✅ Important Committee in News

🔷MeitY constituted task force with the aim to make India ‘product developer and manufacturing nation’
🔶Chaired by –Bhuvnesh Kumar

🔷SC formed five-member expert committee to look into Hindenburg report
🔶Headed by Abhay Manohar Sapre

🔷Sports Ministry forms oversight committee to probe allegations in WFI
🔶M C Mary Kom

🔷Government formed Committee to protect Ladakh culture, language & employment
🔶MoS for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai

🔷CJI constituted committee to conduct accessibility audit of SC premises
🔶SC Judge S Ravindra Bhat.

🔷Centre constituted a panel for Higher Educational Institutions
🔶Dr K. Radhakrishnan


 

🤟 26 APRIL

♦️World Intellectual Property Day
विश्व बौद्धिक संपदा दिवस

♦️Theme24 : "IP and the SDGs: Building Our Common Future with Innovation and Creativity"

🔷International Intellectual Property (IP) Index 2024 (12th Edition) - "India ranks 42nd among 55 leading global economies"
🔷Top - United States
🔷Released by the U.S. Chambers of Commerce

🏢 World Intellectual Property Organization ( WIPO )
🔸Founded - 1967
🔸HQ - Geneva Switzerland
🔸Director General : Daren Tang
🔸Member Countries : 193

✍Credit : Arvιnd Kυмar ⛥

✅NEWLY PRIME MINISTER IN NEWS :-

➢ Simon Harris : Ireland.

➢ Bjarni Benediktsson : Iceland.

➢ Luis Montenegro : Portugal.

➢ Mohammad Mustafa :  Palestine.

➢ Olzhas Bektenov : Kazakhstan.

➢ Gabriel Attal : France.

➢ Donald Tusk : Poland.

➢ Luke Frieden : Luxembourg.

➢ Robert Fico :  Slovakia.

➢ Christopher Luxon : 42nd  PM of New Zealand.

➢ Srettha Thavisin : Thailand.

➢ Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani : Qatar.

➢ Li Qiang : China.

➢ Manuela Roka Botey as first female PM : Equatorial Guinea.

➢ Anwar Ibrahim : Malaysia.

➢ Benjamin Netanyahu : Israel.

➢ Rishi Sunak : 57th PM of United Kingdom (UK).

✅FAMOUS BOOKS & AUTHOR IN NEWS 2023-24 :-

➢ The Idea of Democracy : Sam Pitroda.

➢ From A Car Shed To The Corner Room & Beyond : S Raman.

➢ The Gems of Indian Art : Harish Khullar.

➢ UNEQUAL: Why India Lags Behind Its Neighbours : Swati Narayan.

➢ Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns : M.J. Akbar and K. Natwar Singh.

➢ Assam's Braveheart Lachit Barphukan : Arup Kumar Dutta.

➢ An Uncommon Love: The Early Life of Sudha and Narayana Murthy : Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni.

➢ Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns : M.J. Akbar & co-author K. Natwar Singh.

➢ Modi: Energising A Green Future : Pentagon Press in collaboration with the Dr. Shyama Prasad Mookerjee Research Foundation.

➢ Sanskriti ke Ayaam : Manorama Mishra.

➢ Four Stars of Destiny: An Autobiography : General Manoj Mukund Naravane.

➢ The Babri Masjid Ram Mandir Dilemma : Madhav Godbole.

➢ Breaking the Mould: Reimagining India’s Economic Future : Raghuram Rajan & Rohit Lamba.

➢ Zeba: An Accidental Superhero : Huma Qureshi.

➢ Welcome to Paradise : Twinkle Khanna.

➢ India’s Moment : Changing Power Equations around the World : Mohan Kumar.

➢ Pranab, My Father: A Daughter Remembers : Sharmishtha Mukherjee.

➢ Thread by Thread, on the life of Shambhu Kumar or ‘the’ S Kumar : Sathya Saran.

➢ Do Palkon Ki Chhavn Main : Hema Joshi.

➢ Nilavu Kudicha Simhangal (‘Lions that drank the Moonlight’) : Autobiography of S Somanath.

➢ Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire: Nandini Das.

