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INDEX
Sports News Important

Defense News Appointments


National News Ranks and Reports

International News Schemes

Science and Economics

Technology Books

Brand Ambassador Deaths

Awards Other Main News

Important Days Practice Questions

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 Hardik Singh, winner of the FIH Player of the Year at


Sports News the Star Awards 2023, was also awarded the Hockey
India Best Midfielder of the Year award.
Rohan Bopanna becomes oldest player to 
win Miami Open men's doubles final MS Dhoni becomes the first wicketkeeper
in the world to take 300 catches in T20
cricket


 Indian tennis star Rohan Bopanna and his Australian
partner Matthew Ebden achieved a historic win in
the men's doubles final at the Miami Open.
 The pair defeated Croatia's Ivan Dodik and America's 
Austin Krajicek 6-7, 6-3, 10-6.  Former Indian team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni
 44-year-old Bopanna became the oldest man to win has achieved another special feat in T20 cricket at
an ATP Masters 1000 title. With this win, he also the Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium
regained the top spot in the ATP rankings. in Visakhapatnam.
  Dhoni took his 300th wicket behind the wicket in T20
cricket as soon as he caught Prithvi Shaw against
Hardik Singh and Salima Tete named
Delhi in IPL 2024.
Hockey India's Player of the Year in men's
 Indian cricket team veteran Mahendra Singh Dhoni
and women's category respectively has become the first wicketkeeper in the world to
have achieved the feat of taking 300 wickets in the
T20 format.
 He achieved this feat while playing against Delhi
Capitals in the IPL.
 MS Dhoni resigned from the captaincy of CSK even
before the start of IPL. Rituraj Gaikwad has been
made the captain in his place.
 
 Hardik Singh and Salima Tete were named 'Player of Arjun Erigaisi became India's top ranked
the Year' for 2023 in men's and women's category chess player
respectively at the 6th Annual Hockey India Awards.
Hockey India announced the 6th Hockey India
Awards 2023 at a ceremony in New Delhi on 31
March 2024. Awards 2023 announced -CLA
 Punjab's Hardik Singh, who is currently the vice-
captain of the Indian hockey men's team, was part of
the bronze medal-winning Indian team at the Tokyo
Olympics 2023 and the gold medal-winning
Hangzhou Asian team in 2023. 

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 India's young chess player Arjun Erigaisi has become  Italian professional tennis player Jannik Sinner
India's top ranked chess player. performed brilliantly and won the title of Miami
 With a standard rating of 2756, Erigaisi is ranked Open 2024.
ninth in the world. He has left behind five-time world  Sinner defeated Grigor Dimitrov in the final.
champion Vishwanathan Anand in this matter.  With this, he has achieved a career best number 2
 In the FIDE rankings, after 21-year-old Arjun, the ranking.
second Indian ranker is Vishwanathan Anand.
 Pankaj Advani won the title of CCI Snooker
Maharashtra team won the men's title of Classic
National Kho-Kho Championship 2023-24


 World champion Pankaj Advani maintained his
 dominance during the CCI Snooker Classic in
 In the 56th National Kho-Kho Championship 2023-
Mumbai and won the title.
24, the Maharashtra team has won both the men's
 Pankaj defeated Kamal Chawla 8-3 in the final.
and women's titles by making a clean sweep.
 Pankaj Advani won the CCI Snooker Classic title in
 This championship was organized at Karnail Singh
the last two years and now retains the billiards title.
Stadium and Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in Delhi.

 The winning team got Rs 3 lakh in cash and a trophy.
Sumit Nagal becomes first Indian to win
 Indian Kho-Kho Federation
 It was established in 1955. main draw match at Monte Carlo Masters
 It is a body recognized by the Government of India.
 Headquarters: New Delhi
 Chairman: Sudhanshu Mitt

Tennis player Jannik Sinner won the men's


singles title of Miami Open 2024


 Indian tennis player Sumit Nagal defeated 35th
ranked Matteo Arnaldi to become the first Indian to
win a main draw match at the Monte Carlo Masters.
 He defeated Arnaldi. Unseeded 95th ranked Nagal is
only the third Indian to feature in the main draw at
Monte Carlo after Vijay Amritraj in 1977 and Ramesh
 Krishnan in 1982.
 He became the first male Indian singles player to win
Masters 1000 matches on clay.

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New Zealand teams win men's and  This will be extended to all three medal winners at
women's titles at Hong Kong Sevens Los Angeles 2028.
 Athletics events at the Paris Olympics begin on
August 1.

Mary Kom quits as Chef-de-Mission for


Paris Olympics


 New Zealand won the men's and women's titles at
the Hong Kong Sevens to end a tournament that set
the scene for rugby at the Paris Olympics.
 The All-Blacks Sevens scored the first two tries in a
10-7 win over France in the men's final and 
successfully defended their title.  Olympic bronze medallist and six-time world
 New Zealand's 36-7 win over the United States won champion boxer M.C. Mary Kom has resigned as
the women's title. Chef-de-Mission of the Indian contingent at the Paris
 For the New Zealand men, this was the 68th Olympics, citing "personal reasons".
tournament title in the World Series.  Mary, who is also the chairperson of the IOA's
 Athletes' Commission, was named as Chef-de-

World Athletics to award US$50,000 to Mission in March 2024.


 In March 2024, Mary was selected as Chef de
gold medallists in athletics at the Paris
Mission, with Winter Olympian Shiva Keshavan
Olympics named her deputy.

India gets 2 silver and 2 bronze medals at
13th EGMO 2024


 World Athletics will award US$50,000 to gold
medallists in athletics at the Paris Olympics.
 This is the first time World Athletics has announced
prize money for an Olympic sports event.
 ‚A total of USD 2.4 million has been earmarked as 
prize money from the International Olympic  The 13th European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad
Committee's revenue share allocation, which World (EGMO) was held in Tskaltubo, Georgia. The Indian
Athletics receives every four years. team has performed quite commendably in this
 The financial reward will be given to athletes winning competition.
gold medals in each of the 48 athletics events at the  The 4-member Indian team has won a total of four
Paris Olympics. medals including 2 silver and 2 bronze medals at the

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13th EGMO 2024. Gunjan Agarwal (Haryana) – Silver  17-year-old Grandmaster D Gukesh of India has
Medal created history by winning the Candidates Chess
 Sanjana Philo Chacko (Kerala) – Silver Medal Tournament.
 Larissa (Haryana) – Bronze Medal  Gukesh has become the youngest winner, breaking
 Sai Vitthal Patil (Maharashtra) – Bronze Medal the record set by the great Garry Kasparov 40 years
 The team is led by Sahil Mhaskar (Head), Ms. Aditi ago.
Muthkhode (Deputy Head), and Ms. Ananya Ranade  He has become the second Indian to win this
(Supervisor) from Chennai Mathematical Institute. prestigious tournament after the great Vishwanathan
Their guidance and support has been instrumental in Anand.
the success of the team.  Last year, he won a silver medal at the Hangzhou
 Asian Games.
India finishes Asian Wrestling
Championship 2024 with 9 medals Prachi Yadav won two gold medals at ACC
Paracanoe Asian Championship 2024

 
 The senior Indian wrestling team ended their  Madhya Pradesh's top para canoer Prachi Yadav has
campaign at the 20th Asian Wrestling Championship won two gold medals at the ACC Paracanoe Asian
by bagging nine medals – 4 silver and 5 bronze. Championship 2024 held in Tokyo, Japan.
 A total of 30 Indian men and women wrestlers  Prachi, a resident of Gwalior, won medals in the
participated in the championship. Women's KL2 and Women's VL2 categories.
 The men wrestlers competed in freestyle and Greco-  Prachi has also been awarded the Arjuna Award in
Roman events while the women's team competed the year 2023.
only in freestyle events.
 Archery World Cup 2024 organized in
Grandmaster D Gukesh wins Candidates Shanghai, China
Chess Tournament title


  Archery World Cup 2024 is being organized in
Shanghai, China.

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 The Indian trio of Tarundeep Rai, Dheeraj  The Indian men's recurve team of Dheeraj
Bommadevara and Praveen Jadhav have confirmed Bommadevara, Tarundeep Rai and Pravin Jadhav
medals by reaching the men's recurve final. defeated the world's No. 1 ranked South Korean
 At the same time, Jyothi Surekha Vennam finished team in the final.
second in the women's compound qualification  India won eight medals - five gold, two silver and
round in Stage I. one bronze - at the Archery World Cup Stage 1 in
Shanghai.
Mona Agarwal won gold medal in World
Shooting Para Sport Tournament
Defence News
Mumbai set to become India's first tri-service
common defence station


 In para-shooting, Indian para-shooter Mona Agarwal
won the gold medal in women's 10m air rifle at the
World Shooting Para Sport Tournament.
 Slovakia's Veronika Vadovikova won silver and
Swedish shooter Anna Benson won bronze. 
 Army jawan Amir Ahmed Bhatt won silver medal in  Mumbai is being set up by the armed forces as the
25m pistol in this tournament. country's first "tri-service common defence station"
 This tournament is being held in Changwon, Korea. for the Army, Navy and the Indian Air Force (IAF).
  The move is aimed at promoting unity among the
three services ahead of the establishment of
Indian men's team won historic gold
integrated theatre commands.
medal in archery after 14 years
 Currently, the senior military hierarchy is discussing
the matter, and an announcement is expected
shortly.
 Currently, India has no common defence station.
 In 2001, the Andaman and Nicobar Command was
established as a full-fledged tri-service command.
 Last year, additional initiatives such as inter-service
postings were implemented to promote cooperation
between the services.
 
 Indian men's recurve team has won a historic gold
According to satellite based photos, China
medal by defeating world champion South Korean
team in Archery World Cup Stage-1. built a secret submarine base in
 This gold medal ended the 14-year gold medal Bangladesh
drought in the men's recurve team event at the
Archery World Cup.

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 Recently the Indian Navy rescued the Malta-


registered bulk cargo ship MV Ruen, which was
hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean.

HAL hands over two Dornier 228 aircraft


to Guyana


 hina has built a submarine base in Bangladesh. It has
been named BNS Sheikh Hasina.
 The construction of the submarine base being built
in Bangladesh with the help of China is almost
complete.
 The recent satellite of the submarine base is going to

create panic in the security circles of India.
 Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has handed
 A dry dock is visible in the picture, where submarines
over two Dornier 228 aircraft to the Guyana Defence
are repaired. The length of the dry dock is 135
Force.
meters and the width is about 30 meters.
 The aircraft arrived at the Cheddi Jagan International
 This submarine base is being built in Pekua of Cox's
Airport last evening on board two Boeing C-17
Bazar, Bangladesh and its cost is around 1.21 billion
Globemaster military transport aircraft.
dollars. This base is spread over 1.75 square
 The Dornier 228 aircraft is renowned for its versatility
kilometers.
and reliability, making it an ideal choice for a wide
 According to media reports, the construction of this
range of military and civilian applications.
base started in the year 2020 and it was inaugurated
 With its robust design and superior performance
by Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in
capabilities, the Dornier 228 is suitable for a variety
March 2023, a large number of Chinese officials
of missions including surveillance, reconnaissance,
attended the inauguration ceremony.
medical evacuation and transport operations.


Indian Navy launches 'Operation Sankalp'
NATO celebrates 75 years of collective
defence


 The Indian Navy has launched 'Operation Sankalp' in
the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman with the aim
of ensuring the safety of Indian ships.

 The Indian Navy's Operation Sankalp, launched in  The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
response to the increasing tension in the maritime celebrated its founding anniversary on 4 April.
region, is a successful effort.

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 On this day in 1949, Western countries gathered in revoked after the conflict with Hamas began last
Washington, DC to commit their nations to each October.
other's defense. 
 The key areas of focus for NATO's 75th anniversary Indian Coast Guard inaugurates aquatic
are commitment to the alliance's core values of centre in Tamil Nadu
democracy, freedom and the rule of law, addressing
emerging security challenges such as Russia's
invasion of Ukraine, and charting the course for
NATO's future adaptation.
 About North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
 Founded - 1949
 Headquarters - Brussels, Belgium
 Secretary General- Jens Stoltenberg
 Member countries-32 (32nd member Sweden)

 Founding members - United States, Canada and ten  Indian Coast Guard Director General Rakesh Pal has
European countries including Belgium, Denmark, inaugurated the Indian Coast Guard Aquatic Centre
France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, at ICGS Mandapam in Tamil Nadu.
Norway, Portugal and United Kingdom.  This is part of his four-day visit to maritime force
 NATO is a military alliance between North American bases in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and
and European countries. Puducherry.
 The aim of the visit was to review operational
First batch of 64 Indian workers from preparedness and infrastructure development in the
Haryana and UP sent to Israel under G2G region with a focus on ensuring safe, secure and
agreement clean seas.

INS Sharda awarded "On the Spot Unit
Citation" for anti-piracy operations


 Randhir Jaiswal, official spokesperson of the Ministry
of External Affairs, announced that the first batch of
64 Indian workers from Haryana and UP has left for
Israel under the Government-to-Government (G2G)
agreement. 
 Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar has awarded the
 India and Israel signed an agreement on "facilitating
'On-the-Spot Unit Citation' to INS Sharda for
temporary employment of Indian workers" in two
successful conduct of anti-piracy operations at sea.
sectors - construction and home-based care - on
 The ship was involved in the safe release of all 19
November 3, 2023.
crew members (11 Iranian and 8 Pakistani) of Iranian
 Israel announced plans to recruit thousands of
fishing vessel "Omari" which was taken hostage by
workers from India and other countries, mainly to
pirates off the east coast of Somalia.
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 The ship was tasked to investigate the Iranian fishing  It has been developed by Bharat Electronics Limited
vessel "Omari" which was possibly hijacked by (BEL) as part of the 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' initiative.
pirates.  This project will significantly enhance the operational
efficiency and integration of the Army's air defence
Defence Secretary Giridhar Aramane mechanism.
officiates at maiden steel cutting  'Project Akashteer' is designed to enhance the
operational efficiency and integration of the army's
ceremony of Fleet Support Ships for Indian
air defence mechanism.
Navy

Pilot Gopi Thotakura becomes first Indian


space tourist to fly with Blue Origin


 Defence Secretary Giridhar Aramane recently
presided over the maiden steel cutting ceremony of
Fleet Support Ships (FSS) for Indian Navy at
Hindustan Shipyard Limited in Visakhapatnam. 
 Gopi Thotakura, an entrepreneur and a pilot, is set to
 He also laid the foundation stone for modernization
become the first Indian to venture into space as a
of slipways and key infrastructure to enhance the
tourist on Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin's
capacity and capability of the yard.
NS-25 mission.
 Thotakura was selected as one of the six crew
Indian Army started induction of control
members for the mission, making him the first Indian
and reporting systems under 'Project space tourist and the second Indian to fly into space
Akashteer'. after Indian Army Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma
in 1984.
 Gopi Thotakura, an entrepreneur and a pilot, is set to
become the first Indian to venture into space as a
tourist on Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin's
NS-25 mission.

