Thursday, 20 February 2025

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 20TH FEBRUARY 2025

39 Statehood Day Of Arunachal Pradesh - 20th February 

World Day Of Social Justice - 20th February 

1) SOUTH AFRICA Hosting The G20 Presidency.

2) India Elected To Vice Presidency Of The International Organization Of Aids To Marine Navigation (IALA) In Singapore.

3) India's First Vertical Bi-Facial Solar Plant Unveiled At Delhi Metro.

4) British Author Caroline Eden Launched The Book Cold Kitchen At Bengaluru.

5) Pankaj Advani Defeated Amir SARKHOSH To Clinched The  3rd ASIAN Snooker Championship Title.


6) The First Breeding Site Of The Blue Cheeked Bee Eater - ( Merops Persicus) In Peninsular India Has Been Discovered In The Saltpans In The Aandivilai In Kanyakumari District.

7) Bengaluru Set To Host The ATP 125 Tournament.

8) Lt General, Moti Dar PVSM (AVSM) Former Vice Chief Of Army Staff (July 1995- July 1996) And GOC In C Southern Command (January 1994 - July 1995) Has Passed Away.


9) NHPC Limited Has Certified With The GREAT PLACE TO WORK CERTIFICATION.

10) The Defense Ministry Has Signed 2 Contracts Worth Rs 1917.47 Crores For Two Procurement Of 149 Software Defined Radios For Indian Coast Guard.

11) Dr Dhitri Banerjee, Director Of Zoological Survey Of India (ZSI) Conferred With Lifetime Achievement Award 2025 By The Society Of Biological Science And Rural Development, Lucknow.

12) Adani Foundation Has Launched The BUTTERFLY EFFECT - For Women Empowerment 

13) Paytm Launched India's First Solar Soundbox For Merchant.

14) Union Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Has Launched The Digital License For Pilots 

* India Became The 2nd Country To Launched The Digital License 

15) Microsoft Introduced The MAJORANA-1 First Quantum Chip.


16) Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran Gets Two Years Extension 

17) BJP Leader And. MLA from Rohini Vijendra Gupta To Sworn In As Delhi Assembly Speaker.

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Wednesday, 19 February 2025

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 19TH FEBRUARY 2025

1) DRDO Is Developing An Indigenous 700HP Engine For FICV In Collaboration With Kirloskar And Ashok Leyland 

2) Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation Of India Limited (TRIFED) Signed MoU With Meesho, IFCA And Mahatma Gandhi Institute Of Rural Industrialization.

3) INS RANA Celebrated 43 Of Service To Nation.

4) BRIC- Institute Of Life Sciences, Has Discovered A Bacteria Named - THIOMONAS BHUBANESWARENSIS ( Named After Bhubaneswar City) Collected From Sediment Sample From Atri, Bhubaneswar Odisha 

* It Is An Aerobic, Obligatory Mixotrophic Moderated THERMOPHILIC Thiosulfate Oxidising Bacterium

* This Bacteria Can Be Utilizes In Bioleaching To Extract Metals From Sulphur Ores.

5) Google Opens Its New Office At Bengaluru.

6) BJP Elects Parvesh Verma As Delhi New Deputy Chief Minister 

7) BJP MLA Rekha Gupta To Be Sworn In As New Chief Minister Of Delhi.


8) State Bank Of India (SBI) Has Named The Most Valuable State Controlled Company In India In 2024 Burgundy Private Hurun India 500 Report.


9) TVASTA, A StartUp IIT Madras Has Build India's First 3D Printed Villa At Pune.


10) Former Mumbai Cricketer Milind Rege Passed Away.


11) State Bank Of India (SBI) Estimated Indian Economy Grow In Fourth Quarter (OCT- DEC) 6.2-63%.

12) The 13th Meeting Of Malaysia- India Defense Cooperation Committee ( MIDCOM) Took Place At Kualalumpur.

13) The Asia Economic Dialogue (AED) Schedule To Held At 20-22nd February 2025 In Pune, Maharashtra 

14) Telengana Will Host Miss World Beauty Pageant 2025.

15) Actor Milind Suman Appointed As The Brand Ambassador Of GRAMIN.

16) Senior Mathematics Professor From IIT KHARAGPUR G P Raja Sekhar Has Been Appointed As The Vice Chancellor Of Andhra University.

17) Sunni Spiritual Leader And Madin Academy Chairman Syed Ibrahim Khaleel Bukhari Has Published His Autobiography Titled - THE LIFE SO FAR 

18) India And Argentina Have Signed a MoU To Strengthen Cooperation In Lithium Exploration And Mining.

19) 34th Edition Of The ITTF- ATTU Asian Cup Table Tennis Tournament 2025 To Host By Shenzhen, China.

20) Union Port And Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal Has Inaugurated The Inland Waterways Terminal (IWT) At Jogighopa. ( 91 km To Bhutan) 

21) External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar In Bilateral Meeting With Oman Foreign Minister - Sayyid Baddar Albusaidi.

* EAM Unveiled The Special Logo To Marking The Two Nations Culture Ties, In Completion Of 70 Years Of Diplomatic Relations 

* EAM & OMAN Foreign Minister Have Jointly Inaugurated The Book - MANDAVI TO MUSCAT - 

* During Indian Ocean Conference At Muscat, Oman.