❇️ 29th April 2024 (42nd Edition )

💃 INTERNATIONAL DANCE DAY
अंतरराष्ट्रीय नृत्य दिवस

Theme24 : Not Decided Yet
Theme22 : “Dance for Life"

💃 Celebrated first time in the year 1982.

🕺 The day celebrates the value and importance of the dance & encourages participation & education in this art form through events and festivals. The day 29 April has been chosen as it marks the birth anniversary of Jean-Georges Noverre (1727–1810), who is known as the creator of modern ballet.

🔶

Classical Dance Form of India

Bharatnatyam - TN
Kuchipudi - AP
Kathak - UP
Bihu - Assam
Odissi - Odisa
Manipuri - Manipur
Mohiniyattam & Kathakali - Kerala

🟢NEWS
🔶 Madhya Pradesh: 49th Khajuraho Dance Festival 2022

🔶Classical Dance Legend Kanak Rele Passes Away

🔶Legendary Kathak Dancer Pandit Birju Maharaj Passes Away

🔶Govt Organizes “Dance To Decarbonize”

📌International Theatre Institute (ITI)
▪️Founded -1948
▪️Hq - Paris, France

✍Credit : Arvιnd Kυмar ✪

✅ABOUT AYUSHMAN BHARAT -PRADHAN MANTRI JAN AROGYA YOJANA(AB-PMJAY)

🔹Launched On:- 23rd Sep, 2018

🔹Launched By:-PM Narendra Modi

🔹Launched From:- Ranchi Jharkhand

🔹Under:- The Ministry of Health and family Welfare(MoHFW)

🔹This is the "World's Largest government funded healthcare Program".

🔹The National Health Authority (NHA) is the nodal agency responsible for the nationwide roll-out and implementation of the AB-PMJAY scheme

🔹AB-PMJAY provides cashless and paperless access to services for the beneficiary at the point of service.

🔹It  provides a cover of up to Rs. 5 lakhs per family per year, for secondary and tertiary care hospitalization.

🔹PM-JAY is fully funded by the Government and cost of implementation is shared between the Central and State Governments.

🔹It Covers up to 3 days of pre-hospitalization and 15 days post- hospitalization expenses such as diagnostic and medicine.

🔶Recent Updates :-

🔹Till now, the PMJAY has covered over 341 million citizens who received free health insurance of Rs.5 lakh for hospitalisation.

🔹Genderwise breakup of Ayushman cardholders Total(mn)
Male 172.51
Female 168.84
Others 0.47

🔹TOP 5 Cards created(mn):-
Uttar Pradesh 50.6
Madhya Pradesh 39.8
Bihar 28.47
Maharashtra 27.36
Gujarat 25.21

🔹BOTTOM 5 Cards created:- 
Goa 80,705
Sikkim 74,266
Andaman and Nicobar Islands 72,204
Lakshadweep 35,619
Dadra and Nagar Haveli; Daman and Diu 9,720

🔹The data from the National Health Authority dashboard shows that cumulatively the scheme has covered 65 million cases of hospitalisation, entailing Rs.81,979 since its inception.

🔹General medicine, infectious diseases, and general surgery are the three main therapy areas covered by the Ayushman Bharat scheme now, while haemodialysis is the top-most procedure the scheme covers.

🔶 Why has this scheme recently been in the news?
🔹- In his manifesto, PM Modi said Ayushman Bharat will cover all citizens above the age of 70 and the transgender community if the party returns to the power this year.

🔹Also sources said the Centre was working on increasing coverage under Ayushman Bharat to Rs.10 lakh

❇️ 30 APRIL

♦️Ayushman Bharat Diwas
आयुष्मान भारत दिवस

♦️Narendra Modi has launched the scheme on April 14, 2018 at Bijapur, Chhattisgarh

♦️Scheme has the benefit cover of Rs. 5 lakh per family per year 

🔷 Sponsored : Ayushman Bharat -National Health Protection Mission

🔶 First time, the day was observed on 30th April 2018

🔶 AYUSHMAN BHARAT CEO : Dr. Indu Bhushan

🟢 NEWS
🔶Uttar Pradesh Leads In Issuing 5 Crore Ayushman Cards Under Ayushman Bharat PMJAY

