Monday, 1 April 2024

MONTHLY CURRENT AFFAIRS MARCH 2024 ( INCLUDING PDF)

WORLD CURRENT AFFAIRS - 

96TH OSCAR AWARD - 

* BEST PICTURE - OPPENHEIMER 

* BEST ACTOR - Cillian Murphy (Openheimer) 

* BEST ACTRESS - Emma Stone (Poor Things) 

* BEST DIRECTOR - Christopher Nilon (OPENHEIMER) 

* BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - Robert Downy Jr ( OPENHEIMER) 

* BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - Da'Vine Joy Randolph ( THE HOLDOVERS) 

* BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY - AMERICAN FICTION 

* SCREENPLAY - ANATOMY OF FALL 

* BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM - The Boy And The Heron

* BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM - The Zone Of Interest (UK) 

* BEST DOCUMENTARY - 20 Days In Mariupol 

* BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT - The Last Repair Shop 

* BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - OPENHEIMER 

* BEST ORIGINAL SONG - What Was I Made For ( Barbie) 

* BEST SOUND - The Zone Of Interest 

* BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - Openheimer

* BEST COSTUME/ MAKE UP - Poor Things 

* BEST FILM EDITING - OPENHEIMER

FIRST IN - 

* Mauritius Has Became The First Country To Adopt The India's Jan AUSHADI Scheme.

* Nicaragua Became The First Spanish Speaking Nation To Recognize Indian Pharma Standards

* France Became The FIRST Country To Enshrined Abortion Rights In It's Constitution.

* Dubai Prince H H Sheikh Hamdan Bil Launched The New Logo Of Government Of Dubai.

Vaughan Gething Became The First Black To Serve as Economic Officer Of Wales.

Rumy Alqahtani, Became The First Ever Representative Of Saudi Arabia In Miss Universe Pageant.



* Panama Became The 97th Member To Ratify The ISA. ( International Solar Alliance) 

* Sweden Became The Officially 32nd Members Of NATO.

* Archeologist's Have Discovered The Earliest Dated Cave Painting In South America In Argentine Patagonia. Over 895 Paintings Were Found. 

* Niger Suspends The Military Agreement With United States.

* Pokhara Has Been Declared As Tourism Capital of Nepal.

Hong Kong Demonstrate Its Red Credentials By Passing Security Law.

 Hong Kong Has Passed The New National Security Law Article 23 In Its Legislation. 

 Brazil and France Launched An Investment Program To Protect The Brazilian AND Guyanese Amazon Rainforest Involving 1 Billion Euros.

Thailand's Parliament Passed The Same Sex Marriage Bill.


SCIENCE - 

*   Saudi Arabia Unveiled Man Shaped AI ROBOT MOHAMMAD



* World Bank Approved USD 452 Million To Improve Connectivity In Assam.

* Justice Judith Prakash, Judge Of Singapore Supreme Court Has Joined As Guest Of Member In Constitutional Bench.

SPACE - 

* Russia Launched An iranian Satellite PARAS 1 From Russian Soyuz Rocket.

* Emirati Astronaut Nora Al Matrooshi Became The First Arab Woman To Graduate NASA Training Shoots For The Moon.

* Japan's First Privately Developed Rocket KAIROS, Explodes After Take Off.

* Space X Launched World's Biggest And Most Powerful Rocket STARSHIP In Space.

* Noctis Volcano Recently Discovered In Mars.

) China Has Launched A New Satellite From Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre, YUNHAI-3 02 Satellite.


MoU SIGNED - 

* Srilanka Has Signed A Nuclear Security Pact With United States To Detect And Interdict illicit Trafficking In Radioactive Material.

* Russia And China Have Signed An Agreement With The Yemen Based Houthis, So That Ship Can Sail Through Gulf Of Aden And Red Sea Without Any Terror.

* US, UK, Australia Have Signed Agreement To Build AUSTRALIA's SSN-AUKUS Submarine.


APPOINTMENT - 

* Sarfaraz Bugti Has Elected As Chief Minister Of Balochistan.

Indian Origin Pavan Davuluri Has Been Appointed As The Chief Of Microsoft Windows And Surface.


* Bangladeshi Flagged Cargo Vessel MV- ABDULLAH Carrying Coal And Manned By 23 Crew Members Has Been Hijacked By Somalian Pirates In Indian Ocean.


AWARDS- 

* COP 28 President Dr. Sultan Ai Jaber Was Awarded Prestigious CERA Week Leadership Award For Building Global Consensus Towards Sustainable Energy Future At CERA WEEK By S& P Global Conference At Huston.


HOST - 

South Korea Hosted The 3rd Summit For Democracy.


SPORTS - 

WINNER

* Puneri Paltan Has The Champion Of 10th PRO Kabbadi League 10th Season.

* Ireland Win Their First Test Match Against Afganistan.

* Ankita Raina And Zhibek Kulambayeva Have Won The ITF W35 Gurugram Doubles.

* UGO HUMBERT Wins The Dubai Open Men's SINGLE Title 2024.

* Pankaj Advani Wins 2024 CCI Snooker Classic Championship.

* Abhijit Buragohain And H Bhumika Devi Have Won Gold At Moscow Stars Wushu Championship 2024.

* Rakesh Kumar Has Won Gold At Men's Compound Event In 8th Fazza Archery Para World Ranking Tournament.

* Aansh Nandan Nerurkar Win The Prague International Futures Title.

* The Service Team Has Won The Santosh Trophy After Beating Goa (7th Title) For Service.

* Indian Pair Satwik Sairaj And Chirag Sethhy Win The Men's Double Title At French Open 2024.

* DY PATIL Red Team Won The 18th DY PATIL T20 Trophy 2024.

* Indian Sailor Vishnu Saravan Win Gold At The Europa Cup 2024.

* Team India Has Won 26 Medals Including 5 Gold, 9 Silver And 12 Bronze At The Youth World Boxing Cup, Montenegro.

* Max Verstappen HAS Won The F1 Saudi Arabia Grand Prix.

Carlos Sainz Has Won The Australian Grand Prix 2024.

* IGA Swiatek Wins The 2nd Indian Wells Title 2024.

* Carlos Alcaraz Wins The Men's Single Title At INDIAN Well Title 2024.

* Rudrankksh Patil Has Won Silver Medal At The Men's 10m Rifle Event in ISAS Germany.

* Indian Army Para Athlete Won 2 Silver Medal AND 1 Bronze In The 17th Para Canoe And Kayaking Championship Held in Bhopal.

* Sathiyan Ganasekharan Has Clinched Men's Single Title At World Table Tennis Feeder Beirut Tournament In Lebanon.

 Japan's Kaori Sakamoto Became The First Woman To Win 3 Straight Title At Figure Skating World Championship Since 1968.

Bhartpreet Singh Of Punjab Broken The 10 Years Old Record in Under 20 National Record In Men's Discus Throw, Clinched Gold In INDIAN Open Throws Competition 2024.

* Odisha FC Lifts Its FIRST INDIAN Women's League Title 2023/24 By Defeating Gokulam Kerala FC In Football.

Sreeja Akula Has Won The Women's Single Title At Feeder Beirut WTT 2024.

* Manav Thakkar And Manush Shah Wins The WTT Feeder Beirut II Men's Double Title 2024.

Anupama Upadhyay Wins Women's Single Title At Polish Open 2024.

* Rohan Bopanna And Matthew Ebden Won The Men's Double Title At Miami Open 2024 .




* Vikram Pratap Singh Became The Sixth Player To Score Hatrick In INDIAN Super League (ISL).


* India's Men And Women's Table Tennis Team Have Qualified For The Paris Olympic For The First Time.

* Indian Badminton Star Sai Praneeth Announced Retirement.

* Ameesha Chahuan Became The First Indian Female Alpine Skier To Participate AT the Winter Deaflympic 2023 In Erzurum, Turkey.

* Sabnam Ismail Has Registered A Fastest Ball Of 132.2 Km/h in Women Premier League Against Delhi Capital At Delhi.

* The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Announced That Russian And Belarusian Athlete Will Not Be Allowed To Participate In The Parade Of Nations At The Opening Ceremony Of Paris Games 2024.

 Bijay Chhetri Became The First Indian Footballer To Signed For A Latin America Club.



* INDIAN Table Tennis Star Sharath Kamal To Be The Flag Bearer of Paris Olympic 2024 From India.

* Olympian Mary Kum Has Been Appointed As The Chef De Mission For Paris Olympic 2024.

CRICKET - 

* Andhra Pradesh Cricketer Vamishhi Krishna Hit Six Sixes In An Over In Domestic Cricket.

* ICC Panel Umpire (International) Morrais Erasmus Announced Retirement From International Umpiring.

* Shehbaz Nadeem Has Announced Retirement From Professional Cricket.

* England Fast Bowler James Anderson Became The FIRST Fast Bowler To Get 700 Test Wickets.

* Indian Star Batter Yashsvi Jaiswal Win The ICC Player Of The Month For February 2024.

* AUSTRALIA Women's Cricketer Annabel Sutherland Has Won ICC WOMEN PLAYER Of The Month Of February 2024.

* 37) Rachin Ravindra, Nz Cricketer Become The Youngest Recipient Of Sir Richard Hardlee Medal.

* Mumbai Beat The Vidarbha In Ranji Final To Claimed Its 42nd Ranji Trophy.

* Mumbai Cricketer Dhawal Kulkarni Announced Retirement From Professional Cricket.

* Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Has Won The Women Premier League Season 2 After Beating Delhi Capitals In Final. 


( Purple Cap - Shreyanka Patil 13 Wickets)


( Orange Cap - Ellyse Perry 340 Runs

* Islamabad United Won The 10th edition Of Pakistan Super League (PSL).

* Karnataka Former Fast Bowler Vinay Kumar Has Been Inducted As RCB Hall Of Fame After Chris Gayle And Ab De villers.

* Pakistan Female Cricketer Javeria Khan Announced Retirement From International Cricket.

Virat Kohli Became The FIRST Indian To Completed 12000 T20 Runs, Third In WORLD To Get.

And Virat Kohli Became The First Indian To Score 100th T20 50+ Scores, Third In World.

Sunrisers Hyderabad Recorded The Highest T20I Score Of 277 Against Mumbai Indians At Hyderabad in Ipl 2024.

Sharfuddoula Becomes The FIRST Bangladeshi Umpire To Included In The Icc Elite Panel.


APPOINTMENT - 

* Para Olympian Devendra Jhanjhariya Has Elected As The New President Of The Paralympic Committee Of India.

* Nitin Narang, Haryana Has Been Elected As The New President Of The All India Chess Federation (AICF).

* Meghalaya State Government Has Partnerships With Actor John Abraham And North East United FC For Establishing A Football Recidency Academy In Shillong.

* Engineer Chandrasekhar Became The First South Indian Vice President Of Paralympic Committee Of India.

 INDIAN Hockey Player Harmanpreet Singh Has Been Designed As The DSP Of Punjab Police.