INDIA AND QATAR SIGNED FEW MOU

QATAR AMIR ON VISIT TO INDIA' - 

Startrgic Partnerships Agreement - 

* Elevation Of India - Qatar Bilateral Relationship To Startegic Partnerships 


FEW MOU SIGNED BETWEEN TWO COUNTRIES - 

* India And Qatar Agreed To Celebrate Year Of Culture, Friendship And Sports In Future

* Extention Of Indian E-visa Facility For Qatari National 

* Decision Of Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) To OPEN An Office In India' 

* Both Sides Set the Target To Double Bilateral Trade By 2030.

* Both Sides Agreed To Explore An India - Qatar Free Trade Agreement.

* Operational Of India's UPI At Qatar National Bank (QNB) Point Of Sales In Qatar

* EXPANSION of Qatar National Bank In INDIA By Settings Up An Office In The GIFT City.


Tuesday, 18 February 2025

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 18TH FEBRUARY 2025

1) H H Sheikh Nahyan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Member Of UAE Royal Family Visited The BRAHMOS Missile At NAVDEX 2025.

2) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Presented 2.90 Lakh Crores Budget For Odisha In FY 2025/26.

3) Indian Para Athletes Won 21 Medals Including 9 Gold, 8 Silver And 4 Bronze Medals At 16th FAZZA WORLD PARA ATHLETIC Championship 2025.

4) TOP FIVE STATES WITH MOST NITI AYOG FISCAL HEALTH INDEX IN 2024 


5) Srimati Bhawana, Deputy Manager (LAW) At NHPC Has Conferred The 2nd Best Place For Best Woman Employee Award.

6) Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan Set To Launch The NAKSHA Programs For Urban Land Survey.


7) The National Bank For Agriculture And Rural Development (NABARD) Has Projected The Odisha's Credit Potential For 2025/26 Fiscal At 2,52,000 Crores.

8) Nagaland Forest Management Project (NFMP) Awarded The Prestigious SKOCH AWARD 2024 At New Delhi.

9) Amir Of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Visit To India.


10) Council Of Scientific And Industrial Research (CSIR) Has Developed An Indigenous Portable Bullet Proof Booth Weighing 1650 Kg For The Armed And Para Military Force's.


11) GYANESH Kumar Has Been Appointed As The New Chief Election Commissioner Of India.


* 1989 Batch Haryana Cadre IAS OFFICER Vivek Joshi Has Been Appointed As Election Commissioner.

12) THE ASI Govind Swaroop Lifetime Achievement Award 2024 Conferred To Profesor Prahlad C Agarwal ( For His Contribution To X - RAY Astronomy In India)


13) Navdeep Singh Wins Gold Medal In The Javelin Throw F41 At National Para Athletic Championship 2025. Chennai 


14) Gyanesh Kumar Has Been Appointed As The New Chief Election Commissioner Of India.

15) 17 Years Old Sukhdev Kewat Wins First Gold Medal At Para Games 

16) Chennai Based Startup WATERFLY TECHNOLOGY Has Developed Electric Seagliders With 100 Kg Prototype.


17) 23rd National Para Athletic Championship Held At Chennai.

18) KANAKSI KHIMJI, A Member Of The Oman's Khimji Family Bestowed With The Honorary Title Sheikh By The Late Sultan QABOOS 

19) India- Qatar Joint Business Forum Held.

* Qatar Announced Investment Of $10 Billion in India.

20) Suresh K Reddy Has Been Appointed As The India's Next Ambassador To Egypt.


21) Justice Biren Vaishnav Has Been Appointed As The Acting Chief Justice Of Gujarat High court.

22) Kerala Forest Department At Parambikulum Tiger Reserves In Palakkad Has Added 15 New Species.

23) Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan Has Launched The National Geospatial Knowledge Based Land Survey In Madhya Pradesh.

24) Prasar Bharati In Collaboration With IIT Delhi Has Organised DD RObocon 2025.

25) Union Minister Manohar Lal Inaugurated India's First Vertical Bifacial Solar Plant On Metro Viaduct.

At 5th International Conference On Green Metro System.

26) Union Minister Jitin Prasada Has Launched The Digital Brand Identity Manual In New Delhi.

27) Khelo India Winter Games Gulmurg Postponed Tier 2.

28) A Statue Of Eminent Poet Thiruvallur Unveiled At Philippines.


29) Reserve Bank Of India (RBI) Has Launched The RBIDATA Mobile Application.

( That Provide Macro Economics Stats) 

30) Indian Overseas Bank Appoints Madhaw Chandra Jha As  The CFO Of The Bank.

31) Chinese Researchers From Tianjin University And Tsinghua University Have Jointly Developed World's First Dual Loop Invasive Brain Computer Interface BCI System.

INDIA'S NEXT CHIEF ELECTION COMMISSIONER APPOINTED

* GYANESH KUMAR HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE INDIA'S 26TH CHIEF ELECTION COMMISSIONER.

* 26TH CEC OF INDIA.

* RAJIV KUMAR LAST TENURE AS CEC OF INDIA ENDED.

* 1988 BATCH IAS OF KERALA CADRE

* SERVED AS THE SECRETARY OF THE COOPERATION MINISTRY

* TOOK IN VITAL ROLE IN ARTICLE 370

* RAM MANDIR TRUST 


43rd ASTRONOMY SOCIETY OF INDIA AWARD 2025 (ASI)

HELD AT NIT ROURKELA.

* ASI LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD - Professor Prahlad C AGARAWAL ( PROF GOVIND SWARUP AWARD) 


For CONTRIBUTION IN Xray Astronomy In India. 