Israel deploys 'C-Dome' defence system,


naval version of Iron Dome

 Induction of control and reporting systems will
enhance air defence capabilities.
 The main objective of this project is to provide
unprecedented level of situational awareness and
control for the force.
 It will ensure the safety of friendly aircraft and track
enemy aircraft in disputed airspace.
 Its deployment will begin with the launch of the first 
batch of control centres from BEL-Ghaziabad.

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 Israel deployed its ship-based defence system, the C-  The inaugural edition of this exercise was held in
Dome, for the first time against a suspected aerial Uzbekistan in November 2019.
target near the southern city of Eilat.
 The C-Dome, a naval version of the Iron Dome, hit India will be the fourth largest spender on
the target, with no injuries or damage reported. arms in the world in 2023: SIPRI
 The incident followed an alert in the area, which had
previously been targeted by missile attacks from
Yemen's Houthi rebels.
 Defence systems
 Iron Dome Developed by Rafael Advanced Defense
Systems and Israel Aerospace Industries, the system
became operational in 2011.
 The land-based Iron Dome has been used countless
times to intercept rockets fired from the Hamas- 
 According to a report by the Stockholm International
controlled Gaza Strip.
Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), in 2023 India will be
 That defence system costs around $50,000 per
the fourth largest military spender in the world after
projection.
the United States, China and Russia.

 India's military expenditure in 2023 was $83.6 billion.
Joint Military Exercise 'Dustlik 2024'
In 2022 too, India will be the fourth largest military
between India and Uzbekistan spender in the world.
 The Indian government has increased its military
spending in recent years. In the interim Union
Budget 2024-25, the Indian government allocated Rs
6.21 lakh crore for defense spending. This allocation
was slightly lower (0.37%) than last year's revised
estimates.
 The allocation for defense in 2024-25 is 1.89% of
India's GDP.


 The 5th edition of the 'Dustlik' joint military exercise India supplied BrahMos supersonic cruise
between India and Uzbekistan began in Uzbekistan. missile to Philippines
 The 14-day exercise will be held in the Termez
district of Uzbekistan from 15 to 28 April 2024.
 During the 14-day exercise, soldiers of the Indian
Armed Forces and the Armed Forces of Uzbekistan
will undergo extensive joint training sessions.
 The 4th edition of the joint military exercise between
the two countries was held on February 20 last year
at the Foreign Training Node in Pithoragarh,
Uttarakhand. 
 The training exercise focused on sharing best  Recently, under a $375 million deal, India supplied
practices in sub-conventional operations under the first batch of BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles
United Nations mandates. to the Southeast Asian country Philippines.

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 The Philippines had this deal with India in January commitment to enhance defence capabilities. The
2022. Israeli-origin missile is designed to strike high-value
 BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles fire at a speed of targets and is effective in GPS-denied environments.
2.8 Mach or about three times the speed of sound.  The test was conducted in the region under the tri-
service Andaman and Nicobar Command, led by an
Indian Navy's Eastern Naval Command Air Force officer.
conducted 'Poorvi Lehar Exercise' 
Iran unveils new 'kamikaze' drone


 The Indian Navy conducted 'Exercise Poorvi Lehar'
on the eastern seaboard under the leadership of Flag
Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval 
Command.  The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)
 Its objective is to evaluate the preparedness of the has introduced a new "kamikaze drone" similar to
Indian Navy in order to deal with the maritime Russia's Lancet drone.
security challenges of the region.  According to the state Tasnim news agency, the new
 The Eastern Naval Command is one of the three Iranian drone - which has not yet been publicly
command-level structures of the Indian Navy. named - is similar to the Russian Zala Lancet drone,
 It is headquartered in Visakhapatnam (Andhra which was first produced in 2020.
Pradesh).  The Iranian drone, similar to the Lancet, has a flight
duration of 30 to 60 minutes and can carry a payload
IAF successfully test-fires air-to-surface of 3 to 6 kg and travel a distance of up to 40 km.
ballistic missile 'ROCKS' in Andaman  Equipped with an electro-optical system and a built-
in warhead, it is optimized to deal with ambush
attacks.
 About Iran
 Capital – Tehran
 Currency – Rial
 President – Ebrahim Raisi


 The Indian Air Force achieved a milestone by National News
successfully test-firing an air-launched ballistic
missile, ROCKS or Crystal Maze 2, capable of hitting India to build first commercial crude oil
targets at a range of over 250 kilometres. strategic storage
 The test, conducted from a Su-30 MKI fighter jet in
the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, reflects India's

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Producer Company Limited, a local farmer producer


organization (FPO) with support from entities like
NABARD. After a two-year journey, the GI tag,
Certificate No. 585, was officially granted on March
30, 2024.

8 Indians named in Time's 100 Most
Influential List 2024

 India plans to build its first privately managed
strategic petroleum reserve (SPR) by 2029-30, giving
the operator freedom to trade all stored oil.
 Allowing a fully commercial SPR mirrors the model
adopted by countries such as Japan and South
Korea, which allow private lessees, mostly oil majors,
to trade crude oil.
 So far, India has allowed only partial

commercialisation for its three existing SPRs in
 Eight persons of Indian origin, including Alia Bhatt,
southern India, which have a combined capacity of
Ajay Banga and Sakshi Malik, have been honoured in
36.7 million barrels.
Time magazine's prestigious list of 100 most

influential people of 2024.
GI tag given to Kathia wheat  The list includes a diverse range of leaders from
various fields, including finance, entertainment,
technology, activism and academia.
 The list includes politicians, business leaders, artists,
icons, film stars, athletes and scientists who have
made a significant impact in their fields. The overall
list has four categories: leaders, heroes, artists and
thinkers.
 Ajay Banga- President of the World Bank
 Alia Bhatt-Actress

 Sakshi Malik- Wrestler
 Uttar Pradesh has emerged as a leader in securing GI
 Dev Patel- Actor
tags and has become the first state to get 69 GI tags.
 Priyamvada Natarajan- Professor in Astrophysics
These tags highlight the rich cultural diversity and
 Asma Khan-Indian-born British restaurateur and
agricultural heritage of India.
cookbook author
 'Kathiya Gehu', an agricultural produce of the
 Jigar Shah-Director of the US Department of
Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh, has recently
Energy's Loan Program Office
been granted the Geographical Indication (GI) tag.
 Satya Nadella- Executive Chairman and CEO of
 The application for GI tag for this crop was made in
Microsoft
the year 2022.

 The GI tag was granted after a two-year long
process.
Section 144 has been imposed in Leh
 The process of GI certification of Kathia wheat was district of Ladakh to maintain peace and
initiated in January 2022 by Kathia Wheat Bangra public tranquility

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 Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)


has launched a comprehensive awareness and
sensitization program targeting key markets in New
Delhi.
 The awareness drive will specifically focus on
detection and reduction of pesticide residues and
contaminants in food products.
 During the program, food business operators were
made aware about the importance of organic

 With the implementation of Section 144, written farming, testing of raw materials, side effects of
permission will have to be taken from the District pesticide residues, artificial ripening and wax coating
Magistrate Office of Leh to take out any kind of using non-approved chemicals.
procession, rally or march.  Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)
 It has also been ordered not to make any statement  Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)
that disturbs communal harmony and peace or has been established under the Food Safety and
creates any law and order problem in the district. Standards Act, 2006.
 The ban comes just two days ahead of the proposed  Established - 5 September 2008

'Pashmina March' by climate activist Sonam  Headquarters: New Delhi

Wangchuk in Changthang region to highlight the  Under - Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

depleting pasture land of the Union Territory (UT). 


 No procession, rally, march etc. shall be taken out by Air India and BIAL sign deal to develop
anyone without prior permission and no person shall Bengaluru airport as hub
use any vehicle or other loudspeaker without
permission.
 The order comes in the wake of ongoing protests in
Ladakh demanding statehood and inclusion in the
Sixth Schedule of the Constitution.
 Mr Wangchuk, who recently sat on a 21-day fast, is
planning a march towards Changthang region on
April 7.
 According to him, the march will highlight the

depleting pasture land and the emerging threats  Air India and Bangalore International Airport Limited
from big Indian industrialists and China. (BIAL) have signed an agreement to develop
Bengaluru airport as an aviation hub, including
FSSAI launches comprehensive awareness creation of a dedicated domestic lounge, expansion
and sensitization program targeting key of international services and setting up of a
markets maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility.
 Air India (along with other Tata Group airlines - AIX
and Vistara) and BIAL will collaborate to enhance
international connectivity, operational efficiency and
passenger experience over the next five years.

Sangeet Natak Akademi to organise
 'Festival of Music and Dance'

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 Raja Ravi Varma:


 He was a famous Indian painter and artist.
 He had close association with the royal family of
Travancore.
 His paintings are the best example of the blend of
European academic art with pure Indian sensibility
and symbolism.

 Shompen tribe of Great Nicobar cast vote
 Sangeet Natak Akademi will organise 'Shakti -
for the first time
Festival of Music and Dance' at seven different Shakti
Peethas across the country from April 9 to 17.
 The 'Shakti Utsav' is being inaugurated at Kamakhya
Temple in Guwahati. Sangeet Natak Akademi is the
National Academy of Performing Arts and an
autonomous body of the Ministry of Culture,
Government of India.

First genuine copy of Ravi Varma's 
'Indulekha' released  Shompen are one of the Particularly Vulnerable
Tribal Groups (PVTG).
 Live in the dense tropical rainforests of Great
Nicobar Island.
 Belong to the Mongoloid group.
 According to the census (2011), the estimated
population of Shompen is 229.
 They are hunters and gatherers, target wild boars,
pythons, monitor lizards, crocodiles and lead a semi-
 nomadic life.
 On the occasion of Ravi Varma's 176th birth 
anniversary, the first genuine copy of 'Indulekha' Narendra Modi inaugurates Bhagwan
painting has been released at Kilimanoor Palace. Mahavir Nirvana Mahotsav in New Delhi
 Ravi Varma was born in 1848 at Kilimanoor Palace
near Trivandrum.
 A copy of Raja Ravi Varma's pioneering artwork
Indulekha, based on the novel by O Chandu Menon,
was placed in the art gallery of Kilimanoor Royal
Palace.
 The painting came into the public domain in 2022,
creating a lot of excitement in the art world.
 It is believed that Ravi Varma's famous painting 
'Reclining Lady' was based on Indulekha.  Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the
 Apart from this painting, Pooyam Thirunal C.R. A 2550th Bhagwan Mahavir Nirvana Mahotsav on the
statue of Kerala Varma and paintings of C. Rajaraja auspicious occasion of Mahavir Jayanti at Bharat
Varma and Mangala Bai were also released. Mandapam in New Delhi.

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 PM Modi paid homage to the statue of Bhagwan  Recently, GI tag has been granted to Tricolor Barfi of
Mahavir by offering rice and flower petals and Varanasi.
witnessed a dance drama titled ‚Vartaman Mein  Along with this, another product of Varanasi, Dhalua
Vardhaman‛ on Bhagwan Mahavir Swami by school Murti Metal Casting Craft has also been granted GI
children. tag.
  Till now, a total of 34 products from Banaras region
 The Prime Minister also released a commemorative and 75 products from Uttar Pradesh have been
postage stamp and coin on the occasion. Bhagwan granted GI tag. Tamil Nadu ranks second with 58 GI
Mahavir, the 24th Tirthankara, lit the path of peaceful products.
coexistence and universal brotherhood through Jain
principles such as Ahimsa (non-violence), Satya
(truthfulness), Asteya (non-stealing), Brahmacharya
(purity) and Aparigraha (non-attachment).
International News

India Post Payments Bank launches 'Online Mukesh Ambani is the only Indian in the
Aadhaar ATM Service' (AEPS) top-10 in Forbes' 38th World Billionaires
List


 India Post Payments Bank has launched 'Online
Aadhaar ATM Service' (AEPS).
 If there is an urgent need for cash and there is no 
 ccording to Forbes' 38th annual World Billionaires
time to go to the bank or ATM, one can get cash
List 2024, Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) Chairman
from the comfort of their home using IPPB (India
and Managing Director (CMD) Mukesh Ambani is the
Post Payments Bank) Online Aadhaar ATM (AEPS)
only Indian to make it to the top-10 in this list.
Service.
 At the top is Bernard Arnault and Family, owner of
 With Aadhaar Enabled Payment System (AEPS), one
French luxury giant LVMH. At the age of 37, Zerodha
can use their biometric to withdraw cash or make
co-founder Nikhil Kamath is the youngest Indian
payments from an Aadhaar linked account.
billionaire in the Forbes list.
 Top Indian billionaires
GI tag granted to Tricolor Barfi of Varanasi
 Mukesh Ambani: $116 billion (9th globally)
 Gautam Adani: $84 billion (17th globally)

India is the top doping violator in the
world according to World Anti-Doping
Agency

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 It can keep users engaged 24 hours a day on


multiple health topics in 8 languages on any device.

USA launches underwater drone 'Manta
Ray'


 As per the 2022 testing data released by the World
Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), India ranks first among
countries with the highest percentage of dope
offenders.
 The total collected samples from Indians were 4,064 
(urine, blood and athlete biological passport  USA's Northrop Gumman has unveiled its prototype
combined). 127 Indian athletes were caught using unmanned underwater vehicle 'Manta Ray'. The
banned substances, which is 3.26% of the sample Manta Ray, built by Northrop Gumman, was built to
size. carry out long-range, long-endurance military
 World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) missions.
 The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) was  The initiative is part of the Defense Advanced
established in 1999 as an international independent Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Manta Ray
agency formed and funded by the International program, which aims to test key technologies for a
Olympic Committee (IOC) and the governments of new class of autonomous submersible vehicles
the world. designed for long-duration missions.
 It is headquartered in Montreal, Canada. 
 A new species of clouded tiger cat found
WHO unveils AI-based digital health in Brazilian rainforest
promoter 'S.A.R.A.H.'



 Recently a new species of tiger has been discovered
 The World Health Organization has launched
in the dense rainforests of Brazil.
S.A.R.A.H., a digital health promoter prototype
 This cat named Clouded Tiger Cat (Leopardus
powered by generative artificial intelligence (AI),
pardinoides) may be small but it is important for
focusing on 'My health, my right'.
biodiversity and conservation.
 S.A.R.A.H. is a smart AI resource assistant for health
 A small wild cat called the Clouded Tiger Cat is
that represents the evolution of AI-powered health
almost the same size as a domestic cat. It has a
information avatars using new language models and
spotted coat that helps it blend in with its
cutting-edge technology.
surroundings.

