📖 Important Current Affairs For All Upcoming Exam

1) Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated the K-SMART application, aiming to provide digital access to services offered by local self-government bodies through a unified platform across the state.
▪️Kerala :-
➠Cherai Beach
➠Idukki Dam on Periyar River
➠Pamba River
➠Kumarakom National Park
➠Anamudi Shola National Park
➠Eravikulam National Park
➠Silent Valley National Park

2) Uttar Pradesh has been ranked first for the third consecutive year in recording the highest entry rate on the Inter-Operable Criminal Justice System (ICJS) platform, conceptualised by the Supreme Court’s e-committee and implemented by the ministry of home affairs.
➨Madhya Pradesh is in second place and Bihar is third.

3) Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren announced plans to lower the age limit for old-age pensions from 60 to 50 for SCs, STs, and OBCs.
➨ The state currently provides a monthly pension of Rs 1,000 to senior citizens and plans to reduce the age limit to benefit Adivasi and Dalit beneficiaries.

4) Francoise Bettencourt Meyers became the first woman to amass a $100 billion fortune, marking another milestone for the heiress and for France's expanding fashion and cosmetics industries.

5) In a remarkable display of health and unity, Gujarat etched its name in the Guinness Book of World Records for most people performing Surya Namaskar simultaneously on the occasion of the New Year.

6) Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri today inaugurated the 13th edition of the National Street Food Festival in New Delhi.

7) Justice Chandrashekhar was appointed as the Acting Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court. He sought his transfer the same day.
➨ The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the transfer of Jharkhand High Court judge Justice Shree Chandrashekhar to Rajasthan High Court.
▪️Jharkhand :-
Baidyanath Temple
Parasnath wildlife sanctuary  
Dalma wildlife sanctuary
Palamau wildlife sanctuary
Koderma wildlife sanctuary  
Udhwa Lake Bird sanctuary  
Palkot wildlife sanctuary  
Mahuadanr wildlife sanctuary

8) Norwegian chess player Magnus Carlsen won the 2023 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship.
➨ He captures world rapid chess crown for record fifth time.

9) Arvind Panagariya has been recently appointed as the head of the 16th Finance Commission, a constitutional body appointed by the President of India, to give suggestions on Centre-state financial relations.

10) IPO-bound Ola Electric has become the first Indian electric two-wheeler (e2W) company to become eligible for the government’s production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme.

11) The first-ever all-girls Sainik School in the nation was inaugurated in Vrindavan by the Union Defence Minister and the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.
▪️Uttar Pradesh :-
Governor - Smt. Anandiben Patel
➨Chandraprabha Wildlife Sanctuary
➨Dudhwa National Park
➨National Chambal Sanctuary
➨Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar Lake
➨Kashi Vishwanath Temple
➨Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary
➨Turtle Wildlife Sanctuary
➨Bakhira Wildlife Sanctuary
➨Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary

12) The Union ministry of jal shakti has finalised the agreement between Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh on the Modified Parbati-Kalisindh-Chambal (PKC) Link project in a high-level meeting held in Delhi.
➨ The PKC is a modified version of the Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project.
▪️Madhya Pradesh :-
Gandhi Sagar Dam
Bargi Dam
Bansagar Dam
Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary
Omkareshwar Dam
Madikheda Dam
Indira Sagar Dam
Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve

13) Zero Discrimination Day is observed annually on March 1, dedicated to promoting equality and eradicating all forms of discrimination.
➨This year is the tenth anniversary of Zero Discrimination Day and the theme is “To protect everyone’s health, protect everyone’s rights”.

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