🔷Government To Include ASHA And Anganwadi Workers/Helpers In Ayushman Bharat Scheme

🔶Rajasthan Seeks Integration Of Chiranjeevi Scheme With Ayushman Bharat

🔷Center Renames Ayushman Bharat Health And Wellness Centers To Ayushman Arogya Mandir

🔶President Droupadi Murmu Virtually Launches Ayushman Bhav Campaign For Universal Health Coverage

🔷Govt To Combine CGHS With Ayushman Bharat

🔶J&K Awarded 1st Prize In Category For Ayushman Bharat Health Account ID Generation

✍Credit : Arvιnd Kυмar ⛥

❇️ 01 MAY

🔴 International Labour Day
अंतर्राष्ट्रीय मजदूर दिवस

Theme24 : "Ensure workplace safety and health amidst climate change"

🔷 It is also known as International Worker’s Day and May Day.

🔷 Labour Day is a day that unites workers together and the day aims to pay tribute to workers’ sacrifices in achieving economic and social rights all over the world.

🔷 India's first Labour day was celebrated in 1923 in Chennai.

🟢 RECENT IN NEWS
🔺Labour Minister Launches New Features On EShram Portal For Migrant Workers’ Welfare

🔺CAG GC Murmu Selected As External Auditor Of International Labour Organization

🔺2020-21: Female Labour Participation Increased To 25.1%

🔺Ministry Of Labour & Employment Launches E-Shram Portal

🔺India’s 1st Labour Movement Museum To Be Set Up In Kerala

🔷 May 1 is also Maharashtra Day & Gujarat Day

🏢 Ministry of Labour & Employment + MoEFCC
▪️ Shri Bhupendra Singh Yadav
▪️ Constituency : RSMP - Rajasthan

✍Credit : Arvιnd Kυмar ⛥

❇️ 2nd May

🐟World Tuna Day
विश्व टूना दिवस

Theme24: "Not Published Yet"

Theme 2023 : ”The Global Tuna Industry: Trailblazing through Tough Times”

🟢 World Tuna Day is observed every year on 02 May all across the world since 2017.

🟢 United Nations established this day to raise awareness about the significance of tuna and tuna-like species.

💠 Fact :
▪️ Warm Blooded
▪️ Group of fish : Shoal
▪️Pisces have fins, which help them navigate through water.
▪️Pisces are exclusively aquatic organisms
▪️Pisces can be viviparous (giving birth to live young) or oviparous (laying eggs).

💠 PYQ'S
🔹 A healthy freshwater fish is placed in salt water. The expected consequence of this would be that
➖ The fish becomes dehydrated and dies

🔹Fish : Gills : : Human : ? ( lungs )

🔹Which is true fish?
➖Dog fish

💠2 May : Free Comic Book Day

🇺🇳 UNITED NATIONS (UN)
▪️Founded - 24 OCT, 1945
▪️HQ - New York, US
▪️S.G - Antonio Guterres (Portugal)
▪️MC - 193

✍Credit : Arvιnd Kυмar ⛥

✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 02.05.2024


1. PREPOSTEROUS (ADJECTIVE): (निरर्थक): absurd
Synonyms: ridiculous, foolish
Antonyms: reasonable
Example Sentence:He gave me a preposterous suggestion.


2. BARE (ADJECTIVE): (मात्र): mere
Synonyms: no better than, simple
Antonyms: comfortable
Example Sentence:All you need to get started with this program is a bare 10k bytes of memory.


3. MEAGRE (ADJECTIVE): (पतला): thin
Synonyms: thin as a rake, lean
Antonyms: fat
Example Sentence:He is a tall, meagre man.


4. FLAG (VERB): (थकाना): tire
Synonyms: weaken, falter
Antonyms: revive
Example Sentence:If you begin to flag, there is an excellent cafe to revive you.


5. PRUDENT (ADJECTIVE): (विवेकी): wise
Synonyms: well judged, judicious
Antonyms: unwise
Example Sentence:She agreed it had been prudent to warn her.