P R Sreejesh & Camila Caram (Chile) Has Been Appointed Co Chair Of The FIH Athlete Committee.



HOST - 

* Himachal Pradesh CM Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu Inaugurated The Asian River Rafting Championship in Shimla.


 INAUGURATION - 

* Petroleum And Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri Inaugurated The 5th Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) Para Games At New Delhi.

* Union Minister Anurag Thakur Has Launched The KHELO INDIA RISING TALENT IDENTIFICATION (KIRTI) Programme in Chandigarh.

* Indian Snooker Player Pankaj Advani Has Been Inducted Into Hall Of Fame At The World Billiards Museum In Shangrao City, China.

6TH ANNUAL HOCKEY AWARD - 

* Balbir Singh Sr. Award For Player Of The Year (MALE) - Hardik Singh 

* Balbir Singh Sr. Award For Player Of The Year (Women) - Salima Tete

* Baljit Singh Award For The Goalkeeper Of The Year - P R Sreejesh 

* Pargat Singh Award For Defender Of The Year - Harmanpreet Singh 

* Ajit Pal Singh Award For Midfielder Of The Year - Hardik Singh 

* Dhanraj Pilley Award For Forward Of The Year - Abhishek 

* Asunta Lakra Award For Upcoming PLAYER Of The Year ( Women U21) - Deepika Soreng 

* Jugraj Singh Award For Upcoming PLAYER Of The Year (Male Under 21) - Araijeet Singh Hundal 

*  Major Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award - Ashok Kumar

FRENCH OPEN - *(BADMINTON) 

Men's SINGLE - Shi Yuqi 

Women's Single - An Se- Young 

Men's Double - Satwik Sairaj & Chirag Shetty 

Women's Double - Chen Quingchen & Jia Yifan 

MIXED DOUBLES - Feng Yanzhe & Huang Dongping 


SPAIN MASTERS - BADMINTON 

MEN'S SINGLE - Kean Yew Loh (Singapore) 

WOMEN'S SINGLE - Ratchanok Intanon ( Thailand) 

MEN'S DOUBLE - 

WOMEN'S DOUBLE- Rin Iwanaga & Kie Nakanishi ( Japan) 

MIXED DOUBLES - Rinov Rivaldy & Pitha Haningtyas (Indonesia) 

ALL ENGLAND OPEN ( BADMINTOON) 

MEN'S SINGLE - Jonatan Christie 

WOMEN'S SINGLE - Carolina Marin 

MEN'S DOUBLE - Fajar Alfian & Muhammad Rian Ardianto

WOMEN'S DOUBLE - Kim So- Yeong, Kong He-yong & Baek Ha Na & Lee So Hee 

MIXED DOUBLES - Zheng Siwei & Huang Yaqiong ( China) 

INDIAN WELLOPEN 2024 -

MEN'S SINGLE - Carlos Alcaraz 

WOMEN'S SINGLE - Iga Swiatek 

MEN'S DOUBLE - Wesley Koolhof & Nikola Mektic 

WOMEN'S DOUBLE - Hsieh Su-Wei & Elise Mertens 

MIXED DOUBLES - Storm Hunter AND Mathew Ebden 

SWISS OPEN ( BADMINTON) - 

MEN'S SINGLE - Lin Chun-yi 

WOMEN'S SINGLE - Carolina Marin 

MEN'S DOUBLE - Ben Lane & Sean Vendy 

WOMEN'S DOUBLE - Lannya Tria Mayasari & Ribka Sugiarto 

MIXED DOUBLES - Goh Soon Huat & Shevon Jemie Lai 


 * The Government Has Notified The Press And Registration Of Periodical Act 2023. ( It Provides Online Registration Facility).

The Supreme Court Has Overturned The 1998 PV Narashima Rao Judgement Which Held That Member Of Parliament And Legislative Assembly Could Claim Immunity Under Article 105(2) And Article 194(2) Of The CONSTITUTION For Receiving a Bribe In Contemplation  Of A Vote Or Speech In Legislature.

GI TAG - 

* Cuttack City's SILVER FILIGREE Gets GI Tag.

* RISHA, Intricate Fabric Of Tripura Gets The GI Tag.

* The Traditional Mask Making ( MUKHA SHILPA) And Manuscript Painting From Majuli, Assam Gets GI Tag.

* Banglar Muslin, Traditional Handloom Craft Of West Bengal 

* Narasapur Crochet Lace Products Of Andhra Pradesh

* Ratlam Riyawan Lahsun (Garlic) Of Madhya Pradesh 

* Hyderabad Lac Bangles 

* Kutch Rogan Craft, Ambaji White Marbles Of Gujarat Gets GI TAG

* SAGOSERVE, Starchy Food Of Tamilnadu Gets GI TAG.


SCHEME APPROVAL - 

* Ministry Of Minority Affairs Approved The Proposal From The University Of Delhi For Establishment Of The Centre For Advanced Studies In BUDDHIST STUDIES.

* Ministry Of Minority Affairs Approved The Center Of Gurumukhi Script At Khalsa College In The University Of Delhi.

* Ministry Of Minority Affairs Approved The Center Of Jain Manuscriptology (GUCJM) At Gujarat University.

* Ministry Of Minority Affairs Approved The Establishment Of Center For Jain Studies In Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya (DAVV) Indore.

* Government Has Approved e-Vehicle Policy.


EXERCISE - 

* 3rd Edition Of India Malaysia Bilateral Maritime Exercise SAMUDRA LAKSHMANA Kicked Off At Vishakapatanam.


* Indian Army Conducted The Biennial CBRN Joint Exercise NAGRIK MADAD Along With NDRF, Bengal Police At Barrackpore.


* Indian Coast Guard And US Coast Guard Is Going To Conduct Exercise SEA DEFRNDERS 2024 For The First Time in Andaman And Nicobar Island.


* The Tri Service Indigenous Weapon System And Equipment During The Exercise BHARAT SHAKTI At Pokharan, Rajasthan.


* Indian Army Departed To Seychelles To Participate The 10th Edition Of Joint Military Exercise LAMITIYE-2024 With Seychelles Defense Forces (SDF).


* A Bilateral Triservices Humanitarian Assistance And Disaster Relief ( HADR) Exercise Named TIGER TRIUMPH 24 Between India And US Kicked Off From 18th March To 31st March 2024. at Vishakapatanam.


* INS TIR And INS SUjata Will Participate In The 2nd edition Of The India Mozambique Tanzania (IMT-TRI-Lateral) TRILAT Exercise (Maritime Exercise). from 21st To 29th March 2024.


BILL PASSED- 

* Cabinet Approved The Introduction Of The Readjustment Of Representation Of Scheduled Tribes In Assembly Constituency Of The State Of Goa Bill 2024 


( It Allows Safeguarding Of Constitutional Rights Of Scheduled Tribes Of Goa).

* The Central Government Has Notifies The Rules For The Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 

* The Maharashtra State Cabinet Has Decided To Make Mother's Name Mandatory On All Government Documents Including Birth Certificate, Adhar etc.

* The Central Government Has Notified A Uniform Code For Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices (UCPMP) ,


8) Ministry Of Home Affairs Declared Jammu Kashmir National Front (JKNF) As An Unlawful Association.


LAW BILL - 

* The Assam Cabinet Has Approved The Formation Of Development Council For The KIRAN SHEIKH Community Residing In Barack Valley.


* Assam Government Announced To Introduce MEITAI Script In Educational Institution Across State



ACT UNCONSTITUTIONAL - 

* The Allahabad High Court Has Declared UP BOARD OF MADARSA Education Act 2004, Unconstitutional

RENAME, LOGO CHANGED - 

* Government Of India Launched The Logo And Website For The Alliance For Global Good - Gender Equity And Equality 

* RNI Renamed As PRESS REGISTRAR GENERAL OF INDIA ( PRGI).

* Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Has Declared AGRA FORT METRO STATION To Be Known As Dr B R Ambedkar Metro Station.

* Maharashtra State Cabinet Has Rename Ahmednagar As Ahilya Nagar.

* International Astronomical Union (IAU) Has Destinated Asteroid 2005 EX296 As (215884) JAYANTMURTY. 

PORTAL,APP LAUNCHED - 

* Minority Affairs Minister Smriti Irani Launched HAJ SUVIDHA Mobile Application in New Delhi.

* Union Minister For Communication Ashwini Vaishnav Has Launched Digital Intelligence Platform And CHAKSU - Reports Suspected Fraud Communication Facility On SACHAR SATHI PORTAL.

* Consumer Affairs, Food And Public Distribution Minister Piyush Goyal Has Launched The e-Kishan Upaj Nidhi (Digital Gateway) Of The Warehousing Development And Regulatory Authority (WDRA) In Delhi.

* Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav Has Launched NITI Ayog's NITI FOR STATE PLATFORM (Digital Public Infrastructure For Policy And Good Governance).

* Union Minister Arjun Munda And Giriraj Singh Have Inaugurated Three Major Key Initiative To Agriculture - 


a) Revamped Soil Health Card Portal 


b) Krishi Sakhi Convergence Programme 

* Archeology Survey Of India (ASI) Unveiled The New Revamped Website Signed MoU For Monuments Adoption Under Heritage 2.0 

* Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Has Launched COMMON FELLOWSHIP PORTAL A Single Interface Between Applicant's And Various Fellow Schemes By Department Of Biotechnology.

* The Central Government Has Launched A New Portal For People For Applying For Citizenship Under The Citizenship Act CAA-2019. (INDIAN CITIZENSHIP ONLINE PORTAL) 

* UGC Has Launched The She Research Network In India (SHERNI)

* Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma Launched MEGHALAYA TRAILS APP And The Echoes Of The Hills Book.

* Ministry Of Women And Child Health Development HAs Introduced The POSHAN TRACKER MOBILE APP

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Launched PRADHANMANTRI SAMAJIK UTTHAN EVAM ROZGAR ADHARIT JANKALYAN (PM-SURAJ) Portal.


And Sanctioned Credit Support To 1 Lakh Entrepreneur Of Disadvantage Section.

* Union Minister Of Agriculture Arjun Munda Launched e-NAM ( National Agriculture Market) Mobile App, 

* Vikram Sarabhai Space Center Has Developed A Multi Purpose App Called SAKHI ( That Will Help Astronaut On Gaganyaan Space Flight) 

* Electronics And IT Secretary S Krishanan Launched The BhashaNet Portal In New Delhi.

 Election Commission In India (ECI) Has Launched  SAKSHAM App 

Press Information Bureau ( PIB) Launched a Media Facilitation Portal For Information On General Election 2024. 

SCHEMES LAUNCHED - 

APPROVAL

Cabinet Approved The PM SURYA GHAR MUFT BIJLI Yojana, Where 1 Crores Families Get 300 Units Of Free Electricity Under This Scheme. (75,021 Crores) 

* Cabinet Approved Nutrients Based Subsidy Rates For Kharif Season 2024 ( From March To September 2024) On Phospatic And Potassic Fertilizer Under NBS Scheme.

* Cabinet Approved The Establishment Of International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) With Estimate 150 Crores For Year Of Five Years Period Till 2027/28.

