National News About FASTags:

● FASTag is a device that

One Vehicle one FASTags employs Radio Frequency
Identification (RFID)
technology for making toll
payments directly while the
vehicle is in motion as it is
affixed on the windscreen valid
for 5 years.
● The toll fare is directly
Initiative: One Vehicle one deducted from the linked
FASTags account of the customer.
Implemented by: NHAI ● FASTag can be purchased
More on the News: from any of the National
● NHAI implemented one Electronic Toll Collection
vehicle, one FASTags from (NETC) Member Banks.
1st of April 2024.
● This concept aims to prevent
the use of one fast tag for Supreme Court Recognizes
more than one vehicle. “Right Against Adverse
● FASTags will be issued to
Effects of Climate Change”
each vehicle based on the
RC copy of the vehicle.
● If toll plaza detects any
mismatch between the
vehicle and the FASTags
then the toll plaza may
Blacklist the fast tag and no
new fast tag will be issued
further against the vehicle
number.
Why in the News?
Additional Points:
The Supreme Court of India
recognized the right against
adverse effects of climate change
as a fundamental right within the
EC launches Myth Vs
ambit of Articles 14 (right to Reality register
equality) and 21 (right to life) of
the Indian Constitution.
Case: Supreme Court was dealing
with the case of overhead power
transmission lines that hamper
the flight of birds like Great
Indian Bustard and Lesser
Florican in Gujarat and
Rajasthan (both the birds are
endangered) Initiative: Myth Vs Reality register
More on the News: Launched by: Election Commission
● The Supreme Court stated of India
that the right against the Objective: To combat spread of
adverse effects of climate misinformation
change, although not More on the News:
explicitly articulated, is ● The 'Myth vs Reality
inherently linked to the right Register' serves as a
to a clean environment, comprehensive repository of
which is recognized as a factual information to dispel
fundamental right under myths and falsehoods
Articles 14 and 21 of the circulating during the
Constitution. election period related to
● The court emphasized that EVM/VVPAT, Electoral
as the impact of climate Roll/Voter Services,
change intensifies year by Conduct of Elections and
year, it becomes necessary others.
to recognize this right ● It will empower voters to
distinctly. make informed decisions.

Additional Points:

Other Initiatives by ECI:

1. Enabling communication 'Surya tilak' on god's
on real time environment
(ENCORE) forehead on Ram Navmi
Election commission has
designed in-house software
for complete candidate and
election management.
2. Systematic voter education
and electoral participation
program (SVEEP)
It is a flagship program of
ECI for voter education and
Festival: Ram Navmi
awareness.
3. Electoral literacy clubs: It is Why in the News?
a platform to engage with Surya Tilak Adorned the forehead
school students through of Shri Ram on the auspicious
interesting activities and occasion of Ram Navmi.
familiarize them with the More on the News:
electoral process. ● The Ram temple in Ayodhya
4. The Election Commission of has a unique feature of
India (ECI) has introduced “Surya Tilak” which is
an initiative for the 2024 Lok designed in a manner that
Sabha elections, providing the Sun rays fall on Lord
the option of home voting
Ram's forehead every year
for elderly citizens above 85
at noon on Ram Navami.
years of age and Persons
with Disabilities (PwDs) with
a 40% benchmark disability.

● The exact period of tilak on
the forehead center is about
three to three-and-a-half
minutes, with two minutes of
full illumination.
● Indian Institute of
Astrophysics (IIA), Bangalore,
the CSIR-CBRI, Roorkee team
has developed a mechanism.
Hindustan Zinc Limited
becomes 3rd largest silver
producer
Company: Hindustan Zinc
Limited
More on the News:
● Hindustan zinc has become
the third largest silver
producer globally according
to the World Silver Survey
2024 conducted by ‘The
Silver Institute’, USA.
● It’s sindesar khurd mine of
Rajasthan has now become
world's second largest silver
producing mine.
● Mexico-based Fresnillo is
the world’s largest silver
producer.
Additional Points:
About Hindustan Zinc Limited:
● Hindustan zinc Limited is a
Vedanta group company
which deals with zinc lead
and silver businesses.
● Headquarter: Udaipur
PEN to be made
mandatory for students
Why in the News?
PEN Permanent Education
Number (PEN) to be made
mandatory for students from
academic year 2024-25.
More on the News:
 ● The school education Lakshmana Tirtha River
department of Andhra
Pradesh has made the use in News
of Permanent Education
Number (PEN) mandatory.
● PEN would streamline and
simplify the process of the
students’ transition from one
school to the other in the
new academic year.

River: Lakshmana Tirtha River

Why in the News?
Additional Points:
Lakshman Tirath river has dry UP
● PEN is a nine-digit number
due to drought an intense heat
assigned to the students
situation
when they enter the school
More on the news:
system. This number would
● Lakshman Tirath river is
remain the same
located in the Kodagu
throughout their academic
district of Karnataka and is
career.
known for its crystal clear
● The PEN will have all the
water.
information like name,
● The river is facing an acute
date of birth, gender and
water crisis due to drought
study details
conditions and intense heat.
● It will help track students’
● It is the tributary of Kaveri
all academic information.
river.
● Apart from admission, the
● It joins the Kaveri in the
PEN according to officials,
Krishna Raja Sagara lake.
can also be used for
scholarship, examination,
employment etc.

Additional Points:
About Kaveri River:
Origin: Talakaveri in Brahmagiri ● Uttar Pradesh received the
Range of hills in the Western largest quantity while
ghats Lakshadweep received the
Basin: Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, smallest order.
Kerala and Union Territory of
Puducherry Additional Points:
Tributaries: Harangi, the About the Ink:
Hemavati, the Shimsha and the ● Indelible ink contains
Arkavati Lakshmana Tirtha, the silver nitrate. It is a
Kabbani the Bhavani, and the colorless compound which
Amaravati becomes visible when
Drain: Bay of Bengal exposed to ultraviolet light
● First used in the 1962 Lok
Sabha elections.
Vials of a indelible inks ● The indelible ink was first
were distributed across manufactured at the ECI’s
request by the
the country government’s Council of
Scientific & Industrial
Research (CSIR).
● This system of staining the
finger with this special ink
helps to prevent fraudulent
voting.
● It cannot be washed off
and takes a few days to
Why in the News?
naturally fade away.
Indelible Inks in news due to
● The Representation of the
election fervor in the Nation
People Act (RoPA) of 1951
More on the News:
mentions the ink.
● 63,100 vials of indelible ink
have been supplied to
distribution centers.
● Mysore paints and varnish
limited (MPVL) is the sole
supplier of electoral ink in
the country.
 ● The Shompen are one of
the most isolated tribes on
Shompen Tribes of the Earth. They live on
Great Nicobar took Great Nicobar Island in
India, and most of them
part in elections for are uncontacted, refusing
all interactions with
the first time outsiders.
● They hunt throughout the
year, and monkeys, pigs,
monitor lizards and
crocodiles are all
important parts of their
diet.
● As per the 2011 census the
population of the
Shompen was 229.
● Among the 75 listed
PVTG’s the highest number
Tribe: Shompen Tribe are found in Odisha.
State/UT: Nicobar
More on the News:
● For the first time in 50 Years of Chipko
Andaman and Nicobar
Islands, 7 members of the
Andolan
Shompen tribe exercised
their voting rights for the
only Lok sabha seat from
the union territory.
● Shompen Tribe is a
particularly vulnerable tribal
group (PVTGs) of Great
Nicobar Island.
Additional Points:

About Shompen Tribe:

Andolan: Chipko Andolan Proposed by: Council of Scientific
State: Uttarakhand and Industrial Research – Central
Led by: Sundarlal Bahuguna and Leather Research Institute
Gaura Devi (CSIR–CLRI)
More on the News: More on the News:
● It marked its 50th anniversary ● ‘Bha’ system is planning to
recently. replace the existing UK
● The Chipko movement was a European and US sizing
non-violent protest that began system.
in the Chamoli district of ● This proposal is based on
Uttarakhand (then Uttar
the nation by survey which
Pradesh), India, in 1973.
was conducted by
● The movement aimed to
prevent the felling of trees in
CSIR-Central leather
the Himalayan region. Research Institute.
● The name "Chipko" comes ● 'Bha' aims to address this by
from the Hindi word meaning offering eight distinct sizes
"embrace," as villagers from infants to adults.
hugged the trees to prevent
their cutting.
● This movement raised
Additional points:
environmental Awareness and
Conservation awareness about
About CSIR-CLRI:
deforestation and the ● The objective of the
importance of conserving institute is to meet the
Trees. needs of the leather and
allied sectors through
‘Bha’ system of Footwear research, technology
development and transfer,
training etc for the Indian
leather Industry.
● The institute located in
Chennai, Tamil Nadu was
founded on 24 April 1948.
● It is a constituent of CSIR.

System: ‘Bha’
SJVN inaugurated first
multipurpose Green Hydrogen Additional Points:
Types of Hydrogen
Pilot project

State: Himachal Pradesh

Project: Green Hydrogen Project India’s First Transshipment
Inaugurated by: Satluj Jal
Vidyut Nigam (SJVN) Hub

More on the News:

● India's first multipurpose
green hydrogen pilot
project was launched in
Himachal Pradesh’s Jhakri.
● It will produce hydrogen
gas by splitting hydrogen
and oxygen from water
with the help of an alkaline
electrolyzer by utilizing Port: Vizhinjam Port
renewable energy supplied Owned and operated by: Adani
from the 1.31 MW solar Group
power plant. Located: Kerala
● Green hydrogen is More on the News:
produced using renewable ● Vizhinjam Port in Kerala has
energy sources like received approval to
hydropower, making it operate as India's first
environment friendly and transshipment port.
sustainable.
 ● A transshipment port is a ● The port recorded a growth
crucial hub where cargo is of 7.4% on a year-over-year
transferred from one big basis.
vessel to several smaller ● The growth is credited to the
ones before they reach the expansion of shipping
final port of discharge. facilities and development
● It will now help India in its of new infrastructure.
ambition to become a
manufacturing hub. Additional Points:
Facts Ports
Paradip Port surpasses
Largest Port Mumbai Port,
Kandla to become India’s in India Maharashtra
highest cargo handling
Oldest Port in Syama Prasad
port India Mookerjee Port
Trust, Kolkata

Newest Port Vadhavan Port,

in India Maharashtra

Deepest Port Visakhapatnam

in India Port

Busiest Port in Jawaharlal

India Nehru Port
Trust (JNPT)
Port: Pardip
India’s only
State: Odisha
major
More on the News: Kolkata Port
Riverine
● Paradip port broke the
port
previous record of Deen
Dayal Port to become the
largest cargo handling port
by volume.
International News
PM Modi reiterated the
significance of Katchatheevu
Island
● The island was claimed by
● Earlier it was owned by
Raja of Ramanathapuram
Tamil Nadu and later
became part of Madras
presidency
both Sri Lanka and India
and was administered by
India and Sri Lanka during
British rule.