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 Scientists associated with the Tiger-Cats


Conservation Initiative in Brazil have discovered that
this cat is a different species from other similar cats.
They arrived at this conclusion after studying the
appearance, genetic diversity and location of the cat.

Indian government gifts 35 ambulances
and 66 school buses to Nepal


 Airports Council International (ACI) World, a global
organisation that measures and assesses airport
standards, ranked Delhi's Indira Gandhi International
(IGI) Airport as the tenth busiest airport in the world
in 2023.
 Before the coronavirus pandemic, IGI Airport was
ranked 9th in 2022, 13th in 2021 and 17th busiest in

2019.
 The Indian government gifted 35 ambulances and 66
 IGI Airport in the capital handles 7.22 crore
school buses to various organisations spread across
passengers annually.
different districts of Nepal and working in the field of
 Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in
health and education respectively.
the United States topped the list with 10.46 crore
 The keys of the vehicles were handed over by
passengers.
Ambassador of India to Nepal Naveen Srivastava in
 Five airports among the top 10 rankings for total
the presence of Finance Minister of Nepal
passenger traffic are in the United States. The
Government Varsha Man Pun.
biggest jump in the ranking was recorded for
 Out of the total 101 vehicles gifted, 2 ambulances
Tokyo's Haneda Airport, which jumped from 16th
were handed over by the Indian Embassy
place in 2022 to 5th place in 2023.
representative in the earthquake affected Jajarkot

and West Rukum districts in the presence of district
officials and local residents. First Hindi radio broadcast started in
 Giving high priority to the health and education Kuwait
sectors of Nepal, the Government of India has been
gifting ambulances and school buses to various
beneficiary organizations in different parts of Nepal
on the occasion of India's Independence Day and
Republic Day for the last 3 decades.
 About Nepal
 Capital- Kathmandu
 Currency- Nepalese Rupee
 President- Ram Chandra Paudel 
 Prime Minister- Pushpa Kamal Dahal  The first Hindi radio broadcast has started in Kuwait.
  The Indian Embassy in Kuwait appreciated the Kuwait
Delhi airport is among the top 10 busiest Ministry of Information for launching a Hindi
program on FM 93.3 and AM 96.3 on Kuwait Radio
airports in the world
every Sunday.

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 This step taken will further strengthen the  The 50th G7 presidency in 2024 is held by Italy. The
relationship between the two countries. 2023 presidency of the G-7 was held by Japan. The
 India and Kuwait have long-standing trade relations, first summit of the G7 heads of state and
the Indian rupee served as the official currency of government was held in 1975 in Rambouillet, France.
Kuwait until 1961. 
 The year 2021-22 marks the 60th anniversary of  PM Meloni called PM Modi and personally extended
diplomatic relations between the two countries. the invitation.
 
Indian and Russian companies to manage Pakistan PM appoints Ishaq Dar as Deputy
Chinese-built airport in Sri Lanka Prime Minister


 The Sri Lankan government has decided to hand 
 Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has
over the management of the Chinese-built Mattala
appointed Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar as Deputy
Rajapaksa International Airport, Hambantota in the
Prime Minister of Pakistan.
country to an Indian and Russian company.
 Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader
 The Sri Lankan government will lease the
Ishaq Dar is currently serving as the Foreign Minister
management of the Mattala Rajapaksa International
of Pakistan. He has also been included in the Council
Airport or Hambantota Airport to India's Shaurya
of Common Interests (CCI).
Aeronautics (Private) Limited and Russia's Airports of
 Earlier in March, Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz
Regions Management Company for 30 years.
Sharif approved the reconstitution of the Council of

Common Interests (CCI), replacing the finance
Italian PM invites India to G7 Summit of
minister with the foreign minister.
the year 2024  About Pakistan
 Capital- Islamabad
 Currency- Rupee
 President- Asif Ali Zardari
 Prime Minister- Shahbaz Sharif
 Official languages- Urdu, English


 Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has invited
Science and Technology
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the Group
of Seven (G7) outreach session to be held in Borgo
DRDO successfully test-fires Agni-Prime
Egnazia, Apulia, Italy from June 13 to 15, 2024. missile

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 It outlines the researchers' investigation into the


chemical evolution of "SO2 astrochemical ice", an ice
composed primarily of sulfur dioxide (SO2) in the
presence of ultraviolet radiation.
 The scientists, led by R. Ramachandran of the
Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Division of the
Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, are
investigating the chemical evolution of sulphur.

 Recently, the Strategic Forces Command and DRDO 
successfully test-fired the new generation ballistic Russia successfully launches first Angara-
missile Agni-Prime off the coast of Odisha. A5 space rocket
 Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated
DRDO, SFC and the armed forces for this testing.
 Agni-Prime is a two-stage surface-to-surface missile.
 About DRDO :-
 DRDO is the research and development wing of the
Ministry of Defence, Government of India, with the
mission to empower India with cutting-edge defence
technologies and achieve self-reliance in critical
defence technologies and systems while equipping 
our armed forces with cutting-edge defence  Russia successfully test fired its Angara-A5 space
technologies. rocket from Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Far East.
 Headquarters: DRDO Bhawan, New Delhi  The launch comes after a series of technical failures
 Establishment Date: 1958 that led to the cancellation of two previous attempts.
  The Angara-A5 space rocket is designed to carry
heavy payloads into low Earth orbit.
PRL Ahmedabad-led team discovers ozone
 It is designed to carry payloads of over 20 tonnes
on Jupiter's moon Callisto
into orbit.
 In recent years, Russia's space programme has
suffered a number of high-profile setbacks.
 The Angara family of rockets has been developed to
replace the Soviet-designed Proton rocket.

DRDO successfully flight-tests indigenous
technology cruise missile from Chandipur
off Odisha coast


 An international team of scientists, including India,
has discovered strong evidence indicating the
presence of ozone on Jupiter's moon Callisto,
shedding light on the complex chemical processes
that take place on icy celestial bodies in the solar
system.
 The study was published in the March 2024 issue of
the journal Icarus. 

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 The Defence Research and Development  Microsoft has launched Phi-3 Mini, a freely available,
Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight-tested lightweight small language AI model.
indigenous technology cruise missile.  The company plans to release two other models at
 The missile was test fired from Integrated Test the same scale.
Range, Chandipur off the coast of Odisha.  The model is simpler and cheaper than other
 The missile's flight was also monitored from Su-30- heavyweight large language models such as
Mk-I aircraft of the Indian Air Force. This successful
OpenAI's GPT-4 Turbo.
flight test has also established the reliable
 It is the smallest model Microsoft has ever released
performance of the indigenous propulsion system
developed by the Gas Turbine Research and can be run locally, meaning it can be run for free
Establishment, Bengaluru. on smartphones without the need for an internet
 The missile is also equipped with advanced avionics connection.
and software to ensure better and more reliable  The model can also run on chips that power regular
performance. computers, rather than the expensive and hard-to-

find AI processors made by Nvidia.
NASA launches solar-powered  About Microsoft
spacecraftया  Founded – 1975
 Founder – Bill Gates and Paul Allen
 Headquarters – Washington DC
 Chairman – Satya Nadella
 CEO – Satya Nadella
 President – Brad Smith

China sends 3 astronauts to Tiangong
Space Station on Shenzhou 18

 NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System
spacecraft aboard Rocket Lab's Electron rocket uses
sunlight for propulsion and was launched from New
Zealand at 3:30 pm IST.
 This solar-powered spacecraft will be placed 1,000
km above the Earth.
 The oven-sized CubeSat is the heart of the
spacecraft, which will propel the spacecraft when
solar particles are directed towards the solar sail.
 
 China has sent its 7th crew to the Tiangong Space
Microsoft launches lightweight artificial
Station.
intelligence model Phi-3-mini  Shenzhou 18 is commanded by Ye Guangfu, who
was part of the Shenzhou 13 mission in 2021-2022.
 The remaining crew members are fighter pilots Li
Kang and Li Guangsu, both of whom are spaceflight
rookies.
 China began construction of its Tiangong space
station in 2021, completing the T-shaped, three-
module facility in late 2022.

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 Professor Meena Charanda, Principal of Kalindi


College (University of Delhi), has been awarded the
Brand Ambassador 'International Culture Award' for the year 2024.
 Professor Meena Charanda has been given this
Usain Bolt named ICC T20 World Cup 2024 honour for her remarkable work in the field of
Brand Ambassador education and social service.
 In the award, Charanda was given a memento,
plaque, shield and citation by the university.

Chhattisgarh's environmental activist Alok
Shukla will be honoured with 'Goldman
Prize 2024'


 Legendary Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt has been
named by the International Cricket Council (ICC) as
the ambassador for the 9th ICC Men’s T20 World
Cup, which will be jointly hosted by the West Indies
and the United States from 1 to 29 June 2024.
 As the brand ambassador, Usain Bolt will promote

the World Cup event, attend T20 World Cup matches
 Chhattisgarh's environmental activist and convener
in the West Indies and participate in fan engagement
of Chhattisgarh Bachao Andolan Alok Shukla has
events to promote the sport of cricket in the United
been selected for the 2024 Goldman Environmental
States.
Prize. The Goldman Environmental Prize, also known
 16 of the 40 matches in the group stage will be
as the Green Nobel Prize, is awarded annually to
played in the USA at 3 venues in Dallas, New York
grassroots environmental champions around the
and Florida. The much-awaited India vs Pakistan
world.
match will be played on June 9 in New York.
 Alok Shukla founded the Hasdeo Aranya Bachao
Sangharsh Samiti to save the forest region and its
ecosystem.
Awards  So far seven Indians have been awarded the
Goldman Environmental Prize-
 Medha Patkar in 1992, M.C. Mehta in 1996, Rashida
Meena Charanda honoured with
B and Champa Devi Shukla in 2004, Ramesh Agrawal
'International Culture Award'
in 2014 and Prafulla Samantara in 2017.
 Goldman Environmental Prize
 The Goldman Environmental Prize was established in
1989 by American couple Richard and Rhoda
Goldman.
 The first Goldman Environmental Prize was
announced in 1990.
 Each year, grassroots environmental leaders are
selected from six regions of the world: Africa, Asia,
Europe, North America, South and Central America,
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Jain Acharya Lokesh Muni honoured with ophthalmologists at Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital in
Tirunelveli.
US President's 'Golden Volunteer Award
 The prospective controlled, randomised study
2024' demonstrated remarkable clinical outcomes, offering
new hope for patients suffering from keratoconus.

Vijay Jain wins the prestigious Times


Power Icon 2024 Award


 Jain Acharya Lokesh Muni has become the first
Indian monk to be honoured with the US President's
Gold Volunteer Service Award for his contribution to
public good and humanity.
 Acharya Lokesh Muni is the founder of Ahimsa
Vishwa Bharat and Vishwa Shanti Kendra, a non-
governmental organisation in India. 
 Jain Acharya Lokesh received the President's Award,  Star Estate Managing Director, Vijay Jain has been
Certificate of Honour, Golden Shield and a citation honoured with the prestigious Times Power Icon
signed by US President Joe Biden. 2024 Award.
 At a ceremony held at Capitol Hills, Washington D.C.,  The award ceremony, held recently in Noida, was
US Congressman Brad Sherman read out the
organised by The Times Group.
certificate and citation issued by US President Joe
 About Star Estate
Biden.
 The US President's Volunteer Service Award was  Established in 2012 as the fastest growing real estate
established in 2003 during the presidency of George enterprise, Star Estate offers a wide range of
Bush. consulting services in the residential, commercial and
 retail sectors and other areas.
Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital honoured with  Star Estate aims to inspire the world by
'Best Scientific Poster Award' 2024 by USA demonstrating that it is possible to provide long-
term and sustainable benefits to consumers,
entrepreneurs, suppliers, shareholders and the
community at the same time.

Ram Charan conferred with honorary
doctorate in literature from University of
Wales

 The research team of Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital has
been awarded the prestigious 'Best Scientific Poster
Award' at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the American
Society for Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS).
 This recognition comes in light of their
groundbreaking study on 'Efficacy of RevitalVision
vision-training software in improving best-corrected
vision in stable keratoconus patients following
crosslinking surgery'. The research was led by
Professor Lionel Raj and Professor David Heber, 

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 Ram Charan has been conferred with an honorary


doctorate from the prestigious University of Wales in
Chennai.
 He was also the chief guest at the graduation
ceremony.
 Previous recipients of this honour have been Finance
Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, director Shankar and
others.
 Ram Charan debuted with Chirutha in 2007. Since 
then, he has given several successful films during his  Industrialist and philanthropist, Tata Group chairman

career, including Magadheera, Yevadu and Dhruva. emeritus Ratan Tata was honoured with the
 His film RRR, directed by SS Rajamouli, received prestigious KISS (Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences)
global acclaim and won the Oscar for Best Original Humanitarian Award 2021.
Song for Naatu Naatu.  The award ceremony was held at his residence in
 Ram has also received Nandi Awards, Filmfare Mumbai, a significant recognition of his commitment
Awards and South Indian International Movie Awards to social development and exemplary corporate
for his work. leadership.
  The award was presented by Achyuta Samanta,
Founder of KIIT and KISS.
Mohamed Salem wins the 2024 World
 Started by Achyuta Samanta in 2008, the KISS
Press Photo of the Year award
Humanitarian Award is the highest honour of KIIT
and KISS, dedicated to recognising individuals and
organisations who embody the spirit of humanitarian
work across the world.

Kaushik Rajasekhar awarded International
Fellowship by Engineering Academy of
Japan

 He won for his image of a Palestinian woman
cradling the body of her five-year-old niece in the
Gaza Strip.
 The winning image shows Inas Abu Maamar, 36,
weeping as she holds Sally's sheet-covered body in a
hospital morgue.
 The photo was taken on October 17, 2023, in Khan
Younis, Gaza, where families were searching for 
 Kaushik Rajasekhar has been selected as an
relatives killed during Israeli bombing of the
International Fellow of the prestigious Engineering
Palestinian territory.
Academy of Japan.
 He is a Distinguished Professor at the Cullen College
Ratan Tata receives prestigious KISS
of Engineering, University of Houston.
Humanitarian Award 2021  The honour recognises his outstanding contributions
in the field of power conversion and electrification of
transportation.

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 Indian-American professor honoured for outstanding through her multilingual and versatile reporting
contribution to energy capabilities.
 In 2022, Mr Rajashekar received the most prestigious  India Today Group introduces Sana as India's first AI
award in the international energy sector. anchor in 2023.
 
