DAILY GK 1-2 MAR
1.
SANGEET NATAK AKADEMI
HONORS
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The General Council of
Sangeet Natak Akademi, the National Academy of Music, Dance and
Drama, New Delhi, Delhi, unanimously elected 6 eminent personalities in the field of performing
arts as of Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship
(Akademi Ratna Sadasyata).
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The General Council
selected 92 artists from the field
of Music, Dance, Theatre, Traditional/Folk/Tribal Music/Dance/ Theatre,
Puppetry and Overall contribution/scholarship in the Performing Arts for
the Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards (Akademi Puraskar) for the years 2022 and 2023.
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Sangeet Natak Akademi:Chairman–
Dr. Sandhya Purecha
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Headquarters–
New Delhi, Delhi
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Establishment–
1953
2.
LSAM
18 (YARD 128): INDIAN NAVY’S 4TH ACTCM BARGE
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Indian Navy (IN) has launched an Ammunition Cum Torpedo Cum Missile (ACTCM)
Barge, LSAM 18 (YARD 128)’, 4th Barge of 11 x ACTCM Barge Project at M/s
Suryadipta Projects Private Limited, Thane
(Maharashtra).
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In March 2021, the
Ministry of Defence (MoD) and
Suryadipta Projects signed the contract for building the 11 X ACTCM Barges.
3.
INDIA’S
OLDEST LOKSABHA MP PASSED AWAY
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India’s oldest
parliamentarian and a founding member of the Samajwadi Party (SP), Shafiqur Rahman Barq passed away
at the age of 93 in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh (UP).
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He was serving as
Member of Parliament (MP) of the 17th Lok Sabha (2019-24) representing
the Sambhal constituency
of UP.
4.
12 INDIGENOUS PRODUCTS
FROM ARUNACHAL PRADESH GET GI TAG
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Chennai, Tamil Nadu
(TN)- based Geographical Indication(GI) Registry has awarded the GI tag to 12 distinctive products from Arunachal Pradesh including Apatani Textile Product, Dao
(broadsword), Adlay Millet, among others.
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Now the total number of GI products from
Arunachal Pradesh has become 20.
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Arunachal
Pradesh:Chief Minister– Pema Khandu
5.
MOE &
MIB CAMPAIGN “MERA PEHLA VOTE DESH KE LIYE”
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The Ministry of Education (MoE) and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) have jointly launched a nationwide awareness campaign “Mera pehla vote desh ke liye (my
first vote for the country)” to encourage the first-time voters to
participate in the 2024 LokSabha election.
6.
US
CHAMBER’S INTERNATIONAL IP INDEX 2024:
·
According to the 12th
edition of the International Intellectual Property
(IP) Index (2024) by the United
States (US) Chamber of Commerce, India has
retained the 42nd rank with
an overall score of 38.64%.
·
The United States of
America (USA) has topped the list with an overall score of 95.48% followed by the
United Kingdom (UK) in the 2nd place
with 94.12% and France in
the 3rd with 93.12%.
·
The Index assesses IP
frameworks of 55 economies using 50
unique criteria related to patents, copyrights, enforcement, and more.
7.
SUNIL
BHARTI MITTAL TO BE CONFERRED WITH UK HONORARY KNIGHTHOOD
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Sunil
Bharti Mittal, Founder and Chairman of Bharti Enterprises became
the 1st Indian citizen to be conferred the title of Knight Commander of the
Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE) under King
Charles III reign, recognising his contributions “for services to
United Kingdom (UK) and India business relations”.
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The KBE is one of the
highest honours conferred by the British Sovereign to civilians, granted to
foreign nationals in recognition of their outstanding contributions.
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Sunil
Bharti Mittal in 1976, he founded Bharti
Enterprises, which started its telecom services business by launching mobile services
in Delhi in 1995.
8.
NEW
CHAIRMAN & MEMBERS OF LOKPAL
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DroupadiMurmu,
President of India, has appointed the new Chairman and Members of Lokpal, the anti-corruption authority in
India.
·
Former Supreme Court
judge Ajay ManikraoKhanwilkar was
appointed as the chairperson of Lokpal.
