MONTHLY CURRENT AFFAIRS APRIL 2025

BILL PASSED - 

* Rajya Sabha Passed The Protection Of Interest In Aircraft Object Bill 2025.

* Rajya Sabha Passed The Immigration And Foreigners Bill 2025.

* The Rajya Sabha Passed The Immigration And Foreigners Bill 2025. 

* The Odisha State Highways Authority Bill 2025. 

* Lok Sabha Passes The Coastal Shipping Bill 2024. 

* The WAQF ( Amendment) Bill 2025 Passed In Rajya Sabha With 128 Votes In Favour And 95 Votes Against. 

*  Karnataka Cabinet Has Approved The Social Security And Welfare Bill 2024.

ACT PASSED -

* On The Occasion Of Birth Anniversary Of Baba Bhim Saheb Ambedkar On 14th April 2025 

Telengana State Government Implemented The Telengana Scheduled Castes ( Rationalisation Of Reservation) Act 2025 

* Government Is Order To Divide 56 SC Communities Into 3 Groups 

* The Commission Headed By Retired High Court Judge SHAMEEM AKTHER 

* Reservations Upto 15% In Government JOBS. 

* Group 1 Comprising 15 Socially Economically And Educationally Disadvantage SC Communities (1% Reservation) 

* GROUP 2 Comprising 18 SC Communities ( Which Provide 9% Quota) 

* GROUP 3 Comprising 26 Significantly To SC Communities ( 5% Reservation) 

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EXERCISE - 

*  Indian Navy INS TARKASH Has Participate In The PASSEX With Royal New Zealand Navy.

* The Inaugural Edition Of Multilateral Exercise AIKEYME ( Means Unity In Sanskrit) Is Going To Held From 13th To 18th April 2025 Comoros, Djibouti, Kenya.

(India And Tanzania Co-Hosted The Inaugural Edition Of AFRICA- INDIA Key Maritime Engagement (AIKEYME) 2025 At DAR ES SALAAM. 

(MINISTER OF DEFENSE AND NATIONAL SERVICE OF TANZANIA Dr Stergomena Lawrence Tax And Raksha Mantri Sanjay Seth 

COUNTRIES PARTICIPATED - ( CO-HOST INDIA & TANZANIA) 

* COMOROS 

* DJIBOUTI 

* KENYA 

* MADAGASCAR 

* MAURITIUS 

* MOZAMBIQUE 

* SEYCHELLES 

* SOUTH AFRICA 

* The 6th Edition Of Of The Joint Military Exercise DUSTLIK Between India And Uzbekistan Set To Held At Pune From 15th To 28th April 2025. 

*  Indian Air Force Have Participate In The Multinational Exercise DESERTFLAG -10 In UAE.

INAUGURATION - 

* Uber Launched UBER FOR TEEN In India'.

* Reliance Laid Foundation Stone Of First Reliance Compressed Biogas Plant in Kanigiri, Andhra Pradesh.

* Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Has Launched India's First Indigenous HANSA3NG Trainer Aircraft For Commercial Pilot Licencing (CPL) 

* Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh Flagged Off INS SUNAYANA As Indian Ocean Ship SAGAR From Karwar 

* LOK SABHA Speaker Om Birla Along With Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav And Ashwini Vaishnaw Flagged Off Dr Ambedkar Nagar - Kota New Delhi Express, 

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated HISAR - AYODHYA Airport. 

* Maharastra Chief Minister Devendra Pandavis Inaugurated The Amaravati Airport 

* Prime Minister' Narendra Modi Has Inaugurated And Laid Foundation Stone Of Various Development Project Worth Rs 13,500 Crores in Madhubani, BihaR. 

* YARD 3040, The 4th GRSE KEEL Generation offshore Patrol Vessel ( NGOPV) Laying Ceremony Held At Kolkata.

INTERNATIONAL - 

* Thailand Released a Special Stamp Based On Ramayan Mural Painting From 18th Century During PM Narendra Modi Visit T Thailand ( BIMSTEC Summit) 

* Pm Narendra Modi Along With President Of Srilanka Inaugurated Few Development Projects in Srilanka.

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Along With Srilankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake Jointly Inaugurated The Sampur Solar Power Project.

* They Both Inaugurated The Temperature Controlled Agriculture Warehouse.

* President Droupadi Murmu Along With Her Counterpart Marcelo Rebelo Jointly Issued A Stamp To Commemorative India- Portugal 50 Years Of Diplomatic Relations.

STATE - 

*  Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated The New Pamban Bridge In Tamilnadu.

* Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal Has Inaugurated The India's Largest International Cruise Terminal At Mumbai.

ARCAHEOLOGY & HISTORY - 

* A Set Of Copper Plates From The Reign Of Devaraya 1 Of Sangama Dynasty Were Unveiled In Bengaluru.

* KASAMPATTY Sacred Grove In Dindigul Declared Tamilnadu's 2nd Biodiversity Heritage Site. 

* 4000 Years old Royal Burials And War Chariot Are Found From Tilwara, Meerut.

* The Archaeological Survey Of India (ASI) Announced The Discovery Of 4 Centuries Old Rock Art Sites in Mizoram (15th-16th Century) 

* A Rare Trilingual Stone Inscription Featuring Text In Tamil, Chinese And Persian Has Been Added To The UNESCO Memory Of The World Register 

* The Tablet Dated 15th February 1409 

* Discovered In 1911 in Galle, Srilanka 

INTERNATIONAL - 

* Paleontologists Have Discovered a New Fish Species (16 Miliions Years) ( NAMED - FERRUASPIS BROCKSI) At New South Wales.

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* UNESCO Has Including The Shrimad Bhagavad And Bharat Muni's Natyasasthra in Its Memory Of The World Register.

ISRO & SPACE - 

* ISRO To Establish Infrastructure For Space Related Activities In Assam. 

* ISRO Has Inaugurated The New Advanced Landing Gear Drop Testing Facility At VSSC Kerala.

* Dr Nikku Madhusudan The Indian Origin Scientist Has Found Evidence Of Life in 120 Years Light Years Away From Earth.

* ISRO Develops Indigenous Satellite Nozzle Divergent For PSLV.

* The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Has Achieved Another Milestone With Its Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX) Satellite.

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SUMMIT - 

* The 3rd India - Japan Space Dialogue Held At Tokyo, Japan.

* The First Army Commander Conference Held At New Delhi.

* Minister Of State For Youth Affairs And Sports Raksha Nikhil Khadse Inaugurated The Esports Conclave 2025 In New Delhi.

* Bangladesh Set To Host The BIMSTEC For Next Two Years. ( 2025 HOST  - THAILAND) 

* Om Birla, Lok Sabha Speaker Addressed At The 150th IPU General Assembly 

 (Theme - Parliamentary Action For Social Development And Justice) At Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

* The 9th Edition Of Global Technology Summit (GTS 2025) Set To Held At Delhi.

( Theme 2025 - Sambhabhvana) 

* Sikkim Host The International Youth Conclave 

* The 15th Brics Agriculture Minister Meeting To Held At Brazil.

*  The 3rd Edition Of Indian Navy's Meteorological And Oenological Symposium MEGHAYAN 25 Held On 14th April 2025.

* 2nd Asian Yogasana Championship To Start At Delhi.

* The Inaugural Army -To Army Staff Talk Between Indian Army And SAUDI ARABIA Held At New Delhi.

HOST - 

* Ladakh Set To Host The Apricot Blossom Festival 2025.

* The 5th National Marine Fisheries Census ( MFC 25) Will Be Conducted From November To December 2025.

* The First Ever Aizawl International Half Marathon Held At Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, Mualpui.

\PORTAL & APP - 

*  Union Minister Of JAL Shakti C R Patil Launched A New Website Of The Department Of Water Resources ( Jalshakti- dowr.gov.in) 

* Also Launched Water Resource Census Application 

* Center Launched The Global Tarriff And Trade Help Desk.

* Union Minister J P Nadda Launched Inter AIIMS Referral Portal. 

* Telengana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy Has Launched The BHU BHARATI Revenue Portal In Hyderabad. ( Land Records) 

* Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Has Launched The e-Sehat App.

* Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnav Has Launched the Electronic Component Manufacturing Scheme Guidelines And Online Portal.

*  UIDAI Unveiled The New Adhar Application (To Secure Digital Verification).

* Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Has Launched NITI NCAER State Economic Forum Portal Developed By NITI AYOG In Collaboration With National Council Of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) New Delhi.

AWARDS & HONOURS - 

* Himachal Pradesh University Institute Of Legal Studies  (HPUILS); Emerged As The First Winner Of The 1st Edition Of Ahilyabai Holkar Legal Excellence Moot Court Competition.

