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March 11th & 12th, 2025 Daily Current Affairs Summary - Honey Gs Academy

Revision of March 10th Current Affairs

Key Highlights from Previous Day

• Women in Higher Judiciary: High Courts - 14% women judges, Supreme Court - 2 women (Justice BV Nagarathna to be first female CJI in 2027, Justice Bela Trivedi retiring in June).
• Justice Jomalaya Bagchi: Appointed as Supreme Court Judge (Article 124).
• e-Shram Portal: Gig and platform workers to register for PM Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) benefits as per 2025-26 budget.
• OP Choudhary: Chhattisgarh Minister prepared budget using own handwriting.
• Exercise Khanjar-XII: Joint special forces exercise between Kyrgyzstan and India.
• Iran Nuclear Deal (JCPOA): Discussions revived after Trump's return in 2025.
• AI MaaS: Self-thinking AI technology developed by China's Mounica.
• Madhav National Park: Declared as India's 58th Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh.
• Champions Trophy: India won for the third time.
• TWAS Award: UNESCO award to Indian scientist Suman Chakraborty.
• Mark Carney: New Prime Minister of Canada.
• Himanshu Pathak: Director General of ICRISAT.

March 11th & 12th, 2025 Daily Current Affairs

Space

• AssamSAT:
  • Assam government to develop its own satellite, AssamSAT, marking the first state government initiative in India for satellite development.
  • ISRO and IN-SPACe to provide support for the program.
  • Purpose: Surveillance (border state) and disaster management.

Defense

• Exercise Bongosagar:
  • Naval exercise between Bangladesh and India.
  • Hosted in the Bay of Bengal this year.

Science & Technology (Others)

• Assam's OTT Platform:
  • Assam government to launch its own government-run OTT platform.
  • Third state in India to have a government OTT platform.
  • First: Kerala - CSpace.
  • Second: Meghalaya - Hello Meghalaya.
  • India's national government OTT platform: Waves (by Prasar Bharati).
• WHO AI Regional Center for Health Governance:
  • WHO to open a regional center for AI in health governance at Delft University of Technology, Netherlands.
  • Focus on digital ethics in health.

Environment

• World Air Quality Report 2024 (IQAir):
  • Published by Swiss organization IQAir.
  • Measures air quality based on WHO standards (PM2.5 target: 5 micrograms per cubic meter).
  • Country Rankings:
    • 1st: Chad Republic.
    • 2nd: Bangladesh.
    • 3rd: Pakistan.
    • 5th: India (approx. 50.6 - 10 times WHO recommendation).
  • Capital City Rankings:
    • 1st: Delhi (India).
  • City Rankings:
    • 1st: Byrnihat (Meghalaya, India) - claimed by Meghalaya, located on Assam-Meghalaya border.
    • 2nd: Delhi (India).

International Relations

• India chairs UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs:
  • India elected as chair of the 68th session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna, Austria.
• PM Modi's Visit to Mauritius:
  • Attended Mauritius National Day celebrations (March 12) as chief guest.
  • Conferred with Mauritius' highest civilian award: Grand Commander of the Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean.
  • PM Modi is the first Indian leader and fifth overall to receive this award.
  • India provided OCI cards to the Prime Minister and President of Mauritius and their spouses, and other key leaders.
  • Special gifts presented: Ganga Jal (holy water) and Makhana (lotus seeds from Bihar) to the President of Mauritius, Gokool Domah.

Reports

• SIPRI Report on Arms Exports and Imports (2020-2024):
  • Top Importers:
    • 1st: Ukraine.
    • 2nd: India.
  • Top Import Sources for India:
    • 1st: Russia.
    • 2nd: France.
  • Top Exporters:
    • 1st: USA.
    • 2nd: France.
    • 3rd: Russia.
  • India's arms imports decreased slightly compared to 2015-2019.

Awards

• Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award:
  • Awarded to Lakshmi Narayana for his book Deepika (collection of 36 essays) in Telugu.
• International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA):
  • Best Film: All We Imagine as Light.
  • Best Director: Kiran Rao (for *Laapataa Ladies*).
  • Outstanding Achievement in Indian Cinema (Lifetime Achievement): Rakesh Roshan.

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: One-member commission on SC categorization, tenure extended by one month.

Thank you.