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NEWS FROM THE NATION: -
➢ India will become self-sufficient and will be the 2nd
largest photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing country
after China by 2026 – India to make online 110GW
solar PV module capacity in next three years –
Gujarat is the leading state in India (accounts
nearly 57%) due to cheaper industrial electricity
prices and easy access to ports for import and
export.
➢ PM Modi launched the International Big cat
Alliance (IBCA) to conserve seven species of big
cats viz. tigers, lions, leopards, cheetahs, jaguars,
snow leopard and clouded leopard. Nepal
becomes the founding member along with India.
➢ Hon’ble Home Minister Amit Shah launched
Vibrant Villages Programme at Kibithu, border
village in Arunachal Pradesh. This program aims to
bring overall development of rural areas and
transform them into self-sufficient and
prosperous communities.
➢ G-20 Park in Delhi – India will construct a G-20 Park
in New Delhi which will represent a global unity on
the Path of development, The Park will be located
at the junction of Shanti Path and Ring Road
Junction with a theme – “One earth, One Family,
One Future”.
➢ Rajasthan Govt. to declare 3 new conservation
sites for better protection of flora and fauna of
the state in Sorsan, Khichan and Hamirgarh.
➢ Bandipur National Park (Karnataka) completed 50
years as a Project Tiger Reserve (1973).
➢ Kerala tops in GI Tag list in FY 2022-23.
➢ World’s 1st Asian King Vulture Conservation
Centre is set to open in Maharajganj District of
Uttar Pradesh and it will be named as “Jatayu
Conservation and Breeding Centre”.
➢ Kolkata Metro became India’s 1st metro to run
under River Hooghly – route – Esplanade to
Howrah Maidan.
➢ Kerala has become the 1st state to adopt Water
Budget to tackle problems of summer water
shortage. It will cover 94-gram panchayats and 15
block panchayats in initial phase.
➢ Mangrove Pitta – a near threatened bird species,
known for their exotic and vibrant colour has
been found in Bhitarkanika of Odisha and
Sundarban of West Bengal.
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➢ Uttar Pradesh will become 1st Indian state to
adopt Electric vehicles in All Govt. Departments by
2030.
➢ Kerala launched ‘One Panchayat, One Playground’
scheme to revive sports culture.
➢ DNA Database – Himachal Pradesh has become 1st
state to develop a DNA database for unidentified
bodies.
➢ Kochi, Kerala to have its 1st water metro that
connects 10 islands surrounding Kochi using
battery- operated Electric Hybrid Boats.
➢ Mana Village (near Badrinath, Uttarakhand) has
now been recognized as the 1st village of India
instead of its former acknowledgement as ‘last
village of India’.
➢ Govt. implemented changes to the pricing model
of domestic natural gas based on “Kirit Parikh
Committee’s” recommendations on gas pricing.
It is expected that the price of Piped Natural Gas
(PNG) and Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) will
decrease by 10%.
➢ Karnataka has become the leading state in
implementing the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima
Yojana.
➢ The Ministry of Finance issued a new Rs. 100 coin
to commemorate 100th edition of the radio
programme ‘Mann KI Baat’ with Prime Minister
Narendra Modi.
➢ Sukh Ashraya – Himachal Pradesh Govt.’s initiative
to provide better life and education opportunities
to orphans and destitute children in the state.
➢ World Bank has announced $100 Million loan to
Odisha’s state capability and resilient growth
programme. This program aims to reduce losses
caused by natural disasters through a multi-
hazard digital warning system.
➢ Gujarat has the highest utilization of MPLADS
fund in 2022-23.
NEWS FROM THE WORLD: -
➢ Pakistan has become largest recipient of ADB
funded programmes in 2022.
➢ Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh has been chosen for a
two-year pilot project aimed at producing biofuel
from waste. The project will be supervised by
Belgium based company Vito.
➢ Mongolia will have its first oil refinery up and
running by 2025. 1st phase of will be completed by
Indian soft loan of $1.2 billion. Capital of Mongolia
– Ulaanbaatar; Currency - Tugrik. Why India is
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helping Mongolia – Mongolia intends to entice
investment from India in its mining and metals
industries and starts shipping cocking coal to India
by 2024. India is planning to grow cutting edge
semiconductor tech with help of Mongolia’s rare
earth material resource.
➢ Cuba President – Miguel Diaz Canal has been
ratified by the Parliament for a new 5-year term.
➢ Hon’ble Foreign Minister S Jaishankar inaugurated
Buzi Bridge in Mozambique.
➢ Ghana became the 1st country to approve Oxford
Malaria Vaccine R21/ Matrix – M for Children.
➢ China records world’s 1st death from H3N8 bird flu.
➢ Hon’ble Prime Minister will be invited to France
for the Bastil Day Parade to be held on 14 th July.
➢ On April 4, Finland has officially become 31st
member of NATO. The date is the 74th
anniversary of the signing of NATO’s founding
treaty, Washington Treaty.
➢ WHO has declared both Azerbaijan and Tajikistan
as Malaria Free.