·
The Lokpal has been
working without its regular chairperson since the retirement of Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose,1st Chairperson of
Lokpal, on 27th May 2022.
·
It consists of a
chairperson and 8 members, of
whom 50% are judicial members.
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Term
of office:Thechairperson and other members hold office for a term of 5 years from the date on which
they enter upon the office or until they attain the age of 70 years, whichever is earlier.
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Jurisdiction: It
can inquire into allegations of
corruption against anyone who is or has been Prime Minister, or a Minister in
the Union government, or a Member of Parliament, as well as officials of the
Union Government under Groups A, B, C and D.
9.
TURKISH
WOMEN’S FOOTBALL CUP 2024
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The
Indian women’s football team (Nicknamed:Blue Tigresses) finished runners-up after they lost to
Kosovo in the finals of the Turkish Women’s Cup 2024(Also known as Alanya Gold City Cup) football
tournament at the Gold City Sports Complex in
Alanya, Turkey.
·
India’s Manisha Kalyan
was awarded “Best Midfielder of the
Tournament” for her exemplary display throughout the competition.
·
The 2024 Turkish Women’s Cup, eighth
edition of the annual event was held in February 2024, included four teams: India, Hong Kong, Estonia, and
Kosovo.
10.
WORLD
CIVIL DEFENCE DAY 2024 – MARCH 1
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World
Civil Defence Day (WCDD), also known as
World Civil Protection Day, is annually observed across the globe on 1st March to honour the
significance of Civil Defence and the personnel who have sacrificed their lives
for it.
·
1st
March 2024 marks the observance of 35th WCDD.
·
The
Theme of WCDD 2024 is “Honour Heroes and Promote Safety
Skills”.
·
The
slogan for the day is “Innovative Technologies in the Civil
Protection Service”.
·
WCDD
was established by the International Civil Defence Organisation (ICDO), based in Geneva, Switzerland.
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ICDO
Headquarters – Geneva, Switzerland
·
Established
in – 1931
·
Members
– Member States (60); Observer States
(16); Affiliated Members (22)
11.
MEDARAM
JATARA, INDIA'S LARGEST TRIBAL FESTIVAL
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SammakkaSaralammaJathara,
also known as MedaramJathara, is a tribal festival dedicated to honouring the
goddesses celebrated in the southern
state of Telangana.
12.
JACINTHA
KALYAN – INDIA’S FIRST FEMALE PITCH CURATOR
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The upcoming 2nd
edition of the Women’s Premier League tournament is all set to create some
history as Jacintha Kalyan is all set to become the first female curator to
prepare the pitches during the upcoming edition of the WPL
·
Jacintha Kalyan, the
first female curator from India, has been serving at Chinnaswamy Stadium.
13.
ASIAN
TRACK CYCLING CHAMPIONSHIP
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In the Asian Track
Cycling Championship, India created
history by clinching Gold in the Junior Women's Team Sprint Event at the
Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in Delhi.
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The women's junior
team, comprising SaritaKumari, Niya
Sebastian, Zaina Mohammed Ali Pirkhan, and Sabina Kumari outpaced South
Korea with an impressive timing of 53.383 seconds to win the gold
14.
RBI
LEVIES MONETARY PENALTY ON HANAMASAGAR URBAN CO-OPERATIVE BANK LTD
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The Reserve Bank of
India (RBI) has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 50,000 on Hanamasagar Urban
Co-operative Bank Limited., Karnataka.
·
Reason
: Penalty imposed for non-compliance with
RBI directions regarding monitoring and reporting mechanisms for frauds, as
well as reporting of frauds on XBRL-FMR
submission.
15.
MADHYA
PRADESH LAUNCHES 'BAGLESS SCHOOL' INITIATIVE
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The Madhya Pradesh (MP)
government has announced'bag less school' day once a week for students in
classes 1to 12, starting from the upcoming academic session in 2024-25.
·
According to the
notice, students in classes 1 and 2
should carry bags weighing between 1.6-2.2
kg, while those in classes 3 to 5
should limit their bags to 1.7-2.5 kg.