* ZUBIN KEMBHAVI AWARD - B SHYLAJA 

* THE MODALI AWARD For CONTRIBUTION IN THE ASTROPHYSICS, ASTRONOMY & PLANETARY SCIENCE - Nirupam Roy (IISC BENGALURU)

* ASTROSAT PRIZE - SIPRA HOTA 

* JUSTICE OAK AWARD - Dr Debjyoti Kansabanik 


BBC SPORTS WOMAN AWARD 2025

* BBC SPORTS WOMAN OF THE YEAR - MANU BHAKER


* BBC INDIA PARA SPORTS WOMAN OF THE YEAR - AVNI LEKHARA 

* BBC EMERGING PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD - SHEETALA DEVI (ARCHERY)

* BBC LIFE TIME ACHIVEMENT AWARD - MITHALI RAJ (CRICKET)

* BBC STAR PERFORMER OF 2024 - PRITI PAL & TULASHIMATHI 

* BBC CHANGEMAKER OF 2024 - NASREEN SHAIKH (KHO KHO) & TANIYA SACHDEV 


Monday, 17 February 2025

ODISHA STATE BUDGET 2025/26

* ODISHA CHIEF MINISTER MOHAN CHARAN MAJHI PRESENTED THE ODISHA BUDGET WORTH RS 2,90,000 Crores For FY 2025/26.

* 17,998 Crores For Women And Child Welfare & Development 

* 37,838 Crores For Agriculture 

* 39,221 Crores For Rural Development 

* 16,273 Crores For Irrigation And Disaster Management 

* 10,145 Crores For SUBHADRA YOJANA 

* 492 Crores For MAMTA & PRADHANMANTRI MATRU BANDANA TOHANA 

* 31,000 Crores For School Education

* 120 Crores For Welfare Of Kendu Leaf Pluckers 

* 3470 Crores For MUKHYA MANTRI SADAK Yojana (MMSY)

* 25 Crores For Odisha Startup 

* 144 Crores For Financial Assistance Against VAT/ GST Reimbursement

* 164 Crores For Kamdhenu Yojana ( Milk)

* 850. Crores For Hirakud Dam Development 

* 600 Crores For Shri Anna Abhiyan

* 2020 Crores for PM KISAN YOJANA

* 63511 Crores For Finance Department

* 28451 Crores For Panchayat Raj And Drinking Water 

* 14894 Crores For Water Resource 

* 1059 Crores For Law 

* 1913.28 Crores For Revenue Secretary Department 

* 6436,38 Crores For SC & ST WELFARE DEPARTMENT 

* 1319.79 Crores For Sports And Youth Welfare 

* 1491.49 Crores For Forest And Climate Change 

* 404.39 Crores For Steel And Mines 

* 353.22 Crores For Science Technology 

* 3962.33 Crores For Energy  

* 808.15 Crores For Industries 

* 10759 Crores For Home 

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 17TH FEBRUARY 2025

1) Gulveer Singh Registered A Record By Clocking At 7:38:26 National Record.

2) Sanskrit To Replace Urdu As 3rd Language Of Rajasthan.

3) The Indian Army Organized JAL-THAL- Sthal  Exercise 2025 At Ahmedabad.

4) INS Shardul Visited To Bali, Indonesia For Reviewing The International Fleet 2025.

5) The Ongoing Ratnagiri, Odisha Excavation ASI Found Three Colossal Buddha Head, Hundred Of Votives Stuphas, Stone Inscription.


6) The 6th Edition Of Joint Military Exercise Between India And Japan EX DHRAMA GUARDIAN Is Set To Held At Mount Fuji From 25th February To 9th March 2025.

7) Jacob Kiplimo From Uganda Became The First Person To Run The Race In Under 57 Minutes.

* He Finished Race In 56:24 Minutes In Barcelona.


8) The 7th Edition Of Nepal Agritech International Expo 2025 Kicked Off At Nepal.

9) Former Prime Minister Of Mauritius Pravindh Jugnauth Has Been Arrested For Money Laundering Charges.


10) Meta Announced 50,000 Km Water Worth Sub Sea Cable Project To Boost Digital Connectivity Between US And India.

11) Brazil To Host The 17th BRICS SUMMIT At Rio De Generio.

12) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Has Launched The LAKHPATI DIDI SAHAYIKA Yojana.

* Helping Self Help Group Woman 

13) OMAN Host The 8th Edition Of Indian Ocean Conference.

14) Maharashtra Based Startup Zeus Numerix Has Unveiled It's Indigenous Drone SEMI ACTIVE LASER GUIDED PRECISION GUIDED MUNITION ( PGM).


15) South Korean Actress Kim Sae Ron Passed Away.

16) GM Rauf Mamedov And IM GUNAY Mammadzada Clinched The Title At The 2025 Azerbaijan Championship Held At Baku.

17) South Indian Actress Chittjalu Krishnataveni Passed Away.

18) An MoU Signed Between India And Indonesia In The Field Of Traditional Medicine Quality Assurance.


19) Indonesia Mixed Team Clinched The Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championship 2025.

* GOLD - INDONESIA 

* SILVER - CHINA 

* BRONZE - JAPAN & THAILAND


20) THE DALHOUSIE MURDERS Book Author - Aneeta Sharma ( Wife Of Col D D Sharma)

21) Odisha Recorded The Software And Electronics Exports 12,904 Crores In FISCAL YEAR 2023/24.

22) Ganjam District, Odisha Has Signed A MoU With India Rare Earth Limited To Build The State's First Sea Water Desalination Plant.

23) NIT ROURKELA Host The ASI ( Astronomical society of India) 2025.

24) Ministry Of Jal Shakti Organise The 2nd All INDIA State Water Ministers Conference 

Theme 2025 - A WATER SECURE NATION

25) Indian Boys And Girl Team Won The Bronze At Asian Junior Squash Championship.