Mohammed Salem wins the 2024 World 60-year-old Argentinian wins Miss
Press Photo of the Year award Universe Buenos Aires pageant

 
 He won for his image of a Palestinian woman  60-year-old lawyer Alejandra Rodriguez created
cradling the body of her five-year-old niece in the history by winning the title of Miss Universe Buenos
Gaza Strip. Aires in Argentina.
 The winning image shows Inas Abu Maamar, 36,  Rodriguez was competing with 34 other contestants
weeping as she holds Sally's sheet-covered body in a aged between 18 and 73.
hospital morgue.  According to a report on Hola, Rodriquez thought
 The photo was taken on October 17, 2023, in Khan she had crossed the age limit for global beauty
Younis, Gaza, where families were searching for pageants, but her perspective changed with the
relatives killed during Israeli bombing of the revised rules.
Palestinian territory.  Initially, Miss Universe contestants had to be
unmarried and childless, with the age limit ranging

India Today AI anchor Sana wins global between 18 and 28 years since its inception in 1952.

media award
Hema Malini, Saira Bano among 10 to be
honoured with 'Pt. Lachhu Maharaj Award'


 Sana won the 2024 Global Media Award from the 
International News Media Association (INMA).  Renowned Hindi film superstars Hema Malini and
 Recognised as the best in South Asia for AI Saira Bano along with other prominent personalities
newsroom innovation, Sana exemplifies the cutting- from the field of art and culture will be honoured
edge use of AI in enhancing client engagement

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with the Pandit Lachhu Maharaj Award for their


contribution to the prestigious Kathak dance. This
Important Days
 The award will be given on 31 August 2024 at a
Utkal Day 2024: 01 April
function in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
 The decision was taken at a meeting held at
Bhatkhande Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya, Lucknow,
chaired by the Vice Chancellor of the university,
Professor Mandavi Singh.
 The Lachhu Maharaj Award, instituted in memory of
renowned Kathak exponent Lachhu Maharaj, was not
given after 2014.
 In such a situation, Pandit Lachu Maharaj Ballet 
Foundation has decided to honor 10 personalities  Odisha celebrated Utkal Day on 01 April.
this year.  Utkal Day is celebrated every year to commemorate
the establishment of the state of Odisha on April 1,
 No award has been announced for the year 2020
1936.
due to COVID-19.  This important day marks the separation of Odisha
 from the United Bihar and Orissa Province during the
V Senthilkumar has won his 8th British colonial era in India.
 This day is celebrated as the foundation day of
Professional Squash Association Tour title Odisha. On 01 April 2024, Odisha celebrated its 89th
foundation day.
 Odisha Day is also called Vishuva Milan. Kalinga,
Utkala, Udra, Toshali and Kosala are the names of
Odisha in ancient history.
 Odisha is named after the Odra tribe living in its
central region.
 The 113th Amendment Bill 2011 changed the name
of Orissa to Odisha.

 1-7 April – Prevention of Blindness Week
 Velavan Senthilkumar won the Bach Open, a PSA
Challenger event at the Societe Sportive du Jeu de
Paume in Paris.
 Velavan Senthilkumar defeated Melvil Scimanico of
France 11-6, 11-9, 11-6 to win the title.
 The final was held as part of the $12,000 PSA
Challenger Tour event.
 Velavan Senthilkumar reached the final by defeating 
163rd ranked Andis Ling of Hong Kong, China.  The Government of India observes April 1 to April 7
 Velavan Senthilkumar is from Chennai. He won his as Prevention of Blindness Week.
 This observance serves as a poignant call to
first PSA title in April 2018 at the Madison Open in
individuals, emphasizing the importance of prudent
Wisconsin. lifestyle choices and regular eye checkups to reduce
the risk of eye diseases, including age-related
macular degeneration.

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 Jawaharlal Nehru and Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur educate the public about the challenges faced by
founded the National Society for the Prevention of new mothers and to spread awareness about safe
Blindness in 1960 under the Societies Registration pregnancy and postpartum support.
Act of 1860.
 The Government of India officially recognized this
 It is a completely voluntary organization that accepts
day as National Safe Motherhood Day in 2003. This
donations and contributions and actively
collaborates with Sight Savers, Rotary International, day also marks the birth anniversary of Kasturba
and other important companies. Gandhi.
  Pregnancy is a life-changing journey and maternal
World Health Day 2024: April 7 health during this time can affect safe and
complication-free delivery.
 From good nutrition to regular checkups, there are
various aspects of pregnancy that an expectant
mother has to take into account.

International Human Space Flight Day
celebrated on 12 April

 World Health Day is celebrated every year on April 7.
 It is celebrated to mark the foundation day of the
World Health Organization, which was founded in
1948.
 The day is celebrated to raise awareness about
global health issues and highlight the importance of
wellness.
 The theme of World Health Day 2024 is 'My Health,
My Right'.

 The WHO is an autonomous organization that works
 International Human Space Flight Day is celebrated
under the United Nations (UN) to promote health
issues globally. every year on 12 April.
 The World Health Assembly (WHA) was formed to  This day is celebrated in honor of Yuri Gagarin, the
oversee the work of WHO. first man to go into space.
 The year 2020 was declared as the International Year  The UN General Assembly announced the
of the Nurse and the Midwife by the World Health celebration of this day in the year 2011.
Assembly.
 On April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin of the Soviet Union

became the first man to travel around the Earth in
April 11 - National Safe Motherhood Day
space.

Jallianwala Bagh Massacre: April 13


 National Safe Motherhood Day is celebrated every
year on 11 April in India. This day is celebrated to 

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 April 13 is remembered every year as the Jallianwala  Objective - To raise awareness about the importance
Bagh Massacre Day. of human voice and vocal health.
 The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, one of the darkest  Theme 2024 - Resonate. Educate. Celebrating
moments of India's colonial past, remains etched in  The first World Liver Day was celebrated in 1999,
the country's collective memory even after 105 years. with events held in over 50 countries.
 On this day in 1919, unarmed Indian citizens were 
massacred at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar. April 19 - World Liver Day
 On April 9, 1919, Indians, angered by the arrest of
two nationalist leaders, Saifuddin Kitchlew and Dr.
Satyapal, staged a protest on April 10, 1919, to show
solidarity with their leaders.
 The protest soon turned violent, killing some
protesters. To prevent any such protests in future,
the government imposed martial law.

World Art Day celebrated on 15 April 
 World Liver Day is observed every year on April 19.
 Objective - To create awareness about the
importance of liver functions and the preventive
measures we should take to ensure that the liver
stays healthy
 Theme 2024 - Keep your liver healthy and disease-
free
 In 2010, the European Association for the Study of
 the Liver (EASL) launched the first World Liver Day to
 World Art Day is celebrated every year on 15 April all commemorate the founding day of EASL in 1966.
over the world. Since then, April 19 is observed as World Liver Day
 This day is celebrated with the aim of raising every year.
awareness about the diversity of artistic expressions  According to studies, around two million people die
and strengthening the relationship between artistic every year worldwide due to liver diseases - this
creations and society. number is expected to rise by 35 per cent by 2030.
 World Art Day was officially established on April 15,
2012 during a meeting of the International National Civil Service Day 2024: April 21
Association of Art (IAA) in Mexico.

April 16 - World Voice Day


 National Civil Service Day is observed every year on
April 21.
 It is also celebrated to mark the hard work done by

 World Voice Day is celebrated every year on 16 April. civil servants in various departments and

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organizations to ensure the smooth functioning of  World Malaria Day is observed every year on April
the administrative machinery. 25. Aim - To raise awareness about the global effort
 After independence, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel called to control and eventually eliminate malaria.
civil servants the steel frame of India.  Theme 2024 - Intensifying the fight against malaria
 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel announced that National for a more equitable world
Civil Service Day will be celebrated every year to  It was first held in 2008, and the day was established
honor the contribution of civil servants to the by member states of the World Health Organization
country. (WHO) during the 2007 World Health Assembly.
 The first National Civil Service Day in India was 
celebrated on 21 April 2006. 26 April - World Intellectual Property Day
 Charles Cornwallis is known as the "Father of Indian
Civil Service" for his contribution to the reform and
modernization of the civil services of India.

April 22 - International Mother Earth Day


 The World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO)
celebrates the day every year on 26 April 2024.
 The day is dedicated to promoting the role of
intellectual property (IP) in stimulating innovation

and creativity.
 World Earth Day, also known as International Mother
 The day is an opportunity to raise awareness about
Earth Day, is celebrated every year on 22 April.
the need for a balanced approach to intellectual
 Objective - To raise awareness and promote the
property protection that takes into account the
sustainability of our planet.
rights of creators and copyright holders as well as
 Theme 2024 - Planet vs. Plastic
the public interest.
 The late 1960s saw an increase in public debate on
 Theme 2024 - IP and the SDGs: Building our
environmental issues, with Rachel Carson's influential
common future with innovation and creativity
book 'Silent Spring' (1962) and 'The Santa Barbara

Oil Spill' (1969) raising awareness about
environmental destruction. This was the beginning of
International Dance Day: 29 April
the concept of Earth Day.

April 25 - World Malaria Day


 The idea of World Dance Day was first introduced in
 1982 by the International Dance Committee of the
UNESCO International Theatre Institute.

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 World Dance Day is celebrated in more than 200


countries around the world.
 International Dance Day is dedicated to the art of
dance and is used to raise awareness about its
importance around the world.

April 30 – Ayushman Bharat Day

 International Jazz Day is celebrated every year on
April 30.
 The day is dedicated to the city of Tangier in
Morocco and the cultural heritage of jazz in Africa.
 Tangier is known for its rich history of jazz and is
home to many world-renowned jazz artists.
 The four-day celebration of International Jazz Day
includes several educational programs, cultural
activities, and performances. The All-Star Global

Concert, which is the highlight of the event, is held at
 Ayushman Bharat Day is celebrated every year on 30
Tangier's new Palace of Arts and Culture.
April in India to make people aware about the
 The concert features a variety of jazz musicians and
objectives of the government's Ayushman Bharat
is broadcast live on YouTube, Facebook, the United
scheme.
Nations and UNESCO to millions of viewers
 Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) is also
worldwide.
known as Ayushman Bharat Yojana.
 It is a healthcare scheme launched by the
Government of India, which aims to provide
affordable and accessible healthcare to about 50 Important Appointments
crore economically deprived people.
 The government launched the Ayushman Bharat
Girija Subramanian appointed CMD of
scheme after it observed that many people were
New India Assurance Company
having difficulty accessing essential medical care due
to financial constraints.
 Under this scheme, the government will bear medical
expenses of up to Rs 5 lakh annually to economically
backward people.
 History of Ayushman Bharat Day
 Ayushman Bharat Yojana (PM-JAY) is a healthcare

scheme launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi
 The Financial Services Institutions Bureau (FSIB) has
in 2018.
selected Girija Subramanian as the Chairman and
 Under this scheme, free health insurance of Rs 5 lakh
Managing Director (CMD) of New India Assurance
is provided to more than 10.74 crore poor and
Company and Bhupesh Sushil Rahul as the CMD of
vulnerable families every year under the PM-JAY
United India Insurance Company.
scheme.
 The post of CMD at United India is vacant since

February 2024 after the retirement of Satyajit
April 30 - International Jazz Day

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Tripathi, and Neerja Kapoor's term at New India  Former KKR India chief executive Sanjay Nair has
Assurance is set to end in April 2024. taken over as the President of industry chamber
 Girija Subramanian is currently the CMD of ASSOCHAM.
Agriculture Insurance Company of India, and B S  He replaced Ajay Singh, co-founder of low-cost
Rahul is working as General Manager in the same airline SpiceJet, who has completed his term at the
company. top industry chamber.
 About New India Assurance Company  Nair, now the founder and chairman of Sorin
 New India Assurance Company is India's leading Investment Fund, brings with him four decades of
general insurance company. experience in global financial and capital markets,
 Established in 1919. It is one of the Domestic including 25 years at Citi and nearly 14 years at KKR
Systemically Important Insurers (DSII) identified by before retiring last year.
IRDAI.  About Associated Chambers of Commerce and
 New India Assurance Company is headquartered in Industry of India (ASSOCHAM)
Mumbai.  ASSOCHAM is a non-governmental trade association
and advocacy group. The organisation represents the
Judith Suminwa Tuluka appointed as interests of trade and commerce in India.
Congo's first woman Prime Minister  Founded- 1920
 Headquarters – New Delhi
 ASSOCHAM has more than 200 chambers and trade
organisations across India. It has more than 450,000
members.

Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi sworn in as President


of Egypt

 African country Congo has appointed Judith


Suminwa Tuluka as the country's first woman Prime
Minister.
 Tuluka's appointment comes at a time when there is
an atmosphere of tension in the region bordering
Rwanda.
 Congo is a Central African country, its capital is

Kinshasa.  Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi took oath for his third term as
 President of Egypt.
Sanjay Nair takes over as President of  President Sisi won the presidential election held in
ASSOCHAM December 2023 with 88.6% of the votes.
 With this, El-Sisi will remain the President of the third
most populous country in the Arab region till the
year 2030.

Lieutenant General JS Sidana took charge
as the 33rd Director General of Electronics
 and Mechanical Engineers

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 
 Lieutenant General JS Sidana took charge as the 33rd  The Election Commission of India has appointed
actor Ayushmann Khurrana to urge youth to vote in
Director General of Electronics and Mechanical
the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Engineers.
 The 39-year-old actor appears in the ECI's campaign
 Lieutenant General JS Sidana is an alumnus of the video that encourages the youth to exercise their
National Defense Academy, Khadakvasla. franchise in the upcoming elections.
 He joined the Army in 1985.  Everyone should vote and become aware citizens by
 participating in the process of nation building. The
power to choose leaders who will represent the
Shefali Sharan takes over as Principal
country, represent our needs in Parliament, is with
Director General of PIB us, the actor said.
 About Election Commissioner of India (ECI)
 It is a constitutional body to conduct and regulate
elections in the country.
 It consists of a Chief Election Commissioner (CEC)
and two Election Commissioners (usually retired IAS
or IRS officers).
 Established - 25 January 1950
 25 January - Voter's Day
 Headquarters - New Delhi
 First Chief - Sukumar Sen
  First woman chief - V.S. Ramadevi
 Shefali B. Sharan has taken over as Principal Director
 25th Chief – Rajiv Kumar
General of Press Information Bureau on the
 Commissioners – Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Gyanesh
retirement of Shri Manish Desai.
Kumar
 Ms. Sharan is a 1990 batch officer of the Indian
 Tenure – 6/65 years
Information Service.
 During her illustrious career spanning over three
Rajiv Singhal appointed as new Managing
decades, she has handled cadre departments looking
after large-scale media publicity work as Press Director of Tata International
Information Bureau Officer for ministries such as
Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
 She has also served as spokesperson of the Election
Commission of India.

