10 August 2025

Q.1) What is the name of India’s longest freight train with 354 wagons and 7 engines?
ā§Šā§Ģā§Ē āĻŦāĻ—ি āĻ“ ā§­ āχāĻž্āϜিāύ āύিāϝ়ে āĻ­াāϰāϤেāϰ āϏāĻŦāϚেāϝ়ে āĻĻীāϰ্āϘ āĻŽাāϞāĻŦাāĻšী āϟ্āϰেāύেāϰ āύাāĻŽ āĻ•ী?
  • a) Vajra / āĻŦāϜ্āϰ
  • b) Rudrastra / āϰুāĻĻ্āϰাāϏ্āϤ্āϰ
  • c) Agniveer / āĻ…āĻ—্āύিāĻŦীāϰ
  • d) Tejas / āϤেāϜāϏ
Answer: b) Rudrastra / āϰুāĻĻ্āϰাāϏ্āϤ্āϰ

‘āϰুāĻĻ্āϰাāϏ্āϤ্āϰ’: āĻ­াāϰāϤেāϰ āĻĻীāϰ্āϘāϤāĻŽ āĻŽাāϞāĻ—াāĻĄ়ি āϚাāϞু

  • āϐāϤিāĻšাāϏিāĻ• āϏাāĻĢāϞ্āϝ: āĻ­াāϰāϤ āϚাāϞু āĻ•āϰāϞ āϏāĻŦāϚে⧟ে āĻĻীāϰ্āϘ āĻŽাāϞāĻ—াāĻĄ়ি, āϝাāϰ āύাāĻŽ āϰুāĻĻ্āϰাāϏ্āϤ্āϰ, āĻĻৈāϰ্āϘ্āϝ āĻĒ্āϰা⧟ ā§Ē.ā§Ģ āĻ•িāĻŽি
  • āϟ্āϰেāύেāϰ āĻ—āĻ āύ: āĻāϤে āϰ⧟েāĻ›ে ā§Šā§Ģā§Ēāϟি āĻ“ā§ŸাāĻ—āύ āĻ“ ā§­āϟি āχāĻž্āϜিāύ, āϝা āĻ­াāϰāϤীāϝ় āϰেāϞ āχāϤিāĻšাāϏে āĻāĻ• āĻ…āύāύ্āϝ āϰেāĻ•āϰ্āĻĄ।
  • āĻĒāϰিāϚাāϞāύাāϰ āĻĒāĻĨ:āϰুāĻĻ্āϰাāϏ্āϤ্āϰ āϚāϞেāĻ›ে āĻ›āϤ্āϤীāϏāĻ—āĻĄ়েāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻŦা āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻĒাāĻž্āϜাāĻŦেāϰ āϰাāϜāĻĒুāϰা āĻĒāϰ্āϝāύ্āϤ, āϝা āĻāĻ•āϟি āĻ—ুāϰুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ āĻļিāϞ্āĻĒ āĻ“ āĻ•ৃāώি āĻ•āϰিāĻĄāϰ।
  • āωāĻĻ্āĻĻেāĻļ্āϝ: āĻāĻ•āĻŦাāϰে āĻŦিāĻĒুāϞ āĻĒāϰিāĻŽাāĻŖ āĻ•āϝ়āϞা āĻ“ āĻĒāĻŖ্āϝ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦāĻšāύ āĻ•āϰা, āϝাāϤে āĻāĻ•াāϧিāĻ• āĻ›োāϟ āϟ্āϰেāύেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϝ়োāϜāύ āύা āĻšāϝ়।
  • āĻĻāĻ•্āώāϤাāϰ āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧি: āĻāχ āĻĒāĻĻāĻ•্āώেāĻĒে āϜ্āĻŦাāϞাāύি āϏাāĻļ্āϰāϝ় āĻšāĻŦে, āĻ–āϰāϚ āĻ•āĻŽāĻŦে āĻāĻŦং āĻĒāĻŖ্āϝ āĻĒৌঁāĻ›াāύোāϰ āĻ—āϤি āĻŦাāĻĄ়āĻŦে।
  • āĻ•ৌāĻļāϞāĻ—āϤ āĻ—ুāϰুāϤ্āĻŦ: āĻŽাāϞāĻŦাāĻšী āϰেāϞ āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāϏ্āĻĨাāϰ āφāϧুāύিāĻ•ীāĻ•āϰāĻŖ, āĻĒāϰিāĻŦāĻšāύ āĻ•্āώāĻŽāϤা āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧি āĻ“ āϜ্āĻŦাāϞাāύি āĻ“ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒাāĻĻāύ āĻ–াāϤে āϏāĻšাāϝ়āϤা āĻ•āϰাāχ āĻāχ āĻĒ্āϰāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒেāϰ āϞāĻ•্āώ্āϝ।

India Launches Longest Freight Train ‘Rudrastra’

  • Historic Milestone: India has successfully operated its longest freight train, named Rudrastra, spanning 5 km in length.
  • Train Composition: The train consists of 354 wagons powered by 7 locomotives, making it a record-setting achievement in Indian Railways history.
  • Operational Route:Rudrastra ran between Korba in Chhattisgarh and Rajpura in Punjab, covering a vast industrial and agricultural corridor.
  • Purpose: Designed to transport large volumes of coal and goods in one go, reducing the need for multiple smaller trains.
  • Efficiency Gains: This initiative will help save fuel, cut down operational costs, and improve cargo delivery speed.
  • Strategic Importance: The move is part of India’s efforts to modernize its freight operations, boost cargo capacity, and support the energy and manufacturing sectors.
Q.2) What is the name of ICMR’s new programme to encourage school students to take interest in science and health research?
āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύ āĻ“ āϏ্āĻŦাāϏ্āĻĨ্āϝ āĻ—āĻŦেāώāĻŖাāϝ় āϏ্āĻ•ুāϞেāϰ āĻ›াāϤ্āϰ-āĻ›াāϤ্āϰীāĻĻেāϰ āφāĻ—্āϰāĻš āĻŦাāĻĄ়াāύোāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ āφāχāϏিāĻāĻŽāφāϰেāϰ āύāϤুāύ āĻ•āϰ্āĻŽāϏূāϚিāϰ āύাāĻŽ āĻ•ী?
  • a) SPARK
  • b) S.H.I.N.E. / āĻāϏ.āĻāχāϚ.āφāχ.āĻāύ.āχ
  • c) NEXTGEN Science Day
  • d) Yuva Vigyan
Answer: b) S.H.I.N.E. / āĻāϏ.āĻāχāϚ.āφāχ.āĻāύ.āχ

ICMR-āĻāϰ SHINE āĻĒ্āϰāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒ: āĻ­āĻŦিāώ্āĻ¯ā§Ž āϏ্āĻŦাāϏ্āĻĨ্āϝ āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύীāĻĻেāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āωāĻĻ্āϝোāĻ—

  • ICMR āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻ•ে:āχāύ্āĻĄিāϝ়াāύ āĻ•াāωāύ্āϏিāϞ āĻ…āĻĢ āĻŽেāĻĄিāĻ•্āϝাāϞ āϰিāϏাāϰ্āϚ (ICMR)-āĻāϰ āϏāĻĻāϰ āĻĻāĻĒ্āϤāϰāĻ­ি. āϰাāĻŽাāϞিāĻ™্āĻ—āϏ্āĻŦাāĻŽী āĻ­āĻŦāύ, āφāύ্āϏাāϰি āύāĻ—āϰ, āύāϝ়াāĻĻিāϞ্āϞি – ā§§ā§§ā§Ļā§Ļ⧍⧝-āĻ āĻ…āĻŦāϏ্āĻĨিāϤ। ⧧⧝⧧⧧ āϏাāϞেāχāύ্āĻĄিāϝ়াāύ āϰিāϏাāϰ্āϚ āĻĢাāύ্āĻĄ āĻ…্āϝাāϏোāϏিāϝ়েāĻļāύāύাāĻŽে āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāώ্āĻ িāϤ āĻšāϝ়ে ⧧⧝ā§Ē⧝ āϏাāϞে āĻŦāϰ্āϤāĻŽাāύ āύাāĻŽ āĻ—্āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰে। āĻāϟিāϏ্āĻŦাāϏ্āĻĨ্āϝ āĻ—āĻŦেāώāĻŖা āĻŦিāĻ­াāĻ—, āϏ্āĻŦাāϏ্āĻĨ্āϝ āĻ“ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦাāϰ āĻ•āϞ্āϝাāĻŖ āĻŽāύ্āϤ্āϰāĻŖাāϞāϝ়েāϰāĻ…āϧীāύে āĻĒāϰিāϚাāϞিāϤ āĻšāϝ়
  • āύেāϤৃāϤ্āĻŦ:āĻŦāϰ্āϤāĻŽাāύ āĻŽāĻšাāĻĒāϰিāϚাāϞāĻ•āĻĄ. āϰাāϜীāĻŦ āĻŦেāĻšāϞICMR-āĻāϰ āĻ…āϧীāύে āϏাāϰা āĻĻেāĻļে⧍ā§Ŧāϟি āĻ—āĻŦেāώāĻŖা āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāώ্āĻ াāύ/āĻ•েāύ্āĻĻ্āϰāϰāϝ়েāĻ›ে
  • āύāϤুāύ āωāĻĻ্āϝোāĻ—: ICMR āϚাāϞু āĻ•āϰেāĻ›ে SHINE (Science & Health Innovation for the Next-gen Explorers)—āϝুāĻŦ āĻ›াāϤ্āϰāĻ›াāϤ্āϰীāĻĻেāϰ “āĻāĻ• āĻĻিāύ āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύী” āĻ…āĻ­িāϜ্āĻžāϤা āĻĻেāĻ“āϝ়াāϰ āωāĻĻ্āĻĻেāĻļ্āϝে
  • āωāĻĻ্āĻĻেāĻļ্āϝ:āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύāϚেāϤāύা āϜাāĻ—াāύো, āωāĻĻ্āĻ­াāĻŦāύে āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏাāĻš āĻĻেāĻ“āϝ়া āĻāĻŦং āĻ­āĻŦিāώ্āĻ¯ā§Ž āϏ্āĻŦাāϏ্āĻĨ্āϝ āĻ—āĻŦেāώāĻ•āĻĻেāϰ āĻ…āύুāĻĒ্āϰাāĻŖিāϤ āĻ•āϰা
  • āĻ…ংāĻļāĻ—্āϰāĻšāĻŖ:ā§§ā§Ŧāϟি āϰাāϜ্āϝ āĻ“ āĻ•েāύ্āĻĻ্āϰāĻļাāϏিāϤ āĻ…āĻž্āϚāϞেāĻ°ā§Šā§¯āϟি āϜেāϞাāĻĨেāĻ•েā§Šā§Ļā§Ļ+ āϏ্āĻ•ুāϞ-āĻāĻ°ā§§ā§Š,ā§Ļā§Ļā§Ļ-āĻāϰāĻ“ āĻŦেāĻļি āĻ›াāϤ্āϰāĻ›াāϤ্āϰী (āĻļ্āϰেāĻŖি ⧝–⧧⧍) āĻ…ংāĻļāĻ—্āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰেāĻ›ে
  • āĻ•াāϰ্āϝāĻ•্āϰāĻŽ:āϞ্āϝাāĻŦ āĻ­্āϰāĻŽāĻŖ, āĻ—āĻŦেāώāĻŖা āĻĒ্āϰāĻĻāϰ্āĻļāύী, āĻĒোāϏ্āϟাāϰ āĻšাঁāϟা, āĻ­িāĻĄিāĻ“ āωāĻĒāϏ্āĻĨাāĻĒāύা āĻāĻŦং āϏāϰাāϏāϰি āĻŦৈāϜ্āĻžাāύিāĻ• āĻĒ্āϰāĻĻāϰ্āĻļāύী
  • āϤাāϰিāĻ–:ā§­–ā§Ž āφāĻ—āϏ্āϟ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ—āĻĒ্āϰāϧাāύāĻŽāύ্āϤ্āϰীāϰ āϝুāĻŦāĻ•āĻĻেāϰ āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύ-āϏংāĻļ্āϞিāώ্āϟ āĻ•াāϰ্āϝāĻ•্āϰāĻŽে āϝুāĻ•্āϤ āĻ•āϰাāϰ āφāĻš্āĻŦাāύেāϰ āĻ…ংāĻļ āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে

ICMR Launches SHINE Program to Inspire Young Health Scientists

  • About ICMR: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), headquartered at V. Ramalingaswami Bhawan, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi – 110029, is India’s apex body for biomedical research. Established in 1911 as the Indian Research Fund Association (IRFA) and renamed in 1949, it operates under the Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.
  • Leadership: Headed by Dr. Rajiv Bahl (Director General), ICMR runs 26 institutes/centres nationwide, focusing on diverse health research areas.
  • New Initiative: ICMR launched SHINE (Science & Health Innovation for the Next-gen Explorers)—a national outreach program encouraging students to “spend one day as a scientist.”
  • Objective: To spark scientific curiosity, promote innovation, and inspire future health researchers.
  • Participation: Over 13,000 students (grades 9–12) from 300+ schools in 39 districts across 16 states/UTs took part.
  • Activities: Laboratory tours, research exhibitions, poster walks, video presentations, and live demonstrations.
  • Date: Conducted on 7–8 August 2025, aligning with the PM’s call to engage youth in science.
Q.3) Which institution has become India’s first I-STEM Catalyst Center?
āĻ­াāϰāϤে āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ I-STEM āĻ•্āϝাāϟাāϞিāϏ্āϟ āϏেāύ্āϟাāϰ āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে āĻ•োāύ āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāώ্āĻ াāύāĻ•ে āϘোāώāĻŖা āĻ•āϰা āĻšāϝ়েāĻ›ে?
  • a) IIT Mandi / āφāχāφāχāϟি āĻŽāĻŖ্āĻĄি
  • b) NIT Calicut / āĻāύāφāχāϟি āĻ•্āϝাāϞিāĻ•াāϟ
  • c) IISc Bengaluru / āφāχāφāχāĻāϏāϏি āĻŦেāĻ™্āĻ—াāϞুāϰু
  • d) IIT Delhi / āφāχāφāχāϟি āĻĻিāϞ্āϞি
Answer: b) NIT Calicut / āĻāύāφāχāϟি āĻ•্āϝাāϞিāĻ•াāϟ
  • āύ্āϝাāĻļāύাāϞ āχāύāϏ্āϟিāϟিāωāϟ āĻ…āĻĢ āϟেāĻ•āύোāϞāϜি āĻ•্āϝাāϞিāĻ•াāϟ (NITC) āϏ্āĻŦীāĻ•ৃāϤ āĻšāϝ়েāĻ›ে āĻ­াāϰāϤেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ i-STEM āĻ•্āϝাāϟাāϞিāϏ্āϟ āϏেāύ্āϟাāϰāĻšিāϏেāĻŦে
  • ⧧⧝ā§Ŧā§§ āϏাāϞে āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāώ্āĻ িāϤ āĻāχ āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāώ্āĻ াāύāϟি āĻ•োāĻিāĻ•োāĻĄ, āĻ•েāϰাāϞাāϝ় āĻ…āĻŦāϏ্āĻĨিāϤ āĻāĻŦং āϜাāϤীāϝ় āĻ—ুāϰুāϤ্āĻŦেāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟি āĻĒ্āϰāϝুāĻ•্āϤি āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāώ্āĻ াāύ। āĻāĻ–াāύেāϏুāĻĒাāϰāĻ•āĻŽ্āĻĒিāωāϟাāϰ, āύ্āϝাāύোāĻĒ্āϰāϝুāĻ•্āϤি āĻŦিāĻ­াāĻ— āĻ“ āĻāĻ•াāϧিāĻ• āĻ—āĻŦেāώāĻŖাāĻ•েāύ্āĻĻ্āϰ āϰāϝ়েāĻ›ে
  • i-STEM āĻšāϞ āĻāĻ•āϟি āϜাāϤীāϝ় āĻĒোāϰ্āϟাāϞ āϝা āĻ—āĻŦেāώāĻ•āĻĻেāϰ āϏāϰāĻ•াāϰি āϤāĻšāĻŦিāϞāĻĒুāώ্āϟ āĻ—āĻŦেāώāĻŖা āϏāϰāĻž্āϜাāĻŽ āĻ“ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ•াāĻ াāĻŽো āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰেāϰ āϏুāϝোāĻ— āĻĻেāϝ়
  • āĻ•্āϝাāϟাāϞিāϏ্āϟ āϏেāύ্āϟাāϰ āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে, NITC āĻļিāĻ•্āώāĻ•, āĻ—āĻŦেāώāĻ•, āϏ্āϟাāϰ্āϟāφāĻĒ āĻāĻŦং āĻļিāϞ্āĻĒāĻ•্āώেāϤ্āϰেāϰ āĻŦিāĻļেāώāϜ্āĻžāĻĻেāϰ—āĻŦিāĻļেāώāϤ āĻ•āĻŽ āϏুāĻŦিāϧাāĻĒ্āϰাāĻĒ্āϤ āĻ…āĻž্āϚāϞ āĻĨেāĻ•ে—āωāύ্āύāϤ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ•াāĻ াāĻŽো āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰেāϰ āϏুāϝোāĻ—, āĻ—āĻŦেāώāĻŖা āϏāĻšāϝোāĻ—িāϤা āĻāĻŦং i-STEM āĻĒ্āϰāĻļিāĻ•্āώāĻŖ āĻĻেāĻŦে
  • The National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC) has become India’s first i-STEM Catalyst Centre.
  • NITC, established in 1961 and located near Kozhikode, Kerala, is an institute of national importance with facilities such as a supercomputer, a nanotechnology department, and multiple research centres.
  • The Indian Science, Technology & Engineering Facilities Map (i-STEM) is a national portal that offers researchers access to publicly funded R&D equipment and infrastructure across India.
  • As a Catalyst Centre, NITC will act as a hub for faculty, researchers, startups, and industry professionals—particularly from underserved areas—to access advanced infrastructure, form R&D collaborations, and receive i-STEM training.
Q.4) āĻļāĻļী āϏিāύāĻšাāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŦāϰ্āϤী BARC India–āϰ āύāϤুāύ āϚে⧟াāϰāĻŽ্āϝাāύ āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে āĻ•ে āĻĻা⧟িāϤ্āĻŦ āύি⧟েāĻ›েāύ?
Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of BARC India, succeeding Shashi Sinha?
  • a) āĻĒুāύিāϤ āĻ—ো⧟েāĻ™্āĻ•া / Punit Goenka
  • b) āĻ—ৌāϰāĻŦ āĻŦ্āϝাāύাāϰ্āϜি / Gaurav Banerjee
  • c) āύāĻ•ুāϞ āϚোāĻĒāĻĄ়া / Nakul Chopra
  • d) āĻ…āϰুāĻŖ āĻĒুāϰী / Aroon Purie
Answer: b) āĻ—ৌāϰāĻŦ āĻŦ্āϝাāύাāϰ্āϜি / Gaurav Banerjee
  • About BARC India: The Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India is the country’s official television audience measurement organisation. It provides data on TV viewership patterns, which serves as the currency for advertisers, broadcasters, and agencies. Its insights guide programming, advertising strategies, and media planning.
  • Scope of Operations: BARC operates one of the world’s largest TV audience measurement systems, covering urban and rural India, across multiple languages and genres. The data is collected from thousands of metered households, ensuring nationwide representation.
  • Recent Leadership Change: On August 1, 2025, the BARC Board appointed Gaurav Banerjee as its new Chairman, succeeding Shashi Sinha. The change aims to strengthen BARC’s role as a trusted, data-driven measurement body.
  • Future Direction: BARC plans to expand its technological infrastructure, enhance transparency, and explore cross-platform measurement to keep pace with the convergence of TV and digital media consumption.
  • Industry Importance: BARC’s weekly and monthly data releases influence billions of rupees in advertising spends, making it a critical player in India’s media and entertainment economy.
  • BARC India āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻ•ে:āĻŦ্āϰāĻĄāĻ•াāϏ্āϟ āĻ…āĻĄিāϝ়েāύ্āϏ āϰিāϏাāϰ্āϚ āĻ•াāωāύ্āϏিāϞ (BARC) āχāύ্āĻĄিāϝ়া āĻĻেāĻļেāϰ āϏāϰāĻ•াāϰি āϟেāϞিāĻ­িāĻļāύ āĻĻāϰ্āĻļāĻ• āĻĒāϰিāĻŽাāĻĒāĻ•াāϰী āϏংāϏ্āĻĨা। āĻāϟিāϟিāĻ­ি āĻ­িāωāϝ়াāϰāĻļিāĻĒ āĻĒ্āϝাāϟাāϰ্āύāϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻ•িāϤ āϤāĻĨ্āϝ āϏāϰāĻŦāϰাāĻš āĻ•āϰে, āϝা āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāĻĒāύāĻĻাāϤা, āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒ্āϰāϚাāϰāĻ• āĻ“ āĻāϜেāύ্āϏিāĻ—ুāϞিāϰ āϜāύ্āϝāĻ…āĻĢিāϏিāϝ়াāϞ āĻŽুāĻĻ্āϰাāĻšিāϏাāĻŦে āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšৃāϤ āĻšāϝ়
  • āĻ•াāϰ্āϝāĻ•্āϰāĻŽেāϰ āĻŦিāϏ্āϤাāϰ: BARC āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦেāϰ āĻ…āύ্āϝāϤāĻŽ āĻŦৃāĻšā§Ž āϟিāĻ­ি āĻĻāϰ্āĻļāĻ• āĻĒāϰিāĻŽাāĻĒ āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāϏ্āĻĨা āĻĒāϰিāϚাāϞāύা āĻ•āϰে, āϝাāĻļāĻšāϰ āĻ“ āĻ—্āϰাāĻŽীāĻŖ āĻ­াāϰāϤāωāĻ­āϝ়āĻ•ে āĻ…āύ্āϤāϰ্āĻ­ুāĻ•্āϤ āĻ•āϰে। āĻšাāϜাāϰ āĻšাāϜাāϰ āĻŽিāϟাāϰāϝুāĻ•্āϤ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦাāϰেāϰ āϤāĻĨ্āϝ āϏংāĻ—্āϰāĻš āĻ•āϰে, āϝা āĻ­াāώা āĻ“ āϜāύāϰাāϰ āĻŦৈāϚিāϤ্āϰ্āϝ āύিāĻļ্āϚিāϤ āĻ•āϰে
  • āϏাāĻŽ্āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻ• āύেāϤৃāϤ্āĻŦ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦāϰ্āϤāύ:ā§§ āφāĻ—āϏ্āϟ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ-āĻ BARC āĻŦোāϰ্āĻĄāĻ—ৌāϰāĻŦ āĻŦাāύাāϰ্āϜি-āĻ•ে āύāϤুāύ āϚেāϝ়াāϰāĻŽ্āϝাāύ āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে āύিāϝ়োāĻ— āĻĻিāϝ়েāĻ›ে, āĻļāĻļী āϏিāύāĻšাāϰ āϏ্āĻĨāϞাāĻ­িāώিāĻ•্āϤ āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে। āĻāχ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦāϰ্āϤāύেāϰ āϞāĻ•্āώ্āϝ āĻšāϞāĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏāϝোāĻ—্āϝ, āϤāĻĨ্āϝ-āύিāϰ্āĻ­āϰ āĻĒāϰিāĻŽাāĻĒ āϏংāϏ্āĻĨা āĻšিāϏাāĻŦে BARC-āĻāϰ āĻ…āĻŦāϏ্āĻĨাāύ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻŽāϜāĻŦুāϤ āĻ•āϰা
  • āĻ­āĻŦিāώ্āĻ¯ā§Ž āĻĒāϰিāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒāύা: BARC āϤাāϰāĻĒ্āϰāϝুāĻ•্āϤিāĻ—āϤ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ•াāĻ াāĻŽো āωāύ্āύāϤ, āϏ্āĻŦāϚ্āĻ›āϤা āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧি, āĻāĻŦংāϟিāĻ­ি āĻ“ āĻĄিāϜিāϟাāϞ āωāĻ­āϝ় āĻĒ্āϞ্āϝাāϟāĻĢāϰ্āĻŽে āĻĻāϰ্āĻļāĻ• āĻĒāϰিāĻŽাāĻĒāϚাāϞুāϰ āĻĻিāĻ•ে āύāϜāϰ āĻĻিāϚ্āĻ›ে