26) Sikhna Jwhwlao Set To The 8th National Park In Assam.

27) President Dropadi Murmu Inaugurated The National Tribal Festival Adi Mahostav In New Delhi.

28) Samarth Sahita Wins The ITF J100 NAIROBI Singles.


29) Standard Charted Appoint P D Singh As India' CEO.

30) JSW MG Motor India Appoints Anurag Mehrotra As Managing Director.

31) Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) Has Win The First Place In Best Enterprise Award At The Maharatna Category.


32) Bihar Set To Host The Sepak Takraw World Cup 2025.

33) Paytm Partners With SBI Mutual Fund Launched The JAN NIVESH SIP OF 250.

34) ZOMATO Unveiled The AI Customer Support Platform NUGGET.

35) Abhijeet Kapilash Has Been Appointed As The Deputy Commissioner Of Shri Mukhtar Sahib.

36) G Nageswara Rao Has Been Appointed As The Chief Director Of The Vigilance Bureau, Punjab.

37) India's Overall Exports (Merchandise And Services) Increses To USD 74.97 Billion in January 2025.

38) Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh Host The 24th All India Police Water Sports Competition.

39) Indian Space Association (ISA) Signed MoU With Korean Association For Space Technology Promotion (KASP) For Satellite Advanced System.

40) Tripureshwari Duck Has Been Registered As The New Breed By ICAR 

41) Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Has Launched The Mutual Credit Guarantee Scheme For MSME In Mumbai.

42) National Institute Of Ocean Technology (NIOT) Has Successfully Completed The WET TRIALS Of MATSYA - 6000 DEEP Ocean Submarine.

43) Kalyani Has Unveiled The Latest 155mm/ 45 Calibre Mounted Gun 


BAFTA AWARD 2025

* BEST FILM - CONCLAVE 

* LEADING ACTRESS - MIKEY MADISON (FOR ANORA)

* LEADING ACTOR - ADRIEN BRODY ( FOR THE BRUTALIST)

* COSTUME DESIGN - WICKED ( PAUL TEZWELL)

* MAKE UP & HAIR - THE SUBSTANCE 

* BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION - WANDER TO WONDER 

* BRITISH SHORT FILM - ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS

* DOCUMENTARY - SUPERMAN ( THE CHRISTOPHER REEV STORY')

* BAFTA FELLOWSHIP - COMEDIAN WARWICK DAVIS 


* DIRECTOR - BRADY CORBET ( THE BRUTALIST)

* EE RISING STAR AWARD - DAVID JONSON

* ORIGINAL SCORE - THE BRUTALIST ( DANIEL BLUMBERG)

* OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM - CONCLAVE

* EDITING - CONCLAVE 

* CINEMATOGRAPHY - THE BRUTALIST ( LOL CRAWLEY)

* SOUND - DUNE (PART 2) 

* FILM ( NOT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE) - EMILIA PEREZ 

* PRODUCTION DESIGN - WICKED 

* SUPPORTING ACTRESS - Zoe SALDANA ( EMILIA PEREZ )

* SUPPORTING ACTOR - KIEREN KALKIN ( A REAL PAIN)

* ANIMATED FILM - WALLACE AND GROMIT 

* ADAPTED SCREENPLAY - CONCLAVE

* ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY - A REAL PAIN

* OUTSTANDING DEBUT - RICH PEPPIAT ( FOR KNEECAP)

* CHILDREN & FAMILY FILM - WALLACE AND GROMIT 

* SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS - DUNE (PART 2)

ARGENTINA OPEN 2025 ( TENNIS)

MEN'S SINGLE - JOAO FONSECA 

MEN'S DOUBLE - G ANDREOZZI & T ARRIBAGE 

2025 CAROLINE HERSCHEL MEDAL

* PROFESSOR DR ISOBEL HOOK From LANCASTER University HAS BEEN AWARDED THE 2025 CAROLINE HERSCHEL MEDAL FOR HER WORK IN  DISTANT SUPERNOVAE AND THE ACCELERATING UNIVERSE.



Sunday, 16 February 2025

KALINGA LITERATURE FESTIVAL BOOK AWARD 2025 (KLF)

* NON -FICTION (ENGLISH) - VIKRAM SAMPATH ( FOR TIPU SULTAN: THE SAGA OF MYSORES INTERREGNUM (1760-1799) 


* NANDINI PURANDARE, DEEPA BALSAVAR's Book - THE SHERPAS TRAIL : STORIES From Darjeeling And Beyond 

* NON- FICTION (HINDI) - ANANT VIJAY ( FOR BOOK - OVER THE TOP (OTT) Ka Maayajaal Book)

* CHILDREN ( ENGLISH) - SAVIE KARNEL ( FOR HER BOOK - LAXMI PANDA: The Story Of Netaji's Youngest Spy)

* DEBUT ( ENGLISH) - NEHA DIXIT ( FOR THE MANY LIVES Of Syeda)

* DEBUT ( HINDI) - GAUTAM CHAUBEY ( FOR CHHAKKA JAM)

* TRANSLATION (HINDI) - SUJATA SHIVEN ( FOR CHARU, CHIVAR AUR CHARYA)

* TRANSLATION ( HINDI) - TEN DAYS OF THE STRIKE (ARUN AVA)

* BUSINESS ( ENGLISH) - SMARAK SWAIN ( FOR HIS - DIGITAL FORTUNE: A Value Investor's Guide To The New Economy)

