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 CONTENTS
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-NATIONAL 1
-STATE 7
-INTERNATIONAL 11

-AWARDS 14
-SPORTS 17
-APPOINTMENTS 22

-DEFENCE 24
-SCIENCE
27
&TECHNOLOGY
-IMPORTANT DATES 29

-GOVERNMENT 30
POLICIES
31
-MISCELLANEOUS
-ANSWER KEY 33

Note:- You can directly jump to any section by simply clicking

the respective title. Also now you can click the “type something”
area of the question box to land on answer page directly!
1
NATIONAL
Five new Indian wetlands have gained global
recognition as Ramsar
RAMSAR Sites bringing the total to
Reserve Forest, Karaivetti Bird Sanctuary. 80 sites.
·From Tamil Nadu-Longwood Shola

·From Karnataka -Ankasamudra Bird

Conservation,
DILDAAR YAARA ὭAghanashini Estuary,
Magadi Kere Conservation Reserve.
Convention – 2Feb. 1971 in Iran.

RBI bans Paytm Payment Bank from

onboarding customers due to Non-Compliance
issues.
RBI
Q1. Who was the first
·established in 1935 in Kolkata.
governor of the Reserve
·HQ- Mumbai.
Bank of India?
·Nationalised in- 1949.
Type something... ;) ·Current Governer- Shaktikanta Das.

North India’s first human DNA bank was set up

at Banaras Hindu University (BHU).

DNA
Q2. Who discovered the
·Deoxyribonucleic acid double helical structure of
was first recognized and DNA?
identified by Johannes
Type something... ;)
Friedrich Miescher in 1869.

IIMC, in New Delhi, awarded ‘Deemed to be

university’ status, now can
offer degrees to students. IIMC
·IIMC- Indian Institute of Mass
Communication.
·Comes under Ministry of
Information and Broadcasting.

PM Modi has laid the foundation stone for the

the Talabira Thermal
Along with that, he
has also
Power Project in
inaugurated the Sambalpur, Odisha.
permanent campus
for IIM Sambalpur.
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NATIONAL
In India, lab-grown fish meat is to be developed
in Kerala.

The Ministry of Women and Child

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Development launched
GHAR two pivotal portals: the
- GO Home and Re-Unite Portal. “Track Child Portal”
-The goal is to track children and and “GHAR”.
reunite them with their families.

The “Dusted Apollo” was sighted and

photographed for the first time
in Himachal Pradesh at
Dusted Apollo
Manimahesh Lake in ·It is rare high altitude
Chamba. Butterfly.
·Scientifically know as -
Parnassius stenosemus.

The Thanthai Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary in

Bargur Hills, Erode district, will serve as the 18th
wildlife sanctuary of Tamil Nadu.

Located
between
Western Ghats
& Eastern Ghats

India's first digital National Museum of

"Epigraphy" is set to be established in a "wing of
Salar Jung Museum" in Hyderabad.

·Epigraphy- It
Q3. What is the study
is the study of
of birds is called?
inscriptions.
Type something... ;)
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NATIONAL
Union Minister Jitendra Singh introduced the
Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair
Means) Bill, 2024 in Lok Sabha to address recent
paper leak issues with strict penalties.
DILDAAR YAARA Ὥ
World Bank [Link] presides over
HQ- Washington
D.C, USA a joint sitting of
established in
1944.
Parliament?
Type something... ;)

India ranks 38 out of 139 countries on the World

Bank's Logistics Performance Index Report
2023.
Fiji's Deputy PM, Biman Prasad, became the first
foreign leader to visit the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya.

Agriculture minister Arjun Munda unveiled the

'Sarathi platform’, which seeks to provide a full
suite of insurance products. The minister also
launched the ‘Krishi
Rakshak Portal’ to
enhance the grievance
redressal mechanism
of PMFBY.

Ajay Kumar Sood launched the Science for

Women-A Technology and Innovation
(SWATI) portal for representing women and
girls in science, technology, engineering,
mathematics and medicine (STEMM).

The Parliament cleared a bill to add four groups

including Paddari and Pahari in the list of
Scheduled Tribes in J&K.

