Kush Maini: From Bangalore, Karnataka

Held at → Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi
Theme: Viksit Rajya for Viksit Bharat at 2047

NITI AAYOG: (National Institution for Transforming India)
• Replaced → Planning Commission
• Founded: 1 Jan 2015
• Headquarters: New Delhi
• Under: Ministry Of Planning
• CEO: B:)V.R. Subrahmanyam
• Chairman: Narendra Modi
• Vice Chairman → Suman Bery

Bharat Forecast System (BFS): World’s Highest-Resolution Weather Forecasting System
▪ It Will Provide — Forecasts With A 6 Km Resolution
▪ Developed by: Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune
▪ It Will Be Powered By — Arka Supercomputer

NCW: Statutory Body
• Established in 1992 → Under the National Commission for Women Act, 1990
• Aim: To protect and promote women’s rights in India
• Chairman → Vijaya Kishore Rahatkar

Chairmanship assumed during — 67th Governing Body Meeting at Jakarta
▪ Focus on — Innovation, sustainability and digital transformation
▪ APO: HQ — Tokyo, Japan

E-methanol: Also known as green methanol
▪ Produced — Using green hydrogen and CO2

Kyle “KJ” Muldoon Jr.: 9 Month Old Boy
▪ Suffers from — CPS1 deficiency → A rare genetic disorder
▪ Causing — toxic ammonia buildup in blood
▪ Used: CRISPR Method (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats)

“Nomadic Elephant – 2025”: Joint Military Exercise
• Conducted By: India & Mongolia
• Location: Ulaanbaatar (Capital)

Vishwanath Karthikeyan: 16 Year Old From Hyderabad
▪ KAAMYA KARTHIKEYAN: Youngest Female at World

Highest Peaks On 7 Continents –
1. Africa: Mount Kilimanjaro (Tanzania)
2. Europe: Mount Elbrus (Russia)
3. Australia: Mount Kosciuszko (Australia)
4. South America: Mount Aconcagua (Argentina)
5. North America: Mount Denali (USA)
6. Asia: Mount Everest (Nepal, China)
7. Antarctica: Mount Vinson (Antarctica)

Developed by: CSIR NAL (Council of Scientific & Industrial Research – National Aerospace Laboratories) — Bengaluru

Mount Everest: World’s Highest Mountain Peak
▪ Height: 8,848 metres

E-methanol: Also known as green methanol
▪ Produced — Using green hydrogen and CO2

▪ 78th Cannes Film Festival 2025 –
▪ Winners –
1. Palme d’Or (Highest Prize): Jafar Panahi — For It Was Just an Accident
2. Best Director: Tarzan and Arab Nasser
3. Best Actress: Cleo Diára
4. Best Actor: Frank Dillane

KOZHIKODE (KERALA): Joined Global Network of Age-friendly Cities and Communities (GNAFCC) Of WHO
▪ It means Kozhikode Offers — Better infrastructure, healthy life.. to the Senior Citizens

INS ARNALA: 1st Of Eight ASW SWC — Delivered to — Indian Navy Recently
▪ Built by: Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata & L&T Shipyard

▪ Uses –
1. Underwater surveillance
2. Search and Rescue (SAR) operations
3. Coastal Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) operations

Focus Areas: Malnutrition, maternal and infant mortality, child marriage, gender-based violence
▪ Launched on — 300th Birth Anniversary of Ahilyabai Holkar

❖ MAHARASHTRA –
o Gov: C:) P. Radhakrishnan
o CM: Devendra Fadnavis

India Justice Report 2025: Ranked The States According To Justice Delivery
▪ Parameters: Police, Prisons, Judiciary, Legal Aid

▪ Overall Rankings –
1. Karnataka
2. Andhra Pradesh
3. Telangana

World Economic Outlook For April 2025 –
▪ Released by: IMF (HQ — Washington. DC)

▪ World’s Largest Economy –
1. USA: $30.34 Trillion
2. China: $19.53 Tr.
3. Germany: $4.92 Tr.
4. INDIA: GDP — $4.39 Trillion (GDP Growth Rate – 6.2% For 2025)
5. Japan

Theme 2025: YANTRA – Yugantar for Advancing New Technology, Research & Acceleration
Declared by: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
• Why: 11 May 1998 » Pokhran 2 Nuclear Test (Code Name » Operation Shakti) → Successfully Tested
• Led by: Dr APJ Abdul Kalam
• 1st Nuclear Test (Code-named » “Smiling Buddha) → 1974

Theme 2025: Act Early, Prevent Dengue: Clean Surroundings, Healthy Living

DENGUE: Mosquito Borne Viral

Disease –
• Caused By: Aedes Aegypti Mosquito
• Symptoms: Fever, Headache, Muscle Pain

ANKUR (Atal Network for Knowledge, Urbanisation and Reforms) Initiative
▪ Launched by: Odisha Govt

Total Distance — 61.17 m