  • āĻļিāϞ্āĻĒে āĻ—ুāϰুāϤ্āĻŦ: BARC-āĻāϰ āϏাāĻĒ্āϤাāĻšিāĻ• āĻ“ āĻŽাāϏিāĻ• āϤāĻĨ্āϝ āĻĒ্āϰāĻ•াāĻļāĻšাāϜাāϰ āĻ•োāϟি āϟাāĻ•াāϰ āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāĻĒāύ āĻ–āϰāϚāύিāϰ্āϧাāϰāĻŖে āĻĒ্āϰāĻ­াāĻŦ āĻĢেāϞে, āϝা āĻ­াāϰāϤেāϰ āĻŽিāĻĄিāϝ়া āĻ“ āĻŦিāύোāĻĻāύ āĻ…āϰ্āĻĨāύীāϤিāϰ āĻāĻ• āĻ—ুāϰুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ āϏ্āϤāĻŽ্āĻ­
Q.5) DFSI-āĻ āĻ•োāύ āϜেāϞা āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āϏ্āĻĨাāύে āϰ⧟েāĻ›ে?
Which district ranks first on the District Flood Severity Index (DFSI)?
  • a) Kamrup / āĻ•াāĻŽāϰূāĻĒ
  • b) Dhemaji / āϧেāĻŽাāϜি
  • c) Patna / āĻĒাāϟāύা
  • d) Nagaon / āύাāĻ—াঁāĻ“
Answer: c) Patna / āĻĒাāϟāύা
  • IIT Delhi and IIT Gandhinagar researchers have developed a District Flood Severity Index (DFSI) to measure flood impact at the district level.
  • DFSI considers five key factors:
    • Average flood duration in days
    • Percentage of district area prone to floods
    • Number of people killed or injured by floods
    • District population
    • Frequency of floods in the district
  • The index uses data from the India Flood Inventory with Impacts (IFI-Impacts) database, which compiles flood-related information for 30 years.
  • DFSI aims to help local administrations better assess and manage flood risks by providing a comprehensive district-level flood severity score.
  • This index was highlighted recently in research published in The Hindu.
  • IIT āĻĻিāϞ্āϞি āĻ“ IIT āĻ—াāύ্āϧীāύāĻ—āϰেāϰ āĻ—āĻŦেāώāĻ•āϰা āϜেāϞা āĻĒāϰ্āϝাāϝ়ে āĻŦāύ্āϝাāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻ­াāĻŦ āĻĒāϰিāĻŽাāĻĒেāϰ āϜāύ্āϝāϜেāϞা āĻŦāύ্āϝা āϤীāĻŦ্āϰāϤা āϏূāϚāĻ• (DFSI) āϤৈāϰি āĻ•āϰেāĻ›েāύ
  • DFSI āĻĒাঁāϚāϟি āĻĒ্āϰāϧাāύ āωāĻĒাāĻĻাāύ āĻŦিāĻŦেāϚāύা āĻ•āϰে:
    • āĻ—āĻĄ় āĻŦāύ্āϝাāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝ়āĻ•াāϞ (āĻĻিāύে)
    • āϜেāϞাāϰ āĻŦāύ্āϝাāĻĒ্āϰāĻŦāĻŖ āĻāϞাāĻ•াāϰ āĻļāϤাংāĻļ
    • āĻŦāύ্āϝাāϝ় āĻŽৃāϤ āĻ“ āφāĻšāϤেāϰ āϏংāĻ–্āϝা
    • āϜেāϞাāϰ āϜāύāϏংāĻ–্āϝা
    • āĻŦāύ্āϝাāϰ āĻĒুāύāϰাāĻŦৃāϤ্āϤি āĻšাāϰ
  • āϏূāϚāĻ•āϟি India Flood Inventory with Impacts (IFI-Impacts) āĻĄাāϟাāĻŦেāϏেāϰ ā§Šā§Ļ āĻŦāĻ›āϰেāϰ āϤāĻĨ্āϝ āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰ āĻ•āϰে āϤৈāϰি
  • DFSI āϏ্āĻĨাāύীāϝ় āĻĒ্āϰāĻļাāϏāύāĻ•ে āĻŦāύ্āϝা āĻুঁāĻ•ি āĻŽূāϞ্āϝাāϝ়āύ āĻ“ āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāϏ্āĻĨাāĻĒāύা āĻ•āϰāϤে āϏāĻšাāϝ়āϤা āĻ•āϰāĻŦে āϜেāϞা āĻĒāϰ্āϝাāϝ়ে āĻāĻ•āϟি āĻŦিāϏ্āϤৃāϤ āϤীāĻŦ্āϰāϤা āϏ্āĻ•োāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĻাāύেāϰ āĻŽাāϧ্āϝāĻŽে
  • āĻāχ āϏূāϚāĻ•āϟি āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒ্āϰāϤিThe Hindu-āϤে āĻĒ্āϰāĻ•াāĻļিāϤ āĻ—āĻŦেāώāĻŖাāϝ় āφāϞোāϚিāϤ āĻšāϝ়েāĻ›ে
Q.6) āĻ­াāϰāϤেāϰ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē-⧍ā§Ģ āĻ…āϰ্āĻĨāĻŦāĻ›āϰে āĻļীāϰ্āώ āϰāĻĒ্āϤাāύি āϰাāϜ্āϝ āĻ•োāύāϟি?
Which is the top exporting state of India in the fiscal year 2024-25?
  • a) āĻŽāĻšাāϰাāώ্āϟ্āϰ / Maharashtra
  • b) āϤাāĻŽিāϞāύাāĻĄ়ু / Tamil Nadu
  • c) āĻ—ুāϜāϰাāϟ / Gujarat
  • d) āĻ•āϰ্āĻŖাāϟāĻ• / Karnataka
Answer: c) āĻ—ুāϜāϰাāϟ / Gujarat
  • Top Exporting State: Gujarat retained its position as India’s top exporting state in 2024–25, with outbound shipments valued at ₹83 lakh crore, accounting for 26.6% of the nation's total exports.
  • Key Contributor: Jamnagar led the state’s export performance with ₹63 lakh crore in shipments, primarily from petroleum and refinery products.
  • Leading Export Commodities: Petroleum products, gems and jewellery, organic chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and engineering goods.
  • Comparison: Gujarat’s exports were nearly ₹3 lakh crore higher than Maharashtra, the second-ranked state.
  • Other Top Exporting States: Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana.
  • āĻļীāϰ্āώ āϰāĻĒ্āϤাāύিāĻ•াāϰāĻ• āϰাāϜ্āϝ: ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē–⧍ā§Ģ āϏাāϞে āĻ—ুāϜāϰাāϟ āĻ­াāϰāϤেāϰ āĻļীāϰ্āώ āϰāĻĒ্āϤাāύিāĻ•াāϰāĻ• āϰাāϜ্āϝ āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে āϤাāϰ āĻ…āĻŦāϏ্āĻĨাāύ āĻŦāϜাāϝ় āϰেāĻ–েāĻ›ে, ₹⧝.ā§Žā§Š āϞāĻ•্āώ āĻ•োāϟি āϟাāĻ•াāϰ āϰāĻĒ্āϤাāύি āϏāĻš, āϝা āĻĻেāĻļেāϰ āĻŽোāϟ āϰāĻĒ্āϤাāύিāϰ ⧍ā§Ŧ.ā§Ŧ%।
  • āĻĒ্āϰāϧাāύ āĻ…āĻŦāĻĻাāύāĻ•াāϰী: āϜাāĻŽāύāĻ—āϰ āϰাāϜ্āϝেāϰ āϰāĻĒ্āϤাāύি āĻĒাāϰāĻĢāϰāĻŽ্āϝাāύ্āϏে ₹ā§Š.ā§Ŧā§Š āϞāĻ•্āώ āĻ•োāϟি āϟাāĻ•াāϰ āϰāĻĒ্āϤাāύি āύিāϝ়ে āĻļীāϰ্āώে, āϝা āĻĒ্āϰāϧাāύāϤ āĻĒেāϟ্āϰোāϞিāϝ়াāĻŽ āĻ“ āϰিāĻĢাāχāύাāϰি āĻĒāĻŖ্āϝ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻāϏেāĻ›ে।
  • āĻļীāϰ্āώ āϰāĻĒ্āϤাāύি āĻĒāĻŖ্āϝ: āĻĒেāϟ্āϰোāϞিāϝ়াāĻŽ āĻĒāĻŖ্āϝ, āϰāϤ্āύ āĻ“ āĻ—āϝ়āύা, āϜৈāĻŦ āϰাāϏাāϝ়āύিāĻ•, āĻĢাāϰ্āĻŽাāϏিāωāϟিāĻ•্āϝাāϞāϏ āĻāĻŦং āĻĒ্āϰāĻ•ৌāĻļāϞ āĻĒāĻŖ্āϝ।
  • āϤুāϞāύা: āĻ—ুāϜāϰাāϟেāϰ āϰāĻĒ্āϤাāύি āĻŽāĻšাāϰাāώ্āϟ্āϰেāϰ āϤুāϞāύাāϝ় āĻĒ্āϰাāϝ় ₹ā§Ē.ā§Š āϞāĻ•্āώ āĻ•োāϟি āϟাāĻ•া āĻŦেāĻļি, āϝা āĻĻ্āĻŦিāϤীāϝ় āϏ্āĻĨাāύে āϰāϝ়েāĻ›ে।
  • āĻ…āύ্āϝাāύ্āϝ āĻļীāϰ্āώ āϰāĻĒ্āϤাāύিāĻ•াāϰāĻ• āϰাāϜ্āϝāϏāĻŽূāĻš: āĻŽāĻšাāϰাāώ্āϟ্āϰ, āϤাāĻŽিāϞāύাāĻĄ়ু, āĻ•āϰ্āĻŖাāϟāĻ•, āωāϤ্āϤāϰāĻĒ্āϰāĻĻেāĻļ, āĻ…āύ্āϧ্āϰāĻĒ্āϰāĻĻেāĻļ āĻāĻŦং āϤেāϞেāĻ™্āĻ—াāύা।
Q.7) āϜাāϤিāϏংāϘেāϰ āφāύ্āϤāϰ্āϜাāϤিāĻ• āφāĻĻিāĻŦাāϏী āĻĻিāĻŦāϏ āĻ•োāύ āϤাāϰিāĻ–ে āĻĒাāϞিāϤ āĻšā§Ÿ?
On which date is the United Nations International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples observed?
  • a) 15 āφāĻ—āϏ্āϟ / August 15
  • b) 9 āφāĻ—āϏ্āϟ / August 9
  • c) 21 āϜুāύ / June 21
  • d) 1 āĻ…āĻ•্āϟোāĻŦāϰ / October 1
Answer: b) 9 āφāĻ—āϏ্āϟ / August 9
  • Date: August 9, 2025
  • Theme: Indigenous Peoples and AI: Defending Rights, Shaping Futures
  • Significance: Commemorates the first meeting of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations in 1982.
  • Observance: Due to the date falling on a Saturday, the UN held a virtual event on August 8, 2025.
  • Focus: Explores the dual aspects of Artificial Intelligence—its potential to support Indigenous rights and its risks of exclusion and misrepresentation.
  • Message: UN Secretary-General António Guterres emphasized the importance of inclusive AI development to protect Indigenous cultures and biodiversity .
  • āϤাāϰিāĻ–: ⧝ āφāĻ—āϏ্āϟ, ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ
  • āĻĨিāĻŽ: āφāĻĻিāĻŦাāϏী āϜāύāĻ—āĻŖ āĻ“ āĻ•ৃāϤ্āϰিāĻŽ āĻŦুāĻĻ্āϧিāĻŽāϤ্āϤা: āĻ…āϧিāĻ•াāϰ āϰāĻ•্āώা, āĻ­āĻŦিāώ্āĻ¯ā§Ž āĻ—āĻ āύ
  • āĻ—ুāϰুāϤ্āĻŦ: ā§§ā§¯ā§Žā§¨ āϏাāϞে āϜাāϤিāϏংāϘেāϰ āφāĻĻিāĻŦাāϏী āϜāύāĻ—āĻŖেāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻ•āϰ্āĻŽী āĻĻāϞেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻŦৈāĻ āĻ• āϏ্āĻŽāϰāĻŖে।
  • āĻ…āύুāώ্āĻ াāύ: ⧝ āφāĻ—āϏ্āϟ āĻļāύিāĻŦাāϰ āĻšāĻ“āϝ়াāϝ়, āϜাāϤিāϏংāϘ ā§Ž āφāĻ—āϏ্āϟ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ āϤাāϰিāĻ–ে āĻāĻ•āϟি āĻ­াāϰ্āϚুāϝ়াāϞ āĻ…āύুāώ্āĻ াāύ āφāϝ়োāϜāύ āĻ•āϰে।
  • āĻ•েāύ্āĻĻ্āϰāĻŦিāύ্āĻĻু: āĻ•ৃāϤ্āϰিāĻŽ āĻŦুāĻĻ্āϧিāĻŽāϤ্āϤাāϰ āĻĻ্āĻŦৈāϤ āĻĻিāĻ•—āφāĻĻিāĻŦাāϏী āĻ…āϧিāĻ•াāϰ āϰāĻ•্āώাāϝ় āϏāĻšাāϝ়āϤা āĻāĻŦং āĻŦāϰ্āϜāύ āĻ“ āĻ­ুāϞ āωāĻĒāϏ্āĻĨাāĻĒāύাāϰ āĻুঁāĻ•ি।
  • āĻŦাāϰ্āϤা: āϜাāϤিāϏংāϘেāϰ āĻŽāĻšাāϏāϚিāĻŦ āφāύ্āϤোāύিāĻ“ āĻ—ুāϤেāϰেāϏ āφāĻĻিāĻŦাāϏী āϏংāϏ্āĻ•ৃāϤি āĻ“ āϜীāĻŦāĻŦৈāϚিāϤ্āϰ্āϝ āϰāĻ•্āώাāϝ় āĻ…āύ্āϤāϰ্āĻ­ুāĻ•্āϤিāĻŽূāϞāĻ• āĻ•ৃāϤ্āϰিāĻŽ āĻŦুāĻĻ্āϧিāĻŽāϤ্āϤা āωāύ্āύāϝ়āύেāϰ āĻ—ুāϰুāϤ্āĻŦ āϤুāϞে āϧāϰেāύ ।
Q.8) āĻ­াāϰāϤেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻĻেāĻļী⧟ āĻŦেāϏāϰāĻ•াāϰি āĻ–াāϤে āĻŽāϧ্āϝāĻŽ āĻŽেāĻļিāύ āĻ—াāύ (MMG) āĻ•ে āϤৈāϰি āĻ•āϰেāĻ›ে?
Who has developed India’s first indigenous private sector Medium Machine Gun (MMG)?
  • a) āϞোāĻ•েāĻļ āĻŽেāĻļিāύāϏ / Lokesh Machines
  • b) āφāϏ্āĻŽি āĻĄিāĻĢেāύ্āϏ / Asmi Defence
  • c) āĻ­াāϰāϤীāϝ় āĻ“āϝ়েāĻĒāύ্āϏāϏ / Indian Weapons
  • d) āĻ­াāϰāϤ āĻŽেāĻļিāύāϏ / Bharat Machines
Answer: a) āϞোāĻ•েāĻļ āĻŽেāĻļিāύāϏ / Lokesh Machines

India’s First Private-Sector Multi-Missile Gun Developed in Hyderabad

  • Hyderabad-based defence start-up Lokesh Machines Limited has developed India’s first indigenous Multi-Missile Gun (MMG) in the private sector.