* Nikhil Singhal Honoured With Uttar Pradesh Anmol Ratan AWARD.

* The Adani Group Has Won Four Gold Medal in 4 Different Categories At The IAA Olive Crown Awards.

* Dr Rakesh K Jain, Aluminis From IIT Kanpur Recived The Prestigious 2025 American Association For Cancer Research (AACR) Award For Lifetime Achievement In Cancer Research.

* NCAER Professor Sonal Desai Has Been Awarded The Prestigious Harriet B Presser Award At Pop Association America.

* Rajesh Unani Has Honoured With National Maritime VARUNA Award.

* India Has Win Two Silver And Two Bronze At The 14th European Girls Mathematical Olympiad 2025 Held At Prishtina.

* The Film The Taj Story Has Won The Best Film Award At House Of Common in London.

* Dr D Nageshwar Reddy Honoured With Legends Of Endoscopy Award in Tokyo.

* The Film And Television Institute In India (FTII), Pune And The Satyajit Ray Film And Television Institute (SRFTI) Kolkata Have Been Notified As The Institution Deemed To Be Universities.

* All We Imagine As Light Director Payal Kapadia, Has Honoured With Prestigious Officer dans i' Ordre des Arts et Des Lettres (Officer Of The Order Of Arts And Letters) By France Government.

* Bihar Set Two Guinness Book Of World Record In Madhubani Painting And Buddhist Monk Performance.

* MADHUSUDAN SAI HONOURED WITH FIJIS HIGHEST HONOUR.

SHORTLISTED - 

* Karnataka Based Writer, Activist And Lawyer Banu Musthaq Short Story Collection HEART LAMP Has Been Shortlist For International Booker prize 2025.

* Retired IAS Officer  P Shivakami Honoured With The VERCHOL DALIT LITERARY AWARD 2025 

 * Francis Ford Coppola Received The Prestigious AFI Lifetime Achievement Award 

INTERNATIONAL HONOUR - 

* * SRILANKA PRESIDENT ANURA KUMARA DISSANAYAKE HONOURS PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI WITH 

MITHRA VIBHUSHANA AWARD - 

* COUNTRY'S HIGHEST AWARD 

* * ON VISIT TO SLOVAKIA INDIAN PRESIDENT DROUPADI MURMU HAS CONFERRED WITH DOCTORATE HONORIS CAUSA DEGREE BY CONSTANTINE THE PHILOSPHER UNIVERSITY IN SLOVAKIA.

* Indian Sand Artist Sudarshan Pattnaik Has Received The FRED DARRINGTON ( The First British Sand Master Award) At UK.

STATE AWARDS - 

* ASSAM SAURAV 

* ASSAM GAURAV 

* ASSAM BAIBHAV 

2025 BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE - 

 IN LIFE SCIENCE - 

* Alberto Ascherio 

* Stephen L Hauser 

( Works On Key Risk Factor For Multiple Sclerosis ) 

( Stephen Discovered Central Mechanism Of Disease And Treatment)

* David R Liu 

( For Developing Gene Editing Technology Including A Molecular Word Processor That Can Find And Replace Whole Sequence Of DNA) 

* Daniel J Drucker, Joel Habener, Jens Juul Holst, Lotte Bjjere Knudsen, Svetlana Mojsov 

( GLP-1 Help Type 2 Diabetes)

FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS - 

* Alice, Atlas, GMS, LHcb 

( Discover Of Many) 

MATHEMATICS - 

* Dennis Gaitsgory 

( Proof Of Geometry Langlands Conjecture In Characteristics)

PHYSICS - 

* Gerarad T Hooft 

NEW HORIZON IN PHYSICS - 

* Wassem Bakr ( Creating Quantum Gas Microscope That Can Image Individual Atoms) 

* Jeongwan Haah 

( For Developing Models Of Emergent Quantum System)

 * Sebastian Haffert, Rebecca Jensen Clem, Makkie Van Kooten, 

( Detected Exoplanets) 

NEW HORIZON IN MATHEMATICS - 

* Ewain Gwynne 

( For His Work In Conformal Probability) 

* John Pardon 

( Symplectic Geometry And Pseudo Holomorphic Curves)

* Sam Raskin 

( Geometric Langlands Conhecture)

MARYAM MIRZAKHANI NEW  FRONTIER PRIZE- 

* SI YING LEE 

( Theory Of Shimura Varieties)

* Rajula Srivastava 

( harmonic Analysis & Analytics Number Theory)

* Ewin Tang 

( Developed Classical Analogs For Quantum Algorithm)

* JUNIOR CAHLENGE WINNER'S 2024 - 

* Jasmine Eyal 

( For Mechanical Cellular Engineering)

* AACR Research Award 2025 

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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY - 

RESEARCH - 

*  Researchers from IISC BENGALURU Have Developed A Bacteria Based Technique To repair Bricks That Can Be Used To Build Lunar Habitats

* Researchers At IISC BENGALURU Have Developed The First Ever Automated Method To Size And Map Cerebral Microbeels Across Brains Regions Using Microbleed Anatomical Rating Scale.

* Researchers At The Trivunanthapuram Based Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute For Medical Science, And Technology ( SCTIMST) Have Developed  And Tested A Novel Cost Effective Real Time LAMP ( rt-LAMP) Assay For Early Diagnosis Of TB 

*  Profesor Swatantrata Pratap Singh & Aishwarya C L From IIT BOMBAY Have Developed a New Hydrophobic Graphene Based Material That Facilitate Water Desalination 

 * IIT BHILAI New Research 

* Dr Amit Kumar Srivastava, CSIR -IICB And Their Team Research On Inhibition Of DNA Polymerase eta Medicated Translation DNA Synthesis 

TESTED - 

* Hyderabad Based Skyroot Aerospace Has Successfully Conducted The Static Fire Test Of Indigenous KALAM-100 Engine.

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DEVELOPED - 

* IIT Delhi Researchers Developed High Efficiency Silicon Heterojunction (SHJ) (Solar Cell With Power Conversion Efficiency) 

* IIT MADRAS Unveiled The Ubiq Map, a Wearable Mapping Solutions Without Camera And Light.

* BAT ECHOMon, India's First Automated Bat Monitoring Detection System , ( Developed By Bat Biologist Kadambari Deshpande ) 

* Bengaluru Based QpiAI Has Launched The QPIAI- INDUS - India's Most Powerful Quantum Computer Featuring 25 Superconducting Qubits 

* On The Occasion Of World Quantum Day ( On 14th April 2025) IIT MADRAS Unveiled The Qshield, - The World's First Platform Form Seamless Cryptography Management Across Cloud, On Premises, And Hybrid Environment.

* Researchers At CENSE, IISC Bengaluru Have Developed A Indigenous Microwave Power Transistor Based On GaN- on-Silicon 

* A Retired ISRO Scientist Madhukant Patel Developed AI ENABLED Device For Soil Testing.

* IASST, Guwahati Have Developed Optical Sensing Platform To Identify Cholesterol.

* Department Of Science and Technology (DST) Launched A Unique Initiative For Supporting Translational R & D One Carbon Capture Utilisation (CCU) Technology In Steel Sector.

TECHNOLOGY - 

* OPEN AI Launched New AI Model GPT-4.1 

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*  Indian Institute Of Spice Research (IISR) Kozhikode, Has Developed a Light Colour Turmeric Variety 

DAYS & THEME - 

* World Autism awareness Day - 2nd April ( THEME 2025 - Advancing Neurodiversity And The UN Sustainable Development Goals ) 

* Jharkhand Tribal Community Celebrates SARHUL Festival 

* National Maritime Day - 5th April 

* WORLD HEALTH DAY -7TH APRIL 

* World Homeopathy Day - 10th April (THEME 2025 - TRADITION, TRUST, TOMMORROW) 

* The Central Government Appoints The 8th Day Of April 2025 As The Waqf Act Come Into Force

* Council President PRO TEM KENT LEE Declared 13th April As Amjad Ali Khan Day ( In a Proclamation Of The City Of San Diego) 

* World Haemophilia Day -17th April (THEME 2025 - Access For All: Womens And Girls Bleed Too ) 

* World Heritage Day - 18th April (Theme 2025 - Heritage Under Threat From Disaster And Conflicts: Preparedness & Learning From 60 Years Of ICOMOS Actions) 

* World Liver Day - 19th April (Theme 2025 - Food Is Medicine) 

* World Creative And Innovation Day - 21st April (THEME 2025 - Step Out & Innovate) 

*  World Earth Day -22nd April (THEME 2025 - OUR POWER OUR PLANET) 

* CIVIL Services Day - 21st April 

* WORLD MALARIA DAY -25TH APRIL (THEME 2025 - Malaria End With Us, Reinvest, Reimagine, Reignite ) 

* International Dance Day - 29th April 

DRDO - 

* DRDO And Indian Army Conducted 4 Successfully Flight Of Army Version Of Medium Range Surface To Air Missile (MRSAM) At APJ ABDUL KALAM Island ODISHA.

