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History: 06th March
- In 1775, the Treaty of Surat was signed by Raghunath Rao, sparking the First Anglo-Maratha War.
- In 1915, Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore met for the first time at Shantiniketan.
- In 1991, Indian Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar resigned from the post of Prime Minister seven months after the Congress Party withdrew its support.
1) Project Seabird:
- The Defence Minister will inaugurate two big piers and seven towers with 320 homes for Navy officers and Defence civilians as part of Project Seabird at Naval Base Karwar in Karnataka.
- Project Seabird involves creation of a naval base at Karwar, Karnataka, on the west coast of India.
- In the post-Indo-Pak War of 1971 scenario, India learned that the Indian Navy needs an additional naval base since Mumbai Harbour faced congestion, which led to security issues for its Western Fleet.
- It was initially sanctioned in 1985, and the foundation stone was laid on October 24, 1986, by Rajiv Gandhi.
- This is a massive project with the first sealift facility in the country and a transfer system for docking and undocking ships and submarines.
- Its first phase, which included the construction of a deep-sea harbour, breakwaters dredging, a township, a naval hospital, a dockyard uplift centre and a ship lift, was commissioned in 2005.
2) Women, Business And Law Index:
- India’s ranked improved to 113 out of 190 countries in the World Bank’s Women, Business and Law index.
- Women, Business and Law Index to measure how laws and regulations affect women’s economic opportunity on a scale from 0 to 100, where 100 means equal legal rights for men and women.
- The report covers eight related areas: Mobility, workplace, pay, marriage, parenthood, entrepreneurship, assets and pension.
- The data offer objective and measurable benchmarks for evaluating global progress toward legal gender equality.
Highlights :
- It is the 10th edition of the report.
- Globally, none of the countries has a full score in the new index, indicating that women did not enjoy equal rights in any of the countries.
- India’s ranking improved to 113 out of 190 countries.
3) Risa Textile : GI Tag
- Tripura’s traditional tribal attire ‘risa’ received the Geographical Indication (GI) tag recently.
- Risa Textile is a handwoven cloth used as a female upper garment and also as headgear, a stole, or a present to express respect.
- It is woven in colourful designs and has a crucial social and religious significance.
- Adolescent Tripuri girls are first given a risa to wear in an event called Risa Sormani, around age 12 to 14.
- The risa is used in religious festivals such as Garia Puja by tribal communities, a turban by men during weddings and festivals, a cummerbund over the dhoti, a head scarf by young girls and boys and a muffler during winters.
- It is presented as a mark of honour to distinguished recipients.
- Risa is common in almost all 19 indigenous tribal communities of Tripura.
- The traditional Tripuri female attire consists of three parts — risa, rignai and rikutu.
- Risa is a handwoven cloth used as a female upper garment.
4) ADITI Scheme:
- The Union Minister of Defence launched the ADITI scheme during DefConnect 2024.
- Acing Development of Innovative Technologies with iDEX (ADITI) is a scheme to promote innovations in critical and strategic defence technologies.
- It aims to develop about 30 deep-tech critical and strategic technologies in the proposed timeframe.
- Under this scheme start-ups are eligible to receive grant-in-aid of up to Rs 25 crore for their research, development and innovation endeavours in defence technology.
- This scheme worth Rs 750 crore for the period 2023-24 to 2025-26.
- It falls under the iDEX (Innovations for Defence Excellence) framework of Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence.
- It also envisages to create a ‘Technology Watch Tool’ to bridge the gap between the expectations and requirements of the modern Armed Forces and the capabilities of the defence innovation ecosystem.
- In the first edition of ADITI, 17 challenges – Indian Army (3), Indian Navy (5), Indian Air Force (5) and Defence Space Agency (4) – have been launched.
5) India’s First Dolphin Research Centre:
- India’s inaugural National Dolphin Research Centre (NDRC) marks a significant milestone in the conservation efforts for the endangered Gangetic dolphin (Platanista gangetica).
- Located strategically near the Ganga river in Patna, Bihar, the NDRC aims to be a hub for comprehensive research on various aspects of Gangetic dolphins, including behavior, survival skills, and causes of mortality.
- Bihar is home to around half of the estimated 3,000 Gangetic dolphins in India.
- The Ganges river dolphin, discovered in 1801, historically inhabits the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna and Karnaphuli-Sangu river systems in India, Nepal, and Bangladesh.
- Recent studies in the Ganga River Basin show their presence in the mainstream and tributaries like Ghagra, Kosi, Gandak, Chambal, Rupnarayan, and Yamuna.
6) Samudra Laksamana:
- India and Malaysia conducted the bilateral maritime exercise Samudra Laksamana from February 28 to March 2, 2024, in Visakhapatnam.
- The exercise involves the Indian Naval Ship Kiltan and the Royal Malaysian Ship KD Lekir.
- Other exercises between India and Malaysia is xercise Harimau Shakti which is a bilateral military exercise between the Indian Army and the Malaysian Army, aimed at enhancing cooperation and interoperability in counter-terrorism and jungle warfare.
7) World’s third-valuable company:
- Nvidia Corp. has claimed another milestone by overtaking Saudi Aramco in market value, making the chipmaker the world’s third-most valuable public company after Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp.
8) Three new moons discovered orbiting Uranus and Neptune:
- These celestial bodies, with two orbiting Neptune and one around Uranus, were detected through the use of powerful land-based telescopes across the globe.
9) Cuttack Rupa Tarakasi, Banglar muslin get GI tag:
- The Cuttack Rupa Tarakasi, more widely known as Silver Filigree, has recently been awarded the Geographical Indication (GI) tag by the Geographical Indications Registry in Chennai.
10) Tiger Woods Honored With USGA’s Prestigious Bob Jones Award
· Legendary golfer Tiger Woods has been selected to receive the Bob Jones Award, the highest honour bestowed by the United States Golf Association (USGA).
· This prestigious award recognizes Woods’ dedication to sportsmanship, his respect for the traditions of the game, and his significant charitable endeavors.
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