CURRENT AFFAIRS MARATHON

BY DK AGRAWAL

Appointment
❖ Chief Justice of SC – BR Gavai (52nd) ❖ National Commission for Minorities – Iqbal
❖ Attorney General of India – R. Singh Lalpura
Venkataramani ❖ SEBI Chairman – Tuhin Kanta Pandey
❖ Solicitor General of India – Tushar Mehta ❖ CBDT Chairman – Ravi Agarwal
❖ National Green Tribunal Chairman – J. ❖ Chairperson, Lokpal – Ajay Manikrao
Prakash Srivastava Khanwilkar
❖ Chief Election Commissioner – Gyanesh ❖ 16th Finance Commission Chairman – Arvind
Kumar (26th) Panagariya
❖ Election Commissioners – Vivek Joshi and
Sukhbir Sandhu ❖ SSC Chairman – S. Gopalakrishnan
❖ Comptroller and Auditor General – Sanjay ❖ ISRO Chairman – Dr. V. Narayanan
Murthy ❖ DRDO Chairman – Samir V Kamat

❖ Comptroller General of Accounts – S.S ❖ ICC Chairman – Jay Shah

Dubey ❖ ICC CEO – Geoff Allardice
❖ Air Force Chief – Amar Preet Singh ❖ BCCI President – Roger Binni
❖ Navy Chief – Dinesh Kumar Tripathi ❖ Indian Test Captain – Shubhman Gill
❖ Army Chief – Upendra Dwivedi ❖ DRDO Chairman – Samir V Kamat
❖ Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) – Anil Chauhan
(2nd) ❖ Indian Olympic Association President – PT
Usha
❖ Defence Finance Secretary – Gargi Kaul ❖ IWF Athletes Commission – Mirabai Chanu
❖ National Security Advisor – Ajit Doval ❖ FICCI President – Harshavardhan Agarwal
❖ Vigilance Commissioner, CVC – Praveen
Kumar Srivastava ❖ FICCI Secretary General – Shailesh Pathak
❖ CBI Director – Praveen Sood ❖ RBI Governor – Sanjay Malhotra (26th)
❖ IB Head – Tapan Kumar Deka ❖ SBI Chairman – Challa Srinivasulu Setty
❖ UN Secretary General – Antonio Guterres
❖ BSF Director General – Daljit Singh ❖ CRPF DG – Gyanendra Pratap Singh
Chaudhary ❖ Finance Secretary of India – Ajay Seth
❖ CISF DG – R.S. Bhatti ❖ CBSE Chairman – Vineet Joshi
❖ NITI Ayog Chairman – PM Narendra Modi ❖ Director of the Federal Bureau of
❖ Deputy Chairman of NITI Ayog – Suman Investigation (FBI) – Kash Patel
Kumar Bery ❖ Law Secretary – Anju Rathi Rana (First
❖ CEO, NITI Ayog – BVR Subrahmanyam Woman)
❖ Delhi Waqf Board CEO – Azimul Haque
❖ UPSC Chairman – Ajay Kumar ❖ UIDAI CEO – Bhuvnesh Kumar
❖ Chairperson, National Commission for ❖ ICAR DG – Dr. Mangi Lal Jat
women – Vijaya Rahatkar
❖ Chairperson, National Backward Classes
Commission – Hansraj Gangaram Ahir
❖ Chairman, National Commission for ST –
Antar Singh Arya
❖ Chairman, National Commission for SC –
Kishor Makwana
 BCCI Awards 2025
Awards ➢ Best International Cricketer (Men) – Jasprit
Nobel Prize – 2024 Bumrah
➢ Medicine – Victor Ambros and Gary ➢ Best International Cricketer (Women) –
Ruvkum Smriti Mandhana
➢ Physics – John Hopfield and Geoffrey National Film Awards – 2024
Hinton ➢ Best Film – Aattam
➢ Chemistry – David Baker, Demis Hassabis ➢ Best Actor – Rishab Shetty (Film – Kantara)
and John Jumper BAFTA Awards – 2025
➢ Peace – Nihon Hidankyo (Japanese Org.) ➢ Best Film – Conclave (Christopher Nolan)
➢ Economics – Daron Acemoglu, Simon ➢ Best Actor – Brady Corbet (The Brutalist)
Johnson and James Robinson Cannes Film Awards – 2025
➢ Literature – Han Kang ➢ Best Actor – Wagner Moura
Padma Awards – 2025 – On Republic Day ➢ Best Actress – Nadiya Meliti
➢ 139 persons (7 Padma Vibhusan, 19 Sahitya Akademi Award – 2024
Padma Bhushan and 113 Padma Shri) ➢ English – Easterine Kire (Spirit Nights)
➢ Total Women – 23 ➢ Hindi – Gagan Gill (Mai Jab Tak Aai Bahar)
Padma Vibhushan Oscar Awards – 2025
1. Duvvuvar Nageswara Reddy ➢ Best Film – Anora
2. Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar ➢ Best Actor – Adrien Brody (The Brutalist)
3. Mrs. Kumudini Rajnikant Lakhia ➢ Best Actress – Mikey Madison (Anora)
4. Lakshminarayan Subramaniam Grammy Awards – 2025
5. M.T Vasudevan Nair ➢ Album of the Year – Beyonce
6. Osamu Suzuki ➢ Record of the year & Song of the year –
7. Sharda Sinha Kendrick Lamar (Not Like Us)
Miss World 2025 – Opal Suchata Chuangsri Fimfare Awards – 2024
(Thailand) ➢ Best Film – 12th Fail