ECI appoints Ayushmann Khurrana to



motivate youth to vote

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 Tata International, the global trading and distribution  PML-N's Syedul Khan Nasir was elected unopposed
arm of the Tata Group, has recently appointed Rajiv as the Deputy Chairman of the Senate.
Singhal as its Managing Director (MD).  At the same time, in a session of the Pakistani
 He replaces Anand Sen, who retired on March 31, Senate, a total of 41 newly elected senators took
2024. oath as members of the House.
 Earlier, Singhal was the Executive Director and Chief
Operating Officer (COO) at Tata International. Britain appoints Lindy Cameron as first
 female High Commissioner to India
USISPF appoints Tarun Bajaj as head of
US-India Tax Forum


  Lindy Cameron, a distinguished alumnus of Oxford
 The US-India Tax Forum, a US-India Strategic University and former CEO of the UK's National
Partnership Forum (USISPF) initiative has appointed Cyber Security Centre, has been appointed as the
Tarun Bajaj as the new head of the Forum. first female High Commissioner to India.
 Bajaj is the former Revenue Secretary and Economic  Lindy Cameron was appointed Britain's High
Affairs Secretary of the Government of India. Commissioner to India in place of Ellis.
 Joining USISPF in January 2024 as an Advisor to the  Her appointment is an important milestone in UK-
Board of Directors, his appointment is a testimony to India relations, coming 70 years after India
his significant experience and expertise in economic appointed its first High Commissioner to London.
affairs and taxation matters.  Cameron, who has been serving as the chief
executive of the UK's National Cyber Security Centre
since 2020, has been working with the British
Yousuf Raza Gilani elected chairman of the government since 1998.
Senate, the upper house of Pakistani  She was previously the Director General of the
Parliament Northern Ireland Office (2019- 2020), and has spent
a major part of her career at the UK aid agency, DFID
(Department for International Development).

Sachchidananda Mohanty appointed UGC
member


 Former Pakistan Prime Minister and Pakistan Peoples
Party (PPP) leader Yousuf Raza Gilani has been
elected chairman of the Senate, the upper house of
Parliament. 

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 Sachchidananda Mohanty has been appointed as a


member of the University Grants Commission (UGC)
for three years with immediate effect.

 Mohanty is a former Professor and Head of the
Department of English, University of Hyderabad and
former Vice-Chancellor of the Central University of
Odisha.
 A winner of several national and international awards 
such as Fiction, British Council, Fulbright (twice),  Former Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, Jagjit
Charles Wallace and Salzburg, she has published Pavadia has been re-elected to the Vienna-based
extensively in the fields of British, American, gender, International Narcotics Control Board (INCB).
translation and post-colonial studies.  India received the highest number of votes among
 Her books have appeared in Oxford, Sage, Routledge all elected members of the anti-narcotics body.
and Orient Ongman among other notable publishing  Pavadia (70), who has already served as the board's
houses. chairman from 2021 to 2022, has been re-elected for
 He was a member of India's Education Commission the term 2025-2030.
to UNESCO and a member of the Governing Board  Pavadia held several senior positions in the Indian
of the Auroville Foundation. Revenue Service for 35 years.
  She has been a member of the INCB since 2015, and
Supreme Court appoints Justice Aniruddha also held the positions of second vice-chairman and
chairman (2015, 2017 and 2020), vice-chairman
Bose as Director of National Judicial
(2018) and member of the Standing Committee on
Academy (NJAC), Bhopal
Estimates (2019 and 2023).

Vice Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi appointed
as the next Chief of the Naval Staff


 The Supreme Court has appointed Justice Aniruddha
Bose as Director of National Judicial Academy
(NJAC), Bhopal.
 Chief Justice DY Chandrachud made the
announcement during a function organised in 
honour of the retired judge.  Vice Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi has been appointed
 The NJAC was set up in 1993. as the next Chief of the Naval Staff. He will take over
 It is a body funded by the Government of India and on April 30, 2024. Current Navy Chief Admiral R Hari
operated under the directions of the Supreme Court. Kumar is due to retire from service.
  Tripathi is currently serving as the Deputy Chief of
India's Jagjit Pavadia re-elected to Naval Staff.
International Narcotics Control Board 

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CRPF ADG Nalin Prabhat appointed as  Viswanathan has an engineering degree in industrial
NSG chief engineering and management and a master's degree
in business administration.
 The company also announced the appointment of a
new SMG leader for the Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ)
region.

Yuvraj Singh appointed as ICC Men's T20


World Cup 2024 Ambassador

 Senior IPS officer Nalin Prabhat has been appointed
as the Director General of the country's counter-
terrorism force, the National Security Guard (NSG).
 Prabhat is currently serving as Additional Director
General in the CRPF.
 His appointment as the Director General of NSG has
been approved by the Appointments Committee of
the Cabinet (ACC) for a period up to August 31, 
2028, i.e. the date of his retirement.  The International Cricket Council (ICC) has
 Earlier, Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) chief Daljit Singh announced India legend Yuvraj Singh as the ICC
Chaudhary was holding the additional charge of Men's T20 World Cup 2024 Ambassador.
NSG. The ACC has also approved the appointment of

Intelligence Bureau Additional Director Sapna Tiwari
 Yuvraj, who smashed 36 runs in an over during the
as Special Director in the agency.
 Tiwari has been appointed for a term of two years first T20 World Cup in 2007, which he and India
from the date of assuming charge of the post or till eventually won.
the date of her retirement, i.e. April 30, 2026.  He joins Chris Gayle and Usain Bolt as the previously
 announced ambassadors who will add to the
excitement of the biggest T20 World Cup ever.
Santosh Vishwanathan appointed as Intel's
 The ICC Men's T20 World Cup will be played from
India region head
June 1-29, with co-hosts USA taking on Canada in
the opening match at the Grand Prairie Stadium in
Texas.
 A total of 55 matches will be played across 9 venues
by 20 teams, culminating in the final in Barbados on
June 29.
 About International Cricket Council (ICC)
 The International Cricket Council is the global
 governing body of cricket.
 Intel has appointed Santosh Viswanathan as its  It was founded in 1909 as the Imperial Cricket
managing director (MD) to head the India region Conference by representatives from Australia,
business.
England and South Africa.
 In March, the company announced India as a
 It was renamed the International Cricket Conference
separate region within its SMG (Sales, Marketing and
Communications Group) organization to take in 1965 and got its current name in 1987.
advantage of the country's rapid growth and  Formed – 15 June 1909
business opportunities.  Headquarters – Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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 President – Greg Barclay (New Zealand)  OpenAI has hired its first employee in India,
 Vice President – Imran Khwaja (Singapore) appointing Pragya Mishra as Head of Government
 CEO- Geoff Allardyce (Australia) Relations.
 General Manager – Wasim Khan  Mishra previously served as Director of Public Affairs
 Membership – 108 members at Truecaller since July 2021.
  Mishra, 39, is taking on the role of Head of
Sana Mir appointed ambassador for ICC Government Relations during the ongoing 2024 Lok
Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier Sabha elections in India.

Ranks & Reports


India third with 67 unicorns: Hurun Global
Unicorn Index 2024


 The International Cricket Council (ICC) has
announced the appointment of Pakistan cricket
legend Sana Mir as the ambassador for the
upcoming ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier.
 Mir represented Pakistan in 226 international games,
137 of them as captain, she will bring her invaluable
experience to the event.

 The Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier will see 10  India is ranked third on the global list of unicorns but
teams compete for two coveted spots at the ICC is way behind the US and China, which had 703 and
Women's T20 World Cup 2024 in Bangladesh. 340 high-growth start-ups, respectively.
 The teams have been divided into two groups of five  The UK and the EU are fourth and fifth on the list,
each, with the top two teams from each group respectively.
advancing to the semi-finals. The winners of the  India has a total of 67 unicorns on the list, according
semi-finals will seal their place at the T20 World Cup to a report by The Hurun Research Institute,
later this year. according to which the drop-outs from the charts in
2023 were Byju's and PharmEasy.
Pragya Mishra appointed as OpenAI's first  Overall, there are a total of 1,453 unicorns in the
employee in India world as one unicorn is created every two days
during the past year.
 TikTok owner ByteDance was the world's most
valuable unicorn valued at $220 billion. The total
value of the world's unicorns reached $5 trillion
which is equal to Japan's GDP.

Indian passport becomes world's second


 cheapest passport after UAE

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 According to a study by Australian firm Compare the
Market AU, the Indian passport is the second Schemes
cheapest passport globally after the United Arab
Emirates, which provides visa-free access to 62 ADIF and IIT Guwahati Incubation Centre
countries. sign MoU to boost startup ecosystem
 India's passport, which costs US$18.07 for 10 years
validity, while the UAE costs US$17.70 for 5 years
validity.
 In terms of cost per year, India had the cheapest
passport costing US$1.81 per year. South Africa and
Kenya were second and third respectively.

India ranked 10th in World Cyber Crime



Index  The Alliance of Digital India Foundation (ADIF) has
signed a Memorandum of Understanding with IIT
Guwahati Technology Incubation Centre (IIT
Guwahati TIC) to promote entrepreneurship and
provide support to technology startups.
 Under the agreement, ADIF will provide alliance
membership to portfolio startup companies of IITG
TIC, giving them access to ADIF's startup toolkit of
discounted services, resources and mentorship
opportunities.
 On the other hand, IIITG TIC will assist ADIF

 Recently an international team of researchers has members through mentoring, market exposure,
released the 'World Cyber Crime Index'. According to pitching support, networking events and acceleration
new research, India is ranked 10th in cyber crime, programs.
under which ranking of about 100 countries of the
world has been prepared. President launches first indigenous CAR T-
 Russia tops the list followed by Ukraine, China, US, Cell therapy
Nigeria and Romania.
 North Korea is at seventh place in the ranking.

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 The Moody's report also said that while China and


Japan lagged behind due to weak domestic demand,
the performance of India and ASEAN economies has
slowed due to the post-pandemic recovery.

Retail inflation falls to 10-month low at
4.85% in March


 President of India Draupadi Murmu launched India's
first indigenous gene therapy for cancer at IIT
Bombay.
 India's first CAR-T cell therapy has been developed in
collaboration with IIT Bombay and Tata Memorial
Hospital.
 Speaking on the occasion, the President said the 
 Despite high food prices, retail inflation based on the
launch of India's first gene therapy is a major
Consumer Price Index (CPI) declined to a 10-month
breakthrough in our fight against cancer.
low of 4.85 per cent in March from 5.09 per cent in
February, according to data released by the National
Economics Statistical Office (NSO).
 Food prices are expected to remain volatile in the
Moody's projects India's GDP growth at coming months which could impact the headline
6.1% in 2024-25 numbers.
 Meanwhile, industrial growth based on the Index of
Industrial Production rose to a four-month high of
5.7 per cent in February from 4.1 per cent in January.

Books
Sam Pitroda releases his new book 'The
 Idea of Democracy'
 Moody's Analytics has projected a modest increase
in the growth rate of the Indian economy for the
calendar year 2024 to 6.1 per cent from 6 per cent in
March this year.
 India's gross domestic product (GDP) will grow by
6.1 per cent in 2024 after 7.7 per cent last year.
 Earlier this month, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
said uncertainty in food prices was impacting the 
inflation outlook.  Sam Pitroda has launched 'The Idea of Democracy',
 It retained its retail inflation forecast at 4.5 per cent expressing concern over the state of democracy in
for the current fiscal year 2024-25. the US and India while highlighting the 2024 global
elections.

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 He discusses political challenges around the world,  Jagadguru Sri Sri Vidhusekhar Bharati Swami,
including the role of social media in authoritarian Shankaracharya of Dakshinamnaya Sri Sharada
rule and misinformation. Peetham, Sringeri released the book ‘Heavenly
 Highlights the cycle of elite regimes falling prey to Islands of Goa’ authored by Goa Governor P.S.
public dissent, suggesting the current political- Sreedharan Pillai in Goa.
business elite faces disapproval.  Mr Pillai's 221st book was released at an event held
at the New Durbar Hall of Raj Bhavan in Dona Paula.
Siddharth Rajasekar releases book 'I Can  Jnanpith Award winner Damodar Mauzo received the
Coach' first copy of the book

The Winner's Mindset is written by Shane


Watson


 Bestselling author and digital coaching leader 
Siddharth Rajasekar has released volumes 2 and 3 of  Shane Watson witnessed one of cricket's greatest
his transformational book series, 'I Can Coach'. tragedies on the field. He was one of the players at
 The books were launched at Freedom Business the Sydney Cricket Ground when Phillip Hughes was
knocked down by a bouncer during a Sheffield
Retreat 2024, a two-day event at The Leela Palace,
Shield match in late 2014.
Chennai, attended by over 800 coaches, trainers and  The talented opener, who played 26 Tests and 25
leaders from across India. ODIs for Australia, died in hospital two days later.
 Building on the success of the first volume, ‚I Can  Watson feared it could happen to him. It could take
Coach, Stories of Transformation‛, Volumes 2 and 3 just one ball. Watson overcame the trauma.
showcase inspiring stories of commitment and  In fact, he became an even better cricketer than
aspiration within the digital coaching revolution. before. In the book The Winner's Mindset, he tells us
how.
 ‚Stories of Commitment‛ highlights the journeys of
coaches who achieved millionaire status and those
who transformed their lives by starting from zero.
Death
Book titled ‘Heavenly Islands of Goa’
Veteran actress Barbara Rush dies at 97
released by Goa Governor


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 Veteran Hollywood actor Barbara Rush died in Los  The first of the two items that have received the tag
Angeles. She was 97. is Matabari Pera, a dairy-based sweet item
 Rush was best known for his roles in 'It Came From traditionally served as prasadam at the Tripursundari
Outer Space' and 'Peyton Place'. temple in Gomati district.
 Rush won the Golden Globe Award for Most  The second is Pachara, a handwoven cloth used by
Promising Newcomer in 'It Came From Outer Space' the indigenous communities of the state.
in 1954.  Experts believe that the GI tag is expected to give a
 His career spanned seven decades and he appeared boost to the dwindling number of traditional
in numerous films and television shows. He starred weavers and encourage a flourishing art.
alongside actors such as Paul Newman, Rock  A year ago, Tripura's iconic Queen pineapple
Hudson, Dean Martin, Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra received the GI tag among 13 other products from
and Richard Burton. the Northeast.

R.M. Veerappan passes away Trailer of India's first Artificial
Intelligence-based film 'IRAH' launched



 R.M. Veerappan passed away at the age of 97.
 The trailer and song launch of 'Irah', the first Hindi
 He was one of the most powerful ministers in the
film made on this subject, took place in Mumbai. The
Cabinet led by late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.G.
film stars Rohit Bose Roy, Rajesh Sharma, Karishma
Ramachandran and a close aide of the matinee-icon
Kotak and Rakshit Bhandari in lead roles.
turned politician in the 1980s.
 The film is produced by Big Films Media and directed
by Sam Bhattacharjee. The film is set to release in
cinemas across the country on April 4 through

Other Important News Implex Digital Theatrical Distribution.


