co-chaired by PM Modi and
French President Emmanuel Macron, focused on
fostering global cooperation in AI development.

19. Dhokra artwork

• PM Modi presented a specially commissioned

Dokra artwork to French President Emmanuel
Macron.
• Dokra art is a 4,000-year-old metal casting
technique ( lost-wax casting’ technique)
• It originated from Chhattisgarh
• Note - First Lady of France Brigitte Macron has been gifted a hand-
carved silver table mirror made in Rajasthan.

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20. First Conference for Women Peacekeepers
2025 - Delhi

• Titled “Women in Peacekeeping: A Global South

Perspective.”

21. France has India inaugurated its new

consulate in Marseille

22. India free from Lymphatic Filariasis

23. World’s second country to introduce digital

pilot licenses -India

New name of the Eastern Command headquarters,

Fort William

• The Indian Army has renamed Kolkata’s Fort

William, the Eastern Command headquarters,
as ‘Vijay Durg’ to honor India’s indigenous
military heritage

24. India’s First Wildlife Biobank

• Darjeeling's Padmaja Naidu Himalayan

Zoological Park has established India's first
zoo-based biobank and animal museum.

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25. India's first AI university - Maharastra

26. India’s first White Tiger Breeding Center

• The Central Zoo Authority (CZA) recently
approved India's first white tiger breeding
center in Rewa district, Madhya Pradesh.
• The center will be located in Govindgarh.

27. Union Budget 2025-26

• Theme “Sabka Vikas”.

28. India's first blockchain-based Campus

currency – BIMCOIN
• Birla Institute of Management Technology
(BIMTECH) has launched BIMCOIN, India's
first blockchain-based campus currency, to
facilitate secure and transparent transactions within its ecosystem.

29. India’s first biopolymer plant - Lakhimpur

Kheri , UP
• The project aims to replace plastic with
sustainable biopolymers, promoting
environmental protection.

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 State/UT News

1. First state to breach 100 billion dollars budget

size - UP
• With more than 8 lakh crores for FY 2025-26,
this is the BIGGEST ever budget presented
not just for UP, but for any state.

2. Global Investor Summit 2025 – Bhopal , MP

3. First Assembly in India to be equipped with

the facility of a translator

• UP assembly will be first in India to be

equipped with the facility of a translator.
• The translation rehearsals of Awadhi, Braj,
Bhojpuri, Bundelkhand and English .

4. First ever joint mega Nyokum Yullo Celebration

• Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar attended and

addressed the first ever joint mega Nyokum
Yullo Celebration in Kamle District of Arunachal
Pradesh .
• The Nyokum Yullo Celebration is an agrarian
festival of the Nyishi tribe of Arunachal
Pradesh.
• Kabak Yano is the 5th woman from Arunachal Pradesh and first woman
from the Nyishi tribe to conquer the world's highest peak, Mount
Everest.

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5. India’s first Global Capability Centers (GCC) Policy 2025 - MP

• By providing a business-friendly environment,

financial incentives, and infrastructure
development, the state plans to position itself
as a preferred destination for GCCs.

6. Biren Singh resigns as Manipur Chief Minister –

President Rule

7. ‘Guneri Village’
• Guneri village in Kutch, Gujarat has now
become Gujarat's first 'Biodiversity Heritage
Site’.
• It preserves its unique inland mangrove
ecosystem.

8. Advantage Assam 2.0 Summit 2025 held on

February 25-26, 2025, in Guwahati

9. India International Dance and Music Festival

held from 22 to 27 February 2025, in New
Delhi

10. India’s first indigenous Automated

Biomedical Waste Treatment Rig, “Sṛjanam”, at
AIIMS New Delhi
• Developed by CSIR-NIIST,
Thiruvananthapuram, this pioneering technology
aims to transform biomedical waste management in healthcare facilities.

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 International News

1. Green Transition Alliance India (GTAI) initiative

• The Green Transition Alliance India (GTAI)

initiative has been launched by Denmark to
strengthen collaboration with India on
sustainable energy solutions.

2. World's richest women as per Forbes Billionaire List 2024

3. New Quantum chip ‘Majorana 1’ - Microsoft

4. New gold card investor visa programme for

wealthy immigrants - USA
• The immigration Gold Cards can be bought by
the companies on payment of 5 million dollars
for highly talented employees.

