” Notes: professor Meena Charanda, principal of kalindi college, delhi university, received the ‘International Culture Award’ in 2024 for her exceptional contributions to education and social service. the honor was bestowed upon her at the india international center on march 30, 2024.”

” Notes: Cumbum Valley, known as the “grapes city of south india,” is known for panneer thratchai grapes, comprising 85% of india’s production. introduced in 1832 by a french priest, these grapes thrive year-round, unlike elsewhere. recognized for its rapid growth and early maturity, it earned a geographical indication tag in 2023. cumbum valley’s grapes, rich in nutrients, are used for wine, spirits, and more. its location in tamil nadu’s western ghats adds to its allure.”

Iit Madras hosts the 6th shaastra rapid fide rated chess tournament from 30 to 31 march 2024 in chennai it is the sole iit in india to conduct an annual open rapid rating tournament notable participants include six grandmasters sixteen international masters three female grandmasters

” Notes: the indian air force (iaf) is set to conduct ‘gagan shakti-2024’, the nation’s largest air military exercise, involving all air force stations. held every five years, it will commence on april 1, 2024, at pokhran’s field firing range. approximately 10,000 airmen will participate, with maneuvers spanning the western and northern fronts. the indian army is aiding logistical support, ensuring synergy across sectors for operational rail mobilization.”

” Notes: Microsoft and openai are jointly embarking on a $100 billion project to create “stargate,” an ai supercomputer. scheduled for launch in 2028, it follows openai’s ai upgrade in 2022. the project aims to surpass existing data centers’ capabilities by 100 times. divided into five phases, with stargate as the fifth, a smaller fourth-phase supercomputer is slated for release in 2026. significant costs will be allocated to acquiring essential ai chips.”

” As per the Reserve Bank of india (rbi) latest data, the total number of credit cards issued by banks in india breached the 100 million mark in february 2024. data revealed that till february 2024, the total number of credit cards in circulation was 100.6 million. whereas, in february 2023, the total number of credit cards in circulation stood at 99.5 million.i. hdfc bank, the largest private bank in india, leads in the number of credit card issuances with 20.40 million credit cards in circulation, followed by sbi (state bank of india) with 18.75 million credit cards, icici bank with 16.84 million, and axis bank with 13.90 million cards.”

” According to the analysis of the Engineering Export Promotion Council (eepc) of india, the premier trade and investment promotion organisation in india, india’s engineering goods exports surged during april-february 2023-24.i. russia, the united arab emirates (uae), and saudi arabia are among the top importers of indian engineering goods . despite an overall decline in exports, the engineering segment experienced a modest growth (year-on-year/y-o-y) of 1.23%, amounting to usd 98.03 billion.”

“Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), owned by Mukesh Ambani, has bought a 26% share in Gautam Adani’s Madhya Pradesh power project and has agreed to use the 500 MW of electricity produced by the facility for captive use. The two billionaires are working together on a business project for the first time. Under the terms of the Captive User policy as outlined in the Electricity Rules, 2005, Mahan Energen Limited (MEL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Adani Power Limited (APL), and RIL have signed into a 20-year long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for 500 MW. Reliance will purchase five crore equity shares at par (Rs 50 crore) in Mahan Energen Ltd.”

In response to the request of the Nepal Electricity Authority nea india renewed the agreement on 29 march 2024 to export electricity to nepal for 3 months until the end of june 2024 nepal can import up to 554 megawatts mw of electricity under this agreement between 6 am and 6 pm between

” Warburg pincus, a private equity firm sold its entire 2.25% stake in idfc (formerly infrastructure development finance company limited) first bank for rs 1,195 crore through the open market transaction.i. note:warburg pincus sold its idfc first bank shares on the bse (formerly bombay stock exchange) through its affiliated clover dell investment limited.ii. as per bse, the investment group used block deals to sell its 2.25% stake in the bank. more than 15.88 crore idfc first bank shares were sold by cloverdell investment.”

” The bharat aluminium company limited (balco), a unit of vedanta aluminium, has emerged as the first company in india to obtain the aluminium stewardship initiative (asi)performance standard v3 certification for the production and distribution of a broad range of primary aluminium products at its korba facility, chhattisgarh.”

This international day of zero waste 2024 is observed across the world on march 30 2024 to highlight the importance of bolstering waste management and promoting sustainable consumption and production patterns

Joyshree das verma took over as 41st national president of the ficci ladies organisation flo federation for the year 2024-2025 and succeeded sudha shivkumar as 40th president of ficci flo 2023-2024

” The pension fund regulatory and development authority (pfrda) in its digital safety practices for government nodal offices under nps architecture advisory, 2024, has mandated two-factor aadhaar authentication for accessing the central record keeping agency (cra) system, enhancing security for national pension system (nps) transactions. effective from april 1, 2024 about 1,600 government offices will implement two-factor aadhaar authentication for accessing the cra system.”

Bassirou diomaye diakhar faye was elected president of senegal after winning the election that was held on 24 march 2024 faye succeeds macky sall who served as president of senegal from 2012 to 2024 faye is scheduled to take