  • This achievement comes after the successful creation of ASMI, the country’s first locally designed 9mm submachine gun.

  • The MMG is capable of firing multiple types of missiles from a single platform, enhancing flexibility in defence operations.

  • It has been designed and manufactured entirely in India, reducing dependency on foreign technology.

  • Defence experts believe this innovation will strengthen India’s self-reliance in military hardware under the ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ mission.

  • The company plans to collaborate with the armed forces for trials and large-scale deployment.

āĻ­াāϰāϤেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻŦেāϏāϰāĻ•াāϰি āĻŽাāϞ্āϟি-āĻŽিāϏাāχāϞ āĻ—াāύ āĻšাāϝ়āĻĻāϰাāĻŦাāĻĻে āϤৈāϰি

  • āĻšাāϝ়āĻĻāϰাāĻŦাāĻĻেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāϰāĻ•্āώা āϏ্āϟাāϰ্āϟāφāĻĒ āϞোāĻ•েāĻļ āĻŽেāĻļিāύāϏ āϞিāĻŽিāϟেāĻĄ āĻĻেāĻļেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āϏ্āĻŦāĻĻেāĻļি āĻŽাāϞ্āϟি-āĻŽিāϏাāχāϞ āĻ—াāύ (MMG) āϤৈāϰি āĻ•āϰেāĻ›ে।

  • āĻāϰ āφāĻ—ে āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāώ্āĻ াāύāϟি āϤৈāϰি āĻ•āϰেāĻ›িāϞ ASMI, āĻ­াāϰāϤেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āύিāϜāϏ্āĻŦ āύāĻ•āĻļাāϰ 9 āĻŽিāĻŽি āϏাāĻŦāĻŽেāĻļিāύ āĻ—াāύ।

  • āĻāχ MMG āĻāĻ• āĻĒ্āϞ্āϝাāϟāĻĢāϰ্āĻŽ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻāĻ•াāϧিāĻ• āϧāϰāύেāϰ āĻŽিāϏাāχāϞ āύিāĻ•্āώেāĻĒ āĻ•āϰāϤে āϏāĻ•্āώāĻŽ, āϝা āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāϰāĻ•্āώা āĻ…āĻ­িāϝাāύে āύāĻŽāύীāϝ়āϤা āĻŦাāĻĄ়াāϝ়।

  • āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖāĻ­াāĻŦে āĻ­াāϰāϤে āύāĻ•āĻļা āĻ“ āύিāϰ্āĻŽিāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝ়াāϝ় āĻŦিāĻĻেāĻļি āĻĒ্āϰāϝুāĻ•্āϤিāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āύিāϰ্āĻ­āϰāϤা āĻ•āĻŽāĻŦে।

  • āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāϰāĻ•্āώা āĻŦিāĻļেāώāϜ্āĻžāĻĻেāϰ āĻŽāϤে, āĻāϟি ‘āφāϤ্āĻŽāύিāϰ্āĻ­āϰ āĻ­াāϰāϤ’ āĻŽিāĻļāύেāϰ āφāĻ“āϤাāϝ় āĻĻেāĻļেāϰ āϏাāĻŽāϰিāĻ• āϏāĻ•্āώāĻŽāϤা āĻŦাāĻĄ়াāĻŦে।

  • āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāώ্āĻ াāύāϟি āϏেāύাāĻŦাāĻšিāύীāϰ āϏāĻ™্āĻ—ে āϏāĻšāϝোāĻ—িāϤাāϝ় āĻĒāϰীāĻ•্āώা āĻ“ āĻŦৃāĻšā§Ž āφāĻ•াāϰে āĻĒ্āϰāϝ়োāĻ—েāϰ āĻĒāϰিāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒāύা āĻ•āϰāĻ›ে।

Q.9) āϰাāĻ–ি āĻŦāύ্āϧāύেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰাāĻ•্āĻ•াāϞে ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ āϏাāϞে āĻĻিāϞ্āϞি āĻŽেāϟ্āϰোāϤে āĻāĻ•āĻĻিāύে āϏāϰ্āĻŦোāϚ্āϚ āĻ•āϤ āϝাāϤ্āϰী āĻĒāϰিāώেāĻŦা āĻ—্āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰেāĻ›িāϞ?
What was the record one-day ridership of Delhi Metro on the eve of Raksha Bandhan 2025?
  • a) 7.867 million passengers / ā§­ā§Ž.ā§Ŧā§­ āϞāĻ•্āώ āϝাāϤ্āϰী
  • b) 8.187 million passengers / ā§Žā§§.ā§Žā§­ āϞāĻ•্āώ āϝাāϤ্āϰী
  • c) 7.75 million passengers / ā§­ā§­.ā§Ģ āϞāĻ•্āώ āϝাāϤ্āϰী
  • d) 7.109 million passengers / ā§­ā§§.ā§Ļ⧝ āϞāĻ•্āώ āϝাāϤ্āϰী
Answer: b) 8.187 million passengers / ā§Žā§§.ā§Žā§­ āϞāĻ•্āώ āϝাāϤ্āϰী
  • Date of Record: August 8, 2025
  • Ridership: 81.87 lakh (8.187 million) passenger journeys
  • Operator: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)
  • Previous Record: 78.67 lakh on November 18, 2024
  • Additional Trips:
    • August 8: 92 extra trips
    • August 9: 455 extra trips
  • Passenger Journey Definition: A journey is counted each time a passenger uses a different metro line, even if they are traveling the same route.
  • Factors Contributing to High Ridership:
    • Festival Rush: Increased travel demand ahead of Raksha Bandhan.
    • Monsoon Season: Preference for metro travel due to road disruptions caused by rain.
    • Operational Enhancements: Introduction of digital ticketing platforms like DMRC Saarthi App, One Delhi App, WhatsApp, Paytm, and Amazon Pay.
    • Interchange Stations: 29 interchange stations facilitating seamless connectivity across Delhi-NCR.
  • Significance: Reflects growing commuter trust in the metro’s reliability, punctuality, and seamless connectivity.
  • āϰেāĻ•āϰ্āĻĄ āϤাāϰিāĻ–: ā§Ž āφāĻ—āϏ্āϟ, ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ
  • āϰাāχāĻĄাāϰāĻļিāĻĒ: ā§Žā§§.ā§Žā§­ āϞাāĻ– (ā§Ž.ā§§ā§Žā§­ āĻŽিāϞিāϝ়āύ) āϝাāϤ্āϰী āϝাāϤ্āϰা
  • āĻ…āĻĒাāϰেāϟāϰ: āĻĻিāϞ্āϞি āĻŽেāϟ্āϰো āϰেāϞ āĻ•āϰ্āĻĒোāϰেāĻļāύ (DMRC)
  • āĻĒূāϰ্āĻŦāĻŦāϰ্āϤী āϰেāĻ•āϰ্āĻĄ: ā§­ā§Ž.ā§Ŧā§­ āϞাāĻ– ā§§ā§Ž āύāĻ­েāĻŽ্āĻŦāϰ, ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē
  • āĻ…āϤিāϰিāĻ•্āϤ āϟ্āϰিāĻĒ:
    • ā§Ž āφāĻ—āϏ্āϟ: ⧝⧍āϟি āĻ…āϤিāϰিāĻ•্āϤ āϟ্āϰিāĻĒ
    • ⧝ āφāĻ—āϏ্āϟ: ā§Ēā§Ģā§Ģāϟি āĻ…āϤিāϰিāĻ•্āϤ āϟ্āϰিāĻĒ
  • āϝাāϤ্āϰী āϝাāϤ্āϰাāϰ āϏংāϜ্āĻžা: āĻāĻ•āϟি āϝাāϤ্āϰা āϤāĻ–āύ āĻ—āĻŖāύা āĻ•āϰা āĻšāϝ় āϝāĻ–āύ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āϝাāϤ্āϰী āĻāĻ•āϟি āĻ­িāύ্āύ āĻŽেāϟ্āϰো āϞাāχāύ āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰ āĻ•āϰেāύ, āϝāĻĻিāĻ“ āϤাāϰা āĻāĻ•āχ āϰুāϟে āĻ­্āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻ›েāύ।
  • āωāϚ্āϚ āϰাāχāĻĄাāϰāĻļিāĻĒেāϰ āĻ•াāϰāĻŖāϏāĻŽূāĻš:
    • āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāĻŦেāϰ āϚাāĻĒ: āϰাāĻ–ি āĻŦāύ্āϧāύ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāĻŦেāϰ āφāĻ—ে āĻ­্āϰāĻŽāĻŖেāϰ āϚাāĻšিāĻĻা āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧি।
    • āĻŦāϰ্āώাāĻ•াāϞ: āĻŦৃāώ্āϟিāϰ āĻ•াāϰāĻŖে āϏāĻĄ়āĻ• āĻŦিāϘ্āύেāϰ āĻ•াāϰāĻŖে āĻŽেāϟ্āϰো āĻ­্āϰāĻŽāĻŖেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϤি āĻ…āĻ—্āϰাāϧিāĻ•াāϰ।
    • āĻ…āĻĒাāϰেāĻļāύাāϞ āωāύ্āύāϤি: DMRC Saarthi āĻ…্āϝাāĻĒ, One Delhi āĻ…্āϝাāĻĒ, WhatsApp, Paytm, āĻāĻŦং Amazon Pay-āĻāϰ āĻŽāϤো āĻĄিāϜিāϟাāϞ āϟিāĻ•িāϟিং āĻĒ্āϞ্āϝাāϟāĻĢāϰ্āĻŽেāϰ āĻĒāϰিāϚāϝ়।
    • āχāύ্āϟাāϰāϚেāĻž্āϜ āϏ্āϟেāĻļāύāϏāĻŽূāĻš: āĻĻিāϞ্āϞি-āĻāύāϏিāφāϰ āϜুāĻĄ়ে ⧍⧝āϟি āχāύ্āϟাāϰāϚেāĻž্āϜ āϏ্āϟেāĻļāύ āϏāĻšāϜ āϏংāϝোāĻ— āύিāĻļ্āϚিāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻ›ে।
  • āĻ—ুāϰুāϤ্āĻŦ: āĻŽেāϟ্āϰোāϰ āύিāϰ্āĻ­āϰāϝোāĻ—্āϝāϤা, āϏāĻŽāϝ়াāύুāĻŦāϰ্āϤিāϤা āĻāĻŦং āϏāĻšāϜ āϏংāϝোāĻ—ে āϝাāϤ্āϰীāĻĻেāϰ āĻŦাāĻĄ়āϤি āφāϏ্āĻĨা āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻĢāϞিāϤ।
Q.10) CBSE-āϰ āĻ•োāύ āĻļ্āϰেāĻŖীāϤে AI āĻāĻŦং āĻ•োāĻĄিং āĻ…āύ্āϤāϰ্āĻ­ুāĻ•্āϤ āĻ•āϰা āĻšāĻŦে?
Which classes will have AI and coding included by CBSE?
  • a) āĻļ্āϰেāĻŖী ā§Ē āĻĨেāĻ•ে ā§Ŧ / Classes 4 to 6
  • b) āĻļ্āϰেāĻŖী ā§Ģ āĻĨেāĻ•ে ā§­ / Classes 5 to 7
  • c) āĻļ্āϰেāĻŖী ā§Ŧ āĻĨেāĻ•ে ā§Ž / Classes 6 to 8
  • d) āĻļ্āϰেāĻŖী ā§­ āĻĨেāĻ•ে ⧝ / Classes 7 to 9
Answer: c) āĻļ্āϰেāĻŖী ā§Ŧ āĻĨেāĻ•ে ā§Ž / Classes 6 to 8
  • Announcement Date: May 2, 2023
  • Subjects Introduced: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Coding
  • Target Classes: 6 to 8
  • Curriculum Duration: 12–15 hours per module
  • Instructional Approach: 70% hands-on activities, 30% theory
  • Syllabus Development Partner: Microsoft
  • Additional Subjects Included: Financial literacy, data science, augmented reality, Kashmiri embroidery, application of satellites, humanity, and COVID-19 awareness
  • Objective: To promote skill education and computational thinking among students, preparing them for future careers in AI, machine learning, and data science
  • Policy Framework: Aligned with the New Education Policy (NEP) 2020
  • āϘোāώāĻŖাāϰ āϤাāϰিāĻ–: ⧍ āĻŽে, ⧍ā§Ļā§¨ā§Š
  • āĻĒāϰিāϚিāϤ āĻŦিāώāϝ়āϏāĻŽূāĻš: āĻ•ৃāϤ্āϰিāĻŽ āĻŦুāĻĻ্āϧিāĻŽāϤ্āϤা (AI) āĻāĻŦং āĻ•োāĻĄিং
  • āϞāĻ•্āώ āĻļ্āϰেāĻŖী: ā§Ŧ āĻĨেāĻ•ে ā§Ž
  • āĻĒাāĻ ্āϝāĻ•্āϰāĻŽেāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝ়āĻ•াāϞ: āĻĒ্āϰāϤি āĻŽāĻĄিāωāϞে ⧧⧍–ā§§ā§Ģ āϘāĻŖ্āϟা
  • āĻļিāĻ•্āώāĻŖ āĻĒāĻĻ্āϧāϤি: ā§­ā§Ļ% āĻšাāϤে-āĻ•āϞāĻŽে āĻ•াāϰ্āϝāĻ•্āϰāĻŽ, ā§Šā§Ļ% āϤাāϤ্āϤ্āĻŦিāĻ• āĻĒাāĻ 
  • āĻĒাāĻ ্āϝāĻ•্āϰāĻŽ āωāύ্āύāϝ়āύ āĻ…ংāĻļীāĻĻাāϰ: āĻŽাāχāĻ•্āϰোāϏāĻĢāϟ
  • āĻ…āϤিāϰিāĻ•্āϤ āĻŦিāώāϝ়āϏāĻŽূāĻš: āφāϰ্āĻĨিāĻ• āϏাāĻ•্āώāϰāϤা, āĻĄেāϟা āϏাāϝ়েāύ্āϏ, āĻ…āĻ—āĻŽেāύ্āϟেāĻĄ āϰিāϝ়েāϞিāϟি, āĻ•াāĻļ্āĻŽীāϰি āĻāĻŽāĻŦ্āϰāϝ়āĻĄাāϰি, āϏ্āϝাāϟেāϞাāχāϟেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϝ়োāĻ—, āĻŽাāύāĻŦāϤা āĻāĻŦং āĻ•োāĻ­িāĻĄ-⧧⧝ āϏāϚেāϤāύāϤা
  • āωāĻĻ্āĻĻেāĻļ্āϝ: āĻļিāĻ•্āώাāϰ্āĻĨীāĻĻেāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻĻāĻ•্āώāϤা āĻļিāĻ•্āώা āĻāĻŦং āĻ—াāĻŖিāϤিāĻ• āϚিāύ্āϤাāĻ­াāĻŦāύা āĻĒ্āϰāϚাāϰ āĻ•āϰা, āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻ•ৃāϤ্āϰিāĻŽ āĻŦুāĻĻ্āϧিāĻŽāϤ্āϤা, āĻŽেāĻļিāύ āϞাāϰ্āύিং āĻāĻŦং āĻĄেāϟা āϏাāϝ়েāύ্āϏেāϰ āĻŽāϤো āĻ­āĻŦিāώ্āϝāϤ āĻĒেāĻļাāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ āĻĒ্āϰāϏ্āϤুāϤ āĻ•āϰা
  • āύীāϤিāĻ—āϤ āĻ•াāĻ াāĻŽো: āύāϤুāύ āĻļিāĻ•্āώা āύীāϤি (NEP) ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ļ-āĻāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āϏāĻ™্āĻ—āϤিāĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ

Quick Note

1] ‘āϰুāĻĻ্āϰাāϏ্āϤ্āϰ’: āĻ­াāϰāϤেāϰ āĻĻীāϰ্āϘāϤāĻŽ āĻŽাāϞāĻ—াāĻĄ়ি āϚাāϞু

  • āϐāϤিāĻšাāϏিāĻ• āϏাāĻĢāϞ্āϝ: āĻ­াāϰāϤ āϚাāϞু āĻ•āϰāϞ āϏāĻŦāϚে⧟ে āĻĻীāϰ্āϘ āĻŽাāϞāĻ—াāĻĄ়ি, āϝাāϰ āύাāĻŽ āϰুāĻĻ্āϰাāϏ্āϤ্āϰ, āĻĻৈāϰ্āϘ্āϝ āĻĒ্āϰা⧟ ā§Ē.ā§Ģ āĻ•িāĻŽি
  • āϟ্āϰেāύেāϰ āĻ—āĻ āύ: āĻāϤে āϰ⧟েāĻ›ে ā§Šā§Ģā§Ēāϟি āĻ“ā§ŸাāĻ—āύ āĻ“ ā§­āϟি āχāĻž্āϜিāύ, āϝা āĻ­াāϰāϤীāϝ় āϰেāϞ āχāϤিāĻšাāϏে āĻāĻ• āĻ…āύāύ্āϝ āϰেāĻ•āϰ্āĻĄ।
  • āĻĒāϰিāϚাāϞāύাāϰ āĻĒāĻĨ:āϰুāĻĻ্āϰাāϏ্āϤ্āϰ āϚāϞেāĻ›ে āĻ›āϤ্āϤীāϏāĻ—āĻĄ়েāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻŦা āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻĒাāĻž্āϜাāĻŦেāϰ āϰাāϜāĻĒুāϰা āĻĒāϰ্āϝāύ্āϤ, āϝা āĻāĻ•āϟি āĻ—ুāϰুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ āĻļিāϞ্āĻĒ āĻ“ āĻ•ৃāώি āĻ•āϰিāĻĄāϰ।
  • āωāĻĻ্āĻĻেāĻļ্āϝ: āĻāĻ•āĻŦাāϰে āĻŦিāĻĒুāϞ āĻĒāϰিāĻŽাāĻŖ āĻ•āϝ়āϞা āĻ“ āĻĒāĻŖ্āϝ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦāĻšāύ āĻ•āϰা, āϝাāϤে āĻāĻ•াāϧিāĻ• āĻ›োāϟ āϟ্āϰেāύেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϝ়োāϜāύ āύা āĻšāϝ়।
  • āĻĻāĻ•্āώāϤাāϰ āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧি: āĻāχ āĻĒāĻĻāĻ•্āώেāĻĒে āϜ্āĻŦাāϞাāύি āϏাāĻļ্āϰāϝ় āĻšāĻŦে, āĻ–āϰāϚ āĻ•āĻŽāĻŦে āĻāĻŦং āĻĒāĻŖ্āϝ āĻĒৌঁāĻ›াāύোāϰ āĻ—āϤি āĻŦাāĻĄ়āĻŦে।
  • āĻ•ৌāĻļāϞāĻ—āϤ āĻ—ুāϰুāϤ্āĻŦ: āĻŽাāϞāĻŦাāĻšী āϰেāϞ āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāϏ্āĻĨাāϰ āφāϧুāύিāĻ•ীāĻ•āϰāĻŖ, āĻĒāϰিāĻŦāĻšāύ āĻ•্āώāĻŽāϤা āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧি āĻ“ āϜ্āĻŦাāϞাāύি āĻ“ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒাāĻĻāύ āĻ–াāϤে āϏāĻšাāϝ়āϤা āĻ•āϰাāχ āĻāχ āĻĒ্āϰāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒেāϰ āϞāĻ•্āώ্āϝ।

India Launches Longest Freight Train ‘Rudrastra’

  • Historic Milestone: India has successfully operated its longest freight train, named Rudrastra, spanning 5 km in length.
  • Train Composition: The train consists of 354 wagons powered by 7 locomotives, making it a record-setting achievement in Indian Railways history.
  • Operational Route:Rudrastra ran between Korba in Chhattisgarh and Rajpura in Punjab, covering a vast industrial and agricultural corridor.
  • Purpose: Designed to transport large volumes of coal and goods in one go, reducing the need for multiple smaller trains.
  • Efficiency Gains: This initiative will help save fuel, cut down operational costs, and improve cargo delivery speed.
  • Strategic Importance: The move is part of India’s efforts to modernize its freight operations, boost cargo capacity, and support the energy and manufacturing sectors.

2] ICMR-āĻāϰ SHINE āĻĒ্āϰāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒ: āĻ­āĻŦিāώ্āĻ¯ā§Ž āϏ্āĻŦাāϏ্āĻĨ্āϝ āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύীāĻĻেāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āωāĻĻ্āϝোāĻ—

  • ICMR āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻ•ে:āχāύ্āĻĄিāϝ়াāύ āĻ•াāωāύ্āϏিāϞ āĻ…āĻĢ āĻŽেāĻĄিāĻ•্āϝাāϞ āϰিāϏাāϰ্āϚ (ICMR)-āĻāϰ āϏāĻĻāϰ āĻĻāĻĒ্āϤāϰāĻ­ি. āϰাāĻŽাāϞিāĻ™্āĻ—āϏ্āĻŦাāĻŽী āĻ­āĻŦāύ, āφāύ্āϏাāϰি āύāĻ—āϰ, āύāϝ়াāĻĻিāϞ্āϞি – ā§§ā§§ā§Ļā§Ļ⧍⧝-āĻ āĻ…āĻŦāϏ্āĻĨিāϤ। ⧧⧝⧧⧧ āϏাāϞেāχāύ্āĻĄিāϝ়াāύ āϰিāϏাāϰ্āϚ āĻĢাāύ্āĻĄ āĻ…্āϝাāϏোāϏিāϝ়েāĻļāύāύাāĻŽে āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāώ্āĻ িāϤ āĻšāϝ়ে ⧧⧝ā§Ē⧝ āϏাāϞে āĻŦāϰ্āϤāĻŽাāύ āύাāĻŽ āĻ—্āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰে। āĻāϟিāϏ্āĻŦাāϏ্āĻĨ্āϝ āĻ—āĻŦেāώāĻŖা āĻŦিāĻ­াāĻ—, āϏ্āĻŦাāϏ্āĻĨ্āϝ āĻ“ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦাāϰ āĻ•āϞ্āϝাāĻŖ āĻŽāύ্āϤ্āϰāĻŖাāϞāϝ়েāϰāĻ…āϧীāύে āĻĒāϰিāϚাāϞিāϤ āĻšāϝ়
  • āύেāϤৃāϤ্āĻŦ:āĻŦāϰ্āϤāĻŽাāύ āĻŽāĻšাāĻĒāϰিāϚাāϞāĻ•āĻĄ. āϰাāϜীāĻŦ āĻŦেāĻšāϞICMR-āĻāϰ āĻ…āϧীāύে āϏাāϰা āĻĻেāĻļে⧍ā§Ŧāϟি āĻ—āĻŦেāώāĻŖা āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāώ্āĻ াāύ/āĻ•েāύ্āĻĻ্āϰāϰāϝ়েāĻ›ে
  • āύāϤুāύ āωāĻĻ্āϝোāĻ—: ICMR āϚাāϞু āĻ•āϰেāĻ›ে SHINE (Science & Health Innovation for the Next-gen Explorers)—āϝুāĻŦ āĻ›াāϤ্āϰāĻ›াāϤ্āϰীāĻĻেāϰ “āĻāĻ• āĻĻিāύ āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύী” āĻ…āĻ­িāϜ্āĻžāϤা āĻĻেāĻ“āϝ়াāϰ āωāĻĻ্āĻĻেāĻļ্āϝে
  • āωāĻĻ্āĻĻেāĻļ্āϝ:āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύāϚেāϤāύা āϜাāĻ—াāύো, āωāĻĻ্āĻ­াāĻŦāύে āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏাāĻš āĻĻেāĻ“āϝ়া āĻāĻŦং āĻ­āĻŦিāώ্āĻ¯ā§Ž āϏ্āĻŦাāϏ্āĻĨ্āϝ āĻ—āĻŦেāώāĻ•āĻĻেāϰ āĻ…āύুāĻĒ্āϰাāĻŖিāϤ āĻ•āϰা
  • āĻ…ংāĻļāĻ—্āϰāĻšāĻŖ:ā§§ā§Ŧāϟি āϰাāϜ্āϝ āĻ“ āĻ•েāύ্āĻĻ্āϰāĻļাāϏিāϤ āĻ…āĻž্āϚāϞেāĻ°ā§Šā§¯āϟি āϜেāϞাāĻĨেāĻ•েā§Šā§Ļā§Ļ+ āϏ্āĻ•ুāϞ-āĻāĻ°ā§§ā§Š,ā§Ļā§Ļā§Ļ-āĻāϰāĻ“ āĻŦেāĻļি āĻ›াāϤ্āϰāĻ›াāϤ্āϰী (āĻļ্āϰেāĻŖি ⧝–⧧⧍) āĻ…ংāĻļāĻ—্āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰেāĻ›ে
  • āĻ•াāϰ্āϝāĻ•্āϰāĻŽ:āϞ্āϝাāĻŦ āĻ­্āϰāĻŽāĻŖ, āĻ—āĻŦেāώāĻŖা āĻĒ্āϰāĻĻāϰ্āĻļāύী, āĻĒোāϏ্āϟাāϰ āĻšাঁāϟা, āĻ­িāĻĄিāĻ“ āωāĻĒāϏ্āĻĨাāĻĒāύা āĻāĻŦং āϏāϰাāϏāϰি āĻŦৈāϜ্āĻžাāύিāĻ• āĻĒ্āϰāĻĻāϰ্āĻļāύী
  • āϤাāϰিāĻ–:ā§­–ā§Ž āφāĻ—āϏ্āϟ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ—āĻĒ্āϰāϧাāύāĻŽāύ্āϤ্āϰীāϰ āϝুāĻŦāĻ•āĻĻেāϰ āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāύ-āϏংāĻļ্āϞিāώ্āϟ āĻ•াāϰ্āϝāĻ•্āϰāĻŽে āϝুāĻ•্āϤ āĻ•āϰাāϰ āφāĻš্āĻŦাāύেāϰ āĻ…ংāĻļ āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে

ICMR Launches SHINE Program to Inspire Young Health Scientists

  • About ICMR: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), headquartered at V. Ramalingaswami Bhawan, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi – 110029, is India’s apex body for biomedical research. Established in 1911 as the Indian Research Fund Association (IRFA) and renamed in 1949, it operates under the Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.
  • Leadership: Headed by Dr. Rajiv Bahl (Director General), ICMR runs 26 institutes/centres nationwide, focusing on diverse health research areas.
  • New Initiative: ICMR launched SHINE (Science & Health Innovation for the Next-gen Explorers)—a national outreach program encouraging students to “spend one day as a scientist.”
  • Objective: To spark scientific curiosity, promote innovation, and inspire future health researchers.
  • Participation: Over 13,000 students (grades 9–12) from 300+ schools in 39 districts across 16 states/UTs took part.
  • Activities: Laboratory tours, research exhibitions, poster walks, video presentations, and live demonstrations.
  • Date: Conducted on 7–8 August 2025, aligning with the PM’s call to engage youth in science.

3] āύ্āϝাāĻļāύাāϞ āχāύāϏ্āϟিāϟিāωāϟ āĻ…āĻĢ āϟেāĻ•āύোāϞāϜি āĻ•্āϝাāϞিāĻ•াāϟ (NITC) āϏ্āĻŦীāĻ•ৃāϤ āĻšāϝ়েāĻ›ে āĻ­াāϰāϤেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ i-STEM āĻ•্āϝাāϟাāϞিāϏ্āϟ āϏেāύ্āϟাāϰāĻšিāϏেāĻŦে

  • ⧧⧝ā§Ŧā§§ āϏাāϞে āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāώ্āĻ িāϤ āĻāχ āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāώ্āĻ াāύāϟি āĻ•োāĻিāĻ•োāĻĄ, āĻ•েāϰাāϞাāϝ় āĻ…āĻŦāϏ্āĻĨিāϤ āĻāĻŦং āϜাāϤীāϝ় āĻ—ুāϰুāϤ্āĻŦেāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟি āĻĒ্āϰāϝুāĻ•্āϤি āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāώ্āĻ াāύ। āĻāĻ–াāύেāϏুāĻĒাāϰāĻ•āĻŽ্āĻĒিāωāϟাāϰ, āύ্āϝাāύোāĻĒ্āϰāϝুāĻ•্āϤি āĻŦিāĻ­াāĻ— āĻ“ āĻāĻ•াāϧিāĻ• āĻ—āĻŦেāώāĻŖাāĻ•েāύ্āĻĻ্āϰ āϰāϝ়েāĻ›ে
  • i-STEM āĻšāϞ āĻāĻ•āϟি āϜাāϤীāϝ় āĻĒোāϰ্āϟাāϞ āϝা āĻ—āĻŦেāώāĻ•āĻĻেāϰ āϏāϰāĻ•াāϰি āϤāĻšāĻŦিāϞāĻĒুāώ্āϟ āĻ—āĻŦেāώāĻŖা āϏāϰāĻž্āϜাāĻŽ āĻ“ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ•াāĻ াāĻŽো āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰেāϰ āϏুāϝোāĻ— āĻĻেāϝ়
  • āĻ•্āϝাāϟাāϞিāϏ্āϟ āϏেāύ্āϟাāϰ āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে, NITC āĻļিāĻ•্āώāĻ•, āĻ—āĻŦেāώāĻ•, āϏ্āϟাāϰ্āϟāφāĻĒ āĻāĻŦং āĻļিāϞ্āĻĒāĻ•্āώেāϤ্āϰেāϰ āĻŦিāĻļেāώāϜ্āĻžāĻĻেāϰ—āĻŦিāĻļেāώāϤ āĻ•āĻŽ āϏুāĻŦিāϧাāĻĒ্āϰাāĻĒ্āϤ āĻ…āĻž্āϚāϞ āĻĨেāĻ•ে—āωāύ্āύāϤ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ•াāĻ াāĻŽো āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰেāϰ āϏুāϝোāĻ—, āĻ—āĻŦেāώāĻŖা āϏāĻšāϝোāĻ—িāϤা āĻāĻŦং i-STEM āĻĒ্āϰāĻļিāĻ•্āώāĻŖ āĻĻেāĻŦে
  • The National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC) has become India’s first i-STEM Catalyst Centre.
  • NITC, established in 1961 and located near Kozhikode, Kerala, is an institute of national importance with facilities such as a supercomputer, a nanotechnology department, and multiple research centres.
  • The Indian Science, Technology & Engineering Facilities Map (i-STEM) is a national portal that offers researchers access to publicly funded R&D equipment and infrastructure across India.
  • As a Catalyst Centre, NITC will act as a hub for faculty, researchers, startups, and industry professionals—particularly from underserved areas—to access advanced infrastructure, form R&D collaborations, and receive i-STEM training.

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  • About BARC India: The Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India is the country’s official television audience measurement organisation. It provides data on TV viewership patterns, which serves as the currency for advertisers, broadcasters, and agencies. Its insights guide programming, advertising strategies, and media planning.
  • Scope of Operations: BARC operates one of the world’s largest TV audience measurement systems, covering urban and rural India, across multiple languages and genres. The data is collected from thousands of metered households, ensuring nationwide representation.
  • Recent Leadership Change: On August 1, 2025, the BARC Board appointed Gaurav Banerjee as its new Chairman, succeeding Shashi Sinha. The change aims to strengthen BARC’s role as a trusted, data-driven measurement body.
  • Future Direction: BARC plans to expand its technological infrastructure, enhance transparency, and explore cross-platform measurement to keep pace with the convergence of TV and digital media consumption.
  • Industry Importance: BARC’s weekly and monthly data releases influence billions of rupees in advertising spends, making it a critical player in India’s media and entertainment economy.
  • BARC India āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻ•ে:āĻŦ্āϰāĻĄāĻ•াāϏ্āϟ āĻ…āĻĄিāϝ়েāύ্āϏ āϰিāϏাāϰ্āϚ āĻ•াāωāύ্āϏিāϞ (BARC) āχāύ্āĻĄিāϝ়া āĻĻেāĻļেāϰ āϏāϰāĻ•াāϰি āϟেāϞিāĻ­িāĻļāύ āĻĻāϰ্āĻļāĻ• āĻĒāϰিāĻŽাāĻĒāĻ•াāϰী āϏংāϏ্āĻĨা। āĻāϟিāϟিāĻ­ি āĻ­িāωāϝ়াāϰāĻļিāĻĒ āĻĒ্āϝাāϟাāϰ্āύāϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻ•িāϤ āϤāĻĨ্āϝ āϏāϰāĻŦāϰাāĻš āĻ•āϰে, āϝা āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāĻĒāύāĻĻাāϤা, āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒ্āϰāϚাāϰāĻ• āĻ“ āĻāϜেāύ্āϏিāĻ—ুāϞিāϰ āϜāύ্āϝāĻ…āĻĢিāϏিāϝ়াāϞ āĻŽুāĻĻ্āϰাāĻšিāϏাāĻŦে āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšৃāϤ āĻšāϝ়
  • āĻ•াāϰ্āϝāĻ•্āϰāĻŽেāϰ āĻŦিāϏ্āϤাāϰ: BARC āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦেāϰ āĻ…āύ্āϝāϤāĻŽ āĻŦৃāĻšā§Ž āϟিāĻ­ি āĻĻāϰ্āĻļāĻ• āĻĒāϰিāĻŽাāĻĒ āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāϏ্āĻĨা āĻĒāϰিāϚাāϞāύা āĻ•āϰে, āϝাāĻļāĻšāϰ āĻ“ āĻ—্āϰাāĻŽীāĻŖ āĻ­াāϰāϤāωāĻ­āϝ়āĻ•ে āĻ…āύ্āϤāϰ্āĻ­ুāĻ•্āϤ āĻ•āϰে। āĻšাāϜাāϰ āĻšাāϜাāϰ āĻŽিāϟাāϰāϝুāĻ•্āϤ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦাāϰেāϰ āϤāĻĨ্āϝ āϏংāĻ—্āϰāĻš āĻ•āϰে, āϝা āĻ­াāώা āĻ“ āϜāύāϰাāϰ āĻŦৈāϚিāϤ্āϰ্āϝ āύিāĻļ্āϚিāϤ āĻ•āϰে
  • āϏাāĻŽ্āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻ• āύেāϤৃāϤ্āĻŦ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦāϰ্āϤāύ:ā§§ āφāĻ—āϏ্āϟ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ-āĻ BARC āĻŦোāϰ্āĻĄāĻ—ৌāϰāĻŦ āĻŦাāύাāϰ্āϜি-āĻ•ে āύāϤুāύ āϚেāϝ়াāϰāĻŽ্āϝাāύ āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে āύিāϝ়োāĻ— āĻĻিāϝ়েāĻ›ে, āĻļāĻļী āϏিāύāĻšাāϰ āϏ্āĻĨāϞাāĻ­িāώিāĻ•্āϤ āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে। āĻāχ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦāϰ্āϤāύেāϰ āϞāĻ•্āώ্āϝ āĻšāϞāĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏāϝোāĻ—্āϝ, āϤāĻĨ্āϝ-āύিāϰ্āĻ­āϰ āĻĒāϰিāĻŽাāĻĒ āϏংāϏ্āĻĨা āĻšিāϏাāĻŦে BARC-āĻāϰ āĻ…āĻŦāϏ্āĻĨাāύ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻŽāϜāĻŦুāϤ āĻ•āϰা
  • āĻ­āĻŦিāώ্āĻ¯ā§Ž āĻĒāϰিāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒāύা: BARC āϤাāϰāĻĒ্āϰāϝুāĻ•্āϤিāĻ—āϤ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ•াāĻ াāĻŽো āωāύ্āύāϤ, āϏ্āĻŦāϚ্āĻ›āϤা āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧি, āĻāĻŦংāϟিāĻ­ি āĻ“ āĻĄিāϜিāϟাāϞ āωāĻ­āϝ় āĻĒ্āϞ্āϝাāϟāĻĢāϰ্āĻŽে āĻĻāϰ্āĻļāĻ• āĻĒāϰিāĻŽাāĻĒāϚাāϞুāϰ āĻĻিāĻ•ে āύāϜāϰ āĻĻিāϚ্āĻ›ে
  • āĻļিāϞ্āĻĒে āĻ—ুāϰুāϤ্āĻŦ: BARC-āĻāϰ āϏাāĻĒ্āϤাāĻšিāĻ• āĻ“ āĻŽাāϏিāĻ• āϤāĻĨ্āϝ āĻĒ্āϰāĻ•াāĻļāĻšাāϜাāϰ āĻ•োāϟি āϟাāĻ•াāϰ āĻŦিāϜ্āĻžাāĻĒāύ āĻ–āϰāϚāύিāϰ্āϧাāϰāĻŖে āĻĒ্āϰāĻ­াāĻŦ āĻĢেāϞে, āϝা āĻ­াāϰāϤেāϰ āĻŽিāĻĄিāϝ়া āĻ“ āĻŦিāύোāĻĻāύ āĻ…āϰ্āĻĨāύীāϤিāϰ āĻāĻ• āĻ—ুāϰুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ āϏ্āϤāĻŽ্āĻ­

5] IIT Delhi and IIT Gandhinagar researchers have developed a District Flood Severity Index (DFSI) to measure flood impact at the district level.

