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Sat, 22 Mar 2025

Fri, 21 Mar 2025

📊 Reports & Indices 📍 India Must know

India Bioeconomy Report 2025: bioeconomy grows 16-fold to $165.7 billion in 2024

Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh released the India Bioeconomy Report 2025 at BIRAC's Foundation Day in New Delhi on 21 March 2025; it puts India's bioeconomy at $165.7 billion in 2024, up from $10 billion in 2014.

For: UPSC Civil Services · State PSC · SSC +8 5 MCQs
🎓 Social Justice & Welfare 📍 Delhi Important

Purple Fest 2025 for persons with disabilities held at Rashtrapati Bhavan

Purple Fest 2025, celebrating the talent and inclusion of persons with disabilities, was held at the Amrit Udyan, Rashtrapati Bhavan, on 21 March 2025 with about 23,500 participants and President Droupadi Murmu in attendance.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 India Important

HQ Integrated Defence Staff and DST sign MoU on defence research and development

Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff and the Department of Science and Technology signed an MoU in New Delhi on 21 March 2025 to collaborate on defence research and development for the armed forces.

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🏆 Literature & Arts Awards 📍 India Important

Sahitya Akademi announces Translation Prize 2024 for 22 books

The Executive Board of the Sahitya Akademi, chaired by its President Madhav Kaushik, approved 22 books for the Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize 2024 at Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi, as announced on 21 March 2025.

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📅 Important Days & Themes 📍 India Important

First World Day for Glaciers observed; International Day of Forests 2025 marked with theme 'Forests and Foods'

The first-ever World Day for Glaciers was observed on 21 March 2025, the same day as the International Day of Forests, whose 2025 theme was 'Forests and Foods'.

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🏛️ Elections 📍 Delhi Important

ECI concludes two-week training programme for 40 Bhutanese election officials at IIIDEM

A two-week residential programme on election administration for 40 senior and mid-level election officials from Bhutan concluded at IIIDEM, New Delhi, on 21 March 2025.

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Thu, 20 Mar 2025

📊 Reports & Indices 📍 World Must know

World Happiness Report 2025: India ranks 118th of 147; Finland tops for eighth year

The World Happiness Report 2025, released on 20 March 2025, ranked India 118th of 147 countries, up from 126th, while Finland was the happiest country for the eighth year in a row.

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🚄 Energy & Power 📍 India Must know

India's coal production crosses 1 billion tonnes for the first time in a financial year

India's coal production crossed one billion tonnes in 2024-25 on 20 March 2025, 11 days earlier than the previous year's total of 997.83 million tonnes was reached.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 India Must know

DAC clears proposals worth over ₹54,000 crore including T-90 engines, Varunastra torpedoes and AEW&C systems

The Defence Acquisition Council chaired by Rajnath Singh accorded Acceptance of Necessity to eight capital acquisition proposals worth over ₹54,000 crore on 20 March 2025.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Delhi Important

14th ADMM-Plus Experts' Working Group meeting on Counter-Terrorism concludes in New Delhi

The 14th meeting of the ADMM-Plus Experts' Working Group on Counter-Terrorism, the first of the 2024–27 cycle co-chaired by India and Malaysia, concluded in New Delhi on 20 March 2025.

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🔬 IT, AI & Digital 📍 India Important

Zoho wins MeitY's Indian Web Browser Development Challenge

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced on 20 March 2025 that Zoho had won the Indian Web Browser Development Challenge, with Team PING and Team Ajna as first and second runners-up.

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🏅 Other Sports 📍 Delhi Important

Mansukh Mandaviya declares second Khelo India Para Games open in New Delhi

Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya declared the second Khelo India Para Games open at the KD Jadhav Indoor Hall, New Delhi, on 20 March 2025, with over 1,300 para athletes in six disciplines.

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💹 GDP, Inflation & Economic Data 📍 India Important

EPFO adds 17.89 lakh net members in January 2025

The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation added 17.89 lakh net members in January 2025, according to provisional payroll data released on 20 March 2025.

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Wed, 19 Mar 2025

📋 Central Schemes 📍 India Must know

PFRDA notifies regulations to operationalise the Unified Pension Scheme from 1 April 2025

The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority notified the PFRDA (Operationalisation of the Unified Pension Scheme under NPS) Regulations, 2025 by a gazette notification dated 19 March 2025, effective 1 April 2025.

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🔬 Space 📍 United States Must know

Sunita Williams and NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 return to Earth; Williams and Wilmore complete 286 days in space

NASA's SpaceX Crew-9, including Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams, splashed down off Tallahassee, Florida, at 5:57 pm EDT on 18 March 2025, which was 3:27 am IST on 19 March 2025.