Island: Katchatheevu Island

Country: Sri Lanka
More on the News:
● Prime Minister Narendra
Modi criticized the Congress
for handing over
Katchatheevu Island to Sri
Lanka in 1974. First International Rainbow
Tourism Conference

Additional Points:
● Katchatheevu is a 163-acre
uninhabited island
administered by Sri Lanka.
● It lies northeast of
Rameswaram, about 33 km
from the Indian coast.
● It was formed after a
volcanic eruption.
Conference: International Rainbow
Conference
Host: Nepal
More on the News:
● This is the first international
Rainbow tourism conference.
● It is being organized by
Mayako Pahichan Nepal, an
NGO.
● The main objective of Nepal is
to position it as an LGBT
friendly tourism destination.
● It will enhance inclusivity and
diversity.
Additional Points:
Important facts:
● Recently, Nepal became
the first South Asian
country to register same
sex marriage.
● Taiwan is the first country
in Asia to legalize the
same sex marriage.
● Netherland is the First
country to legalize
same-sex marriage after
Parliament passed the law
in December 2000.
Sweden Joined Artemis
Accord
Accord: Artemis Accord
Recent Joinee: Sweden
Member: 38th
More on the News:
● Sweden has become the
38th country to join the
Artemis Accord.
● This is a non-binding accord
and aims to establish norms
for outer space activities.
● It is based on the Outer
Space Treaty (OST) of 1967,
aiming to guide civil space
exploration in the 21st
century.
● They are a US-led
international partnership
(introduced in 2020 by
NASA) signed by 38
countries till now, including
India (signed in 2023),
Japan, Australia, UK,
France, and Canada on
planetary exploration and
research.
 More on the News:
Additional Points: ● The Iraqi parliament
About Outer Space Treaty recently passed a law
(OST) of 1967: which imposes severe
● Outer space is the region penalties on gay and
beyond a planet’s transgender people.
atmosphere. ● The law imposes 10 to 15
● For Earth, it begins about years of sentence for same
100 kms above sea level. sex relations and one to
● The line separating the three years for individuals
atmosphere and outer undergoing gender
space is called the transition surgeries.
Karman line.
● It bans the stationing of
weapons of mass
destruction (WMD) in outer First ever Hindi Radio
space, prohibits military
activities on celestial
Broadcast in Kuwait
bodies, and details legally
binding rules governing
the peaceful exploration
and use of space.

Iraq implements strict

Law against LGBT Rights Country: Kuwait
More on the News:
● Kuwait's radio will broadcast
programs in Hindi every
Sunday from 8:30 to 9:00
PM.
● The move depicts the
cultural and people to
people connect of both the
Country: Iraq countries.
 ● Indian communities are the
largest expatriate Art and culture
community in Kuwait, about
9 Lakh Indians are working Festival of Easter celebrated
and living in Kuwait. all over the world
● Kuwait is an oil-rich country
and a reliable supplier of
crude petroleum oil and LPG
to India.

Additional Points:
About Kuwait:
● Kuwait is largely a desert
country with no permanent
rivers or lakes.
● Emir: Sheikh Mishal Festival: Easter
al-Ahmad al-Jaber More on the News:
al-Sabah ● The festival of Easter is
● Capital: Kuwait celebrated across the world.
● Currency: Kuwaiti Dinar ● It is believed that Jesus
Christ rose from the dead
after being crucified on this
day.
● On this day midnight Easter
prayers are organized and
the day is celebrated as a
symbol of a new beginning
and the arrival of spring.
● The resurrection of lord
Jesus Christ symbolizes the
profound influence of love,
compassion and
forgiveness.
Baisakhi, Bihu and spring
harvesting festivals
celebrated in India
Festival: Baisakhi
More on the News:
● Baisakhi, Bihu and Spring
harvesting festivals in India.
● The festival of Baisakhi,
which is mainly celebrated
in the north Indian states
of Punjab and Haryana,
marks the beginning of the
Sikh New Year.
● It is also a commemoration
of the formation of the
Khalsa Panth of warriors
under Guru Gobind Singh in
1699.
● Bohag Bihu, also known as
Rongali Bihu, is one of the
most popular festivals in
Assam and is celebrated to
mark the beginning of the
Assamese New Year
● Poila Baisakh is celebrated
as the Bengali New Year.
● Vishu marks the beginning
of the Malayalam New Year
and falls on the first day of
the Malayalam month of
Medam. The festival is
celebrated with much fervor
across Karnataka and
Kerala on April 14.
‘Hurun Global Unicorn
Index 2024’
Index: Hurun Global Unicorn
Index 2024
More on the News:
● Indians third in Hurun
Global Unicorn Index 2024
with a total of 67 unicorns.
● The United States is on the
top of the list with 703
unicorns followed by China
with 340 unicorns.
● UK and EU ranked No 4 and
No 5 in the list, respectively.
● The San Francisco Bay area,
in California, the United
States of America,
maintained its status as the
world's unicorn capital.
 ● Singapore emerged as the ● The Nyishi Tribe of
fastest-growing hub for Arunachal Pradesh
unicorns. celebrated the Longte
● The Food delivery platform festival.
Swiggy and fantasy ● It is one of the oldest and a
sports-focused Dream11 are festival related to
the most valuable unicorns agriculture.
from India followed by ● The tribes celebrate the new
RazorPay. They were valued season in which new seeds
at $8 billion each. are sown and to celebrate
the onset of spring season.
Additional Points: ● It emphasizes the wellness
Criteria for Unicorn Status in of human beings and the
India: fertility and multiplication of
Unicorn is a term used in the animals and domestic
venture capital industry to livestock in the days ahead.
describe a privately held ● Unlike other tribal festivals it
startup company with a value of is the only festival that
over $1 billion. prohibits the killing of
animals during or after the
festival.

Longte Festival celebrated Additional Points:

About Nyishi Tribe of
in Arunachal Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh:
● The Nyishi are the largest
ethnic group in Arunachal
Pradesh in north-eastern
India.
● Nyi refers to “a man” and
the word shi denotes “a
being”, which combined
together refers to a
Festival: Longte festival civilized human being.
State: Arunachal Pradesh ● Polygyny is prevalent
More on the News: among the Nyishi.

Matabari Pera Prasad, Rignai
Pachara textiles get GI Tag
Products in News: Matabari Pera
Prasad, Rignai Pachara textiles
State: Tripura
More on the News:
● Two traditional products
from Tripura have recently
received the Geographical
Indication (GI) tag.
● The products are Matabari
pera prasad, Rignai
pachara textiles and Risa
● With this, Tripura now has 4
GI Protected products.
About Matabari Pera Prasad
● The ‘Matabari pera prasad’
is a sweet offering at the
renowned Tripureswari
temple in Tripura.
● Made from milk and sugar.
About Rignai Pachara Textiles
● ‘Rignai pachara’ is a 34.
traditional hand-woven
attire meticulously crafted
by skilled artisans using
indigenous materials and
techniques.
UP Leads With Most
GI-Tagged Products
State: Uttar Pradesh
Recognition: UP has the most
GI-Tagged Products
More on the News:
● After the addition of 15
products to the list of GI
tags, Uttar Pradesh has
become the state with the
most number (75) of GI Tag
products followed by Tamil
Nadu which has 58.
● Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh
has the most number of GI
tag products accounting to
 ● Some of the products from Promotion of Industry and
Varanasi include Banaras Internal Trade, Ministry of
Lal peda, Banaras shehnai, Commerce and Industry.
Banaras tabla, Banaras Lal ● The GI registration is valid
bharwa mirch, Banaras for a period of 10 years.
thandai, Varanasi, Dhalua ● Darjeeling Tea was the
Murti Metal Casting Craft first Indian product to
etc. receive a GI tag in 2004
● During the country's and it is registered in the
independence movement, name of West Bengal.
Tricolor Barfi was invented
for intelligence meetings of
revolutionaries and
exchange of secret
information.
● Another product of
Awards and Honors
Varanasi, Dhalua Murti
Metal Casting Craft, has also
been included in the GI
President conferred
category.
the Bharat Ratna to
Additional Points:
About Geographical
Indication Tag: all the Candidates
● A geographical indication
tag is a type of label that
provides a specific
geographical identification
to a product, primarily
agricultural and
handcrafted products.
● The GI tag is granted by
the Geographical Award: Bharat Ratna
Indications Registry based More on the News:
in Chennai, which falls
under the Department for
President Murmu Confers India’s an agronomist,
Highest Civilian Award Bharat agricultural
Ratna to the five candidates. (posthumou scientist, plant
sly) geneticist,
Bharat Ratna conferred to the administrator
following Personalities in 2024: and
humanitarian.
Personalitie About He has been
s called the ‘main
architect of the
Chaudhary Chaudhary green revolution
Charan Charan Singh was in India’.
Singh an Indian He was awarded
politician and a the first world
(posthumou freedom fighter. food Prize in
sly) 1987.
He served as the
5th prime Karpoori He was an Indian
minister of India Thakur politician from
and 5th Chief Janata party and
Minister of Uttar (posthumou later the Lok Dal.
Pradesh. sly) He was the 11th
chief Minister of
PV He served as the Bihar.
Narsimha 9th prime He devoted his
Rao minister of India life for socially
from 1991 to 1996. backward
(posthumou PV Narasimha communities in
sly) Rao teamed up India.
with Manmohan
Singh in 1991 and Lal Krishna Lalkrishna Advani
brought Advani was a member of
economic the Rajya Sabha
reforms. for 4 times from
1972-1989.
Dr. MS MS Swaminathan, Lalkrishna Advani
Swaminath was an Indian was Information
 and Broadcasting
Minister from
1977 to 1979 in
the Morarji Desai
Times Power Icon
led Janta Dal
Government. conferred to Vijay Jai
He was the Home
Minister of India
from 1998 to 2004
in the NDA
government
headed by Atal
Bihari Vajpayee.

