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New 91-foot statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj unveiled at Rajkot Fort, Sindhudurg

Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis unveiled a new 91-foot statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj at Rajkot Fort in Malvan, Sindhudurg district, on 11 May 2025, replacing the 35-foot statue that collapsed in August 2024.

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💹 Markets & Finance 📍 Maharashtra

IEPFA and SEBI hold preparatory meeting in Mumbai for 'Niveshak Shivir'

The Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority and SEBI held a preparatory meeting at SEBI's office in Bandra-Kurla Complex, Mumbai, on 9 May 2025 for 'Niveshak Shivir', a nationwide drive to help investors reclaim unclaimed dividends and shares.

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🛡️ Weapons & Induction 📍 India Important

'Arnala', first Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft, delivered to the Indian Navy

'Arnala', the first of eight Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft built by GRSE, Kolkata, was delivered to the Indian Navy on 8 May 2025 at L&T Shipyard, Kattupalli.

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🎓 Social Justice & Welfare 📍 Maharashtra

Virendra Kumar distributes NAMASTE kits in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, reviews DNT welfare at Tisgaon Tanda

Union Minister Dr Virendra Kumar distributed sanitation kits and Ayushman cards to sanitation workers under the NAMASTE scheme in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar on 8 May 2025 and reviewed welfare work for De-notified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic communities at Tisgaon Tanda.

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🔬 Science & Technology 📍 Maharashtra

DST-SEED-funded smart modular cage to make cattle transport safer

A modular, adjustable cattle cage with a ramp that doubles as a door, developed by Prof. Sandip S. Patil's team at Guru Gobind Singh College of Engineering and Research Centre, Nashik, under a DST-SEED project, can ease cattle transport, the DST said on 8 May 2025.

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🎭 Heritage & UNESCO 📍 Maharashtra

CCRAS revives two rare Ayurvedic manuscripts, Dravyaratnakara Nighantu and Dravyanamakara Nighantu, in Mumbai

The Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences released critical editions of two rare Ayurvedic lexicons, Dravyaratnakara Nighantu and Dravyanamakara Nighantu, at an event in Mumbai announced on 7 May 2025.

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📋 State Schemes 📍 Maharashtra Important

Maharashtra cabinet meets at Chaundi, approves ₹681-crore Ahilyadevi Holkar memorial plan and ₹5,503 crore for temple towns

The Maharashtra cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, met at Chaundi in Ahilyanagar district on 6 May 2025 to mark Ahilyabai Holkar's 300th birth anniversary, approving ₹681 crore for her memorial and development plans worth about ₹5,503 crore for pilgrimage centres.

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💹 Banking & RBI 📍 Maharashtra Important

DFS Secretary reviews Regional Rural Banks and amalgamation plan in Mumbai

DFS Secretary M. Nagaraju reviewed the performance of Regional Rural Banks and progress on the One State-One RRB amalgamation plan in Mumbai on 5 May 2025.

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👤 Appointments & Resignations 📍 Maharashtra

Prakash Magdum takes charge as Managing Director of NFDC

Prakash Magdum, a 1999-batch Indian Information Service officer, assumed charge as Managing Director of the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) in Mumbai on 5 May 2025.

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📊 Reports & Indices 📍 India Important

Five knowledge reports on media and entertainment released at WAVES 2025

MoS Dr. L. Murugan released five reports on India's media and entertainment sector at WAVES 2025 in Mumbai on 3 May 2025, including a live events white paper and BCG's creator economy report.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Maharashtra

Pune railway station to be transformed with four new platforms; Hadapsar–Jodhpur Express flagged off

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on 3 May 2025 that Pune railway station will be completely transformed with world-class facilities including four new platforms, as he flagged off the Hadapsar–Jodhpur and MGR Chennai Central–Bhagat Ki Kothi Express trains.

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🏆 National Awards 📍 India

10th National Community Radio Awards presented at WAVES 2025

MoS for Information and Broadcasting Dr. L. Murugan presented the 10th National Community Radio Awards to 12 community radio stations at the 8th National Community Radio Conference held at WAVES 2025 in Mumbai on 3 May 2025.

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🌐 International Organisations 📍 Maharashtra Important

Global Media Dialogue at WAVES adopts the WAVES Declaration; WAVES Bazaar records ₹250 crore deals

Member nations at the Global Media Dialogue at WAVES 2025 in Mumbai adopted the WAVES Declaration on 2 May 2025, while WAVES Bazaar recorded confirmed deals worth ₹250 crore.

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📅 Important Days & Themes 📍 Gujarat Important

Maharashtra and Gujarat mark their foundation day on 1 May

Maharashtra and Gujarat celebrated their foundation day on 1 May 2025; both States were formed from Bombay State on 1 May 1960.

