🟢 WOMEN'S IN NEWS

🔷 Purnima Devi Barman Named In TIME’s Women Of The Year List

🔶 “Imagine A World With More Women In Science” Campaign Launched By UNESCO

🔷 Odisha Warriors Win First Women’s Hockey India League Title

🔶 Australia Clinches ICC Women’s Championship Trophy

🔷 Melie Kerr Clinches ICC Women’s Player Of The Year Award

🔶 Smriti Mandhana Named ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer Of The Year 2024

🔷 Madison Keys Wins Australian Open 2025 Women’s Champion

🔶 Empowering Women Entrepreneurs: ‘Faral Sakhi’ Initiative Launched In Mira Bhayandar

🔷 Nirmala Sitharaman, Roshni Nadar Malhotra, and Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Indians In Forbes’ 2024 Power Women List

🔶 Uber Unveils ‘Moto Women’ Bike Taxis For Women In Bengaluru

🔷 PM Modi Launches LIC’s Bima Sakhi Yojana For Women Empowerment

🔶 Mithali Raj Appointed Mentor For ACA Women’s Cricket Operations

🔷 MHA Greenlights CISF’s First All-Women Unit

🔶 New Bike Taxi Service By Delhi Metro Includes Women-Driven Rides

🔷 Finance Minister Launches Union Bank’s Nari Shakti Branches To Empower Women Entrepreneurs

🔶 Andhra Pradesh CM Launches Deepam 2.0 Scheme For Women

🔷 Indian Women’s Hockey Legend, Rani Rampal Announces Retirement

🔶 Madhya Pradesh Introduces ‘Pink Alarms’ For Enhanced Women’s Safety At Datia Hospital

🔷 Railways Triumph Over Indian Oil To Clinch Women’s Hockey Title

🏆 97th Academy Awards, The Oscar-2025:

- Best Picture: "Anora"
- Best Actor: Adrien Brody, ("The Brutalist")
- Best Actress: Mikey Madison, ("Anora")
- Best Director: Sean Baker, ("Anora")
- Best Supporting Actor: Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain)
- Best Supporting Actress: Zoe Saldana (Emilia Pérez)
- Best Cinematography: "The Brutalist"
- Best Song: "El Mal" from "Barbie"
- Best Animated Feature Film: "Flow"
- Best International Feature Film: Brazilian Film ("I'm Still Here")

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🛖 SOME IMPORTANT CAVES IN INDIA

• Elephanta caves - Maharashtra
• Borra caves - Vishakhapatnam
• Undavali caves - Andhra Pradesh
• Varaha caves - Tamil Nadu
• Mawsmai caves - Meghalaya
• Jogimara caves - Chhattisgarh
• Bagh caves - Madhya Pradesh
• Dungeshwari caves - Bihar
• Tabo caves - Himachal Pradesh
• Khandagiri caves - Odisha
• Pataleshwar caves - Pune
• Trichi caves - Madurai
• Koteshwar caves - Uttarakhand
• Barabar caves - Bihar
• Kutumsar caves - Chhattisgarh
• Udayagiri caves - Odisha
• Badami caves - Karnataka
• Bhimbetka caves - Madhya Pradesh
• Ajanta Ellora caves - Maharashtra
• Krem Liat Prah - Meghalaya (longest natural caves in India)

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🟢 SYMBOLS OF INDIAN STATES AND TERRITORIES

🔵 Andhra Pradesh:
- State Animal: Blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra)
- State Bird: Rose ring parakeet (Psittacula krameri)
- State Flower: Jasmine (Jasminum officinale)
- State Tree: Neem (Azadirachta indica)

🔵 Arunachal Pradesh:
- State Animal: Mithun (Bos frontalis)
- State Bird: Hornbill (Buceros bicornis)
- State Flower: Foxtail orchid (Rhynchostylis retusa)
- State Tree: Hollong (Dipterocarpus macrocarpus)

