India Current Affairs — Saari news

🛡️ 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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🏛️ Elections 📍 Delhi Important

IIIDEM mein Bhutan ke 40 election officials ki training poori

10–21 March 2025, New Delhi.

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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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🎓 Education 📍 Delhi

President Murmu ne AIIMS New Delhi ke 49ve convocation ko sambodhit kiya

21 March 2025: AIIMS 'Gita ke Karma Yoga ki running laboratory'.

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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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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Delhi Important

ADMM-Plus EWG on Counter-Terrorism ki 14vi meeting New Delhi mein khatam

19–20 March 2025: India-Malaysia co-chair cycle 2024–27 ki pehli meeting.

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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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🏅 Other Sports 📍 Delhi Important

Mandaviya ne doosre Khelo India Para Games ka udghatan kiya

20 March 2025, KD Jadhav Indoor Hall, New Delhi.

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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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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Uttar Pradesh

NHAI ne 14 toll fee collection agencies ko debar kiya

20 March 2025: Mirzapur toll plaza par UP STF raid ke baad.

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🔬 Research & Discoveries 📍 Jammu and Kashmir

CSIR-IIIM Jammu aur HAPICO ka biopesticide MoU

20 March 2025.

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💹 Economy 📍 Delhi

President Murmu ne Rashtrapati Bhavan mein Udyam Utsav dekha

20–30 March 2025, Ministry of MSME.

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🎭 Art & Culture 📍 Gujarat

PM ne Bavaliyali Dham programme ko sambodhit kiya

20 March 2025, video message, Bharwad samaj (Gujarat).

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📅 Important Days & Themes 📍 Delhi

National Zoological Park ne World Sparrow Day manaya

20 March 2025, New Delhi.

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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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💹 Economy 📍 Jharkhand Important

BCCL ne Jharkhand mein Dugda coal washery monetise ki — India mein pehli baar

19 March 2025: 2 MTPA Dugda washery, Bokaro, Jharkhand.

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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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🚄 Railways, Roads & Aviation 📍 Maharashtra Important

CCEA ne JNPA Port (Pagote) se Chowk tak 6-lane greenfield highway manzoor kiya

19 March 2025: 29.219 km, BOT (Toll), ₹4,500.62 crore, Maharashtra.

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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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💹 Economy 📍 Assam Important

Cabinet ne Assam mein Namrup-IV ammonia-urea complex ko manzoori di

19 March 2025: ₹10,601.40 crore, 12.7 LMT urea/saal, BVFCL Namrup.

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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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🛡️ Defence & Security 📍 Delhi Important

Rajnath Singh ne 5th Major Bob Khathing Memorial Event ko sambodhit kiya

19 March 2025, Delhi Cantt: Army, Assam Rifles aur USI ka aayojan.

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🏆 National Awards 📍 Delhi

President Murmu ne 19th Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards diye

19 March 2025, New Delhi.

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🌿 Climate Change 📍 Delhi

'India 2047: Building a Climate-Resilient Future' symposium Bharat Mandapam mein shuru

19 March 2025 se 4 din; Harvard ke 2 institutes + MoEFCC.

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