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🏛️ Governance & Administration 📍 Uttar Pradesh Important

XV Finance Commission grants: Uttar Pradesh gets ₹1,598.80 crore, Andhra Pradesh ₹446.49 crore for rural local bodies

The Union Government released XV Finance Commission untied grants of ₹1,598.80 crore to Uttar Pradesh and ₹446.49 crore to Andhra Pradesh for rural local bodies, the Panchayati Raj Ministry said on 24 December 2024.

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📋 State Schemes 📍 Andhra Pradesh Must know

Andhra Pradesh Cabinet clears 45 Amaravati works, KfW loan for CRDA and mid-day meal for Intermediate students

The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on 19 December 2024 approved 45 engineering works in Amaravati and restored the mid-day meal for Intermediate students.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Odisha Important

East Coast Railway declares 170 road over bridge projects as Special Railway Projects, 110 in Odisha

The General Manager of East Coast Railway approved 170 road over bridge projects as Special Railway Projects, ECoR said on 19 December 2024.

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🛡️ Weapons & Induction 📍 India Must know

INS Nirdeshak, second Survey Vessel (Large), commissioned into Indian Navy at Visakhapatnam

INS Nirdeshak, the second ship of the Survey Vessel (Large) project, was commissioned into the Indian Navy at Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam on 18 December 2024.

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🚄 Urban Development 📍 Andhra Pradesh Important

APCRDA approves ₹24,276 crore of works in Amaravati

The 43rd APCRDA meeting chaired by Andhra Pradesh CM N. Chandrababu Naidu on 16 December 2024 approved works worth ₹24,276 crore in Amaravati.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Andhra Pradesh Important

SLINEX-24: India–Sri Lanka naval exercise at Visakhapatnam

The Ministry of Defence announced on 16 December 2024 that SLINEX-24 would be held at Visakhapatnam from 17 to 20 December 2024.

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🏛️ Governance & Administration 📍 Andhra Pradesh

Manohar Lal reviews power, housing and urban schemes of Andhra Pradesh

On 7 December 2024, at Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, Union Power and Housing & Urban Affairs Minister Manohar Lal reviewed the state's power, housing and urban development schemes.

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🔬 Space 📍 Andhra Pradesh Must know

PSLV-C59 places ESA's Proba-3 satellites in orbit

On 5 December 2024, from Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, PSLV-C59 carried the European Space Agency's Proba-3 spacecraft into a highly elliptical orbit in a dedicated commercial mission of NSIL.

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🎓 Education 📍 Bihar

Yuva Sangam Phase V begins with Bihar–Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh–Uttar Pradesh tours

On 27 November 2024, the Ministry of Education said Yuva Sangam Phase V had begun, with 44 delegates from Bihar touring Karnataka and 50 from Andhra Pradesh touring Uttar Pradesh.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 India Must know

BAHS 2024 released on National Milk Day: milk output 239.30 million tonnes in 2023-24

On 26 November 2024 (National Milk Day) in New Delhi, Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh released Basic Animal Husbandry Statistics 2024, putting 2023-24 milk production at 239.30 million tonnes.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 India Important

DPIIT marks eight years of four industrial corridors approved in 2016

On 19 November 2024 in New Delhi, DPIIT celebrated the 8th anniversary of four industrial corridors — AKIC, CBIC, ECEC and BMIC — approved on 20 November 2016.

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🔬 Science & Technology 📍 India Important

DST launches Operation Dronagiri and the Integrated Geospatial Data Sharing Interface

On 14 November 2024, DST Secretary Abhay Karandikar launched Operation Dronagiri, a pilot under the National Geospatial Policy 2022, along with the Integrated Geospatial Data Sharing Interface (GDI).

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🛡️ Weapons & Induction 📍 Andhra Pradesh Important

Keel laid for the first of five Fleet Support Ships for the Indian Navy at Hindustan Shipyard

On 14 November 2024 at Hindustan Shipyard Ltd, Visakhapatnam, the keel of the first of five Fleet Support Ships for the Indian Navy was laid.