➢ Japan and France jointly announced a common
platform for the debt restructuring programme of
Sri Lanka in collaboration with India.
SUMMITS & CONFERENCE: -
➢ On April 7th, Gaj Utsav 2023 has been inaugurated
by the President Smt. Draupadi Murmu and
Kaziranga has become India’s 1st National Park
with Satellite Phones.
➢ India will host SCO (Sanghai Co-operation
Organization) Summit in New Delhi on July 3-4,
2023. It will be Vladimir Putin’s 1st visit to India
after Ukraine war. Agenda of the summit is –
counter terrorism; Afghan stability, Inclusive
connectivity efforts including Chabahar port and
INSTC and India’s outreach to Eurasia.
➢ Farm machinery Technology Summit
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) organized
3rd edition of Farm Machinery Technology Summit
at New Delhi. It aims to enhance productivity and
availability of food grains, increase exports and
mitigate labour shortage. India has a target to
doubling the farm power to 4.0 KW per Ha by
2030.
APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNATION: -
➢ Neeraj Nigam has been appointed as Executive
Director of RBI.
➢ Sanjay Jasjit Singh has been appointed as Vice
Chief of navy Staff.
➢ Arun Sinha – Chairman, National technical
Research Organization.
➢ Shantanu Roy – CMD, BEML Limited.
➢ Anant Maheshwari – Chairperson, NASSCOM
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➢ Siddharth Mohanty – Chairperson, LIC.
RANKS & REPORTS: -
➢ World Bank’s logistics performance Index - rank of
India is 38th.
➢ New York City – World’s wealthiest city 2023.
Bengaluru is known as the Garden City and Silicon
Valley of India.
➢ India ranks 5th in Countries with most AI
investment (Stanford University AI Index Report)
➢ Project Tiger Completed 50 years. India’s tiger
population has reached 3167 in 2022.
➢ Rajasthan tops in generating persondays under
MGNREGA in 2022-23 for consecutive 4th year.
➢ 1st Waterbody census – West Bengal tops among
all states whereas Sikkim has the lowest number.
➢ FIFA Ranking – India rises to 101.
SPORTS NEWS: -
➢ Kim Cotton, 1st female Umpire from New Zealand
to officiate Men’s T20I match between Sri Lanka
vs New Zealand.
➢ Harmanpreet Kaur and Suryakumar Yadav have
been named as Wisden T20I Player of 2022.
➢ PV Sindhu lost in the finals of Madrid masters
2023 to Gregoria Mariska Tunjung (Tunisia).
➢ Sachin Tendulkar and Brian lara named gates
unveiled at Sydney Cricket Ground, Australia.
➢ Sharjah Stadium named after Sachin Tendulkar on
his 50th birthday.
AWARDS & RECOGNITION: -
➢ 68th Filmfare Award 2023: - Gangubai Kathiawadi
(best movie); Rajkumar Rao (Best actor); Alia
Bhatt (best actress).
➢ 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso has been
conferred with 1959 Ramon Magsaysay Award in
– person after 64 years for his exceptional
leadership of the Tibetan community’s
courageous fight in safeguarding their sacred
religion.
India’s history with Ramon Magsaysay: - 1st
recipient – Vinoba Bhave (1958 for Community
Leadership). 1st Bengali – Satyajit Ray (1992 for
Journalism, Literature, and creative arts). 1st Non-
Indian – Mother Teresa (1962 for peace). It is
called Nobel prize of Asia.
➢ Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Purashkar 2023 –
Asha Bhosle.
➢ C R Rao won International Prize of Statistics
(Noble of Statistics)
➢ Raj Subhramaniyam has been conferred with
Praqvasi Bharatiya Samman.
IMPORTANT DAYS & THEME: -
➢ 07/03 – World Health Day (Health for All)
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➢ 11/04 – National safe Motherhood Day
➢ 16/04 – Save the Elephant Day
➢ 17/04 – World Haemophilia Day
➢ 21/04 – National Civil Service Day (Bikshit Bharat)
➢ 22/04 – International Mother Earth Day
➢ 23/04 – World Book and Copywrite Day
(Indigenous Languages)
➢ 25/04 – World Malaria Day (Time to deliver zero
malaria: invest, innovate, implement)
➢ 26/04 – World Intellectual Property Day (Women
and IP: Accelerating Innovation and Creativity)
➢ 30/04 – Ayushman Bharat Diwas
DEFENSE & SCIENCE – TECH: -
➢ SLINEX 2023 – India & Sri Lanka in Colombo.
➢ Cope India – India and American Airforce Fighter
Training Exercise at Kalaikunda Air Base, West
Bengal.
➢ Wing Commander Deepika Mishra is the 1st IAF
woman officer to receive gallantry award.
➢ Operation Kaveri – Evacuation of India citizens
from unrest- stricken Sudan
➢ AJEYA WARRIOR 2023 – Indo – UK Joint Military
Exercise at Salisbury Plains in UK.
➢ ISRO has accomplished the Reusable Launch
Vehicle Mission RLV LEX at an aeronautical test
Range (ATR) in Chitradurga, Karnataka. It will
help successful autonomous landing of a space
vehicle by ISRO.