Mrs. World 2025 – Tshego Gelai (First Black ➢ Best Director – Vinod Chopra (12th Fail)
Woman) ➢ Best Actor – Ranbir Kapoor (Animal)
Miss Universe, India 2024 – Riya Singha (Guj) Grammy Awards – 2025
Ramon Magsaysay Award – 2024 ➢ Album of the Year – Beyonce
➢ Karma Phuntsho (Bhutan) ➢ Record of the year & Song of the year –
➢ Gusen Thi Ngok Phuong (Vietnam) Kendrick Lamar (Not Like Us)
➢ Parveeja Farhan (Indonesia) Awards in the Field of Literature
➢ Miyazaki Hayao (Japan) ➢ Jnanpith Award 2024– Vinod Kumar
➢ Rural Doctors Movement (Thailand) Shukla (Hindi Writer)
ICC Awards 2024 ➢ Vyas Samman 2024 – Suryabala
➢ Men’s Cricketer of the Year – Jasprit ➢ Saraswati Samman 2024 – Sadhu
Bumrah Bhadreshdas
➢ Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year – Jasprit ➢ Booker Prize 2024 – Samantha Harvey
Bumrah Abel Prize 2025 (Math) – Masaki Kashiwara (2024
➢ Men’s T20 Cricketer of the year – – Michel Taillegrand)
Arshdeep Singh (India) Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2025 (Hindi) –
➢ Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year – Pravesh Yadav
Azmatullah Omarzai Highest civilian award of Mauritius & Kuwait –
➢ Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year – PM Narendra Modi
Smriti Mandhana Woman of the year 2025 (Time Magazine) –
UK Knighthood Honour – N. Chandrasekaran Purnima Barman
 ✓ India became the first country to land near
Awards the lunar south pole
Aditya L1 Mission ✓ Lander (Vikram) Rover (Pragyan)
✓ Launched By: Indian Space Research RHUMI-1
Organisation (ISRO) ✓ It’s a reusable hybrid sounding rocket
✓ Mission Type: Solar Observation ✓ Launched by Space Zone India, a Chennai-
✓ Launch Date: 2nd September 2023 based aerospace startup.
✓ Launch Vehicle: PSLV-C57 Megha-Tropiques Satellite Mission
✓ Launch Site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre ✓ Joint satellite mission between ISRO and
(SDSC), Sriharikota CNES (French space agency)
✓ Destination: Lagrange Point 1 (L1) ✓ Aimed at studying the water cycle and
✓ Mission Duration: 5 years (designed) energy exchanges in the tropical
✓ Study the Sun’s outer atmosphere (corona atmosphere.
and chromosphere) TRISHNA: Satellite Mission
✓ Understand the drivers of space weather ✓ Full Form: Thermal Infra-Red Imaging
and solar activities Satellite for High-resolution Natural
LUPEX Mission Resource Assessment
✓ Full Name: Lunar Polar Exploration Mission ✓ Agencies Involved: ISRO and CNES (France)
✓ Agencies Involved: ISRO (India) + JAXA ✓ Type: Earth observation – focuses on high-
(Japan) resolution thermal and optical imaging
✓ Mission Type: Lunar exploration – Rover Titan Space Mission: 2029
and lander mission ✓ Jahnavi Dangeti (Palakollu, Andhra
✓ Target Moon’s South Pole Expected Launch Pradesh) has been selected as an
2026 (tentative) Astronaut Candidate (ASCAN) for Titans
✓ Launch Vehicle: Likely H3 Launch Vehicle Space Industries (TSI) in the “Astronaut
(by Japan) Class of 2025”
✓ Mission Duration~6 months YUVIKA – YUva VIgyani KAryakram
✓ Landing Site Lunar South Pole Region – ✓ Launched by the Indian Space Research
permanently shadowed craters Organisation (ISRO), YUVIKA aims to ignite
SpaDex Mission interest in space science and technology
✓ Full Name SPADEX – Space Docking among school students
Experiment Developed by ISRO SCATSAT-1 Satellite
✓ Mission Type: Technology demonstration – ✓ Launched by ISRO
space docking ✓ SCATSAT-1 is a weather satellite primarily
✓ launch by 2026 designed to provide accurate ocean
✓ India became the fourth country in the surface wind vector data for weather
world to perform docking in space forecasting, particularly cyclone
Chandrayan – 3 Mission prediction.
✓ Type: Lunar Exploration ISRO’s Next Generation Launch Vehicle (NGLV)
✓ Launch Date: 14 July 2023 ✓ ISRO is developing the NGLV to replace
✓ Launch Vehicle: LVM3-M4 (formerly GSLV existing launch vehicles like the PSLV and
Mk III) GSLV, aiming to enhance India's space
✓ Launch Site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre capabilities.