  • DFSI considers five key factors:
    • Average flood duration in days
    • Percentage of district area prone to floods
    • Number of people killed or injured by floods
    • District population
    • Frequency of floods in the district
  • The index uses data from the India Flood Inventory with Impacts (IFI-Impacts) database, which compiles flood-related information for 30 years.
  • DFSI aims to help local administrations better assess and manage flood risks by providing a comprehensive district-level flood severity score.
  • This index was highlighted recently in research published in The Hindu.

IIT āĻĻিāϞ্āϞি āĻ“ IIT āĻ—াāύ্āϧীāύāĻ—āϰেāϰ āĻ—āĻŦেāώāĻ•āϰা āϜেāϞা āĻĒāϰ্āϝাāϝ়ে āĻŦāύ্āϝাāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻ­াāĻŦ āĻĒāϰিāĻŽাāĻĒেāϰ āϜāύ্āϝāϜেāϞা āĻŦāύ্āϝা āϤীāĻŦ্āϰāϤা āϏূāϚāĻ• (DFSI) āϤৈāϰি āĻ•āϰেāĻ›েāύ

  • DFSI āĻĒাঁāϚāϟি āĻĒ্āϰāϧাāύ āωāĻĒাāĻĻাāύ āĻŦিāĻŦেāϚāύা āĻ•āϰে:
    • āĻ—āĻĄ় āĻŦāύ্āϝাāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝ়āĻ•াāϞ (āĻĻিāύে)
    • āϜেāϞাāϰ āĻŦāύ্āϝাāĻĒ্āϰāĻŦāĻŖ āĻāϞাāĻ•াāϰ āĻļāϤাংāĻļ
    • āĻŦāύ্āϝাāϝ় āĻŽৃāϤ āĻ“ āφāĻšāϤেāϰ āϏংāĻ–্āϝা
    • āϜেāϞাāϰ āϜāύāϏংāĻ–্āϝা
    • āĻŦāύ্āϝাāϰ āĻĒুāύāϰাāĻŦৃāϤ্āϤি āĻšাāϰ
  • āϏূāϚāĻ•āϟি India Flood Inventory with Impacts (IFI-Impacts) āĻĄাāϟাāĻŦেāϏেāϰ ā§Šā§Ļ āĻŦāĻ›āϰেāϰ āϤāĻĨ্āϝ āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰ āĻ•āϰে āϤৈāϰি
  • DFSI āϏ্āĻĨাāύীāϝ় āĻĒ্āϰāĻļাāϏāύāĻ•ে āĻŦāύ্āϝা āĻুঁāĻ•ি āĻŽূāϞ্āϝাāϝ়āύ āĻ“ āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāϏ্āĻĨাāĻĒāύা āĻ•āϰāϤে āϏāĻšাāϝ়āϤা āĻ•āϰāĻŦে āϜেāϞা āĻĒāϰ্āϝাāϝ়ে āĻāĻ•āϟি āĻŦিāϏ্āϤৃāϤ āϤীāĻŦ্āϰāϤা āϏ্āĻ•োāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĻাāύেāϰ āĻŽাāϧ্āϝāĻŽে
  • āĻāχ āϏূāϚāĻ•āϟি āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒ্āϰāϤিThe Hindu-āϤে āĻĒ্āϰāĻ•াāĻļিāϤ āĻ—āĻŦেāώāĻŖাāϝ় āφāϞোāϚিāϤ āĻšāϝ়েāĻ›ে

6] Top Exporting State: Gujarat retained its position as India’s top exporting state in 2024–25, with outbound shipments valued at ₹9.83 lakh crore, accounting for 26.6% of the nation's total exports.

  • Key Contributor: Jamnagar led the state’s export performance with ₹63 lakh crore in shipments, primarily from petroleum and refinery products.
  • Leading Export Commodities: Petroleum products, gems and jewellery, organic chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and engineering goods.
  • Comparison: Gujarat’s exports were nearly ₹3 lakh crore higher than Maharashtra, the second-ranked state.
  • Other Top Exporting States: Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana.
  • āĻļীāϰ্āώ āϰāĻĒ্āϤাāύিāĻ•াāϰāĻ• āϰাāϜ্āϝ: ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē–⧍ā§Ģ āϏাāϞে āĻ—ুāϜāϰাāϟ āĻ­াāϰāϤেāϰ āĻļীāϰ্āώ āϰāĻĒ্āϤাāύিāĻ•াāϰāĻ• āϰাāϜ্āϝ āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে āϤাāϰ āĻ…āĻŦāϏ্āĻĨাāύ āĻŦāϜাāϝ় āϰেāĻ–েāĻ›ে, ₹⧝.ā§Žā§Š āϞāĻ•্āώ āĻ•োāϟি āϟাāĻ•াāϰ āϰāĻĒ্āϤাāύি āϏāĻš, āϝা āĻĻেāĻļেāϰ āĻŽোāϟ āϰāĻĒ্āϤাāύিāϰ ⧍ā§Ŧ.ā§Ŧ%।
  • āĻĒ্āϰāϧাāύ āĻ…āĻŦāĻĻাāύāĻ•াāϰী: āϜাāĻŽāύāĻ—āϰ āϰাāϜ্āϝেāϰ āϰāĻĒ্āϤাāύি āĻĒাāϰāĻĢāϰāĻŽ্āϝাāύ্āϏে ₹ā§Š.ā§Ŧā§Š āϞāĻ•্āώ āĻ•োāϟি āϟাāĻ•াāϰ āϰāĻĒ্āϤাāύি āύিāϝ়ে āĻļীāϰ্āώে, āϝা āĻĒ্āϰāϧাāύāϤ āĻĒেāϟ্āϰোāϞিāϝ়াāĻŽ āĻ“ āϰিāĻĢাāχāύাāϰি āĻĒāĻŖ্āϝ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻāϏেāĻ›ে।
  • āĻļীāϰ্āώ āϰāĻĒ্āϤাāύি āĻĒāĻŖ্āϝ: āĻĒেāϟ্āϰোāϞিāϝ়াāĻŽ āĻĒāĻŖ্āϝ, āϰāϤ্āύ āĻ“ āĻ—āϝ়āύা, āϜৈāĻŦ āϰাāϏাāϝ়āύিāĻ•, āĻĢাāϰ্āĻŽাāϏিāωāϟিāĻ•্āϝাāϞāϏ āĻāĻŦং āĻĒ্āϰāĻ•ৌāĻļāϞ āĻĒāĻŖ্āϝ।
  • āϤুāϞāύা: āĻ—ুāϜāϰাāϟেāϰ āϰāĻĒ্āϤাāύি āĻŽāĻšাāϰাāώ্āϟ্āϰেāϰ āϤুāϞāύাāϝ় āĻĒ্āϰাāϝ় ₹ā§Ē.ā§Š āϞāĻ•্āώ āĻ•োāϟি āϟাāĻ•া āĻŦেāĻļি, āϝা āĻĻ্āĻŦিāϤীāϝ় āϏ্āĻĨাāύে āϰāϝ়েāĻ›ে।
  • āĻ…āύ্āϝাāύ্āϝ āĻļীāϰ্āώ āϰāĻĒ্āϤাāύিāĻ•াāϰāĻ• āϰাāϜ্āϝāϏāĻŽূāĻš: āĻŽāĻšাāϰাāώ্āϟ্āϰ, āϤাāĻŽিāϞāύাāĻĄ়ু, āĻ•āϰ্āĻŖাāϟāĻ•, āωāϤ্āϤāϰāĻĒ্āϰāĻĻেāĻļ, āĻ…āύ্āϧ্āϰāĻĒ্āϰāĻĻেāĻļ āĻāĻŦং āϤেāϞেāĻ™্āĻ—াāύা।

7] Date: August 9, 2025

  • Theme: Indigenous Peoples and AI: Defending Rights, Shaping Futures
  • Significance: Commemorates the first meeting of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations in 1982.
  • Observance: Due to the date falling on a Saturday, the UN held a virtual event on August 8, 2025.
  • Focus: Explores the dual aspects of Artificial Intelligence—its potential to support Indigenous rights and its risks of exclusion and misrepresentation.
  • Message: UN Secretary-General António Guterres emphasized the importance of inclusive AI development to protect Indigenous cultures and biodiversity .
  • āϤাāϰিāĻ–: ⧝ āφāĻ—āϏ্āϟ, ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ
  • āĻĨিāĻŽ: āφāĻĻিāĻŦাāϏী āϜāύāĻ—āĻŖ āĻ“ āĻ•ৃāϤ্āϰিāĻŽ āĻŦুāĻĻ্āϧিāĻŽāϤ্āϤা: āĻ…āϧিāĻ•াāϰ āϰāĻ•্āώা, āĻ­āĻŦিāώ্āĻ¯ā§Ž āĻ—āĻ āύ
  • āĻ—ুāϰুāϤ্āĻŦ: ā§§ā§¯ā§Žā§¨ āϏাāϞে āϜাāϤিāϏংāϘেāϰ āφāĻĻিāĻŦাāϏী āϜāύāĻ—āĻŖেāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻ•āϰ্āĻŽী āĻĻāϞেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻŦৈāĻ āĻ• āϏ্āĻŽāϰāĻŖে।
  • āĻ…āύুāώ্āĻ াāύ: ⧝ āφāĻ—āϏ্āϟ āĻļāύিāĻŦাāϰ āĻšāĻ“āϝ়াāϝ়, āϜাāϤিāϏংāϘ ā§Ž āφāĻ—āϏ্āϟ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ āϤাāϰিāĻ–ে āĻāĻ•āϟি āĻ­াāϰ্āϚুāϝ়াāϞ āĻ…āύুāώ্āĻ াāύ āφāϝ়োāϜāύ āĻ•āϰে।
  • āĻ•েāύ্āĻĻ্āϰāĻŦিāύ্āĻĻু: āĻ•ৃāϤ্āϰিāĻŽ āĻŦুāĻĻ্āϧিāĻŽāϤ্āϤাāϰ āĻĻ্āĻŦৈāϤ āĻĻিāĻ•—āφāĻĻিāĻŦাāϏী āĻ…āϧিāĻ•াāϰ āϰāĻ•্āώাāϝ় āϏāĻšাāϝ়āϤা āĻāĻŦং āĻŦāϰ্āϜāύ āĻ“ āĻ­ুāϞ āωāĻĒāϏ্āĻĨাāĻĒāύাāϰ āĻুঁāĻ•ি।
  • āĻŦাāϰ্āϤা: āϜাāϤিāϏংāϘেāϰ āĻŽāĻšাāϏāϚিāĻŦ āφāύ্āϤোāύিāĻ“ āĻ—ুāϤেāϰেāϏ āφāĻĻিāĻŦাāϏী āϏংāϏ্āĻ•ৃāϤি āĻ“ āϜীāĻŦāĻŦৈāϚিāϤ্āϰ্āϝ āϰāĻ•্āώাāϝ় āĻ…āύ্āϤāϰ্āĻ­ুāĻ•্āϤিāĻŽূāϞāĻ• āĻ•ৃāϤ্āϰিāĻŽ āĻŦুāĻĻ্āϧিāĻŽāϤ্āϤা āωāύ্āύāϝ়āύেāϰ āĻ—ুāϰুāϤ্āĻŦ āϤুāϞে āϧāϰেāύ ।

 8] India’s First Private-Sector Multi-Missile Gun Developed in Hyderabad

  • Hyderabad-based defence start-up Lokesh Machines Limitedhas developed India’s first indigenous Multi-Missile Gun (MMG) in the private sector.
  • This achievement comes after the successful creation of ASMI, the country’s first locally designed 9mm submachine gun.
  • The MMG is capable of firing multiple types of missiles from a single platform, enhancing flexibility in defence operations.
  • It has been designed and manufactured entirely in India, reducing dependency on foreign technology.
  • Defence experts believe this innovation will strengthen India’s self-reliance in military hardware under the ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’
  • The company plans to collaborate with the armed forces for trials and large-scale deployment.

āĻ­াāϰāϤেāϰāĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽāĻŦেāϏāϰāĻ•াāϰিāĻŽাāϞ্āϟি-āĻŽিāϏাāχāϞāĻ—াāύāĻšাāϝ়āĻĻāϰাāĻŦাāĻĻেāϤৈāϰি

  • āĻšাāϝ়āĻĻāϰাāĻŦাāĻĻেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāϰāĻ•্āώা āϏ্āϟাāϰ্āϟāφāĻĒāϞোāĻ•েāĻļāĻŽেāĻļিāύāϏāϞিāĻŽিāϟেāĻĄ āĻĻেāĻļেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āϏ্āĻŦāĻĻেāĻļিāĻŽাāϞ্āϟি-āĻŽিāϏাāχāϞāĻ—াāύ (MMG) āϤৈāϰি āĻ•āϰেāĻ›ে।
  • āĻāϰ āφāĻ—ে āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāώ্āĻ াāύāϟি āϤৈāϰি āĻ•āϰেāĻ›িāϞASMI, āĻ­াāϰāϤেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āύিāϜāϏ্āĻŦ āύāĻ•āĻļাāϰ 9 āĻŽিāĻŽি āϏাāĻŦāĻŽেāĻļিāύ āĻ—াāύ।
  • āĻāχ MMG āĻāĻ• āĻĒ্āϞ্āϝাāϟāĻĢāϰ্āĻŽ āĻĨেāĻ•ে āĻāĻ•াāϧিāĻ• āϧāϰāύেāϰ āĻŽিāϏাāχāϞ āύিāĻ•্āώেāĻĒ āĻ•āϰāϤে āϏāĻ•্āώāĻŽ, āϝা āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāϰāĻ•্āώা āĻ…āĻ­িāϝাāύে āύāĻŽāύীāϝ়āϤা āĻŦাāĻĄ়াāϝ়।
  • āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖāĻ­াāĻŦে āĻ­াāϰāϤে āύāĻ•āĻļা āĻ“ āύিāϰ্āĻŽিāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝ়াāϝ় āĻŦিāĻĻেāĻļি āĻĒ্āϰāϝুāĻ•্āϤিāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āύিāϰ্āĻ­āϰāϤা āĻ•āĻŽāĻŦে।
  • āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāϰāĻ•্āώা āĻŦিāĻļেāώāϜ্āĻžāĻĻেāϰ āĻŽāϤে, āĻāϟিāφāϤ্āĻŽāύিāϰ্āĻ­āϰāĻ­াāϰāϤ āĻŽিāĻļāύেāϰ āφāĻ“āϤাāϝ় āĻĻেāĻļেāϰ āϏাāĻŽāϰিāĻ• āϏāĻ•্āώāĻŽāϤা āĻŦাāĻĄ়াāĻŦে।
  • āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāώ্āĻ াāύāϟি āϏেāύাāĻŦাāĻšিāύীāϰ āϏāĻ™্āĻ—ে āϏāĻšāϝোāĻ—িāϤাāϝ় āĻĒāϰীāĻ•্āώা āĻ“ āĻŦৃāĻšā§Ž āφāĻ•াāϰে āĻĒ্āϰāϝ়োāĻ—েāϰ āĻĒāϰিāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒāύা āĻ•āϰāĻ›ে।

9] Date of Record: August 8, 2025

  • Ridership: 81.87 lakh (8.187 million) passenger journeys
  • Operator: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)
  • Previous Record: 78.67 lakh on November 18, 2024
  • Additional Trips:
    • August 8: 92 extra trips
    • August 9: 455 extra trips
  • Passenger Journey Definition: A journey is counted each time a passenger uses a different metro line, even if they are traveling the same route.
  • Factors Contributing to High Ridership:
    • Festival Rush: Increased travel demand ahead of Raksha Bandhan.
    • Monsoon Season: Preference for metro travel due to road disruptions caused by rain.
    • Operational Enhancements: Introduction of digital ticketing platforms like DMRC Saarthi App, One Delhi App, WhatsApp, Paytm, and Amazon Pay.
    • Interchange Stations: 29 interchange stations facilitating seamless connectivity across Delhi-NCR.
  • Significance: Reflects growing commuter trust in the metro’s reliability, punctuality, and seamless connectivity.
  • āϰেāĻ•āϰ্āĻĄ āϤাāϰিāĻ–: ā§Ž āφāĻ—āϏ্āϟ, ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ģ
  • āϰাāχāĻĄাāϰāĻļিāĻĒ: ā§Žā§§.ā§Žā§­ āϞাāĻ– (ā§Ž.ā§§ā§Žā§­ āĻŽিāϞিāϝ়āύ) āϝাāϤ্āϰী āϝাāϤ্āϰা
  • āĻ…āĻĒাāϰেāϟāϰ: āĻĻিāϞ্āϞি āĻŽেāϟ্āϰো āϰেāϞ āĻ•āϰ্āĻĒোāϰেāĻļāύ (DMRC)
  • āĻĒূāϰ্āĻŦāĻŦāϰ্āϤী āϰেāĻ•āϰ্āĻĄ: ā§­ā§Ž.ā§Ŧā§­ āϞাāĻ– ā§§ā§Ž āύāĻ­েāĻŽ্āĻŦāϰ, ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē
  • āĻ…āϤিāϰিāĻ•্āϤ āϟ্āϰিāĻĒ:
    • ā§Ž āφāĻ—āϏ্āϟ: ⧝⧍āϟি āĻ…āϤিāϰিāĻ•্āϤ āϟ্āϰিāĻĒ
    • ⧝ āφāĻ—āϏ্āϟ: ā§Ēā§Ģā§Ģāϟি āĻ…āϤিāϰিāĻ•্āϤ āϟ্āϰিāĻĒ
  • āϝাāϤ্āϰী āϝাāϤ্āϰাāϰ āϏংāϜ্āĻžা: āĻāĻ•āϟি āϝাāϤ্āϰা āϤāĻ–āύ āĻ—āĻŖāύা āĻ•āϰা āĻšāϝ় āϝāĻ–āύ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āϝাāϤ্āϰী āĻāĻ•āϟি āĻ­িāύ্āύ āĻŽেāϟ্āϰো āϞাāχāύ āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰ āĻ•āϰেāύ, āϝāĻĻিāĻ“ āϤাāϰা āĻāĻ•āχ āϰুāϟে āĻ­্āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻ›েāύ।
  • āωāϚ্āϚ āϰাāχāĻĄাāϰāĻļিāĻĒেāϰ āĻ•াāϰāĻŖāϏāĻŽূāĻš:
    • āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāĻŦেāϰ āϚাāĻĒ: āϰাāĻ–ি āĻŦāύ্āϧāύ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāĻŦেāϰ āφāĻ—ে āĻ­্āϰāĻŽāĻŖেāϰ āϚাāĻšিāĻĻা āĻŦৃāĻĻ্āϧি।
    • āĻŦāϰ্āώাāĻ•াāϞ: āĻŦৃāώ্āϟিāϰ āĻ•াāϰāĻŖে āϏāĻĄ়āĻ• āĻŦিāϘ্āύেāϰ āĻ•াāϰāĻŖে āĻŽেāϟ্āϰো āĻ­্āϰāĻŽāĻŖেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϤি āĻ…āĻ—্āϰাāϧিāĻ•াāϰ।
    • āĻ…āĻĒাāϰেāĻļāύাāϞ āωāύ্āύāϤি: DMRC Saarthi āĻ…্āϝাāĻĒ, One Delhi āĻ…্āϝাāĻĒ, WhatsApp, Paytm, āĻāĻŦং Amazon Pay-āĻāϰ āĻŽāϤো āĻĄিāϜিāϟাāϞ āϟিāĻ•িāϟিং āĻĒ্āϞ্āϝাāϟāĻĢāϰ্āĻŽেāϰ āĻĒāϰিāϚāϝ়।
    • āχāύ্āϟাāϰāϚেāĻž্āϜ āϏ্āϟেāĻļāύāϏāĻŽূāĻš: āĻĻিāϞ্āϞি-āĻāύāϏিāφāϰ āϜুāĻĄ়ে ⧍⧝āϟি āχāύ্āϟাāϰāϚেāĻž্āϜ āϏ্āϟেāĻļāύ āϏāĻšāϜ āϏংāϝোāĻ— āύিāĻļ্āϚিāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻ›ে।
  • āĻ—ুāϰুāϤ্āĻŦ: āĻŽেāϟ্āϰোāϰ āύিāϰ্āĻ­āϰāϝোāĻ—্āϝāϤা, āϏāĻŽāϝ়াāύুāĻŦāϰ্āϤিāϤা āĻāĻŦং āϏāĻšāϜ āϏংāϝোāĻ—ে āϝাāϤ্āϰীāĻĻেāϰ āĻŦাāĻĄ়āϤি āφāϏ্āĻĨা āĻĒ্āϰāϤিāĻĢāϞিāϤ।

10] Announcement Date: May 2, 2023

  • Subjects Introduced: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Coding
  • Target Classes: 6 to 8
  • Curriculum Duration: 12–15 hours per module
  • Instructional Approach: 70% hands-on activities, 30% theory
  • Syllabus Development Partner: Microsoft
  • Additional Subjects Included: Financial literacy, data science, augmented reality, Kashmiri embroidery, application of satellites, humanity, and COVID-19 awareness
  • Objective: To promote skill education and computational thinking among students, preparing them for future careers in AI, machine learning, and data science
  • Policy Framework: Aligned with the New Education Policy (NEP) 2020
  • āϘোāώāĻŖাāϰ āϤাāϰিāĻ–: ⧍ āĻŽে, ⧍ā§Ļā§¨ā§Š
  • āĻĒāϰিāϚিāϤ āĻŦিāώāϝ়āϏāĻŽূāĻš: āĻ•ৃāϤ্āϰিāĻŽ āĻŦুāĻĻ্āϧিāĻŽāϤ্āϤা (AI) āĻāĻŦং āĻ•োāĻĄিং
  • āϞāĻ•্āώ āĻļ্āϰেāĻŖী: ā§Ŧ āĻĨেāĻ•ে ā§Ž
  • āĻĒাāĻ ্āϝāĻ•্āϰāĻŽেāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝ়āĻ•াāϞ: āĻĒ্āϰāϤি āĻŽāĻĄিāωāϞে ⧧⧍–ā§§ā§Ģ āϘāĻŖ্āϟা
  • āĻļিāĻ•্āώāĻŖ āĻĒāĻĻ্āϧāϤি: ā§­ā§Ļ% āĻšাāϤে-āĻ•āϞāĻŽে āĻ•াāϰ্āϝāĻ•্āϰāĻŽ, ā§Šā§Ļ% āϤাāϤ্āϤ্āĻŦিāĻ• āĻĒাāĻ 
  • āĻĒাāĻ ্āϝāĻ•্āϰāĻŽ āωāύ্āύāϝ়āύ āĻ…ংāĻļীāĻĻাāϰ: āĻŽাāχāĻ•্āϰোāϏāĻĢāϟ
  • āĻ…āϤিāϰিāĻ•্āϤ āĻŦিāώāϝ়āϏāĻŽূāĻš: āφāϰ্āĻĨিāĻ• āϏাāĻ•্āώāϰāϤা, āĻĄেāϟা āϏাāϝ়েāύ্āϏ, āĻ…āĻ—āĻŽেāύ্āϟেāĻĄ āϰিāϝ়েāϞিāϟি, āĻ•াāĻļ্āĻŽীāϰি āĻāĻŽāĻŦ্āϰāϝ়āĻĄাāϰি, āϏ্āϝাāϟেāϞাāχāϟেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰāϝ়োāĻ—, āĻŽাāύāĻŦāϤা āĻāĻŦং āĻ•োāĻ­িāĻĄ-⧧⧝ āϏāϚেāϤāύāϤা
  • āωāĻĻ্āĻĻেāĻļ্āϝ: āĻļিāĻ•্āώাāϰ্āĻĨীāĻĻেāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻĻāĻ•্āώāϤা āĻļিāĻ•্āώা āĻāĻŦং āĻ—াāĻŖিāϤিāĻ• āϚিāύ্āϤাāĻ­াāĻŦāύা āĻĒ্āϰāϚাāϰ āĻ•āϰা, āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻ•ৃāϤ্āϰিāĻŽ āĻŦুāĻĻ্āϧিāĻŽāϤ্āϤা, āĻŽেāĻļিāύ āϞাāϰ্āύিং āĻāĻŦং āĻĄেāϟা āϏাāϝ়েāύ্āϏেāϰ āĻŽāϤো āĻ­āĻŦিāώ্āϝāϤ āĻĒেāĻļাāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ āĻĒ্āϰāϏ্āϤুāϤ āĻ•āϰা
  • āύীāϤিāĻ—āϤ āĻ•াāĻ াāĻŽো: āύāϤুāύ āĻļিāĻ•্āώা āύীāϤি (NEP) ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ļ-āĻāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āϏāĻ™্āĻ—āϤিāĻĒূāϰ্āĻŖ