* DRDO Successfully Conducted The Trials Of Long Range Glide Bomb GAURAV - from SU-30 MKI Aircraft.

* THE DRDO Announced The Successful Trial Of Mk-II(A) Laser - Directed Energy Weapon (DEW) System. 

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* Indian Navy Tested BrahMos Missile (Multiple) At Arabian Sea.

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BANKING & FINANCIAL CA - 

GST COLLECTED - 

* Rs 1.96 Lakh Crores GST Collected By Indian Government In March 2025.

* Maharashtra 31,534 Crores 

* Karnataka - 13,497 Crores 

* Gujarat - 12,095 Crores 

* Tamilnadu - 11,795 Crores 

* Haryana - 10,648 Crores 

* Bengaluru Has Introduced Garbage Tax.

* India's Raw Silk Production Rises To 34,042 Metric Tonnes In April- January.

* Andhra Pradesh Is The 2nd Highest Economic Growth Rate 8.21%) in India'.

* Bengaluru Based Startup JUSPAY Became The First Unicorn of 2025.

* India's Pharmaceuticals And Medical Device Sector Has Inflow To 11,888 Crores From April To December 2024 

* India Topped The Chart In Global IPO 2024 

* India - 327 

* US - 183 

* Europe - 115 (UK Excluded)

* China- 98 

* Japan - 84 

* South Korea - 75 

* Hong Kong - 64 

* India's Merchandise Exports In MARCH - 2025 $41.97 Billion.

* India's Merchandise Exports in FY 2025 - $437.42 Billion 

* India's Wholesale Price Index Based Inflation Eased To 2.05 In March 

* According To UN Trade And Development (UNCTAD) India The Remain Country In Fastest Economy In 2025 With 6.5%.

2) India's Rice Exports Surged 20% Financial Year 2024/25 Reaching A Record Of £ 12.47 Billion.

* South Eastern Coalfield Limited (SECL) Is Set To Become The First' Coal PSU In India 

* According RBI Report India's Forex Market Doubled In Last 4 Years ( 32 Billion To 60 Billion)

* The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Projected India's GDP For 2025 Is 6.2

* India's Cargo Movement On Inland Waterways FY 

* INDIA Achieved A Record Of 145.5 million Tonnes Cargo Movement in This FY.

* The Number Of National Water Ways Increase From 5 To 111 in FY 2023/24 

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* India Government Collected Direct Tax In FY 2024/25 IS - 27.02 lakh Crores

* 23.38 Lakh Crores Collected in 2023/24 

 * India's Index Of Industrial Production Records 3% Growth in March 2025.

* Minister Of Communication Jyotiraditya Scindia Has Announced The GYAN POST SERVICE, Which Enabled Affordable Delivery Of Books And Study Materials.

* The Department Of Post Signed MoU with SBI Fund Management Limited In New Delhi ( For Providing Door Step KYC Verification Facility).

RBI - 

* RBI Announced The Amendment To Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) Framework 

* Assign Additional Run Off Rate Of 2.5% To Internet And Mobile Enabled Retail & Small Business Customer Deposit 

* Stable Rate Deposit - increase From 5 To 7.5 

* Less Stable Retail Deposit - Run Off Rate Increase From 10% To 12.5%.

* Unsecured Wholesale Funding By Small Business Customer (SBC) To Be Treated The Same As Retail Deposit Enable With IMB.

PENALTY - 

* RBI Imposed Monetary Penalty on Three Banks, Kotak Mahindra Bank, IDFC Bank, PNB With 61.4 Lakh, 38.6 lakh, 29.6 lakh Respectively.

DEFENSE PRODUCTION - 

* India's Defense Export Has Recorded Rs 23,622 Crores in Financial Year 2024/25 

(21,083 Crores in FY 2023/24) 

* IN 2017 1522 Crores 

* IN 2018 4682 Crores 
* IN 2019 10746 Crores 

* IN 2020 9116 Crores 

* IN 2021 8435 Crores 

* IN 2022 12,815 Crores 

* IN 2023 15918 Crores 

* IN 2024 21,083 Crores 

* India's Good And Service Exports Cross a Records Of 820 Billion US DOLLAR In FY 2024/25.

PORTAL APP - 

* Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Has Launched NITI NCAER State Economic Forum Portal Developed By NITI AYOG In Collaboration With National Council Of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) New Delhi.

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* Stand Up India Completed 9 Years.

* Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana Completed 10 Years.

* Sbi Card And Tata Digital Launched Tata New Credit Card 

UPI TRANSCATION - 

* 24.77 Lakh Crores UPI TRANSACTION Money  Records In March 2025.

( 13.5% Than February 2025)

* Transaction Surpassed 18.30 Billion 

* 590 million Average Daily Transaction Count 

* 79,903 Crores Daily Transaction Count 

ECONOMY - 

* The New Mangalore Port Has Set A New World Record By Handling 46.01 Million Tonne Of Cargo In 2024/25.

* Gujarat's First Private Port Mundra Port Became The First Indian Port To Handle Over 200 million Metric Tonne Of Cargo.

*  India Topped The List Of Countries Imposing The High Tariff TO US..

BANKING - 

* Reserves Bank Of India (RBI) Has Announced OMO's Of Rs 80000 Crores For April 2025.

* India Recived A Record Of $129.4 Billion Remittance in 2024.

* Indian Railways Achieved Rs 2.56 Lakh Crores Revenue In 2023/24 

* Reserve Bank Of India Completed 90th Year. 

* RBI Announced Repo Rate 6%.

* RBI Revise The Growth Expectation From 6.7 To 6.5 

*  State Bank Of India (SBI) Reintroduce The AMRIT VRISHTI Scheme 

* RBI And The Financial Intelligence Unit India ( FIU -IND) Signed MoU For Money Laundering Act 

APPOINTMENTS - 

* Peter Bains Has Been Appointed As The MD & CEO Of Syngene International.

* Government Appoints NCAER Director Dr Poonam Gupta As RBI Deputy Governor. ( FIRST FEMALE DEUPTY GOVERNOR OF RBI) 

* Ambuj Chandna Joins DBS Bank India As MD & HEAD Of Consumer Banking Group. 

* Salila Pande Takes Charge As The MD & CEO Of SBI Card. 

* NPCI Appoints Sohini Rajola As Executive Director. 

* Swaminathan S Iyer Has Been Appointed As The Whole Time Member (Life) Of IRDAI.

* H Sankar Has Been Appointed As The New Managing Director Of CPCL.

* N Chandrasekharan Has Joined IMF Managing Director Advisory Council On Entrepreneurship 

* Mazagaon Dock Shipyard Appointed Ruchir Agarawal As The New CFO.

*  Oman Investment Authority And State Bank of India Appoints Satish Chhava As The Chief Executive Officer.

* Public Enterprise Selection Board HAS Appointed Ajay Kumar Srivastava As The Director ( Engineering, Research And Development ) At HAL.

* Aarati Subramaniyam Has Been Appointed As The New President And COO Of TCS 

* Viral Davda Has Been Appointed As The Deputy CIO Of Bombay Stock Exchange BSE

* PRATT & WHITNEY Has Appointed Ashish Saraf As Vice President And Country Head For India. 

* Shri Shuprakash Adhikari Has Been Appointed As The Director (Technical) Of NHPC.

* Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation India Limited (DFCCIL) Appoints Anurag Sharma As Director 

* Santosh Kumar Has Been Appointed As The Deputy CFO Of Indusland Bank.

* Arun Khurana Has Been Appointed As Additional CFO Of Indusland Bank.

*  IRS Pankaj Kumar Mishra, Sanjay Bahadur, L Rajasekhar Reddy, G Aparna Rao Appointed As The Member Of CBDT.

* The Appointment Committee Of Cabinet Has Approved The Captain Jagmohan (Retired) Director ( Corporate Planning, Project And Business Development) Goa Shipyard limited 

* Former Finance Secretary Ajay Bhusan Pandey Has Been Appointed As Vice President Of AIIB.

* T Rabi Sankar Reappointed As The RBI Deputy Governor.

* Anant Ambani Appointed As The Executive Director Of Reliance Industries.

* Stacie Sire Appointed As The Vice President And Managing director Of Boeing (BIETC).