🔵 Assam:
- State Animal: Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis)
- State Bird: White-winged duck (Asarcornis scutulata)
- State Flower: Foxtail orchid (Rhynchostylis retusa)
- State Tree: Hollong (Dipterocarpus macrocarpus)

🔵 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:
- State Animal: Sangai (Rucervus eldii eldii)
- State Bird: Nongyeen (Syrmaticus humiae)
- State Flower: Siroi lily (Lilium mackliniae)
- State Tree: Uningthou (Phoebe hainesiana)

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🟢 SYMBOLS OF INDIAN STATES AND TERRITORIES

🔵 Jammu & Kashmir:
- State Animal: Hangul (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

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🏆 ICC CHAMPIONS TROPHY 2025 🏆

- Host: Pakistan 🇵🇰
- Final Venue: Dubai, UAE 🇦🇪

🎖 Champions: India 🇮🇳 (3rd Title)
- Runners-up: New Zealand 🇳🇿
- Final Match Date: March 9, 2025
- Final Score: India 254/6 (49 overs) defeated New Zealand 251/7 (50 overs) by 4 wickets

🎖 Notable Awards:
- Player of the Series: Rachin Ravindra (New Zealand 🇳🇿)
- Most Runs: Rachin Ravindra (New Zealand 🇳🇿) - 263 Runs
- Most Wickets: Matt Henry (New Zealand 🇳🇿) - 10 Wickets

🎖 Key Highlights:
- India 🇮🇳 clinched their third ICC Champions Trophy title.
- The final match held in Dubai witnessed a thrilling competition.
- Rachin Ravindra from New Zealand 🇳🇿 emerged as a standout player with significant contributions in both batting & overall performance.
- Matt Henry's exceptional bowling performance for New Zealand 🇳🇿 secured him the title of the highest wicket-taker of the series.
- Rohit Sharma of India scored 76 runs in 83 balls & was named the Player of the Match.

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❇️ 11 MARCH

🫁 World Kidney Day
विश्व किडनी दिवस

Theme25: "Are Your Kidneys OK? Detect Early, Protect Kidney Health"

🧬 World Kidney day is celebrated on the second Thursday of March every year. This year, it is being observed on March 10.

🟢FACTS ABOUT KIDNEYS
▪️Humans have two kidneys, located on either side of the spine, just below the rib cage.
▪️Bean-shaped organs, about 10-12 cm in length and 150 grams in weight (each).
▪️Kidneys help in blood filtration, removing waste, maintaining water balance, and regulating electrolytes.
▪️The functional unit of the kidney is the nephron (about 1 million nephrons per kidney).
▪️Kidneys comprise a pair of kidneys, a pair of ureters, a urinary bladder, and a urethra
▪️Kidney stones: calcium oxalate, uric acid, struvite, and cystine

🟢NEWS
🔷Haryana CM Saini Fulfills First Poll Promise: Free Dialysis For Kidney Patients

🔶Pioneering Pig Kidney Transplant Recipient Richard Slayman Passes Away

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🟢25TH IIFA AWARDS 2025
(International Indian Film Academy Awards)
Event: March 8-9, 2025, Jaipur, India

Best Film: Laapataa Ladies
Best Actor: Kartik Aaryan (Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3)
Best Actress: Nitanshi Goyal (Laapataa Ladies)
Best Supporting Actor: Ravi Kishan (Laapataa Ladies)
Best Supporting Actress: Janki Bodiwala (Shaitan)
Best Director: Kiran Rao (Laapataa Ladies)

💠 OTHER AWARDS
Best Music Director: Ram Sampath (Laapataa Ladies)
Best Lyricist: Prashant Pandey ("Sajni", Laapataa Ladies)
Best Male Playback Singer: Jubin Nautiyal ("Dua", Anuchchhed 370)
Best Female Playback Singer: Shreya Ghoshal ("Ami Je Tomar 3.0", Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3)

💠 SPECIAL AWARDS
Best Performance in a Negative Role: Raghav Juyal (Kill)
Best Directorial Debut: Kunal Khemu (Madgaon Express)
Outstanding Achievement in Indian Cinema: Rakesh Roshan

▪️Aamir Khan Productions - Laapataa Ladies

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❇️ 13 March

🚬 No Smoking Day
धूम्रपान निषेध दिवस

Theme25: "Quit and Win"

🚬 To spread awareness about the harmful effects of smoking. It encourages people to quit smoking and promotes the importance of a smoke-free environment.

