🔳3 Indians Shine On Forbes' 2024 World's Most Powerful Women List

◼️Forbes 2024 list of The Worlds 100 Most Powerful Women features three Indians Nirmala Sitharaman, Roshni Nadar Malhotra and Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw.

◼️The number 28 on the list is Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman.

◼️Ranked 81st on the list, Roshni Nadar Malhotra is the Chairperson of HCL Technologies, one of India's leading IT services firms, and CEO of HCL Corporation.

◼️Ranked 82nd in Forbes' Power Women list and 91st among India's richest individuals in 2024, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw has earned her place as a trailblazer in biotechnology. She is the founder and chairperson of Biocon, a biopharmaceutical company she established in 1978.

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🔳India's dope testing lab gets WADA approval for biological passport

◼️This allows the NDTL to manage the biological profiles of athletes, enhance anti-doping efforts and promote fair play.

◼️With this, India has joined the 17 countries that have such a unit, which will also help neighbouring countries.

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🔳 Odisha will be the theme state in the International Surajkund Fair

◼️It has been formally announced by the Haryana Tourism Department

◼️ Odisha has been made the theme state for the second time
The Surajkund International Fair is held every year near the Surajkund Lake in the Aravalli valleys.

◼️ The first fair was organized in 1987

◼️ Even before this, Odisha had been the theme state of Surajkund Mela in 1993

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🔳 PM Modi laid the foundation stone of India's first Green Hydrogen Hub under the National Green Hydrogen Mission near Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, which is being developed by NTPC Green Energy.

◼️The first Green Hydrogen Hub at Pudimadaka near Visakhapatnam is being set up by NTPC Green Energy Limited.

◼️The Hub will produce 1500 tonnes per day of Green Hydrogen and 7500 tonnes per day of Green Hydrogen derivatives like Green Methanol, Green Urea

◼️The hub will also include establishing 20 gigawatts of renewable energy capacities.

◼️The Green Hydrogen Hub will help in achieving the National National Green Hydrogen Mission target of 5 MMT (Million Metric Tonne) per annum of Green Hydrogen and the addition of 125 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2030.

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Cyber Security #prelims #currentaffairs

Spacedex Mission #currentaffairs #prelims

🔳 China successfully launched Pakistani satellite 'PRSC-EO1' into space

◼️China has been launching satellites for Pakistan for the past few years, further expanding their evergreen alliance in the space sector.

◼️Last year, China launched a multi-mission communications satellite for Pakistan.

◾️In 2018, China put two Pakistani satellites into orbit. PRSS-1, Pakistan's first optical remote sensing satellite, and PakTES-1A, a small observation vehicle.

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🔳 4th edition of La Perouse

◼️The Indian Navy is participating in this mega war game along with the navies of eight countries including the US and France

◾️ This naval exercise is going on in the Malacca Sunda and Lombok Strait between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.

◾️ The 9-day exercise, which began on January 16, aims to enhance cooperation among the participating countries in the field of maritime surveillance air operations and information sharing

◾️ The French Carrier Strike Group led by the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle is the mainstay of this mega exercise

◾️India, America, France, Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Canada, Britain are participating in the exercise

◾️India's indigenous missile destroyer INS Mumbai is part of it

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🔳 India became the 7th largest coffee producer in the world

◼️The exports reached $1.29 billion in the last financial year.

◼️This is almost double the exports of $719 million in 2020-21, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry said in a release.

◼️The ministry also said that India exported over 9,300 tonnes of coffee in the first half of this month, with Italy, Belgium and Russia being the top buyers.

◼️ Karnataka leads in coffee production, contributing 248,000 metric tonnes in 2022-23, followed by Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

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🔆 Abu Musa, Greater Tunb, and Lesser Tunb Islands

📍 Location
✅ The Greater Tunb and Lesser Tunb islands are located in the eastern Persian Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz, a vital global trade route.
✅ Abu Musa is another strategically important island in the region.

📍 Recent Context
✅ Iran has summoned China's ambassador to protest a joint China-UAE statement regarding the sovereignty of these islands.
✅ Iran has held control over these islands since 1971, a move that has been contested by the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

📍 Significance
✅ Strategic Importance: Proximity to the Strait of Hormuz, through which 20% of global oil supply passes.
✅ Geopolitical Tensions: Sovereignty disputes highlight the region's sensitive geopolitical dynamics.