Additional Points: Award: Times Power Icon

About Bharat Ratna:
● ‘Bharat Ratna’, the highest
civilian Award of the
country, was instituted in
the year 1954.
● Any person without
distinction of race,
occupation, position or sex
is eligible for these awards.
● The number of annual
awards is usually restricted
to a maximum of three in a
particular year.
● This is the first time that
five personality have been
conferred with the Bharat
Ratna
● The Award does not carry
any monetary grant.
Conferred To: Vijay Jain
Conferred by: Times Group
More on the News:
● Vijay Jain has been
conferred with the Time
Power Icon award.
● Vijay Jain, is the managing
director of Star estate.
● He Actively participates in
philanthropic activities
aimed at improving the lives
of underprivileged.
● Star estate is a real estate
consulting firm in India.
● Star Estate is a
fastest-growing Real Estate
enterprise offering a wide
range of consulting services
in residential, commercial,
and retail verticals.
 ● It was founded in 2012. ● REC Limited has been
bestowed with the SKOCH
Additional Points: ESG Award 2024 in the
About Time Power Icon 'Renewable Energy
award: Financing' category.
● The time power icons is an ● REC has emerged as a
initiative by optimal media significant player in India's
solution that facilitates clean energy transition.
entrepreneurs who have ● The SKOCH ESG Awards
made significant impact in recognize organizations that
the entrepreneurial demonstrate outstanding
landscape. performance in
● The award is given to Environmental, Social, and
visionary and dynamic Governance (ESG) practices.
entrepreneurs.
Additional Points:
What is the SKOCH Award?
● SKOCH Award is the
REC Limited Wins SKOCH highest civilian honor in
the country conferred by
ESG Award 2024 an independent
organization, which
recognizes people,
projects and institutions
that go the extra mile to
make India a better
nation.
● It was instituted in 2003. It
covers the best of efforts
in the area of digital,
financial and social
inclusion.
Award: SKOCH ESG Award 2024 About REC Limited:
Winner: REC Limited ● REC is a 'Maharatna'
More on the News: Central Public Sector
Enterprise under the
 Ministry of Power, and is ● Rodríguez is a lawyer and
registered with RBI as journalist by profession.
Non-Banking Finance ● In the history of 'The Miss
Company (NBFC), and Universe' pageants, women
Infrastructure Financing only between the age of 18
Company (IFC). and 28 and required to be
single with no children were
allowed to contest.
Miss Universe Buenos ● The Miss Universe
Organization in 2023
Aires/Argentina Beauty announced that from 2024,
there would be no upper
limit for age in these beauty
Pageant contests with no other
factor.
Additional Points:
About Miss Universe Buenos
Aires/Miss Universe Argentina:
Miss Argentina is a national
beauty pageant in Argentina,
founded in 1928.

Event: Miss Universe Buenos

Aires Beauty Pageant
Winner: Alejandra Rodríguez
More on the News:
● This is the first time that a
60 year old woman has won
such a prestigious beauty
title.
● “Alejandra Rodríguez”
created history by winning
the Miss Universe Buenos
Aires title in Argentina.
 and can be tirelessly
transitioning between
India Today’s AI Anchor different topics and formats.

Sana wins Global Media Gina Justus wins 2024

Cambridge dedicated Teachers

Award 2024
Award

Award: Global Media Award

Award: Cambridge Dedicated
Winner: Anchor Sana
Teacher Award for MENA
More on the News:
More on the News:
● India Today Group's AI
● Gina Justus has been
news anchor, Sana, wins
named regional winner for
the 2024 Global Media
the Middle East and North
Award by the International
Africa (MENA) at the 2024
News Media Association for
Cambridge Dedicated
leading the transformation
Teacher Awards.
of the newsroom with
● Gina Justus is an English
innovative AI technology.
High School teacher in
● India Today Group has been
Sharjah Girls Branch,
selected as the best in South
United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Asia for 'AI-led newsroom
● Gina Justus is originally
transformation'.
from Kerala.
● Sana is capable of
multilingual communication
Additional Points: University, received the
About Cambridge Dedicated award for her exceptional
Teacher Awards: contributions to education
● It is a global competition. and social service.
It honors exceptional ● The 'International Culture
primary and secondary Award' recognizes and
school teachers. celebrates individuals and
organizations that have
made significant
contributions to the
promotion and preservation
Honored with of culture.
● The award is given in
various categories, including
‘International Culture arts, literature, music, and
cultural heritage
Award’ 2024
Sitars, Tanpura made

in Maharashtra's

Miraj town get GI tag

Award: ‘International Culture

Award’ 2024
Conferred To: Professor Meena
Charanda
More on the News:
● Professor Meena
Charanda, Principal of
Kalindi College, Delhi Honor: GI Tag
Products: Sitar and Tanpura
State: Maharashtra
City: Miraj Chandrayaan 3 recieved
More on the News:
● The tradition of making John L. ‘Jack’ Swigert
sitars and tanpuras in Miraj
goes back more than 300
years. Jr. Award
● The wood for making the
sitars and tanpuras is
procured from forests in
Karnataka, while pumpkin
gourds (required for making
sitars and tanpuras) are
sourced from Mangalwedha
region of Maharashtra's
Solapur district.
● Many renowned Celebrities
like Hariharan, Sonu Award: John L. ‘Jack’ Swigert Jr.
Nigam,Javed Aliand A R Award
Rahman have used Conferred to: Chandrayaan 3
instruments made in Miraj. More on the News:
● The GI tag denotes the ● India's Chandrayaan 3
product comes from a mission has been conferred
particular geographical with 2024 John L 'Jack'
area, and often enhances its Swigert Jr Award.
commercial value. ● The award was accepted by
India's consul general in
Houston DC Manjunath on
behalf of the Indian Space
Research Organisation
(ISRO).
● India has become the first
nation to land on the moon's
South pole.
 ● John L. "Jack" Swigert Jr. ● The Mission Director is M
Award for Space Exploration Sreekanth.
recognises extraordinary ● Chandrayaan-3 Mission
accomplishments by a aimed at demonstrating
company, space agency, or critical technology to land
consortium of organizations the spacecraft on the Moon.
in the realm of space
exploration and discovery. Amitabh Bachchan to be

Additional Points: honored with Lata Deenanath

Recently:
The International Astronomical Mangeshkar award
Union (IAU) has approved the
name “Shiv Shakti” for the
landing site of Chandrayaan 3
lander.

About Chandrayaan 3:
● Chandrayaan 3 was
launched on the 14th, July
from Satish Dhawan Space
Centre, Sriharikota.
● Chandrayaan-3 is India's
third lunar mission and
second attempt at achieving
a soft landing on the moon's
surface.
● Chandrayaan-3 consists of
an indigenous Lander
module, a Propulsion
module, and a Rover.
● The Project Director was P
Veeramuthu Vel.
● The Associate Project
Director of Chandrayaan 3
mission is Kalpana
Award: Lata Deenanath
Mangeshkar award and Master
Deenanath Mangeshkar Award
Conferred to: Amitabh Bachchan
and AR Rehman
Conferred by: Master Deenanath
Mangeshkar Smruti Pratisthan
(overseen by Mangeshkar Family)
More on the News:
● Amitabh Bachchan was
honored with the prestigious
third Lata Dinanath
Mangeshkar award for his
contribution to the film
industry and to the nation.
 ● Master Dinanath
Mangeshkar award has been
conferred to AR Rahman TIME's 100 most
and veteran Marathi actor
Ashok Saraf for music,
Padmini kolhapure for films. influential people of
● Randeep Hooda has also
received a special award for
his contribution to cinema. 2024

Additional Points:
About the Award:
● Dinanath Mangeshkar
award has been
established in the memory
of late Bharat ratna
awardee and legendary
singer Lata Mangeshkar.
● Established in the year
2022.
Title: TIME's 100 most influential
● It is conferred to the
people
people for their
More on the News:
contribution in their
● World Bank President Ajay
respective fields.
Banga, Bollywood actor Alia
● The first recipient of this
Bhatt, Microsoft CEO Satya
award was Prime Minister
Nadella, Olympian wrestler
Narendra Modi in the year
Sakshi Malik, actor-director
2022 followed by Asha
Dev Patel have been
Bhosle
included in the list of most
influential People.
● Motaz Azaiza (Palestinian
photojournalist from Gaza),
25 years old, is the youngest
person on this year's list.
Some Indian/ Indian-origin
Personalities on the list: Additional Points:
● Time 100 is a list of the top
Personality Known For 100 most influential people
in the world, assembled by
Alia Bhatt Actor, producer the American news
and Entrepreneur magazine Time.
Dev Patel Dev Patel is a ● First published in 1999.
British actor and
filmmaker.

