DAILY GK 4-5 AUG 2025
1. ‘BHARAT’ TAXI SERVICE
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India’s cooperative sector plans to launch
a taxi service under the brand name ‘Bharat’ by
December 2025.
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This newly announced initiative is
supported by Rs 300 crore authorised capital and
having already onboarded 200 drivers, with 50 each from 4 states: Delhi,
Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Maharashtra.
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The Government of India (GoI) has formed
the Multi-State Sahakari Taxi Cooperative Limited, registered
officially on June 06, 2025, represents a consortium of 8 prominent
cooperatives which include.
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National Cooperative Development
Corporation (NCDC), Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited (IFFCO).
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Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing
Federation (GCMMF), National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of
India Ltd. (NAFED).
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National Cooperative Consumers’ Federation
of India Ltd. (NCCF),The Karnataka State Cooperative Marketing Federation Ltd.
(KSCMF),The Rajasthan State Cooperative Marketing Federation Ltd. (RAJFED).
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The Maharashtra State Cooperative Marketing
Federation Ltd. (MAHAFED).
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NABARD was established under NABARD Act,
1981. It works under the jurisdiction of Department of Financial Services
(DFS), Ministry of Finance (MoF). It was formally established in 1982 based on
the recommendations of B.Sivaramman Committee.
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Chairman– Shaji K.V.
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Headquarters- Mumbai.
2. INDIA - UN PROJECTS FOR ASIA,
AFRICA AND THE CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES
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The Government of India (GoI) launched
the 1st phase of four development projects under
the “India- United Nations (UN) Global Capacity Building Initiative” to
achieve the Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs) for nine partner countries.
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Partner Countries: Nepal,
Zambia, Laos, Belize, Barbados, St. Kitts & Nevis, Suriname, Trinidad &
Tobago and South Sudan.
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UN Supporting bodies: WFP, UNDP,
UN Population and UNESCO.
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It was announced during
the 78th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) as
part of India’s G20 Presidency legacy, in September 2023, by Dr.Jaishankar,
External Affairs Minister(EAM).
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The selected training courses are scheduled
to start by September 2025 under
the ITEC framework.
3. NITI AAYOG LAUNCHES INDIA ELECTRIC
MOBILITY INDEX
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The National Institution for Transforming
India (NITI) Aayog launched the report
titled ‘India Electric Mobility Index(IEMI) 2024
– Tracking Electric Mobility Trends in Indian States.
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The IEMI, a
first-of-its kind tool developed to track and benchmark the progress of states
and Union Territories (UTs) in achieving their Electric Mobility goals.
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The IEMI tracks, evaluates, and scores all
Indian States and UTs out of 100 across 16
indicators under 3 core themes.
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Based on the IEMI scores, states
are categorised into frontrunners (leading with robust ecosystems), performers
(making progress) and aspirants (requiring intervention).
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Frontrunners (Score: 65-99): Delhi,
Maharashtra and Chandigarh.
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Performers (Score: 50-64): Karnataka,
Tamil Nadu (TN) and Haryana.
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Aspirants (Score: 0-49):
Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh(UP), Ladakh, Andhra Pradesh(AP), and others
are lagging in their e-mobility initiatives and require targeted interventions.
4. KARTAVYA BHAVAN
INAUGURATES IN NEW DELHI
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Prime Minister (PM) NarendraModi inaugurates Kartavya Bhavan-03 at
Kartavya Path, in New Delhi.
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It is the first among the several upcoming
Common Central Secretariat (CCS) buildings to streamline
administrative processes and enable agile governance.
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It is an office complex building with
total area of approximately 1.5 lakh square metres(sq m) with 2 basement
levels and 7 floor levels.
5. PUNJAB -FIRST STATE TO EMPANEL
LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS
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Dr.Baljit Kaur, Minister for Social
Security, Women & Child Development, Government of Punjab, announced the
empanelment of sign language experts, translators, and special educators
under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act,
2015, to ensure access of the judicial system to all the sections of
the society.
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With this move, Punjab has become the
first state in India to empanel sign language experts under the Juvenile
Justice Act 2015.
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Act: Juvenile Justice (Care and
Protection of Children) Act, 2015, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences
(POSCO) Act, 2012.
6. FIRST EVER BIMSTEC TRADITIONAL MUSIC
FESTIVAL
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Union Minister Dr. S.
Jaishankar, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), inaugurated the
first-ever Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic
Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Traditional Music Festival, organized
by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR)
in New Delhi.
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The event was held under the theme
“SaptaSur: Seven Nations, One Melody”, symbolizing both the seven classical
musical notes in Indian tradition and the seven BIMSTEC countries.
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Music Artists from seven BIMSTEC
countries, including India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka,
and Thailand, performed at the event, representing their traditional musical
forms.
