Indian Astronauts selected to go to Space as part of the Gaganyaan Mission are :-

1. Group Captain Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair
2. Group Captain Ajit Krishnan
3. Group Captain Angad Pratap
4. Wing Commander Shubhanshu Shukla

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National Science Day

Theme 2024 is "𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐕𝐢𝐤𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭"

National Science Day is celebrated in India on February 28 each year to mark the discovery of the "Raman effect" by Indian physicist Sir C. V. Raman on 28 February 1928.

After two years in 1930, he got the Nobel Prize for this remarkable discovery, and this was the First Nobel Prize for India in the field of science. To mark the discovery of his famous phenomenon, National Science Day is celebrated in India on this day each year.

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First Indigenous Green Hydrogen Fuel Boat

PM Narendra Modi launches India's First Indigenous Green Hydrogen Fuel Cell Inland Waterway Vessel under Harit Nauka initiative. The vessel is crafted by the Cochin Shipyard, the Hydrogen Fuel cell ferry Boat is designed to navigate in the waters of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.

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First Green Hydrogen Hub

Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said that the VOC Port at Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu will become India's First Green Hydrogen Hub as it will develop an ecosystem of green ports and also emerge as a transshipment hub.

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Green Hydrogen In News

• NTPC Green Energy signs land lease agreement with Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation for setting up India's Largest Green Hydrogen Plant. Integrated Green Hydrogen Hub to come up in Atchutapuram Mandal, Visakhapatnam.

• Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said that the VOC Port at Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu will become India's First Green Hydrogen Hub as it will develop an ecosystem of green ports and also emerge as a transshipment hub.

• PM Narendra Modi launches India's First Indigenous Green Hydrogen Fuel Cell Inland Waterway Vessel under Harit Nauka initiative. The vessel is crafted by the Cochin Shipyard, the Hydrogen Fuel Cell Ferry Boat is designed to navigate in the waters of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.

• Union Minister Hardeep S Puri flags-off First Green Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus from Kartavya Path, New Delhi.

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• Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowships (Akademi Ratna) & Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards (Akademi Puraskar) for the Years 2022 & 2023

• Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar for the years 2022 & 2023

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Reliance + Disney Announce Media Assets Merger

Percentage Split
Reliance - 16.34%
Viacom18 - 46.82%
Disney - 36.84%

Chairperson - Mrs. Nita Ambani

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World's First Vedic Clock

Prime Minister Narendra Modi to virtually inaugurate the World's First Vedic Clock in Ujjain , MP on March 1.

This is going to be First Digital Watch to not only display Indian Standard Time (IST) and Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) but also provide information about Panchang, 30 Muhurats, and indicate the occurrence of solar and lunar eclipses.

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Shri Bhupender Yadav releases report on Status of Leopards in India

• With an 8% surge, the count stands at 13,874 in 2022, up from 12,852 in 2018.

• Madhya Pradesh houses the Largest Population of Leopards in the country - 3907

• Tiger Reserve or site with Highest Leopard Population is Nagarajunasagar Srisailam (Andhra Pradesh)

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In Addition to,

On 30th Jan 2024, Snow leopard Population stand in India at 718 , majority roaming Ladakh (477).

Project Snow Leopard - 2009

DRDO conducts successful flight test of Very Short-Range Air Defence System, "VSHORADS Missile" from a ground based portable launcher off the coast of Odisha from Integrated Test Range in Chandipur.

VSHORADS is a Man Portable Air Defence System (MANPAD) designed and developed indigenously by Research Centre Imarat (RCI) in collaboration with other DRDO laboratories and Indian Industry Partners.

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Imp Years (PYQs) to Remember

(Economics)

1935 - 1st April , RBI was Established.
1948 - Minimum Wages Act Introduced.
1949 - RBI was Nationalised.
1949 - Banking Regulation Act was Passed.
1950 - Planning Commission was Setup.
1952 - National Development Council was Setup.
1956 - Khadi & Village Industries Commission Act was Passed.
1976 - Regional Rural Banks Act was Passed.
1982 - NABARD was Established.
1986 - Consumer Protection Act Enacted.
2005 - MGNREGA was Passed.
2015 - NITI Aayog was established.

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Printing of Securities & Minting In India

• Indian Security Press (1922) - Nashik
• Security Printing Press (Estd. 1982) - Hyderabad
• Currency Notes Press (1928) - Nashik
• Bank Notes Press (1974) - Dewas
• Security Paper Mill (Estd. 1967-68) - Hoshangabad

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Important Days & Theme (February 2024)

2 Feb - World Wetlands Day
Theme 2024 - "Wetlands and Human Wellbeing"

4 Feb - World Cancer Day
Theme 2024 - "Close the Care Gap: Everyone Deserves Access To Cancer Care”

10 Feb - World Pulses Day
Theme 2024 - "Pulses: Nourishing Soils and People"

28 Feb - National Science Day
Theme 2024 - "Indigenous Technologies for Viksit Bharat"

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Cuttack's exquisite "SilverFiligree" earns the Geographical Indication Tag.

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