Sakshi Sakshi Malik is a Skytrax World Top 100

Malik former Indian
freestyle wrestler.
At the 2016 Airport Awards
Summer
Olympics, she
won the bronze
medal in the 58
kg category
becoming the
first Indian
female wrestler
to win a medal at
the Olympics

Satya CEO of Microsoft

Nadella Award: Skytrax World Airport
Awards
Ajay Banga President of Top: Doha’s Hamad International
World Bank Airport.
More on the News:
Asma Khan An Indian-born
● The International Airport of
British
Doha has been ranked one
restaurateur and
by Skytrax World Airport
cookbook author
Awards.
 ● It was second last year. It is
followed by Singapore
Changi and Seoul incheon. World's first 'Miss Al'
● Just 5 Airports of India
made it to the list while just
one was in the top 50.
beauty Pageant
● Delhi airport retained the
36th rank in the list while
Mumbai airport was
ranked 95th.
● Bengaluru airport ranked
59th whereas Hyderabad
airport ranked 61st place.
● Manohar International
Event: First 'Miss Al' beauty
airport of Goa has been
Pageant
ranked 92 in the list.
organizers: World Al Creator
● GMR Hyderabad
Awards (WAICAs)
International Airport, Ltd
More on the News:
(GHIAL) has been honored
● It will feature Al-generated
with the ‘Best Airport Staff
models competing in an
in India & South Asia 2024’.
event that blends traditional
beauty pageantry with the
world of Al creators.
Additional Points: ● Participants will be judged
About Skytrax World Award: on beauty, tech, and social
● The Skytrax World Airport media influence, with a
Awards recognize airports focus on their use of Al tools
that excel in delivering to craft digital artwork.
unparalleled customer ● Entrants must be entirely
experiences. Al-generated, with no
● The prestigious Skytrax restrictions on the tools
World Airport Awards, used.
often called the “Oscars of ● The judging panel will also
the Airport” industry. include Al- generated
judges, Aitana Lopez and
 Emily Pellegrini, as well as
two humans.
● Online awards ceremony
would be organized
● The winner of 'Miss Al' will
receive a $5,000 cash prize,
a mentorship program
valued at $3,000, and PR
support worth over $5,000.
dead-body of her 5 year old
niece in Gaza strip.
● He also won the World Press
Photo in 2010 award for a
photograph he clicked
showing white Phosphorus
bombs exploding over Gaza
in early 2009.

Additional Points:
World Press Photo of About World Press Photo of
the Year 2024:
● The World Press Photo of
the Year 2024 the Year award is
organized by the Dutch
foundation World Press
Photo.
● Considered one of the
most prestigious and
coveted awards in
photojournalism.

Award: World Press Photo of the

Year
Year: 2024
Winner: Mohammed Salem
More on the News:
● Mohammed Salem won the
prestigious 2024 world press
photo of the year award.
● An image of a Palestinian
woman cradling the
 Technology to satellites and
launch vehicles.
Aryabhatta Award For
● It has worked
collaboratively with ISRO.
Astronautics Contribution
Additional Points:
About Aryabhatta Award:
● This honor recognizes
Rao's tremendous lifetime
contribution to the
promotion of astronautics
in India.
● It was instituted by the
Astronautical Society of
India (ASI).

Sports
Bilquis Mir the first
Award: Aryabhatta Award Indian women to be on
Winner: Pavuluri Subba Rao
Conferred by: Aeronautical Olympics jury
Society of India (ASI)
More on the News:
● Pavluri Subbarao has been
conferred with the
Aryabhatta award for
astronautics contribution.
● He was the founder, CEO
and chairman of Anand
Technology.
● Ananth Technology has Personality: Bilquis Mir
worked in supplying key Why in the News: She has been
components and selected as the first Indian
women to be on Olympics jury
More on the News:
● Bilquis Mir hails from
Jammu and Kashmir and Harendra Singh
has made history to be the
first woman from India to Appointed as Coach of
serve as a jury member at
Indian Women’s
Summer Olympics in Paris.
● She is the first person from Hockey Team
India to be appointed as a
jury.
● She is also known as the
“Aqua woman of the
Kashmir valley”.
● She represented India in
canoeing and served as a
coach for the national
women’s team.
● Also, she was a jury member Coach: Harendra Singh
in the 19th Asian Games. More on the News:
● Harendra Singh has
Additional Points: appointed as the Coach of
Indian Women’s Hockey
Team
Olympic Year Venue ● He is a former head coach
2020 Tokyo, Japan of India's men's, women's
and junior teams.
2024 Paris, France ● He was awarded the
Dronacharya Award in 2012.
2028 Los Angeles, ● Harendra Singh will replace
USA Janneke Schopman of
2032 Brisbane, Holland.
Australia
Additional Points:
Coaches of Different Sports:
Sport Coach

Indian women's Amol

cricket team Muzumdar ● Vicky also won the bronze
medal in men’s 97kg.
Indian Men's Rahul
cricket team Dravida Additional Points:
Indian men's Craig Fulton About Asian Wrestling
hockey team Championship:
● Asian Wrestling
Indian Women’s Harendra Championships is the
Hockey Team Singh Wrestling Asian
Championship organized
by the Asian Associated
Wrestling Committee
Asian Wrestling (AAWC).
● The men's tournament
Championship began in 1979 and it is held
every year.

Gukesh creates History

As Youngest Challenger
in Chess
Championship: Asian Wrestling
Championship
Winners: Udit (Silver), Abhimanyu
And Vicky Bronze (Bronze)
Venue: Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
More on the News:
● India’s 19-year-old Udit won
the silver medal in the men’s
57kg category. Player: D Gukesh
● Udit defeated Ebrahim More on the News:
Mahdi Khari of Iran. ● India's D Gukesh won the
● Abhimanyu won the bronze FIDE Candidates
in men’s 70 kg category. tournament, becoming the
 youngest-ever challenger in
the history of the World
Chess Championship. Yujvendra Chahal
● Gukesh defeated American
Hikaru Nakamura in the becomes the first
final round.
● He became only the second bowler to take 200 IPL
Indian after the legendary wickets
Viswanathan Anand to win
the tournament.
● Gukesh will face Ding Liren
(Ding Liren is a Chinese
chess grandmaster and the
reigning World Chess
Champion) in the next clash
to determine the next world
chess champion.
● Gukesh had become the Sports person: Yujvendra Chahal
third youngest player in Record: 200 IPL wickets
history to earn the More on the News:
Grandmaster title at the age ● Yogendra Chahal is a leg
of 12. spinner and is a player from
Rajasthan royals.
● He has become the first
Additional Points: bowler ever to take 200
wickets from 153 matches in
India’s Name
Indian premier league .
Grandmaster
● Yujvendra Chahal is followed
84th R Vaishali by Dwayne Bravo with 183
wickets and Piyush Chawla
83rd Aditya Samant with 182 wickets.
82nd Praneeth
Vuppala

81st Sayantan Das

80th Vignesh NR
Max Verstappen won racing for open-wheel
single-seater formula racing
Shanghai Grand Prix cars.
● A Formula One season
2024 consists of a series of races,
known as Grands Prix.

Yuvraj Singh Named

ICC Men’s T20 World
Cup 2024 Ambassador

Event: Shanghai Grand Prix

Winner: Max Verstappen
More on the News:
● Max Verstappen of Red Bull
Racing at the Chinese Grand
Prix and Lando Norris of
McLaren, secured second Personality: Yuvraj Singh
place. Appointed as: ambassador
● This was Max Verstappen’s Event: ICC men's T20 World Cup
first Shanghai Grand Prix 2024
win. More on the News:
● Yuvraj Singh has been
Additional Points: named as ICC men's T20
● The Chinese Grand Prix is World Cup 2024
a round of the Formula ambassador.
One World Championship. ● Along with Yuvraj Singh,
● The event was held every West Indies cricketer Chris
year from 2004 until 2019 Gayle and gold medalist
Olympian Usain Bolt have
About Formula one Racing also been named as
● Formula 1 or F1, is the ambassadors.
highest class of international
Additional Points: ● Indian tennis player Yuki
About ICC Men's T20 World Bhambri and his French
Cup: partner Albano Olivetti won
● The ICC Men's T20 World the 2024 BMW Open tennis
Cup is scheduled to take tournament title.
place from 1st to 29th ● The Bavarian International
June. Tennis Championships is a
● Co-hosted by USA and men's tennis tournament
Canada. held in Munich, Germany.
● The tournament will ● Founded in 1899 as a
feature a total of 55 combined men's and
matches played by 20 women's event.
teams across 9 venues. ● The tournament is played on
● The final match on 29 June outdoor clay courts
will be played in Barbados.
Additional Points:
About Tennis:
Parameter of Tennis Court:
Yuki Bhambri becomes ● Length- 78 feet
the first Indian to win ● Width- 27 feet

the double title of Grand Slam associated with

BMW open tennis: Tennis:
Establis
Grand Slam hment Country Surface

Australian Australi
1905 Hard
Open a

French
1891 France Clay
Open

Wimbledon 1877 UK Grass

Event: BMW Open Tennis US Open 1881 USA Hard

Winner: Yuki Bhambri
More on the News:
● Wimbledon is the oldest
tennis tournament in the
 world. Wimbledon is played ● The 2024 Archery World
in the United Kingdom Cup, is the 18th edition of
(London) on grass courts. the international archery
circuit organized annually
Archery World Cup by World Archery.
● The 2024 World Cup
2024 consists of four events,
and will run from 23 April
to 20 October 2024.

56th National Kho Kho

Championship 2023-24
Event: Archery World Cup 2024
Winner: India
Defeated: South Korea
More on the News:
● Indian Archery team
comprising Tarundeep Rai,
Praveen Jadhav and
Dhiraj Bommadevara won
the gold medal at the Sport: Kho-Kho
archery World Cup 2024 Championship: National
defeating South Korea held Championship 2024
in Shanghai, China. Winner: Maharashtra
● Deepika Kumari bagged a Defeated: Indian Railway team
silver in the women’s More on the News:
individual recurve event ● Men’s Title: Maharashtra
India won a total of eight team defeated the Indian
medals, including five gold, Railway team
two silver and one bronze. ● Women’s Title: Maharashtra
team defeated the Airport
Authority of India team.
Additional Points:
Archery World Cup 2024:
 ● The winning teams received ● Aitana Bonmatí has been
a cash prize of Rs 3 lakh and conferred with ‘Laureus
a trophy, while the world sportswoman of the
runners-up received Rs 2 year award’.
lakh and a trophy. ● Jude Bellingham, an
● The 56th National Kho Kho English professional
Championship 2023-24 was footballer who plays as a
organized by the Kho-Kho midfielder for Real Madrid
Federation of India from and the England national
March 28 to April 1, 2024. team, was honored as
● A total of 37 teams ‘Breakthrough of the Year’.
participated in both the ● The award was established
men’s and women’s in 1999.
categories, divided into 8
groups each.’ Additional Points:
● The Laureus World Sports
Laureus sports Awards Awards is an annual award
ceremony honoring
2024 individuals and teams
from the world of sports
along with sporting
achievements throughout
the year.
● It was established in 1999.