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5. Mount Dukono volcano - Indonesia

6. TRUST initiative

• India and the US have launched the TRUST

(Transforming Relationships using Strategic
Technology) initiative to boost cooperation in
critical minerals such as lithium and rare earth
elements.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Washington DC on February 12,
2025, for a crucial two-day visit.

7. Waterworth initiative
• META, the company that owns Facebook,
Instagram and WhatsApp, has announced to lay
a 50-thousand-kilometer cable in the sea to
increase digital connectivity between India and
America.
• Note - According to META, Brazil, South Africa and some other major
regions will also benefit from this world's longest marine cable project.

8. 8th edition of Indian Ocean Conference (IOC)

• India, Singapore, and Oman are hosting the

8th Indian Ocean Conference in Muscat, Oman.
• The Indian Ocean Conference (IOC) is an
annual platform for regional cooperation in the
Indian Ocean.

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9. 12th edition of the ‘World Government Summit’

• The 12th edition of the World Government

Summit has been held in Dubai, United Arab
Emirates (UAE).
• It is being organized in Dubai from 10 to 13
February 2025.
• Theme 2025 - Shaping Future Governments
• India is represented by Union Minister of
Environment, Forest and Climate Change,
Bhupendra Yadav.

10. ‘Gulf of America Day’

• US President Donald Trump has officially

recognized February 9 as “Gulf of America
Day,” following a significant change to the
name of the Gulf of Mexico.

11. 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)

• The President of the 77th session of the

United Nations General Assembly, Philemon
Yang was on a four-day visit to India from 4-
7 February 2025.

12. King of Bhutan, Jigme Khesar Namgyel

Wangchuck Takes Holy Dip at Triveni Sangam
in Prayagraj

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13. US Exit from the United Nations Human
Rights Council (UNHRC) & WHO

14. Argentina quit from the World Health

Organization (WHO)

15. World's first AI-driven chronic eye disease

screening program - Kerala

16. First South China Sea deepwater ‘space

station’ - China

17. Asia's premier aerospace and defence

exhibition

18. First Country to Criminalize AI-Generated

Child Abuse Content - UK

19. Longest spacewalking time by a Woman -

Sunita Williams
• Sunita Williams has now accumulated 62 hours
and 6 minutes of spacewalking time, breaking
Peggy Whitson’s record of 60 hours and 21
minutes.

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20. European Commission President Ursula von
der Leyen’s Visit to India (February 27-28,
2025)

21. Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al

Thani, visited India from February 17 to 18,
2025

22. Mount Taranaki

• Mount Taranaki in New Zealand was recently

recognized as a legal person, giving it the same
rights and responsibilities as a human.
• The mountain is considered an ancestor by the
Indigenous Maori people.

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 Sports

1. Second Indian Super League (ISL) Winners Shield

• Mohun Bagan Super Giant football club won

their second Indian Super League (ISL)
Winners Shield when they defeated Odisha FC
club 1-0 at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati
Krirangan Stadium in Kolkata on 23 February
2025.

2. Asian Snooker title 2025 at Doha (Qatar)

3. ‘Indian Snooker Championship’ 2025

• Pankaj Advani has won his 36th national title

and 10th men's snooker championship at the
Yashwant Club , MP
• Pankaj Advani defeated Brijesh Damani in the
final.

4. 34th ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup table tennis

tournament - Shenzhen, China.

5. Olympic Esports Games 2027 - Saudi Arabia

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6. 38th National Games 2025 - UK

• The Services Sports Control

Board or Army team has won the
Raja Bhalindar Singh Trophy by
topping the medal tally with 121
medals - 68 gold, 26 silver and
27 bronze - at the 38th Summer
National Games.
• Note - This was the fifth Raja
Bhalindar Singh Trophy for the
Army team.
• Meghalaya to Host 2027
National Games (39TH)

7. Event ambassador for the ‘Champions Trophy’

• Shikhar Dhawan
• Sarfraz Ahmed
• Shane Watson
• Tim Southee

8. Para Archery Asia Cup World Ranking

Competition 2025

• Event – 02 to 11 February 2025 (Bangkok,

Thailand)

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9. 6th ‘Men’s Hockey India League’ 2024-25 title

• Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers won the sixth

Men's Hockey India League 2024-25 title by
defeating Hyderabad Storm 4-3 at the Birsa
Munda International Hockey Stadium in
Rourkela (Odisha).
• Event Date – 28 December 2024 to 1 February
2025
• Venue – Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium, Rourkela (Odisha)