 The trailer of the film "IRAH" shows the misuse of AI
technology, highlighting its negative aspects.
Tripura's Matabari Pera and Pachara get

coveted GI tag
15 products of UP including Mathura's
famous 'Sanjhi Craft' get GI tag


 Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha informed that two
items from the state have earned the coveted
Geographical Indication (GI) tag. 

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 he Sanjhi art of Mathura has been given GI tag by


the Government of India. There is a wave of
enthusiasm among the people of Braj after Sanjhi
got the GI tag.
 Brij's 'Sanjhi', a symbol of Saanjh, Sajja, Sajwat and
Radharani's love, this art will get recognition in the
global market.
 With this, the inclusion of 15 products of Uttar
Pradesh in the list of Geographical Indication (GI)
certified goods has taken the state to the number
one position in India.
 With 69 GI tagged products, Uttar Pradesh has now
overtaken Tamil Nadu, which has 58 GI tags.
 This art, related to Pushti Marg and Vallabh clan, is a
symbol of the love and pastimes of Radha Krishna.
Just as the Holi of Braj is famous, in the same way
Sanjhi has also got a place among the ancient arts of
Braj.

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(d) IRAH
Practice Questions 8. Who has been appointed as the Chairman and
Managing Director (CMD) of New India Assurance
Company?
1. Which city is set to become India's first tri-service
(a) Smita Sarangi
common defence station?
(b) Girija Subramanian
(a) Delhi
(c) Indra Mani Pandey
(b) Jaipur
(d) Tanu Singh
(c) Mumbai
9. Who has been honoured with the prestigious Times
(d) Noida
Power Icon 2024 award by the Times Group?
2. Matabari Pera and Pachara of which state have
(a) Deepak Shenoy
received the prestigious GI tag?
(b) Neeli Bendapudi
(a) Telangana
(c) Vijay Jain
(b) Karnataka
(d) Shanti Lakra
(c) Tripura
10. Which IIT will host the 6th Shastra Rapid FIDE Rated
(d) Tamil Nadu
Chess Tournament?
3. Which state recently celebrated Utkal Diwas on 01
(a) IIT Guwahati
April?
(b) IIT Delhi
(a) Odisha
(c) IIT Madras
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(d) IIT Bhubaneswar
(c) Kerala
11. Who has been appointed as the first woman Prime
(d) Gujarat
Minister of Congo?
4. Which Gulf country will participate in the Miss
(a) Bintou Keita
Universe pageant for the first time?
(b) Judith Suminwa Tuluka
(a) Saudi Arabia
(c) Sama Lukonde
(b) Qatar
(d) None of these
(c) Bahrain
12. Who took charge as the 33rd Director General of the
(d) Armenia
Institute of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers?
5. In March 2024, the Income Tax Department has
(a) Alok Puri
imposed a fine of Rs 564.44 crore on which bank for
(b) JS Sidana
various disallowances?
(c) Aniruddha Sinha
(a) Bank of India
(d) Mahesh Kumar Nagar
(b) Axis Bank
13. According to the recently received satellite based
(c) State Bank of India
photos, China has built a secret submarine base in
(d) Bank of Maharashtra
which neighbouring country of India?
6. Where is the world's largest single-location copper
(a) Sri Lanka
manufacturing plant owned by Adani located?
(b) Maldives
(a) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Bangladesh
(b) Gujarat
(d) Myanmar
(c) Rajasthan
14. Who is the oldest player to win the men's doubles
(d) Maharashtra
final in Miami Open-2024 recently?
7. What is the name of India's first AI-based movie?
(a) Rohan Bopanna
(a) YONO
(b) Matthew Ebden
(b) HOGAN
(c) Jannik Sinner
(c) LUMPI
(d) Carlos Alcaraz

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15. Recently, the famous 'Sanjhi Craft' of which state has (a) Vishwanathan Anand
got the GI tag? (b) Arjun Erigaisi
(a) Uttar Pradesh (c) D. Gukesh
(b) Rajasthan (d) R. Praggnanandhaa
(c) Madhya Pradesh 23. Which port has become India's largest port in terms
(d) Bihar of cargo volume?
16. The $100 billion AI supercomputer 'Stargate', which (a) Deendayal Port
was in the news recently, is related to? (b) Paradip Port
(a) Microsoft (c) Kandla Port
(b) ChatGPT (d) Mangalore Port
(c) Google 24. Who won the men's title of the National Kho Kho
(d) Both a & b Championship 2023-24?
17. Who has recently been named the best player of the (a) Uttar Pradesh
year in the men's category by Hockey India? (b) Madhya Pradesh
(a) PR Sreejesh (c) Maharashtra
(b) Hardik Singh (d) Punjab
(c) Harmanpreet Singh 25. 'Operation Sankalp', which was in the news recently,
(d) Arijit Singh Hundal is related to which of the following?
18. Who has recently become the world's first (a) Maritime Security
wicketkeeper to take 300 catches in T20 cricket? (b) Child Education
(a) Kamran Akmal (c) Cyber Security
(b) Dinesh Karthik (d) Tribal Development
(c) MS Dhoni 26. Who has been appointed as the new President of
(d) Quinton de Kock ASSOCHAM?
19. Who was awarded the 'International Culture Award' (a) Anshika Singh
in March 2024? (b) Rahul Singh
(a) Anshika Singh (c) Vasudha Gupta
(b) Rahul Singh (d) Sanjay Nair
(c) Joyita Gupta 27. Recently, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi has been sworn in as
(d) Meena Charanda the President of which country?
20. Who has become the first Bangladeshi umpire to be (a) Qatar
included in the ICC Elite Panel of Umpires in March (b) Egypt
2024? (c) Bahrain
(a) Sam Nogajski (d) Malaysia
(b) Ahsan Raza 28. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has handed
(c) Adrian Holdstock over how many Dornier 228 aircraft to the Guyana
(d) Sharfuddaula Ibne Shahid Defence Force in April 2024?
21. The Government of India has designated ____________ (a) 2
as Blindness Prevention Week. (b) 3
(a) 1 – 5 April (c) 4
(b) 1 –6 April (d) 5
(c) 1 – 7 April 29. Who has taken over as the Principal Director General
(d) 1 – 8 April of Press Information Bureau on the retirement of
22. Who has recently become India's top ranked chess Manish Desai?
player? (a) Anshika Singh

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(b) Mousami Chakraborty (d) Mahendra Singh Dhoni


(c) Vasudha Gupta 37. Recently, DRDO successfully tested which ballistic
(d) Shefali Sharan missile?
30. Barbara Rush died recently at the age of 97. Who was (a) Agni-Prime
she? (b) Nag
(a) Writer (c) Trishul
(b) Politician (d) Prahar
(c) Actress 38. Recently, who has been appointed as the new
(d) Social worker Managing Director of Tata International?
31. International Mine Awareness Day is observed every (a) Ravichandran Anand
year on which day? (b) Mahesh Kumar Sinha
(a) 2 April (c) Rajiv Singhal
(b) 3 April (d) Anand Sen
(c) 4 April 39. Kathia wheat, which has recently been given the GI
(d) 5 April tag, belongs to which state?
32. Pilgrims visiting Ahobilam shrine have been banned. (a) Haryana
Where is Ahobilam shrine located? (b) Punjab
(a) Andhra Pradesh (c) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Telangana (d) Rajasthan
(c) Tamil Nadu 40. Who won the men's singles title of Miami Open
(d) Maharashtra 2024?
33. Where was India's first indigenous gene therapy for (a) Grigor Dimitrov
cancer launched? (b) Jannik Sinner
(a) IIT Bombay (c) Andy Murray
(b) IIT Delhi (d) Carlos Alcaraz
(c) IIT Kharagpur 41. Where was the 19th annual meeting of the Secretary
(d) IIT Varanasi of the Security Council of the member countries of
34. By which year India will build its first privately the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation held?
managed Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR)? (a) Kazakhstan
(a) 2026-27 (b) Uzbekistan
(b) 2027-28 (c) Kyrgyzstan
(c) 2029-30 (d) Turkmenistan
(d) 2030-31 42. National Maritime Day is celebrated on which day
35. Who has been appointed as the Chief Risk Officer of every year?
Bank of Maharashtra? (a) 3 April
(a) Rajnish Kumar (b) 4 April
(b) Joshit Ranjan Sikidar (c) 5 April
(c) Subhashish Roy (d) 6 April
(d) Tablesh Pandey 43. Who among the following has launched the health-
36. Who has been appointed by the Election Commission tech app 'NutriPlus' to democratize health
of India to urge the youth to vote in the upcoming monitoring in the country?
Lok Sabha elections? (a) Parle Products
(a) Ayushmann Khurrana (b) Amul
(b) Yami Gautam (c) Mother Dairy
(c) Pankaj Tripathi (d) Britannia NutriChoice

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44. Arnab Goswami has been appointed as the Chief (a) Only 1 (b) Only 2
Financial Officer of which bank in April 2024? (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
(a) Punjab & Sind Bank 52. Which has been recently implemented in Leh district
(b) Indian Overseas Bank of Ladakh to maintain peace and public tranquility?
(c) Union Bank of India (a) Section 244
(d) Karnataka Bank (b) Section 144
45. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) (c) Section 143
celebrated its 75th anniversary on 4 April. Where is (d) Section 154
the headquarters of NATO? 53. Recently ozone gas has been discovered on which
(a) Nyon, Switzerland moon of Jupiter?
(b) Berlin, Germany (a) Callisto
(c) Paris, France (b) Ganymede
(d) Brussels, Belgium (c) Io
46. Bindyarani Devi, who recently won a bronze medal in (d) Europa
Phuket, Thailand, is related to which sport? 54. Who is the only Indian in the top-10 in the 38th
(a) Karate Forbes list of world billionaires?
(b) Weightlifting (a) Mukesh Ambani
(c) Wrestling (b) Gautam Adani
(d) Wushu (c) Shiv Nadar
47. At what rate has the RBI maintained the repo rate for (d) Savitri Jindal
the seventh consecutive time? 55. According to the World Anti-Doping Agency, which is
(a) 6.00 the top doping violating country in the world?
(b) 6.20 (a) China
(c) 6.50 (b) Russia
(d) 6.75 (c) India
48. Who was awarded the 15th CIDC Vishwakarma Award (d) South Africa
2024? 56. Recently the Supreme Court stayed the decision of
(a) Reliance Industries Allahabad High Court declaring which of the
(b) SJVN Limited following Acts unconstitutional?
(c) Adani Green (a) Uttar Pradesh Madrasa Education Board Act, 2001
(d) Tata Telecom (b) Uttar Pradesh Madrasa Education Board Act, 2002
49. Who won the CCI Snooker Classic title? (c) Uttar Pradesh Madrasa Education Board Act, 2003
(a) Pankaj Advani (d) Uttar Pradesh Madrasa Education Board Act, 2004
(b) Kamal Chawla 57. Recently, which AI-based digital health enabler has
(c) Abhay Kapoor been unveiled by WHO?
(d) Shreyansh Sinha (a) Devika
50. Zangnan, which is in the news recently, is the Chinese (b) Muhammad
name of which state in India? (c) Devin
(a) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Sara
(b) Tripura 58. Where will the Indian government develop its first
(c) Mizoram commercial crude oil strategic storage?
(d) Nagaland (a) Karnataka
51. Which of the following statements is correct? (b) Odisha
1. World Health Day is celebrated every year on 7 April. (c) Assam
2. It was established in 1949. Choose the correct code: (d) Kerala

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59. The G2G agreement, which was in the news recently, 65. Sumit Nagal became the first Indian to win a main
is related to what? draw match at the Monte Carlo Masters. He is related
(a) USA to which sport?
(b) Israel (a) Tennis
(c) Russia (b) Volleyball
(d) France (c) Badminton
60. Where has the world's most powerful laser 'ELI-NP' (d) Wushu
been launched recently? 66. Who has been appointed as the head of the internal
(a) Israel departmental committee appointed by the Delhi High
(b) Britain Court to protect forests in Delhi?
(c) Romania (a) Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde
(d) Russia (b) Justice Najmi Waziri
61. Choose the correct statement from the following- (c) Justice Uday Lalit
1. On 9 April 1965, Pakistan Army launched Operation (d) Justice N V Ramana
Desert Hawk to capture Indian territory along the 67. Indian Coast Guard Director General Rakesh Pal has
Pakistani border. inaugurated the Indian Coast Guard Aquatic Centre in
2. CRPF is the largest central armed paramilitary force in which state?
India. (a) Maharashtra
(a) Only 1 (b) Tamil Nadu
(b) Only 2 (c) Odisha
(c) Both the statements are correct (d) Andhra Pradesh
(d) None is correct 68. Which Indian Naval Ship was awarded the 'On-the-
62. 'Shakti- Festival of Music and Dance' will be Spot Unit Citation' by the Chief of Naval Staff for
organised by whom? successful conduct of anti-piracy operations?
(a) Sangeet Natak Academy (a) INS Sharda
(b) Global Music Institute (b) INS Sahyadri
(c) Swarnabhoomi Music Academy (c) INS Suvarna
(d) IIFA (d) INS Talwar
63. Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) 69. Which country has won the Men's Hong Kong Sevens
has launched a comprehensive awareness and 2024 title?
sensitisation programme targeting key markets of (a) England
which city? (b) New Zealand
(a) Bengaluru (c) Australia
(b) New Delhi (d) South Africa
(c) Hyderabad 70. Who is the author of the book ‘The Idea of
(d) Ahmedabad Democracy’?
64. Which airlines has signed an agreement with (a) Amitav Ghosh
Bengaluru International Airport Limited (BIAL) to (b) Sam Pitroda
develop Bengaluru airport as an aviation hub? (c) Salman Rushdie
(a) Vistara (d) Arvind Adiga
(b) Akash 71. National Safe Motherhood Day is celebrated every
(c) SpiceJet year on which day in India?
(d) Air India (a) 10 April
(b) 11 April
(c) 12 April