Award: Laureus sports Awards

2024
More on the News:
● Laureus Sports Award
ceremony held in Madrid.
● Laureus ‘world sportsman
of the year award’ was
conferred to Novak Djokovic
for the fifth time.
Hockey India Awards medal at the Asian Games in
Hangzhou last year.
2023
Additional Points:

Award Winner Name

Hockey India Ashok Kumar

Lifetime
Achievement
Award
Award: Hockey India Goalkeeper PR Sreejesh
More on the News: of the Year
● The Hockey India Awards
2023 were held in New Delhi
on March 31, 2024 to Defender of Harmanpreet
celebrate the outstanding the Year Singh
Indian hockey players from
the previous calendar year. Midfielder of Hardik Singh
● Men's Player of the Year: the Year
Hardik Singh, the Forward of Abhishek
vice-captain of the Indian the Year
men's team, was named the
Player of the Year. He was
part of the bronze
medal-winning team at the About Hockey India
Tokyo 2023 Olympics and ● Hockey India, the governing
the gold medal-winning body responsible for the
team at the Asian Games sport of field hockey in
2023. India, was established in
● Women's Player of the May 2009 .
Year: Salima Tete, an
Olympian, was awarded the
Player of the Year for her
role in the Indian women's
team that won the bronze
Important Day RBI’s 90th Foundation
Utkal Diwas celebrated Day
in Odisha

Important Day: RBI

Important Day: 1st April
More on the News:
Day: Utkal Diwas ● RBI recently celebrated its
Date: 01 st April 90th Foundation Day
State: Odisha ● The formation of the RBI
More on the News: was proposed for the first
● On April 1, Odisha Day, or time by the John Hilton
Utkala Dibasa, is celebrated young commission also
to commemorate the known as 'royal commission
formation of the state of of Indian currency and
Odisha. finance' in 1927.
● Utkal Divas is celebrated ● The RBI was constituted on
annually to mark the that basis on 1st April, 1935.
formation of the state of ● It functioned as a private
Odisha on April 1, 1936 institution till January, 1949.
● This day marks the ● After January, 1949 RBI
separation of Odisha from became state owned under
the combined Bihar and Reserve Bank (transfer of
Orissa province during public ownership) of India
British rule in India. Act, 1948.
● Odisha Day, also known as ● The head office of the RBI is
Vishuva Milan, is observed located in Mumbai.
as a restricted holiday in the ● Sir Osborne Smith as the
state. first Governor.
 ● RBI was nationalized on 1st water, clean air, good
January, 1949 and its first nutrition, quality housing,
Indian governor was CD decent working and
Deshmukh. environmental conditions,
and freedom from
discrimination.
7th April: World Health
Day Additional Points:
About WHO:
● The World health
organization is a
specialized agency of the
United nation responsible
for international public
health.
● Headquarter: Geneva,
Important Date: 7th April Switzerland.
Important Day: World Health ● There are 194 member
Day states, 150 country offices,
Theme: 'My health, my right’. 6 regional offices.
More on the News: ● The WHO was established
● It is celebrated annually and on 7 April, 1948.
each year draws attention ● World health assembly
to a specific health topic of (WHA) is a decision
concern to people all over making body attended by
the world. delegations from all the
● The date of 7 April marks WHO's member states.
the anniversary of the
founding of WHO in 1948.
● This year’s theme was
chosen to champion the
right of everyone,
everywhere to have access
to quality health services,
education, and information,
as well as safe drinking
15th April: Birth
Anniversary Guru Nanak
and Guru Arjan Dev
Birth anniversary: Guru Nanak
and Guru Arjan Dev
More on the News:
15th April Marks as the birth
anniversary of Shri Guru Nanak
Dev ji as well as Shri Guru Arjan
Dev ji.
Additional points:
About Guru Nanak Dev Ji
● Guru Nanak Dev was born
on 15th April 1469 in
Talwandi Punjab which is
now in Pakistan this place
is popularly known as
nankana Sahib.
● Guru Nanak Dev Sahib is
the first Guru of the Sikh
and is the founder of the
Sikh religion.
● He established the system
of the communal Sikh
meal or Langar.
● He was a contemporary of
Mughal emperor Babur.
● He died in Kartarpur in
1539.
About Arjan Dev ji:
● He was the fifth Guru of
Sikhism.
● He compiled the Adi Granth,
the scripture of the Sikhs,
and built the Golden Temple
in Amritsar.
14 April: Remembering B.
R. Ambedkar on Birthday
Birth anniversary: BR Ambedkar
Date: 14th April
More on the News:
About BR Ambedkar:
● B R Ambedkar was an
Indian jurist, economist and
Dalit leader, who worked to
uplift the Dalits and other
backward people in India.
● He is also known as the
“father of Indian
Constitution”.
 ● He also served as a law and Alladi
justice minister in Krishnaswamy Member
Jawaharlal Nehru's first Iyer
cabinet.
● He also inspired Dalit N.
Buddhist movement and Gopalaswami Member
gave up Hinduism. Ayyangar
● He was born in a dalit
untouchable caste and Dr. K.M. Munshi Member
became the first
untouchable to get a higher Syed
education in India. Muhammad Member
● He founded the “Bahishkrit Saadulla
Hitkarini sabha” to provide B.L. Mitter Member
education for the backward
classes. Member (He
N. Madhava
● He also founded the replaced B.L.
Rau
“Independent Labor Mitter)
Party” in 1936.
Member (He
● He wrote many books for T. T.
replaced D.P.
example: ‘The annihilation of Krishnamachar
Khaitan who
caste’, ‘who were the i
died in 1948)
shudras?’ etc.
● He was the Chairman of the
drafting committee of India.
● He was conferred with
Bharat Ratna award in 1990

Additional points:
Members of the drafting
committee:

Name Role/Position

Dr. B.R.
Chairman
Ambedkar
 strategic positions on the
Operation Meghdoot: glacier to gain control over
key points.
40 Years ● The operation was
successful in establishing
Indian military control over
most of the Siachen Glacier.

Additional Points:
More such operations:
Operatio Objective
n

Operation By National Security

Black Guard (NSG) to
Tornado rescue hostages
(2008) from Nariman point,
Taj hotel and Oberoi
Operation: Operation Meghdoot
hotel during
Year: 13 April 1984
Mumbai attacks
More on the News:
● Operation Meghdoot was Operation By Indian Air force
the codename for the Indian Vijay and army to reclaim
Army operation to take full (1999) Indian Post
control of the Siachen occupied by
Glacier in Ladakh. terrorist during
● Siachen Glacier is one of the Kargil war (Vikram
highest battlefields of the Batra got Martyred
world. during this
● It was one of its kind first operation)
conflicts on such a height.
● Indian army and Indian Air Operation Military operation to
force secured Siachen Polo 1948 annex Hyderabad
Glacier. by India
● Operation Meghdoot
Operation To remove Sikh
involved Indian troops being
Blue Star militant Jarnail
airlifted and deployed to
(1984) Singh Bhindranwale ● 49th death anniversary of Dr
and other Sikh Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.
separatists from the ● Dr. Sarvepalli
buildings of the Radhakrishnan was the
Golden Temple. former and second
President of India from the
Operation Annexation of year 1962 to 1967.
Peace Junagadh ● He served as the first Vice
(1948) President of India.
● He was born in a Telugu
Operation The operation by speaking Brahmin family
Vijay the Military of India ● Radhakrishnan was
(1961) that led to the awarded several awards
incorporation of including knighthood in
Portuguese India 1931, Bharat Ratna in 1954
(Goa, Daman, and etc.
Diu) into India ● His birthday is annually
celebrated as Teacher's day
in the country on 5th of
17th April: Death September.
anniversary of Dr.
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 17th April: World
Haemophilia Day

Important Day: Death

anniversary of Dr Sarvepalli
Radhakrishnan Important Day: World
Date: 17th April Haemophilia Day
More on the News: Date: 17th April
Theme: Equitable access for all:
recognising all bleeding disorders Disease
More on the News: Date Awareness Day
● World Haemophilia Day is
celebrated across the world World Braille
January 4
on 17th April to raise Day
awareness about
Haemophilia and other World Cancer
February 4
bleeding disorders. Day
● Hemophilia is a genetic World
bleeding disorder in which March 24
Tuberculosis Day
the blood doesn't clot
properly. World Health
April 7
● This causes excessive Day
bleeding after an injury,
World Malaria
increased risk of bleeding April 25
Day
inside joints or the brain.
● They are typically inherited World No
from one's parents through May 31
Tobacco Day
an X chromosome carrying
a nonfunctional gene. September 29 World Heart Day
● Most commonly found in
men, Haemophilia can World Mental
October 10
affect women too, though Health Day
very rarely.
● A woman would need to World Diabetes
November 14
inherit two affected X Day
chromosomes to be
December 1 World AIDS Day
affected, whereas a man
would only need one X
chromosome affected.
● It was first observed in the
year 1989.

