UPPSC Current Affairs — Saari news

🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Uttar Pradesh Important

Lucknow mein BrahMos Integration & Testing Facility Centre ka udghatan

11 May 2025 (Tech Day): Rajnath Singh ne Lucknow ka BrahMos Integration and Testing Facility Centre virtually inaugurate kiya — 200 acres, ~₹300 crore, 40 months mein poora.

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📅 Important Days & Themes 📍 India Important

National Technology Day 2025 — theme 'YANTRA'

11 May 2025: National Technology Day (1998 Pokhran tests ki yaad) — TDB ka theme 'YANTRA – Yugantar for Advancing New Technology, Research & Acceleration'.

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🔬 Health & Medicine 📍 India

Ayush Ministry ka weekly Yoga Podcast; IDY 2025 ke 10 signature events

11 May 2025: Prataprao Jadhav ne MDNIY ka Weekly Yoga Podcast launch kiya; IDY 2025 theme 'Yoga for One Earth, One Health'.

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🔬 Science & Technology 📍 India

Tech Day par 'Super 30 Startups' compendium aur National Quantum Mission ke 2 calls

11 May 2025: Dr Jitendra Singh ne TDB-funded 'Super 30 Startups' compendium release kiya aur National Quantum Mission ke 2 naye calls launch kiye.

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🏅 Cricket 📍 Sri Lanka

India women ne Sri Lanka ko 97 runs se haraakar tri-series jeeti

11 May 2025, R. Premadasa Stadium Colombo: India women 342/7 (Mandhana 116) — Sri Lanka 245 all out; India 97 runs se jeeti.

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🔬 Health & Medicine 📍 India

S&T Ministry ka Indian Red Cross ke saath voluntary blood donation camp

11 May 2025 (Tech Day): Dr Jitendra Singh ne S&T Ministry aur Indian Red Cross Society ke blood donation camp ka udghatan kiya.

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🌐 Bilateral Relations 📍 India Must know

FS Misri: DGMOs 1700 IST se firing aur military action rokne par sahmat

10 May 2025: Pakistan ke DGMO ne 1535 IST par India ke DGMO ko call kiya; land, air aur sea par saari firing/military action 1700 IST se rokne par agreement.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 India Important

AAI NOTAMs: 32 airports par civil flights band, 25 ATS route segments bhi

10 May 2025: NOTAMs ke through North aur West India ke 32 airports civil flights ke liye 9–14 May tak band; Delhi aur Mumbai FIR mein 25 ATS route segments ka closure extend.

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📅 Important Days & Themes 📍 World Important

World Migratory Bird Day 2025 — theme 'Shared Spaces'

10 May 2025: World Migratory Bird Day ka pehla peak day; theme 'Shared Spaces: Creating Bird-Friendly Cities and Communities'. Doosra din 11 October.

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🏅 Other Sports 📍 China Important

Madhura Dhamangaonkar ka Shanghai World Cup Stage 2 mein compound gold

10 May 2025: Madhura ne USA ki Carson Krahe ko 139–138 se hara kar pehla individual World Cup gold jeeta; men's compound team ko bhi gold.

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🏛️ Governance & Administration 📍 India

PM Modi ki 7, Lok Kalyan Marg par high-level meeting

10 May 2025: PM Modi ne 7, Lok Kalyan Marg par high-level meeting chair ki — Rajnath Singh, NSA Ajit Doval, CDS Gen Anil Chauhan, service chiefs shamil.

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🏛️ Governance & Administration 📍 India

DARPG ki 'Rashtriya Karmayogi Jan Seva Program' training

10 May 2025: DARPG ne Capacity Building Commission ke saath New Delhi mein ASO se Under Secretary level tak ke officers ke liye interactive training ki.

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🌿 Environment & Ecology 📍 United States Important

UNFF20 mein India: forest cover 25.17%, IBCA join karne ka nyota

5–9 May 2025, New York: UNFF20 mein India ne forest & tree cover 25.17% bataya aur sabhi UN Member States ko International Big Cat Alliance join karne ko kaha.

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📋 Central Schemes 📍 India Important

Jan Suraksha schemes — PMJJBY, PMSBY, APY ke 10 saal

9 May 2025: PM Modi dwara 9 May 2015 ko launch ki gayi teen Jan Suraksha schemes ke 10 saal poore.

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📋 Central Schemes 📍 India Important

CGSS expansion notify: per borrower cover ₹20 crore

9 May 2025: DPIIT ne Credit Guarantee Scheme for Startups ka expansion notify kiya — ceiling ₹10 cr se ₹20 cr; 27 Champion Sectors ke liye AGF 2% se 1%.