ECONOMY - 

* World's TOP 56 ASIAN Biggest Exporters 

* China - $3.38 T 

* Japan - $ 717 B 

* South Korea - $ 632 B 

* Singapore - $ 574B 

* Hong Kong - $ 476 B 

* India - $ 432 B 

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AWARDS - 

* Reserve Bank Of India (RBI) Has Named The Most Innovative Financial Institution Globally In 2025 By GLOBAL FINANCE.

* POWERGRID Has Won The Prestigious GAISA Award At The 5th Global Artificial Intelligence Summit 2025.

* Bangalore International Airport Limited Has Won The ACI Asia Pacific And Middle East Young Executive Award 2025.

*  BHEL Electronic Division, Bengaluru Has Been Conferred With GREEN CO GOLD RATING Hyderabad.

*  UIDAI Received The Prestigious Prime Minister's Award For Excellence In Public Administration ( For Face Authentication ) 

* Arun Khurana Resign As The Deputy CEO Of Indusland Bank.

RANKING & INDEX - 

* Bihar Ranked First In The Production Of Mushroom In India.

* Rajasthan Has Achieved Top Rank In The Farmer Registry. 

* INDIAN Passport Ranked 148 Out Of 199 Ranking.

* India Became The World's Third Largest Producer Of Electricity From Wind And Solar Energy in 2024 - ( overtaking Germany )

* Top 5 Most Powerful Countries in World in 2025 

* USA 

* China 

* RUSSIA 

* UK 

* Germany 

( India Ranked 12th)

*  Delhi Airport Ranked 32nd 

Bangalore 48th 

Hyderabad 56th 

Mumbai 73rd 

In The Top 100 Best Airport in World 2025.

* Indira Gandhi International Airport ( IGI) Secured 9th Spot In The Airport Council International (ACI). 

* Delhi's IGI AIRPORT Became The 9th Busiest Airport.

*  Safdarjung Hospital In New Delhi Has Been Recognised As The One Of The World's Best Hospital In 2025 

* AIIMS Delhi Ranked 97th In World's Best Hospital In 2025.

* Burkino Faso Ranked The One At World Top Terrorist Country's, Followed By Pakistan And Syria In Third.

*  Indian Alcohol Brand Jin JIJI Crowned As The Spirit Of The Year 2025 London Spirit Competition.

SPORTS CA - 

RETIRED - 

* Indian Woman Hockey Star Vandana Katariya Has Announced Retirement From International Hockey.

* She Played 15 Years For India. 

* She Appeared In 320 Games For India.

* Scored 158 Goals For India 

* She Received Padmashree And Arjuna award 

*  Scotland Badminton Player Adam Hall Announced Retirement.

BILLIARDS - 

* Pankaj Advani Wins Silver Medal At WBL World Match day Billiards Championship.

* East Bengal FC Wins Indian Women League 2024/25.

HOST - 

*  15th HOCKEY India Senior Men's National Championship To Start At Major DHYANCHAND Hockey Stadium In Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh. 

* Panchkula, Haryana To Host The World Athletic (Category A Javelin Throw Event) In May 2025.

* 7th Khelo India Youth Game Will Be Held On 4th To 15th May 2025 In Bihar.

* India Win 25 Medals At Asian Under15 Boxing Championship ( 11 Gold, 3 Silver, 11 Bronze)

* Neeraj Chopra Won Gold In (84.52m) At Potch Invitational Meet 2025.

* Barcelona Beat Real Madrid To Win The Copa Del Rey At Spain.

2ND ASIAN YOGASANA CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 - 

India Win 87 Medals Including 83 Gold 3 Silver and 1 Bronze Medal At 2nd Asian Yogasana Championship 2025.

* Liverpool Wins The Record 20th Time At Premier League.

* Surungbam Athouba And Dolly Devidas Patil Have Won Gold Medal At South Asians Trilathon Championship 2025.

JAVELLIN - 

* Asian Championship Silver Medallist Javelin Thrower DP Manu Has Been Banned For Four Years By NADA 

* Himanshu Wins India's First Gold Medal At Under 18 Asian Athletic Championships 2025 in Javelin Throw ( 67.57m).

* Churchill Brothers Wins The i-league Championships 2024/25.

* Bihar Women's Rugby Team Wins The Senior National Rugby 7d Championships.

* The Longest Chess Marathon Has Achieved By Tunde Onakoya And Shawn Martinez In Times Square USA. ( From 17th To 20th April 2025)

SQUASH - 

WTT - 

* Diya Chitale & Manush Shah Wins The Mixed Double Title At WTT CONTENDER TUNIS 2025 At Tunisia. 

*  Sourav Kothari, Pankaj Advani And Dhruv Sitwala Clinched Gold, Silver And Bronze Medal At The IBSF World Billiards Championship.

* Anahat Singh And Veer Chotrani Wins Chennai Challengers ( individual) 

INDIA AT ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 - 

* India Win 11 Medals Including 1 Gold, 5 Silver And 5 Bronze At Asian Athletic Championships.

APPOINTMENTS - 

* Tahngboi Singto Has Been Appointed As The Technical Director Of East Bengal Football Club.

* Indian Women Weightlifting Star Mirabai Chanu Has Elected As The Chairperson Of Indian Weightlifting Federation Athlete Commission.

* Khunying Patama Leeswadtrakul Elected As The President Of BWF For Next Four Years.

PERSON PASSED AWAY - 

* Fridrik Olafsson, Iceland First Grand Master And 4th President Of FIDE Has Passed Away.

* Former Indian Basketball Player Hari Dutt Kapri Passed Away.

* Brazil's 1962 FIFA World Cup Winner Star Jair da Costa Passed away.

ISSF WORLD CUP 2025 - 

*  India Wins Total Of 8 Medals Including 4 Gold, 2 Silver Medal And 2 Bronze Medals ( Finishes As 2nd) At ISSF WORLD CUP 

India Finishes 2nd At ISSF Shooting World Cup  ( China Topped The Table) 

* Punjab Team has Won The 15th National Men's Hockey team After Win Over Madhya Pradesh.

KHELO INDIA YOUTH GAMES 2025 - 

* Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar And Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandviya Unveiled The Mascot And Logo Of Khelo India Youth Games 2025. 

MASCOT - GAJSIMHA 

THEME - KHEL KE RANG, BIHAR KE SANG 

EQUESTERIAN - 

* Indian Equestrian Niharika Singhania Has Secured First Position in Azelhof  CSI Lier Equestrian Competition in Belgium.

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CRICKET - 

* Mohsin Naqvi Has Officially Assumed As The President Of The Asian Cricket Council (ACC). 

* Virat Kohli Became The First Indian To Completed 13000 T20 Runs. 

* Virat Kohli Became The First Cricketer To Score 1000 IPL Boundaries.

* Jimmy Anderson, Former England Cricketer Has Been Awarded Knighthood As Part Of Rishi Shunak Resignation Honours List.

*  Former Indian Cricket Captain & BCCI President Sourav Ganguly Reappointed As The Chairperson Of The ICC Men's Cricket Committee. ( VVS Laxman As Panel Members) 

*  The International Cricket Council (ICC) Announced The Formation Of a Dedicated Task Force To Support Displaced Afghan Woman Cricketers. ( Along With England & Wales Cricket Board & Cricket Australia And BCCI) 

* Indian Cricketer Shreyas Iyer Has Won The ICC Men's Player Of The Month For March 2025.

* Australian Woman' Cricketer Georgia Voll Has Won ICC Women's PLAYER Of The Month For March 2025.

* Rohit Sharma Stand Has Been Unveiled At Wankhade stadium, Mumbai.

*  Indian Women Cricketer Jemimah Rodrigues Recived The Prestigious Shivaji Chhatrapati Award By Maharashtra State Government.

* Jasprit Bumrah And Indian Women Cricketer Smriti Mandhana Have Named Wisden men's And Women Leading Cricketer In 2024.

* Rohit Sharma Completed 12000 T20 Runs After Virat Kohli For India.

* aibhav Suryawanshi Became The Fastest Indian To Reached IPL 100 In Just 35 Balls Against Gujarat Titans (GT) 

* FASTEST IN IPL Chris Gayle - 30 Balls Vs Pune Warriors 

* THE DIARY OF A CRICKETERS WIFE : A Very Unusual Memoir Book Author Indian Cricketer Cheteshwar Pujara Wife PUJA PUJARA 

FIDE WOMEN GRAND PRIX CHAMPIONSHIP PUNE 2025 - 

* HOST - PUNE 

WINNER - KUNERU HUMPY (INDIA) 

RUNNERS UP - ZHU JINER 

THIRD - DIVYA DESHMUKH (INDIA) 

INDIA AT BOXING WORLD CUP 2025 AMMAN - 

* INDIAN CONTINGENT HAVE WON 6 MEDALS INCLUDING 1 GOLD, 2 SILVER AND 3 BRONZE MEDAL AT WORLD BOXING CUP 2025 

* HITESH (GOLD) (70kg) MEN'S 

* ABHINASH JAMWAL (SILVER)

* MANISH RATHORE (BRONZE)

* JADU MANI S (BRONZE)

* SACHIN (BRONZE) 

* VISHAL (BRONZE) 

* Max Verstappen Wins The Japanese Grand Prix 2025 Title.