10. ‘2nd ICC Women's U19 T20 World Cup’ 2025

• The Indian women's U19 cricket team

demolished South Africa by nine wickets in the
final of the 2nd ICC Women's U19 T20 World
Cup to retain their title.
• Venue :- Malaysia from 18 January to 2 February 2025.
• Player of the Match of the Finals - Gongadi Trisha of India
• Player of the Tournament - Gongadi Trisha of India

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 Important Books

1. Gopichand Hinduja’s book “I Am?”

• Vice President of India, Shri Jagdeep

Dhankhar, launched the book “I Am?”.

2. ‘The New Icon: Savarkar and the Facts’

3. “Indian Renaissance: The Modi Decade” - Dr.

Aishwarya Pandit.

• Released by Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi on 30

January.

4. "Life on Mars: Collected Stories“ - Namita

Gokhale’s

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 Index and Ranking

1. Highest number of species in the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC)

▪ Recently West Bengal recorded the highest

number of species during the Great
Backyard Bird Count (GBBC).
▪ Bengal topped the list with 543 species.
▪ 1068 bird species have been recorded in
India.
▪ Darjeeling topped in the Bengal with the
highest number of species.

2. Global Infrastructure Resilience Report

• The Coalition for Disaster Resilient

Infrastructure (CDRI) released the Global
Infrastructure Resilience Report, assessing
disaster preparedness.

3. World Reputation Rankings 2025

• According to the latest Times Higher Education

(THE) World Reputation Rankings 2025, Indian
Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru is the
best University in India.
• Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi,
IIT Madras, and Shiksha ‘O” Anusandhan are
the other Universities that found place in this
ranking.

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4. Cleanest city for the 7th consecutive time -Indore

• The 9th edition of Swachh Survekshan 2024,

launched by the Union Minister for Housing and
Urban Affairs, Manohar Lal Khattar.

5. India among the top 10 countries which is most affected by extreme

weather events

• As per a report, India ranks sixth among the

top 10 countries most affected by extreme
weather events over the last three decades
from 1993-2023.
• India experienced devastating floods in 1993,
1998, and 2013, along with severe heatwaves
in 2002, 2003, and 2015.
• Climate Risk Index (CRI)

6. 2025 Henley Passport Index

• The 2025 Henley Passport Index, compiled by

Henley & Partners.
• Singapore holds the top spot, while India ranks
80th.

7. Corruption Perceptions Index

• India is ranked 96th among 180 countries/territories in the 2024

Corruption Perceptions Index .
• Report Published by - Transparency International

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Top 3 countries in the world
1. Denmark
2. Finland
3. Singapore
▪ Last Rank - South Sudan

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 Military Exercise

1. 6th India-Japan Military Exercise ‘Dharma

Guardian’

• The infantry level 6th India-Japan Military

Exercise ‘Dharma Guardian’ commenced in
Japan on 24th February 2025.

2. Exercise 'Sagar Kavach'

• The Indian Coast Guard conducted the 'Sagar

Kavach' exercise on February 21-22, 2025, in
the 158 km coastal area of West Bengal,
aimed at strengthening coastal security and
enhancing coordination among various agencies.
• To deal with threats such as kidnapping, smuggling, and IEDs.

3. 3rd edition of “Cyclone 2025”

• Exercise “Cyclone 2025” started at Mahajan

Field Firing Range in Rajasthan from 10
February.
• It aims to enhance defence cooperation
between India and Egypt.

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4. Military exercise 'Jal-Thal-Raksha 2025'

• The Indian Army, in collaboration with the

Indian Coast Guard and Marine Police,
conducted the large-scale military exercise
‘Jal-Thal-Raksha 2025’ at Bet Dwarka,
Gujarat.
• The exercise aimed to strengthen island security, combat illegal
encroachment, and enhance coordination between various security forces.

5. 13th edition of military exercise "Ekuverin”

• The 13th edition of the joint military exercise

'Ekuverin' between the Indian Army and the
Maldives National Defence Force has begun in
Maldives on February 2, 2025.

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 Science and Tech & Defence

1. Javelin anti-tank guided missile

• India and the US plan to procure and co-

produce Javelin anti-tank guided missiles for
India’s defense needs.
• Javelin is a man-portable, fire-and-forget
missile designed to destroy heavily armored
vehicles.