6. REPRIEVE (VERB): (दण्डविराम करना): pardon
Synonyms: spare, acquit
Antonyms: charge
Example Sentence:Under the new regime, prisoners under sentence of death were reprieved.


7. UTILITARIAN (ADJECTIVE): (उपयोगी): practical
Synonyms: functional, serviceable
Antonyms: decorative
Example Sentence:I went inside a utilitarian building.


8. CREDIBILITY (NOUN): (विश्वसनीयता): plausibility
Synonyms: believability acceptability
Antonyms: implausibility
Example Sentence:The book's anecdotes have scant regard for credibility.


9. MALIGN (VERB): (नुकसान पहुंचाना): defame
Synonyms: slander libel
Antonyms: praise
Example Sentence:He is trying to malign her in even in my presence.


10. AVERSION (NOUN): (घृणा): disinclination
Synonyms: abhorrence, hatred
Antonyms: liking
Example Sentence:They made plain their aversion to the use of force.

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◼️ABOUT ELECTRIC MOBILITY PROMOTION SCHEME (EMPS)2024

🔹Commenced on:- 1st April, 2024

🔹Duration:- 1April to 31,July 2024(4 months)

🔹Under:- Ministry of Heavy Industries

🔹Replaces :- FAME-II(Faster Adoption & Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles in India) programme

🔹Outlay:- 500 crore

🔹It is for faster adoption of electric two-wheeler (e-2W) and three-wheeler (e-3W) to provide further impetus to the green mobility and development of electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing eco-system in the country.

🔹The Scheme aims to support 3,72,215 EVs including e-2W (3,33,387) and e-3W (38,828 including 13,590 rickshaws & e-carts and 25,238 e-3W in L5 category).

🔹Under the scheme, electric 2- wheelers will be provided a financial support measure of ₹10,000 per vehicle to support around 3.3 lakh 2-wheelers.

🔹Similarly,support of up to Rs 25,000 will be given for the purchase of small three-wheelers (e-rickshaw and e-carts).More than 41,000 such vehicles will be provided incentives under the scheme

🔹MHI is also offering financial support of Rs 50,000 on the purchase of a large-cateogry electric three-wheelers.

🔹The subsidy for the electric two-wheelers is set at Rs 5,000/kWh of battery capacity with an upper cap of 15 percent of the ex-factory price of the vehicle.

🔹Ministry signed MoU with IIT Roorkee to work together to encourage innovation and advance the automotive and electric vehicle sector.

🔷Some of the main criterias to be considered under EMPS 2024 are:-
🔸The electric two-wheelers need to be manufactured in India
🔸Ev makers need to have local manufacturing and assembly plants for parts like DC-DC converter, batteries, motors, instrument console and more
🔸The minimum vehicle warranty:-
e2W- 3 years or 20,000 km run , whichever is earlier
e3W e-rickshaw - 3 years or 40,000 km run, whichever is earlier
e3W(L5)- 3 years or 80,000 km run ,whichever is earlier

🔶Recent News:-

🔹The Ministry of Heavy Industries has approved 11 electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers, including Ather Energy, Bajaj Auto, Hero MotoCorp, Ola Electric, and Mahindra, to receive incentives under this scheme.

🔹To manage the increasing demand and lessen the burden on EV manufacturers the government has reduced the maximum subsidy cap.For electric two-wheelers (e2W), the cap is now Rs 10,000 per vehicle, down from Rs 22,500, and for electric three-wheelers (e3W), it is Rs 50,000, reduced from Rs 111,505. Both categories will recieve incentives of Rs.5,000 per kilowatt-hour (kWh)

❇️ 5th May

🤱🏻International Day of the Midwives
मध्याह्न का अंतर्राष्ट्रीय दिवस

Theme24 : "Midwives: A Vital Climate Solution"

🤱🏻 The aim of IDM is to inform people about the crucial role that midwives play in reducing maternal and neonatal mortality and morbidity, since their role in healthcare is often undermined and underappreciated.

👩🏻‍🍼It was first celebrated May 7th 1991, and has since been observed in over 50 nations around the world.