(Sriharikota) ✓ Reusability and Semi-Cryogenic Engine
✓ Landing Date: 23 August 2023 Technology used
✓ Landing Site Lunar South Pole region
Axiom Mission 4 Shenzhou – 20 Mission: Launched by China
✓ Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla is a FRAM – 2 Mission: Launched by SpaceX
distinguished Indian Air Force (IAF) officer Michibiki – 6 Satellite: Launced by Japan
who made history by becoming the first Lignosat - First Wooden Satellite: Launched by
Indian to travel to the International Space Japan
Station (ISS) and 2nd Indian to go to space Black eyed pea seeds: Germinated by ISRO in
✓ He served as the Mission Pilot for Axiom Space
Mission 4 European Space Agency’s Probe 3 Aircraft:
Bharatiya Antariksh Station (Indian Space Launched by ISRO via PSLV C59 Rocket
Station) India’s First National Space Day – 23 Aug 2024
✓ In August 2024, ISRO (Indian Space Active Cooled Scramjet Subscale Combustor:
Research Organisation) officially ✓ tested for over 1000 Second by DRDO for
announced plans to build the Bharatiya development of Scramjet Engine
Antariksh Station (BAS), India’s own space Nag MK 2 – Anti Tank Guided Missile –
station. ✓ Developed by DRDO – Based on Fire and
✓ The proposed Bharatiya Antariksh Station Forget Technology – Successfully tested at
will utilize an orbital habitation module to the Pokhran, Rajasthan
house astronauts during long-duration ❖ Highest Number of Moons – Saturn (274
missions. moons)
✓ India aims to have the station operational
by the early 2030s. Science & Technology
Internation Space Station ➢ India’s First Quantum Computer Valley –
✓ Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore went Amravati – January 2026
on 5 June 2024 Via Boeing Starliner ➢ World’s first genome edited rice varieties –
Spacecraft and returned to earth after 286 Kamala and Pusa DST Rice-1 – Developed
days at the coast of florida on March 19, by India
2025 via SpaceX’s Dragon Capsule. ➢ “Samatha” Launched by C-DOT to promote
✓ Nasa SpaceX Crew-9 Mission launched by innovation in IT Sectors
NASA with SpaceX to bring Sunita williams ➢ Grok 3 – Launched by Elon Musk’s AI
back from space Company
Fireflies (India’s First Private Satellite ➢ India’s first Hydrogen transport pipe –
Constellation) Developed by TATA Steel
✓ Launched by Pixel (Google backed Indian ➢ Gujarat – First State to implement
Space Startup) semiconductor policy
✓ By SpaceX rocket ➢ Cherenkov Telescope – Asia’s largest
ShakthiSAT telescope – Ladakh
✓ Launched by Space Kidz India ➢ The world’s first CNG bike freedom –
✓ To Train about 12000 girls across 108 Launched by Bajaj
countries on space technology ➢ World’s first 6G device – Launched by
AstraView: Commercial Satellite Japan
✓ Dhruva Space (Hyderabad based spacetech ➢ Lucknow (UP) – India’s first AI City
startup) has announced the Launch of ➢ MATSYA – 6000: First Human Underwater
Astraview Submersible launched by India
✓ Designed to provide continuous insights ➢ “Akashteer” – Air defence system –
into Earth Developed by BEL
➢ Sarvam AI – India’s first AI Platform
 PM-E-DRIVE Scheme
Central Govt. Scheme ➢ Full Name: PM Electric Drive Revolution in
PM Suryodaya Scheme Innovative Vehicle Enhancement (PM E-
➢ Also: PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana DRIVE) Scheme
➢ Feb 2024 ➢ 29 September 2024
➢ Aim: Provide solar energy to households ➢ Aim: Promote e-mobility & adoption of
➢ Ministry of New and Renewable Energy electric vehicles.
NPS Vatsalya Yojana ➢ Ministry of Heavy Industries
➢ Name: NPS Vatsalya (a sub-scheme under National Forensic Infrastructure Enhancement
the National Pension System) Scheme
➢ 18 September 2024 by Finance Minister ➢ June 2024
Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi ➢ Aim: Strengthen forensic labs & criminal
➢ Aim: Pension for dependents of deceased justice capacity.
NPS subscribers. ➢ Ministry of Home Affairs
➢ Minimum contribution: 1000Rs PM Jan Dhan Yojana [10 Year Completed]
Pradhan Mantri Internship Scheme ➢ Aim: Financial inclusion via bank accounts,
➢ October 3, 2024 insurance, credit.
➢ Aim: Work-based learning & skill ➢ Ministry of Finance
development for youth. Unified Pension Scheme (UPS)
➢ Ministry of Skill Development and ➢ Effect from 1 April, 2025
Entrepreneurship ➢ Aim: Common pension system ensuring
Pradhan Mantri Vidyalakshmi / PM-Vidyalaxmi post-retirement security
Scheme ➢ Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances &
➢ 6 November 2024 Pensions
➢ Aim: Easy education loans & scholarships Dharti Aaba Janjatiya Gram Utkarsh Abhiyan
via single platform ➢ 2 Oct 2024
➢ Collateral free up to 10 Lakh. ➢ Aim: Holistic development of tribal villages.
➢ Ministry of Education ➢ Ministry of Tribal Affairs
National Mission on Natural Farming – NMNF 75/25 Initiative
➢ 25 November 2024 ➢ 17 May 2023
➢ Aim: Promote chemical-free sustainable ➢ Aim: Reduce premature NCD deaths by
agriculture. 25% before 2025.
➢ By ministry of agriculture & Farmers ➢ Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
welfare. Amrit Dharohar Yojana
➢ Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare ➢ Launch Year: 2023 (Union Budget
PRERANA Announcement)
➢ 4 January 2024 ➢ Aim: Sustainable wetlands use for
➢ Aim: Remedial learning support for SC/ST livelihood & biodiversity
& underprivileged ➢ Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate
➢ By Indian ministry of education. Change
PM-SURAJ Portal Vivad se Vishwas 2.0
➢ Full Name: Pradhan Mantri Samajik ➢ 2023 (Union Budget announcement)
Utthan and Rojgar Adharit Jankalyan (PM- ➢ Aim: Resolve govt. & private contractual
SURAJ) Portal disputes. By Ministry of Finance
➢ 13 March 2024 My Bill My Right
➢ Aim: Credit & self-employment for ➢ 1 September 2023
marginalized groups ➢ Aim: Promote consumer rights by
➢ Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment demanding bills/invoices.