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(d) 13 April (a) Only two


72. Where was the Homeopathy Symposium concluded (b) Only three
recently with a call for global cooperation to increase (c) Only four
the efficacy and acceptability of homeopathy across (d) All are correct
the world? 78. R.M. Veerappan died recently at the age of 97. Who
(a) New Delhi was he?
(b) Lucknow (a) Writer
(c) Surat (b) Politician
(d) Gujarat (c) Actor
73. Who has been elected as the next Prime Minister of (d) Social worker
Iceland? 79. Maia Bouchier has won the ICC Women's Player of
(a) Bjarni Benediktsson the Month Awards for March 2024. She belongs to
(b) Stuart Mark which country?
(c) Katrin Jakobsdottir (a) England
(d) None of these (b) New Zealand
74. Which organization has been awarded the 2024 John (c) Australia
L. ‚Jack‛ Swigert, Jr. Prize for Space Exploration (d) South Africa
award? 80. Who is the author of the book 'I Can Coach'?
(a) ISRO (a) Siddharth Rajasekar
(b) DRDO (b) Vikram Seth
(c) SpaceX (c) Rahul Dravid
(d) NASA (d) Mahendra Singh Dhoni
75. Who has been appointed by Air India as the head of 81. When is the International Human Space Flight Day
its global airport operations recently? celebrated every year?
(a) Nandkishore Kalra (a) 11 April
(b) Jayaraj Shanmugam (b) 12 April
(c) Ravichandran Nagarajan (c) 13 April
(d) Abhinav Gupta (d) 14 April
76. Who has been appointed as the Chairman and 82. How many US dollars will World Athletics award to
Managing Director (CMD) of SJVN Limited by the the gold medal winners in athletics at the Paris
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB)? Olympics?
(a) Rajendra Prasad Goyal (a) US $ 10,000
(b) Manish Prasad (b) US $ 30,000
(c) Pramod Sharma (c) US $ 40,000
(d) Sushil Sharma (d) US $ 50,000
77. Consider the following points about the Hurun Global 83. Who has been appointed as the new head of the US-
Unicorn Index 2024: India Tax Forum?
(i) India has a total of 67 unicorns in the list. (a) Smita Sarangi
(ii) India ranks third in the global list of unicorns. (b) Rindam Bagchi
(iii) There are a total of 1,453 unicorns in the world. (c) Tarun Bajaj
(iv) The US and China have 703 and 340 high-growth (d) Tanu Singh
start-ups respectively. 84. Where was the first steel cutting ceremony of Fleet
(v) OpenAI has the world's most valuable unicorn worth Support Ships for the Indian Navy held?
$220 billion. (a) Mumbai
How many of the given points are correct? (b) Ahmedabad

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(c) Cuttack (a) 11 April


(d) Visakhapatnam (b) 12 April
85. Indian Army started inducting control and reporting (c) 13 April
systems under which project? (d) 14 April
(a) Project Akash 92. Recently, which country has successfully tested its
(b) Project Talwar Angara-A5 space rocket from Vostochny
(c) Project Akashteer Cosmodrome in the Far East?
(d) Project Ajeya (a) USA
86. Which of the following statements is correct? (b) Russia
1. Candidates contesting elections are not required to (c) France
disclose every movable asset owned by them or their (d) Any of these
dependents. 93. Where has Uttar Pradesh's first glass skywalk started
2. The Supreme Court said that voters do not have an recently?
absolute right to know about every asset of a candidate. (a) Chitrakoot
Choose the correct code: (b) Prayagraj
(a) Only 1 (c) Ayodhya
(b) Only 2 (d) Noida
(c) 1 and 2 94. Who has recently launched 'Online Aadhaar ATM
(d) None of these Service' (AEPS)?
87. Recently, which bank has become the first private (a) India Post Payments Bank
bank to open a branch in Lakshadweep? (b) NABARD
(a) SBI (c) Punjab National Bank
(b) ICICI (d) Canara Bank
(c) HDFC 95. Who has recently been awarded the US President's
(d) None of these 'Golden Volunteer Award 2024'?
88. Who has become the eighth Indian to score 7,000 or (a) Jain Acharya Lokesh Muni
more runs in T20 cricket? (b) Yulia Navalnaya
(a) Hardik Pandya (c) Valerie Adams
(b) KL Rahul (d) Vijay Jain
(c) Ishan Kishan 96. Who has recently deployed the 'C-Dome' defense
(d) Suryakumar Yadav system?
89. In which country is the Asian Wrestling (a) USA
Championship 2024 being organized? (b) Israel
(a) Iran (c) France
(b) China (d) Russia
(c) Kyrgyzstan 97. Who has recently been appointed as the President of
(d) India the Association of Summer Olympic International
90. Who has been recently elected as the Chairman of the Federations?
Senate, the upper house of the Pakistani Parliament? (a) Luis Montenegro
(a) Nawaz Sharif (b) Harendra Singh
(b) Yusuf Raza Gilani (c) Ingmar de Vos
(c) Imran Khan (d) Peter Pellegrini
(d) Hina Rabbani Khar 98. Who has recently launched the underwater drone
91. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre Day is observed every year 'Manta Ray'?
on which day?

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(a) North Korea (a) 5.09%


(b) Australia (b) 5.65%
(c) Japan (c) 4.85%
(d) USA (d) 4.45%
99. Recently, which country has appointed Lindy 106. BharatPe co-founder and former managing director
Cameron as the first female High Commissioner to Ashneer Grover will launch a new app called
India? ‘ZeroPay’. What is the purpose of this app?
(a) France (a) Provide cashback for food order
(b) Britain (b) Provide medical loans
(c) USA (c) Provide startups loans
(d) Canada (d) Provide agriculture loans
100. Who has recently been awarded the USA's 'Best 107. Who has been appointed as a member of the
Scientific Poster Award' 2024? University Grants Commission (UGC) for three years
(a) Dr. Agarwal Eye Hospital in April 2024?
(b) Apollo Hospital (a) Rajnish Kumar
(c) Narayana Health Hospital (b) Sachchidanand Mohanty
(d) Fortis Hospitals (c) Deepak Mohanty
101. When is World Art Day celebrated every year? (d) Anshika Singh
(a) 12 April 108. In April 2024, who has resigned from the post of
(b) 13 April chef-de-mission for the Indian contingent at the Paris
(c) 14 April Olympics, citing ‚personal reasons‛?
(d) 15 April (a) Saina Nehwal
102. Which edition of the joint military exercise 'Dustlik' (b) Nikhat Zareen
between India and Uzbekistan started in Termez (c) P.T. Usha
district of Uzbekistan? (d) Mary Kom
(a) 4th 109. Senior IPS officer Anurag Kumar has been appointed
(b) 5th as joint director in which of the following in April
(c) 6th 2024?
(d) 7th (a) NIA
103. Lee Hsien Loong is the Prime Minister of which (b) CBI
country who has announced to leave his post? (c) ED
(a) Japan (d) SPG
(b) Malaysia 110. An entrepreneur and pilot, Gopi Thotakura is set to
(c) Singapore become the first Indian to fly to space as a tourist on
(d) Vietnam Blue Origin's NS-25 mission. Who is the founder of
104. Moody's Analytics has projected the growth rate of Blue Origin?
the Indian economy to increase from 6 percent to (a) Elon Musk
what percent for the calendar year 2024? (b) Andy Jassy
(a) 6.1% (c) Bezos
(b) 6.2% (d) Richard Branson
(c) 6.3% 111. Save the Elephant Day is celebrated every year on
(d) 6.4% which day?
105. What percent was the retail inflation recorded in (a) 14 April
March 2024, as measured by the Consumer Price (b) 15 April
Index (CPI)? (c) 16 April

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(d) 17 April 118. To which country did the Government of India gift
112. Consider the following points about the recently 35 ambulances and 66 school buses in April 2024?
published World Cyber Crime Index: (a) Sri Lanka
(i) India ranks 10th in cyber crime, with fraud involving (b) Nepal
people paying advance fees being the most common (c) Bhutan
type. (d) Pakistan
(ii) Ukraine tops the list followed by Russia. 119. Which edition of Janakpurdham Cultural Festival has
(iii) The research report was published in the PLoS ONE been organized by the Indian Embassy in Nepal on
journal. the occasion of Bikram Sambat Nepali New Year
Find the correct statement? 2081?
(a) Only i (a) 1st
(b) Only i and ii (b) 2nd
(c) Only ii (c) 3rd
(d) Only i and iii (d) 4th
113. World Voice Day is observed on which day every 120. Airports Council International (ACI) World has
year? ranked Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI)
(a) 14 April Airport as the world's _______ busiest airport in 2023.
(b) 15 April (a) 3rd
(c) 16 April (b) 5th
(d) 17 April (c) 7th
114. Who was the CEO of Byju's India who has resigned (d) 10th
from his post? 121. Recently 'Tirangi Barfi' has been given GI tag, it is
(a) Arjun Mohan related to which city?
(b) Vineet Saxena (a) Lucknow
(c) Alakh Pandey (b) Kanpur
(d) Vivek Agnihotri (c) Varanasi
115. Who has been appointed as the new Director of (d) Patna
National Judicial Academy, Bhopal? 122. Which Indian actress has been included in the 100
(a) Justice Ashok Kumar most influential people in the world by Time
(b) Justice Deepak Mishra Magazine in April 2024?
(c) Justice Aniruddha Bose (a) Anushka Sharma
(d) Justice Ajay Chawla (b) Alia Bhatt
116. Who was recently named South Asian Person of the (c) Priyanka Chopra
Year by Harvard University? (d) Katrina Kaif
(a) Preeti Shah 123. Who has been appointed as the next Chief of the
(b) Sunita Williams Indian Navy?
(c) Gracy Singh (a) R K Dhawan
(d) Avantika Vandanapu (b) Karambir Singh
117. Which Indian has been re-elected to the (c) Dinesh Kumar Tripathi
International Narcotics Control Board for the third (d) R Harikumar
time? 124. World Liver Day is celebrated every year on which
(a) Jagjit Pavadia day?
(b) Arindam Bagchi (a) 17 April
(c) Indra Mani Pandey (b) 18 April
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(d) 20 April 132. Who has recently been appointed as the Director
125. Who won the Best Airport Award at the Skytrax General of the country's counter-terrorism force,
Awards 2024? National Security Guard (NSG)?
(a) Changi Airport (Singapore) (a) Nalin Prabhat
(b) Tokyo Haneda Airport (b) RK Dhawan
(c) Hamad International Airport (Doha) (c) Daljit Singh Chaudhary
(d) Dubai Airport (d) None of these
126. Who has become the second player to play 250 133. 133. voting for the first time?
matches in IPL history? (a) Santhal tribe
(a) Rohit Sharma (b) Shompen tribe
(b) Jos Buttler (c) Baiga tribe
(c) Virat Kohli (d) Banjara tribe
(d) David Warner 134. Which Indian state topped the electronic goods
127. To which country is India supplying BrahMos exports with a record $9.56 billion in 2023-24?
supersonic cruise missile recently? (a) Maharashtra
(a) Nepal (b) Tamil Nadu
(b) Philippines (c) Gujarat
(c) Thailand (d) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Bangladesh 135. Where was a new species of clouded tiger cat named
128. Who among the following has been awarded the Leopardus pardinoides found recently?
2023 Indian Company of the Year Award by Earns (a) USA’s Rainforest
Frost & Sullivan? (b) Brazil’s Rainforest
(a) ReNew Power (c) India’s Rainforest
(b) TP Renewable Microgrid (d) France’s Rainforest
(c) STT GDC India 136. Ajit Kumar KK has been appointed MD and CEO of
(d) NTPC Limited which bank for three years?
129. Hindustan Zinc has reached what position in silver (a) ICICI Bank
production globally? (b) Axis Bank
(a) First (c) IndusInd Bank
(b) Second (d) Dhanlaxmi Bank
(c) Third 137. Who has been awarded the International Fellowship
(d) Fourth by the prestigious Engineering Academy of Japan in
130. Who has been awarded an honorary doctorate from April 2024?
the prestigious University of Wales in Chennai? (a) Justice D.Y. Chandrachud
(a) Upasana Kamineni (b) Shashi Tharoor
(b) Allu Arjun (c) Raghuram Rajan
(c) Ram Charan (d) Kaushik Rajasekhar
(d) Mahesh Babu 138. Where was the flight test of Indigenous Technology
131. National Civil Services Day is celebrated every year Cruise Missile (ITCM) conducted by DRDO recently?
on which day? (a) Mahajan Fieldfiring Range, Rajasthan
(a) 17 April (b) Pithoragarh Centre, Uttarakhand
(b) 18 April (c) Satish Dhwan Range, Andhra Pradesh
(c) 21 April (d) Chandipur Odisha coast
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139. How many total medals did India get in the 13th (d) San Francisco Chronicle
European Girls Mathematical Olympiad (EGMO) 146. Indian milk brand 'Nandini' has sponsored which
2024? two teams in the upcoming T20 Cricket World Cup?
(a) 2 (a) Scotland and England
(b) 3 (b) Scotland and Ireland
(c) 4 (c) Nepal and Sri Lanka
(d) 5 (d) USA and Bangladesh
140. In which category has Radhika won the silver medal 147. From which Lok Sabha seat of Gujarat, BJP candidate
in the India Asian Wrestling Championship 2024? Mukesh Dalal has been elected unopposed?
(a) 68kg (a) Surat
(b) 48kg (b) Gandhinagar
(c) 58kg (c) East Ahmedabad
(d) 72kg (d) Rajkot
141. World Earth Day, also known as International 148. Who has won the Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix
Mother Earth Day, is celebrated every year on 22 2024?
April. What is the theme of International Mother (a) Sebastian Vettel
Earth Day 2024? (b) Lewis Hamilton
(a) Invest in our Planet (c) Max Verstappen
(b) Restore our Earth (d) Carlos Sainz
(c) Climate action 149. Who has been appointed as the Managing Director
(d) Planet vs. Plastics (MD) of Intel for the India region?
142. Which Indian Grandmaster has won the title of (a) Anshika Singh
Candidates Chess Tournament? (b) Rahul Singh
(a) R Praggnanandhaa (c) Santosh Vishwanathan
(b) D Gukesh (d) Joyita Gupta
(c) Vidit Gujrati 150. Who has recently been appointed as the first
(d) Harikrishna Pentala employee of OpenAI in India?
143. Where did PM Narendra Modi inaugurate the (a) Pragya Mishra
Bhagwan Mahavir Nirvana Mahotsav? (b) Anshika Singh
(a) Varanasi (c) Harikrishna Pentala
(b) Patna (d) None of these
(c) New Delhi 151. Who has been awarded the prestigious KISS (Kalinga
(d) Ahmedabad Institute of Social Sciences) Humanitarian Award
144. The Eastern Naval Command of the Indian Navy 2021?
conducted the 'Eastern Wave Exercise', where is the (a) MS Dhoni
headquarters of the Eastern Command? (b) Mukesh Ambani
(a) Chennai (c) Ratan Tata
(b) Visakhapatnam (d) Sonam Wangchuk
(c) Cuttack 152. The National Defence University has joined hands
(d) Kochi with Starburst Aerospace of which country for
145. Who has recently won the 2024 World Press Photo defence innovation?
of the Year Award? (a) Germany
(a) Kamloops Residential School (b) France
(b) Mohammed Salem (c) USA
(c) Gabriel Lurie (d) Japan