👩‍⚕2020 : International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife
▪️By : WHO

👩‍⚕ANM : Auxiliary Nurse Midwife

NOTE :
💠 12 May : International Nurses Day 
Theme 2024 : “Nurses: A Voice to Lead – Invest in Nursing and Respect Rights to Secure Global Health"

🏢 International Confederation of Midwives
President: Franka Cadee
Headquarters: Hague, Netherlands.

✍Credit : Arvιnd Kυмar ✪

◾️ CPI & WPI 2024 :-

#UPDATED_13th_April_2024.

🔥 Consumer Price Index (CPI) is released by the National Statistics Office (NSO) of the Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation.

✔️Consumer Price Index (CPI) :-
♦️April :
♦️March : 4.85%
♦️February : 5.09%
♦️January : 5.10%

🔛 India’s retail inflation rate eased to a #10_month_low in March 2024.

🔥 Wholesale Price Index (WPI) is published by the Office of Economic Advisor (Ministry of Commerce & Industry).

✔️Wholesale Price Index (WPI) :-
♦️April :
♦️March : Soon.
♦️February : 0.20%
♦️January : 0.27%.

🔛 The month over month change in WPI index for the month of February, 2024 stood at 0.07% as compared to January, 2024.

➰ WPI Base Year 2011-12.

❇️ 6th May

🍲 International No Diet Day
अंतराष्ट्रीय नो डाइट डे

🥗 The International No Diet Day, as the name suggests is the day on which one does not diet as all, and gets to eat to their hearts' will.

🥘The International No Diet Day celebration is done on a humongous scale across the globe on May 6 each year. It is a day on which every person accepts hid or her body type with utmost pride. 

🔴 Important News

🍱 AAHAR 2022: Asia’s Biggest International Food And Hospitality Fair

🍱 Odisha And The United Nations World Food Programme To Bolster Food Security Of Small Farmers

🍱 NITI Aayog Tie-Up With UN WFP To Diversify Food Basket

🍱 Piyush Goyal Launched India’s 1st Digital Food Museum In Tamil Nadu

🍱 India Ranks 68th On 2022 Global Food Security Index

🍱 Eric Yirenkyi Danquah Awarded “AFRICA FOOD PRIZE 2022”

✍Credit : Arvιnd Kυмar ✪

❇️ 7 May

♦️ World Athletics Day
विश्व एथलेटिक्स दिवस

🔷 विश्व एथलेटिक्स दिवस पहली बार 1996 में मनाया गया था।

🔷 विश्व एथलेटिक्स दिवस IAAF द्वारा आयोजित किया जाता है।

💠World athletics: Head of Global Development : LAURENT BOQUILLET

♦️WORLD ATHLETICS
🔹Founded : 1912
🔹HQ : Monaco
🔹President : Sebastian Coe

♦️World Athletics Championships
🔸2019 : Doha ,Qatar
🔸2022 : Eugene,USA
🔸2023 : Budapest,Hungary

   ✍Credit : Arvιnd Kυмar ✪

✅Top 5 Largest National Parks in India

1️⃣ Hemis National Park
- Area: 4400 sq km
- State: Ladakh

2️⃣ Desert National Park
- Area: 3162 sq km
- State: Rajasthan

3️⃣ Simlipal National Park
- Area: 2750 sq km
- State: Odisha

4️⃣ Gangotri National Park
- Area: 2390 sq km
- State: Uttarakhand

5️⃣ Namdapha National Park
- Area: 1985.23 sq km
- State: Arunachal Pradesh

☀States Imp. Information

💠Rajasthan:-
Governor - Kalraj Mishra
- Amber Palace
- Hawa Mahal
- Fatehgarh
- Nokh Solar Park
- Ranthambore National Park
- City Palace
- Keoladeo Ghana National Park

💠Gujarat:
-CM-Bhupendra Patel
- Governor - Acharya Devvrat
- Nageshwar Temple
- Somnath Temple
- Marine (Gulf of Kutch) WLS
- Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary
- Kakrapar Atomic Power Plant
- Narayan Sarovar Wildlife Sanctuary
- Sardar Sarovar Hydro Electric Power Plant
- Porbandar Lake Wildlife Sanctuary