➢ NASA has announced names of four Astronauts
who will be taking humans back to the Artemis II
Mission. The team includes Christina Koch (record
time in space record holder); Victor Glover (black
astronaut); Reid Wiseman and Jeremy Hansen.
➢ IIT Indore has partnered with NASA – Caltech for
designing an inexpensive camera setup that can
capture images of four chemical species in a
flame. The low-cost camera setup will be known
as ‘SETU’.
➢ TruthGPT – Elon Musk’s answer to Microsoft’s
ChatGPT and Google’s BARD AI Chatbot.
➢ Spheroidal Carbonaceous Particles (SCP) –
Microscopic particles that are a component of fly
ash, a by-product of fossil fuel combustion, has
been found in Antarctic ice core. Study says the
process of Atmospheric transport is the primary
means by which contaminants travel globally.
➢ Scientists discovered Shugosin which is the key
protein that locks the X chromosome into its
famous X shape, also known as SGO1 and it holds
two identical DNA threads together. Discovered
by a team of scientists headed by Prof. Daniel
Panne and Dr Benjamin Rowland.
➢ Exercise INIOCHOS-23 – Indian Air Force and
Greece Air Force joint exercise at Andravida Air
Base, Greece.
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➢ Scientists from the Indian Institute of
Geomagnetism (IIG) have identified and studied
Electromagnetic Ion Cyclotron (EMIC) waves, a
form of plasma waves observed at Earth’s
magnetosphere at Indian Antarctic Station, Maitri.
BOOKS AND AUTHORS: -
➢ “Courting India: England, Mughal India and the
Origins of Empire” by Professor Nandini Das.
➢ “Sachin@50-Celebrating A Maestro” – authored
by Boria Majumdar, Journalist.
➢ “Smoke and Ashes: A writer’s journey through
opium’s hidden histories” – non-fiction book by
Amitabha Ghosh.
OBITUARY: -
➢ Prakash Singh Badal – former Punjab CM and
leader of Akali Dal.
➢ Salim Durani – eminent Cricketer
➢ Keshub Mahindra – India’s oldest billionaire and
former Chairman of Mahindra & Mahindra group.
ECONOMY NEWS: -
➢ Rail Vikash Nigam Limited has now become a
Navaratna Company. Whereas, Solar Energy
Corporation of India gets Miniratna Category -I
status.
➢ United Arab Emirates has become India’s 2nd
largest export destination (US being the 1st) and
3rd largest source of imports.
➢ US emerges as India’s biggest trading partner in
FY23 at $128.55bn, while China being the 2nd.
➢ India Post Payments Bank launches WhatsApp
banking services.
➢ RBI issues comprehensive instructions for banks
and NBFCs regarding acceptance of Green
Deposits, which can be utilized for financing
ventures such as renewable energy; green
transport and green buildings.
➢ Canara Bank and NPCI launched cross- border
payment services that allows Indians residing in
Oman to make payments for their bills in India.
➢ Mukesh Ambani has been named as the richest
sports owner in the Forbes Billionaire 2023 List.
➢ Union bank of India has become 1st Indian bank to
open Special Rupee Vostro Account in Malysia to
facilitate transactions between India and Malaysia
in Indian currency.
MIXED BAG: -
➢ Banarasi Paan along with Banarasi Langdaa
Mango; Ramnagar Bhanta (Brinjal) and Adamchini
Rice of UP got GI tag.
➢ April 7, 2023 has been commemorated as the 103rd
birth anniversary of Pandit Ravi Shankar, sitar
maestro and music composer. He was awarded
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Bharat Ratna in 1999 and composed music for
Satyajit Ray’s directorial debut Pather Panchali in
1955.
➢ Bihar’s aromatic ‘Marcha Rice’ (better known as
Mircha Rice of West Champaran District got GI
Tag.
➢ Bengaluru experienced Zero Shadow Day twice a
year (for 2023 the dates are 25th April and 18th
Aug). It is a unique and fascinating phenomenon
that occurs when the sun is directly overhead,
causing the shadow of vertical object to
disappear.
➢ Idu Mishmi Tribes – Protest is ongoing against
creation of Dibang Tiger Reserve in Arunachal
Pradesh by Indian Govt. They fear that the tiger
reserve may cut off access to their lands, affecting
their livelihoods and traditional practices.
➢ Racoon Stealer - is a kind of malware delivered
through e-mail which steals information from the
server. Recently few departments of Union of
India like Income Tax, CBDT, NSG, CRPF, CPWD,
SSB and NCERT etc. have been breached by this
cybersecurity issue.
➢ Basholi Painting of Jammu & Kashmir received GI
Tag.
➢ Anjali Sharma, an Indian mountaineer scaled
Mount Kilimanjaro in a traditional Gaddi attire of
Himachal Pradesh.
➢ Uneecops technologies Limited has announced its
plans to set up the First Green Hydrogen
Microgrid Project in Leh Region (Ladakh).

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