* India Approved Semiconductor Proposal Worth 1,26000 Crores In Three Places In India.

* India's FIRST Commercial Semiconductor Fab Facility By Tata In Dholera, Gujarat For 91000 Crores.

* Assam, First North Eastern State To Establish Semiconductor Plant.

* CG Power Plant Sanand Gujarat.

* Cabinet Has Approved The UNNATI Scheme For 8 North Eastern State. 

(UNNATI- UTTAR PURVA Transformative Industrilization Scheme) At Cost Of 10, 037 Crores.

* Cabinet Approved The Ambitious INDIA AI Innovation Ecosystem. Will Comprise AI Compute Infrastructure Of 10000 Graphics Processing Units (GPU) 

* Cabinet Approved The Minimum Support Price For Raw Jute For 2024/25 Season With An Increase of RS 285 Per Quintal 

* Union Cabinet Has Approved NAMSTHE Scheme, ensuring Safety And Dignity Of Workers Engaged In Cleaning Of Sewar Lines And Septik Tanks.

* Union Minister Anurag Thakur Has Launched PRASAR BHARATI - Shared Audio Visuals For Broadcast And dissemination (PB- SHABD).

* Ministry Of Port, Shipping And Waterway Has Approved Rs 645 Crores For 10 New Waterways Projects On Brahmaputra, Assam.

STATE

* Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Launched MYUVA Scheme To Empower Youth Entrepreneur.

* Delhi Government Announced 1000 Rs Per Month To All Women Above 18 In Budget 2024/25.

* Odisha State Government Has Announced The NABIN ODISHA MAGIC CARDS For Student Empowerment.

* Himachal Pradesh CM Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu Has Announced Rs 1500 Per Month To Women Age Group 18 to 60 In State

* Andhra Pradesh Government Has Unveiled The Cascading Skills Paradigm- BHAVITA.

* Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel Has Launched NAMO LAXMI And NAMO SARASWATI VIGYAAN SAADHANA YOJANA In Ahmedabad.

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Virtually Launched MAHATARI VANDAN Yojana In Chattisgarh.


( Every Month Gets 1000 Per Woman Person Under This Scheme) 

* Jammu and Kashmir Has Launched KAMDHENU Scheme.

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Distributed 1000 DRONES Among NAMO DRONE DIDI'S In Delhi.

* Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Pattnaik Has Announced The Monthly 25000 Will Provided To The Padma Awardees In State.

* Heavy Industry Minister Dr. M N Pandey Launched Electric Mobility Promotion Scheme 2024 

* Maharashtra Chief Minister Ekanth Sindhe Launched Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's Aspirational Women Empowerment Scheme Worth Rs 60 Crores.

* MISSION 414 Campaign Launched By The Election Commission in Himachal Pradesh.

 Rajasthan State Government Has Launched The Mukhyamantri Bal Gopal Yojana To Tackle Childhood Malnutrition.

( In This Scheme Offer Free Milk To Students In Classes From One To Eight Twice A Week).

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY - 

* IIT MANDI And IIT PALLAKAD Have Developed A Marine Robot With Ability To Deal With Real Life Scenarios During Under Water Operations. 


A New Disease Of Peas Discovered By Haryana Agricultural University Researchers.

DEVELOPED

* Kerala's Thiruvanathapuram School Has Introduced AI Teacher IRIS.

* AI Semiconductor Power House Nvidia Unveiled The Flagship AI Chip The Blackwell B200.

Google Deepmind Has Launched Its AI Game Agent Name SIMA.

 Researchers At The School Of Biotechnology JNU, New Delhi Have Developed An Artificial Intelligence Based Tool To Predict The Level Of Metabolite Content In Neem Fruits.

INAUGURATION

*Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Has Laid Foundation Stone Of The First Ever Science Experience Center AND Biofuels Center In The Premise Of CSIR- Indian Institute Of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad.

* Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav Has Launched India's Fastest And Indigenously Designed IP/ MPLS (Multi Protocol Label Switching ) Router. ( Bengaluru).2.4 TBS 

DISEASE- 

 Scientists Of Chaudhary Charan Singh Agricultural University, Haryana Have Discovered WITCHES Broom The Diseases Affecting PEA. 

WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT CA - 

* Cabinet Approved The Establishment Of International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) With Estimate 150 Crores For Year Of Five Years Period Till 2027/28.


* 13,874 Leopards In India, 1.08% Growths As Compared To Previous Census (2018)

* 125 Years Old Galapagos Giant Male Tortoise, Aged 125 Years approximately Passed Away At Nehru Zoological Park, Hyderabad.




NEW SPECIES - 

* Scientists From Zoological Survey Of India (ZSI) Has Discovered A New Species Of Head Shield Sea Slug In The Bay Of Bengal And Odisha Boarder, Named After President Droupadi Murmu.

* A New Flowering Plant Found In Arunachal Pradesh Is Named After Hyderabad Scientist G Narahari Sastry (Former CSIR Director Of North East Institute Of Science And Technology, Jorhat ,Assam) 


Named - BEGONIA NARAHARI)))) 

* Researchers From Centre For Animal Taxonomy And Ecology, Christ College, Irinjalakuda Discovered The 4 New Species Of Spiders In Western Ghats In Tamilnadu And Kerala.


a) INDOPADILLA KANNIYAKUMARI, Found In Grassland Of Uper Victory Estate, Kanyakumari.

b) Tetragnatha Jaculator 

c) Tetragnatha Lauta 

d) Tetragnatha Serra 

 Dr Krishna Chowlu And Her Scientific Team Has Discovered A New Plant Species Belongings To The Genus Cyrtandromoea At West Kameng District Of Arunachal Pradesh.


( The Species Has Named After Dr Sudhansu Sekhar - Of Botanical Survey Of India ) 

Named - Cyrtandromoea Sudhanshui 


 Researchers Have Discovered A New Species Of Deep Sea Isopad In Kerala Coast.

It Belongs To Genus Brucethoa 

Named After ISRO - Brucethoa ISRO) 


BOOK - 

* Zoological Survey Of India (ZSI) Has Published A Book Titled AN Illustrated Guide To The Lepidoptera Of India: Taxonomic Procedure, Family Characters, Diversity AND Distribution 

ISRO/SPACE - 

* Tamilnadu Has Signed MoU With IN-SPACe For Establishing Space Manufacturing Clusters In State.

* Bengaluru Based New Space Research And Technologies Has Signed A Contract For Design And Development Of An Indigenous High Altitude Pseudo Satellite (HARS) For Indian Navy Under iDEX Initiative.

* ISRO Successfully Tested The Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) Technology Through The RLV LEX-02 Experiment Twice, At ATR, Chitradurga, Karnataka. ( PUSHPAK)

 International Astronomical Union Has Approved The Chandrayaan 3 Landing Site Named As Shiva Shakti.

Zero Debris In Orbit Successfully Achieved By PSLV Orbital Experimental Module-3 (POEM-3) 

Hyderabad Based Private Rocket SKYROOT Has Successfully Test Fired Kalam 250 Stage 2 Motor Of Vikram 1 Rocket At ISRO Facility.


AWARD - 

* Cd' A Sripriya Ranganathan (ISRO) Received The Prestigious Aviation Week Laureate Award.


MOU SIGNED - 

* ISRO And BRIN Indonesia Has Signed MoU For Title Transfer And Utilization Of Biak Telemetry Tracking And Command Station.


APP DEVELOPED - 

* Vikram Sarabhai Space Center Has Developed A Multi Purpose App Called SAKHI ( That Will Help Astronaut On Gaganyaan Space Flight) 


RENAME - 

* International Astronomical Union (IAU) Has Destinated Asteroid 2005 EX296 As (215884) JAYANTMURTY. 

Professor Jayant Murty Was Acting Director Of The Indian Institute Of Astrophysics (IIA)

INAUGURATION - 

INTERNATIONAL

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi And Prime Minister Of Maurtius Pravind Jugnauth Jointly Inaugurated The New Airstrip And St James Jetty Along With Six Community Development Projects At The Agalega Island In Mauritius.

* With The Help Of Government Of India's Assistance Nepal Foundation Stone Of Shree Kedar Jyotipunja Multiple Campus School

* Numaligarh Refinery, Assam Opened It's First Overseas Condition office in Bangladesh.

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Announced Of 10000 Crores For Bhutan Includes India's Support For Economic Support.

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated Gyaltsuen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck Mother And Child Hospital, Fully India Government Assistance Hospital. In Thimpu.

 The Wax Statue Of Allu Arjun, South Indian Actor Unveiled In Dubai.

NATION

* Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya Has Inaugurated 27 Greenfield Bulk Drug Park Projects and 13 Greenfield Manufacturing Plants For Medical Devices Under The PLI Scheme.

* Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya Launched AYUSH-ICMR Advanced Center For Integrated Health research In AIIMS.

* Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya Has Inaugurated 3 New Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering And Technology (CIPET) At Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand And Madhya Pradesh.

* Union IT Minister Rajiv Chandrasekhar Has Inaugurated Two STPI Centers At Thiruvanathapuram And Kochi.

* President Droupadi Murmu Has Virtually Inaugurated The Visitors Facilitation Center And Handloom Exhibition At Rasthrapati Nilayam.

* Union Minister Dr Virendra Kumar Has Inaugurated 35 New District Disability Rehabilitation Centre.

* US Ambassador To India Eric Garcetti Has Inaugurated The FAS ( FOREIGN AGRICULTURE SERVICES) Taste Of America Booth At Bharat Mandapam.

* Union Minister Smriti Irani Laid Foundation Stone Of Projects Approved Under Buddhist Development Plan Under PMJVK In Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim And Ladakh. (38 Projects Worth Rs 225 Crores) 

* Union Home Minister Virtually Inaugurated The UNIQUE DIGITAL CRIMINAL CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (CCMS) Platform Of National Investigation Agency (NIA).

* Chief Justice Of India D Y Chandrachud Has Inaugurated The Accessibility Help Desk In Supreme Court Premises In Delhi.



STATES - 

* Punjab Chief Minister Bhagawant Singh Mann Has Inaugurated The India's Second Largest Institute Of Liver And Biliary Science In Mohali.

* Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Has Laid Foundation Stone Of 1459 New ANGANWADI Centers In 31 Districts Across State At 173 Crores.

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Virtually Inaugurated The 2 Fast Mile Connectivity (FMC) Project Of Coal India, Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL) In Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh

* Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Pattnaik Has Inaugurated Total Of 32 Industrial Projects Across 14 Districts Worth Of 6992.14 Crores In ODISHA.

* Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Launched 7 Infrastructure Projects Worth RS 1000 Crores From New Delhi.

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated The HURL Unit Of Nano Urea Plant In Sindri, Madhya Pradesh At 200 Crores.

* Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Pattnaik Has Inaugurated The BABA SAHEB AMBEDKAR Bus Terminal At Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

* Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal And Punjab Chief Minister Bhagawant Singh Mann Have Jointly Inaugurated 13 School Of Eminance Across Punjab state 

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated Various Development Projects Worth RS 56000 Crores in Telengana.