Additional Points:
Other days related to diseases:
National Civil Service Civil Services Day was
observed.
Day 2024
Additional Points:
● Civil Service in India
consists of the Indian
Administrative Service
(IAS), Indian Police
Service (IPS), Indian
Foreign Service (IFS), and
a comprehensive list of All
Important Day: National Civil
India Services and Central
Service Day
Services Group A and
Important Date: April 21
Group B.
Theme: "Empowering Citizens,
● Its foundation was laid by
Enhancing Governance."
Warren Hastings in British
More on the News:
India and later more
● National Civil Service Day is
reforms were done by
celebrated annually on April
“Charles Cornwallis” who
21st in India.
was also known as the
● Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
"Father of Civil Services
referred to Civil Servants as
in India ''.
the “steel frame” of India.
● In 1947, Sardar Vallabh Bhai
Patel announced that
National Civil Service Day
would be observed every 25th April: World Malaria
year to honor the
contributions of the civil Day 2024
servants for the country.
● Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel is
also considered to be one of
the founding fathers of the
Indian civil services.
● In Vigyan Bhavan, on April
21, 2006, the first National
Important day: world malaria
day
Additional Points:
Important date: 25th April
Theme: “Accelerate the fight
against malaria for a more Categor
equitable world” y Diseases
More on the News:
Tuberculosis (TB),
● It is observed annually and
Typhoid, Pneumonia,
aims to raise awareness on Bacteria
Cholera, Plague,
the global efforts to control
Whooping Cough
and ultimately eradicate
malaria. Malaria, Pyorrhea,
Protozoa
● It was first held in 2008 and Kala-azar
was established by the
World Health Organization AIDS, Dengue, Polio,
Viruses
(WHO). Smallpox, Rabies
● India’s aim is to be Asthma, Athlete's
malaria-free by 2027 and Fungi
Foot
to eliminate the disease by
2030.
● The World Health
World Intellectual
Organization has set a
target to eradicate malaria Property Day
cases and that's why 90% by
2030.
● Malaria is a life-threatening
disease caused by the
Plasmodium parasite.
● This parasite is transmitted
to humans through the bites
of infected female
Anopheles mosquitoes.
● Till now, no malaria vaccine
has shown the benchmark
efficacy
Important Day: World
Intellectual Property Day
Important Date: 26th April
Theme: 'IP and the SDGs:
Building Our Common Future with
Innovation and Creativity’
More on the News:
● This day is celebrated every
year on 26 April and was
established by the World
Intellectual Property
Organisation (WIPO) in
2000 to raise awareness of
how patents, copyright,
trademarks, and designs
impact daily life.
● It plays an important role
that intellectual property
rights play in encouraging
innovation and creativity.
● Intellectual property (IP)
refers to creations of the
mind, such as inventions;
literary and artistic works;
designs; symbols, names,
and images used in
commerce.
Death anniversary of
Srinivas Ramanujan
Death Anniversary: 26th April
Personality: Srinivas Ramanujan
More on the News:
● This date marks the death
anniversary of legendary
mathematician Srinivasa
Ramanujan.
● His birth anniversary on
December 22 is celebrated
as National Mathematics
Day.
About Srinivas Ramanujan
● The great mathematician
was born on this day in
Tamil Nadu Erode to a
Brahmin Iyengar family.
● Since his childhood days, he
had a liking for mathematics
which led him to master
trigonometry at the age of
12.
● His areas of work include
infinite series, continued
 fractions, number theory ● The region was known as
and mathematical analysis. 'Rajputana' before
● He became one of the Independence.
youngest Fellows of the ● The region was made up of
Royal Society and only the twenty-two estates and
second Indian member. princely states.
● 1729 is known as the ● After attaining
Ramanujan’s Number independence, in less than
● It is the smallest number two years, all 22 states came
expressible as the sum of together to form the largest
two cubes in two different state in India.
ways. ● On March 30th, 1949, the
Rajasthan Day: 30th state was merged into the
Dominion of India.
March ● The four princely states,
namely Jodhpur, Jaipur,
Bikaner, and Jaisalmer,
joined with the United
States of Rajasthan, and the
region became popular with
the name Greater
Rajasthan.

Additional Points:
● Rajasthan is a state in
northern India.
● It is the largest Indian
state by area and the
Important day: Rajasthan seventh largest by
Formation Day population.
Date: 30th March ● It is on India's
More on the News: northwestern side.
● Rajasthan Diwas is ● It encompasses the Thar
celebrated on 30th March. Desert (also known as the
Great Indian Desert) and
shares a border with the
 Pakistani provinces of
Punjab.
● Tropic of Cancer passing
through its southernmost
tip.
22 April: World Earth Day
attention to the serious
issue of plastic pollution and
how it harms nature.
Additional Points:
Other Important Days related
to Environment:
Important Days Important
Date

International 2nd
wetland day February

World wildlife day 3rd March

World water day 22 March

Earth day 22nd April

Date: 22 April International day 22 May
Day: World Earth Day of biological
Theme: ‘Planet Vs Plastic’ diversity
More on the News:
● It is annually celebrated on World 5th June
22nd April to raise environment day
awareness about the need
World ocean day 8th June
to protect Earth's natural
resources for future International 29th July
generations. Tiger day
● First held on April 22, 1970.
● In 1969 at a UNESCO World elephant 12th
Conference in San day August
Francisco, peace activist
John McConnell proposed a
day to honor the Earth.
● This year’s Earth Day theme,
“Planet vs. Plastics,” brings
Science and Technology ● Full form of ISRO is Indian
Space Research
START 2024 Organisation (ISRO)
● It was found in August 15,
1969
● Headquarters: Bengaluru,
India
● Founder: Dr. Vikram
Sarabhai.
● Launch of Aryabhata,
Program: START 2024 India's first satellite was in
Conducted by: ISRO 1975.
Full Form: Space Science and
Technology Awareness Training
‘Stargate’ AI Supercomputer
(START) 2024
More on the News:
Supercomputer: ‘Stargate’
● ISRO will conduct the start
Collaboration: Microsoft And
program during April and
OpenAI
May.
More on the News:
● The main objective of the
● The project could cost as
program is to attract young
much as $100 billion.
minds to the fields of
● Microsoft will collaborate in
space science and
financing the project and
Technology.
open AI will contribute in AI
● Various educational
research and development.
Institutes, universities and
● The project will be
colleges in India offering UG
completed by 2028.
and PG courses in physical
● Reportedly, Stargate will be
sciences and Technology
the biggest supercomputer
can participate in the event.
that will be built over the
next 6 years.
Additional Points: ● Major chunk of the project
About ISRO cost will be invested in
acquisition of AI chips.
Additional Points:
Facts about Supercomputers: Ethylene Oxide:
Fact Name Cancer-Causing
Fastest Airawat
supercomputer supercompu
in India ter

The first PARAM

supercomputer 8000
assembled
indigenously
Substances in Spices
India’s first PARAM
Why in the News?
supercomputer Shivay
EU found Ethylene oxide in MDH
Country with China and other spices from India
maximum followed by More on the news:
number of USA, Japan ● Singapore and Hong Kong
supercomputers food regulators banned the
Indian spices sold by brands
Measure of a PETAFLOP like Everest and MDH.
Supercomputer’ ● The EU also found ethylene
s processing oxide in excess amounts in
speed spices that were exported to
it.
Fastest Frontier
● Ethylene oxide is not at all
supercomputer
approved in the EU.
of the world
● Ethylene oxide is used as a
Father of Vijay fumigant and food products
Indian Bhatkar to effectively kill bacteria,
supercomputer fungi and insects and is
considered to have
carcinogenic properties.
 ● Substances such as ozone, Additional Points:
hydrogen peroxide or heat ● The Aligarh Movement
treatments could serve as sought the wellbeing of
potential replacement for Muslims through Western
ethylene oxide. education.
● His endeavor led to the
Appointment founding of the
Mohammedan Oriental
Naima Khatoon, first College, which expanded
woman Vice Chancellor into the Aligarh Muslim
University.
of Aligarh Muslim ● This movement was led by
University in 100 years Sir Syed Ahmed Khan.
● Muhammadan
Anglo-Oriental College
became Aligarh Muslim
University in 1921,
following the Aligarh
Muslim University Act.

Simon Harris on
Appointee: Naima Khatoon
Post: Vice Chancellor of Aligarh becoming Youngest ever
Muslim University
More on the News:
Prime Minister of
● Naima Khatoon has been Ireland
appointed as the first
woman Vice Chancellor of
Aligarh Muslim University in
100 years.
● She was the principal of a
women's college.
● She was conferred with the
Papa Mian Padma Bhushan
Best Girl Award.
Prime Minister: Simon Harris
Country: Ireland Donald Tusk New PM of
More on the News: Poland
● Simon Harris has become
the youngest Prime Minister Tshering Re-Elected As
of Ireland. Tobgay Bhutan’s Prime
● Harris is just 37 years old. Minister

Abdel- Re-elected as
Additional News: fatah-al-Sisi 3rd President of
Recently elected Egypt
Presidents/Prime Ministers-
Gabriel Attal France's
youngest and
Personality Post
first openly gay
Luís Prime Minister Prime Minister
Montenegro of the
Portuguese
Republic Manoj Panda appointed
Javier Milei President of as the Member of
Argentina
Finance Commission
Ram Sahaya Vice President
Prasad Yadav of Nepal Appointee: Manoj Panda
Appointed as: Member of
Hun Manet PM of Finance Commission
Cambodia More on the News:
Christopher PM of New ● Manoj Panda as a member
Luxon Zealand of the 16th Finance
Commission.
Ram Chandra President of ● The 16th Finance
Paudel Nepal Commission is chaired by
Arvind Panagariya.
Mohamed President of
● Manoj Panda is former
Muizzu Maldives
Director of Institute of
Christian Prime Minister Economic Growth
Ntsay of Madagascar
Additional Points: Kristalina Georgieva
About Finance Commission Of
India selected for second term
● Article 280 as IMF managing
● Composition-
○ Chairman and four director
other members
● Appointed by- President
● Term-specified by the
President
● Qualification- determined
by Parliament (not
constitution)
● Chairman should be a
person having experience
in public affairs.
● Ministry- Ministry of Organization: International
Finance Monetary Fund
● It is appointed every 5 Appointee: Kristalina Georgieva
years by the President. Appointed as: Managing Director
● First chairman of the More on the News:
Finance commission: K. C. ● Kristalina Georgieva has
Neogy been appointed as
managing Director of the
IMF for the second time.
● She is a Bulgarian
economist.
● She is the IMF's 12th
managing director since its
founding in 1944.