* Jensen Brooksby Has Won Men's Single Title At Houston.

* Oliver Crawford Has Claimed The Krishna Memorial Open Title.

*  Rohan Bopanna (45) Became The Oldest Player Ever To Win An ATP Master 1000 Match.

*  Flavio Cobolli Has Won Men's Single Title At Bucharest.

* Tamilnadu Clinched The Inaugural South Asian Basketball Club Championship.

* Mukesh Chaudhary Clinched The Gold Medal In 10th SANDA World Cup (Wushu).

CHESS - 

* Magnus Carlsen Wins The Freestyle Chess Grandslam 2025 In Paris.

* Ju Wenjun Wins The FIDE Women's World Championships For 5th Time.

 * Olympiad Gold Medal Winning Coach GM Shrinath Narayanan Has Joined as Brand Ambassador Of Chess Benz.

* Divi Bijish Has Won Girls Under 10 World Champion.

CHARLESTON OPEN 2025 (  TENNIS) 

WOMEN'S SINGLE - JESSICA PEGULA 

WOMEN'S DOUBLES - JELENA OSTAPEN & ERIN ROUTLIFFE 

MONTE-CARLO MASTERS 2025 (TENNIS) 

* MEN'S SINGLE - CARLOS ALCARAZ 

MEN'S DOUBLE - Romain Arneodo & Manuel Guniard 

INDIAN SUPER LEAGUE 2024/25 - 

* * MOHAN BAGAN WINS THE INDIAN SUPER LEAGUE 2024/25 SEASON.

* RUNNERS UP - BENGALURU FC 

* GOLDEN BALL - Alaaeddine Ajaraie 

* GOLDEN GLOVES - VISHAL KAITH 

* GOLDEN BOOT - ALAAEDDINE AJARAIE 

* EMERGING PLAYER OF SEASON - Brison Fernandes (FC GOA) 

* BEST GRASSROOTS PROGRAM - JAMSHEDPUR FC 

STUTTGART OPEN 2025 - 

* JELENA OSTAPENKO WiNS WOMEN'S SINGLES AT STUTTGART OPEN 2025. ( BEAT ARYNA SABALENKA) 

* Holger Rune Wins The Men's Single Title At Barcelona Open 2025.

* Alexandra Zvervev Wins The Bavarian International 2025 Men's Single Tennis 

LAUREAUS SPORTS AWARD 2025 - 

* LAUREAUS SPORTS FOR GOOD AWARD - KICK 4 LIFE Sports Academy 

* LAUREAUS SPORTING ICON AWARD - RAFAEL NADAL 

* LAUREAUS SPORTS WOMAN OF THE YEAR - SIMONE BILES 

* LAUREAUS WORLD COMEBACK OF THE YEAR - REBECCA ANDRADE 

* LAUREAUS WORLD ACTION SPORTS PERSON OF THE YEAR - TOM PODCOCK 

* LAUREAUS SPORTS PERSON OF THE YEAR WITH A DISABILITY - YUYAN JIANG 

* LAUREAUS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD - KELLY SLATER 

* LAUREAUS WORLD BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR - LAMINE YAMAL 

* LAUREAUS WORLD TEAM OF THE YEAR - REAL MADRID 

* LAUREAUS WORLD SPORTS MAN OF THE YEAR - MONDO DUPLANTIS 

FIRST IN INDIA FIRST WOMAN - 

FIRST IN ANIMAL - 

* The First Ever Calf Born Through In Vitro Fertilized Embryo Transfer (IVF-ET) Technology Has Been Done in Puducherry. 

FIRST INDIAN WOMAN - 

* Government Appoints NCAER Director Dr Poonam Gupta As RBI Deputy Governor. ( FIRST FEMALE DEUPTY GOVERNOR OF RBI) 

* Adiba Anam, Become The First' Muslim Of Maharashtra State To Clear The UPSC CIVIL SERVICE EXAM.

* Lt Cdr Divya Sharma, Dornier Pilot Of INAS 318 At INS UTKORSH Became The First Woman Qualified Flying Instructor Of Indian Navy 

FIRST IN STATE - 

* India's First Ever And The World's 2nd Of Kinds Climate Change Station In The Himalayan Region.

* NTPC Is India's First Company To Commission A Municipal Solid Waste To Green Charcoal plant In Varanasi.

* Gopika Govind Became First Tribal Air Hostess From Kerala,

* Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Inaugurated The First Robotic Surgery Facility At Guwahati. 

* Indian Railway Has Successfully Conducted a Trial Run Of India's First On Board ATM On Manmad - CSMT Panchvati Express.

* Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) Achieved A Historic Moment By Making India's Longest Tunnel Rail (14.57 km) At Silkyara, Uttarakhand.

* Badesatti Village Of Sukma District, Chhattisgarh Became The First Naxal Free Gram Panchayat In India.

* India Became The First Country To Achieved The Artificial Breeding Of Great Indian Bustard. ( At Jaisalmer, Rajasthan) 

* Osmania University of Arts College Become The Third Registered Trademarks Building In India..

* SARVAM AI Became The First' Indian Startup Selected To Develop India's First' Indigenous Foundational Model.

*  BEML Limited Has Launched BRS 21, India's First' Indigenously Designed And manufactured 720 Tonnes Electric rope Shovel, At Nighai Mines, Singrauli.

FIRST WOMAN IN WORLD - 

* Shirley Botchwey became The First African Woman To Assume As The 7th Secretary General Of Commonwealth.

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PERSON PASSED AWAY - 

*  Hollywood Actor Val Kilmer Passed Away At The Age Of 65.

*  Mahatma Gandhi's Great Grand Daughter Nilamben Parikh Passed Away. 

* BORN ON - 24th JULY 1937 

DIED ON - 04th APRIL 2025 (87 YEARS) 

KNOWN AS - MANOJ KUMAR 

ALSO KNOWN AS - BHARAT KUMAR 

AWARDS - 

* 1992 - Padmashri 

* 2015  - Dadae Saheb Phalke Award 

* 2008 - KISHORE KUMAR AWARD 

* 2010 - RAJ KAPOOR AWARD 

* 2012 - Lifetime Achievement Award From Mumbai Film festival 

2012 - Bharat Gaurav Award , New Jersey 

2020 - KALAIMAMANI 

* HIS Debut Film Was Fashion (1957) 

* In 2011 In Recognition Of The Devotion Of Manoj Kumar Towards Shri Sai baba, Shri Sai Baba Sansthan Trust In Shirdi Rename Pipalwadi Road In Shirdi As Manoj Kumar Goswami Road. 

* In 2004 Manoj Kumar Joined In Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

* As Director He Debuted In Upakar in 1967. other Films Were Purab Aur Paschim ( 1970) Shor (1972) Roti Kapada Aur Makaan (1972) 

* Linguistic Venugopal Parrikar Passes Away.

* Flight Lieutenant Siddharth Yadav Has Killed In Jaguar Fighter Jet Crashed In Gujarat.

* Fridrik Olafsson, Iceland First Grand Master And 4th President Of FIDE Has Passed Away.

* * PADMASHRI RAM SAHAY PANDEY PASSED AWAY.

* 2022 HE RECIEVED PADMASHREE 

* RAI FOLK DANCES ( NOTABLE) 

* Brahma Kumari Head Rajyogini Dadi Ratanmohini Passed Away.

* Senior Congress leader And Father Of Bjp Leader Tamilisai Soundararajan Kumari Ananthan Passed Away.

* Veteran Bollywood Producer Salim Akhtar Passes Away.

* Trinmool Congress Leader And Former West Bengal Minister Abdur Rezzak Mollah Passed Away.

* DARIPALLI RAMAIAH, TREE MAN OF TELENGANA PASSED AWAY.

* HE PLANTED MORE THAN ONE CRORES TREES. 