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🎭 Art & Culture 📍 Maharashtra

WAVES 2025, India's first World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit, inaugurated in Mumbai

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated WAVES 2025, the first World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit, at the Jio World Centre in Mumbai on 1 May 2025.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Maharashtra Important

Multi Modal Logistics Park Nagpur at Sindi, near Wardha, begins commercial operations

The Multi Modal Logistics Park Nagpur at Sindi, near Wardha in Maharashtra, began commercial operations, receiving its first rake of 123 Maruti cars on 28 April 2025, MoRTH said on 30 April 2025.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 Maharashtra Important

Coastal States Fisheries Meet 2025 in Mumbai: ₹255 crore projects, first aqua insurance, digital Marine Fisheries Census

Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh launched fisheries projects worth ₹255 crore and awarded the first-ever aqua insurance at the Coastal States Fisheries Meet 2025 in Mumbai on 28 April 2025.

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💹 Economy 📍 Maharashtra Must know

Kishan Reddy addresses 6th India Steel in Mumbai; coal gasification target of 100 MT by 2030

Union Coal and Mines Minister G. Kishan Reddy addressed the 6th edition of India Steel, an international exhibition-cum-conference, in Mumbai on 26 April 2025, citing a coal gasification target of 100 MT by 2030.

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🏆 National Awards 📍 Maharashtra

Akashvani wins six awards at India Audio Summit and Awards 2025 in Mumbai

Akashvani won six awards at the third edition of the India Audio Summit and Awards (IASA) 2025, held in Mumbai on 25 April 2025.

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🛡️ Weapons & Induction 📍 Maharashtra

Navy inducts 10th Ammunition cum Torpedo cum Missile barge, LSAM 24, at Mumbai

The 10th Ammunition cum Torpedo cum Missile (ACTCM) barge, LSAM 24 (Yard 134), built by MSME shipyard Suryadipta Projects, Thane, was inducted at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai, on 22 April 2025.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Maharashtra Important

Cruise operations begin from Mumbai International Cruise Terminal, India's largest cruise terminal

Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal flagged off cruise operations from the Mumbai International Cruise Terminal at Ballard Pier, India's largest cruise terminal, on 21 April 2025.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Maharashtra

Indian Navy completes refit of Maldivian Coast Guard Ship MNDF Huravee at Mumbai

Maldivian Coast Guard Ship MNDF Huravee set sail for the Maldives on 21 April 2025 after the Indian Navy completed her maiden Normal Refit at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai.

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📋 State Schemes 📍 Maharashtra Important

Maharashtra's Pink E-Rickshaw scheme: CM Fadnavis hands over first 50 e-rickshaws to women in Nagpur

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis flagged off 50 pink e-rickshaws for women beneficiaries in Nagpur on 20 April 2025 under the Women and Child Development Department's Pink E-Rickshaw scheme.

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💹 Trade & Industry 📍 Maharashtra

First commercial sea shipment of Indian pomegranates reaches the USA from Maharashtra

APEDA said on 19 April 2025 that the first commercial sea shipment of Indian Bhagwa pomegranates, about 14 tonnes from Ahilyanagar in Maharashtra, had arrived in New York.

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🛡️ Military Exercises 📍 Maharashtra Important

India–Uzbekistan joint military exercise DUSTLIK-VI begins at Aundh, Pune

The sixth edition of the India–Uzbekistan joint military exercise DUSTLIK began at the Foreign Training Node, Aundh (Pune), on 16 April 2025 and is scheduled till 28 April.

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🌿 Pollution & Conservation 📍 Maharashtra Important

Karad in Maharashtra sets benchmark in sanitary waste management

Karad, a city in Maharashtra's Satara district, achieves 100% segregation, collection and processing of sanitary and biomedical waste, the Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry said on 16 April 2025.

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🚄 Energy & Power 📍 India Important

CEA concurs record six pumped storage project DPRs of about 7.5 GW in 2024-25

The Central Electricity Authority concurred Detailed Project Reports of six hydro pumped storage projects with about 7.5 GW capacity in 2024-25, a record, and aims to concur at least 13 projects of about 22 GW in 2025-26.

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🎓 Education 📍 Maharashtra Important

I&B Ministry and Maharashtra sign MoU for Indian Institute of Creative Technologies in Mumbai

The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting and the Government of Maharashtra signed an MoU on 11 April 2025 to establish the Indian Institute of Creative Technologies (IICT) at Film City, Goregaon, Mumbai, for the AVGC-XR sector.

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🛡️ Internal Security 📍 India Must know

Tahawwur Rana extradited from the US, arrested by NIA on arrival in Delhi

Tahawwur Hussain Rana, an accused in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks case, was extradited from the United States and formally arrested by the National Investigation Agency on arriving in New Delhi on 10 April 2025.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 Telangana Important

CCI procures 100 lakh bales of cotton under MSP in 2024-25; Telangana leads

The Cotton Corporation of India procured 100 lakh bales of cotton under MSP operations in the 2024-25 season up to 31 March 2025, with Telangana (40 lakh bales) leading, the Ministry of Textiles said on 8 April 2025.

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