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💹 GDP, Inflation & Economic Data 📍 India Important

Morningstar DBRS ne India ko 'BBB' (Stable) kiya

9 May 2025: Morningstar DBRS ne India ki long-term rating BBB (low) se BBB, Stable trend; short-term R-2 (middle) se R-2 (high).

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💹 Trade & Industry 📍 India Important

India–New Zealand FTA ka pehla round New Delhi mein khatam

5–9 May 2025: India–NZ FTA negotiations ka first round New Delhi mein; agla round July 2025 mein.

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🌿 Pollution & Conservation 📍 India Important

PSA report: Zero-Emission Trucking ke 10 priority corridors

9 May 2025: PSA Prof. Ajay Kumar Sood ne report release ki — zero-emission trucks ke early adoption ke liye 10 highway corridors.

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🔬 IT, AI & Digital 📍 India Important

TRAI ki satcom spectrum terms par recommendations

9 May 2025: TRAI ne satellite-based commercial communication services ke spectrum assignment ki terms par recommendations di — assignment 5 saal tak, 2 saal extend ho sakta hai.

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🌐 Bilateral Relations 📍 Russia

Sanjay Seth Moscow mein 80th Victory Day celebrations mein

9 May 2025: RRM Sanjay Seth ne Moscow mein Victory Day (WWII Soviet victory ki 80th anniversary) attend kiya aur President Putin se mile.

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🌐 International Organisations 📍 Switzerland

GFTM ki 6th meeting Geneva mein

9 May 2025: Group of Friends of Traditional Medicine ki chhathi meeting Permanent Mission of India, Geneva mein; Ayush Secretary Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha ka virtual keynote.

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🏛️ Governance & Administration 📍 India

CCPA ke walkie-talkie sale par 13 notices

9 May 2025: CCPA ne e-commerce platforms ko 13 notices diye — walkie-talkies bina frequency disclosure, licence info ya Equipment Type Approval ke bik rahe the.

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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 India

FWC-02 Manekshaw Centre mein sampann

9 May 2025: Tri-Services Future Warfare Course ka doosra edition khatam — pehli baar 15 private defence industry representatives shamil.

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🌐 International Relations 📍 World Must know

Robert Francis Prevost bane Pope Leo XIV — USA se pehle Pope

8 May 2025: Conclave ne Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost ko 267th Pope chuna; naam Leo XIV — USA se pehle aur pehle Augustinian Pope.

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🌐 Bilateral Relations 📍 India Important

Iran FM Abbas Araghchi ki President Murmu se mulaqat

8 May 2025: Iran ke Foreign Minister Dr Abbas Araghchi Rashtrapati Bhavan mein President Murmu se mile — India–Iran diplomatic relations ke 75 saal.

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📅 Important Days & Themes 📍 India Important

World Thalassemia Day 2025 — 'Together for Thalassemia'; TBSY ka 'One State, One Hospital' goal

8 May 2025: World Thalassemia Day ka theme 'Together for Thalassemia: Uniting Communities, Prioritizing Patients'; G. Kishan Reddy ne Coal India ki TBSY ke liye 'One State, One Hospital' goal announce kiya.

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🛡️ Weapons & Induction 📍 India Important

'Arnala' — pehla ASW Shallow Water Craft Navy ko mila

8 May 2025: GRSE Kolkata ka banaya 'Arnala' (8 ASW SWCs mein pehla) L&T Shipyard, Kattupalli mein Indian Navy ko deliver hua.

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🌐 Agreements & MoUs 📍 India Important

India–Chile CEPA ke Terms of Reference sign

8 May 2025: India aur Chile ne CEPA negotiations ke ToR sign kiye; pehla round 26–30 May 2025, New Delhi.

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🔬 IT, AI & Digital 📍 India

NITI Frontier Tech Hub ki AI datacentre workshop

8 May 2025: NITI Aayog Frontier Tech Hub ki states ke liye AI datacentre investment workshop — India ~20% world data banata hai par global datacentre capacity sirf 3%.

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🚄 Energy & Power 📍 India

Coal gasification scheme Category II ke liye CGPDPA sign

8 May 2025: Coal Ministry ne Jindal Steel and Power, New Era Cleantech aur Greta Energy and Metal ke saath CGPDPA sign kiya.

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