The Hindu-Review-January-March-2024-english Static Current Affairs

  • DRDO founded: 1958;
  • DRDO Headquarters: DRDO Bhavan, New Delhi;
  • DRDO Agency executive: : Sameer V. Kamat, Chairman, DRDO.
  • Central Vigilance Commission Founded: February 1964;
  • Central Vigilance Commission HQ: New Delhi.
  • National Commission for Scheduled Castes Founded: 19 February 2004.
  • Tamil Nadu Chief minister: M. K. Stalin;
  • Tamil Nadu Capital: Chennai;
  • Tamil Nadu Governor: R. N. Ravi.
  • Haryana Capital: Chandigarh;
  • Haryana Governor: Bandaru Dattatreya;
  • World Plumbing Council HQ: Zurich, Switzerland;
  • World Plumbing Council Founded: October 2009;
  • World Plumbing Council Head: Dave Viola.
  • Madhya Pradesh Capital: Bhopal (Executive Branch);
  • Madhya Pradesh Bird: Indian paradise flycatcher;
  • Madhya Pradesh Flower: White lily;
  • Madhya Pradesh Formation: 26 January 1950.
  • Jharkhand Chief minister: Champai Soren;
  • Jharkhand Capital: Ranchi;
  • Jharkhand Founded: 15 November 2000;
  • Jharkhand Bird: Koel;
  • Jharkhand Flower: Palash.
  • National Commission for Protection of Child Rights Founded: 2007;
  • National Commission for Protection of Child Rights Headquarters: New Delhi, India;
  • National Commission for Protection of Child Rights Chairman: Priyank Kanoongo.
  • Managing Director & CEO of Maruti Suzuki India Limited: Mr. Hisashi Takeuchi
  • Odisha Capital: Bhubaneswar;
  • Odisha Chief Minister: Naveen Patnaik;
  • Odisha Bird: Indian roller;
  • Odisha Flower: Asoka;
  • Odisha Governor: Raghubar Das.
  • North East Small Finance Bank Ltd (Head Office) in Hatigaon, Guwahati;
  • North East Small Finance Bank Ltd MD & CEO: Satish Kumar Kalra;
  • North East Small Finance Bank Ltd Established: October 17, 2017.
  • Indian Sugar & Bio-energy Manufacturers Association (ISMA) HQ: New Delhi;
  • Indian Sugar & Bio-energy Manufacturers Association (ISMA) Established: 1932.
  • Google Founders: Larry Page, Sergey Brin;
  • Google Parent organization: Alphabet Inc.;
  • Google CEO: Sundar Pichai (2 Oct 2015-);
  • Google Founded: 4 September 1998, Menlo Park, California, United States.
  • Seychelles Capital: Victoria
  • Seychelles President: Wavel Ramkalawan
  • Seychelles Currency: Seychelles Rupee
  • Election Commissioner of India HQ: Delhi
  • Election Commissioner of India Established: 25th January 1950.
  • WHO Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland;
  • WHO Head:Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus;
  • WHO Founders: United States, Brazil, Mexico, France, United Kingdom;
  • WHO Founded: 7 April 1948.
  • Tamil Nadu Chief minister: M. K. Stalin;
  • Tamil Nadu Capital: Chennai;
  • Tamil Nadu Governor: R. N. Ravi.
  • Iran Capital: Tehran;
  • Iran Official language: Persian;
  • Iran President: Ebrahim Raisi.
  • Tuvalu Capital: Funafuti;
  • Tuvalu Continent: Oceania;
  • Tuvalu Official languages: Tuvaluan, English;
  • Tuvalu Currencies: Australian Dollar, Tuvaluan dollar.
  • Kotak Mahindra Bank CEO: Ashok Vaswani (1 Jan 2024-);
  • Kotak Mahindra Bank Founder: Uday Kotak;
  • Kotak Mahindra Bank Founded: 21 November 1985;
  • Kotak Mahindra Bank Headquarters: Mumbai.
  • SBI Chairperson: Dinesh Kumar Khara;
  • SBI Founded: 1 July 1955;
  • SBI Headquarters: Mumbai.
  • Geological Survey of India Founded: 4 March 1851
  • Geological Survey of India Founder: Thomas Oldham
  • Geological Survey of India Headquarters: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
  • Geological Survey of India Formed: 4 March 1851; 172 years ago
  • Geological Survey of India Government agency executive: Shri Janardan Prasad
  • Geological Survey of India Parent Government agency: Ministry of Mines
  • Bihar Capital: Patna;
  • Bihar Chief Minister: Nitish Kumar;
  • Bihar Bird: House sparrow;
  • Bihar Flower: Marigold;
  • Bihar Formation: 22 March 1912.
  • International Astronomical Union President: Debra Elmegreen;
  • International Astronomical Union Headquarters: Paris, France;
  • International Astronomical Union Founded: 28 July 1919;
  • International Astronomical Union General Secretary: Piero Benvenuti.
  • BSF Founder: Khusro Faramurz Rustamj;
  • BSF Founded: 1 December 1965;
  • BSF Director General: Nitin Agarwal, IPS.
  • France Capital: Paris;
  • France President: Emmanuel Macron;
  • France Prime minister: Gabriel Attal;
  • France Official language: French.
  • Himachal Pradesh Capitals: Shimla (Summer), Dharamshala (Winter);
  • Himachal Pradesh Chief minister: Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu;
  • Himachal Pradesh Bird: Western tragopan;
  • Himachal Pradesh Districts: 12;
  • Himachal Pradesh Flower: Pink rhododendron;
  • Himachal Pradesh High Court: Himachal Pradesh High Court.
