GA Topper Series: Study Notes Part 2

Current affairs are all about recalling the fact at the right time that is during the exam. Let’s learn who / what / which came first 

• The first iconic sea cruise terminal in India, named Mumbai International Cruise Terminal, is expected to be commissioned in July 2024 at BPX-Indira Dock. 
• Hindustan Aeronautics Limited has handed over the first set of Gaganyaan hardware to the Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO).
• For the first time, Pashmina products are being produced outside the region of Leh-Ladakh and Jammu & Kashmir in Varanasi (the spiritual and cultural capital of India), Uttar Pradesh
• IIT Madras has launched India’s first Made-in-India polycentric prosthetic knee named ‘Kadam’. It is really affordable
• US has committed a $500 million investment by the DFC in First Solar’s facility to produce solar panels in India
• India’s first portable solar rooftop system was inaugurated at Swaminarayan Akshardham temple complex in Gandhinagar by the German development agency Deutsche GIZ. It has been developed by New Delhi-based Servotech Power Systems Ltd (SPSL)
• Palli village in Jammu and Kashmir’s border district of Samba became India’s first ‘carbon neutral panchayat’.
• Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba has become the first district in the country to cover 100% of households under the AB-PMJAY – SEHAT scheme.
• 1st community radio station (CRS) — Dudh Vani — dedicated to animal husbandry has been launched in Gujarat
• Karnataka has announced to set up ‘Nandini Ksheera Samridhi Cooperative Bank’, first-ever cooperative bank for dairy farmer
• Bengaluru is the first Indian city to join the Global Silk City Network
• India’s first community museum has been established in Gya – Sasoma villages of Leh district, Ladakh
• Rajasthan has become the first state in India to get the L-Root server, which will enable it to provide digital services and enforce e-governance with seamless connectivity
• Telangana government will its new SpaceTech Framework on the Metaverse platform (of PartyNite Metaverse) to strengthen its position in space technology. It is probably the first-ever government event to be held in the metaverse
• Oil India Ltd. (OIL) has commissioned “India’s first 99.999% pure” green hydrogen plant in Assam
• Mumbai gets India’s first completely digital bus on the Gateway of India to Churchgate route
• Agra has become the first city in India to have vacuum–based sewers
• India’s first ‘Amrit Sarovar’ has been completed in Rampur’s Gram Panchayat, Uttar Pradesh
• Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Adm. R. Hari Kumar unveiled the first navigation chart that has been jointly produced by India and Maldives.
• Ecuador has become the world’s first country to grant constitutional rights to wild animals.
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized the emergency use of “InspectIR COVID-19 Breathalyzer” – the world’s first COVID-19 diagnostic test that detects SARS-CoV-2 infection through br
• Redemption Digital Technology Private Limited has soft-launched India’s first KYC compliant crypto token – Redemption.
• Ergos Business Solutions Pvt. Ltd. has launched the first of its kind “GrainBank Loyalty Cards for Farmers” and “Grainbank” portal
• MakersLab, the research, and development arm of Tech Mahindra has launched ‘Meta Village’ in Paragon, Maharashtra. The purpose is to enhance the educational experience of users of the Roblox platform in Paragon. 
• PhonePe has become the first digital payments platform to participate in an Internet Exchange in India
• UK-based Crypto lender Nexo has partnered with Mastercard to launch the world’s first “crypto-backed” payment card
• 121 Finance (based in Jaipur) has become India’s first fintech-led NBFC-Factor to receive the Certificate of Registration under Registration of Factors (Reserve Bank) Regulations, 2022 of RBI
• Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) will host the 21st World Congress of Accountants (WCOA), the Kumbh of accountants, for the first time in 118 years of its existence
• IndiGo has become the first airline in India to land aircraft using the indigenous navigation system GAGAN (GPS-aided geo-augmented navigation).
• Lt Gen Manoj Pande has become the first engineer to be appointed as the Chief of Army Staff. He is the 29th Chief of the Army
• The Union Finance Minister on the occasion of the 17th foundation day of Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited (SPMCIL) has launched the first colour souvenir coin on Panchtantra.
• GAIL (India) Limited begins India’s 1st  project of mixing hydrogen into the natural gas system
• Hero Electric will aid Even Cargo to create the first-ever women-only delivery EV fleet by bringing over 10,000 women riders by 2025.
• UFlex limited is to set up a manufacturing line for U-shaped paper straw at Sanand, Gujarat
• IRCTC will run its first Bharat Gaurav Tourist train on the Ramayana Circuit, as planned under the Swadesh Darshan scheme.
• Log9 Materials has unveiled India’s first indigenously-developed cell manufacturing facility at the Log9 campus in Bengaluru, Karnataka
• Priyanka Mohite has become the first Indian woman to scale five peaks above 8,000 metres. She is the recipient of the Tenzing Norgay Adventure Award 2020
• RailTel Designs Establishes ‘Health Cloud’ Mobile Container Hospital at AMTZ Visakhapatnam 
• India’s first Bridgital Autism Support Network – ‘Pay Autention – A different mind is a gifted mind’ has been set up by Tata Power Community Development Trust.
• India’s first Tribal Health Observatory will be set up in Odisha
• Union Bank of India (UBI) has become the first Public Sector Bank (PSB) to be listed on the Account Aggregator (AA) Framework.
• India’s first Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) named Hoegh Giant has arrived at H-Energy’s Jaigarh terminal in Maharashtra.
• India’s first fully equipped mobile ambulance for on-site treatment of street animals has been launched by Four Paws (an animal welfare organization) and Blue Cross of India, Chenna
• India’s first 100% women-owned industrial park has begun operations in Sultanpur near Patancheru, Hyderabad.
• The Asansol Division of Indian Railways has commissioned the ‘Gati Shakti Multi-Modal Cargo Terminal’ (GCT) under the PM Gati Shakti scheme. it is Indian Railways’ first ‘Gati Shakti’ cargo terminal

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