National and International News
1. Three Trillion Market Value Company in World – 1st Apple, 2nd Microsoft (recently reached this mile stone).
2. Punjab govt formed Road Safety Force which is first, in its type in country.
3. North East India’s, first Central Yoga and Naturopathy Research Institute foundation stone laid in Dibrugarh, Assam
4. Dr. Nitya Anand, who created India’s first oral contraceptive pill ‘Saheli’ died at the age of 99 in Lucknow.
5. Tata Group join hand with Airbus to establish Final Assembly Line (FAL) for civil helicopters in India.
6. Culture Ministry’s tableau on the theme ‘India: Mother of Democracy’ got the first place in the Republic Day Parade 2024.
7. Odisha received the award for the best tableau in the state category in the 75th Republic Day Parade 2024. Second – Gujarat, Third – Tamil Nadu
8. The best marching contingent – Sikh Regimental Contingent.
9. Snow Leopard Census – According to the first scientific calculation, Ladakh has the highest population of snow leopards. Ladakh (477), Uttarakhand (124), Himachal Pradesh (51), Arunachal Pradesh (36), Sikkim (21), and Jammu and Kashmir (9).
- Snow Leopart listed in Schedule-I of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972, the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species and Appendix-I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).
10. Neuralink – Elon Musk Company, Prepare microchips for Human Brain and test successfully.
11. Ramsar Sites in India Reached 80 from the existing 75. Newly added sites are Ankasamudra Bird Conservation Reserve, Aghanashini Estuary and Magadi Kere Conservation Reserve, are located in Karnataka and Karaivetti Bird Sanctuary and Longwood Shola Reserve Forest are in Tamil Nadu.
11. China becomes the world’s top vehicle exporter in 2023, overtaking Japan
12. North India’s first human DNA bank will be established in BHU (Banaras Hindu University).
13. The country’s first IIT satellite campus will be developed in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh.
14. Germany has presented a government to government proposal for the sale of six advanced conventional submarines to India for the Navy’s P-75I procurement program. This initiative aims to procure diesel-electric attack submarines with fuel cells and Air-Independent Propulsion System (AIP) for the Indian Navy to build India’s naval strength and develop indigenous submarine-building capabilities.
15. WHO has awarded its first-ever certificates validating progress in eliminating industrially produced trans fatty-acids to Denmark, Lithuania, Poland, Saudi Arabia and Thailand.
- Trans Fatty Acids (TFA) are semi solids to solid fats that occur in two forms
(a) Industrially produced (iTFA) (b) Naturally occurring
- iTFAs are created during the partial hydrogenation of vegetable oils to solidify them, making them ideal for use in processed foods. Unlike naturally occurring transfats found in meat and dairy, iTFAs are considered harmful due to their specific chemical structure.
Ranking and Index
1. Corruption Perception Index 2023 – India ranked 93rd among 180 countries in Transparency International’s ‘Corruption Perception Index-2023’. CPI 2023 – Topped by Denmark, 2nd & 3rd Position – Finland & New Zealand
- In Year 2022 India’s CPI rank was 85th
Important Appointments
1. Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar appointed as the 17th king of Malaysia.
2. Anil Lahoti becomes Chairman of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
3. Champai Soren will be the new Chief Minister of Jharkhand (Article 163 and 164 relates with State and CM appointment)
Military Exercise
Sada Tanseeq a First Joint Military Exercise between India and Saudi Arabia inaugurated at Mahajan in Bikaner, Rajasthan.
Government Scheme
Lakhpati Didi Scheme – Launched in Dec 2023. Aim – To financially empower women in rural areas and promote their entrepreneurial spirit. Target – 2 Crore woman entrepreneurs in villages but in interim budget of 2024 it increased upto 3 Crore.
LABHA Scheme – By Orrisa Govt for Purchasing Minor Forest Product. (Minor Forest Produce (MFP) is all non-timber forest produce of plant origin and includes bamboo, brushwood, stumps, canes, Tusser, cocoon, honey, waxes, Lac, tendu/kendu leaves, medicinal plants and herbs, roots, tuber and the like.)
Sports
1. Rohan Bopanna became the oldest player to win a Grand Slam in doubles at the age of 43. Rohan Bopanna and Australia’s Matthew Ebden have won the men’s doubles title of the Australian Open tennis tournament against Italian pair of Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavasori 7-6, 7-5 in close sets
2. Australian Open Men’s single – Italy’s Jannik Sinner won his first Grand Slam title by defeating Russian Daniil Medvedev 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 in a five-set game in the Australian Open final
3. Women’s singles – Belarus’s Aryna Sabalenka has won the Australian Open women’s singles title by defeated world number two Zheng Qianwen of China in the final. Aryana won her second Grand Slam title.
4. FIH Hockey – Netherlands won the first edition of FIH Hockey 5s Women’s World Cup in Muscat, Oman by defeating India by 7-2 in the final.
5. R Praggnanandha became the only chess player to defeat the current world champions in Open and Women’s category by defeating defending and four-time women’s world champion Wenjun Xu of China
6. Snow leopard is the mascot of Khelo India Winter Games 2024 which held in Ladakh.
7. Maharashtra state tops the medal table of Khelo India Youth Games-2023 held at Tamil Nadu.
| Rank | State | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1st | Maharastra | 56 | 55 | 50 | 161 |
| 2nd | Haryana | 41 | 32 | 55 | 128 |
| 3rd | Madhya Pradesh | 39 | 30 | 27 | 96 |
| 4th | Rajasthan | 19 | 10 | 19 | 48 |
| 5th | Delhi | 16 | 22 | 26 | 64 |
| 14th | Uttar Pradesh | 6 | 14 | 16 | 36 |
Important “ What is ______ in recent news ?”
1. What is Laughing Gull – North American Migratory Bird.
2. What is Sarvatra – Mobile Bridge System developed by DRDO
3. What is POEM-3 – The PSLV Orbital Experimental Module-3 (POEM-3) is a space platform.
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