Additional Points:
About IMF:
 ● The International executive officer of fintech
Monetary Fund (IMF) is a firm BharatPe.
major financial agency of
the United Nations, and an Additional Points:
international financial About BharatPe:
institution funded by 190 ● BharatPe is an Indian
member countries. fintech company that sells
● It is regarded as the digital payment and
global lender of last resort financial services to small
to national governments merchants and Grocery
● Headquarters: stores.
Washington D.C. ○ BharatPe Founders:
● Established in July 1944 at Ashneer Grover,
the Bretton Woods Shashvat Nakrani;
Conference. ○ Established in: April
2018;
○ Headquarters: New
BharatPe Appoints Delhi.
Nalin Negi As Chief
Executive Officer
HDFC Life insurance
board chairman

Company: BharatPe
Appointee: Nalin Negi
Appointed as: Chief Executive
Officer Company: HDFC Life insurance
More on the News: Appointee: Keki Mistry
● Nalin Negi has been Post: Board Chairman
appointed as the chief More on the News:
 ● Keki Mistry has been Body: cotton Corporation of
appointed as the new Board India
chairman of HDFC Life Appointee: Nidhi S Jain
insurance. Post: Chief Vigilance Officer
● Mistry has been associated (CVO)
with the company since More on the News:
December 2000 and ● The Central Government
currently serves as a appointed Nidhi S Jain as
non-executive director. Chief Vigilance Officer
(CVO) of Cotton Corporation
Additional Points: of India Limited (CCI)
About HDFC Life Insurance: ● Nidhi is an Indian Audit and
● HDFC Life Insurance Accounts Service (IA&AS)
Company Limited is a service officer of
long-term life insurance 2009-batch.
provider headquartered in
Mumbai. Additional Points:
● The company was About Cotton corporation of
incorporated on 14 August India:
2000. ● Headquarter- Navi
Mumbai
● Established: Founded in
1970 under the Companies
Nidhi S Jain appointed Act,1956.
as CVO of Cotton ● Ownership: A Government
of India undertaking
Corporation of India under the administrative
control of the Ministry of
Textiles, Government of
India.
● Purpose: The CCI aims to
help cotton farmers by
providing support for their
products, ensuring fair
prices, and making sure
 that cotton reaches the ● The Indian Navy operates
market efficiently. three operational
commands:
○ Western Naval
Command (Mumbai),
New chief of Indian ○ Eastern Naval
Navy Command
(Visakhapatnam),
and
○ Southern Naval
Command (Kochi).
● Each command is headed
by a Flag Officer
Commanding-in-Chief.
● The Western and Eastern
Naval Commands are
operational commands,
exercise control over
Appointee: Vice Admiral Dinesh operations in the Arabian
Tripathi Sea and the Bay of Bengal.
Post: Chief of the Indian Navy
More on the News:
● He is currently the
Vice-Chief of the Navy. Rabi Shankar
● He will take over from reappointed as the
incumbent Chief Admiral
Hari Kumar on April 30. Deputy Governor of RBI
● He also served as the Flag
Officer
Commanding-in-Chief of
Western Naval Command.

Additional Points:

Appointee: Rabi Shankar

Appointed by: central
government
Post: Deputy Governor of RBI
More on the news:
● Rabi Shankar has been
reappointed as the deputy
governor of RBI for next one
year.
● Prior to this, he served as
executive director at RBI.
● Shaktikanta Das is the
current Governor of RBI.
Defence
Agni-Prime Missile has
been successfully
flight-tested in Odisha.
Missile: Agni-Prime Missile
Location: Odisha
More on the News:
● Strategic Forces Command
(SFC) and DRDO, conducted
the successful flight-test of
new generation ballistic
missile Agni-Prime from APJ
Abdul Kalam Island off the
coast of Odisha.
About Agni-Prime:
● It is a medium-range,
nuclear-capable
surface-to-surface ballistic
missile to replace the Agni-I
and Agni-II missiles.
● Developed by– Defence
Research and Development
Organisation (DRDO)
● Range: Between 1,000 and
2,000 km.
● It is lighter than all the
earlier Agni series of
missiles.
● It is the sixth ballistic missile
in the Agni (missile) series.
Additional Points:
About Agni missiles:
● Agni missiles are long
range nuclear weapons
capable surface to surface
ballistic missile
● The first of the series
Agni-I was developed
under Integrated Guided
Missile Development
Programme (IGMDP).
Parivartan Chintan between the three
services.
● The tenure of CDS is 3
years or till the age of 65
years, whichever is earlier.
● General Bipin Rawat was
appointed as the country's
first CDS.
● Current CDS: General Anil
Chauhan
Conference: Parivartan Chintan
Venue: New Delhi
More on the News:
● Parivartan Chintan, an Exercise “Eastern
upcoming Tri-Service
Conference aimed at
Wave”/ “Poorvi Lehar”
generating new and fresh
ideas, initiatives, and
reforms to propel Jointness
and Integration efforts, is
being held in New Delhi.
● It was chaired by Chief of
Defence Staff, General Anil
Chauhan.
Exercise: Eastern wave
● It is the first-ever
More on the News:
conference of the Heads of
● This exercise was conducted
all Tri-Services Institutions.
under the operational
control of flag officer
Additional Points: commander in chief, Eastern
About CDS naval Command.
● The Chief of Defense Staff ● Ships, submarines and
is the military head of the aircraft in special forces
Indian Armed Forces. participated in this exercise.
● CDS is a 4-star general. ● The objective of the exercise
● Appointed to bring was to check the Indian
necessary coordination navy's preparedness to meet
 Maritime security challenges
in the region.
● The exercise also witnessed
participation of assets from
IAF, Andaman & Nicobar
Command and Coast Guard
indicating a very high
degree of interoperability
amongst the Services.

DRDO develops Bullet

proof Jacket
 ● The front hard armor panel
has been made as such
which is comfortable to
wear during long combat
hours.

Additional Points:
About Defense Materials and
Stores Research and
Development Establishment
(DMSRDE):
● DMSRDE in its present
form was established in
1976, as part of DRDO.
● is a laboratory of the
Indian Defence Research
and Development
Defense Equipment: Bullet Proof Organisation (DRDO) at
Jacket Kanpur.
Developed by: DRDO ● It is responsible for the
More on the News: research and development
● DRDO’s unit Defense of non-metallic materials
Materials and Stores for the Indian military
Research and Development services, including various
Establishment (DMSRDE), types of protective
Kanpur has indigenously clothing and equipment.
created the lightweight
jacket for the protection
against level 6 of BIS
ammunition
● The jacket can defend up to
6 bullets.
● It has adopted a new design
approach and has used new
material for its
development.
Exercise DUSTLIK to be mountainous as well as semi
urban terrain.
conducted India to deliver first
batch of Brahmos to
Philippines

Exercise: DUSTLIK
Parties: India-Uzbekistan
Edition: Fifth
Host: Uzbekistan Exporting Country: India
More on the News: Importing Country: Philippines
● It is a bilateral military More on the News:
exercise between India and ● India is set to begin the
Uzbekistan. delivery of the first batch of
● Exercise DUSTLIK is a BrahMos supersonic cruise
yearly event conducted missiles to the Philippines,
alternatively in India and two years after the two
Uzbekistan. countries signed a deal.
● Last edition was conducted ● This is the first export order
at Pithoragarh in for the BrahMos missile.
Uttarakhand ● The missile has been
● The exercise will be developed collaboratively by
conducted from 15th to 28th India and Russia.
of this month at Termez in ● Recently India’s defense
Uzbekistan. export grew by 32.5% and
● The exercise is aimed at has crossed Rs. 21000 crore
fostering military mark for the first time.
cooperation and enhancing
combined capabilities to
execute joint operations in
Economy
Maldives and the Southwest
coast of India.
● The name of the base will be
HDFC Bank Becomes
called INS Jatayu.
First Private Bank to ● It will be built on Minicoy
Open Branch in
About Lakshadweep Island:
Lakshadweep ● Lakshadweep is a group of
36 Islands.
● Bitra is the smallest of all
having only a population
of 271 persons (Census
2011).
● The name Lakshadweep in
Malayalam in Sanskrit
means a ‘hundred
thousand Islands’.
Bank: HDFC ● The capital is Kavaratti.
More on the News: ● Malayalam is spoken in all
● HDFC bank has become the the islands except Minicoy
first private bank to open a where people speak Mahl
branch on the Kavaratti which is written in Dhivehi
island of Lakshadweep. script and is spoken in
● This will enhance financial Maldives also.
inclusivity on the island.
● It plays a crucial role in
upgrading the bank interest
structure and offering a
wide range of financial
services to residents of the
island.
Additional Points:
Recent News from:
● The Government of India
has announced a plan to set
up a new naval base close to
Worlds Largest ● Solar panels and windmills
installed to harness
Renewable Energy Park abundant solar radiation
and strong wind speeds.
Established in Gujarat ● Rs 1.5 lakh crore has been
invested by the Adani Green
Energy Ltd to generate 30
GW of clean electricity.
● It also helps to attain the
goal of 500 GW from
non-fossil sources by 2030.
● Extensive infrastructure
State: Gujarat development, including
Infrastructure: Worlds Largest roads, drainage systems,
Renewable Energy Park and water treatment plants,
Why in the News: undertaken to support the
Worlds Largest Renewable project.
Energy Park Established in
Gujarat Additional Points:
More on the News: Facts related to Energy Sector:
● Renewable energy park has Largest petroleum USA
been established in producing country
Gujarat's Khavda region
● It has a capacity of 45GW. Largest shale gas USA
● Initially the region was producing country
barren and had absolutely Largest wind Tamil Nadu
zero infrastructure. The park energy producing
is located near the Pakistan state in India
border.
● The area with second best Largest solar Rajasthan
solar radiation in the energy producing
country after Ladakh and state in India
wind speeds five times of
State with the Maharashtr
plains, served as an idle
highest Thermal a
location for a renewable
Power producing
energy park.
capacity and is surrounded by
Kodand Forest.
● It has been made at a cost
of Rs. 3.70 crore.
● Herbal garden and
Uttar Pradesh unveiled restaurants are also going
its first-ever glass to be in the vicinity of the
skywalk.
skywalk bridge ● The name of the shabari
waterfall was renamed as
Tulsi waterfall by the state
government as the place is
known for the birth of
Goswami Tulsidas.