* POETRY ( ENGLISH) - JEET THAYIL ( FOR I WILL HAVE IT THERE)

* POETRY ( HINDI) - SHIRISH KUMAR MAURYA ( FOR - DHARM WAH NAAV NAHIN)

* FICTION ( HINDI) - PRABHAT RANJAN ( FOR KISSAGRAM)

* MANISHA KULASHRESHTA - VANYA 

* FICTION ( ENGLISH) - ROHIT MANCHANDA ( FOR BOOK - THE ENCLAVE: A SHARP AND HILLARIOUS PORTRAIT OF WOMANHOOD IN INDIA)

* VIKASH SWAROOP ( FOR - THE GIRL WITH THE SEVEN LIVES)


* SARITA MISHRA ( FOR THE SAMBALPURI IKATS: THE MASTERPIECE)

* SHIV BALAK MISHRA ( FOR GAANV SE BEES POSTCARD)


ISRO SCIENTIST R MANICKA VASAGAM PASSED AWAY

* FORMER ISRO SCIENTIST R MANCIKA VASAGAM PASSED AWAY.

* HE LED THE TEAM WHERE INDIA'S FIRST 3 AXIS STABILISED EXPERIMENTAL GEO STATIONERY SATELLITE - APPLE 

* RECEIVED PADMA SHRI IN 1982 



NITA AMBANI HONOURED WITH THE GOVERNOR'S CITATION BY GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS

RELIANCE FOUNDATION FOUNDER NITA AMBANI HAS HONOURED WITH THE GOVERNORS CITATION BY  MAURA HEALEY, GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS 

FOR HER CONTRIBUTION IN THE FIELD OF PHILANTHROPY 


WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS 10TH TO 16TH FEBRUARY 2025

1) Bihar Wins GOLD In Lawn Bowls At 38th National Games 2025.

2) 17 Years Old Manas Dhamne Wins Maiden Single Title At ITF MONASTIR.


3) Four New Bird Species Have Been Sighted At The Periyar Tiger Reserves (PTR).

* BLUE THROAT  ( LUSCINIA SVECICA) 



* TAWNY PIPIT ( ANTHUS CAMPESTRIS) 



* ULTRAMARINE FLYCATCHER ( FICEDULA SUPERCILIARIS) 



* REDBREASTED FLYCATCHER ( FICEDULA PARVA) 



4)  Bengaluru Based TONBOL MAGING To Unveiled It's Indigenous WAVE STRIKE High Power Microwave (HPM) Based Directed Energy Weapon (DEW) At Aero India 2025.

5) Switzerland Player Jil Teichmann Wins The Women's Single Title At Mumbai Open 2025 After Beating Thailand's Mananchaya Sawangkaew.


6) India Has Successfully Tested The DROUGE PARACHUTE For The Gaganyaan Crew Module.



7) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Has Renamed The Indigenous HJT-36 Jet Trainer As The YASHAS.


8) Taiwanese Scientists Have Uncover A New Cancer Signalling Mechanisms.

9) Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh Has Resigned From The Post. 

10) Indian Para Archery Team Has Won 6 Gold, 3 Silver And 3 Bronze (12 Medals) At Asian Para Archery Topped The Table.

11) Odisha MP Sujeet Kumar In Collaboration With IG Drones Has Launched India's First Drone Center Of Excellence (CoE) Under The Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana ( SAGY) At Kalahandi District, Odisha.



12) Romanian President Klaus Lohannis Announced His Resignation 


13) Labour Ministry Has Signed MoU With The Lending Job Portal On NCS Portal (For National International)

14) Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Has Introduced The Protection Of Interests In Aircraft Object Bill 2025 In Rajya Sabha.

( This Bill Aims To Strengthen The Aircraft Financing And Leasing In Country) 

15) IIAS-DARPG India Conference Meeting Set To Host At Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi.

16) Namibia's Founding Father And The First Elected President Sam Nujoma Passed Away.


17) India Energy Week To Kicked Off On 11th February 2025 At New Delhi.

18) US PRESIDENT Donald Trump Declared 9th February As The Gulf Of America Day 

19) BIOVET'S BIOLUMPIVAXIN, India's And World's First Ever Diva Maker Vaccine For Lumpy Skin Disease Recived The CDSCO License.


20) India Has Restored 22,561 Hectares Of Mangroves Under MISHTI scheme.

21) 63rd UN Commission For Social Development Set To Held on 10-14th February 2025 At New York.

22) Union Minister J p Nadda Has Launched The National Mass Drug Administration (NMDA) Round For The Elimination Of Lymphatic Filariasis Across 13 States.


WORLD UNANI DAY - 11TH FEBRUARY 

International Day Of Women's And Girls In Science - 11th February 

1) BEL Corporation, Reshef Technologies, Israel Have Signed An MoA For a Long Term Make In India' (LTMII) Contract To Manufacture Electronic Fuzes For Indian Army.


2) A New Hockey Stadium Near Salt Lake Kolkata Has Been Granted Category 2 Certificate By FIH.

3) Meghalaya To Host The 39th Edition Of National Games 2027.

4) GE Aerospace Has Signed 5 Years Performance Based Logistics ( PBL) Contract With The Indian Air Force For T700 Engine Sustained Solutions.

5) Russia, Pakistan And Congo Have Been Banned By FIFA World Cup 2026.

6) India To Host The Upcoming AI ACTION Summit 2026.

7) West Bengal Woman Team Wins Gold In Women's Table Tennis At 38th National Games.


8) Sheldon Jackson Has Announced Retirement From Professional Cricket.

