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India today ranks as the world’s third-largest startup ecosystem, second globally in AI skill penetration and among the leading nations in cloud infrastructure adoption.

The foundation for this growth has been built through sustained reforms and digital transformation.

India's electronics exports have risen from $6.3 billion in FY2014-15 to $48 billion in FY2024-25.

Supported by the PLI scheme, which has attracted over ₹17,000 crore in investments, the sector is becoming a key pillar of India's manufacturing story.

A significant turnaround in India’s development story as nearly 25 Crore citizens break free from multidimensional poverty, sending the nation's poverty curve downward.

After a 9-year gap, 15 captive-bred pygmy hogs were reintroduced into the Kuribeel grasslands of Manas National Park under the Pygmy Hog Conservation Programme (PHCP)

Pygmy Hog (Porcula salvania): World’s smallest and rarest wild pig; endemic to Assam grasslands and listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List.

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Cockroaches acts as decomposes—> nutrient recycling

Lobster blood is colourless, but turns blue when exposed to oxygen due to the copper-containing respiratory pigment hemocyanin.

NIIF IFL–NABARD Partnership
• NIIF Infrastructure Finance Ltd. (NIIF IFL) and NABARD signed an MoU to finance green and rural infrastructure projects.
• Focus sectors: renewable energy, green logistics, green data centres, e-waste management, water treatment, sewage treatment, and green warehouses.,

NABARD
• Established: 12 July 1982
• Act: NABARD Act, 1981
• Recommendation: B. Sivaraman Committee
• HQ: Mumbai

NIIF
• Established: 2015
• Type: Government-backed quasi-sovereign wealth fund
• Administrative Ministry: Ministry of Finance

NIIF IFL
• Full Form: NIIF Infrastructure Finance Ltd.
• Role: Infrastructure debt financing and refinancing platform of NIIF

Bihar Language Academies
• Bihar to establish two new language academies: Bajjika Academy and Surjapuri Academy.
• Number of language academies in Bihar will increase from 6 to 8.
• Existing academies: Sanskrit, Maithili, Bangla, Bhojpuri, Magahi and Angika.
• Bajjika is mainly spoken in Vaishali–Muzaffarpur region.
• Surjapuri is mainly spoken in Seemanchal region (Purnea, Kishanganj, Araria, Katihar).
• Bihar is set to introduce Bihar State Language Academy Rules, 2026 for uniform regulation of all language academies. The proposed Bihar State Language Academy will have 1 Chairperson and 2 Deputy Directors (administrative and academic/research functions).

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Project GANGA: Uttar Pradesh’s last-mile rural broadband connectivity initiative implemented through Digital Service Providers (DSPs).

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Artemis III (NASA)
• Crew: Andre Douglas, Frank Rubio, Randy Bresnik (USA) and Luca Parmitano (Italy).
• Significance: Artemis III will conduct the first crewed docking demonstration in Earth orbit involving lunar lander systems before future Moon missions.
• Artemis Programme: NASA-led mission series aimed at returning humans to the Moon, including the first woman and first person of color(first non white) on the lunar surface.
• Lander contenders: SpaceX and Blue Origin lunar landers are being tested for the mission.

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