India Current Affairs [Nation & States] MCQs

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The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology launched the IndiaAI Mission’s compute portal and AIKosha platform. The compute portal offers access to over 18,000 GPUs, cloud storage, and AI services for students, startups, researchers, and government bodies. AIKosha is a dataset platform providing resources, tools, and expert guidance for turning ideas into industry solutions. The platform aims to offer high-quality non-personal datasets to foster AI innovation and help developers create India-specific AI models.

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Punjab’s Minister for Social Security, Women, and Child Development launched Project Hifazat on International Women’s Day. The initiative aims to create a safe environment for reporting domestic violence, workplace harassment, and abuse. The 181 helpline will be central to the project, providing immediate assistance. Mission Shakti and Mission Vatsalya will support a 24×7 helpline for emergency and non-emergency services. Coordination between departments (social security, police, health) will offer rescue, legal, medical, and psycho-social support. Victims will have access to one-stop centres, legal aid, and rehabilitation services.

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Indore is launching India’s first PPP-model green waste processing plant under the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban. The plant aims to convert green waste into valuable resources like wooden pellets as an alternative to coal, promoting energy conservation. The plant is built on 55,000 square feet land in Bicholi Hapsi, transforming green waste into valuable products. The initiative helps control Air Quality Index (AQI), reduces pollution, and supports environmental sustainability. The project promotes waste management, cleanliness, and revenue generation for IMC, aligning with the Garbage-Free Cities vision.

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The Union Cabinet approved the Revised Rashtriya Gokul Mission (RGM) with an additional ₹1,000 crore, raising the total budget to ₹3,400 crore for 2021-2026 under the 15th Finance Commission. Rashtriya Gokul Mission (RGM) was launched in December 2014 to conserve and develop indigenous bovine breeds. The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying implements the mission. It aims to develop and conserve indigenous bovine breeds, upgrade the genetic quality of cattle, and boost milk production. The mission seeks to enhance dairy farming profitability for farmers.

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Tension recently arose near the buffer zone in the Thangjing Hill range of Churachandpur district in Manipur, which separates Kuki and Meitei inhabited areas. Thangjing Hill, also known as Thangching Hill or Thangting Hill, is a mountain peak in Manipur. It lies west of Moirang in Churachandpur district and forms part of the Thangjing range. The range runs north to south and marks the western boundary of the Imphal Valley. The hill is believed to be the sacred abode of Thangching, the ancestral deity of Moirang. The Meitei community considers it a holy site and traditionally visits it during the Manipur month of Sajibu, which falls in April.

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Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways called the breakthrough in the Silkyara Bend-Barkot Tunnel a historic milestone. The tunnel is a 531-kilometre long, two-lane bi-directional tunnel with an escape passage. It is located on the Dharasu-Yamunotri section in Uttarakhand, connecting Silkyara and Barkot. The tunnel is part of National Highway-134 (NH-134), earlier known as NH-94. It is being built under the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) mode.

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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar launched the ‘Mahila Samvad Rath’ campaign to promote women empowerment in the state. The campaign involves 600 specially designed promotional vehicles called “raths” or chariots. These raths will travel to more than 70,000 locations across Bihar. The aim is to empower over two crore women by spreading awareness and supporting their social and economic development. This initiative reflects the government’s strong focus on inclusive growth and gender equality.

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The Maharashtra government has launched the Pink E Rickshaw Scheme to empower women and make them financially independent. It was officially launched by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on April 21, 2025, in Pune, where electric three-wheelers were distributed to selected women. The scheme is administered by the Women and Child Development Department of Maharashtra. Kinetic Green Energy and Power Solutions Limited is the official partner and will supply the electric three-wheelers. A total of 10,000 e-rickshaws will be given in eight districts, including Pune, Nashik, Nagpur, Ahmednagar, Solapur, Kolhapur, Amravati, and Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar. Women aged between 20 and 50 years who are widows, divorcees, or from economically weaker sections will get preference under this scheme.

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Recently, under the Sahyog portal led by the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), the government issued 130 content notices to platforms like Google, YouTube, Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft in the past 6 months. The Sahyog portal is an initiative of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and helps manage content removal requests efficiently. These notices are issued under Section 79(3)(b) of the Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000. They are different from orders under Section 69(A) of the IT Act, which deals with censorship. If platforms ignore such notices, they may lose safe harbour protection, which shields them from legal action over user content.

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Indian forces launched Operation Nader in the Nader area of Tral, Awantipora, Jammu and Kashmir on May 15, 2025, acting on specific intelligence inputs. The operation involves the Indian Army’s Chinar Corps, Jammu and Kashmir Police, and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). Earlier on May 13, 2025, three terrorists, including a commander of Lashkar-e-Taiba and its proxy The Resistance Front (LeT/TRF), were killed in Shopian. These efforts follow the success of Operation Sindoor, which targeted terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), killing over 100 terrorists at key locations like Bahawalpur and Muridke.