* IN 2017 HE WAS HONOURED WITH PADMASHREE 

* BORN IN - 17TH MAY 1930 

DIED ON - 12TH APRIL 2025 

FOUNDED - KADAMB SCHOOL OF DANCE AND MUSIC (1967) 

AWARDS - 

* 1987 - PADMASHREE 

* 2010 - PADMA BHUSAN 

* 2025 - PADMA VIBHUSHAN 

* 1982 - SANGEET NATAK ACADEMY AWARD

* 2002/03 - KALIDAS SAMMAN 

* 2011 - SANGEET NATAK ACADEMY TAGORE RATNA 

* 2021 - GURU GOPINATH DESIYA NATYA PURASKARAM ( KERALA)

* Madhur Bajaj, Former Vice Chairperson Of Bajaj Auto Limited Passed Away.

* Former Indian Basketball Player Hari Dutt Kapri Passed Away.

*  Nobel Literature Laureate MARIO VARGAS Llosa Passed Away. 

( NOBEL PRIZE IN 2010) 

* Veteran Kannada Comedian Actor Bank Janardan Passed Away. 

* Former Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Passed Away.

* Physicist Philosopher Ranjit Nair Passed Away.

* Former State President Of Indian Communists Party Dibakar Nayak Passed away.

* Pope Francis Passed away.

* Former DG & IG Of Karnataka Om Prakash Died At Its Home.

*  Activists And Writer Rose Kerketta Passed away.

* BORN ON - 24th OCTOBER 1940 (Kerala) 

DIED ON - 25th APRIL 2025 

* He Was The 5th Chairman Of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) From 1994 To 2003 .

* Worked AS - 

* (1994-2003) Chairman Of ISRO 

* Chancellor Of Central University Of Rajasthan 

* One-time Chancellor Of JNU 

* Member Of Rajya Sabha (2003-09) 

* Director of National Institute Of Advanced Studies ( Bangalore) 2004-09 

SPECIAL WORK ON - 

* Indian National Satellite System (INSAT -2) 

* Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS 1A & 1B) 

* PROJECT DIRECTOR OF BHASKAR 1 &2 

* PSLV INITIATIVE 

BOOKS - 

* SPACE & BEYOND 

AWARDS - 

* KASTURIRANGAN Has Received 27 Honorary Doctorate Awards From Different University.

* 1981 - INTER COSMOS COUNCIL AWARD ( SOVIET ACADEMY OF SCIENCE)

* 1982 - PADMASHRI

* 1992 - PADMA BHUSHAN 

* 1997 - M P BIRLA MEMORIAL AWARD FOR ASTRONOMY 

* 1999 -  H K FIRODIA AWARD For EXCELLENCE IN SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY 

* 2000 - PADMA VIBHUSHAN 

* 2003 - ARYABHATTA AWARD 

* 2007 - THEODORE VON KARMAN AWARD 

* 2009 - VIKRAM SARABHAI MEMORIAL GOLD MEDAL 

* BORN ON - 20TH AUGUST 1932 

DIED ON - 26TH APRIL 2025 (AGED -92) 

Important work - 

* CULTURAL SYMBIOSIS IN KERALA (1972) 

* PERUMALS OF KERALA ( 1972) 

* CALICUT: THE CITY OF TRUTH REVISITED (2006) 

WORKED AS - 

* PROFESSOR OF CALICUT UNIVERSITY ( 1976 -1990) 

* MEMBER, SECRETARY OF ICHR ( 1990-1992) 

* HE PROPOSED BHAKTI MOVEMENT 

AWARDS - 

* 2024 - Sanjayan Award by Goa Government 

* 2019 - KERALA SAHITYA AKADEMI AWARD 

* HIS BOOK JAALAKANGAL: Documented Kerala And India's Socio Political Cultural Evolution Since Freedom 

*  Former Vice Chief of Army staff And Colonel Commandant Of Bombay Sappers Lt Gen S Pattabhiraman Has PASSED AWAY.

* * Activists And Writer Rose Kerketta Passed away.

BORN ON - 5TH DEC 1940 ( JHARKHAND) 

DIED ON - 17TH APRIL 2025 

AWARDS - 

* RANI DURGAVATI SAMMAN 

* AYODHYA PRASAD 

* KHATRI SAMMAN 

* PRAVAWATI SAMMAN 

BOOKS - (POET) 

* KHARIA LOK KATHAON KA SAHTIK AUR SANSKRITIK 

* PREM CHANDAO LUDKOE 

* SULOLO ( COLLECTION OF KHARIA STORY) 

* PAGAH ZORI ZORI RE GHATO 

* Shaji N Karuan, Filmmaker Passed away 

* Brazil's 1962 FIFA World Cup Winner Star Jair da Costa Passed away.

* 

GI TAGS - 

TAMILNADU - 

* 6 Tamilnadu Products Get GI Tag - 

* Puliyangudi Acid Lime 

* Panruti Jackfruit 

* Panruti Cashew 

* Virudhunagar Sambahl 

* Chettikulam Shallots 

* ramnadu Chithiraikar Rice 

* Thovalais Traditional Manikka Malai Secure GI Tag.

* The Kumbakonam Betel Leaf Has Gets GI TAG. (TAMILNADU) 

*  Assam's Axomiya Gohona ( Assamese Jewellery) Gets GI TAG.

JAMMU & KASHMIR - 

* 8 Traditional Crafts Of Jammu And Kashmir Gets GI TAG.

* Kashmir Willow 

* KASHMIR Crewel 

* Kashmir Wagguv 

* Kashmir Chain Stitch 

* Shikara 

* Kashmir Namda 

* Kashmir Tweed 

* Gabba 

WEST BENGAL - 

* KAMARPUKUR'S White Bundie 

* MURSHIDABAD's CHHANABORA 

* BISHNUPUR'S MOTICHUR LADDOO 

* RADHUNIPAGAL RICE 

* MALDA'S NISTARI SILK YARN 

* NOLEN GURER SANDESH 

* BARAIPUR'S GUAVA 

KERALA - 

* KANNADIPAYA Of Iddukki TRIBALS ARTISANS LANDS GET GI TAG.

GUJARAT - 

* AMALSAD CHIKOO (SAPODILLA) OF GUJARAT GETS GI TAG.

* 

UTTAR PRADESH - 

* Banaras Shehnai Gets GI Tag.

* 

MOU SIGNED - 

INTERNATIONAL - 

* Prime Minister Of Chile Has Visited India ( Gabriel Boric) 

As Indian PM Narendra Modi And Chile President Signed in Few MoU 

* Both Leaders Welcome The Launch Of CEPA NEGOTIATION 

* MoU On Letter Of Intent on Antarctica cooperation 

* Cultural Exchange Programme (2025-2029) 

* MoU On Disaster Management 

* MoU On Disability Sector 

* MoU On Geology and Minerals Resources 

* MoU On Police Cooperation In Organized Crimes 

* Maharashtra State Government Has Signed A MoU with Microsoft Corporation For Establishment Of Three AI Centre.

* India And Nepal Agree On Joint Steps To Check Cross Border Smuggling Of Gold, Narcotics FAKE Currency. 

* India, US Have Signed Terms Of Reference For A Potential Bilateral Trade Agreement 

* Coal India Signed MoU with Damodar Valley Corporation To Set Up 2X800 MW Ultra Super Critical Power plant In Jharkhand.

INDIA - THAILAND MOU SIGNED - 

* India And Thailand Signed On 6 MoU At Bangkok 

* Joint Declaration On The Establishment Of India- Thailand Strategic Partnership 

* MoU Between The Ministry Of Digital Economy And Society Of Kingdom Of Thailand And The Ministry Of Electronics And Information Technology 

* MoU Between SAGARMALA Division, Ministry Of Ports, Shipping And Waterways, Government Of India And Fine Arts Department, Ministry Of Culture, Kingdom Of Thailand or Development Of National Maritime Heritage Complex ( NMHC) At Lothal, Gujarat. 

* MoU Between National Small Industries Corporation Ltd (NSIC) The Republic Of India And Office Of Small And Medium Enterprise ( OSMEP) The Kingdom Of Thailand On Cooperation In The Field Of Micro, Small And Medium Enterprise. 

* MoU Between The Ministry Of DEVELOPMENT Of North Eastern Region (MDoNER) Of The Republic Of India And The Ministry Of Foreign Affairs Kingdom Of Thailand. 

* MoU Between North Eastern Handicrafts And Handlooms Development Corporation LTD, ( NEHHDC) Of The Republic Of India And Creative Economy Agency (CEA) Of The Government Of The Kingdom Of Thailand 

*  BHEL Has Signed a MoU With Hitachi Energy India And Adani Energy Solutions (HVDC) Project. 

* India And Nepal Have Signed 10 MoU For High Impact Community Development Projects In The Himalayan Nation ( NEPAL 625 Million) 

* POST THAILAND TOUR - INDIAN PM NARENDRA MODI VISITED TO SRILANKA.