🚬The first No Smoking Day was celebrated on Ash Wednesday in 1984 in the United Kingdom.

🚬 It is now observed on the second Wednesday of March every year.

🟢 NEWS
🔶Amitav Ghosh’s Non-Fiction Book ‘Smoke And Ashes’

🔷Himachal Pradesh Became 1st LPG Enabled & Smoke Free State Of The Country

🔶Bharat Petroleum Launches Low Smoke Superior Kerosene Oil For The Indian Army

🟢 PYQ's
▪️SMOG is a combination of Smoke and Fog
▪️Photochemical smog is a resultant of the reaction among NO2, O3 & peroxyacetyl nitrate in the presence of sunlight [UPSC Prelims 2013]

🏢WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION (WHO)
Founded: 7 April, 1948
HQ: Gevena, Switzerland
D.G: Tedros Adhanom
MC: 194

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✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary 13 March 2025

1. REPREHENSIBLE (ADJECTIVE): (खेदजनक)

Meaning: Deplorable
Synonyms: Disgraceful, Discreditable
Antonyms: Creditable
Example Sentence: His complacency and reprehensible laxity.

2. DESCEND (VERB): (उतरना)

Meaning: Drop
Synonyms: Go down, Come down
Antonyms: Ascend
Example Sentence: The aircraft began to descend.

3. CONSIDERABLE (ADJECTIVE): (ध्यान देने लायक़)

Meaning: Distinguished
Synonyms: Noteworthy, Noted
Antonyms: Insignificant
Example Sentence: Snow was a limited, but still considerable, novelist.

4. VEX (VERB): (खीझाना)

Meaning: Annoy
Synonyms: Irritate, Infuriate
Antonyms: Mollify
Example Sentence: The memory of the conversation still vexed him.

5. TANGIBLE (ADJECTIVE): (वास्तविक)

Meaning: Real
Synonyms: Actual, Solid
Antonyms: Abstract
Example Sentence: The emphasis is now on tangible results.

6. CONFER (VERB): (प्रदान करना)

Meaning: Bestow on
Synonyms: Present with/to, Grant to
Antonyms: Withhold
Example Sentence: The Minister may have exceeded the powers conferred on him by Parliament.

7. EFFICACIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (प्रभावोत्पादक)

Meaning: Effective
Synonyms: Successful, Effectual
Antonyms: Inefficacious
Example Sentence: The treatment was efficacious in some cases.

8. HUMILIATE (VERB): (अपमानित करना)

Meaning: Embarrass
Synonyms: Mortify, Humble
Antonyms: Aggrandize
Example Sentence: You'll humiliate me in front of the whole school!

9. UNBRIDLED (ADJECTIVE): (निरंकुश)

Meaning: Unrestrained
Synonyms: Unconstrained, Uncontrolled
Antonyms: Restrained
Example Sentence: He had a moment of unbridled ambition.

10. SHED (VERB): (बरखास्त करना)

Meaning: Dismiss
Synonyms: Let go, Discharge
Antonyms: Hire
Example Sentence: Many firms use relocation as an opportunity to shed jobs.

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❇️ 15 March

🛍 World Consumer Rights Day
विश्व उपभोक्ता अधिकार दिवस

Theme25 : "A Just Transition to Sustainable Lifestyles"

🛍 The day is marked for raising global awareness about consumer rights and needs so as to enable the consumer to fight against social injustices.