He Has Scored 7000 Domestic Runs.



9) Former Indian Railways Minister Bhakta Charan Das Has Been Appointed As The New President Of Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee.



10) Bengaluru Based SCANDRON Has Launched India's MOST Powerful Cargo Drone CARGO MAX 20 KHC At Aero India 2025.


11) C A BHAVNA Devi Clinched 5th Gold At 38th National Games .


12) Uttar Pradesh State Government And Honda India Foundation Signed A MoU Related To Farmer's Producer Organisation (FPO).

13) Yogeshwar Sangwan Has Been Appointed As The India's Ambassador To The Lao People's Democratic Republic.

14) Adani Defense And Aerospace In Partnerships With DRDO Launched It's Vehicle Mounted Counter Drone System.



15) BODO, MANIPURI, Joins 6 Other Languages In Parliament Translation Expansion.

16) Asia's First Hyper Realistic Life Size Animatronic Elephant Ellie Unveiled At St Joseph School, Kerala.



17) Tamilnadu, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand And Kerala Have Emerged As The Top Performing Achievers State In Gross Enrolment Ratio In Higher Education INSTITUTION in 2021/22 Published By NITI Ayog.

18) Three Indian Computer Science Students Have Won Bronze Award At The Global Best M- Gov  Award 2025. held At Dubai 



19) Bangladesh Ranked 151st In Transparency International Corruption Index For 2024.

20) The 2nd India - France AI Policy Roundtable Meeting Held.

21) India's First Indigenous Automated Biomedical Waste Treatment Rig Named SRJANAM Launched By Union Minister Jitendra Singh At AIIMS NEW Delhi.

( Developed By CSIR National Institute Of Interdisciplinary Science And Technology NIIST) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.



1) COAL INDIA Has Won GOLDEN PEACOCK CSR Award 2025.



2) Actor Amitabh Bachchan Has Been Appointed As The AI Avtar Brand Ambassador For IDFC First Bank.

3) Senior NSG Officer D K Kedia Honoured With The CA In Public Service Award By ICAI.



4) Dr Madhavan Kutty G Has Been Appointed As The Chief Economist Of Canara Bank.

5) US Present A Bill To Rename The GREENLAND As Red White And Blue Land.

6) ZOMATO Renamed As ETERNAL.

7) DRDO And Adani Defense Has Developed India's First Vehicle Mounted Counter Drone System, 


8) The Uttarakhand Government Has Designated One Village In Each Of Its 13 Districts As An ADARSH (Ideal) Sanskrit Village.

9) US PRESIDENT Donald Trump Signed An Executive Order Pausing The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Of 1977 For A Period Of 180 Days Atleast.

10) Prime Minister Narendra Modi And France President Emmanuel Macron Signed An Franco- Indian Economic Forum At AI ACTION SUMMIT 2025.

11) Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh Attend At The Defense Ministers Conclave Building Resilience Through International Defense And Global Engagement (BRIDGE) Bengaluru Karnataka, During AERO INDIA 2025.

12) BEL Has Signed A MoU with THE CSIR National Aerospace Laboratory (NAL) To Operate In The Areas Of Unified Air Space Management And Sensor Development For Loitering Munition (LM) And High Altitude Platform.

13) India And 57 Other Countries Have Signed Paris Joint Statement On Inclusive, Sustainable AI.

14) Chennai To HOST Squash Team World Cup 9-14th December 2025.

15) Bengaluru Based DYNAUTON Systems Has Launched The Indigenous CHEEL UAV With 300 Km Range.

16) Australian Steve Smith Has Became The First Fielder To Took 200 Catches In Test Cricket.

17) Former ISRO Chairman Dr S Somnath Has Been Elected To The Prestigious National Academy Of Engineers In USA.

18) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Gifted DOKRA ARTWORK To French President Emmanuel Macron.


19) India's Retail Inflation Eased To 4.31% In January 2025 As Compared To 5.22% In December 2024.

20) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated The Indian Consulate In Marseille, France.


21) India's Index Of Industrial Production Records Growth Of 3.2% In December 2024.

22) IPS OFFICER Piyush Purusottam Das Patel Appointed As The Director, Anti Corruption Bureau, Ahmedabad.

23) Securities And Exchange Board Of India (SEBI) Has Launched The MITRA Digital Platform To Assist Investors In Tracking And Reclaiming Inactive Or Unclaimed Mutual Fund Folios.

24) IIT MADRAS And ISRO Have Developed An Indigenous Microprocessor For Space Application (Can Be Used As Command And Control System During Critical)



25) A Rare Humpback Angelfish Has Been Spotted Near The Surface Of The Atlantic Ocean Off The Coast Of Spain's Tenerife.



26) Mumbai Has Reported First Death Case in GBS ( Giuliani Barre Syndrome)

27) Ayodhya Ram Temple Head Priest Mahant Satyendra Das Passed Away.

28) Llie Bolojan Takes Over As The Interim President Of Romania.


29) The 12th All India Pension Adalat Kicked Off At New Delhi.

30) The Reserve Bank Of India (RBI) Has Lifted The Business Restrictions Imposed On Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited  

31) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Has Launched The NADI BANDHAN SCHEME.

( TO HELP TO COMBAT IN NATURAL CALAMATIES) 


32) Researchers From Australia Have Developed A New Treatment For Childhood Cancer Using Engineers Immune Cells.

33) A Conference On Electric Energy ELECS KOREA 2025 Commence At Seoul.

34) India Ranked 96 Out Of 180 Countries In The Corruption Perception Index 2025.