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For classes 6 and 7, the recommended weight
is 2-3 kg, and for classes 8, 2.5-4 kg.
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Students in classes 9 and 10 are advised to carry
bags weighing between 2.5-4.5 kg.
16.
OMAN
AND INDIA COLLABORATION IN THE FIELD OF ARCHIVES
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India and Oman have
mutually agreed to cooperate in the field of Archives.
·
A delegation of the
National Archives of India (NAI), visited the National Records and Archives
Authority (NRAA) of Oman
17.
"SUDARSHAN
SETU," THE NATION'S LONGEST CABLE-STAYED BRIDGE
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Prime Minister Narendra
Modi inaugurated India’s longest cable-
stayed bridge,SudarshanSetu, in Gujarat’s
DevbhumiDwarka district.
·
It is a 4.77-km-long SudarshanSetu, also known as
Signature Bridge, to the nation.
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Constructed at Rs 978
crore, it connects Okha town in the DevbhumiDwarka district with Bet
Dwarkaisland in the Gulf of Kutch.
18.
RIO
DE JANEIRO G20 FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING.
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Minister of State for External Affairs V. Muraleedharanparticipated
in the G20 Foreign Ministers’Meeting (FMM)
·
held under the Brazilian G20Presidencyin Rio de Janeiro.
·
At Session I, the
Minister of State expressed India’s steadfast support to Brazil’s G20
Presidency and noted that four developing countries - Indonesia, India, Brazil
and South Africa - are holding the G20 Presidency in a row.
19.
PHILIPPINES
RATIFY ILO CONVENTION ADDRESSING WORKPLACE VIOLENCE AND HARASSMENT
·
The Philippines has
made history by becoming the first Asian
country to ratify the Violence and Harassment Convention 2019 (No. 190) announced by the
International LabourOrganisation (ILO).
·
ILO Headquarters :
Geneva, Switzerland
·
Director General :
Gilbert Houngbo
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The ILO is a United Nations agency whose mandate
is to advance social and economic justice by setting international labour
standards.
·
It became the first
specialised agency of the United Nations (UN) in the year 1946.
·
The organization got
the Nobel Peace Prize in 1969, for
its efforts to improve peace amongst the classes, and for promoting justice and
fair work for the workers.
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The
ILO is the only tripartite U.N. agency.
20.
VICE
CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF,
·
Lieutenant General UpendraDwivedi has assumed the
appointment of the Vice Chief of the Army Staff.
·
On assumption of
appointment, Lieutenant General UpendraDwivedi laid wreath at the National War Memorial and was accorded
Guard of Honour at the South Block Lawns.
21.
1ST
UNITED STATES SPACECRAFT TO LAND ON THE MOON SINCE 1972
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After a gap of 52 years
since the last successful Apollo mission, a U.S.-made spacecraft named Odysseus has successfully landed on the
Moon
·
This event also
signifies the arrival of private space companies on the lunar surface.
·
Odysseus, a spacecraft built by Intuitive Machines, a 10-year-old company based in Houston,
used a Falcon 9 rocket by SpaceX to take off from Earth on February 15.
·
The spacecraft carried 6 NASA payloads to the Moon.
·
Location
of Moon Landing: The lander module of Odysseus, known as Nova-C, became the
second spacecraft to land in the Moon's
south pole region, following Chandrayaan-3's landing last year.
22.
DUBAI
LAUNCHES 5-YEAR MULTIPLE ENTRY VISA FOR INDIAN TOURISTS
·
According to the Dubai
Department of Economy and Tourism (DET), the visa issued within 2 to 5 working
days, allows a 90-day stay,
extendable once for a similar period, with a total stay not exceeding 180 days in a year.
·
According to DET, Dubai
experienced a surge in tourism from India, welcoming 2.46 million overnight
visitors in 2023.
23.
BANK'S
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY’S FIRST FEMALE DIRECTOR
·
GeetaBatra, a
distinguished economist born in India (New Delhi), has been appointed as the
Director of the Independent Evaluation Office of the World Bank's Global
Environment Facility (GEF).