Sindhu Ganapathy (37) has emerged as the

first transwoman Travelling Ticket Examiner
(TTE) of Southern Railway, stationed in Dindigul.
4
NATIONAL
The Sangeet Natak Akademi is set to establish
its first regional center named Dakshin Bharat
Sanskritik Kendra in Hyderabad.

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Eight classical dances recognized by the Sangeet Natak Akademi :-

DANCE STATE

Bharatanatyam Tamil Nadu

Kathak Northern India

Kathakali Kerala

Kuchipudi Andhra Pradesh

Manipuri Manipur

Mohiniyattam Kerala

Odissi Odisha

Sattriya Assam

The Education Ministry recently launched the Automated

Permanent Academic Account Registry (APAAR) in rural regions
through Common Service Centres (CSCs).
5
NATIONAL
The Supreme Court struck down the
electoral bond scheme, saying it violates
Article 19(1)(a)
Electoral Bonds,
and Right to introduced in the 2017

DILDAAR YAARA Ὥ
Information Act. Union Budget, were a
method of funding
political parties in
India.

A statue of U Tirot Sing, a freedom fighter from

Khasi Hills who rebelled against British
Colonialism, was unveiled at the Indira Gandhi
cultural centre in Dhaka.
Khasi hills -
Meghalaya
Highest Rainfall -
Māwsynrām-

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis is set to attend

9th Raisina Dialogue 2024 in New Delhi.

Q5. What is the capital

city of Greece.
Type something... ;)

Union Cabinet approves FDI policy

amendment allowing up to 100% FDI in the
space sector to boost investment and growth.
FDI
Foreign
Direct
Investment

PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the statue of

Sant Ravidas in Varanasi.
6
NATIONAL
PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the Sudarshan
Setu, India's longest 2.32km cable-stayed bridge
connecting Okha to Beyt Dwarka island in
Gujarat.
DILDAAR YAARA Ὥ
Q6. Which is India's
first cable stayed
Bridge?.
Type something... ;)

PM Modi unveiled the world's first Vedic clock,

named as 'Vikramaditya VedicClock', at Ujjain.

India has stopped the flow of water from the Ravi River into
Pakistan by building a dam.

Indus Waters Treaty

·signed in 1960, between India and
Pakistan and brokered by the World Bank.
Water distribution Acc. to this:-
· Indus ,Jhelum, Chenab- 80% Pak & 20%
IND.
·Ravi, Beas & Sutluj- 80% IND & 20% Pak

The Ministry of Education mandates a

minimum age of 6 for Class 1 admissions, in line
with NEP 2020.
 STATES
7

Chhattisgarh recently launched the Mahtari

Vandana Yojana 2024
This scheme
inspired by Madhya aiming to offer

Pradesh’s successful monthly

economic
DILDAAR YAARA Ὥ “Ladli Bahna Yojana”. assistance of
₹1000 to women.

Patna celebrates the completion of Bapu

Tower, a 120-foot monument dedicated to
Mahatma Gandhi.

Uttarakhand Becomes First State to

Implement Uniform Civil
Code After [Link] article of the Indian
Constitution addresses the
Assembly Passes Bill. Uniform Civil Code (UCC)?

Type something... ;)

The Arunachal Pradesh cabinet approved

the creation of two new districts: Keyi
Panyor and Bichom.
[Link] is the current
chief minister of Arunchal
Pradesh?
Type something... ;)

The Delhi government announced free bus

rides for members of the transgender
community.

Capacity
- 100MW

Country's largest solar power plant

established in the Rajnandgaon district of
Chhattisgarh.
 STATES
8

Telangana Governor announces internet

as a basic right and plans to establish AI
city.

Rajasthan F.M Diya Kumari announces CM

Vishwakarma Pension
DILDAAR YAARA Ὥ
Government to

scheme for laborers and provide Rs 2,000

monthly pension

street vendors. to street vendors

and workers
aged 60+.

The Assam government introduces the Assam

Healing Practices Bill, 2024, aiming to crack
down on misleading magical healing practices.

Telangana Government has prohibited the

operation of Hookah parlors in the State with
immediate effect.

Assam's CM Himanta Biswa Sarma declared Kaji

Nemu (Citrus Limon) as the State Fruit of Assam.