💠Odisha
-CM - Naveen Patnaik
- Simlipal Tiger Reserve
- Satkosia Tiger Reserve
- Bhitarkanika Mangrove
- Nalabana Bird Sanctuary
- Tikarpara Wildlife Sanctuary
- Chilika Wildlife Sanctuary, Puri
- Sunabeda Wildlife Sanctuary

💠Telangana :-
- CM - Anumula Revanth Reddy
- KBR National Park
- Amrabad Tiger Reserve
- Kawal Tiger Reserve
- Pakhal Lake and Wildlife Sanctuary
- Pocharam Dam and Wildlife Sanctuary
- Mahavir Harina Vanasthali National Park
- Man Ooru Man Badi Program
- Palle Pragathi and Pattan Pragathi Yojana
- Bathukamma Sari Yojana

💠Arunachal Pradesh :-
- CM :- Pema Khandu
- Governor :- Lt. Gen Kaivalya Trivikram Parnayak
- Namdapha Tiger Reserve
- Kamlang Tiger Reserve
- Mouling National Park

💠Bihar
-Chief Minister - Nitish Kumar -
-Governor - Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar
- Mangala Gauri Temple
- Mithila Shakti Peeth Temple
- Valmiki National Park

💠 Haryana
- Capital – Chandigarh
- Chief Minister – Nayab Singh Saini - (replace Manohar Lal Khattar)
- Governor – Bandaru Dattatreya
- Legislative Assembly Seats- 90

💠Jammu & Kashmir
-AnimalHangul (Cervus elaphus hanglu)
-State Bird -Black-necked crane (Grus nigricollis)
-State Flower - Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera)
-State Tree -Chinar tree (Platanus orientalis)

💠Karnataka
-State Animal - Asian elephant
-State Bird - Indian roller[
-State Flower - Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera)
-State Tree - Sandalwood (Santalum album)

💠Kerala
-State Animal - Indian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus)
-State Bird - Great hornbill (Buceros bicornis)
-State Flower - Kanikonna (Cassia fistula)
-State Tree - Coconut tree (Cocos nucifera

💠Madhya Pradesh
-State Animal - Barasingha (Rucervus duvaucelii)
-State Bird - Indian paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi)
State Flower Madonna lily (Lilium candidum)
-State Tree -  Banyan tree

💠Maharashtra
-State Animal - Indian giant squirrel (Ratufa indica)
-State Bird - Yellow-footed green pigeon (Treron phoenicoptera)
-State Flower - Pride of India (Lagerstroemia speciosa)
-State Tree - Mango (Mangifera indica)

💠Manipur
- Animal -Sangai (Rucervus eldii eldii)State   
-Bird - Nongyeen (Syrmaticus humiae)
-State Flower - Siroi lily (Lilium mackliniae)State TreeUningthou (Phoebe hainesiana)

💠Uttarakhand
-Capital – Dehradun (Winter), Gairsain (Summer)
-Chief Minister – Pushkar Singh Dhami
-Governor – Gurmit Singh

🧰 8th May

🔴 World Red Cross
विश्व रेड क्रॉस दिवस

Theme 2024 : "I give with joy, and the joy I give is a reward"

❣ Red Cross Day was adopted on May 08, 1948 and it was officially declared as World Red Cross (or Red Crescent Day).

❣ First Red Cross Day was celebrated in 1948.

❣ This date is the anniversary of the birth of Henry Dunant, who was born on 8 May 1828.

❣ He was the founder of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the recipient of the first Nobel Peace Prize.

❣ International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

🔶Danish Red Cross Launched the World’s First Volcano Cat Bond

🏢 ICRC : International Committee for Red Cross
🔻 Formation : 1863
🔻 HQ : Geneva, Switzerland
🔻 D.G : Yves Daccord
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❇️ 8th May

🩸 World Thalassemia Day
विश्व थैलेसीमिया दिवस

Theme 2023 : "'Be aware. Share. Care.'

An inherited blood disorder that causes your body to have less hemoglobin than normal.

✍Credit : Arvιnd Kυмar ✪