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🏛️ Elections 📍 India Important

ECI ke 3 initiatives: RGI se death data, naye voter slips, BLO photo ID

1 May 2025: electoral rolls ki accuracy ke liye.

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👤 Appointments & Resignations 📍 India Important

Lt Gen Pratik Sharma bane Northern Command ke GOC-in-C

1 May 2025 ko charge liya.

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🏆 National Awards 📍 India Important

Satwik-Chirag ko Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna mila

1 May 2025: Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya ne award diya.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 India Important

RMS 2025-26: wheat procurement 250 LMT paar

256.31 LMT procure (target 312 LMT), 30 April 2025 tak.

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🌿 Environment & Ecology 📍 Switzerland Important

Geneva mein BRS COPs 2025, India delegation Bhupender Yadav ke netritva mein

30 April – 1 May 2025: Basel, Rotterdam, Stockholm Conventions ke COPs.

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👤 Appointments & Resignations 📍 India Important

Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit bane CISC

1 May 2025: Lt Gen JP Mathew (retd 30 April) ki jagah.

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🎭 Art & Culture 📍 Maharashtra

WAVES 2025, India ka pehla World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit, Mumbai mein shuru

1 May 2025: PM Modi ne Jio World Centre, Mumbai mein WAVES 2025 inaugurate kiya.

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🎭 Art & Culture 📍 Telangana Must know

Babuji Vanam, 'duniya ka pehla energy transmission garden', Kanha Shanti Vanam mein

30 April 2025: Telangana Governor Jishnu Dev Varma ne inaugurate kiya.

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📅 Important Days & Themes 📍 Karnataka Must know

Basava Jayanti: PM ne Jagadguru Basaveshwara ko tribute diya

30 April 2025: 12th-century philosopher aur social reformer.

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🔬 Research & Discoveries 📍 India Important

GenomeIndia: 10,000+ logon ka whole genome sequencing

DBT-funded project; data IBDC mein archive.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Madhya Pradesh Important

Agra–Gwalior Greenfield Expressway: NHAI ne BOT (Toll) concession sign kiya

30 April 2025: 88 km, 6-lane, NH-719D; concessionaire G.R. Infraprojects.

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🏛️ Governance & Administration 📍 India Important

PM ne 46th PRAGATI meeting chair ki

30 April 2025: 8 projects, lagbhag ₹90,000 crore.

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🎓 Education 📍 India Important

Tribal Affairs Ministry aur BPCL: 75 EMRS mein Space Labs

30 April 2025: 19 states, BPCL CSR se ~₹12 crore.

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💹 GDP, Inflation & Economic Data 📍 India Important

MoSPI ka ASSSE pilot study

30 April 2025: pehli baar GSTN frame use hua.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Maharashtra Important

MMLP Nagpur (Sindi, Wardha ke paas) mein commercial operations shuru

28 April 2025 ko 123 Maruti cars ki pehli rake aayi.

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🌾 Agriculture & Rural 📍 India

Sugarcane FRP 2025-26: ₹355 per quintal

30 April 2025: CCEA ne 10.25% recovery par ₹355/qtl approve kiya.

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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Meghalaya

Shillong–Silchar greenfield high-speed corridor ko Cabinet ki manzoori

30 April 2025: 166.80 km, NH-06, Mawlyngkhung se Panchgram, ₹22,864 crore, HAM.

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🏛️ Governance & Administration 📍 India

CCPA ne agli Census mein caste enumeration shamil karne ka faisla kiya

30 April 2025: PM ki adhyakshta mein Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs ka decision.

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💹 Economy 📍 India Must know

India Post aur SBI Funds Management ka MoU: doorstep KYC

29 April 2025, Dak Bhawan: SBI Mutual Fund investors ke liye doorstep KYC.

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📊 Reports & Indices 📍 India Must know

PSA ne public-funded R&D organisations par Round 2 report jaari ki

29 April 2025: Prof. Ajay Kumar Sood ne 15th CII Global Innovation and IP Summit mein report release ki.

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🚄 Energy & Power 📍 Rajasthan Must know

Manohar Lal ne Jaipur mein Rajasthan power aur urban schemes review kiye

29 April 2025: RDSS works tez karne aur smart metering phased tarike se karne ki salah.

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🌿 Disasters 📍 Manipur Important

Manipur ko hailstorm ke liye ₹153.36 crore ki extra Central assistance

Amit Shah ki HLC ne NDRF se ₹153.36 crore approve kiye (2024 hailstorm).

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💹 Economy 📍 India Important

Labour Ministry aur Rapido ka MoU: NCS par 50 lakh opportunities

29 April 2025: 1–2 saal mein NCS portal par 50 lakh livelihood opportunities, 5 lakh women ke liye.

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🔬 Research & Discoveries 📍 India Important

PM ne YUGM Innovation Conclave ko address kiya

29 April 2025, Bharat Mandapam: PM Modi ka YUGM Innovation Conclave address.

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💹 GDP, Inflation & Economic Data 📍 India Important

MoSPI ka pehla Private Sector CAPEX survey: findings jaari

2024-25 mein provisional CAPEX per enterprise ₹172.2 crore.

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🚄 Urban Development 📍 Uttar Pradesh Important

Ghaziabad ne India ka pehla Certified Green Municipal Bond issue kiya

Ghaziabad Nagar Nigam (UP) ne ₹150 crore jutaye, 40 MLD tertiary STP ke liye.

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🔬 Space 📍 Karnataka Important

IIA study: Sun ki near-surface shear layer ke flows 11-year cycle se jude

IIA Bengaluru ki study ne NSSL (~35,000 km deep) mein plasma flows track kiye.

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💹 Trade & Industry 📍 India

India–US BTA talks Washington mein hui

23–25 April 2025: Department of Commerce aur USTR ki meeting Washington, D.C. mein.

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🚄 Energy & Power 📍 India

Green Hydrogen Certification Scheme of India (GHCI) launch hui

29 April 2025: Pralhad Joshi ne MNRE workshop mein GHCI launch kiya.

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🔬 Research & Discoveries 📍 Punjab Must know

INST Mohali: green hydrogen ke liye CuO–CuWO4 catalyst

INST Mohali (DST) ke scientists ne CuO–CuWO4 p-n heterojunction catalyst banaya.

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