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March 13th, 2025 Daily Current Affairs Summary - Honey Gs Academy

Revision of March 11th & 12th Current Affairs

Key Highlights from Previous Days

• AssamSAT: Assam government's initiative to develop its own satellite with ISRO and IN-SPACe support.
• Assam's OTT Platform: Third state in India to launch a government-run OTT platform, after Kerala (CSpace) and Meghalaya (Hello Meghalaya).
• Prasar Bharati's OTT Platform: Waves is the government-run OTT platform by Prasar Bharati.
• UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs: India chairs the 68th session in Vienna.
• PM Modi's Mauritius Visit (March 12): Received Mauritius' highest civilian award and presented OCI cards to dignitaries.
• World Air Quality Index 2024: Published by IQAir, India ranked 5th among countries, Delhi ranked 1st in capital cities, and Byrnihat (Meghalaya) ranked 1st among cities.
• WHO PM2.5 Standard: Only 7 countries meet the WHO standard of 5 micrograms per cubic meter.
• Exercise Bongosagar: Naval exercise between Bangladesh and India, hosted in the Bay of Bengal.
• IIFA Awards: Best Film - *All We Imagine as Light*, Best Director - Kiran Rao (*Laapataa Ladies*).
• SIPRI Report on Arms Exports and Imports (2020-2024): Ukraine top importer, India second; USA top exporter, France second.
• WHO AI Health Governance Center: To be established at Delft University, Netherlands.

March 13th, 2025 Daily Current Affairs

Space

• NASA's PUNCH and SPHEREx Missions:
  • Launched together on March 11th from Vandenberg Space Force Base using SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket.
  • PUNCH Mission (Polarimetry to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere):
    • Solar mission to study the Sun's corona (outer layer) and solar wind using polarized light.
    • First solar mission to provide 3D images of the corona.
  • SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer):
    • Space telescope to study the history of the universe.
    • Will operate for two years.
    • Uses infrared light for observation.

International Relations

• PM Modi's Mauritius Visit - Maha Sagar Initiative:
  • Maha Sagar (Mutual and Holistic Advancement in Security and Growth for All in the Region) initiative launched by India.
  • Expands on the Sagar vision (Security and Growth for All in the Region) for the Indian Ocean Region.
  • Focuses on the development of Global South countries (developing countries - economic term).

Awards & Recognition

• Ramsar Award for Wise Use of Wetlands:
  • Awarded to Jayshree Vencatesan (Chennai-based) for her work in protecting the Pallikaranai wetland in Chennai.
  • First Indian to receive this award.

Government Policy

• PM-YUVA 3.0:
  • Mentorship program for young authors (under 30 years).
  • Organized by the National Book Trust under the Ministry of Education.

Sports

• Khelo India Winter Games 2025:
  • Hosted by Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.
  • First Rank: Indian Army.
  • Second Rank: Himachal Pradesh.
  • Notable Performance: Nainashree (Telangana) won three gold medals in speed skating.

Telangana & Andhra Pradesh Current Affairs

• Telangana:
  • Acharya V. Sreenivas appointed as the first Vice-Chancellor of Sammakka Saralamma Vidyalayam.
• Andhra Pradesh:
  • Shakti App: Launched on March 8th for women's safety.
  • Puraseva App: Launched for providing municipal services.
  • Rajiv Ranjan Mishra Commission: Tenure extended for SC categorization.

Thank you.