·
She is the first woman
from a developing country to hold this position
·
66th GEF Council
Meeting was in Washington
·
The GEF has been a
significant player in the environmental sector since the Rio Earth Summit in 1992
24.
INDIA'S
LARGEST DRONE PILOT TRAINING ORGANIZATION
·
Indian
Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati
has launched the largest Remote Pilot Training Organization (RPTO) in India in collaboration with EduRade, with the
aim of promoting the advancement of
drone technology.
·
The Pilot Training Organisation
spans across 18 acres and has the
capability to fly 9 medium-class drones simultaneously.
25.
INDIA'S
FIRST SPACE TECH ACCELERATOR PROGRAM
·
Amazon Web Services
(AWS) India announced its launch of an accelerator programme for space startups called
·
AWS
Space Accelerator: India.
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It is a technical,
business, and mentorship opportunity designed to foster startups focused on
spacetechnology, and accelerate their development, with support from T-Hub, and Minfy.
26.
INDIA'S
WEIGHTAGE CLIMBS TO RECORD HIGH ON MSCI GLOBAL STANDARD INDEX
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Index provider MSCI
raised India's weightage in its Global Standard (Emerging Markets) index to a
historic
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high of 18.2%
·
India has the
second-highest weightage in the MSCI Global Standard index, after China.
27.
WHO
UNVEILS GLOBAL INITIATIVE ON DIGITAL HEALTH (GIDH)
·
The World Health
Organization (WHO) introduced the Global
Initiative on Digital Health (GIDH), aimed at fostering collaboration and
sharing digital health knowledge and products among countries.
·
The GIDH comprises four main components: country needs tracker, country resource portal,transformation toolbox,
and knowledge exchange.
·
The Global Initiative
on Digital Health (GIDH) was launched jointly by the WHO and the Government of
India during the G20 Health Ministerial Meeting held in Gandhinagar, India, on
August 19, 2023.
·
WHO
Established : 7 April 1948
·
Headquarters
: Geneva, Switzerland
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Director
General :TedrosAdhanom Ghebreyesus
28.
FIRST
FEMALE CHIEF MINISTER OF A PAKISTANI PROVINCE
·
Maryam Nawaz, a senior
leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-
Nawaz (PML-N) party and daughter of three-time former Prime Minister of
Pakistan Nawaz Sharif, became the first
woman Chief Minister of Punjab province.
·
She won the chief
ministerial elections amidst a walkout by lawmakers of former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party-backed
Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC).
·
She won after receiving
220 votes in the 371-member Punjab Assembly.
29.
PRESIDENT
OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
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Judge Nawaf Salam (Lebanon) was elected
President of the International Court of Justice by his peers, for aterm of 3
years.
·
The International Court
of Justice (ICJ) is the principal
judicial organ of the United Nations.
·
It was established by
the United Nations Charter in June 1945 and began its activities in April 1946.
·
The Court is composed of 15 judges elected for a nine-year term by the General Assembly
and the Security Council of the United Nation.
·
The seat of the Court
is at the Peace Palace in The Hague
(Netherlands).
30.
ISRO
RETIRES CARTOSAT-2, HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING SATELLITE
·
Cartosat-2, the Indian
Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) second-generation high-resolution imaging
satellite, has been deorbited after serving for 17 years.
·
Launched
on January 10, 2007, the satellite weighed
680 kg and operated in a sun-synchronous polar orbit at an altitude of 635 km.
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ISRO : Established: 15
August 1969
·
Headquarters: Bangalore
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Chairman: S. Somanath
31.
RBI
EXTENDS EXPORT CREDIT INTEREST EQUALISATION SCHEME UNTIL JUNE 30, 2024
·
Government of India
(GoI) has allowed for the extension of the Interest Equalization Scheme for Pre
and Post-Shipment Rupee Export Credit ('Scheme') up to June 30, 2024.
·
Under this extension,
Manufacturers and Merchant Exporters dealing with specified 410 HS lines will benefit from a 2 percent interest equalization
rate, while MSME manufacturers exporting
under any HS line will receive a higher rate of 3 per cent.