INDIA AND SRILANKA SIGNED FEW MOU - 

* MOU Between Two Countries For Implementation Of HVDC Interconnection For Import/Export Of Power.

* MoU Between Ministry Of Electronics And Information Technology Of The Republic Of India And Ministry Of Digital Economy Of The Democratic Socialist Republic Of Srilanka On Cooperation In The Field Of Sharing Successful Digital Solution Implemented At Population Scale For Digital Transformation.

* MoU Between The Government Of India, And The Government Of Democratic Socialist Republic Of Srilanka And Government Of United Arab Emirates For Cooperation Of Trincomalee As An Energy Hub.

* MoU Between The Government Of The Republic Of India And The Government Of The Democratic Socialist Republic Of Srilanka On Defense Cooperation 

* MoU On Multi Sectral Grant Assistance For Eastern Province 

* MoU Between The Ministry Of Health And Family Welfares, Government Of India And The Ministry Of Health And Mass Media Of The Democratic Socialist Republic Of Srilanka On Cooperation In The Field Of Health And Medicine.

* MoU On Pharamacoepial Cooperation Between Two Countries 

PM MODI VISIT TO SAUDI  ARABIA - 

* PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI HAS VISITED TO KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA.

STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS COUNCIL - 

* THE 2ND MEETING OF INDIA - SAUDI ARABIA STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS Co - CHAIRED BY PM NARENDRA MODI.

* THE COUNCIL DECIDED TO CREATE TWO NEW MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE 

One On Defence Cooperation 

And Second On Tourisms And Cultural Cooperation 

FOUR COMMITTEE UNDER THE INDIA SAUDI ARABIA HAS AS FOLLOWS - 

* POLITICAL CONSULAR AND SECURITY COOPERATION COMMITTEE 

* Defence Cooperation committee 

* Economy, Energy Investment And Technology Committee 

* Tourism And Cultural Cooperation Committee 

* BOTH SIDES AGREED TO COLLABORATE ON ESTABLISHING TWO OIL REFINERY IN INDIA.

LIST OF MOU/AGREEMENT - 

* MOU BETWEEN THE SAUDI SPACE AGENCY AND DEPARTMENT OF SPACE OF INDIA ON COOPERATION IN FIELD OF SPACE ACTIVITIES 

* MOU BETWEEN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH OF SAUDI ARABIA AND THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE OF INDIA ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF HEALTH 

* MOU BETWEEN SAUDI ARABIA ANTI DOPPING COMMITTEE ( SAADC) And NATIONAL ANTI DOPING AGENCY INDIA (NADA) ON COOPERATION OF FIELD OF ANTI DOPING EDUCATION AND PREVENTION 

* AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SAUDI POST CORPORATION (SPL) And THE DEPARTMENT OF POST, MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATION OF INDIA ON COOPERATION IN INWARD SURFACE PARCEL 

* Government Of India And France Have Signed An Inter Governmental Agreement (IGA) For The Procurement Of 22 Rafale Aircraft ( For Indian Navy) Worth Rs 630000 Crores.

NATION - 

* The Department Of Posts, Has Signed MoU With Nippon India Mutual Fund To Provide Door To Door KYC Verification Services For Their Investors. 

* Ministry Of Defense Has Signed a Contract With BEL For The Acquisition Of Electronics Warfare, 

*  BHEL India Signed 10 Years MoU With Italy's Nuovo Pignone For Fertilizer Sector.

* Union Labour Ministry And Rapido Signs MoU For Opportunity in Jobs.

DEFENSE CA - 

* India's Defense Export Has Recorded Rs 23,622 Crores in Financial Year 2024/25 

(21,083 Crores in FY 2023/24) 

* IN 2017 1522 Crores 

* IN 2018 4682 Crores 
* IN 2019 10746 Crores 

* IN 2020 9116 Crores 

* IN 2021 8435 Crores 

* IN 2022 12,815 Crores 

* IN 2023 15918 Crores 

* IN 2024 21,083 Crores 

* 

HOST - 

* The First Army Commander Conference Held At New Delhi.

* Tri Service All Women Sailing Expedition Flagged Off From Mumbai To Seychelles.

* Adani's Vizhinjam Port (Kerala) Welcomes The World's Largest Eco Friendly Container Ship Msc Turkiye.

PERSON PASSED AWAY - 

* Flight Lieutenant Siddharth Yadav Has Killed In Jaguar Fighter Jet Crashed In Gujarat.

*  Former Vice Chief of Army staff And Colonel Commandant Of Bombay Sappers Lt Gen S Pattabhiraman Has PASSED AWAY.

FIRST IN - 

*  Indian Army Along With IIT Hyderabad Have Constructed The World's Highest Onsite 3D Printed (11000 Feet) At Ladakh.

APPOINTMENT - 

* Indian Government Has Revamped The National Security Advisory Board.

* Former RA&W Chief Alok Joshi Has Been Appointed As The Chairman 

* Lt Cdr Divya Sharma, Dornier Pilot Of INAS 318 At INS UTKORSH Became The First Woman Qualified Flying Instructor Of Indian Navy 

* 1996 Batch IOFS Officer Shri K R Sinha Has Been Appointed As Executive Director At AWEIL ( Advanced Weapon And Equipment India Limited) 

* Lt General Pratik Sharma Has Been Appointed As Commander In Chief Udhampur Northern Army Base.

BOOKS - 

* Chief of Defence Staff Anil Chaudhary Has Launched A Book On Naib Subedar Chuni Lal. ( BRAVEST OF THE BRAVE) LT GEN SATISH DUA 

*MOU SIGNED - 

* Government Of India And France Have Signed An Inter Governmental Agreement (IGA) For The Procurement Of 22 Rafale Aircraft ( For Indian Navy) Worth Rs 630000 Crores.

* 

BOOKS & AUTHORS - 

* THE NEHRU YEARS: An International History Of Indian Non Alignment  Book Author - Swapna Kona Nayudu 

* GHOSTLY PAST CAPITALIST PRESENCE Book Author - Tithi Bhattacharya 

* THE GREAT CONCILIATOR: LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI And The Transformation Of India  Book Author - SANJEEV CHOPRA 

* Stand Up Comedian And Actor Vir Das Announced His Book - THE OUTSIDER 

* THE FUTURE OF INDIAN DIPLOMACY: Exploring Multidisciplinary LENSES - Book Author - EERISHIKSA PANKAJ & DIVYA BALAN 

* Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar Has Launched The Book AI ON TRIAL ( Book Author - Sujeet Kumar).

*  Union Minister Nitin Gadkari Has Launched The Book - The Silent Tribals Of Bastar ( Author - Prakash Kelkhar) 

* The CHOLAS : EMPIRE OF THE SOUTH Book Author - S Krishnan 

* Chief of Defence Staff Anil Chaudhary Has Launched A Book On Naib Subedar Chuni Lal. ( BRAVEST OF THE BRAVE) LT GEN SATISH DUA 

* THE CHIEF MINISTER AND THE SPY Book Author - Former RAW Chief Amarjit Singh Daulat 

* THE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS THANTHAI PERIYAR - Book Author Durai 

* Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Has Launched The Book - SCALING MOUNT UPSC : Inspiring Stories Of YOUNG IAS OFFICERS Author - Sajjan Yadav 

* THE UNDYING LIGHT Book Author - Gopal Krishna Gandhi 

*  Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Has Launched The Book Based On Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay ( INTEGRAL HUMANISM : A Distinct Paradigm Of Development ) Book Author - Professor Ashok Gajanan Modak 

* THE DIARY OF A CRICKETERS WIFE : A Very Unusual Memoir Book Author Indian Cricketer Cheteshwar Pujara Wife PUJA PUJARA 

* ECHOES OF ETERNITY : Book Author ( Pawan K Verma Former Diplomat)

* The National Archives Of India Launches A Book Titled - RAMANUJAN: Journey Of A Great Mathematician 

APPOINTMENTS - 

* Actor Kamal Hassan Has Been Appointed As The Chairman Of FICCI Media And Entertainment Committee ( South) . 

*  Ajay Mahawar Has Been Appointed The Chairperson Of The Committee On Public Account Delhi 

* Ravneet Kaur Gets Additional Charge As NFRA Chairperson.

* * 1990 BATCH TAMILNADU IPS OFFICER SEEMA AGARWAL HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE NEW DG OF FIRE SERVICE & RESCUE SERVICE, TAMILNADU.

* Former Kerala Minister MA Baby Has Been Elected As The 6th General Secretary Of The CPIM.

* 1988 Batch Retired IAS Officer Radha Rautari Has Been Appointed As Uttarakhand Chief Election Commissioner 

* She Was The First Female Chief Secretary Of  Uttarakhand.