The Tamil Nadu Assembly has passed

resolutions opposing the Delimitation
One Nation, One Election -Mentioned in Article

Policy and the 2026

82 of the Indian
Constitution

Delimitation exercise.
-Next Delimitation
after 2026

[Link] many times has the

Delimitation Commission
been set up in India?

Type something... ;)

Large deposits of Iron ore found in Rajasthan's

Karauli.

Shubman Gill will be Punjab's 'state icon' for

the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha Elections.
 STATES
9

A new children-friendly police station(Azad

nagar police station) was
Q10. Who is the
inaugurated in the
current Governer of
Dhule district of Maharashtra. Maharashtra?
DILDAAR YAARA Ὥ Type something... ;)

PM Modi inaugurated the longest railway

tunnel in India on the Udhampur-Srinagar-
Baramulla Rail Link(USBRL).
USBRL
·This tunnel is 12.77km long
which is known as T-50.
·This is the India's first Electrified
Train of Kashmir.

Arunachal Pradesh has achieved 100 percent

saturation in 'Har Ghar Jal'
scheme under the JJM
Centre's Jal Jeevan Mission ·It was launched by the prime
minister in 2019.
(JJM) ·Every rural household get Supply 55
liters of water per person per day.
·It comes under Jal Shakti Ministry.

Madhya Pradesh government launches

'bagless school' initiative for students in grades
1-12, to be held once a week.

Madhya Pradesh CM Dr. Mohan Yadav

Khajuraho inaugurated the 50th Khajuraho Dance
·It is the UNESCO World Heritage site. Festival, where 1484 artists set a new world
·Famous for it's temples built by record for the largest Kathak dance
Chandela Dynasty.
·Temples dedicated to Jainism & performance.
Hinduism.

Uttar Pradesh government to establish its first

"Turtle Conservation Reserve" in Gonda
district along the Saryu river.
 STATES
10

PM Modi recently laid the foundation stone for

the first railway station
Q11. Which is the in Sikkim at Rangpo, also
highest railway station India's first underground
in India
Type something... ;)
station.
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Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar inaugurated

the "Savera" programme — aimed at early
detection and prevention of breast cancer.

“Learn as if you will live forever, live like you will die
tomorrow.” —Mahatma Gandhi
 INTERNATIONAL
11

India ranked 93rd out of 180 countries on

corruption perceptions
index(CPI) for 2023. CPI
·Released by- Transparency
International.
·Top countries – 1st- Denmark, 2nd-
Finland, 3rd-New Zealand
DILDAAR YAARA Ὥ ·On last-Somalia

France becomes first European country

to accept India’s UPI.
UPI
-Unified Payments Interface.
-The pilot launch was on 11th
April 2016 by Dr. Raghuram G
Rajan.

Namibia mourns the death of President Hage

Geingob at 82, after battling to cancer.

Scientists from the Geological Institute of

Israel have discovered an underwater
canyon near Cyprus.
Cyprus, is an island
country located in
the eastern
Mediterranean
Sea.

President Nayib Bukele(World's coolest

dictator) has secured an overwhelming victory in
the elections of El Salvador.

Iran has announced a visa-free policy for Indian

citizens in a bid to boost its tourism industry.

UAE grants Golden Visa to Anand Kumar

founder of "super 30" Anand Kumar
·Padma Shri -2023
·Global Education
Award- 2018
12
INTERNATIONAL
Barrister Varun Ghosh, born in New Delhi, made
history as the first India-born Australian
Senator to swear his oath on the Bhagavad
Gita.
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Türkiye, India, and Qatar named guests of

honor at the 2024 World Governments
Summit in Dubai.

Indian PM Narendra Modi

inaugurated Abu Dhabi's first BAPS
Hindu temple, named BAPS, which
·Built by Swaminarayan Sanstha.
is the largest in the UAE. ·7 shikhars representing the 7 Emirates of the UAE
·Standing at a towering 108 feet.
·Situated on a 27-acre site.
·A 'Harmony' written in 30 ancient and modern
languages.

Japan has slipped to the world’s fourth-

largest economy in GDP terms as government
data released on January 15.