2. Naval Anti-Ship Missile (NASM-SR)

• The Defence Research and Development

Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Navy
successfully conducted the maiden flight test
of the Naval Anti-Ship Missile (NASM-SR)
from the Integrated Test Range (ITR),
Chandipur.
• The missile was launched from a Sea King Helicopter, demonstrating its
target-hitting capabilities.

3. PUNCH Mission

• NASA is preparing for the PUNCH mission, a

first-of-its-kind solar mission to study the
solar atmosphere. PUNCH (Polarimetry to Unify
the Corona and Heliosphere) will be launched
by SpaceX.

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 Awards

1. National Dhanwantari Ayurveda Awards

• Ministry of Ayush conferred the prestigious

National Dhanwantari Ayurveda Awards for
their exceptional contributions to the field of
traditional Indian medicine.
• Vaidya Tara Chand Sharma, Vaidya Maya Ram
Uniyal, and Vaidya Sameer Govind Jamadagni
received the award.

2. State Forest Project Recognized with SKOCH Award

• The Nagaland Forest Management Project

(NFMP) received the SKOCH Award 2024 at
the 100th SKOCH Summit in New Delhi on
February 15, 2025.

3. TIME’s ‘Woman of the Year’

• Indian biologist and wildlife conservationist

Purnima Devi Barman has been named “Woman
of the Year” by Time magazine.
• Purnima Devi Barman is the only Indian woman
on this year’s list.
• Purnima Devi is famous for her unwavering
efforts in protecting the endangered greater adjutant stork, locally
known as Hargila.

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4. 78th ‘British Academy Film Awards’
• The 78th edition of the British Academy Film
Awards ceremony has been held at the
Southbank Centre in London.
• Best Film: Conclave

5. Mrs. World 2025

• Tshego Gaelae – South Africa
• First Black woman to be crowned Mrs. World
2025
• Mrs. World is the first beauty pageant for
married women

6. 67th Grammy Award for the album ‘Triveni’

• In February 2025, the 67th edition of the
Grammy Awards ceremony is held in Los
Angeles, where Indian-American singer and
entrepreneur Chandrika Tandon won the
Grammy Award for the album 'Triveni' in the
'Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album
category’.

7. BCCI’s Lifetime Achievement Award

• Legendary former batter Sachin Tendulkar
conferred with the BCCI’s Lifetime
Achievement Award in Mumbai on February 1.

Important Point
▪ Jasprit Bumrah has been selected for the Polly Umrigar Award for
the best International Cricketer for 2023-24 in men’s category.
▪ In the Women’s Category, Smriti Mandhana has been selected for the
best International Cricketer for 2023-24.

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 Project , App & Portal

1. SwaRail’ SuperApp

• The Ministry of Railways has introduced the

‘SwaRail’ SuperApp, integrating multiple railway
services into a single platform.

2. 'One Man Office' initiative

• The Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC)

launched the "One Man Office" (OMO) online
service on February 17, 2025.
• This initiative aims to empower LIC’s sales
force and ensure uninterrupted 24/7 digital
services for policyholders.

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 Important Days Of February

1. ‘World Wetlands Day’ 2025 – 2nd Feb

• The theme for World Wetlands Day 2025 -

“Protecting Wetlands for Our Common Future.”
• India Adds Four New Ramsar Sites, Taking
Tally to 89. Sakkarakottai Bird Sanctuary and
Therthangal Bird Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu,
Khecheopalri Wetland in Sikkim, and Udhwa
Lake in Jharkhand.

2. ‘World Cancer Day’ 2025 – 4th Feb

• Theme 2025 - United by Unique

3. ‘World Pulses Day’ 2025 – 10th Feb

• Theme - Pulses: Bringing diversity to agrifood

systems

4. ‘World Radio Day’ 2025 – 13th Feb

• Theme 2025 - Radio and climate change

5. ‘National Women's Day 2025’

• National Women's Day is celebrated every year on 13 February in India.

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• The day is celebrated to commemorate the
birth anniversary of Sarojini Naidu, a
renowned political leader, poet, and supporter
of women's rights.
• Sarojini Naidu was born on 13 February 1879
in Hyderabad.

6. Third edition of ‘India Energy Week’ on 11 February 2025

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has virtually

inaugurated the 3rd India Energy Week to be
held on 11 February 2025 in New Delhi.

