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Padma Vibhushan 2023

• Art - Shri Zakir Hussain (Maharashtra)
• Public Affairs - Shri S M Krishna (Karnataka)
• Public Affairs - Shri Mulayam Singh Yadav (Posthumous) (UP)
• Medicine - Shri Dilip Mahalanabis (Posthumous)  West Bengal
• Science & Engineering - Shri Srinivas Varadhan (USA)
• Architecture - Shri Balkrishna Doshi  (Posthumous) (Gujarat)


Padma Vibhushan 2024

• ART - Ms. Vyjayantimala Bali (Tamil Nadu)
• ART - Shri Konidela Chiranjeevi (Andhra Pradesh)
• ART - Ms. Padma Subrahmanyam (Tamil Nadu)
• Social Work - Shri Bindeshwar Pathak (Posthumous) Andhra Pradesh  (Bihar)
• Public Affairs - Shri M Venkaiah Naidu (Andhra Pradesh)


Bharat Ratna 2024
• Karpoori Thakur Ji
• Shri Lal Krishna Advani
• Chaudhary Charan Singh
• PV Narasimha Rao
• Scientist MS Swaminathan

Today's Vocab Word

Word - HOSTILE (adj.)

Meaning - unfriendly

Sentence - We were happy to move away from our hostile neighbor.

Today's Idiom

Idiom - "Make a mountain out of a molehill"

Meaning - To overexpress and magnify a small issue or problem

Sentence - The media is quite habitual of making a mountain out of a molehill.

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India’s Rank In Various Reports/Indexes

2023

• Corruption Perceptions Index 2022 - Denmark (1st) & India (85th)
• Global Hunger Index 2023 - India (111th)
• World Happiness Report 2023 - Finland (1st) & India (126th)
• IEP's Global Peace Index 2023 - Iceland (1st) & India (126th)
• Global Gender Gap Index 2023 - Iceland (1st) & India (127th)
• Human Development Report 2021/2022 - Switzerland (1st) & India (132nd)
• World Press Freedom Index 2023 - Norway (1st) & India (161st)

2024

• Global Intellectual Property Index 2024 - US (1st) & India (42nd)
• Corruption Perceptions Index 2023 - Denmark (1st) & India (93rd)
• Gender Inequality Index 2023/2024 - India (108th)
• 18th IEP's Global Peace Index 2024 - Iceland (1st) & India (116th)
• UN World Happiness Index 2024 - Finland (1st) & India (126th)
• WEF's Global Gender Gap Index 2024 - Iceland (1st) & India (129th)
• Human Development Index 2023/2024 - Switzerland (1st) & India (134th)
• World Press Freedom Index 2024 - Norway (1st) &  India (159th)

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Important Summits

• 15th BRICS Summit - South Africa
Theme - “BRICS and Africa: Partnership for Mutually Accelerated Growth, Sustainable Development and Inclusive Multilateralism”.  

• 16th BRICS Summit - Kazan (Russia) 
Theme :- "Strengthening of multilateralism for the purposes of just global development and security”     

• 18th G20 Summit 2023 - New Delhi 
Theme of India’s G20 Presidency - “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” or “One Earth , One Family , One Future”  

• G20 Summit 2024 – Brazil 

• 42nd ASEAN Summit - Indonesia 
Theme - "ASEAN Affairs: Epicenter of Growth"  

• 78th UN General Assembly - New York City, USA 
Theme - “Rebuilding trust and reigniting global solidarity: Accelerating action on the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals towards peace, prosperity, progress and sustainability for all".

• 53rd Annual World Economic Forum Summit 2023 - Davos, Switzerland 
Theme - "Cooperation in a fragmented world"  

• 54th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum(WEF), also known as “Davos Summit 2024” - Swiss Alpine School, Davos in Switzerland
Theme - “Rebuilding Trust".

• 9th India International Science Festival (IISF) 2023 - Faridabad 
Theme :- "Science and Technology Public Outreach in Amrit Kaal"

• 3rd World Hindu Congress 2023 - Thailand 
Theme :- Jayasya Aayatnam Dharmah, which translates to "Dharma, the Abode of Victory 

• 26th World Energy Congress - Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Theme - "Redesigning energy for people and planet".

• 1st Nuclear Energy Summit 2024 - Belgium

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IIT In News 2023-2024

1. IIT Madras developed Indigenous Mobile Operating System "BharOS". 

2. IIT Madras to set up its First International campus in Zanzibar, Tanzania. 

3. IIT Bombay’s "SHUNYA" Takes Second Place in Solar Decathlon Build Challenge in the US. 

4. IIT Guwahati researchers develop 'Time bomb' liquid marbles with Nanoclay for controlled drug delivery.

5. IIT Roorkee signs pact with Taiwanese centre for developing tech solutions for Earthquakes, Floods.

6. IIT Kanpur has achieved a major milestone by successfully establishing and testing India's First Hypervelocity expansion tunnel test facility.

7. ArcelorMittal partners with IIT Madras to create Asia’s First Hyperloop facility.

8. IIT Madras has partnered with Munitions India Ltd. to develop India’s First indigenously-designed 155mm Smart Ammunition to achieve indigenisation in the defence sector.

9. IIT Madras based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu is set to start a new campus of its Tech university in Kandy, Sri Lanka in 2024.

10. IIT Madras has joined hands with Altair to launch eMobility Simulation Lab.

11. Armed Forces Medical Services & IIT Kanpur to collaborate on developing technologies to address health problems faced by soldiers in difficult terrains. It also provide technical expertise for developing AI diagnostic models.

12. IIT Roorkee's Prof. Sunil Bajpai & Debajit Datta discovered Vasuki Indicus, a 47-million-year-old snake species in Kutch, Gujarat. Estimated at 11-15 meters, this extinct snake sheds light on India's prehistoric biodiversity.

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Upcoming Indian Government Targets

• To Achieve Zero Diesel use in Agriculture and Renewable Energy By 2024.

• 100% Railways Electrification By 2024.

• Har Ghar Jal By 2024.

• PM vision of $5 Trillion Economy By 2025.

• Blending 20% Ethanol in Petrol By 2025.

• To Eliminate TB By 2025.

• Fiber Optic connectivity in all Villages By 2025.

• India to be covered by Doppler Weather Radar Network By 2025.

• To make the country Malaria Free By 2027 and Eradicate it By 2030.

• Indian Railways to become Net Zero Carbon Emitter By 2030.

• Green Railway By 2030.

• Zero Road Accident fatalities By 2030.

• Energy Independent By 2047.