US passes the "Quad Bill" to strengthen

cooperation with partner countries.
QUAD
·Does not have
permanent HQ
·Members - India,
USA, Australia,
Japan.

Shashi Tharoor has received France's highest

civilian award, "Chevalier de la Legion
d'Honneur".
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INTERNATIONAL
International Solar Alliance (ISA) recently
announced "Malta" as the 119th country to
join the grouping.

Philippines becomes the 38th country in the world, and the first
DILDAAR YAARA Ὥ

Asian country, to ratify Convention No. 190.

ILO
International Labour organization
Q12. When do we HQ - Geneva , Switzerland
Found in - 1919.
celebrate International Convention 190 - To end workplace
Labour Day voilence & harassment.

Type something... ;)

The 5th edition of the International Gita

Mahotsav (IGM) took place in Sri Lanka.

"UAE Escapes FATF's 'Grey List' as Kenya and Namibia Join Watchlist;
Barbados, Gibraltar, and Uganda Removed
FATF
in Latest Global Anti-
Money Laundering ·Financial Action Task Force
·Established in- 1989 in Paris.
Review" ·It has 37 members.
·It meets 3 times in a year.
New President : Elisa de Anda

Maryam Nawaz, the daughter of Pakistan's former

PM Nawaz Sharif, has become the first woman Chief
Minister of the country's Punjab province.
 AWARDS
14

Maha Gaurav 2024 award was presented to

Nikhil Wagh by Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit
Panwar.
Q13. Ustad Bundu Khan and
Santosh Mishra are the famous
players of which musical
DILDAAR YAARA Ὥ instrument:
Type something... ;)

Indian musicians Shankar Mahadevan and

Zakir Hussain’s fusion band ‘Shakti’ bagged the
Grammy’s award for ‘Best Global Music Album’

Dr. Bina Modi, Chairperson of Modi Enterprises,

was honored with the 'Outstanding Business
Woman of the Year - 2023 Award' by Shri
Rajnath Singh.

Archer Aditi Swami has been awarded the

Breakthrough Archer of the Year 2023 by
World Archery.
Bharat Ratna awards

Name Category State

P.V. Narsimha Rao(9th P.M

Politics Telangana
of India)

L.K. Advani Politics Maharashtra

Chaudhary Charan
Politics Uttar Pradesh
Singh(5th P.M of India)

M.S Swaminathan (Father

Social Work Tamil Nadu
of Green Revolution)
 AWARDS
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"Pyarelal Sharma", one-half of the iconic music

composer duo Laxmikant-Pyarelal, has been
honored with the Lakshminarayana
International Award .
WHO has awarded NIMHANS, Bengaluru, the
WHO
DILDAAR YAARA Ὥ

·HQ-Geneva, Switzerland
Nelson Mandela Award for
· Founded -7 April 1948 Health Promotion in 2024.
·Members -194countries.

Q14. India has a vision of

NIMHANS
a TB free India by which ·National Institute of Mental
Health and Neuro Sciences.
year?
·Nelson Mandela Award was
Type something... ;) established by WHO in 2019.

The Dadasaheb Phalke Award's prize money

has been raised from Rs 10 lakh
to Rs 15 lakh.
Dadasaheb Phalke Award

·India's highest award in the field of

cinema.
·Introduced in the year 1969.
·First winner Devika Rani.
·68th award - Asha Parekh.

Renowned Urdu poet Gulzar

Jnanpith Award and Sanskrit scholar Jagadguru
·Oldest & Highest Indian literary award.
Rambhadracharya have been
·Instituted in 1961. named the recipients of
·Is bestowed to Indian writers in languages
listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian
the 58th Jnanpith Award.
Constitution.
·Presented by -Bharatiya Jnanpith.