MISHTI Yojana (Mangrove Initiative for Shoreline National Green Hydrogen Mission (Rashtriya
Habitats & Tangible Incomes) Harit Hydrogen Mission)
➢ Launch Year: Union Budget 2023-24 ➢ January 2023
announcement ➢ Aim: Make India global hub for green
➢ Aim: Mangrove plantation & conservation hydrogen production/export
for coastal protection PM-PRANAM Scheme [Ministry of Chemicals &
➢ Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Fertilizers]
Change ➢ 28 June 2023
One Nation One Permit Scheme ➢ Aim: Reduce chemical fertilizer use;
➢ 2023 promote alternative fertilizers
➢ Purpose: Reduce administrative burden, SVANIDHI Se Samridhi Yojana
cut transit delays, lower logistics costs, ➢ 12 April 2022
and streamline supply chain efficiency. ➢ Aim: Link PM-SVANidhi vendors with social
➢ Ministry of Road Transport & Highways security schemes.
UNNATI Yojana (Uttar Poorva Transformative SHRESHTA Yojana
Industrialization Scheme) ➢ 3 June 2022
➢ Ministry of Commerce & Industry ➢ Aim: Residential quality education for SC
Pradhan Mantri Vishwakarma Yojana students in top schools.
➢ 17 September 2023 (on the occasion of ➢ Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
Vishwakarma Jayanti). Agneepath Yojana [Ministry of Defence]
➢ Aim: Support artisans/craftsmen with skill ➢ 14 June 2022
training & tools ➢ Aim: Recruitment of youth as Agniveers in
➢ Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Armed Forces for 4 years.
Enterprises (MSME) PM SHRI Yojana (Prime Minister Schools for
PM Janman Yojana Rising India) [Ministry of Education]
➢ 15 November 2023 ➢ 5 September, 2022
➢ Aim: Development & welfare of PVTGs ➢ Aim: Develop 14,500 model schools with
(tribal groups) NEP-based modern facilities.
➢ Ministry of Tribal Affairs YUVA 2.0 Scheme (Young, Upcoming and
Vibrant Villages Programme (VVP) Versatile Authors 2.0) [Ministry of Education]
➢ 15 February 2023 ➢ Launch 2 October, 2022 (Gandhi Jayanti)
➢ Aim: Develop border villages with ➢ Aim: Mentor young authors, promote
infrastructure & livelihood. writing & publishing culture.
➢ Ministry of Home Affairs Tele-MANAS (Tele Mental Health Assistance and
SATHI Scheme Networking Across States)
➢ 2020 ➢ 10 October 2022
➢ Aim: Provide advanced research & ➢ Aim: 24/7 free mental health support via
technology access in HEIs. tele-counselling.
➢ Ministry of Science & Technology Digital Shakti 4.0 [Ministry of Women & Child
PM-USHA Scheme –Pradhan Mantri Uchchatar Development
Shiksha Abhiyan (PM-USHA) ➢ 16 November 2022
➢ June 2023 ➢ Aim: Empower women in cyberspace
➢ Aim: Upgrade higher education through awareness & digital safety
institutions PM DEVINE (Pradhan Mantri Development
➢ Ministry of Education Initiative for North-East)
E-Bus Sewa Scheme [2023] ➢ 2022
➢ Aim: Eco-friendly urban transport through
➢ Infrastructure & livelihood projects for NE
electric buses. India, job creation.
 State Govt. Scheme Bajra Mission
CHHATTISGARH

UTTAR PRADESH  Make the state a hub for millet production

and consumption in India.
Abhyudaya Program Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Bhumihin Majdur Nyay
 Free coaching for students preparing for Yojana
competitive exams.  7000/- per year
Kisan Kalyan Mission Garbage Cafe Scheme
 To double the income of farmers by 2022.  People can exchange collected plastic
UP Matrubhumi Yojana waste for free food
 Govt bears 50% cost of development Godhan-Nyay Yojana
works.  The income of cattle herders will be
Bal Shramik Vidya Yojana increased by purchasing cow dung by the
 School education for children of child government.
labourers, orphans, aged 8–18 years.
Mukhyamantri Yuva Udyami Vikas Abhiyan WEST BENGAL
(MYUVA Yojana) Pathashree Abhiyan
 Provide guarantee-free loan up to 5 lakhs  Related to repair of roads
for youth entrepreneurship. Chokher Alo Scheme
Zero Poverty Campaign  To provide free eye treatment
 Target the poorest families for upliftment Maa Ki Rasoi Yojana
and sustainable income.  To provide food for the poor
Mukhyamantri Kanya Sumangala Yojana Laxmir Bhandar
 25,000 financial assistance in six phases  Monthly financial assistance to female
for girls’ education and welfare. heads of households aged 25–60 years
Mukhyamantri Jan Arogya Yojana Roopshree Project
 Provide free health services to deprived  Provide 25,000 one-time grant for
families (health insurance up to 5 lakh). marriage of daughters in economically
One District One Product (ODOP) Scheme weaker families.
 Promote unique traditional industries in
each district, support local artisans and KARNATAKA
entrepreneurs. Arundhati & Maitri Yojana
Chief Minister Krishak Accident Welfare Scheme  Financial assistance will be provided to the
 5 lakh financial assistance to families of brides of Brahmin families
farmers who die or become disabled in Gruha Lakshmi Scheme
agricultural accidents.  Provide Rs 2000 per month to woman hits
Safe City Project
empowering self-reliance and financial
 Enhance security in public places, especially
security
for women and children.
Anna Bhagya Scheme
MADHYA PRADESH  Provide 10 Kg free rice to people holding
Devaranya Scheme
 Promote Ayurvedic medicine linked with below poverty line
employment. JHARKHAND
Launch Pad Scheme
 Platform for youth (18+) to become self- Mukhyamantri Sukanya Yojana
reliant.  Promote women empowerment and
Ladli Lakshmi Yojana completely end child marriage.