* Union Steel Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia Has Virtually Inaugurated India's First Green Hydrogen Plant In The Stainless Steel Sector in Hisar.

* The First Indigenous Fast Breeder Reactor At Kalpakam, Tamilnadu Inaugurated.

* Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma Has Inaugurated The South Bank Corridor Of The Guwahati-North Guwahati Bridge.

* Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Has Inaugurated And Laid Foundation Stones Of 650 Tourism Projects Worth Rs 2800 Crores.

* Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Inaugurated The Bihar Climate Action Conclave.

*  Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Inaugurated The National Dolphin Research Center In Patna.

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated And Laid Foundation Stone Of Various Development Projects Like Road Projects Rail Worth Rs 6800 Crores In Sangareddy, In Telengana.

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Flagged Off The New Train Service In Chandikhole, Odisha.

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated And Laid Foundation Stone Of Various Development Projects Worth RS 19600 Crores in Chandikhole, Jajpur Odisha.

* PM Narendra Modi Inaugurated Indian Oil Corporation Limited Mono Ethylene Glycol Project In Paradip, Odisha.

* A Center Of Management Education Of IIM Mumbai And IIM Sambalpur Were Inaugurated By Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan At NALCO Training Institute Anugul, Odisha 

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated The FIRST Under Water Metro Service In Kolkata, ( Hoogly River) 

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Launched 53 Projects Worth Rs 6400 Crores At Sringar, Jammu and Kashmir.

* Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri Has Inaugurated And Laid Foundation Stone For 177 Development Projects Worth RS 10.41 Crores In Sonbhadra District, Uttar Pradesh.

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Laid Foundation Stone Of The Experience Of Spirituality At Chitrakut Ghat Project In Chitrakut, Madhya Pradesh Under Swadesh Darshan Scheme 2.0

*  Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma Inaugurated The India's Largest PRADHAN MANTRI AWAS YOJANA In The Border Of Assam And Arunachal Pradesh.

* Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Along With Madhya Pradesh CM Dr Mohan Yadav Has Inaugurated Jal Anusandhan, Technology And Entrepreneurship Experiential Learning Center At IIT INDORE.

* Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri And Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Have Inaugurated The Bio Gas Plant In Gorakupur.

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Unveiled The 84 Feet Statue Of Freedom Fighter Lochit Borpukhan In Jorhat, Assam.

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated The SELA Tunnel, World's Longest Bi-Lane Tunnel At 13000 Feet In Arunachal Pradesh.

* Union Home Minister Amit Shah Unveiled The Statue Of Freedom Fighter And Former Governor Kailashpati Misra In Patna, Bihar.

* Minister Of State For Defense Ajay Bhatt Inaugurated The Statue Of India's First Chief Of Defense Staff Late General Bipin Rawat And An 80 Feet high Tricolour At Talla Banas Village Of Uttarakhand' Pauri District. 

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated The Rajamata Vijayraje Scindia Air Terminal In Gwalior, Virtually.

* Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Pattnaik Has Inaugurated India's First Indoor Athletic Center And Indoor Aquatic Center At Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar.

* Union Minister Nitin Gadkari Has Inaugurated And Laid Foundation Stone Of 22 National Highways Projects Worth Rs 4000 Crores in Mysuru, Karnataka.

* Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Has Laid Foundation Stone Of Mahatma Buddha University Of Agriculture And Technology In Khusinagar, And Inaugurated 483 Development Projects Worth 2143 Crores.

* Chattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Inaugurated Smart Reading Zone & Takshasila Library.

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated And Laid Foundation Stone Of 112 National Highway Projects Across India Worth RS One Lakh Crores In Gurugram, Haryana.

* Union Home Minister Amit Shah Inaugurated The Piped Natural Gas (PNG) Facilities In 41 Villages And Others Development Projects In 178 Villages In Delhi. under Delhi GRAMODAYA YOJANA

*  Maharashtra Chief Minister Ekanth Sindhe Has Inaugurated The First Phase Of Coastal Road Between Worli And Marine Drive.

* Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh Launched Imphal- Ukhrul- Imphal Helicopter Services.

* Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Inaugurated The First Of It's Kind NATIONAL SPEED BREEDING CROP FACILITY DBT SPEEDY SEEDS At National Agri Food Biotechnology Institute ( NABI) Mohali, Chandigarh

* Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal Has Inaugurated The DIGITAL EXHIBITION - SUBHASH ABHINANDAN, Based On The Life Of Subash Chandra Bose On The Occasion Of 134th Foundation Day Of National Archives Of India.

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated And Laid Foundation Stone Of Various Development Projects Worth RS 85000 Crores In Ahmedabad.

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated The KOCHRAB Ashram In Sabarmati, Ahmedabad.

* Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar Has Launched India's First Future LABS Center At C-DAC Thirivananthpuram, Kerala.

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Laid Foundation Stone Of 3 Semiconductor Projects Worth Rs 1,25 Lakh Crores in 


a) Tata Semicon Fab, Dholera, Gujarat 


b) Tata OSAT - Morigaon, Assam 


c) CG POWER OSAT - Sanand, Gujarat

* American Chip Maker Qualcomm Has Inaugurated Its Center Ate Chennai.

* Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Has Inaugurated Laid Foundation Stone Of Maa Patheshwari Devi University In Balrampur, Uttar Pradesh.

* Minister Of Petroleum And Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri HAS Launched Ethanol 100, An Alternative Auto Fuel In Delhi.

* Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Has Inaugurated And Laid Foundation Stone Of 551 Development Projects Worth Rs 1885 Crores In Siddharth Nagar District.

* Union Minister Arjun Munda Inaugurated The Renovated Building Of Bharatiya Adim Jati Sewak Sangh, Jandhewalan.


GEO HERITAGE TAG - 

* 165 Million Years Old Meteor Crater In Rajasthan's Ramgarh Gets The INDIA'S First Geo Heritage Tag.

* PANDAVULA GUTTA, A Geological Marvel Has Been Recognized As The Sole Geo Heritage Site In Telengana


 Mahabalipuram, Tamilnadu Is Now India's First Green Energy Archaeological Site. 

BOOKS & AUTHOR - 

TWELFTH FAIL Book Author - Anurag Pathak 

* WHO KILLED SHASTRI Book Author - Vivek Agnihotri 

* A MILLION BROKEN WINDOWS Book Author - Makarand Waingankar 

* WESTERN MEDIA NARRATIVE On India: From Gandhi To Modi Book Author - Umesh Upadhya 

* Justice Pratibha M Singh Unveiled The Book PATENT LAW.

* Union Minister Anurag Thakur Unveiled The Book Titled ISRAEL WAR DIARY Book Author - Vishal Pandey 

* BHARAT JODO YATRA : Reclaiming India's Soul Book Author - Pushparaj Deshpande And Ruchira Chaturvedi


* Book THE BEE STING (Author - Paul Murray) Has Won The NERO GOLD Prize 2024.

* THE FLAG OF ANANTA : A Spectic' s Journey To Her Roots Book Author - Mitra Desai 

MAKERS OF MODERN GOA : The Untold Story Of Pratapsingh Rane Book Author - Vijayadevi Rane 

JUSTICE FOR THE JUDGE Autobiography Of - Former Chief Justice Of India RANJAN Gogoi 

THE WINNER'S MINDSET Book Author - Australian Cricketer Shane Watson

FROM A CAR SHED TO THE CORNER ROOM & BEYOND Book Author - S Raman 

BANKING & FINANCE - 

LAUNCHED

* Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Has Launched Electronics Data Interchange (EDI) At Remote Land Custom Station In Northern States.

* Union Home Minister Amit Shah Launched National Urban Cooperative Finance And Development Corporation (NUCFDC) The Umbrella Organisation For The Urban Cooperative Banks.

* Union Home Minister Amit Shah Inaugurated The National Cooperative Database & Unveiled Report in Delhi.

* NPCI India And Fonepay Payment Service Limited, Nepal Largest Payment Bank Announced UPI Service For Cross Border Transaction Between Two Nations.

* Indusland Bank Has Launched India's First Contactless Payment Wearable INDUS PAYWEAR.

* The FINANCE Ministry Notified The Issuance Of A Special Commemorative Coin Of Rupee 90 Denomination To The Mark Completion Of 90 Years Of RBI.


* India's GDP GROWTH In 8.4% In 3rd Quarter In 2023/24.

* 1,68,337 Crores GST Collected In Month Of February By India Government.

* The Financial Intelligence Unit India (FIU-IND) Has Fined Rs 5.49 Crores Penalty On Paytm Payment Bank.

* Gross GST Collection Rises 12.5% To Rs 1.68 Lakh Crores in February 2024.

* REC Limited Has Successfully Listed Two Bonds On National Stock Exchange (NSE) And BOMBAY Stock Exchange (BSE) 2500 Crores Each For 10 Years.

* Reserve Bank Of India (RBI) Allows Nepal Account Holder's To Can Send Upto 2 Lakh Per Transaction Per Day Limit in UPI.

* Nvidia Surpassed Saudi Aramco To Become Third Largest Company In The World Market Cap.

* Maharashtra Shares 15.4% Income Tax Prayers In Financial Year 2023.

* Flipkart Launched Its Own UPI Handle in Association With Axis Bank.

* CCI Approved The Merger Of a Financial Technology Company GARAGEPRENEURS Internet Private Limited With The North East Small Finance Bank.

* Government Of India And Asian Development Bank (ADB) Has Signed USD 23 Million Loan Agreement To Strengthen The Fintech Ecosystem in India.

* Paytm Gets The NPCI Approval To Become Third Party UPI App.

* Shipping Corporation of India Land And Asset Limited ( SCILAL) Get Listed On Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).

* India Registered Growth Of 18.74% In Gross Direct Tax collection For Financial Year 2023/24.

* UPI Transaction Worth Rs 18.2 Lakh Crores Made In February 2024

Mumbai Overtakes Beijing To Becomes Asia's Billionaire Capital. And 3rd in World 


( 119 Billionaire - NEW York)
( 97 Billionaire - London)
( Mumbai _ 3rd) 


* 19.88% in Net Direct Tax Collection

India's Current Account Balance Records A Deficit Of USD 10.5 Billion ( 1.2% GDP) In Quarters 3 2023/24.

Life Insurance Corporation Of India (LIC) Has World's Strongest Insurance Brand In 2024 By Brand Finance 2024 Report.

Government e Marketplace (GeM) Has Crossed 4 Lakh Crores In Gross Merchandise Value (GMV) In The Fiscal year.

APPOINTMENT - 

* Vipul Chandra Appointed as CFO Of LTI Mind tree.

* Dhanraj T Has Been Appointed As The Executive Director Of INDIAN Overseas Bank.

* Brijesh Kumar Singh Has Been Appointed As The Executive Director Of INDIAN Bank.

* Sugata Ghosh Dastidar, Controller General Of Defense Account Appointed As The Financial Adviser ( Defense Services) In The Ministry Of Defense.

