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o Garuda Aerospace commits ₹100 crore for through e-Transactions (SWAYATT) initiative on
developing India’s first drone city in Andhra Government e Marketplace (GeM) celebrates 6
Pradesh years of transformative impact
o Railway Ministry releases ‘SwaRail’ SuperApp o India to host first-ever conference on women
for testing peacekeepers
o India Adds 4 New Ramsar Sites, taking total to o 1st International Conference on Carbon Market
89 Prakriti inaugurated in New Delhi
o India to Host BRICS Youth Council o 51st Khajuraho Dance Festival 2025 in Madhya
Entrepreneurship Working Group Meeting in Pradesh
March 2025 o India’s First Wildlife Biobank Inaugurated at
o Maharashtra to establish country’s first Artificial Darjeeling Zoo
Intelligence university o Lok Sabha Speaker forms 31-member Select
o Government introduces ‘Haj Suvidha App’ and Committee to examine new Income Tax Bill
strengthens healthcare support for Indian o Kashi Tamil Sangamam 3.0 begins in Uttar
pilgrims Pradesh
o India’s First White Tiger Breeding Centre o President Murmu inaugurates Aadi Mahotsav
Approved in Madhya Pradesh 2025
o Shivraj Singh Chouhan launches a national- o Governor Manoj Sinha inaugurated the 24th
level mass outreach campaign “Watershed Divya Kala Mela at Jammu
Yatra” o Delhi’s Mohalla Clinics to be renamed
o ECI’s ‘Chandrayaan Se Chunao Tak’ initiative ‘Ayushman Arogya Mandirs’
boosts voter enthusiasm in West Delhi o Government approves Pradhan Mantri
o Guneri village in Gujarat declared the first Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan Scheme till
biodiversity heritage site 2025-26
o Zomato renamed ‘Eternal’, food delivery o Shivraj Singh Chouhan inaugurated NAKSHA
company unveils new logo program for urban land survey
o 38th Surajkund International Crafts Mela kicks o FM Sitharaman launches Mutual Credit
off in Faridabad Guarantee Scheme for MSMEs
o 32nd session of Indian Art History Congress o Pusa Krishi Vigyan Mela 2025 to be held in
begins in Noida, UP Delhi
o India to host first ‘WAVES summit’ in Mumbai o Kerala to be first state in country to collect,
from 1 to 4 May dispose of expired drugs
o Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurates o 9th Asia Economic Dialogue organised in Pune
Asia’s biggest Aero India show in Bangalore
o Assam to host World’s Largest Jhumur Festival o International News
o India launches its first indigenous Automated o Niger becomes first African country to eliminate
Bio Medical Waste Treatment Plant in New onchocerciasis
Delhi o International Big Cat Alliance officially comes
o 3rd Kashi Tamil Sangamam to be held from into force as fully functional international legal
Feb 15 entity
o 2nd India-France AI Policy Roundtable held on o UK becomes first nation to outlaw AI tools used
the sidelines of AI Action Summit 2025 in Paris to generate child sexual abuse content
o PM Modi released 19th installment of PM- o Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam
KISAN scheme from Bihar Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) inaugurates
o Telangana to host Miss World pageant in May South Africa’s largest Hindu Temple in
2025 Johannesburg
o President Trump signs executive order o PD Singh appointed as CEO of Standard
withdrawing US from UNHRC Chartered India
o Following USA, Argentina withdraws from o SBI Cards appoints Salila Pande as MD & CEO
World Health Organization o Govt extends Chief Economic Adviser
o India ranks third globally for LEED green Nageswaran’s term until March 2027
building certification in 2024; topped by China o Rekha Gupta sworn in as 9th Chief Minister of
o BIMSTEC Youth Summit 2025 to kick off in Delhi
Gandhinagar, Gujarat o Shaktikanta Das appointed Principal Secretary
o Singapore Is World’s Most Powerful Passport of II to Prime Minister