 Rs 20,000 to Girls for college/university
admission.
 KERALA Panchgaurav Scheme
Namath Basai Program  550 crore works for development in
 To Provide medium of online education to specific regions.
tribal children at home HARYANA
One School, One IAS Scheme Lado Laxmi Yojana
 To provide free coaching for CBSE  Provide 2,100/month financial assistance
examinations for poor students to women for promoting financial
Green Hydrogen Valley Project independence.
 Pilot project to produce hydrogen using Mukhyamantri Yuva Kaushal Samman Yojana
renewable sources  Internship opportunities with
Vimukthi Mission 10,000/month stipend for final year
 Revenue & liquor control campaign students.
managed by the state excise department Sportsperson Insurance Plan
with 12 crore allocations.  Provide up to ₹20 lakh medical insurance
to national & international athletes.
ANDHRA PRADESH Women and Adolescent Girls Honor Scheme
SALT Program  Free sanitary napkins for girls aged 10–45
 Strengthen schools & provide teacher and women from BPL families.
training & skill development.
DELHI
Smart Black Board Scheme
 Ensure better learning environment in CM Women Honor Scheme
80,000 government schools.  Provide ₹1,000/month financial assistance
Talliki Vandanam to eligible women aged 18+.
 Educational welfare initiative: Provide Apna Ghar Housing Scheme 2025
financial support to mothers for their  DDA offers ready-to-move flats at
children’s education. concessional rates to make housing more
Annadata sukhibhavah affordable.
 Provide 20,000 per year financial PM-Surya Ghar Free Electricity Scheme
assistance to farmers  Subsidy for installation of rooftop solar
panels to provide free electricity to
ARUNACHAL PRADESH households.
Atmanirbhar Krishi Yojana
JAMMU & KASHMIR
 Promote agriculture & horticulture
Mukhyamantri Nasha Mukti Yojana Awaam ki Baat Radio Programme
 Expand de-addiction & rehabilitation centers  Take government initiatives for common
to combat drug & substance abuse. people to the masses.
Dulari Kanya Scheme LADAKH
 Fixed deposit of 20,000 is made in the Youn Tab Yojana
girl’s name at birth.  Distribute tablets to 12,300 students (class
6–12).
RAJASTHAN
TAMIL NADU
CM Anupriti Coaching Yojana Tamil Pudhalavan Scheme
 Provide education to economically  Provide 1,000/month to male students in
backward, SC & ST students. government schools for higher education
Mukhyamantri Amrut Aahar Yojana Nannilam Women's Land Ownership Scheme
 Provide nutrition kits to pregnant women  Assist landless Dalit and tribal women to
(5+ months) and milk to Anganwadi purchase land.
children (3–6 years).
 SIKKIM
One Family, One Job
 Provide at least one government job per
family.
Unnati Yojana (North East Transformative
Industrialization Scheme)
 Promote entrepreneurship and industrial
development with financial incentives.

BIHAR
CM Mahila Udyami Yojana
 Provide 10 lakh to women to start new
employment/business.
Jal Jeevan Hariyali Abhiyan
 Save water & greenery against climate
change.
CM Vridhjan Pension Yojana
 Rs 400/month pension to all persons aged
60–79 years.
Mukhyamantri Tivra beej vistar Scheme
 Ensure timely availability and distribution
of quality seeds to farmers for better crop
productivity.

PUNJAB
Mera Kam Mera Man Yojana
 Provide employment to unemployed
youth through training.

ODISHA
Subhadra Scheme
 Provide 10,000/year to eligible women
aged 21–60 for financial security and
empowerment.
Swayam Scheme
 Offers interest free bank loans of up to Rs.
1 Lakh to rural and urban youth for
business
Sahajog Initiative
 Connect eligible urban poor beneficiaries
to government schemes through
awareness & doorstep delivery.
 Book Name Author
The One: Cricket, My Life and More Shikhar Dhawan
The Diary of a Cricketer's Wife Puja Pabari
Janta Ki Kahani: My Autobiography Bandaru Dattatreya
Ramanujan: Journey of a Great
Arun Singhal & Devendra Sharma
Mathematician
How India Scaled Mt. G20: The Inside Story
of the G20 Presidency
Made in India: 25 Years of Business &
Amitabh Kant
Enterprise
Incredible India 2.0
Branding India: An Incredible Story
Narratives off the Bench N.V. Ramana
Leo: The Untold Story of Chennai Super
PS Raman
Kings
To the Seventh Generation Dr. V I Mathan
The New Icon: Savarkar and the Facts Arun Shourie
Soumitra Chatterjee: The Legacy of Apu and
Sanghamitra Chakraborty
Beyond
The World After Gaza Pankaj Mishra
Jammu-Kashmir & Ladakh Through the Ages Raghuvendra Tanwar
The Unyielding Judge Gauri Grover
My Beloved Life Amitav Kumar
Indian Renaissance: Modi Decade Nandini Rathi (Released by Amit Shah)
Life on Mars: Collected Stories Namita Gokhale
Gopichand P. Hinduja (Released by Vice
I Am?