🛍On July 20th, 2020, the new Consumer Protection Act, 2019 came into force in India, replacing the previous enactment of 1986. The new Act overhauls the administration and settlement of consumer disputes in India.

🛍 The 7 R refers to replace, rethink, refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle, and repair.

🔷Centre Launches EMaap Portal For Fair Trade And Consumer Protection

🔶AI-Enabled National Consumer Helpline (NCH) Revolutionizing Consumer Grievance Redressal

Note : 24 December : National Consumer Day

🏢 Ministry of Consumer Affairs , Food & Public Distribution
▪️Shri Pralhad Joshi
▪️Constituency : Dharwad, Karnataka

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🧰 INDIA'S AND ASIA'S FIRST

- India’s first ‘Coal to Methanol’ pilot plant: Hydrabad, Telangana

- Asia’s biggest Bio-Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) plant: Indore, Madhya Pradesh

- India’s 1st commercial biomass-based hydrogen plant: Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh

- India’s maiden project of mixing hydrogen into the natural gas system: Indore, Madhya Pradesh

🧰Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO)

- Founded – 1 January 1958
Headquarters – New Delhi
- Motto – “Strength’s Origin is in Knowledge”
- Chairman – Samir V Kamat

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❇️16 March

💉National Vaccination Day & National Immunization Day
राष्ट्रीय टीकाकरण दिवस एवं राष्ट्रीय प्रतिरक्षण दिवस

Theme25: "Vaccines for All: Ensuring a Healthier Future”

💉 This day was first observed in 1995 when India launched the Pulse Polio Programme and administered the first dose of oral polio vaccine.

💉 According to the World Health Organization (WHO), even today, nearly 20 million children worldwide remain unvaccinated.

💉 National Vaccination Day is observed in recognition of India's Pulse Polio Programme, a remarkable initiative to eradicate polio from the country.

💉 In 2014, WHO declared India a polio-free nation.

💉 Edward Jenner discovered vaccine for smallpox.

🟢 NEWS
🔷Uttar Pradesh Adopts Digital Monitoring For Routine Child Vaccination Through RISE App

🏢 Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
Minister : Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda
Constituency: Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh

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🟢About International Narcotics Control Board (INCB)

-INCB was set up in 1968 by the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961.
-State Headquarters – Vienna, Austria
-INCB has 13 members elected by the Economic and Social Council for a period of five years.
-10 members are elected from a list of government nominees.
-The other 3 members are experts in medical, pharmacological, or -pharmaceutical experience from a list nominated by WHO.
-INCB basically cooperates with the world governments to ensure that adequate supplies of drugs are available for medical and scientific uses.

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PM मोदी ने मॉरीशस के राष्ट्रपति Gokhool को बिहार का मखाना भेंट किया

• मखाना (Fox Nut / Lotus Seeds): बिहार का प्रमुख उत्पाद, सुपरफूड माना जाता है।

• स्वास्थ्य लाभ: प्रोटीन और एंटीऑक्सीडेंट से भरपूर, हृदय स्वास्थ्य, वजन प्रबंधन, डायबिटीज नियंत्रण में सहायक।

• उत्पादन: भारत में कुल उत्पादन का 90% से अधिक बिहार (मुख्यतः मिथिला और सीमांचल क्षेत्र) में होता है।