Additional Points:
State: Uttar Pradesh In 2020 Sikkim in Pelling,
Infrastructure: Glass Skywalk unveiled India's first glass
Bridge skywalk.
More on the News: The skywalk in Pelling is located
● Uttar Pradesh has recently opposite the 137 ft. It is the
unveiled its first-ever glass highest Skywalk in India.
skywalk bridge in
Chitrakoot.
● The construction of the glass
skywalk bridge was
undertaken by the Pawan
Sut Construction Company
of Ghazipur, under the
supervision of the Forest
and Tourism Department.
● The bridge is located near
Tulsi (shabri) waterfall in
Chitrakoot.
● It is shaped in the form of
Lord Rama's bow and arrow
Nimmu-Padam-Darcha Additional Points:
● The BRO was established
Road in Ladakh in 1960 to ensure the
completed defense of India by
developing infrastructure
in remote border areas.
● The Border Roads
Organisation functions
under the control of the
Ministry of Defence
● Apart from roads, the BRO
also constructs bridges,
tunnels, and airfields in
Road: Nimmu-Padam-Darcha border regions.
Road ● The BRO constructed the
State/UT: Ladakh Atal Tunnel, previously
Constructed by: Border Roads known as the Rohtang
Organisation (BRO) Tunnel, which is the world's
More on the News: longest tunnel above an
● BRO has accomplished a altitude of 3,000 meters. It
significant milestone by connects Manali to Leh.
establishing connectivity on
the Nimu- Padam-Darcha
Road in Ladakh.
● It is an all-weather road
from Manali (Himachal
Pradesh) to Leh (Ladakh)
through Darcha and
Nimmu on the Kargil- Leh
Highway.
● It will be the first
all-weather road connecting
Ladakh to the rest of the
country.
Books and Authors Book Author

Memoir “Knife” Salman

Book: “India-the road to Rushdie

Renaissance: A vision ‘The Idea Of Sam

Democracy’ Pitroda
and an Agenda”
“The Conspiracy” Gotabaya
Rajapaksa

Code Dependent: Madhumita

Living in the Murgia
Shadow of AI"

“Swallowing the Lakshmi

Book: “India-the road to Sun” Murdeshwa
Renaissance: A vision and an r Puri,
Agenda”
‘Assam’s Arup Kumar
Author: Bhimeswara Challa
Braveheart Lachit Dutta,
Summary: The book addresses
Barphukan’
the prevailing governance
challenges in India and also “An Uncommon Chitra
mention about the ways it can be Love: The Early Banerjee
tackled through transformative Life of Sudha and Divakaruni.
reforms Narayana Murthy”
More on the News:
● Bhimeswara Challa is a “Gandhi A Life in MJ Akbar
Retired Indian Three Campaigns”
Administrative Service (IAS)
Ram Mandir Arif
officer and former UN
Rashtra Mandir Ak Mohammad
official.
Sanjhi Virasat”
● The event was also attended
by Jaya Prakash Narayana “The Babri Masjid Madhav
Ram Mandir Godbole
Additional Points: Dilemma”
Recent Books and Authors
‘Breaking the Raghuram
Mould: Rajan ● The Higgs boson is the
Reimagining fundamental
India’s Economic force-carrying particle of
Future,’ the Higgs field, which is
responsible for granting
fundamental particles
Obituary their mass.

Physicist Peter Higgs,

Who Discovered 'God Father of Indian
Particle', Dies At 94 psychology Sudheer
Kakkar passes away

Personality: Peter Higgs

More on the News:
● Peter Higgs, the European
scientist who won the 2013
Nobel Prize in Physics for
describing the Higgs boson
(God particle).
● Peter Higgs discovered the
existence of the God particle
in 1964 when he was a
researcher at the University.
Additional Points:
About God's Particle
Personality: Sudhir Kakkar
Field: Psychology
More on the News:
● Sudhir Kakkar was known as
the father of Indian
psychology.
● He was a psychoanalyst as
well as a famous writer.
● He wrote many books
including the inner world, a
psychoanalytic study of
childhood and society in
India.
 ● He received many national ● He was also conferred with
and international awards many awards including
including Boyer award for Kerala Sangeet Natak
psychological anthropology academy award.
‘Order of merit’ of Germany ● In 2019, he was awarded
etc. with the Padmashree, the
Veteran carnatic fourth highest civilian award
in the country.
musician, singer KG
Jayan passes away Additional Points:
About Carnatic Music:
● Purandar Das is
considered as the founder
of the Carnatic style of
music.
● The credit for the
development of the
Carnatic style goes mainly
Personality: KG Jayan to three musicians
Field: Veteran Carnatic Musician named— Shyama Shastri,
More on the News: Tyagaraja and
● Legendary Carnatic Muthuswami Dikshitar.
musician and singer KG ● They are called the
Jayan has passed away at triratnas of Carnatic music.
the age of 89. ● Their period stands from
● He was a renowned name in 1700 to 1850 AD.
Malayalam music industry.
● They also dedicated many
devotional tracks to lord
Ayyappa.
● He, along with his twin
brother, late KG Vijayan was
known in the world of South
Indian music as
Jaya-Vijaya brothers.
Yakshagana Exponent and Puranas are
presented.
Subramanya Dhareshwar
● Music, dance, costumes,
Passed Away dialogue, and makeup
play significant roles.
● The 'Chand' musical
instrument is prominently
used.

Reports and Indices

Obituary: Subramanya
Dhareshwar QS World University
Related to: Yakshagana Rankings 2024
More on the news:
● Subramanya dhareshwar
was a significant figure of
the yakshagana community.
● He passed away recently at
the age of 67.
● He brought innovative
approaches in the
performing arts. Report: QS World University
● He was a yakshagana Rankings 2024
Bhagavatha (background Compiled by: Quacquarelli
singer). Symonds
More on the News:
● IIT Bombay climbed to
Additional Points: 45th position in Engineering
About Yakshagana: and Technology, showcasing
● An ancient dance-drama improvement in QS rankings
form prevalent in ● Indian Institute of
Karnataka. Technology (IIT) Guwahati
● Stories related to bagged a spot among the
Ramayana, Mahabharata, world’s top universities for
the study of two subjects
 -Data Science and Airports Council
Petroleum Engineering.
● IIM-Ahmedabad is among International (ACI)
the top 25 institutions Ranking 2023
globally for business and
management studies while
IIM-Bangalore and
IIM-Calcutta are among the
top 50.
● Jawaharlal Nehru
University is the
highest-ranked university in
India.
● Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT) topped
the ranking.

Additional Points:
About QS World University
Rankings:
● The QS World University
Rankings is a report of Index: Airports Council
comparative college and International (ACI) Ranking 2023
university rankings Released by: Airports Council
compiled by Quacquarelli International
Symonds. Top: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta
● Its first and earliest International Airport, USA
edition was published in More on the News:
2004. ● The Delhi airport, also
known as Indira Gandhi
International (IGI) airport
has been ranked among the
top 10 busiest airports
across the globe for 2023.
● It has been ranked
according to the ranking
 released for 2023, it was 9th ● It has been 105 years since
busiest airport in 2022. the tragedy that shook the
● The Hartsfield-Jackson fundamentals of Human
Atlanta International Airport
topped the list followed by Additional Points:
Dubai and Dallas airports at ● On 9-10 April, two famous
the second and third leaders of Punjab Dr.
position. Saifuddin Kitchlew and
● Out of top 10 busiest Dr. Satya Pal were
airports five are from the arrested by the British
US. Government.
● In protest against this
Important Historical Event arrest, a meeting was
organized on 13 April 1919
at a place called
Jallianwala Bagh in
Jallianwala Bagh Amritsar.
Massacre: 105 years of ● General Dyer, the army
commander of Amritsar
Tragedy
fired indiscriminately on
unarmed people to
terrorize the public.
● Mahatma Gandhi
renounced the title of
Kaiser-e-Hind in protest
against this massacre and
Rabindra Nath Tagore
renounced his 'Knight'
Event: Jallianwala Bagh
title.
Massacre
● Sankaran Nair had
Year: 1919
resigned from the post of
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Viceroy's executive
● The Jallianwala Bagh
member in protest against
Massacre, also known as the
this massacre.
Massacre of Amritsar, was
● The British government
an incident that took place
constituted the Hunter
on April 13, 1919.
 Commission to investigate ● April 26 is celebrated as the
the massacre, in which International Chernobyl
Chimanlal Setalvad, Disaster Remembrance day.
Jagat Narayan and ● The day is dedicated to
Sultan Ahmed were three remembering the victims of
Indian members. the Chernobyl nuclear
● The Indian National disaster and raising
Congress formed a awareness about this event.
committee under the ● Approximately 8.4 million
chairmanship of Madan people were exposed to
Mohan Malviya to nuclear radiation
investigate the massacre. ● The Chernobyl Nuclear
● Motilal Nehru, Mahatma Power Plant was built in
Gandhi, Chittaranjan Das 1977 to help make electricity
and Tyyabji were its other for the infrastructure of the
members. Soviet Union or in
modern-day terms, Pripyat,
Ukraine.
● The United Nations
International Chernobyl established the
Disaster Remembrance International Chernobyl
Disaster Remembrance Day
Day 2024 in 2016.

Important Day: International

Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance
Day
Important Date: 26th April
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Environment
Nilgiri Tahr Census will
be conducted in Kerala
Census for: Nilgiri Tahr
State: Kerala and Tamilnadu
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● This is the first of its kind
exercise in the country for
Nilgiri Tahr.
● Forest departments of
Tamilnadu and Kerala will
jointly conduct the census.
● Eravikulam National park in
Kerala and Silent Valley
National park of Tamil Nadu
are natural and contiguous
habitats of the species.
● WWF-India, the Wildlife
Institute of India and the
Nature Conservation
Foundation are involved in
formulating scientific and
accurate techniques of
population enumeration.
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About Nilgiri Tahr
● Nilgiri Tahr is endemic to
the Nilgiri Hills
● The Nilgiri tahr can be
found only in India.
● It has been listed as
“Endangered” by IUCN.
● Mukurthi National Park in
Kerala was created to
protect its keystone
species, the Nilgiri Tahr.
● State of Tamil Nadu
launched the ‘Project
Nilgiri Tahr’ for the
conservation of Nilgiri
Tahr.
● Nilgiri Tahr is the state
animal of Tamil Nadu.
Biggest climate clock set
up at CSIR Headquarters
Location: New Delhi
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● Council of Scientific &
Industrial Research (CSIR),
as a part of the Earth Day
Celebrations, installed and
 activated India’s biggest
Climate Clock on the CSIR
Headquarters, New Delhi.
● To raise awareness about
climate change and its
adverse effects.
● It tells us how much time is
left before we touch global
warming of 1.5 degrees
Celsius.
● According to the Paris
Agreement 2015, it sets out
a global framework to avoid
dangerous climate change
by limiting global warming
to well below 2°C and
pursuing efforts to limit it to
1.5°C.

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About CSIR
● Establishment: Founded in
1942.
● Headquarters: New Delhi,
India.
● President: Prime Minister
is the President of the
CSIR
● Dr. N. Kalaiselvi is the
current director.