President Jagdeep Dhankhar)
Diyasalai (Autobiography) Kailash Satyarthi
Speaking with Nature Ramachandra Guha
Friends: India's Closest Strategic Partners Shriram Chaulia
Nine Yard Sarees Prashanti Ram
Witness Sakshi Malik
Mountain Mammals of the World M.K. Ranjit Singh
Khaki Mein Sthitpragya Anil Raturi
Call of the Gir Parimal Nathwani
75 Great Revolutionaries of India Bhim Singh
India @ 100 KV Subramaniam
Breaking Rocks and Barriers Sudipta Sengupta
Heart Lamp Banu Mushtaq
Kairos Jenny
Orbital Samantha Harvey
Nitish Kumar, the Gandhi of Bihar Ashok Chaudhary & Shambhavi Chaudhary
Kargil War: The Turning Point Magod Basappa Ravindranath
 Book Name Author
The Book of Compassion Dalai Lama & Kailash Satyarthi
Manoj Bajpayee: The Definitive Biography Piyush Pandey
Power Within: The Leadership Legacy of
Dr. R. Balasubramaniam
Narendra Modi
The Great Conciliator: Lal Bahadur Shastri
Sanjeev Chopra
and Transformation of India
March of Glory K. Arumugam & Erol D’Cruz
Source Code: My Beginnings Bill Gates
Hold on to Your Dreams Ruskin Bond
Winner's Mindset Shane Watson
Heavenly Islands of Goa PS Sreedharan Pillai
The Idea of Democracy Sam Pitroda
Just a Mercenary Former RBI Governor D Subbarao
From a Car Shed to the Corner Room and
S. Raman
Beyond
The Conspiracy to oust me from the
Gotabaya Rajapaksa
presidency
Bring It On: The Incredible Story of My Life Deepa Malik
Dalai Lama: Secrets to Happiness Dinesh Shahra
Many Ramayanas, Many Lessons Anand Neelkanthan
Chhaunk: On Food, Economics & Society Abhijit Banerjee
Lara: The England Chronicles Brian Lara
Sculpted Stone: Mysteries of
Ashwin Prabhu
Mamallapuram
Maha Swapnikudu P. Vikram
Ek Samandar Mere Andar Sanjeev Joshi
An Uncommon Love: The Early Life of
Murthy Chitra Banerjee
Sudha and Narayana
Inspirations for graphic design from India Jaya Jaitley
Four Stars of Destiny Manoj Mukund Naravane
Sanskriti ke Aayam Manoram Mishra
Breaking the Mold: Reimagining India's
Rohit Lamba & Raghuram Rajan
Economic Future
Naye Bharat Ka Samved Released: Ramnath Kovind
Welcome to Paradise Twinkle Khanna
SC india and 1857 Rakesh Pathak
The Day I Became a Runner Sohini Chattopadhyay
The Book of Life: My Dance with Buddha Vivek Agnihotri
Rainbow Warriors of India Hoshang Merchant & Akshay K. Rath
Challenges I Like (Autobiography) Anandiben Patel
 ❖ Ranji Trophy 2024-25 – Vidarbha (Runner
Sports up – Kerala)
❖ Vijay Hazare Trophy 2024-25 – Karnataka
Cricket (Runner up – Vidarabha)
❖ ICC Women’s Championship Trophy (2022- ❖ Syed Mustaq Ali Trophy 2024-25 – Mumbai
25) – Winner: Australia (Runner up – Madhya Pradesh)
❖ ICC under – 19 Women’s T20 World cup ❖ T20 Blind Cricket World Cup 2024 –
2025 – Winner – India (Runner up – South Pakistan (Bangladesh)
Africa) ❖ Venues
❖ ICC World Test Championship 2025: (Final –  14th Cricket World Cup – South
Lord’s London) – Winner – South Africa Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia –
(Runner up – Australia) 2027
❖ ICC T-20 World Cup 2024  15th Cricket World Cup – India and
 Host – USA and West Indies Bangladesh – 2031
 Winner – India (by 7 Runs, after 17  ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup –
years) India – 2025
 Runner Up – South Africa ❖ Venues
 India won two times – 2007, 2024  11th ICC Champion Trophy – India –
❖ ICC World Cup 2023 (50 Overs) 2029
 Host – India  10th ICC Men’s T20 world Cup – India
 Winner – Australia (6th time, by 6th and Sri Lanka – 2026
wicket)  10th ICC Women’s T20 World cup –
 Runner Up – India England – 2026
 India won two times – 1983 (Kapil ❖ First Indian Wicketkeeper to score a
Dev) and 2011 (MS Dhoni) century in both Test Innings – Rishabh Pant
❖ ICC Champion Trophy 2025: Winner India ❖ First Asian Bowler to take 150 test wickets
(Runner up – New Zealand) in SENA countries – Jasprit Bumrah
❖ ICC Women’s T20 World cup 2024: New ❖ Glen Maxwell (Australia) – Retired from ODI
Zealand (Runner up – South Africa) Cricket
❖ IPL 2025 (Final – Narendra Modi Stadium, ❖ Heinrich Klaasen (South Africa) – Retired
Ahmedabad): Winner – RCB (Runner Up – from International Cricket
Punjab Kings) ❖ Virat Kohli – The first Indian to complete
 Total Team – 10 100 half centuries in T20 and also become to
 Title Sponsor company – Tata complete 13000 runs in T20.