* Sukhbir Singh Badal Has Reappoint As The President Of Shiromani Akali Dal.

* Dr Vineet Joshi, Secretary Of Department Of Higher Education Has Given Additional Charge Of Chairman UGC.

* Nainar Nagentharan Elected As The Tamilnadu Bjp Chief.

* Hemant Soren Elected As The President Of JMM.

* Padmashree Awardee Dr J M Vyaas Founder Vice Chancellor Of National Forensic science University, Appointed As Vice Chancellor Of Tribhuvan Sahakari University.

* Justice Dinesh Maheshwari And Hitesh Jain And Professor D P Verma Has Appointed As The 23rd Law Commission 

*  cabinet Minister K Ram Mohan Naidu Has Been Named As The One Of The World Economic Forum - Global Young Leader Forum 2025.

*  IRCTC Has Appointed Sanjay Gaur As Part Time Non Official Director Of Board.

* Arvind Srivastava Has Been Appointed As The Secretary, Department of Revenue.

* Samir Kumar Sinha Has Been Appointed As Secretary, Civil Aviation.

* Nikunj Bihari Dhal Appointed As The Secretary Parliamentary Affairs.

* Santosh Kumar Sadangi Has Been Appointed As The Secretary And New Renewable Energy 

* Government Appoints Mangi Lal Jat As Director General Of The ICAR.

* M Revathi Has Been Appointed As The Director Of International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

* 1990 Batch Bihar IAS Officer Keshav Kumar Pathak Has Been Appointed As The Special Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat.

* Indian Origin Tejpaul Bhatia Has Appointed As The CEO Of American Space AXIOM Space Company.

* 1990 Batch UP Cadre IAS Officer Deepak Kumar Has Been Appointed As New Agricultural Production Commissioner of Uttar Pradesh.

* Professor Ajay Kumar Sood, Principal Scientific Advisor To Government Of India Has Been Elected As The Member Of American Academy Of Arts And Science 2025.

* Dr Shailaja Donempudi, Former Scientist At CSIR -IICT Hyderabad Has Been Appointed As The Head Of Business Development Group At CSIR HQ New Delhi.

 * Deven Bharati Took Charge As Mumbai Police Commissioner.

* K Ramakrishna Rao Has Been Appointed Chief Secretary Of Telengana.

RETIREMENTS - 

* Jagdeesh Kumar Has RETIRED As The Chairman Of University Grants Commission (UGC).

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JUDICIAL - 

* Arun Palli Has Been Appointed As The New Chief Justice of High Court Of Jammu And Kashmir  And Ladakh.

* Justice Shushrut Arvind Has Been Appointed As The Chief Justice Of Kerala High Court.

* Justice Sanjeev Kumar Has Been Appointed As The Acting Chief Justice Of Jammu and Kashmir High Court.

* Advocate Narender Mann Has Been Appointed As Special Public Prosecutor For The Tahwwur Rana Case. ( 26/11 MUMBAI ATTACK) 

*  Justice Dinesh Maheshwari Has Been Appointed As Chairperson Of 23rd Law Commission. ( Under 39A Article) 

PRESIDENT -  

*  Ecuadorian Reelected President Daniel Noboa For 2nd Term. 

* Gabon Military Leader Brice Oligui Nguema Wins The Presidential Election. 

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PRIME MINISTER - 

* Professor Dr DURO Macut Has Been Elected As The New Prime Minister' Of Serbia.

* Former Prime Minister' Kamla Persad Has Been Win The Election Of PRIME MINISTER in Trinidad and Tobago.

HIGH COMMISSIONER - 

* Rajeev Kumar Has Been Appointed As The India's Next High Commissioner To Papua New Guinea.

* Amararam Gujar Has Been Appointed As The Indias Next High Commissioner To The Republic Of Malawi.

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BRAND AMBASSADOR - 

*  French Luxury Brand Chanel Appoints Actress Ananya Pandey As Its Brand Ambassador.

* Actress kriti Sanon Has Been Appointed As Brand Ambassador Of Dreame Technology (First Indian) 

WORLD CA - 

APPOINTMENTS - 

* Shirley Botchwey became The First African Woman To Assume As The 7th Secretary General Of Commonwealth.

* Deputy Governor Dr Neelam Dhungana Timsina Has Been Appointed As The Acting Governor Of The Nepal Nation Bank.

* Mike Huckabee Has Been Appointed As Ambassador Of US To Israel.

* Nepal Has Records Its First Snow Leopards Population (397) (With 7 Habitats)

* China Has Launched World's First 10G Broadband Network ( With Collaboration Of Huawei).

* China Has Launched World's First 10G Broadband Network ( With Collaboration Of Huawei).

* Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas Appoints Hussein Al Sheikh As PLO (Palestine Liberation Organisation) Deputy.

* Abdisalam Abdi Ali Has Been Appointed As The Minister Of Foreign Affairs Of Somalia.

RESEARCH - 

* Brazilian Researchers Have Developed HSP - CAR 30 a CART - Therapy Targeting CD - 30+ Lymphoma. 

MIXED - 

*  Marine Le Pen, A Front Runner Of French 2027 Election Has Been Banned For 5 Years.

* India And China Completed 75 Years Of Diplomatic Relations.

* Democratic Backed Susan Crawford Wins Wisconsin Supreme Court Seat.

* US Senator Makes History With Record Breaking 25 Hour Senate Speech 

* Chinese Scientists Have Discovered A Solar Powered Device Capable Of Melting Lunar Soil At Temperature Of 1400 to 1500 Degree Celsius To Produce Lunar Bricks Through 3D Printing. 

* Hungary's Government Announced Its Withdrawal From The International Criminal Court (ICC). 

* China Successfully Launched The CZ-6 (14th Mission) 

* QUAD Nations to Join To Contribute 20 MILLION USD to Myanmar humanitarian Aid.

* Ghana Is The First West African Country To Have Successfully Uploads A Travel Documents.

* Russia Has Launched The THE PERM, First Nuclear Submarine Equipped With The Zircon Hypersonic Cruise Missile.

*  Bangladesh Has Received a Record Of US$ 3.29 Billion in Inward Remittance March 2025.

* Srilankan Population Stands At 2,17,63,170 According To 2024 Census.

* China Has Announced Additional 84% Tarrif On All Goods Imported From United States.

* China Has Discovered A New Mineral Species - High Purity Quartz.

* Mauritius Became The First African Country To Sign A Country Partnerships Framework (CPF ( With International Solar Alliance ( ISA).

* An Earthquake Of Magnitude 6.3 On Fiji. 

* Maldives President Signed The Law Banning Israeli Passport Holders Visiting The Country.

* ) Former Peruvian President Ollanta Humala Sentences To 15 Years Jail For Accepting Fraud Campaign.

* Uganda Declared Ends Ebola in Country.

* UAE Became The First Country To USE Ai For Making And Updating Laws.

* Jackie Chan To Be Honoured With The LOCARNO Film Festival Career Award.

* Mark Carney Sworn In As New Prime Minister' Of Canada.

* UK Based Encephalitis International Launched The Global Campaign Titled - Preventing Future Encephalitis : Climate Change And Infectious Disease.

* Meta Has Unveiled Its First AI App Meta AI.

* A Suspected Chemical Blast Happened in Iran's Bandar Abbas Port. 

SPACE - 

* Six Only Female Troup Set To Fly To Earth Orbit By BLUE ORIGIN. 

* KATY PERRY ( Performer) 

* Aisha Bowe 

* Karianne Flynn 

* Gayle King 

* Amanda Nguyen 

* Lauren Sanchez 

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INDIA-WORLD - 

*  Italy To Open a Space Attache On It's Embassy In New Delhi.

* Government Of India Gifts 6 School Buses To Government Of Sao Tome And Principe.

* 78th Anniversary Of India- Russia Diplomatic Relation. 

* New York City Honours Father Of Indian Democracy Dr B R Ambedkar With Official Day.

* A New G4 MODEL Announced ( India, Japan, Germany, Brazil) At UNSC Model announced.

* UNSC Member To Increase 25/26 

* Permanent Members To 11 

* 6 New Permanent Members Include 

* US Vice President JD Vince Arrived In India.

* On 21st April 2025 Terrorists Were Attacked On Tourists At Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, 28 Civilians Killed By Terrorists.

2) India Took 5 Decision Post Terrorists Attack At Jammu and Kashmir 

* Indus Water Treaty Cancelled.

* Strengthen Of Diplomatic Mission Now At 30 

* Pakistani Military Diplomat Declared Persona Non grata 

* SAARC VISA FOR PAKISTAN Cancelled 

* WAGHA ATTARI BORDER TO CLOSED 

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