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Current Affairs of March 24, 2025 for the RO/ARO, Patwari and TET’s single day exams to be held in Uttar Pradesh.
1. Organizing ‘Investors Meet’ in Lucknow: On 22 March, ‘PM Mitra Park Investors Meet’ was organized at Taj Hotel in Lucknow.
During the Investors Meet, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced PM Mitra Mega Textile and Apparel Park on 1000 acres on the Lucknow-Hardoi border.
- In the meat, the government also had 500 crores MOU from Ludhiana company Raman Jain-RR Jain Industries.
National
2. Organizing 6 -day ‘International Workshop on Gurugram’ in Gurugram: From 24 March to 29 March 2025, a 6 -day ‘International Workshop on Land Administration’ is being organized in Gurugram (Haryana).
This workshop is being organized in collaboration with the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Ministry of External Affairs, Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) Program and Haryana Public Administration Institute (HIPA).
- These workshops will bring together representatives from 22 countries of Africa, Latin America and South-East Asia to discover innovative approaches to deal with land administration challenges globally.
- This 6 -day international workshop will demonstrate India’s leading ownership scheme.
- Turkmenistan, Columbia, Zimbabwe, Fiji, Mali, Lesotho, Sierra Leone, Venezuela, Mongolia, Tanzania, Uzbekistan, Equatorial Guinea, Kiribati, Sao Tom and Principa, Liberia, Ghana, Armainia, Honduras, Honduras, Honduras, Hondura, Togo and Papua New Guinea are prominent.
3. litterateur Vinod Kumar Shukla will get Jnanpith Award: On 22 March, it was announced to give Jnanpith Award to famous Hindi language litterateur Vinod Kumar Shukla.
Vinod Kumar Shukla will get the 59th Jnanpith Award for the year 2024.
- Vinod Kumar Shukla has been decided to give this award for his unique contribution, creativity and specific writing style to Hindi literature.
- He is the 12th Hindi litterateur, who is being awarded this award.
- A litterateur from Chhattisgarh will get Jnanpith Award for the first time.
- Earlier, he has also received the ‘Sahitya Akademi’ award for the novel ‘Wall in the wall’ in 1999.
- The Jnanpith Award is the highest award given by the Indian Jnanpith Trust for Indian literature.
- The award is given Rs 11 lakh, citation and bronze statue of Vagdevi.
4. ‘Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain – 2025’ launched: ‘Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain 2025’ was launched on World Water Day on 22 March.
Union Water Power Minister CR Patil (Central) and Haryana Chief Minister Naib Singh Saini (left) inaugurated the nationwide campaign Jal Shakti Abhiyan in Panchkula on Saturday, 22 March: Catch the Rain-2025.
- The purpose of this program is to emphasize water conservation and management through community participation and new strategies.
- This year the theme of World Water Day was ‘Water harvesting public participation: towards public awareness’.
- Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain 2025 will promote water conservation and stability under the leadership of community in 148 districts of the country.
- The campaign started in collaboration with the Ministry of Water Power, Environment Forest and Climate Change and Government of Haryana.
5. Ashok Singh Thakur became President of ‘Indian National Art and Cultural Heritage Trust (Intach)’: On 22 March, Ashok Singh Thakur was elected the President of the Indian National Arts and Cultural Heritage Trust (Intach).
Ashok Singh Thakur has been elected president of Intach for 3 years.
- The Indian National Arts and Cultural Heritage Trust (Intach) is a major heritage protection organization of India.
- It was established on 27 January 1984.
- It aims to preserve the environment, revive the abstract heritage and promote awareness and praise about our vast heritage.
6. Organizing ‘Purple Fest’ in New Delhi: Purple Fest was organized on March 21 at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.
President Draupadi Murmu inaugurated the ‘Purple Fest’.
- The purpose of ‘Purple Fest’ is to raise awareness about various disabledness and their influence on their lives and promote understanding, acceptance and inclusion of the disabled in the society.
- The program was organized by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India.
International
7. 13th meeting of Indo-Itly Military Cooperation Group (MCG) held in Rome: From 20 to 21 March 2025, the 13th meeting of the Indo-Itly Military Cooperation Group (MCG) was held in Rome, Italy, the capital of Italy.
MCG serves as a major institutional mechanism to increase defense cooperation between the armed forces of both countries.
- During this period, military engagement and strategic cooperation of the two countries were discussed.
- The meeting considered the issue in this meeting such as advanced exchange programs, capacity development efforts and strengthening cooperation between Indian and Italian armed forces.
Sports
8. The beginning of the 18th session of the Indian Premier League (IPL): On March 22, the 18th session of the Indian Premier League i.e. IPL began at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
In this tournament sponsored by BCCI, a total of 74 matches will be played in 13 cities of the country in the next 65 days.
- A total of ten teams are participating in this session.
- The final of this session will be played on May 25, 2025 in Kolkata.
- The Indian Premier League started in the year 2008.
History of March 24:
- In 1603, the Queen Queen Elizabeth I of England died.
- In 1855, the first long distance telegraphic message was sent between Calcutta to Agra.
- Famous Indian advocate and politician Satyendra Prasanna Sinha was born in 1863.
- In 1882, Dr. Robert Coach discovered the bacteria, which causes tuberculosis disease.
- Famous litterateur Haribhau Upadhyay was born in 1892.
- In 1946, the British Cabinet Mission led by Lord Pathic Lawrence reached India.
- In 1977, Morar ji Desai became the fourth Prime Minister of India.
- The ‘Delta Star’ satellite was tested in 1989.
- In 2008, the first general election for the National Assembly was held in India’s neighboring country Bhutan.
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