* Poonawalla Fincorp Appointed Arvind Kapil As Its New Managing Director And CEO.

* Jaideep Hansraj Has Been Appointed As The President Of One Kotak.

Girija Subramaniam Has Been Appointed As CMD Of The New India Assurance Company. 

M V Rao Has Been Elected As The Chairman Of Indian Bank Association (IBA).

Bhupesh Sushil Rahul Has Been Appointed As The Chairman And MD Of United India Insurance Company (UIIC).

Bikram Ghosh Has Been Appointed As The New Director Of ( Finance) Western Coalfields Limited ( WCL). 

* Vikash Kumar Has Been Appointed As The Deputy Secretary , Ministry Of Finance. 

 Nidhu Saxena Has Been Appointed As The NEW MD & CEO Of Bank Of Maharashtra.


MoU SIGNED- 

* Reserve Bank Of (RBI) And Bank Of Indonesia Have Signed MoU To Promote Use Of Local Currencies For Bilateral Transactions.

* The Department Of Industries, And Commerce Government Of Nagaland Has Signed MoU With YES Bank And Sellmetric Private Limited At Kohima.


( Aim To Digitize Sales, Entrepreneur, Small Farmer, Open Network Digital Platform) 


HOST

* Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Has Inaugurated India's FIRST Ever National Conference Of Enforcement Chiefs Of The States And The Central GST Formation In New Delhi.

* Competition Commission Of India (CCI) Host The 9th National Conference On Economics Of Competition Law.


Topic For 2024 - Artificial Intelligence : Challenges And Opportunities 

* Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Has Inaugurated a Credit Outreach Programme At the Jai Prakash University Campus, Chapra

MOU SIGNED - 

* MOU Signed Between Greek Bank With Indian UPI Owned NPCI To Avail UPI Facility In Greece.


AWARDS - 

* Sachin Salunkhe, Has Received The Promising Investor For The Year 2024 Award.

* Reserves Bank Of India (RBI) Has Been Selected For The Risk Manager Award By Central Banking Award, London.

* State Bank Of India (SBI) Has Conferred With Company Of The Year Award At ET Award For Corporate Excellence 2023.

RAZORPAY Awarded Best Fintech Company At Business Today And KPMG's Award 2024. 


NEWLY - 

* GRID CONTROLLER OF INDIA, Limited (GRID-INDIA) Has Conferred With The Status Of Miniratna Category-1 Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE).

HOST/ SUMMIT - 

SUMMIT

* Department For Promotion Of Industry And Internal Trade Along With World Bank Jointly Organised National Workshop On Logistics Efficiency Enhancement.

* Border Security Force Delegation Commence 54th BGB-BSF Border Conference In Dhaka, Bangladesh.

* 10 Th India And Republic Of Korea Joint Commission Meeting Held In Seoul, South Korea

* 16th India Japan Foreign Minister Startegic Dilouge Held At Tokyo, Japan.

* 10th INDIA- Italy Joint Defense Committee Held in New Delhi.

* India And Brazil Hold The First Ever 2+2 Political AND military Dialogue at Delhi.

* The World's Largest Spiritually Conference Organized At Hyderabad, Telengana.

* The First Foreign Office Consultation (FOC) Between India And Cabo Verde Was Held In Praia, Cabo Verde 

* 2 Days International Sustainability Conclave Held At New Delhi.

* First Nuclear Energy Summit Kicked Off At Brussels.

* 4th Shanghai Cooperation Organised Start-up Forum Organised In New Delhi.

India China Hold The 29th Round Of Diplomatic Talk 

 Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar Has Presides The 2nd Edition Of American Bar Association (ABA) India Conference 2024 - The Global Lawyers Summit At New Delhi.




HOST - 

* LG Manoj Sinha, Jammu and Kashmir Inaugurated The 23rd All India Police Water Sports Championship 2024 At Srinagar.

* Patna, Bihar Has Host The 2nd PESA Regional Conference.

* Kashmir Hosts The First Ever Formula-4 Car Race In Srinagar.

* 25th Edition Of Flora Expo 2024 Kicked Off At Kathmandu, Nepal.

* STARTUP MAHAKUMBH, India's Largest Gathering Start Up Kicked Off At Delhi.

On The Occasion Of World Meteorological Day Meteorological AND Oceanography METOC Host The MEGHAYAN 24 Conducted By School Of Naval Oceanology & Meterology (SNOM) And Indian Naval Meteorological Analysis Center ( INMAC).

DRDO - 

* DRDO Conducted The Two Flights Test Of Very Short Range Air Defense System (VSHORADS) Missile In Chandipur Coast, Balasore, Odisha.

* DRDO Successfully Conducted The Maiden Trails Of Its High Endurance Autonomous Underwater Vehicle ( HEAUV) At Cochin Shipyard.

* DRDO Successfully Tested MISSION DIVYASTHRA, The FIRST Flight Test Of Indigenously Developed Agni 5 Missile From Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha.

( DRDO Successfully Launched AGNI 5 Which Is Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV).)

( India Became The Sixth Country To Successfully Test The AGNI 5 With MIRV Technology In World After USA, UK, RUSSIA, CHINA And France.) 

* R Sheena Rani, Who Lead The AGNI 5 (MIRV) Director At Advanced System Laboratory (ASL).

* DRDO Maiden Test Firing Of India's First Indigenously Made 1500 HP Engine For Main Battle Tank Held At BEML In Mysuru, Karnataka.

* DRDO Has Initiated Project ET-LDHCM To Create Advanced Oxidation Resistant And Thermal Barrier.

 * Indian Army Successfully Test Fired BRAHMOS Supersonic Cruise Missile From Andaman And Nicobar Island.

AWARDS - 

* Saratham Namchoom, From Arunachal Pradesh Has Been Awarded The Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Purashkar For 2022/23.

* Noted Carnatic Vocalist And Magsaysay Award Winner T M Krishna Has Been Selected For The SANGITA KALANIDHI Award For Music 2024.

* Renowned Poet Prabha Varma Has Been Selected For The SARASWATI SAMMAN 2023 for Malayali Poem ROUDRA SATHWIKAM.

* Author Rakhi Kapoor Wins The GOLDEN BOOK AWARD 2024 For The Book Breaking Free Embracing Me 

* National Security Advisor Ajit Doval Has Honoured With D.Litt At Central University Of Punjab By Former President Ram Nath Kovind.

* Uday Bhatia And Mansi Gupta Received The Diana Memorial Award

Veteran Bharatnatyam Exponent Vyjayantimala Bali Has Received The Hindu Lifetime Achievement Award AT The Hindu Of World Women 2024.

INTERNATIONAL - 

* Samridhi Arora, An Esteemed Advocate On Records (AOR) At Supreme Court Of India Has Clinched India UK Achievers Award 2024 For Legal Excellence.

* Srinivasan K Swamy, CMD Of Integrated Marketing Services Company RK Swamy Limited Has Received IAA GOLDEN COMPAS AWARD At The 45th IAA World Congress Penang, Malaysia.

* Zoya Akhtar And Asma Khan Honoured With India-UK Achievers Award.

* India Has Won The Prestigious Measles And Rubella Champion Award.

* Sahitya Academy Award Winner Author Janice Pariat' Latest Book Everything That Light Touches Was Included The Best Book In 2022 By The New Yorker.

* Riken Yamamoto From Beijing Has Been Awarded With 2024 Pritzker Architecture Prize.

* President Droupadi Murmu Conferred With Honorary Degree Of Doctor Of Civil Law By University Of Mauritius.

Amitabh Ghosh Has Received The ERASMUS Prize For Writing On Climate Change.

* COP 28 President Dr. Sultan Ai Jaber Was Awarded Prestigious CERA Week Leadership Award For Building Global Consensus Towards Sustainable Energy Future At CERA WEEK By S& P Global Conference At Huston.

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Received The Bhutan's Highest Civilian Honour THE ORDER OF THE DRUK GYALPO.

 HT LABS Bagged The Champion Publishers Award At WAN IFRA's DMA South Asia 2023.

Michael Talagrand Has Win Abel Prize 2024 In Mathematics.

NATIONAL - 

* Founder And Chairperson Of Reliance Industries Nita Ambani Received The BEAUTY WITH A PURPOSE HUMANITARIAN Award At 71st Miss World 2024.

* The Lachit Borpukhan Gold Medal Is Awarded To The Best Cadet From National Defense Academy (NDA).

* Journalist Greeshma Kuthar And India Express Journalist Ritika Chopra Have Jointly Received Prestigious CHAMELI DEVI JAIN Award 2024.

* Tata Chairman (Former) Ratan Tata Has Received Prestigious P V Narasimha Memorial Award For His Philanthropy Work.

Poet Nishant Has Been Awarded With 29th DEVI SHANKAR AWASTHI Award.


* Madurai Photographer S R Sai Sanjay Has Bagged The Best Photo AWARDS At Lalit Kala Academy Organised In Delhi.

* National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) INDIA Presents AWARDS To The 7 Winners Of It's Short Films On Human Rights Competition Held in 2023.

WINNERS

* 24 Years Old Krystyna Pyszkova Of The Czech Republic Has Crowned As 71st Miss World 2024.


* President Dropuadi Murmu Presented Kendra Sahitya Natak Academy Award.

* Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar Presents The Punjab University Award - 


a) Punjab University Gyan Ratna Award - Dr. J K Bajaj 


b) Punjab University Khel Ratna Award - Bahadur Singh 


c) Punjab University Sahitya Ratna Award - Ninder Ghugianvi 


d) Smt Suchitra Ella And Dr Krishna Ella - Honoris Causa (Doctor Of Science) (Covid 19 Vaccines) 

MOU SIGNED - 

STATE

* Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant Signed MoU With PMU Directorate Of Technical Education With BITS Pilani.

* Tripartite Has Signed Between Tripura, Tiprotha With Central Government. 

(TIPROA MOTHA - Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance) 

* Under This Pact It Was Agreed Resolve All The Issues Indigenous People Of Tripura Relating To History, Land, Political Rights, Economic Development, Identity, Culture, Language) 

* Haryana Department Of Archeology And Museum Signed MoU With Archeological Survey Of India (ASI) For The Development Of Agroha Archeological Site, 

* The Shashastra Seema Bal (SSB) Has Signed MoU With Chhattisgarh Based Rungta Education Foundation To Provide High Quality Education To Bravehearts And Retired And Serving SSB Personnel.

* Odisha State Disaster Management Has Signed MoU With RIMES, Bangkok And Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kerala For Disaster Preparedness.

* NTPC Limited Has Signed MoU With Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam ( RRVUN) For Adding Super Critical Units.

* NGEL Linked MoU With RVUNL For Development Of Renewable Energy.

* Coal India Limited (CIL) Has Signed MoU With Rajasthan Vidyut Utpadan Nigam for 4100 MW Power

* Former Indian Cricketer And Head Coach Ravi Shasthri Has Signed MoU With Odisha Government For COACHING BEYOND Cricket Academy AND cuttack Based MGM School Of Sports To Establish A High Performance Cricket Academy.