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153. Who has become the first bowler to take 200 wickets 160. Who has been appointed as the Chief Executive
in IPL history? Officer (CEO) of Pine Labs Setu?
(a) Jasprit Bumrah (a) Smita Sarangi
(b) Pat Cummins (b) Arindam Bagchi
(c) Yuzvendra Chahal (c) Anand Raisinghani
(d) Mitchell Starc (d) Tanu Singh
154. What was the net direct tax collection of the 161. World Immunization Week 2024 is observed from
Government of India in 2023-24? _________ to promote the use of vaccines to protect
(a) ₹19.58 lakh crore people of all ages from disease.
(b) ₹29.58 lakh crore (a) 22-29 April
(c) ₹39.58 lakh crore (b) 24-30 April
(d) ₹49.58 lakh crore (c) 22-30 April
155. Which Indian won two gold medals in the ACC (d) 25-30 April
Paracanoe Asian Championship 2024? 162. National Panchayati Raj Day is observed on which
(a) Anamika Singh day every year?
(b) Ragini Vishwas (a) 21 April
(c) Prachi Yadav (b) 22 April
(d) None of these (c) 23 April
156. When is the World Book and Copyright Day (d) 24 April
celebrated every year? 163. Which company has become the world's largest
(a) 20 April mobile operator in terms of data traffic?
(b) 22 April (a) Reliance Jio
(c) 23 April (b) Airtel
(d) 24 April (c) VI
157. Seng Khihlang Festival is celebrated in which of the (d) BSNL
following states? 164. Which Japanese airline has signed a codeshare
(a) Tripura agreement with Air India in April 2024?
(b) West Bengal (a) All Nippon Airways
(c) Assam (b) Jetstar Japan
(d) Meghalaya (c) Peach Aviation
158. The first Hindi radio broadcast has been launched in (d) Star Flyer
which country to strengthen ties between the two 165. Who has been appointed as the Chief Vigilance
countries? Officer (CVO) of Cotton Corporation of India Limited
(a) Netherlands (CCI)?
(b) Mauritius (a) Anshika Singh
(c) Kuwait (b) Maushami Chakraborty
(d) Singapore (c) Vasudha Gupta
159. Royals Sports Group-owned IPL franchise Rajasthan (d) Nidhi S Jain
Royals (RR) has inaugurated its first cricket academy 166. Who has been appointed as the first woman Vice
in which city of Rajasthan? Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University?
(a) Jaipur (a) Anshika Singh
(b) Udaipur (b) Naima Khatoon
(c) Chittorgarh (c) Vasudha Gupta
(d) Jodhpur (d) Joyeeta Gupta

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167. Which hospital has been named as the best private 174. In April 2024, which company has launched a
hospital in India in the prestigious 'Newsweek - lightweight artificial intelligence model Phi-3-min?
World's Best Hospitals 2024' ranking? (a) Microsoft
(a) Fortis Hospital Noida (b) Apple
(b) Medanta Gurugram (c) Infosys
(c) AIIMS Delhi (d) Google
(d) Apollo Hospital 175. According to the SIPRI report, what was India's rank
168. Which company has won the CIDC Vishwakarma in the world in terms of military expenditure in 2023?
Award for Social Development and Impact in April (a) 3rd
2024? (b) 4th
(a) ReNew Power (c) 5th
(b) TP renewable Microgrid (d) 6th
(c) Puravankara Limited 176. In April 2024, Prabowo Subianto has been elected
(d) NTPC Limited President of which country?
169. Who has won the Best Director award at the 21st (a) Indonesia
Irish Film and Television Awards 2024? (b) Maldives
(a) Akira Kurosawa (c) Bhutan
(b) Lisa Mulcahy (d) Mauritius
(c) Bong Joon-ho 177. Where is the Archery World Cup 2024 being
(d) Roman Polansk organized?
170. Saurav Ghoshal has recently announced his (a) Malaysia
retirement. He is related to which sport? (b) China
(a) Tennis (c) South Korea
(b) Squash (d) India
(c) Shooting 178. Who has been appointed as the brand ambassador
(d) Wushu by ICC for the 9th ICC Men's T20 Cricket World Cup?
171. 171. World Penguin Day is celebrated every year on (a) Roger Federer
which day? (b) Usain Bolt
(a) 23 April (c) Novak Djokovic
(b) 24 April (d) Katrina Kaif
(c) 25 April 179. Who has been elected as the Chairman of the
(d) 26 April Athletes Commission of Wrestling Federation of
172. World Malaria Day is celebrated every year on which India?
day? (a) Narsingh Yadav
(a) 23 April (b) Yogeshwar Dutt
(b) 24 April (c) Besik Kudukhov
(c) 25 April (d) PV Sindhu
(d) 26 April 180. Who is the author of the book 'Heavenly Islands of
173. Who has recently launched a solar-powered Goa'?
spacecraft? (a) Indra Sena Reddy Nallu
(a) NASA (b) P.S. Sreedharan Pillai
(b) ISRO (c) Anandiben Patel
(c) SpaceX (d) Dr. C.V. Anand Bose
(d) None of these 181. In which country is the World Energy Congress 2024
being organized?

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(a) Switzerland (b) Mauritius


(b) Netherlands (c) Papua New Guinea
(c) France (d) Vietnam
(d) Canada 189. Who has recently won the gold medal in the World
182. Amitabh Chaudhry has been reappointed as MD and Shooting Para Sport Tournament?
CEO of which bank? (a) Vinoosh Phogat
(a) Axis Bank (b) Mona Agarwal
(b) SBI (c) Palak Joshi
(c) PNB (d) None of these
(d) Yes Bank 190. Who recently won the gold medal in the Asian U20
183. The 'Indian Historical Records Commission', which Athletics Championship
was in the news recently, is functioning under which (a) Ekta Dey
ministry? (b) Ranveer Singh
(a) Ministry of Home Affairs (c) Anurag Singh
(b) Ministry of Science and Technology (d) All of these
(c) Ministry of Culture 191. According to the UNCTAD report, what position has
(d) Ministry of Mines India got globally in service sector exports in the year
184. In which country was the first International Rainbow 2023?
Tourism Conference held? (a) Fourth
(a) India (b) Fifth
(b) Nepal (c) Sixth
(c) Bhutan (d) Seventh
(d) Pakistan 192. 192. Recently, companies from India and Russia have
185. On which day is the World Intellectual Property got the joint management of Mattala Airport located
Office (WIPO) celebrated every year? in which country?
(a) 27 April (a) Bangladesh
(b) 26 April (b) Sri Lanka
(c) 24 April (c) Maldives
(d) 25 April (d) Myanmar
186. According to a recent study by Australian firm 193. Sana, the AI anchor of which news channel, won the
Compare the Market AU, which is the cheapest Global Media Award?
passport in the world? (a) Aaj Tak
(a) UAE (b) India Today
(b) India (c) R.Bharat
(c) South Africa (d) None of these
(d) Kenya 194. Which Indian cricketer has been named as the
187. Where has the Indian Air Force recently tested the ambassador of ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 by the
'ROCKS' or 'Crystal Maze 2' ballistic missile? International Cricket Council (ICC)?
(a) Andaman-Nicobar (a) Sachin Tendulkar
(b) Odisha (b) Yuvraj Singh
(c) Rajasthan (c) Rahul Dravid
(d) Goa (d) Mahendra Singh Dhoni
188. Recently, which country has appointed 'Colonel 195. Who has been appointed as the ambassador for the
Edison Nepyo' as its first defense advisor in India? upcoming ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier by
(a) Philippines the International Cricket Council (ICC)?

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(a) Sana Mir 202. Under whose chairmanship will the G7 summit be
(b) Muniba Ali held in the year 2024?
(c) Smriti Mandhana (a) Britain
(d) Nida Dar (b) Germany
196. 60-year-old lawyer Alejandra Rodriguez created (c) Japan
history by winning the title of Miss Universe Buenos (d) Italy
Aires. She is from which country? 203. Who has recently received the 2024 Cambridge
(a) France Dedicated Teacher Award?
(b) Thailand (a) Meenesh Shah
(c) UK
(d) Argentina (b) Gina Justus
197. Alliance of Digital India Foundation (ADIF) has (c) Arun Alagappan
signed an MoU with which IIT to promote (d) Chetan Sharma
entrepreneurship and provide support to technology 204. Which country has recently sent 3 astronauts to the
startups? Tiangong Space Station on Shenzhou 18?
(a) IIT Guwahati (a) India
(b) IIT Delhi (b) China
(c) IIT Madras (c) Japan
(d) IIT Indore (d) UK
198. Who has been appointed as the Director of Ministry 205. Which country has recently introduced a new drone
of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA)? "Kamikaze" similar to Russia's Lancet drone?
(a) Anshika Singh (a) Iran
(b) Rahul Singh (b) Israel
(c) Vasudha Gupta (c) Japan
(d) Sunil Kumar Yadav (d) USA
199. Who has been appointed as the Executive Chairman 206. Deloitte India has estimated India's GDP growth to
of agriculture solutions major Coromandel be what percent in the financial year 2025?
International? (a) 6.2%
(a) Rajendra Prasad Goyal (b) 6.3%
(b) Manish Prasad (c) 6.6%
(c) Arun Alagappan (d) 6.8%
(d) Meenesh Shah 207. Ishaq Dar has been appointed as the Deputy Prime
200. Who is the author of the book titled ‚The Winners Minister of which country in April 2024?
Mindset‛? (a) Sri Lanka
(a) Ricky Pointing (b) Nepal
(b) Chetan Sharma (c) Malaysia
(c) Shane Watson (d) Pakistan
(d) Mahendra Singh Dhoni 208. Who has been appointed as the new Chief Vigilance
201. When is International Dance Day celebrated every Officer (CVO) of Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority
year? (JNPA)?
(a) 27 April (a) Manoj Kumar
(b) 28 April (b) Manish Prasad
(c) 29 April (c) Pramod Sharma
(d) 30 April (d) Meenesh Shah

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209. Bismah Maroof has announced retirement from all (d) American
forms of international cricket. She is from which 215. 'Pt. Lachu Maharaj Award', which was in news
country? recently, is related to what?
(a) Sri Lanka (a) Bharatnatyam
(b) Nepal (b) Kathak
(c) India (c) Kuchipudi
(d) Pakistan (d) Mohiniyattam
210. Who has been appointed as the Director in the 216. Who has recently won the title of 'Bach Open
Department of Land Resources in April 2024? Squash' of France?
(a) Anshika Singh (a) Abhay Kumar
(b) Sadhana Saxena Nair (b) Mahesh Mangaonkar
(c) Vasudha Gupta (c) Anahat Singh
(d) Sarvananda Barnwal (d) V Senthilkumar
211. World Wish Day is celebrated every year on which 217. Who has taken charge as the presiding officer of the
day? Securities Appellate Tribunal?
(a) 30 April (a) Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde
(b) 25 April (b) Justice Dinesh Kumar
(c) 26 April (c) Justice Uday Lalit
(d) 27 April (d) Justice NV Ramana
212. Ayushman Bharat Day is celebrated every year on 218. Who has been conferred with an honorary doctorate
which day in India to raise awareness about the by the Manipal Academy of Higher Education
objectives of the government's Ayushman Bharat (MAHE) in April 2024?
scheme? (a) KV Kamath
(a) 30 April (b) Manish Prasad
(b) 29 April (c) Pramod Sharma
(c) 28 April (d) Meenesh Shah
(d) 27 April 219. Dheeraj Bommadevara, who was in the news
213. The first original copy of Ravi Varma's 'Indulekha' recently, is related to which sport?
was released in _____. (a) Tennis
(a) Amba Vilas Palace (b) Shot put
(b) Lakshmi Vilas Palace (c) Archery
(c) Jayavilas Palace (d) Wushu
(d) Kilimanoor Palace 220. Which Indian environmentalist has recently been
214. ______ A partnership between telecom industry body selected for the 'Goldman Prize 2024'?
Industry Alliance 6G and India's Bharat 6G Alliance is (a) Randeep Hooda
expected to open doors for the development of 6G (b) Alok Shukla
technologies. (c) Geeta Sabharwal
(a) Chinese (d) Ratan Tata
(b) European
(c) Japanese

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ANSWER KEY
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

(c) (c) (a) (a) (a) (a) (d) (b) (c) (c)
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
(b) (b) (c) (a) (a) (d) (b) (c) (d) (d)
21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
(c) (b) (b) (c) (a) (d) (b) (a) (d) (c)
31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40.
(c) (a) (a) (c) (c) (a) (a) (c) (c) (b)
41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50.
(a) (c) (d) (a) (d) (b) (c) (b) (a) (a)
51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60.
(a) (b) (a) (a) (c) (d) (d) (a) (b) (c)
61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70.
(c) (a) (b) (d) (a) (b) (b) (a) (b) (b)
71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80.
(b (a) (a) (a) (d) (d) (c) (b) (a) (a)
81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90.
(b) (d) (c) (d) (c) (c) (c) (d) (c) (b)
91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100.
(c) (b) (a) (a) (a) (b) (c) (d) (b) (a)
101. 102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 107. 108. 109. 110.
(d) (b) (c) (a) (c) (b) (b) (d) (b) (c)
111. 112. 113. 114. 115. 116. 117. 118. 119. 120.
(c) (d) (c) (a) (c) (d) (a) (b) (b) (d)
121. 122. 123. 124. 125. 126. 127. 128. 129. 130.
(c) (b) (c) (c) (c) (a) (b) (c) (c) (c)
131. 132. 133. 134. 135. 136. 137. 138. 139. 140.
(c) (a) (b) (b) (b) (d) (d) (d) (c) (a)
141. 142. 143. 144. 145. 146. 147. 148. 149. 150.
(d) (b) (c) (b) (b) (b) (a) (c) (c) (a)
151. 152. 153. 154. 155. 156. 157. 158. 159. 160.
(c) (b) (c) (a) (c) (c) (d) (c) (a) (c)
161. 162. 163. 164. 165. 166. 167. 168. 169. 170.
(b) (d) (a) (a) (d) (b) (b) (b) (b) (b)
171. 172. 173. 174. 175. 176. 177. 178. 179. 180.
(c) (c) (a) (a) (b) (a) (b) (b) (a) (b)

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181. 182. 183. 184. 185. 186. 187. 188. 189. 190.
(b) (a) (c) (b) (b) (a) (a) (c) (b) (d)
191. 192. 193. 194. 195. 196. 197. 198. 199. 200.
(d) (b) (b) (b) (a) (d) (a) (d) (c) (c)
201. 202. 203. 204. 205. 206. 207. 208. 209. 210.
(c) (d) (b) (b) (a) (c) (d) (a) (d) (d)
211. 212. 213. 214. 215. 216. 217. 218. 219. 220.
(a) (a) (d) (b) (b) (d) (b) (a) (c) (b)

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