 Most Runs – Sai Sudarshan (759
runs) – Orange Cap
 Most Wickets – Prasidh Krishna (25)
– Purple Cap
 Fastest Century – Vaibhav
Suryavanshi
❖ Women’s Premier League 2025 – 3rd Edition
 Winner – Mumbai Indians (Runner
up – Delhi Capital)
 Most Wicket – Purple Cap – Amelia
Kerr
 Most Runs – Orange Cap – Nat Sciver
– Brunt
 ❖ 15th Hockey India Senior Men National
Football Championship 2025 – Punjab / Madhya
❖ UEFA Women’s Champions League 2025 – Pradesh
Arsenal / Barcelona ❖ Ist National Women’s Hockey League 2024
❖ SAFF U-19 Championship 2025 (Arunachal – 25 – Harayana
Pradesh) – India/Bangladesh
Badminton
❖ Premier League Champions 2024-25
(Hyderabad, Telangana) - Liverpool/Arsenal ❖ Sudirman Cup 2025
❖ 78th Santosh Trophy 2024-25 (Hyderabad, ➢ Edition – 14th
Telangana) - West Bengal/Kerala ➢ Winner – China
❖ SAFF Under – 17 Championship 2024 ➢ Runner up – Indonesia
(Thimpu, Bhutan) – India/Bangladesh ❖ India Open 2025 – New Delhi
❖ 4th Intercontinental Football Championship ➢ Men Singles Winner – Viktor Axelsen
2024 (Telangana) – Syria/India ➢ Women Singles Winner – An se Young
❖ Durand Cup 2024 (Kolkata) – Northeast ❖ Uber Cup 2024 – China/Indonesia
United / Mohun Banga ❖ Thomas Cup 2024 – China/Indonesia
❖ Kalinga/Indian Super Cup 2024 (Odisha) – ❖ Malaysia Masters Badminton Tournament
East Bengal FC / Odisha FC – Li Shi Feng (China) / Kidambi Srikant
(India)
Hockey
Tennis
❖ Men’s Hockey India League 2024 - 25
(Odisha) – Bengal Tigers / Hyderabad ❖ Italian Open 2025 – Carlos Alcaraz
Toofans ❖ Chennai Open 2025 – Kirian Jacquet
❖ Women’s Hockey India League 2025 ❖ Davis Cup 2024 – Italy/ Netherland
(Ranchi) – Odisha Warriors / Surma Hockey
Chess
Club
❖ Women’s Junior Asia Cup 2024 (Oman) – ❖ World Chess Championship 2024 – D
India/China Gukesh / Ding Liren (China)
❖ Men’s Junior Asia Cup 2024 (Oman) – India / ❖ Tata steel Masters 2025 title - R.
Pakistan Praggnanandha
❖ Women’s Asian Champion Trophy 2024 ❖ 38th Cannes International Open Chess
(Rajgir, Bihar) – India/China Tournament – P. Iniyan (Indian
❖ Men’s Asian Champions Trophy 2024 – Grandmaster)
India/China ❖ 85th Grandmaster – P. Shyaam nikhil
❖ Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2024 – Japan / ❖ 86th Grandmaster – L.R. Srihari
Pakistan
Shooting
❖ Tennis Men’s Hockey 5th World Cup 2024
(Oman) – Netherland / Malaysia ❖ ISSF Junior World Cup 2025 (Germany)
❖ Tennis Women’s Hockey 5th World Cup ➢ Top – India with 11 Medal ( 3 Gold, 4
2024 (Oman) – Netherland / India Silver and 4 Bronze )
❖ Player of the Year (Men): 2024 – ➢ 3 Gold
Harmanpreet Singh 1. Tejaswani (shooter) – Women’s 25m
❖ Player of the Year (Women): 2024 – Yibbi Pistol
Jansen 2. Kanak Budhwar (Shooter) – Women’s
❖ 15th Hockey India Senior Women National 10m air pistol
Championship 2025 (Haryana) – Jharkhand 3. Shambhavi Shravan Kshirsagar(Shooter)
❖ Women’s Hockey India League 2025 – Women’s 10m air rifle event
(Ranchi) – Odisha Warriors
 Shooting Gland Slam Tennis Competition
❖ ISSF World Cup (Lima, Peru) ❖ Australian Open – 2025
➢ 3rd - India - 07 Medal (2 Gold, 4 Silver and ➢ Men’s Singles – Jannik Sinner
1 Bronze) ➢ Women’s Singles – Madison Keys
➢ 2 Gold ❖ French Open – 2025
1. Suruchi Singh – Women’s 10m air pistol ➢ Men’s Singles – Carlos Alcaraz
2. Suruchi Singh + Saurabh Chaudhary – ➢ Women’s Singles – Coco Gauff
Mixed team 10m air pistol ❖ Wimbledon Open – 2025
➢ Men’s Singles – Jannik Sinner
Kabaddi & Kho-Kho
➢ Women’s Singles – Iga Swiatek
❖ Kabaddi World Cup 2025 (England) ❖ US Open – 2024
➢ Winner – India (Men and Women) ➢ Men’s Singles – Jannik Sinner
➢ Runner Up – England (Men and Women) ➢ Women’s Singles – Aryna Sabelenka
❖ 11th Pro kabaddi League – Haryana Steelers
/ Patna Pirates Khelo India Youth Games
❖ Kho – Kho World Cup 2025 (Delhi) ❖ 1st Rank – Maharashtra
➢ Winner – India ❖ 2nd Rank – Haryana
➢ Runner Up – Nepal
Sports - Important
Wrestling
❖ Indian Open 2025 PSA Copper event
❖ 21st
Wrestling Championship 2025 (Amman, (Mumbai) – Anahat Singh (Squash Player) –
Jordan) Won women’s Single title
➢ India – 10 Medals (1 Gold – Manisha ❖ 23rd National Para Athletics Championship
Bhanwala, 3 Silver, 6 Bronze) 2025 – Top – Haryana – 49 Gold medals
❖ U23 World Wrestling Championships 2024 ❖ BBC Indian Sportswoman of the year 2024
➢ India – 9 Medals (1 Gold – Chirag – Manu Bhaker (Shooter)
Chikkara, 1 Silver and 7 Bronze) ❖ World Boxing Cup 2025 – India 6 Medal – 1
Gold – Hitesh Gulia (First Indian Boxer to win
National Games a Gold), 1 Silver and 4 Bronze
❖ 38th National Games – 2025 ❖ 2025 IBSF World Billiards Title – Sourav
➢ Event – Uttarakhand Kothari (Defeated – Pankaj Advani)
➢ Top – Services ❖ Archery World Cup 2025 – India 7 Medals (2