7. ‘Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti’ 2025 –

19th Feb

• In 2025, India celebrated the 395th birth

anniversary of the great Maratha ruler.

8. 'World Day of Social Justice 2025’ -20th Feb

• The theme for 2025 is “Strengthening a Just

Transition for a Sustainable Future”.

9. ‘International Mother Language Day’ 2025 -

21st Feb

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10. Financial Literacy Week 2025

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) launched the

Financial Literacy Week 2025 from February
24 to February 28, focusing on the theme
“Financial Literacy – Women’s Prosperity.”

11. 'World Protein Day' 2025

• World Protein Day is observed annual to raise

public awareness about importance of protein in
nutrition.
• India observes National Protein Day on 27
February.

12. ‘National Science Day’ 2025

• National Science Day, celebrated every year

on 28 February, commemorates the discovery
of the Raman effect by Sir C.V. Raman, a
milestone in the field of physics for which he
received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930.
• Theme for 2025 - Empowering Indian youth
for global leadership in science and innovation for a developed India

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 Obituaries

1. Padmashree Sukri Bommagowda

• Accomplished folk singer and Padma Shri

awardee Sukri Bommagowda, fondly called
‘Sukrajji’, passed away on 13 February 2025
at the age of 88.
• Sukra Bommagowda was a respected figure in
the Halakki Vokkaliga community of Karnataka
• Sukrajji was honoured with the prestigious Padma Shri award in 2017 for
her role in preserving folk music and culture.

2. Mayadhar Raut is considered the "Father of Odissi

dance".

3. 16th Chief Election Commissioner of India passed

away at the age of 79 - Naveen Chawla

4. Sam Nujoma, passed away at age of 95

• Namibia's first democratically elected president,
Sam Nujoma, passed away at age of 95. He was
the Founding Father of Namibia. Nujoma led
Namibia from 1990 till 2005.

5. India’s most prominent and famous sculptor

Latika Katt passed away
• Latika Katt, one of India's most prominent and
renowned sculptors, has passed away at the
age of 76.

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 Festivals

1. Jhumoir Binandini - Assam

• Jhumoir, also known as Jhumur, is a traditional

folk dance of Assam’s Adivasi tea tribes,
performed during the harvest season.
• It is accompanied by instruments like the
Madal, Dhol, Taal, and Flute.
• Women wear colorful sarees, while men wear dhotis and kurtas.

2. 51st Khajuraho Dance Festival - MP

• It is a one-week festival of classical dances

held annually beside the Khajuraho temples in
Chhatarpur district.
• This festival is being organized since 1975.

3. SARAS Aajeevika Mela 2025

• Union Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh

Chouhan inaugurated the SARAS Aajeevika
Mela 2025 at Noida Haat.
• The fair runs from February 21 to March 10,
showcasing rural arts, crafts, and SHG
products.

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4. Ali Ai Ligang festival - Assam

• Assam’s largest tribal community, the Mising

tribe, recently celebrated the Ali Ai Ligang
festival.

5. 38th ‘Surajkund International Crafts Fair’

• The 38th edition of Surajkund International

Crafts Mela has begun in Faridabad on 7
February. This International Crafts Mela will
run from 07 to 23 February.
• This year the fair is being celebrated as ‘Shilp
Mahakumbh’ inspired by Mahakumbh Mela
2025.
• For the first time, two states, Odisha and Madhya Pradesh have been
designated as theme states.
• BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and
Economic Cooperation) countries have been included as partner countries.

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 Miscellaneous

1. The Soliga Tribe

• The Prime Minister mentioned the Soliga tribe

of Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Tiger Reserve
(BRT) Tiger Reserve in the 119th Mann Ki Baat
and praised their role in tiger conservation.
• The Soligas are indigenous forest dwellers
found in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
• They were the first tribe to have their forest rights recognized inside a
tiger reserve in 2011.

2. Cali Fund
• Cali Fund at the 16th Conference of Parties
(COP16) to the United Nations Convention on
Biological Diversity (CBD) in Rome, Italy.
• This international fund aims to secure financial
contributions from private companies that
benefit from genetic data in their industries,
ensuring they actively participate in biodiversity conservation efforts.

3. IIT Madras develops indigenous Shakti semiconductor chip for ISRO

• ISRO and IIT Madras have jointly developed

indigenous semiconductor chip for space-based
applications.

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