77th British Academy Film Awards(BAFTAs)

-Hosted by - David Tennant -Leading Actress - Emma Stone for "
(Scottish actor) Poor Things "
-Location - London -Best Director - Christopher Nolan
-Leading Actor - Cillian for " Oppenheimer"
Murphy for " Oppenheimer" -Outstanding British Film - The Zone
-Best Film - Oppenheimer Of Interest
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AWARDS
Dada Saheb Phalke Award 2024
·Best Actor Shah Rukh ·Best Film Jawan
Khan (Jawan) ·Best Film (Critics) 12th Fail
· Best Actress Rani Mukerji
·Best Director Sandeep
(Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway)
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Reddy Vanga (Animal)
·Best Actor (Critics) Vicky·Best Director (Critics)
Kaushal (Sam Bahadur) Atlee (Jawan)
·Best Actress (Critics) ·Best Lyricist Javed Akhtar
Kareena Kapoor (Jaane Jaan) (“Nikle The Kabhi Hum Ghar Se”)
Best Actor in a Negative Role
Bobby Deol (Animal)

Veteran playback singer Suresh Wadkar has

been honored with the Gansamragini Lata
Mangeshkar Award.
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SPORTS
Rhythm Sangwan and Ujjwal Malik secured
India’s first gold in the Sonam Maskar won

doubles category in
the silver medal in
the women's 10m
air rifle event
Cairo, Egypt. at the Shooting
World Cup
in Cairo, Egypt.
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The "Khelo India Winter Games 2024" took

place in Ladakh and Gulmarg(J&K). The
recently unveiled mascot was a Snow Leopard
named ‘Sheen-e-She’ or "Shan".

The "6th Khelo India Youth Games" concluded in

Tamil Nadu.
Khelo India
··1st -Maharashtra with 57(gold) & 158
total medals.
·2nd- Tamil Nadu with 38(gold) & 98
total medals.
·3rd- Haryana with 35(gold) & 103
total medals.

Indian boxer Mandeep Jangra clinched the

"Intercontinental Super Featherweight" title
by defeating American Gerardo Esquivel.

Netherlands won first men’s FIHHockey5s

World Cup, defeating Malaysia in the final.

Karnataka won the Nagesh Trophy by defeating Andhra Pradesh

in the Men’s National T20 Cricket
Tournament 2023-24 for the Blind.
Nagesh Trophy
It is the trophy
organized for the
cricketers similar to
that of the Ranji
Trophy.
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SPORTS
Abhinav Bindra has been selected as a
torchbearer for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Abhinav Bindra
India’s 1st
DILDAAR YAARA Ὥ individual gold Q15. Abhinav Bindra is
medallist at the associated with which
2008 Olympics. sport?
Type something... ;)

Jasprit Bumrah becomes the first Indian

pacer to achieve No.1 rankings in all three
formats of the game.

Guwahati is all set to host the Fourth Edition

of the Khelo India University Games(KIUG).

KIUG Q16. Where did the first

-Mascot-
"Khelo India University"
Ashtalakshmi(Butterfly) games take place?
-1st edition - 2020 Type something... ;)

The Indian Women's team shared the trophy

with the Bangladesh team after a controversial
toss decision was reversed This
in the SAFF U-19 championship

championship. was held in

Bangladesh.

Australia lifted their fourth title at the Under-

19 World Cup level as they defeated India in the
final of the ICC U-19
The U-19 World
World Cup final 2024. Cup was played
at Willowmore
Park in Benoni,
South Africa.
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Sumit Nagal has won the Chennai Open

Challenger and has become the first Indian to
reach the 98th position in the top 100 world
rankings
DILDAAR YAARA Ὥ 75th Strandja Memorial Tournament(Bulgaria)

Amit Panghal won the Gold medal in men's flyweight category

Sachin Siwach won the gold medal in 57kg.
Nikhat Zareen lost to 20-year-old Sabina Bobokulova of
Uzbekistan in the lightweight final.

West Indies pacer Shamar Joseph and Ireland's

wicketkeeper Amy Hunter have bagged the ICC
Player of the Month awards for January.

The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has

suspended hammer thrower Rachna
Kumari(India) for 12 years for a second anti-
doping rule violation.
Rohit Sharma now holds the record for the most
sixes by an Indian captain in international
cricket, surpassing MS Dhoni with 212 sixes in 121
innings, compared to Dhoni's 211 in 330 innings.
Ravichandran Ashwin became the ninth man
and only the second Indian bowler, after former
skipper AnilKumble, to take 500 Test wickets.