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🏛️ Polity & Governance 📍 India Must know

1 November: Kerala Piravi, Kannada Rajyotsava and MP Foundation Day mark the 1956 reorganisation

On 1 November 2024, PM Narendra Modi greeted Kerala on Kerala Piravi, Karnataka on Kannada Rajyotsava and Madhya Pradesh on its Foundation Day; these states were formed under the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, whose appointed day was 1 November 1956.

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📋 Central Schemes 📍 Delhi Important

PM lays foundation of four NIPER Centres of Excellence, opens PLI units and India's biggest Jan Aushadhi Kendra

On 29 October 2024, PM Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of four Centres of Excellence at NIPERs in Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Guwahati and Mohali, inaugurated five PLI-scheme units for medical devices and bulk drugs, and opened the country's biggest Jan Aushadhi Kendra at AIIMS, New Delhi.

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📋 Central Schemes 📍 Madhya Pradesh Important

PM inaugurates ESIC Hospital, Indore, and lays foundation of six ESI hospitals worth ₹1,641 crore in all

On 29 October 2024, PM Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated the 300-bed ESIC Hospital in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, and laid the foundation for six more ESI hospitals; the seven projects are worth ₹1,641 crore.

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🛡️ Military Exercises 📍 Andhra Pradesh Important

31st SIMBEX concludes after sea phase in the Bay of Bengal

The 31st Singapore India Maritime Bilateral Exercise (SIMBEX) concluded on 29 October 2024 after a harbour phase at Visakhapatnam (23–25 October) and a sea phase in the Bay of Bengal (28–29 October).

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 India Must know

CCEA approves two railway projects worth ₹6,798 crore, including new line to Amaravati

On 24 October 2024, in India, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved two railway projects worth about ₹6,798 crore: doubling of 256 km in north Bihar and a 57 km new line between Errupalem and Namburu via Amaravati.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Andhra Pradesh Important

Sea Phase of MALABAR 2024 concludes at Visakhapatnam

On 18 October 2024, at Visakhapatnam, the Sea Phase of exercise MALABAR 2024 concluded with a closing ceremony.

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🎓 Education 📍 Andhra Pradesh

National Skill Training Institute extension centre inaugurated at AMTZ campus, Visakhapatnam

On 15 October 2024, in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, Union Minister Jayant Chaudhary inaugurated a National Skill Training Institute (NSTI) extension centre at the AMTZ campus.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Andhra Pradesh Important

Sea Phase of Exercise MALABAR 2024 begins off Visakhapatnam

On 14 October 2024, off the coast of Visakhapatnam, the Sea Phase of Exercise MALABAR 2024 commenced with navies of Australia, India, Japan and the USA.

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🏛️ Governance & Administration 📍 Rajasthan Important

Centre releases first instalment of XV Finance Commission grants to rural local bodies of Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh

On 12 October 2024, in India, the Union Government released the first instalment of XV Finance Commission grants for 2024-25 to rural local bodies: over ₹1,267 crore for Rajasthan and over ₹988 crore for Andhra Pradesh.

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🛡️ Weapons & Induction 📍 Maharashtra

Navy's sixth Missile cum Ammunition Barge, LSAM 12, launched at Mira Bhayandar

On 10 October 2024, at Mira Bhayandar, Maharashtra, the Indian Navy's Missile cum Ammunition Barge LSAM 12 (Yard 80), the sixth of eight, built by MSME shipyard SECON Engineering Projects, was launched.

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🛡️ Military Exercises 📍 Andhra Pradesh Important

Opening ceremony of MALABAR 2024 held onboard INS Satpura at Visakhapatnam

On 9 October 2024, at Visakhapatnam, the opening ceremony of the 28th edition of the multinational maritime exercise MALABAR 2024 was held onboard INS Satpura under the Eastern Naval Command.

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