📍 Current Status
✅ Despite claims by the UAE, the islands remain under Iranian control, adding to the complexity of regional diplomacy.

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🔳 Critics Choice 2025 Awards: 'Anora' won the Best Film Award; 'Emilia Perez', 'Wicked' and 'The Substance' won 3 awards each

📌 2025 Critics' Choice Awards:
📌 Best Film: Anora

🔹 Best Actor: Adrien Brody (The Brutalist)
🔹Best Actress: Demi Moore (The Substance)
🔹 Best Supporting Actor: Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain)

◼️ Best Supporting Actress: Zoe Saldana (Emilia Perez) TV Awards:

🔹 Shogun took the top spot with 4 awards, including Best Drama Series.
🔹Hacks won 3 awards including Best Comedy Series.
🔹 Baby Reindeer won the award for best limited series.

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Achieving Climate Goals #currentaffairs #UPSC

Measures that India can adopt to enhance its Relations with Middle East #UPSC #currentaffairs

◼️Bisleri International and Observer Research Foundation jointly released a book on 'Water Credit Valuation' at Raisina Dialogue 2025

◾️Launched at the Raisina Dialogue 2025, this comprehensive book titled ' Trading Blue Gold: A Blueprint for Water Credit Valuation in India ' aims to expand the framework beyond the beverage sector.

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🔳 Sansad Bhashaani initiative will revolutionise parliamentary documentation and accessibility through AI and real-time translation

◾️In a major step towards modernising parliamentary procedures, the Lok Sabha Secretariat and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop the Sansad Bhashaani initiative.

◾️It is designed to integrate AI-powered tools that will facilitate multilingual support, optimize documentation, and improve overall parliamentary operations.

◾️The initiative will deploy cutting-edge AI applications such as real-time speech-to-text transcription, speech-to-speech translation, and interactive AI chatbots.

◾️These technologies will ensure seamless translation of parliamentary debates, committee reports, and legislative documents into multiple Indian languages, thereby fostering inclusivity and broader public engagement.

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Kilauea Volcano

✅Why in news: Kilauea, one of the most active volcanoes in the world, started erupting again.

✅Location: Situated on the southeastern part of the Hawaii’s Big Island, as a part of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
✅Volcano Type: It is an active shield volcano, formed by the eruption of highly fluid lava.

✅Kilauea has covered around 90% of its surface in lava flows within the last 1,000 years.
✅It is an elongated dome built of lava eruptions from the central crater and features long, shallow slopes.
✅It has two rift zones stretching to the east and southwest.

📍Volcanoes in India:

✅Barren Island (Andaman Islands): India's only active volcano.
✅Narcondam (Andaman Islands): Dormant volcano.
✅Baratang (Andaman Islands): Known for mud volcanoes.
✅Deccan Traps (Maharashtra): Vast volcanic plateau formed by ancient eruptions.
✅Dhinodhar Hills (Gujarat): Extinct volcano.
✅Dhosi Hill (Haryana): Ancient volcanic site with historical significance.

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🔆GPS Spoofing:

✅GPS spoofing, also known as GPS simulation, refers to the practice of manipulating or tricking a GPS receiver by broadcasting false GPS signals. 
✅Essentially, it misleads the GPS receiver into believing it is located somewhere it is not, resulting in the device providing inaccurate location data.
✅This form of cyberattack undermines the reliability of GPS data, which is vital for a variety of applications, from navigation to time synchronization and more.

📍How Does GPS Spoofing Work?

✅It exploits the inherent vulnerabilities in the GPS infrastructure – the weak signal strength of GPS satellites.
✅The Global Positioning System (GPS) functions by sending signals from satellites to GPS receivers on Earth.
✅These receivers then calculate their position based on the time it takes for these signals to arrive.
✅However, due to the weak signal strength of the GPS satellites, these signals can be easily overwhelmed by fake signals, resulting in inaccurate location data on the receiving device.
✅Typically, a GPS spoofer begins by acquiring a basic understanding of the victim’s GPS setup, including the types of signals it uses and how they are processed.
✅With that information, the attacker then sends counterfeit GPS signals that mimic the real ones.
✅These fake signals are stronger, causing the receiver to recognize them as authentic signals.
✅As a result, the victim’s GPS receiver ends up processing these counterfeit signals, leading to erroneous location information.

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All About Caste Census #currentaffairs

PM Modi has inaugurated world’s highest railway arch bridge, Chenab bridge!
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