The Indian football team dropped 15 places to

117th in the FIFA rankings, the worst in seven
years, after the recent debacle
FIFA
in the AFC Asian Cup. ·International Federation of
Association Football
·HQ- Zurich, Switzerland
·Established in - 1904 in paris, France.
20
SPORTS
India registered their biggest win (in
terms of runs) against England in Rajkot.
Yashasvi Jaiswal is
the third Indian, after
Vinod Kambli and
Virat Kohli, to score
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hundreds in Tests.

The Indian women’s team won the gold medal

at the Badminton Asia Team Championships
2024 after beating Thailand Two-time

3-2 in the final in Shah Olympic medallist

PV Sindhu and

Alam, Malaysia. Anmol Kharab led

India to win a
gold medal.

Iga Swiatek from Poland won the Qatar Open

for the third year in a row, after beating Kazakh
player Elena Rybakina.

India secured four medals at the athletics

meet: Tajinderpal Singh Toor and Jyothi
Yarraji claimed gold in the shot put and hurdles
respectively, Harmilan Bains won gold in the
women’s 1500m race, while Ankita earned
silver in the women's 3000m race.
The second edition of the Pangong Frozen Lake
Marathon, the world’s highest frozen lake marathon
was successfully conducted in eastern Ladakh.
Pangong Tso lake Q17. Which is the
·It is the world’s highest
saltwater lake.
largest freshwater lake
·Located on India & China in India?
border in ladakh.
Type something... ;)

Pakistan's Babar Azam upstaged Virat Kohli and

Chris Gayle to become the quickest batter to
score 10000 runs in T20s.
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SPORTS
Andhra's Vamshhi Krrishna hit 6 sixes in
an over of Railways off-spinner
Damandeep Singh in colonel CK Naidu
Trophy.

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The Indian Army team won the KIWG 2024

title, winning 10 gold, five silver and six bronze.

Namibia's "Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton" hit the

fastest century in T20 Internationals in just 33
balls against Nepal.

“Nature has given us all the pieces required to achieve

exceptional wellness and health, but has left it to us to
put these pieces together.” —Diane McLaren
 APPOINTMENTS
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President Draupadi Murmu has appointed

three full-time members and a part-time
member to the 16th Finance Commission.

16th Finance Commission

DILDAAR YAARA Ὥ Q18. Finance commission is
·Three full time members are Ajay
mentioned under which Narayan Jha, Annie George Mathew.
article of the constitution? Niranjan Rajadhyaksha
·Soumya Kanti Ghosh will be
Type something... ;)
a part-time member.

Jay Shah, BCCI secretary, now serves his third

term as President of the Asian Cricket Council.

Sanjay Verma, an IFS officer, took the oath of

office and secrecy as a UPSC
UPSC
member, administered by
·It is a Constitutional Body.
DR. Manoj Soni. ·comes under part 14 of
Constitution.
·Current Chairman- Dr. Manoj Soni.

Vice Admiral Lochan Singh Pathania assumed

charge as the Chief Hydrographer to the
Government of India.

Justice Ritu Bahri took oath as the first oman

Chief Justice of
Q19. Who was the first
Uttarakhand High Court. women Chief Justice of any
High Court in India?

Lt. General Upendra Dwivedi has been Type something... ;)

appointed as the new Army

Vice Chief. [Link] is the first General of the
Indian Army, whose retirement day
is celebrated as the 'Armed Forces
Veteran Day' every year?

Type something... ;)
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APPOINTMENTS
NPCI appointed Ajay Kumar Choudhary as the
Independent director & Non-Executive Chairman
of the Board for a three-year term.

NPCI
National
DILDAAR YAARA Ὥ Payment
Corporation of
India.

Former Bank of Maharashtra Chief Executive A S

Rajeev has been appointed as Vigilance
Commissioner.
Central Vigilance
Commission
·Established in 1964 on the
recommendation of Santa Nam
Committee.
·It became statutory body in 2003.
·1st Commissioner- Nittoor Srinivasa Rau.

India-born media executive Dr Samir Shah was

confirmed as the new BBC chairman.
 DEFENCE
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INS “Nirupak”, was decommissioned after 38

years of illustrious service to the Nation.