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💹 Markets & Finance 📍 India Important

SEBI brings demat and mutual fund holdings to DigiLocker to reduce unclaimed assets

SEBI issued a circular on 19 March 2025 letting investors store demat and mutual fund holding statements in DigiLocker and name 'Data Access Nominees', to reduce unclaimed assets in the securities market.

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💹 Banking & RBI 📍 India Important

Cabinet approves ₹1,500 crore incentive scheme for low-value BHIM-UPI person-to-merchant payments

The Union Cabinet on 19 March 2025 approved a ₹1,500 crore incentive scheme for 2024-25 that pays banks 0.15% on UPI person-to-merchant transactions of up to ₹2,000 for small merchants.

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📋 Central Schemes 📍 India Important

Cabinet approves revised Rashtriya Gokul Mission with total outlay of ₹3,400 crore

The Union Cabinet on 19 March 2025 approved the revised Rashtriya Gokul Mission with an additional ₹1,000 crore, taking the total outlay to ₹3,400 crore for the 15th Finance Commission cycle (2021-22 to 2025-26).

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🔬 IT, AI & Digital 📍 India Important

C-DOT launches 'Samarth' incubation programme for telecom and ICT startups

The Centre for Development of Telematics launched the first cohort of 'Samarth', an incubation programme for startups in telecom and ICT, with STPI as implementation partner, on 19 March 2025.

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📋 Central Schemes 📍 India Important

Cabinet approves revised National Programme for Dairy Development with ₹2,790 crore budget

The Union Cabinet on 19 March 2025 approved the revised National Programme for Dairy Development, a Central Sector Scheme, adding ₹1,000 crore for a total of ₹2,790 crore for 2021-22 to 2025-26.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Delhi Important

Rajnath Singh addresses fifth Major Bob Khathing Memorial Event; recalls Tawang's peaceful integration

Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh addressed the fifth Major Bob Khathing Memorial Event, organised by the Indian Army, Assam Rifles and the United Service Institution of India at Delhi Cantt on 19 March 2025.

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Tue, 18 Mar 2025

🏛️ Elections 📍 India Must know

ECI decides EPIC-Aadhaar linking will follow Article 326, RP Act 1950 and Supreme Court ruling; UIDAI consultations to begin

The Election Commission of India led by CEC Gyanesh Kumar decided on 18 March 2025 that linking voter ID (EPIC) with Aadhaar will be done only as per Article 326 of the Constitution, Sections 23(4), 23(5) and 23(6) of the RP Act, 1950, and the Supreme Court judgement in WP (Civil) No. 177/2023.

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🔬 IT, AI & Digital 📍 India Important

UIDAI partners Bengaluru-based Sarvam AI for GenAI voice interactions and fraud alerts in Aadhaar services

The Unique Identification Authority of India partnered with Bengaluru-based Generative AI company Sarvam AI, in an agreement effective 18 March 2025, for AI voice interactions and real-time fraud alerts in 10 languages.

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🏛️ Parliament & Bills 📍 Delhi Important

Lok Sabha Secretariat and MeitY sign MoU to launch 'Sansad Bhashini' for AI-powered multilingual parliamentary work

The Lok Sabha Secretariat and the Ministry of Electronics and IT signed an MoU on 18 March 2025, in the presence of Speaker Om Birla and Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, to develop 'Sansad Bhashini', in-house AI tools for multilingual parliamentary operations.

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🔬 Research & Discoveries 📍 Delhi Important

IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi inaugurates S N Bose Building at GCNEP; six-month nuclear engineering course launched

IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi inaugurated the S N Bose Building of the Global Centre for Nuclear Energy Partnership and introduced a six-month Certificate Course on Nuclear Engineering at an event at Sushma Swaraj Bhavan, New Delhi, on 18 March 2025.

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🌐 International Relations 📍 Russia Important

Putin agrees to Trump's proposal for a 30-day halt on strikes on energy infrastructure

In a phone call on 18 March 2025, Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to US President Donald Trump's proposal that Russia and Ukraine refrain from striking each other's energy infrastructure for 30 days, but did not accept a full 30-day ceasefire.

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🔬 IT, AI & Digital 📍 India Important

IndiaAI and Geological Survey of India launch hackathon on AI-driven mineral targeting in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh

IndiaAI and the Geological Survey of India launched the IndiaAI Hackathon on Mineral Targeting on 18 March 2025, asking participants to use AI/ML to find new exploration areas for critical minerals in a 39,000 sq km area of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.

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