NATION

* Ministry Of Statistics & Programme Implementation Signed MoU With ISRO To Facilitate Urban Frame Survey (UFS) In A Digital Mode.

* Ministry Of Minority Affairs Signed MoU To Develop The Centre For Avesta Pahlavi Studies At University Of Mumbai.

* Coal India Signed MoU With IIM MUMBAI And Sambalpur For Post graduate Programme In Logistics And Operation Excellence Through Digitization.

* Ministry Of Defense Signed MoU With BEML Limited, BEL And MIDHANI For Indigenous Development Of Advanced Fueling And Control System Of Engines For Heavy Duties.

* CRPF Has Signed MoU With IRCTC To Ensure Packed Food Provision For CAPF Personnels.

* CSIR Indian Institute Of Petroleum Signed MoU With UCOST To Deploy The Pine Needles Based Fuel Making Technology At Champawat.

* Prasar Bharti And Khadi India Signed A MoU To Carrying Forward The Culture And Heritage.

* Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HAL) Signed MoU With Hyderabad Based Pentagon Rugged System To Develop Portable Dolphin AUTONOMOUS Under Water Vehicle (AUV) For Under Water Application.

* Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Has Signed Agreement With NUUDAY, Denmark Based Digital Connectivity And Communication For Cloud Transformative Initiative.

* REC Power Development And Consultancy LIMITED ( RECPDCL) Has Signed MoU With Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited (BHEL) For Scale The Renewable Energy In India.

* The National Commission For Women Signed MoU With The Railway Protection Force To Prevent And Combat Human Trafficking.

* MoU Signed Between The Indian Council Of Agricultural Research And Dhanuka Agritech Limited.

* The Comptroller And Auditor General Of India Has Signed MoU With IIT Delhi For Artificial Intelligence.

* The Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI) And Europol Signed A Working Arrangements Establishing Cooperative Realtions Between The Law Of Enforcement Authorities Of The Republic Of India, And The European Union Agency For Law Enforcement Cooperation (

* The National Cadet Corps (NCC) And Nuclear Power Corporation Of India- Limited ( NPCIL) Signed A Deal To Raise Awareness On Peaceful Use Of Nuclear Power.


INTERNATIONAL

* Srilanka And India Signed a Contract For a Hybrid Renewable Energy System Project In Colombo.

* India And Nicaragua Have Signed MoU On Pharmacopoeia On Cooperation in The Field Of Regulations In medicines.

* MOU Signed Between Greek Bank With Indian UPI Owned NPCI To Avail UPI Facility In Greece.

* India Signed Free Trade Agreement With Four Western Countries ( Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland) EFTA And Economic Partnerships Agreement (TEFA) 

* MoU Signed Between NIELIT And ITI Egypt To Enhanced Workforce Skill, Promote Employment Address Skill gaps And Foster International Cooperation.

* India Signed Protocol For Establishment Of First Bilateral Institutional Mechanism With Dominican Republic On Trade And Commerce.

* Cabinet Approved The Signing MoU Between India And Bhutan On General Supply Of Petroleum, Oil Lubricant (POL) And Related Products From India To Bhutan.

* India And Mauritius Have Signed 4 Agreements In The Areas Of Financial Services, Double Taxation Avoidance, Anticorruption Measures And Expanding Cooperation Between Public Service Commission 


* President Droupadi Murmu Inaugurated The New Forensic Science Laboratory.

* India AND Singapore Signed MoU In The Field of Law And Dispute Resolution.

* Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Has Signed Its First CSR Agreement With IIT DELHI.

* The Global Center For Nuclear Energy Partnership ( GCNEP), Department Of Atomic Energy (DAE), Government Of Republic Of India And The Peruvian Institute Of Nuclear Energy ( IPEN) Peru Have Signed MoU For The Cooperation In The Field Of Peaceful Use Of Nuclear Energy.

* The Adani Green Energy Gallery Has Inked Partnership With Science Museum in London.

* India And Bhutan Signed MoU On Few - 

* ON General Supply Of Petroleum, oil Lubricant (POL) 

* Agreement For Recognition Of Official Control Exercise By Bhutan Food And Drug Authority (BFDA) And Food Safety And Standards Authority Of India (FSSAI).

* MoU On Cooperation In The Field Of Energy Efficiency And Energy Conservation Measures 

* MOU On Youth Sports 

* MoU On Cooperation In Pharmacopoeia, Vigilance And Testing Of Medicinal plants

* joint Plan Of Actions On Space Cooperation.

* Renewal Of MoU On Peering Agreement Between National Knowledge Network Of India (NKN) And Druk Research and Education Network Of Bhutan 

* rail Links Between India And Bhutan 

 Jindal Advanced Materials (JAM) Has Signed MoU With Italy's M A E S.p.a To Invest 2700 Crores To Set Up Carbon Fibres plant In India.

DEFENSE CA - 

* Annual Eastern Command Anti Tank Guided Missile ( ATGM) Field Firing Was Conducted In West Bengal.

* L & T Laid The Keel Of First Cadet Training Ship At Kattupali Shipyard For Indian Navy.

* LSAM 19, The 5th Ammunition Cum Torpedo Cum Missile Barge Build By Suryadipta Projects Private Limited Delivered To Indian Navy At Mumbai.

* Armenia To Purchase 84 Indian 155mm Advanced Towed Artillery Gun Systems (ATGS).

* Indian Navy INS KOLKATA Has Rescued 21 Members Of Barbados Flagged Bulk Carrier MV TRUE CONFIDENCE At The Gulf Of Aden.

* INDIAN Air Force's LCA Tejas Crashed Near Jaisalmer, Rajasthan.

* INDIAN Coast Guard Has Busted a Pakistan Drug Consignment Of 450 Crores at Porbandar, Gujarat.

* INDIA Was The World's Top Arms Importer Between 2019/23, 4.7% Grew Than The 2014-18 Season According To Stockholm Peace Research Institute (SPRI) Report.

* Bangladeshi Flagged Cargo Vessel MV- ABDULLAH Carrying Coal And Manned By 23 Crew Members Has Been Hijacked By Somalian Pirates In Indian Ocean.

* Indian Army Raised Its First Apache Helicopter Squadron At Jodhpur, Rajasthan.

* India Has Launched OPERATION INDRAVATI To Evacuate Indian National From Haiti To The Dominic Republic.

INDIAN Coast Guard Ship SAMUDRA PAHEREDAR, a Specialized Pollution Control Vessel Reached Manilla, Philippines To Demonstrate Marine Pollution Response Capabilities Towards The Indian Asean Initiative.

LSAM 18, Ammunition Cum Torpedo Cum Missile Barge Built By Suryadipta Project To Thane, Maharashtra.

Indian Navy (INS SUMEDHA) Rescued 23 Pakistani Nationals From Somalian Pirates From FV AI- Kambar At Arabian Sea.


PERSON DIED - 

* Former Navy Chief Admiral Laxminarayan Ramdas Passed Away.

MANUFACTURING

* Swedish Firm SAAB Has Constructing A New Facility In JHAJJA ( Jharkhand) To Manufacturer CARL GUSTAF M4 Weapons.


FIRST IN- 

* Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal Dedicated India's First Ever (Indigenous) ASTDS Tug. (healthcare Facility) 


* The Tug Ocean Grace Build By Cochin Shipyard Limited.

* AGRA AND AKSHAY Two New 5th And 6th Ships Of 08X ASW Shallow Water Craft Launched For Indian Navy Built By GRSE.


The First Aircraft LA5033 Of The Tejas Mk1A Series Successfully Soared In The Sky At HAL, Bengaluru.


HOST

* The First Edition Of Naval Commanders Conference 2024 Is To Organise In Hybrid Format. Held At INS VIKRAMADITYA.

* Def Connect 2024 Theme 2024 -


Accelerating Towards Atma Nirbharta in Defense).

* The 15th Indian Coast Guard Technical And Logistics Management Conference ( TLMC) Inaugurated At Kolkata.

* The Inaugural Edition Of The International Strategic Engagement Program IN_STEP At The National Defense College.

The 10th Army To Army Staff Talk AAST Between India And Indonesia Commence In Secunderabad.

 15th Jumbo Majumdar International Seminar Held At Delhi.


MoU SIGNED - 

* The Ministry Of Defense Has Signed 5 Major Capital Acquisition Contracts Worth Rs 39,125.39 Crores In New Delhi Under Atmanirbhar Bharat.

* HAL Signed Worth Rs 5,249.7 Crores Contract With Russian OEM For RD-33 Engines To Sustain MIG29 Fleet.

* The Ministry Of Defense Has Signed 200 Crores Deal With Big Bang Boom Solution (BBBL) For Anti Drone System.

* Ministry Of Defense Has Signed A Contract With HAL FOR Procurement Of An Advanced Light Helicopter For Indian Coast Guard Worth RS 4079.78 Crores.

* Ministry Of Defense Has Signed A Contract With HAL For Acquiring 25 New ALH Dhruv Helicopters For Indian Navy.

* The Ministry Of Defense Has Signed A Deal With HAL For Midlife Upgrade (MLU) Of 25 Dornier Aircraft At A Cost Of 2890 Crores.

* The Guyana Defense Force (GDF) Has Signed A Deal With HAL To Purchase Two Aircrafts From India With A Loan Of $ 23.27 Million From The Export-Import Bank Of India (EXIM).

* INDIAN Navy And IIT Kharagpur Has Signed MoU For Joint Research And Collaboration 


* Indian Naval Sailing Vessel INS Tarini, Embark To The First Ever Transoceanic Sailing Expedition Undertaken By INDIAN Woman From Goa To Mauritius.


AWARDS

* President Droupadi Murmu Honoured Two IAF Fighters Squadron Of Indian Airforce No 45 FLYING DAGGERS And The Number 221 Squadron VALIANTS During 1999 Kargil War With PRESIDENT STANDARDS .

* 509SU And 11BRD Received President's Colors Award By President Droupadi Murmu.

* Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC) Pune Has Awarded With The Unit Citation By Chief Of Defense Staff General Anil Chauhan.

* Command Hospital Of Pune And Lucknow Awarded Raksha Mantri Trophy For The Best And Second Best Command Hospitals Of Armed Forces Medical Services For 2022.


( Raksha Mantri Trophy Introduced in 1989) 


APPOINTMENT - 

* Rear Admiral Satish Vasudev Has Assumed As The Flag Officer Defense Advisory Group And Advisor Offshore Security And Defense.

* Col Doming, First Woman Officer Leading The BRTF, Ladakh At 19,400 Feet.



INAUGURATION

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated The CIVIL AVIATION RESEARCH ORGANISATION (CARO) At Begumpet Airport, Hyderabad. ( India's First).

* Indian Navy Has Inaugurated A New Museum In Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh. TU-142 Aircraft Was Kept.

* Defense Minister Rajnath Singh Launched The ACING DEVELOPMENT OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES With iDEX (ADITI) Scheme To Promote Innovation In Critical And Startegic Defense Technology At Def Connect 2024 in New Delhi.

* Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh Unveiled The CHOLA BHAWAN, At Naval War College, Goa.

* Minister Of State For Defense Ajay Bhatt Inaugurated The Statue Of India's First Chief Of Defense Staff Late General Bipin Rawat And An 80 Feet high Tricolour At Talla Banas Village Of Uttarakhand' Pauri District. 

* Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh Inaugurated 206 Projects Worth Rs 3,666 Crores In Lucknow, 

* Titagarh Rail Systems Launched The 2nd 25 Ton BP Tug (Bahubali) And Laid The Keel Of The 4th Tug (Yuvan) For Indian Navy At Kolkata.

* Defense Minister Rajnath Singh Inaugurated The Defense Technology And Test Center (DTTC) At Lucknow.

* Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh Inaugurated The NAUSENA BHAWAN In New Delhi.

Defense Secretary Giridhar Aramane Has Inaugurated The Indian Coast Guard Hovercraft Maintenance Unit At Okha, Gujarat.

COMMISSION

* Indian Navy Commissioned INS JATAYU At Minicoy Island, Lakshadweep.

* Indian Navy Commissioned FIRST MH-60R Multi Role Helicopter Squadron INAS 334 Seahawks At Kochi.

* ) Cmde Rajat Nagar Launched The 25T Bollard Pull (BP) Tug, Balijeet At Shoft Shipyard Bharaoch, Gujarat.

* Shoft Shipyard Launched The 3rd 25 Ton BP TUG (Bajrang) For Indian Navy At Baharuch, Gujarat.


CERTIFICATION - 

* India's Newest Regional Airline FLY91 Has Been Granted It's Air Operator Certificate.

* Captain B Vashu Dheeraj Gets The Patent For System And Methodology For Monetary Transaction As Co-Inventer (Both Online And Offline Transaction) 

* Indian Army Received A patent For The Innovation Of PORTABLE MULTI TARGET DETONATION DEVICE ( WEDC) Developed By Major Rajprasad.


DEAL - 

* HAL Has Secured Contract With Guyana For The Supply Of Two Dornier-228 Aircraft At A Cost Of 194 Crores.

FIRST IN INDIA, WORLD - 

FIRST IN INDIA - (FEMALE)

* Captain Shweta Singh Became The First Woman To Appointed As Chief Flight Ops Inspector Post In DGCA.

* Suman Kumari Become The FIRST Woman Sniper, Also First Woman To Get Instructor Grade At Central School Of Weapons And Tactics ( CSWT), Indore, Madhya Pradesh.

* Ameesha Chahuan Became The First Indian Female Alpine Skier To Participate AT the Winter Deaflympic 2023 In Erzurum, Turkey.

* Shivani Singh Has Been Elected To Be One Of The Pilots Of India's First Semi High Speed Train System, Namo Bharat (FIRST Female) 

* Vanneihsangi Became The First Woman To Presided The Mizoram Assembly.

* Col Doming, First Woman Officer Leading The BRTF, Ladakh At 19,400 Feet.

* Pooja Chathoth Became India's First And Only Female Ship Surveyor

FIRST FEMALE IN WORLD- 

* Emirati Astronaut Nora Al Matrooshi Became The First Arab Woman To Graduate NASA Training Shoots For The Moon.

Rumy Alqahtani, Became The First Ever Representative Of Saudi Arabia In Miss Universe Pageant. ( FIRST ISLAMIC) 




FIRST STATE TO - 

* Uttar Pradesh Became The First State In Country To Issue 5 Crores AYUSHMAN Cards.

* Union Steel Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia Has Virtually Inaugurated India's First Green Hydrogen Plant In The Stainless Steel Sector in Hisar.

* The First Indigenous Fast Breeder Reactor At Kalpakam, Tamilnadu Inaugurated.

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated The FIRST Under Water Metro Service In Kolkata, ( Hoogly River) 

* Delhi's First Bilateral Hand Transplant Successfully Held In Ganga Ram Hospital.

* Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan Launched State's Owned (First) OTT Platform Cspace.

* FLY 91 First Flight Take off Between Goa to Lakshadweep.

* Asia's First Certified Green Municipal Bond Has Been Issued By Vadodara Municipal Corporation.

* Nagaland Gets His First Histopathology UNIT At Naga Hospital Authority At Kohima.

* Maharashtra State Became The First Indian State To Buy Land In Jammu and Kashmir For Tourism.

Kerala Became The First State To Have Hallmarking Centers In All Districts.

Railway Minister Unveiled India's First Ballastless Track For Bullet Train Project, Which Connect Mumbai To Ahmedabad.

Bengaluru Became The First City Of India To Join The World Cities Culture Forum (WCCF).

World's First Om Shaped Temple Has Inaugurated In Rajasthan.


FIRST IN WORLD - 

* Ramesh Singh Arora Became The First Sikh Minister In Punjab, Pakistan.

* Surgeon From United States Have Successfully Conducted First Pig To Human Kidney Transplant At Boston

Vaughan Gething Became The First Black To Serve as Economic Officer Of Wales.

FIRST IN MEDICAL - 

* Apollo Hospital, Delhi Unveiled The First ZAP-X In South Asia, Revolution izing The Brain Tumour Care Treatment 

* For The First Time Dual Kidney Transplant Successfully Conducted By AIIMS Delhi.

* Hydroxyurea Oral Suspension, India's First Room Temperature Stable Sickle cell Disease.

PERSON PASSED AWAY - 

* Hollywood Actor Richard Lewis Passed Away.

* Veteran Journalist And Author Sujata Anandan Passes Away.

* Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney Passed Away.

* Veteran Congress Leader And Former Uttar Pradesh Governor Aziz Qureshi Passed Away.

* Former President Of Tanzania HE Ali Hassan Mwinyi Passes Away.

* Akira Toriyama, Creator Of Dragon Ball Animated Show Passed Away.

* US Author And Lawyer Paul Alexander Passed Away.

* Veteran Rabindra Sangeet Singer Sadi Mohammed Passed Away In Dhaka, Bangaldesh.

* Former Navy Chief Admiral Laxminarayan Ramdas Passed Away

* Former Member Of National Commission For Scheduled Caste And Scheduled Tribes And Prominent Buddhist Monk Of Ladakh Lama Lobzank Passed Away.

* OSCAR Winning Screenwriter David Seilder Passed Away.

* 7th Time Ex- MLA Of Odisha Damodar Rout Passed Away.

Veteran Bengali Actor Parth Sarathi Deb Passed Away.

Author Laurent de Brunhoff Passed Away.

Tamil Actor Comedian Lollu Sabha Seshu Passed Away.

Chief Of Ramakrishna Math And Ramakrishna Mission Swami Samarananda Maharaj Passed Away.

A Psychologist, Nobel Prize Winner In Economics Daniel Kahneman Passed Away.



Louis Gossett Jr. The First Black Man To Win Best Supporting Actor At Oscar Passed Away.

 Tamil Actor Daniel Balaji Passes Away.

Veteran Mizoram Artist Of Akashvani Vanhlupii Passed Away.

RANKING - 

* Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami Became The 61st Most Powerful Person In The Country Among Indians.

* Mumbai Ranked 8th In Global Luxury Real Estate Market.

* India Became The 2nd Largest Producer Of Mobile Phone.

* VADAPAV Ranked 19th In World's Top 50 Sandwich.

* INDIA Was The World's Top Arms Importer Between 2019/23, 4.7% Grew Than The 2014-18 Season According To Stockholm Peace Research Institute (SPRI) Report.

* India Shares 9.8% In The Field Of Global Arm Imports in 2019-2023.

* India's Ras Malai (Bengal) Has Ranked 2nd Best Cheese Dessert In World By Taste Atlas.

* Bihar Ranked The Number One In Most Polluted City ( Begusarai)  by World Air Quality Index Report (Guwahati Second) 

Bhopal Airport, Madhya Pradesh Secures Top Spot In Customer Satisfaction Survey. ( Report By Airport Authority Of India AAI) . 

 India Ranked Second In Global Food Production. 

 IIT BOMBAY, IIT DELHI, Indian Institute Of Science, Bengaluru Have Three Top Ranked University In 2024 By QS


* USA Ranked Topped In World Soft Power Index 2024,  

* India Ranked 29 At Global Soft Power Index 2024.

* South Indian Filter Coffee Gets Ranked 38th In World Ranking.

* INDIA Ranked 108 Out Of 193 Countries In Gender Equity index.

* India Ranked 134th Out of 191 Countries In International Human Development Index 2024.

The Hague Ranked Topped In Quality Of Life Index 2024.

* As Per The Indian Government Data India's Unemployment Rate Declined To 3.1% From 3.6% in 2023.

* Bangladesh, Pakistan, India Became The Most Polluted Countries In 2023 (Top 3) Respectively.

* Finland Became The World's Happiest Country in 2024, 7th Consecutive Time Ranked Topped

Denmark And Iceland Second And Third Consecutively)

* India Ranked 126th ) 

 Burkina Faso Topped The Table In Global Terrorism Index 2024. ( 2nd Israel, 3rd Mali And Fourth - Pakistan) 

 India Replace Germany As Russia's Top Medicine Supplier.

Elon Musk Topped The List In Hurun Global Rich List 2024.

According To India Employment Report 2024 India's Youths (83%) Are Unemployed.

APPOINTMENTS - 

DEFENSE - 

* Captain Shweta Singh Became The First Woman To Appointed As Chief Flight Ops Inspector Post In DGCA.

* The Election Commission Announced Para Archer Arjun Awardee, Sheetal Devi As Its National PWd Icon.


Kamal Kishore Has Been Appointed As The UN Special Representative For Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR).


NATIONAL - 

* Ravindra Kumar Has Been Appointed As THE Director (OPERATION) In NTPC limited.

* IPS OFFICER Anurag Agarwal Has Been Appointed As The Head of Parliament Security.

* Shri Harish Dhuan Has Been Appointed As The Director (Technical) Of Coal India.

* 1992 Batch IAS Officer Nidhi khare Has Been Appointed As The Secretary Of Consumer Affairs.

* 2010 IAS OFFICER Garima Mittal Has Been Appointed As Director In Department Of Commerce.

* Para Olympian Devendra Jhanjhariya Has Elected As The New President Of The Paralympic Committee Of India.

* Asha Lakra Has Been Appointed As The Member Of National Commission For Schedule Tribes (NCST).

* 2010 BATCH IPS Officer Sarah Sharma Has Been Appointed As Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Of CBI.

* Kishore Makhwana Has Been Appointed As Chairman Of National Commission For Scheduled Castes (NCSC).

* Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra Gets Six Months Extra Extension His Tenure.

* Anshuman Yadav, IG Of CRPF Gets Another Two Years Extension Of His Tenure.

* RETIRED IAS Officer Rajesh Kumar Gupta And Priyansh Sharma Has Been Appointed As Two New Election Commissioner.

* Nitin Narang, Haryana Has Been Elected As The New President Of The All India Chess Federation (AICF).