7. NITI AAYOG REPORT ON ELECTRIC
VEHICLES IN INDIA”
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National Institute for Transforming
India (NITI) Aayog, launched a report titled “Unlocking
a USD 200 Billion Opportunity: Electric Vehicles in India”.
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The report serves as a strategic roadmap to
help India achieve a 30% share of Electric
Vehicles (EVs) in total vehicle sales by 2030.
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As per the report, the sale of EVs in
India has increased from 50,000 in 2016 to 2.08 million in 2024,
making India stand 6th globally, while the global
sales have increased from 918,000 in 2016 to 18.78 million in
2024.
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The report describes the EV transition in
India as slow to start, with the EV penetration of India, being one-fifth of
the global penetration in 2020 to over two-fifth of
penetration in 2024.
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In 2024, the sale of EV vehicles is 7.6% of
the total vehicles, which has taken 5 years. To achieve the goal of reaching 30%
sales of EV by 2030, India must increase the annual sales of EV
vehicles by 22% till 2030.
8. INDIA-RUSSIA SIGN PACT TO STRENGTHEN
INDUSTRIAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL TIES
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India and Russia have
signed a Protocol to deepen industrial and technological cooperation,
reaffirming their strategic partnership during the 11th Session
of the India-Russia Working Group on Modernization
& Industrial Cooperation, held.
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The protocol aims to strengthen
collaboration in aluminium, fertilizers, and railway
transport, while promoting capacity building and technology transfer in the
mining sector, covering equipment, exploration, and industrial and domestic
waste representatives.
9. INDIA NOMINATES ‘SARNATH’ TO UNESCO
FOR 2025-26 CYCLE
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Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), Ministry
of Culture (MoC), Government of India (GOI), has nominated “Sarnath”, an
ancient Buddhist site for inscription on the United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage List for
the 2025-26 cycle.
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World Heritage Convention,
1972: Under the Convention, each State Party can
nominate only one site per year for inscription on the World Heritage List.
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The nomination process takes approximately
1.5 years from the date of submission.
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The nomination process takes approximately
1.5 years from the date of submission.
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Sarnath is situated at the confluence
of the Rivers Ganga and Varuna in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh (UP).
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Gautama Buddha delivered his first
religious speech (first sermon) in Sarnath, following the attainment of enlightenment
at Bodh Gaya (Bihar), marking the birth of Buddhist community.
10. NITI AAYOG’S AIM AND DIBD SIGN SOI TO
PROMOTE VERNACULAR INNOVATION
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The Atal Innovation Mission (AIM)
of National Institution for Transforming India(NITI Aayog) signed
the Statement of Intent (SoI) with the Digital
India Bhashini Division (DIBD) under the Ministry of Electronics
and Information Technology(MeITY) to foster vernacular innovation and enhance
Indian language inclusivity in the innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem.
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It aims to focus on
strategies to integrate Indian language technology into
AIM’s nationwide programs.
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The content from the World Intellectual
Property Organisation (WIPO) Academy on intellectual property
rights (IPR) will be translated into multiple Indian
languages using DIBD’s advanced AI-powered translation tools.
11. INDIA’S FIRST SMART INTELLIGENT
VILLAGE TO BE IN SATNAVRI, NAGPUR
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Satnavri, a small village
with around 1,800 residents in rural Nagpur, Maharashtra, is set to become India’s
first Smart Intelligent Village.
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This initiative integrates cutting-edge
technologies into everyday rural life, including drone-assisted farming, smart
irrigation, mobile banking, digitised schools, and advanced surveillance
systems.
12. IATA: INDIAN EMERGED AS WORLD’S
5TH BIGGEST AVIATION MARKET
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The International Air Transport
Association (IATA), released the latest edition of
the World Airport Transport Statistics (WATS) for 2024.
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As per the report, India ranked
as the world’s 5th largest aviation market in 2024,
handling 211 million passengers, marking an 11.1%
year-on-year(Y-o-Y) growth from 2023.
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The United States of America (USA) continues
to be the world’s biggest aviation market with 876 million
passengers in 2024, driven by its domestic air travel network,
marking 5.2% Year-on-Year (Y-o-Y) growth rate.
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It is followed by China (741 million passengers)
and the United Kingdom (UK) (261 million passengers) ranked at 2nd and
3rd spots, respectively.
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In Asia-Pacific region
topped among the world’s busiest airports, with Jeju-Seoul Gimpo(CJU-GMP) in
South Korea emerged as the most popular route globally,
with 13.2 million passengers flying between two
airports in 2024.
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Mumbai-Delhi route ranked 7th among
the world’s top 10 busiest airport pairs, carrying 5.9 million passengers in
2024.
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As per the report, The Boeing
737 (all variants) topped usage in 2024 with 10 million flights
and generated 2.4 trillion Available Seat Kilometers (ASKs), a key indicator
used to measure airline capacity.