• GI टैग: बिहार के मखाने को 2022 में GI टैग मिला, जिससे इसकी वैश्विक पहचान बढ़ी।

✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary 17 March 2025

1. RELEGATE (VERB): (नीचा दिखाना): downgrade
Synonyms: lower, put down
Antonyms: upgrade
Example Sentence: They aim to prevent women from being relegated to a secondary role.
2. PERFUNCTORY (ADJECTIVE): (बेपरवाह): cursory
Synonyms: desultory, quick
Antonyms: careful
Example Sentence: He did nothing and just kept on giving a perfunctory nod.
3. INVOKE (VERB): (आह्वान करना): cite
Synonyms: adduce, instance
Antonyms: waive
Example Sentence: The antiquated defence of insanity is rarely invoked in England.
4. EXTREMISM (NOUN): (अतिवाद): fanaticism
Synonyms: radicalism, zealotry
Antonyms: moderation
Example Sentence: The dangers of racist extremism are present everywhere.
5. ARBITRARY (ADJECTIVE): (बेतरतीब): capricious
Synonyms: whimsical, random
Antonyms: rational
Example Sentence: He just ends up taking arbitrary decisions.
6. QUESTIONABLE (ADJECTIVE): (शंकास्पद): controversial
Synonyms: contentious, doubt
Antonyms: certain
Example Sentence: It is questionable whether any of these exceptions is genuine.
7. EXUBERANCE (NOUN): (उत्साह): ebullience
Synonyms: buoyancy, cheerfulness
Antonyms: gloom
Example Sentence: He has a sense of youthful exuberance.
8. CHOPPY (ADJECTIVE): (अशांत): rough
Synonyms: turbulent, heavy
Antonyms: calm
Example Sentence: Sea conditions are often very choppy.
9. DISTORT (VERB): (बिगाड़ना): twist
Synonyms: misrepresent, pervert
Antonyms: accurate
Example Sentence: Many facts in the newspaper were distorted.
10. RESOLUTE (ADJECTIVE): (दृढ़): determined
Synonyms: purposeful, purposive
Antonyms: irresolute
Example Sentence: She was resolute and unswerving.

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🟢Telangana

-Established – 2 June 2014
-Capital – Hyderabad
-Chief Minister – Revanth Reddy (replace K. Chandrashekar Rao)
-Deputy CM – Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka
-Governor – P. Radhakrishnan (replace Tamilisai Soundararajan)
-Speaker of Telangana Assembly – Gaddam Prasad Kumar
-Legislative Assembly Seats – 119

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❇️ 18 March

⚔ Ordinance Factories' Day
आयुध कारखानों का दिवस

Theme25 : "Not Decided Yet".

🛡Celebrated by displaying the rifles, guns, artillery, ammunition etc in exhibitions all over India. The celebrations start with a parade and the exhibition will also display the photographs of various mountaineering expeditions.

🛡The production of India’s oldest Ordnance Factory, which is at Cossipore of Kolkata, was started in 18th of March, 1802.

🛡OFB is the 37th largest defence equipment manufacturer in the world, 2nd largest in Asia.

🛡OFB is referred to as the “Fourth Arm of Defence” and the “Force Behind the Armed Forces” of India.

🛡OFB is functioning under the Department of Defence Production of Ministry of Defence.

🛡Director-General & & Chairman of Ordnance Factories:
C S Vishwakarma
Headquarters of Ordnance Factory Board: Kolkata, West Bengal.

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🕊 Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
- Born: 17th March 1920, Tungipara, Bengal Presidency, British India
- Nickname: Father of the Nation of Bangladesh, Bangabandhu (Friend of Bengal)
- Political Affiliation: Awami League (AL)
- Death: 15th August 1975

🔶 Notable Works & Contributions
- Played a key role in the Language Movement of 1952.
- Led the Six-Point Movement (1966), demanding autonomy for East Pakistan.
- Delivered the historic 7th March 1971 speech, inspiring the Liberation War.
- Became the 1st Prime Minister of Bangladesh in 1971.

🔶 Role in Bangladesh Liberation
- Led Bangladesh’s struggle for independence from Pakistan.
- Arrested during Operation Searchlight (March 1971) and imprisoned in West Pakistan.
- After victory in the Bangladesh Liberation War (December 1971), he returned as the leader of the new nation.

🟢 Past Years’ Questions (PYQs)
1. Father of Bangladesh: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
2. Founded Awami League in 1949 to represent Bengali interests.
3. Declared Bangladesh’s independence on 26th March 1971.
4. Became the 1st President & later Prime Minister of Bangladesh.
5. Assassinated in 1975, along with most of his family.

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