35) Ministry Of AYUSH And Department Of Social Justice And Empowerment Signed A MoU To Enhanced GERIATRIC Healthcare And Combat Substance Abuse.

36) The Logo For The India- France Year Of Innovation 2026 Unveiled.



NATIONAL WOMAN DAY- 13TH FEBRUARY (BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF SAROJINI NAIDU)

WORLD' RADIO DAY - 13TH FEBRUARY 

1) Researchers From Agharkar Research Institute, Pune Has Discovered A New Lichen Species, ALLOGRAPHA EFFUSOSOREDICA From The Western Ghat, 

2) A Chinese Research Team Has Discovered A New Fish Species Named MONONOKE TILEFISH ( BRANCHIOSTEGUS SANAE) In South China Sea.


3) Harshwardhan Sapkal Has Been Appointed As The President Of Maharastra Pradesh Congress committee.

4) Dr Rajbir Singh Has Been Appointed As The Deputy Director General (DDG) (Agricultural Extension) Of ICAR.

5) Dr Devendra Kumar Yadava Has Been Appointed As The Deputy Director General (DDG) Crop Science Of ICAR.

6) Rajat Patidar Has Been Appointed As The New Captain For Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) In IPL.

7) Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Has Introduced New Income Tax Bill In Lok Sabha.

8) Paul Kapur Has Been Nominated By US PRESIDENT Donald Trump As Assistant Secretary Of State For South Asian Affairs.

9) Researchers From Bengaluru Based NIMHANS Have Developed PRE-CURB, A Digital Learning Resource For Youth On Prevention Of Cannabis Use And Responsible Behaviour.

10) Goa's Manohar International Airport Become The First Airport Ever India To Receive The Prestigious SARVASRESTHA SURAKSHA PURASHKAR By NSCI ( Ministry Of Labour And Employment)


11) A Commemorative Postal Stamp Was Unveiled At Mahakumbh 2025.

12) President Rule Impose in Manipur.

13) PRL Ahmedabad Scientists Team Have Discovered A Dense Sub Saturn Using PARAS-2 Spectrograph, At Mt Abu Telescope.


14) Pune To Host The Billie Jean King Cup Asia.

15) Manipuri Film YAHOUTHENGBA KHOIMU Nominated For Best Film North East At PRAG CINE AWARD 2025.

16) HAL Has Been Awarded SUNSHINE SECTOR PIONEER AWARD At Global Investor Meet Bengaluru.

17) RBI Approved Reappoint Of R Subramanian Kumar As MD & CEO Of RBL Bank For Next 3 Years.

18) West Bengal Finance Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya Presented 3.89 Lakh Crores Budget For Financial Year 2025/26.

19) Carlos Alcaraz Wins The Maiden First Indoor Hard Court Rotterdam Cup 2025 Title.


1) Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Has Introduced Its First Ever BS-IV Vehicle Diagnostic Tool By TASL At Chandigarh.


2) HAL Koraput, Odisha Has Signed A MoU With The AI Engineering Services Limited, NEW Delhi For Exploring Business Opportunity.

3) RBI Approved The Setting Up Of An IFSC Banking Unit In GIFT City, Gandhinagar, Gujarat. ( Of Bank Of Maharastra)

4) Shri Naveen, Srivastava, Director POWERGRID Has Been Honoured With The Prestigious GEEF Global HSE Leader Of The Year 2025.


5) MIT, IMPERIAL COLLEGE And Oxford University Are The Top Three Universities In 2025 By QS.

6) NTPC Has Been Included In The TIMES BEST COMPANIES ASIA PACIFIC 2025 

7) 2011 IFS Batch Rupjyoti Brahma Karjee Has Been Appointed As The India's First Consul General In Marseille.




8) IIT MADRAS Has Developed Indigenous Chip Named IRIS For ISRO.

9) Gujarat Has Reduced It's Debt To GSDP Ratio By 4.5%.

10) The First India Australia Senior Officials Consultation (SOC) On Antarctica Took Place On 13th February 2025 By Virtual Mode.

11) Religare Enterprise Has Appointed Praveen Kumar Tripathi As Chairperson.

12) 2011 Batch IA & AS Pallavi Prashant Holkar Has Been Appointed As The Director In The Minister Of Culture, Delhi.

13) Bihar Shines At 38th National Games With 12 Medal Including 1 Gold, 6 Silver And 5 Bronze Medal


14) The Reserve Bank Of India (RBI) Has Restrictions On New India Cooperative Bank.

15) Satish Dhawan Space Center In Collaboration With The Central Manufacturing Technology Institute (CMTI) Has Successfully Designed 10 Ton Vertical Mixer, Largest In World.


16) Tata Group Chairman, N Chandrasekharan, And Bharati Group Founder And Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal Have Been Conferred With UK's THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE (CIVIL DIVISION)


17) Researchers At IIT GUWAHATI Have Developed A Water Repellent Conductive Textiles That Convert Electricity And Sunlight Into Heat.


18) NTPC Has Been Honoured With The FORWARD FASTER SUSTAINABILITY Award In The Water Resilience Category By UN Global Compact Network India (UN GCNI) In Chennai.


19) President Droupadi Murmu Inaugurated The 10th International Women Conference At The Art Of The Living International Center, Kaveri, Karnataka.

20) Varsha Bharat's Tamil Film Bad Girl Won NETPAC Award At The IFFR 2025 Tiger Competition.

21) K Balasubramaniam Has Been Appointed As The New Head Of Citibank.

22) Shreekant, Former Chief General Manager Of State Bank Of India (SBI) Appointed As The Administrator To Observes The New India Cooperative Bank Financial.

