DAILY GK 1-2 APR 2026
1.
CMS COP15 IN BRAZIL
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The 15th Meeting of
the Conference of the Parties (COP15) to
the Convention on the Conservation of
Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) was held under Brazil Presidency in Campo
Grande, Brazil.
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During the conference, a total of 40 species, subspecies,
and populations were newly included or reclassified under Appendices I and II,
of which 16 are found in Brazil.
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CMS COP15, a major
global wildlife conservation meeting, brought together representatives from
132 countries and the European Union (EU)
under the theme “Connecting
Nature to Sustain Life.”
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Brazil assumed the presidency for the next three years to oversee the implementation of decisions,
while Germany was announced as the host of COP16 in
2029 to mark the 50th anniversary of CMS.
2.
GRSE DELIVERED THREE FRONTLINE WARSHIPS TO INDIAN
NAVY
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Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd
(GRSE), Indian Defence Public Sector Unit (PSU) delivered three frontline
platforms: advanced guided missile
frigate ‘Dunagiri’, the survey vessel ‘Sanshodhak’, and anti-submarine warfare shallow watercraft ‘Agray’, to
the Indian Navy (IN).
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Dunagiri(Yard 3023): It is the second Nilgiri-Class
stealth frigate built under Project 17A after Indian Naval Ship (INS) Nilgiri.
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INS Sanshodhak (Yard 3028): It is the 4th and last
Survey Vessel Large (SVL), bolsters INs hydrographic and survey capabilities.
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Agray– ASW-SWC: It is the fourth of eight ASW
SWC, and is designed for coastal defence operations.
3.
GSL LAUNCHES INS SHACHI FOR IN
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Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL), launched Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessel (NGOPV)
INS Shachi (Yard 1280) for the Indian Navy (IN)and the delivery of Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS)
Achal (Yard 1274) to the Indian Coast Guard (ICG).
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INS Shachi (Yard 1280) : The 113-metres(m)-long naval ship with a displacement of 2,600 tonnes, can
endure 8,500 nautical miles and will
be crewed by 19 officers and 130 sailors.
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ICGS Achal (Yard 1274): It is the 5th Fast Patrol Vessel (FPV) in a series of eight developed by GSL at a cost of Rs 473 crore.
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The 52-m-long and 8 m-wide ICGS with a displacement of 320
tons achieving a maximum speed of 27 knots.
4.
WORLD’S FIRST CREWED LUNAR MISSION ‘ARTEMIS II’
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
launched the Artemis II mission from Kennedy Space Center in
Florida, USA, using the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion
crew capsule, sending four
astronauts on a crewed test flight to the Moon’s vicinity, marking the first
human journey beyond low Earth orbit since
Apollo 17 in 1972.
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The four-member crew includes Commander Reid Wiseman (USA), Pilot
Victor Glover (USA), Mission Specialist Christina Koch (USA),
and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen (Canada, Canadian Space
Agency).
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The mission will carry astronauts around the Moon and return to Earth
in a nearly 10-day journey, travelling about 406,000 kilometer (km) (252,000
miles), the farthest distance for human
spaceflight, surpassing Apollo 13.
5.
HOCKEY INDIA ANNUAL AWARDS 2025
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Indian Men’s Hockey Team midfielder and two-time Olympic
medallist Hardik Singh, and Indian Women’s Hockey Team
forward, Navneet Kaur, were honoured with the Hockey
India Balbir Singh Sr. Award for Player of the Year 2025 (Rs. 20
lakh each).
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Zafar Iqbal, the legendary former captain, was conferred with the ‘Major Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement
Award (Rs. 25 lakh)’.
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Prince Deep Singh won the Jugraj Singh Award for Upcoming
Player (Men – Under 21).
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Sakshi Rana received the Asunta Lakra Award for Upcoming
Player (Women – Under 21) with both earning Rs. 10,00,000 each.
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The Hockey Unit of Jharkhand was named Best Member Unit of the Year 2025.
6.
WORLD ARCHERY PARA ARCHER OF THE YEAR 2025
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India’s Sheetal Devi was
named “Para Archer of the Year 2025” by the World Archery Federation (WA),
the international governing body for the sport of archery, in recognition of
her outstanding achievement on the global stage.
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Archer
of the Year awarded to Emircan Haney (Türkiye).
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Young
Archer of the Year to Baptiste Addis (France).
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Sheetal Devi is India’s first female armless para-archer
competing globally.
