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📊 Reports & Indices 📍 India Must know

India Bioeconomy Report 2025: bioeconomy 16 guna badhkar $165.7 billion

21 March 2025: Jitendra Singh ne BIRAC Foundation Day par IBER 2025 jaari ki.

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👤 Appointments & Resignations 📍 Odisha Important

Justice Harish Tandon Orissa High Court ke Chief Justice bane

21 March 2025: Calcutta HC se, Article 217(1) ke tahat.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 India Important

HQ IDS aur DST ka defence R&D par MoU

21 March 2025, New Delhi.

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🏆 Literature & Arts Awards 📍 India Important

Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize 2024: 22 books chune gaye

21 March 2025: President Madhav Kaushik ki adhyakshta mein Executive Board.

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📅 Important Days & Themes 📍 India Important

Pehla World Day for Glaciers; International Day of Forests 2025 — 'Forests and Foods'

21 March 2025.

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💹 Economy 📍 India

BIS ka Annual Programme for Standardisation 2025-26

21 March 2025: 40 ministries, 84 industry associations se consultation.

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🔬 IT, AI & Digital 📍 India

C-DOT aur IIT Delhi disaster warning ke liye AI chatbot banayenge

21 March 2025 ko elaan.

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📊 Reports & Indices 📍 World Must know

World Happiness Report 2025: India 118th, Finland 8vi baar top

20 March 2025, International Day of Happiness par jaari.

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🚄 Energy & Power 📍 India Must know

India ka coal production pehli baar 1 billion tonne paar

20 March 2025, FY 2024-25.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 India Must know

DAC ne ₹54,000 crore se zyada ke proposals clear kiye

20 March 2025: T-90 ke 1350 HP engine, Varunastra, AEW&C.

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🔬 IT, AI & Digital 📍 India Important

Zoho ne Indian Web Browser Development Challenge jeeta

20 March 2025: Ashwini Vaishnaw ne winners announce kiye.

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💹 GDP, Inflation & Economic Data 📍 India Important

EPFO ne January 2025 mein 17.89 lakh net members jode

20 March 2025 ko provisional payroll data.

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📋 Central Schemes 📍 India Must know

PFRDA ne Unified Pension Scheme ke regulations notify kiye — 1 April 2025 se laagu

Gazette notification 19 March 2025; UPS notification 24 January 2025.

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🔬 Space 📍 United States Must know

Sunita Williams aur Crew-9 Earth par laute — 286 din space mein

Splashdown: 18 March 5:57 pm EDT = 19 March 2025, 3:27 am IST, Tallahassee (Florida) ke paas.

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💹 Markets & Finance 📍 India Important

SEBI ne unclaimed assets kam karne ke liye demat aur MF holdings DigiLocker mein laaye

19 March 2025 circular, 1 April 2025 se effective.

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💹 Banking & RBI 📍 India Important

Cabinet ne low-value BHIM-UPI P2M transactions ke liye ₹1,500 crore incentive scheme manzoor ki

19 March 2025: small merchants ke ₹2,000 tak ke UPI P2M par 0.15% incentive.

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📋 Central Schemes 📍 India Important

Cabinet ne revised Rashtriya Gokul Mission ko ₹3,400 crore ke saath manzoori di

19 March 2025: ₹1,000 crore extra, 15th FC cycle (2021-26).

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🔬 IT, AI & Digital 📍 India Important

C-DOT ne telecom startups ke liye 'Samarth' incubation programme launch kiya

19 March 2025: pehla cohort, STPI implementation partner.

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📋 Central Schemes 📍 India Important

Cabinet ne revised National Programme for Dairy Development ko manzoori di

19 March 2025: Central Sector Scheme, kul ₹2,790 crore (2021-26).

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🏛️ Elections 📍 India Must know

ECI: EPIC-Aadhaar linking Article 326 aur RP Act 1950 ke hisaab se hi hogi

18 March 2025, Nirvachan Sadan: CEC Gyanesh Kumar ki meeting.

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🔬 IT, AI & Digital 📍 India Important

UIDAI ne Aadhaar services ke liye Sarvam AI se partnership ki

18 March 2025 se: GenAI voice interactions aur real-time fraud alerts, 10 bhashaon mein.

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🌐 International Relations 📍 Russia Important

Putin ne energy infrastructure par hamle 30 din rokne ka Trump ka prastav maana

18 March 2025 phone call; full 30-day ceasefire nahin maana.

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🔬 IT, AI & Digital 📍 India Important

IndiaAI aur GSI ne AI-driven mineral targeting hackathon launch kiya

18 March 2025: Karnataka aur Andhra Pradesh ka 39,000 sq km area.

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🔬 IT, AI & Digital 📍 India Important

MeitY aur Drone Federation India ne NIDAR drone challenge launch kiya

18 March 2025: SwaYaan ke tahat, ₹40 lakh prize pool.

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🌐 Bilateral Relations 📍 India Must know

India-New Zealand: defence MoU sign, NZ IPOI aur CDRI mein shamil

17 March 2025, New Delhi: PM Modi aur NZ PM Christopher Luxon ki talks.

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👤 Appointments & Resignations 📍 India Important

Dr Shivkumar Kalyanaraman bane ANRF ke CEO

17 March 2025: acting CEO Prof. Abhay Karandikar se charge liya.

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💹 Economy 📍 India Important

GeM ne FY 2024-25 khatam hone se pehle ₹5 lakh crore GMV paar kiya

17 March 2025: Commerce Ministry ki ghoshna.

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🕯️ Obituaries 📍 Odisha Important

Former Union Minister Debendra Pradhan ka 84 saal ki umr mein nidhan

17 March 2025, New Delhi: Odisha BJP ke veteran leader ka nidhan.

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💹 GDP, Inflation & Economic Data 📍 India Important

February 2025 mein WPI inflation 2.38%

17 March 2025: Commerce Ministry ka WPI data (base 2011-12).

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💹 Trade & Industry 📍 India Important

April–Feb 2024-25 mein India ka total export $750.53 billion, 6.24% growth

17 March 2025: Commerce Ministry ka trade data.

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