* Shri B Sairam Has Been Appointed As The New CMD Of Northern Coalfields Limited.

* Ashwani KUMAR Has Been Appointed As The Chairman Of Federation Of Indian Export Organisation (FIEO).

* 1996 IAS OFFICER Rahul Singh Has Been Appointed As The Chairperson Of CBSE.

* Dr Suman Kumar Has Been Appointed As The Director (Commercial) Of National Building Construction Corporation Limited (NBCC).

* Former IAS OFFICER Gyanesh Kumar And S S Sandhu Has Been Appointed As The election Commissioner.

* Deepak Ballani Has Been Appointed As The New Director General Of Indian Sugar And Bio Energy Manufacturer Association ( ISMA).

* Rashmi Govil Has Been Appointed As The Indian Oil Board As Director (HR).

* IAS Abhimanyu Singh Has Been Appointed As The Officer On Special Duty To Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini.

* Retired IAS Officer Navneet Kumar Sehgal Has Been Appointed As The Chairman Of Prasar Bharati.

* IPS OFFICER Vivek Sahay Has Been Appointed As The New DGP Of West Bengal.

* Jharkhand Governor C P Radhakrishnan Has Given Additional Charge as Telengana Governor And Lieutenant Governor Of Puducherry.

* Sanjay Mukherjee Has Been Appointed As The NEW DGP And IG Of West Bengal.

* C R Choudhary Has Been Appointed As The Chairman Of Rajasthan Farmers Commission.

* Sheyphali B Sharan Has Been Appointed As The Spokes Person Of The Central Government.

* Shiv Kumar V Vepakomma Set To Appoint As The Next Director Of Power System At Solar Energy Corporation Of India (SECI)

* Union Minister Kirren Rijju Has Given Charge As The Ministry Of Food Processing Industries.

* Prataya Amrit Has Been Appointed As The New Home Secretary Of Bihar

* Shri Biranchi Das Has Taken Charge As Director Of Coal india, SECL.

* R Nandini, Managing Director Of Chandra Textiles HAS been Appointed As The Chairperson Of Confederation Of Indian Industry (CII) Southern Region.

Maushami Chakroborthy Has Been Appointed As The Director General Of All INDIA Radio.

 Naveen Jindal Has Been Taken Charge As President Of Indian Steel Association.

Tushar Arun Karmakar Has Been Appointed As The Deputy Secretary In The Department Of Health Research.

* IRS Nikhil Saraswat Has Been Appointed As The Deputy Secretary In The Government E-Marketplace.

IRS Vandana Has Been Appointed As The Director In The Department Of Chemicals And Petrochemicals.

* IES Mamta Has Been Appointed As The Director In The Department Of Promotion Of Industry And International Trade ( DPIIT).

 Mariam Memon Matthew Has Been Appointed As The New President Of The Digital News Publishers Association (DNPA).

* Govind Dholakia Has Been Appointed As The New Chairman Of Surat Diamond Bourse.

Justice Rituraj Awasthi Has Been Appointed As Lokpal Members.

*) IPS Sadanand Vasant Has Been Appointed As Director General Of National Investigation Agency (NIA).

* IPS Piyush Anand Has Been Appointed As The Director General Of The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF).

* IPS Rajeev Kumar Sharma Has Been Appointed As The Director General Of Bureau Of Police Research & Development.

Bhusan Gagrani Has Been Appointed As The New Commissioner Of BMC.

Hansa Mishra Has Been Appointed As The Director Of UNION Public Service Commission (UPSC).

Sandhya Bhullar Has Been Appointed As The Joint Secretary, Department For Promotion Of Industry & Industry & International Trade. 

* Usha Venugopal Has Been Appointed As The Additional Member ( Finance) Railway Board. 

* Chinmay Pundlikrao Gotmare Has Been Appointed As The Director In Department Of Expenditure 

*Anil Kumar Jaldi Set To Next Director, Human Resource (HR) At NTPC Limited. 

Arnab Banarjee Has Elected As The Chairman Of ATMA ( Automotive Tyre Manufacturer Association).




AMBASSADOR

* Naresh Kumar Has Been Appointed As The Ambassador Of India To Mauritania.

* T Armstrong Changsan Has Been Appointed As The Ambassador Of India To Cuba.

* Vinay Kumar Has Been Appointed As The INDIAN Ambassador To Russian Federation.

* Abhilasa Joshi Has Been Appointed As The Ambassador Of India To The Republic Of Chile.

*  Sounding Bagchi Has Been Appointed As The Indian Ambassador To The Republic Of Iraq

* IFS Prashant Pise, Has Been Appointed As The Ambassador Of India- To The Republic Of Slovenia.

 IFS Dinkar Asthana Has Been Appointed As The Indian Ambassador To Senegal.

 Sita Ram Meena Has Been Appointed As The Indian Ambassador To The republic Of Niger.


ENVOY - 

 Senior Diplomat Abhay Thakur Has Been Appointed As The India's Next Envoy To Myanmar.



CHIEF MINISTER - 

* Nayab Singh Saini Has Take Oath As Chief Minister Of Haryana.


PRIME MINISTER- 

* Shehbaz Sharif Has Been Elected As 24th Prime Minister Of Pakistan.

* Asif Ali Zardari Has Been Appointed As The 14th President of Pakistan.

* Narayan Prashad Dahal Has Been Elected To The Post Of National Assembly Chairperson Of Nepal.

* Mohammad Mustafa Has Been Elected As Prime Minister Of Palestine.

* Former JP- Morgan Banker Muhammad AURANGZEB Has Been Appointed As The New Finance Minister Of Pakistan.

 Simon Harris Set To The New Prime Minister Of Ireland. 

 Luis Montenegro Has Been Elected As The Prime Minister Of Portugal.


PRESIDENT - 

* Vladimir Putin Wins The Russian Presidential Election For The Fifth Time.

* Indonesia's Prabowo Subianto Wins Presidential Election.

Bassirou Diomaye Faye Has Been Elected As The President Of Senegal.


BRAND AMBASSADOR - 

* Neeraj Chopra Has Been Appointed As The Brand Ambassador Of BPCL

 Neeraj Chopra Has Been Appointed As The Brand Ambassador Of EVERYDAY Brand.

* Mahendra Singh Dhoni Has Been Appointed As The Brand Ambassador Of Cleartrip. 


* Altaf Halde Has Been Appointed As The New Chief Business Officer Of TAC Security.


Mustafa Suleman Has Been Appointed As The New AI Head Of Microsoft.

DAYS & THEME - 

* International Wheelchairs Day - 1st March

* World Wildlife Day - 3rd March Theme 2024 - Connecting People And Planet: Exploring Digital Innovation In Wildlife Conservation) 

* International Women's Day - 8th March (Theme 2024 - Invest In Women: Accelerate Progress ) 

* Government Of India Has Decided To Celebrate 17th September Every Year As Hyderabad Liberation Day.

* World Kidney Day - 14th March Theme 2024 - Kidney Health For All) 

* International Day Of Mathematics - 14th March Theme 2024 - Playing With Math ) 

* International Day For Action In River's - 14th March Theme 2024 - Water For All ) 

* World Consumer Rights Day - 15th March 

* National Vaccination Day - 16th March Theme 2024 - Vaccines Works For All) 

* 85th CRPF Day - 19th March 

* World Oral Health Day - 20th March 

* World Sparrows Day - 20th March 

* International Day Of Happiness - 20th March (Theme 2024 - Happier Together) 

* International Day Of Forest - 21st March (Theme 2024 - Forests And Innovations: New Solution For A Better World ) 

* World Poetry Day - 21st March (Theme 2024 - Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants ) 

* World Water Day - 22nd March(  Theme 2024 - Water For Peace ) 

WORLD Tuberculosis Day - 24th March( Theme 2024 - Yes! We Can End TB ) 

* World Meteorological Day - 23rd March (Theme 2024 - At The Frontline Of Climate Actions) 

World Kabbadi Day - 24th March 

World Theatre Day - 27th March (Theme 2024 - Theatre And a Culture Of Peace) 

International Day Of Zero Wastes - 30th March 

17TH RAMNATH GOENKA AWARD  - 

BOOKS (NON FICTION) 

2021- The Long Game ( Vijay Gokhle) 

2022 - The Life And Times Of George Fernandez ( Rahul Ramagundan) 


PHOTO JOURNALISM - 

2021 - Gurinder Osan (PTI) 2020 Tokyo Olympic

2022 - Abhinav Saha (INDIAN Express) 


CIVIC JOURNALISM - 

Fathima Azeefa 

Jayson Arcilla 

Prajwal Manipal 


ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY - 

2021 - Sayashree Nandi (Hindustan Times) 

2022 - Basant Kumar, Ayush Tiwari ( News Laundry) 



PRAKASH KARDALAY MEMORIAL AWARD FOR CIVIC JOURNALISM - 

2021 - Vinod Kumar Menon ( Mid Day) 


SPORTS JOURNALISM - 

2021 - Mahendra Singh Manral & Mihir Vasavda (INDIAN Express) 

2022 - Andrew Amsan (Indian Express) 


BUSINESS & ECONOMIC - 

2021 - Aditya Kalra & Steve Stecklow (Thomas Reuters) 

2022 - Twesh Mishra (The Economic Times) 


FOREIGN CORRESPONDANT COVERING INDIA - 

2021 - J Slater & Niha Masih (Washington Post) 

FIRST NATIONAL CREATORS AWARD - 

* GREEN CHAMPION AWARD - Pankti Pandey ( Advocates For Zero Waste Living, Mission LIFE)

* BEST CREATOR IN EDUCATION CATEGORY - Naman Deshmukh 

* BEST CREATIVE CREATOR MALE - RJ Runac 

* BEST TRAVEL CREATOR AWARD - Kamya Jani 

* BEST STORY TELLER AWARD - Keertika Govindaswamy 

* CULTURAL AMBASSADOR OF THE YEAR - Maithali Thakur 

* BEST CREATIVE CREATOR FEMALE - Shraddha

* IMPACTFUL AGRI CREATOR AWARD - Lakshya Dabas 

* BEST MICRO CREATOR AWARD - Aridaman 

* GAMING CREATOR AWARD - Nischaya 

* DISRUPTOR OF THE YEAR AWARD - Ranveer Alahabadia 

* NEW INDIA CHAMPION AWARD - Abhi And Nhyi 

* TECH CREATOR AWARD - Gaurav Chaudhary 

* SWACHHATA AMBASSADOR AWARD - Malahar Kalambe 

* BEST CREATOR IN FOOD CATEGORY - Kabita Singh 

* BEST HEALTH & FITNESS CREATOR AWARD - Ankit Baiyanpuria 

* BEST NANO CREATOR AWARD - Piyush Purohit 

* BEST INTERNATIONAL CREATOR AWARD - Drew Hicks 

*  BEST CREATOR FOR SOCIAL CHANGE  - Jaya Kishori 

* HERITAGE FASHION ICON AWARD - Jahnvi Singh 

* CELEBRITY CREATOR OF THE YEAR AWARD - Aman Gupta 

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