➢ 2nd – Maharashtra Gold, 1 Silver and 4 Bronze)
➢ Yoga and Mallakhamb – First time ❖ 2025 Doha Diamond League Men’s Javelin
Included Throw – 2nd – Neeraj Chopra (Julian Weber –
❖ 37 National Games – 2023 – Goa
th
Germany)
❖ 39th National Games – 2027 – Meghalaya ❖ Ostrava Golden Spike 2025 Javelin Throw
Title – Neeraj Chopra
5th Khelo India Winter Games
❖ Host – Leh and Gulmarg
➢ 1st – Ladakh
1st Stage
➢ 2nd – Tamil Naidu
➢ 1st – Indian Army
➢ 2nd – Himachal Pradesh 2nd Stage
 Reports & Indexes

Reports India’s Rank First Rank Issued by

Henley Passport 85th Singapore
Index 2025
Global Firepower 4th US
Index 2025
World Happiness 118th Finland SDSN
Index 2025
World Press Freedom 151st Norway
Index 2025
Human Development 130th Iceland UNDP
Report 2025
Global Peace Index 115th Iceland
2025
Sustainable 99th Finland SDSN
Development Report
2025
World Competiveness 40th Switzerland IMD
Index 2025
Global Terrorism 14th Burkina Faso Institute for
Index 2025 Economics & Peace
Global Hunger Index 105th Belarus
2024

❖ Tarun Plus Tier

Miscellaneous  Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana Loan
❖ Chabahar Port Limit increased from 10 lakhs to 20 Lakh
 In May 2024, India and Iran signed a 10- by finance ministry
year agreement for Chabahar port ❖ Kamya Karthikeyan
operations  She becomes youngest female in the
 India’s primary interest gain direct world to scale the highest peaks on each
access to Afghanistan and central Asia, of 7 Continents
bypassing Pakistan ❖ Shikhna Jwhwlao National Park
❖ 76 Republic Day – 26 Jan 2025
th
 Notified as 8th National park of Assam
 Theme: “Swarnim Bharat – Virasat aur ❖ 2025: Year of Defense Reforms
Vikas”  Declared by Defense Ministry
 Chief Guest: President Prabowo ❖ Vizhinjam International Seaport
Subianto of Indonesia  Inaugurated by PM Modi in Kerala
❖ India–Middle East–Europe Economic ❖ New Ramsar Sites in India
Corridor (IMEC)  Menar Wetland – Rajasthan
 A proposed multi-modal transport and  Udhwa Lake – Jharkhand
economic corridor connecting India →  Khichan Wetland – Rajasthan
Middle East → Europe.  Sakkarakottari Bird Sanctuary – Tamil
 Backed by India, USA, Saudi Arabia, Naidu
UAE, EU, France, Germany, and Italy.  Therthangal Bird Sanctuary – Tamil Naidu
 Modes of Transport: Maritime and ❖ Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Wildlife Sanctuary
Railway  Established in Madhya Pradesh
❖ Asian Buddhist Summit
 Host – New Delhi (India)
❖ Navratna Status ❖ Punjab
 Indian Railway Catering and Tourism  First Indian state to broadcast its
Corporation (IRCTC) assembly in sign language
 Indian Railway Finance Corporation ❖ Delhi Legislative Assembly
(IRFC)  The first in the country to be fully
❖ Port Blair renamed as Sri Vijay Puram powered by solar energy
❖ World Monument Watch 2025 ❖ Mahila Samvad
 Musi River Historic Buildings  Launched by Bihar CM Nitish Kumar to
(Hyderabad) educate women about government
❖ National Dolphin Research Centre schemes
 Patna Bihar ❖ Bhutan
❖ WAVES (World Audio Visual and  First country in the world to launch a
Entertainment Summit) national crypto currency tourism
 Inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi in payment system
Mumbai ❖ Tianshan Shengali Tunnel
❖ First Coal Gallery  The world’s longest expressway tunnel –
 Inaugurated by Gajendra Singh China
Shekhawat and Satish Chandra Dubey at ❖ AI Action Summit 2025
National Science Centre, New Delhi  Chaired by Narendra Modi and
❖ Global Multidimensional Poverty Index: Emmanuel Kant
2024 ❖ New Development Bank
 Issued by UNDP  New Member – Indonesia
 India – Highest number of poor people in ❖ Operation Brahma
the world  Launched by India to provide assistance
❖ 2 National Multidimensional Poverty
nd to Myanmar following a damaging
Index: 2023 earthquake
 Issued by NITI Aayog ❖ Umbrella Agreement
 Poorest State – Bihar  Signed by India and Nicargua to
 Least Poor State – Kerala implement “Quick Impact Projects”
❖ National Hindi Science Conference 2024 ❖ Yuga Yugeen Bharat
 Bhopal  India and France – Establish a national
❖ First fully literate state in india museum in New Delhi
 Mizoram ❖ Union Budget: 2025-26
❖ Zero Poverty P4 Initiative  Four Engines of development –
 Launched by CM of Andhra Pradesh to Agriculture, MSME, Investment and
eradicate poverty in the state by 2047 Export
❖ World’s tallest statue of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar  Theme – Sabka Vikas
 “Statue of social Justice”  There will be no income tax payable
 Andhra Pradesh upto income of Rs. 12 Lakh
 Height – 206 Feet
❖ Statue of Lachit Borphukan
 Unveiled by PM Narendra Modi in
Jorhat, Assam
❖ Guneri
 Declared as the first biodiversity
heritage site of Gujarat