23) Ranchi To Host The 4th South Asians Senior Athletic Championship From 3-5th May 2025.

24) Union Minister S P Singh Baghel Has Released The Devolution Index Report 2025.

25) The North East Unity Festival 2025 With The Theme One Voice One Nation.

26) Halakki Folk Artist Padmashree Awardee Sukraji Passed Away.



27) Jagdeep Dhankar, Vice President Of India Has Launched The Book I AM ( BOOK AUTHOR - GOPICHAND P) 



28) Former Indian Cricketer Shikhar Dhawan, Pakistan Cricketer Sarfaraz Ahmed, Former Australian Cricketer Shane Watson, And New Zealand Cricketer Tim Southee Have Been Appointed As The Brand Ambassador For Champions Trophy 2025.

29) Australian Woman Cricketer Beth Mooney Has Won ICC Women's PLAYER Of The Month January 2025.

* West Indies Spinner Warrican Won The ICC Men's Player Of The Month January 2025.

30) The National Statistical System Training Academy (NSSTA) Celebrated 17th Foundation Day - With The Theme - Empowering Governance Through Statistical Excellence.

31) Pakistan Cricketer Babar Azam Became The Joint Fastest To Get 6000 One Day International Runs In 123 Innings Along With Former South African Cricketer Hasim Amala.


WORLD PANGOLIN DAY - 15TH FEBRUARY 

THEME 2025 - Saving The World's Most Trafficked Animal 

1) Union Minister Of Textile Giriraj Singh Has Inaugurated The BHARAT TEX 2025 

THEME 2025 - Resilient Global Value Chains And Textile Sustainability 

2) HAL Has Signed Agreement With IISC BENGALURU And Foundation For Science Innovation And Development ( FSID) To Collaborate On Helicopter Tail- Rotor Vibration 

3) THE US PRESIDENT Donald Trump Gifts Prime Minister Narendra Modi  Signed Copy Of His Book - OUR JOURNEY TOGETHER 


4) Indian Navy's First Training Squadron (1TS) Comprising INS SUJATA, And ICGS VEERA Arrived At Sihanoukville Port Cambodia.

5) Union Minister Of State Professor S P Singh Baghel Has Released The Report On Status Of Devolution To Panchayat In States In New Delhi.

* Devolution To Rural Bodies Increased From 39.9% To 43.9% Between 2013/14 To 2023/24.

* Karnataka Topped The Devolution Ranking 

* Second - Kerala THIRD - Tamilnadu 

6) Mahindra Has Signed a Partnerships With The US Based Andirii Industries To Co- Develop And Co- Produce Maritime Systems And Ai Enabled Counter Unnamed Aerial System.

7) Bharat Sanchar Nigam limited (BSNL) Has Registered A Profit Of  Rs 262 Crores In Third Quarter Of 2024/25.

8) Elon Musk Has Presented PM Narendra Modi With A Heat Of Shield Tile 


9) INS GHARIAL Celebrated 28th Anniversary.

10) India And US Have Announced A New Procurement And Co Production Arrangements Of Javelin ATGM STRYKER.

11) 8th MCA Barge, LSAM 11 ( YARD 79) At Maharashtra, 

12) Sachin Bansal Has Steps Down As NAVI CEO 

13) Major General Sukruti Baveja Has Assumed As The Major General At Dakshin Bharat Area, Chennai.


14) The Aerospace Business Of Godrej And Boyce Has Signed An MoU With Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) For The Indigenous Manufacturing Of Flight Control For AMCA 

15) Odisha Has Bagged 46 Medals Including 14 Gold, 15 Silver And 17 Bronze Medal At 38th National Games 2025.

16) Former BCCI Secretary, JAY Shah Has Been Awarded With The Sports Star Game Changer Award 


17) Lok Sabha MP Baijayant Panda Has Been Appointed As The Chairperson Of The Committee To Examine The Income Tax Bill 2025.


18) Lt Cdr Dilna And Lt Cdr Roopa A Created History By Successfully Crossing Cape Horn 



19) India And France Bilateral Dialogue On Disarmament And Non- Proliferation Held On 14th February At Paris.

20) BSNL Has Launched Its Own BI TV.

21) Noted Environmentalist Sunderlal Bahuguna's Wife And Social Activist Vimala Bahuguna Passed Away.



22) Eminent Medical Biochemist E P. Madhava Bhattathiry Passed Away.


23) Japanese Race Walker Kokil Keda Has Been Banned For Four Years For Doping.



24) India Ranked 6th In The Climate Risk Index 2025.

1) World Number One Jannik Sinner Has Banned For Three Months. (For Doping Violation) 


2) Diego Schwartzman Announced Retirement From International Tennis.


3) Bengaluru Based Hyprix Aviation Has Successfully Tested India's First Privately Developed Ramjet Engine TEZZ In Collaboration With IIT Madras.



4) Anisimova Amanda Clinched The Women's Single Title At Qatar Open 2025.


5) Veteran Bengali Singer Pratul Mukhopadhyay Passed Away.



6) The First Round Of India- Chad Foreign Office Consultation (FOC) Held At Republic Of Chad.

7) The 3rd Edition Of Kashi Tamil Sangamam Inaugurated In Banarasi.

8) 3rd Edition Of Bengal International Film Festival Kicked Off In Kolkata.

9) The US Army Officially Announced No Longer Transgender Will Join US Military.

10) A New Coffee Species Has Been Discovered In The Mouyouka- Kompina Forest Reserve In Littoral- Cameron.


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