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The 19-year-old from Jammu and Kashmir became the first
and only female armless archer to win gold at the World Para Archery Championships 2025 in
Gwangju, South Korea, in 2025.
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She won a mixed team bronze medal at the 2024 Paris
Paralympics (France).
7.
RAMNATH GOENKA EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM AWARDS
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Chandrapuram Ponnusami (C.P.) Radhakrishnan, Vice
President of India, attended the 20th edition of
RamnathGoenka (RNG) Excellence in Journalism Awards.
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He presented awards to 25
journalists for excellence across print, digital and broadcast
media in 18 categories, including investigative journalism, sports, politics &
governance, feature writing, books and regional language journalism.
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These awards were instituted
by the RamnathGoenka Foundation in 2005 to mark
the birth centenary of RamnathGoenka, the founder of the Indian
Express(IE) Group.
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Each recipient receives
a citation, a trophy, and a monetary
prize of Rs 1 Lakh.
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Sandeep Dighe (TOI) and Sreya
Chatterjee & Arvind Ojha (India Today) were honored with the
‘Prakash Kardaley Memorial Awards for
Civic Journalism’, award.
8. WORLD AIRPORT AWARDS 2026
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Singapore’s Changi Airport was named the world’s
best airport for the 14th time since 2000 at the Skytrax World
Airport Awards 2026 held during the Passenger Terminal Expo &
Conference (PTE) World in London and also won awards for World’s Best Airport Dining, Best Airport in the 60–70 Million Passenger Category, Best Airport Immigration Service, and Best Airport in Asia.
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South Korea’s Seoul Incheon Airport ranked No. 2 globally and won World’s Most Family Friendly Airport.
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Japan’s Tokyo Haneda Airport ranked No. 3 with awards for World’s
Cleanest Airport (Major Airport), World’s
Best Domestic Airport, and World’s Best
Airport for Persons with Reduced Mobility (PRM) & Accessible
Facilities.
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Five Indian airports were featured among the world’s top
100, with Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport ranked 28th (up from 32nd) and was
awarded Best Airport in India &
South Asia.
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Kempegowda International Airport
(Bengaluru,
Karnataka) ranked 41st and won Best Regional Airport in India & South
Asia for the third consecutive year.
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Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
(Hyderabad,
Telangana) wong the ‘Best Airport Staff
in India and South Asia 2026’ award.
9.
ASF SQUASH AWARDS 2025
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India’s top squash players Anahat Singh and Abhay Singh have
been named the Asian Squash Federation (ASF)
Player of the Year 2025 in the girls’ (U-19) and men’s
categories (DatoAlex Lee Award)
categories.
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Japan’s Satomi Watanabe won the senior ASF Women’s Player of the Year award.
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The Indian team earned the men’s Team of the Year award.
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Hong Kong, China earned the women’s Team of the Year award.
10.
DDUPSVP & NDPSVP 2025 Awards
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Tripura achieved a major milestone as three of its Panchayats secured top honours at the DeenDayalUpadhyay Panchayat
SatatVikasPuraskar (DDUPSVP)
2025 and the NanajiDeshmukhSarvottam
Panchayat SatatVikasPuraskar (NDPSVP)
2025, presented by the Ministry
of Panchayati Raj (MoPR).
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Sepahijala District Panchayat (DP) secured 1st rank in the Best DP category under
NDPSVP.
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Kanchanbari GP (Unakoti district, Tripura)
secured 1st rank under the Healthy
Panchayat category of DDUPSVP.
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Baikunthapur GP (West Tripura district,
Tripura) secured 3rd rank under the
Women-Friendly Panchayat category of DDUPSVP.
11.
UNESCO GEM REPORT 2026
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UNESCO released the Global Education Monitoring
(GEM) Report Access and Equity: Countdown to 2030, revealing that
one in six school-age children worldwide
are out of education and only two in three complete secondary schooling.
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In 2024, a report found
that 273 million children, adolescents,
and youth were out of school globally,
excluding an additional estimated 13
million in ten conflict-affected countries.
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The Global Education Monitoring Report 2026 assesses global
progress towards achieving equitable and inclusive education under Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG
4) by 2030.
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West Asia faces severe
disruption due to conflicts, with school closures
leaving millions out of education and 13million
additionally excluded in the most affected countries.
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Global enrolment reached
1.4 billion in 2024, increasing by 327 million (30%) since 2000.
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Completion rates improved from 77% to 88% (primary), 60% to 78% (lower secondary), and 37% to 61% (upper secondary), yet only two-thirds complete schooling and
95% completion may be reached only by
2105.