·
The scheme, inaugurated on April 1, 2015, was
originally slated for a five-year duration until March 31, 2020.
·
The annual net
subvention amount has been already capped
at Rs 10 Cr per Importer-Exporter Code (IEC) in a given financial year and
the same has been communicated to the trade & industry and banks.
32.
FATF
NEW WATCHLIST GREY LIST
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Financial Action Task
Force’s (FATF) in its plenary meeting in February, 2024 removed the United ArabEmirates (UAE) successfully from the watchdog’s
grey list.
·
Barbados,
Gibraltar and Uganda will also be removed
from the FATF's grey list.
·
Kenya
and Namibia have been added to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) greylist.
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FATF
Black List: Also known as Non-Cooperative
Countries or Territories (NCCTs),countries on this list support terror funding and money laundering activities.
·
FATF
Grey List: Countries considered as safe havens for supporting terror funding
and money laundering are placed on the grey list, serving as a warning to
take corrective actions to avoid being blacklisted.
·
FATF
serves as the global watchdog for money laundering and terrorist financing.
·
FATF
has
39 member countries, and India
became a member in 2010.
·
Established
: 1989
·
Headquartered
: Paris, France
33.
CEO
OF WORLD GOLD COUNCIL
·
The World Gold Council
has appointed Sachin Jain as its new
Chief Executive Officer (CEO), India, who willtake up the role in March 2024.
·
The World Gold Council
is the market development organisation
for the gold industry
·
Founded
: 1987
·
Headquarters:
London, United Kingdom
34.
INDIA
INTRODUCES 1ST SEPTIC TANK CLEANING ROBOT
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India's
first septic tank/manhole cleaning robot,
offering an end-to-end solution to eliminate manual scavenging, is
strengthening the swachhataabhiyan in different corners of the country.
·
The technology called Homosep Atom
developed by the startup incubated in the
Department of Science and Technology (DST)-Technology Business Incubator
(TBI) of IIT Madras
·
The
startup called Solinas, which developed this
affordable robotic solution integrated Artificial Intelligence (AI) to inspect,
clean, and manage confinedspace for sanitation purposes.
35.
RBI
ISSUES MASTER DIRECTION FOR BHARAT BILL PAYMENT SYSTEM, 2024
·
In exercise of the
powers conferredunder Section 18read with Section 10(2) of thePayment and
SettlementSystems Act, 2007 (PSS Act),the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has
introduced a revised regulatory
framework forthe Bharat Bill Payment
Systems (BBPS), effective April 1, 2024.
·
BBPS
is an integrated bill payment platform
which enables payment / collection of bills through multiple channels (Mobile
Apps, Mobile Banking, Physical Agents, Bank branches, etc.) using various
payment modes (UPI, Internet Banking, Cards, Cash, Prepaid Payment Instruments,
etc.).
·
NBBL
is a wholly owned subsidiary of National Payments Corporation of India.
·
NBBL
is designated as the Payment System Provider
for the Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS)
·
Bharat
Bill Pay Central Unit (BBPCU): BBPCU is the
entity which operates BBPS;sets operational, technical and business standards,
and also undertakes clearing and settlement functions.
36.
NSG’S
NEW DIRECTOR GENERAL
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Daljit
Singh Chaudhary, a 1990 batch IPS officer, is
appointed as the new Director General of National Security Guard (NSG) by the
Centre.
·
The NSG operates under
federal jurisdiction, specializing in counter-terrorism and anti-hijacking
operations.
37.
GAGANYAAN
MISSION: PM NAMES 4 ASTRONAUTS
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The first unmanned
Gaganyaan-1 mission, a test flight to check the technology readiness for the
final mission, is scheduled to take off by the end of 2024
·
Group Captain PrasanthBalakrishnan Nair, Group
Captain Ajit Krishnan, Group Captain AngadPratap, and Wing Commander
Shubhanshu Shukla are India’s
astronauts-designate for Gaganyaan,
India’s first crewed space mission.
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In 1984, Wing Commander
Rakesh Sharma became the first Indian in space when he flew to the Salyut 7
space station on a Soviet spacecraft.