2025, India at 80th spot o NITI Aayog CEO Subrahmanyam’s tenure
o 14th Asian Fisheries and Aquaculture Forum on extended by one year
“Greening the Blue Growth in Asia-Pacific” held o Kash Patel sworn in as 9th FBI director
in Delhi o Finance Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey
o India ranks 96 out of 180 countries in appointed as new SEBI Chairman
Corruption Perceptions Index 2024; Denmark
topped the list of least-corrupt nation o Awards
o Logistics Performance Index: India at 22nd spot o Chaman Arora awarded Sahitya Akademi
o Brazil Joins OPEC+ Forum to Balance Oil Award 2024 in Dogri for his book “Ik Hor
Production and Energy Transition Goals Ashwthama”
o India, Bangladesh agree to launch new ‘hotline’ o Chandrika Tandon wins Best New Age Album
between border forces Award at the 67th Grammy
o Brazil to host BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro o Mopa Airport Wins Prestigious ‘Sarvashrestha
in July 2025 Suraksha Puraskar’
o Musk’s AI Startup Unveils Grok-3 Chatbot
o EAM Jaishankar to attend G20 Foreign o Science
Ministers’ meeting in South Africa o IAF’s Shubhanshu Shukla to Become First
Indian Astronaut on Private Space Mission to
o Banking and Financial ISS
o RBI reduces interest rates for first time in nearly o OpenAI launches ‘deep research’ tool after
5 years China’s DeepSeek shakes AI world
o India’s GDP growth rate to slow to 6.4% in o Microsoft introduces new gen AI model ‘Muse’
2025: Moody’s Analytics
o Defence
o Appointment and Resignation o India-Maldives Joint Military Exercise ‘Ekuverin’
o Justice Harsh Kumar to head Judicial Begins
Commission on Maha Kumbh Stampede o Joint military exercise ‘Cyclone 2025’ between
o Rajesh Nirwan appointed as Director General India and Egypt began in Rajasthan
at Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) o Indian Army and Indian Air Force conducts joint
o Biren Singh Quits as Chief Minister 2 Years military exercise ‘Winged Raider’,
After Manipur Violence Began o India, Japan to hold 6th edition of joint military
o Charanjot Singh Nanda elected as ICAI exercise ‘Dharma Guardian’
President for term 2025-26 o Goa Shipyard Showcases Indigenous Naval
o Shikhar Dhawan appointed as Brand Vessels at NAVDEX 2025
Ambassador of ICC Championship Trophy o DRDO and Indian Navy Successfully Test
2025 NASM-SR Missile in Chandipur
o Gyanesh Kumar appointed as new Chief
Election Commissioner o Sports
o Sachin Tendulkar received BCCI’s Lifetime o 13 February – World Radio Day (Theme 2025 –
Achievement Award Radio and Climate Change)
o R Praggnanandhaa wins Tata Steel Chess o 13 February – National Women’s Day
Masters 2025 o 24 February – Central Excise Day
o India Beat South Africa By 9 Wickets to Defend o 28 February – National Science Day (Theme
U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup Title 2025 – ‘Empowering Indian Youth for Global
o Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers win men’s Hockey Leadership in Science and Innovation for Viksit
India League 2024-25 Title Bharat’)
o Two-time Grand Slams winner Simona Halep o 17 February – Global Tourism Resilience Day
announced Retirement o 20 February – World Day of Social Justice
o FIFA suspends Pakistan Football Federation (Theme 2025 – Empowering Inclusion: Bridging
after failure to amend constitution Gaps of Social Justice)
o 9th Asian Winter Games kick off in
Harbin,China. o Obituary
o Pankaj Advani wins 36th National Gold at o Former Chief Election Commissioner Navin
Indian Snooker Championship Chawla passed away
o Meghalaya to host next edition of National
Games in February/March 2027
o India won 6 Golds in Para Archery Asia Cup
2025
o 34th ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup table tennis
tournament begins in China

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