Q21. Who is considered

DILDAAR YAARA Ὥ
as the "Father of Indian
Navy"?
Type something... ;)

INS “Sandhayak”, the first Survey Vessel large(SVL)

Ship, is commissioned into the Indian Navy.
Built by Garden
Reach
Shipbuilders &
Engineers
(GRSE), Kolkata.

The Indian Air Force conducted the mega

exercise “Vayu Shakti 2024” at the Pokharan
Range in Jaisalmer.
The exercise
was last
Q22. When & Where did conducted
India conduct its first in 2019.
nuclear test?
Type something... ;)

US approves sale of 31 MQ-9B armed drones

to India at an estimated coast of $3.99 Billion.
MQ-9B are
also known
as- The
Predators.

IIT Madras collaborates with Munitions India

to develop 155mm smart ammunition.
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DRDO has successfully carried out four flight

ABHYAS designed trials of High-Speed
Expendable Aerial
by DRDO’s
Aeronautical

Target (HEAT)-ABHYAS
Development
Establishment(ADE).

DILDAAR YAARA Ὥ from the Integrated Test

Range (ITR), in Odisha’s
Balasore district.

The 12th MILAN naval exercise in

Visakhapatnam featured the largest-ever
participation with over 50 countries and nearly
20 ships from friendly nations.
Indian Navy is
likely to deploy
both its aircraft
[Link] is the deepest carriers -- INS
landlocked and well- Vikramaditya and
INS Vikrant.
protected port in India.
Type something... ;)

India is set to develop Naval bases and Air

bases in Lakshadweep. A Naval base will be
established in Agatti and Minicoy islands, while
an Airbase will be built in Kavaratti, the capital
of Lakshadweep
Q24. Which degree
Naval Base
channel separates Minicoy
built in
and Lakshadweep?
Minicoy island-
Type something... ;)
INS Jattayu.

The Indian Coast Guard ships "Samarth" and

"ICGS Abhinav" are participating in the exercise
'DOSTI-16' taking place in Male, Maldives, while
Bangladesh is participating as an observer.
DURGA-2: India's Very Own Laser Weapon Being
Developed By DRDO DURGA-

Could Be Tested Soon.

Directionally
Unrestricted
Ray Gun Array.
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The 5th edition of the India-Japan joint exercise

'DHARMA GUARDIAN' is being held in Bikaner,
Rajasthan.
Indian Air force develops "SAMAR-2" missile
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Hungary's parliament has ratified Sweden's

bid to join NATO, ending more than 18 months of
delays.

“Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.” —Will

Rogers
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SCIENCE &TECHNOLOGY
NASA has discovered a "super-Earth", a planet
that could potentially support life. It is located
137 light-years away.

It is an 1 lights-
exoplanet year =
DILDAAR YAARA Ὥ named - 9.461×10¹⁵m
TOI-715b

IIT Kanpur successfully tested India's first

Hypervelocity Expansion Tunnel named
"Jigarthanda."

Google is renaming its AI assistant from

"Bard" to "Gemini."

NASA's PACE satellite has lifted off on a

journey to study the Ocean & the
Atmosphere. PACE
Plankton,
Aerosol, Cloud,
and Ocean
Ecosystem.

ISRO Chairman S. Somanath received

the 2024 K.P.P. Nambiar Award from
IEEE Kerala.

The US Odysseus spacecraft landed on the

moon, marking the first American landing in
over 50 years.
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SCIENCE &TECHNOLOGY
IIT Guwahati, in collaboration with EduRade,
has launched India's largest Remote Pilot
Training Organization (RPTO) to promote
Drone technology.
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Group Captain Prashanth Nair, Ajit Krishnan,

Angad Pratap, and Wing Commander
Shubhanshu Shukla will join the Gaganyan
mission to moon.

PM Modi laid the foundation stone for

India's 2nd spaceport at
Kulasekarapattinam in
Tuticorin district, Tamil
Nadu.
1st Spaceport-
Satish Dhawan
Space Centre at
Sriharikota,
Andhra Pradesh.
Found in - 1971
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IMPORTANT DATES
DATE DAY THEME

1st February Indian Coast Guard Day N/A

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2nd February World Wetlands Day Wetlands and human wellbeing

World Cancer Day & Close the Care Gap - for World
4th February
Independence Day of Sri Lanka Cancer Day

Sarojini Naidu’s Birth

13th February N/A
Anniversary

International Childhood
15th February N/A
Cancer Day

18th February Taj Mahotsav N/A

World Day of Social Justice &

20th February Arunachal Pradesh Foundation N/A
Day

"Multilingual education - a pillar of

International Mother
21st February learning and intergenerational
Language Day
learning"

Simplifying Tax Processes for a

24th February Central Excise Day
Prosperous India

Building a Sustainable Future: The

Role of NGOs in Achieving the
27th February World NGO Day
Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs)

Indigenous Technologies for Viksit

28th February National Science Day
Bharat
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GOVERNMENT POLICIES
The Union Education Minister Dharmendra
Pradhan launched the
Vidyanjali aligns
Vidyanjali Scholarship with the

Programme at the Rang

National
Education Policy

Bhawan.
(NEP) 2020.

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A new scheme “Ghar Ghar Muft ration Yojana”

was launched by the Punjab government to
provide monthly food assistance to all the needy
in punjab.
PM Modi announced the launch of the 'PM
Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana' to provide free
electricity to one crore households.

Odisha government launches the 'Swayam'

scheme, offering interest-
Swayam-
free loans up to Rs 1 lakh to Swatantra
unemployed youths aged Yuva
between 18 and 35. Udyami

Haryana's CM Manohar Lal Khattar launched

the 'Van Mitra' scheme and its portal to
encourage community participation in tree
planting activities in non-forest areas.

“Individuals aged 18-

60" can become van
mitras, planting up to
1,000 saplings and
receiving incentives
based on plant
maintenance.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Mohammad Farooq Nazki, veteran broadcaster,
poet, and Sahitya Akademi winner died at the age
of 83. Sahitya Akademi Award
In 1995, he won
·Recognizes outstanding books
the Sahitya published in any of India's 22
Akademi award scheduled languages
in kashmiri
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language ·Established in-1954
literature.

Dhrupadacharya Pandit Laxman Bhatt Tailang

who was recently announced as an awardee of
Padma Shri, passed away at the age of 93.
Renowned litterateur Padma Shri, Hindi and Maithili
writer Dr Usha Kiran Khan passed away
at 79 in Bihar's Patna.

Kenya's marathon world record holder Kelvin

Kiptum and his coach Gervais Hakizimana were
killed in a traffic accident. His World
Record in
Marathon:_
42.2km in 2h
and 35sec. In
Chicago.

Dattajirao Krishnarao Gaekwad, India's oldest

living test cricketer, passed away at the age of
95.

Acharya Vidyasagar Ji Maharaj, a

renowned saint of the Digambar Jain
community, died in Chhattisgarh after
undertaking 'Sallekhana'.
Sallekhna is a Jain
religious practice
involving voluntary
fasting unto death
for spiritual
purification.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Ghazal maestro Pankaj Udhas passed away at
the age of 72.

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Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without

a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you
cannot be successful or happy.

-Norman Vincent Peale

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ANSWER KEY
James Watson and
1. Sir Osborne Smith 2. Francis Crick

3. Ornithology 4. Speaker or Deputy Speaker or Deputy

chairman of Rajyasabha

5.
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Athens 6. Anji Khad Bridge

7. Article 44 8. Pema Khandu

9. Four times 10. Shri Ramesh Bais

11. Ghum Railway station 12. May 1st

13. 14. 2025

Sarangi

15. Shooting 16. Bhubaneswar, Odisha

17. Wular lake 18. Article 280

19. Leila Seth 20. General K. M.

Cariappa

21. Chhatrapati Shivaji

Maharaj
22. May 18, 1974, at Pokhran

23. Vishakhapatnam Port 24. Nine Degree Channel

 WAITING...

Do not be worried or stressed by the seasons of waiting.

Waiting is not rejection. It does not mean you are unworthy. It
means that even though what is best for you isn't here yet, in
your own time, in slow gentle steps, you are going to get to it.
Take waiting as a period of learning. To understand. To accept.
To be patient -- with life and yourself. And to be grateful for all
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that you have today.
- Dhiman

Thankoo ;)