  • Election Commission of India, Nirvachan Sadan, Ashoka Road, New Delhi;
  • 25th Chief Election Commissioner: Rajiv Kumar;
  • Election Commission of India Founded: 25 January 1950.
  • Kerala Capital: Thiruvananthapuram;
  • Kerala Chief minister: Pinarayi Vijayan;
  • Kerala Population: 3.46 crores (2018);
  • Kerala Districts: 14;
  • Kerala Fish: Green chromide;
  • Kerala Flower: Golden shower tree.
  • Kerala Chief minister: Pinarayi Vijayan;
  • Kerala Capital: Thiruvananthapuram;
  • Kerala Fish: Green chromide;
  • Kerala Flower: Golden shower tree.
  • Airbus Chief Executive Officer Guillaume Faury;
  • Airbus Headquarters: Leiden, Netherlands;
  • Airbus Founded: 10 July 2000.
  • Jharkhand Capital: Ranchi;
  • Jharkhand Chief minister: Champai Soren;
  • Jharkhand Founded: 15 November 2000;
  • Jharkhand Bird: Koel;
  • Jharkhand Flower: Palash.
  • World Economic Forum Chairperson: Børge Brende;
  • World Economic Forum Founder: Klaus Schwab;
  • World Economic Forum Headquarters: Cologny, Switzerland;
  • World Economic Forum President: Børge Brende;
  • World Economic Forum Founded: 24 January 1971.
  • International Solar Alliance Founders: Narendra Modi, François Hollande;
  • International Solar Alliance President: R. K. Singh;
  • International Solar Alliance Founded: 30 November 2015.
  • UAE Capital: Abu Dhabi;
  • UAE Currency: United Arab Emirates Dirham;
  • UAE Prime minister: Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
  • IPS, DG CISF: Nina Singh;
  • Headquarters: New Delhi, India.
  • UNESCO Headquarters: Paris, France;
  • UNESCO Founded: 16 November 1945, London, United Kingdom;
  • UNESCO Head: Audrey Azoulay; (Director-General).
  • France Capital: Paris;
  • France President: Emmanuel Macron;
  • France Prime Minister: Gabriel Attal;
  • France Official language: French.
  • International Solar Alliance President: R. K. Singh;
  • International Solar Alliance Founders: Narendra Modi, François Hollande;
  • International Solar Alliance Founded: 30 November 2015.
  • Nepal Capital: Kathmandu;
  • Nepal Currency: Nepalese Rupee;
  • Nepal Prime Minister: Pushpa Kamal Dahal;
  • President of Nepal: Mr Ram Chandra Paudel.
  • Reliance Industries Owner: Mukesh Ambani;
  • Reliance Industries Founder: Dhirubhai Ambani;
  • Reliance Industries President: Mukesh Ambani;
  • Reliance Industries Founded: 1957, Maharashtra;
  • Reliance Industries Headquarters: Mumbai.
  • IAF Headquarters: New Delhi;
  • IAF Founded: 8 October 1932, India;
  • IAF Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari.
  • Microsoft Founders: Bill Gates, Paul Allen;
  • Microsoft Headquarters: Redmond, Washington, United States;
  • Microsoft Chairperson: Satya Nadella (Chairman and Chief Executive Officer).
  • SBM Bank India Founded: 1st December 2018;
  • SBM Bank India Headquarters: Mumbai, India.
  • NSDC Headquarters: New Delhi;
  • NSDC Founded: 31 July 2008;
  • NSDC CEO: Mr. Ved Mani Tiwari.
  • Madhya Pradesh Capital: Bhopal;
  • Madhya Pradesh Bird: Indian paradise flycatcher;
  • Madhya Pradesh Flower: White lily;
  • Madhya Pradesh Formation: 26 January 1950;
  • Madhya Pradesh CM: Mohan Yadav;
  • Madhya Pradesh Governor: Mangubhai Chhaganbhai Patel.
  • DRDO Date founded: 1958
  • Headquarters: DRDO Bhavan, New Delhi
  • Agency executive: : Sameer V. Kamat, Chairman, DRDO;
  • Ghana Capital: Accra;
  • Ghana Currency: Ghanaian Cedi;
  • Ghana President: Nana Akufo-Addo.
  • Zoological Survey of India Headquarters: Kolkata;
  • Zoological Survey of India Founded: 1 July 1916;
  • Zoological Survey of India Director: Dr. Dhriti Banerjee;
  • Zoological Survey of India Founder: Government of India.
  • Nicaragua Capital: Managua;
  • Nicaragua Currency: Nicaraguan Córdoba;
  • Nicaragua President: Daniel Ortega;
  • Nicaragua Continent: North America.
  • Haryana Capital: Chandigarh;
  • Haryana Governor: Bandaru Dattatreya;
  • Haryana Chief minister: Manohar Lal Khattar.
  • NATO Secretary-General: Jens Stoltenberg;
  • NATO Founded: 4 April 1949, Washington, D.C., United States;
  • NATO Headquarters: Brussels, Belgium.
  • ICC Headquarters: Dubai, United Arab Emirates;
  • ICC Founded: 15 June 1909;
  • ICC CEO: Geoff Allardice;
  • ICC Chairman: Greg Barclay.
  • World Gold Council CEO: David Tait;
  • World Gold Council President: Kelvin Dushnisky;
  • World Gold Council Founded: 1987;
  • World Gold Council Headquarters: London, United Kingdom.
  • RBI Founded: 1 April 1935, Kolkata;
  • RBI Governor: Shaktikanta Das, IAS (retd.);
  • RBI Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
  • Bhutan Capital: Thimphu;
  • Bhutan King: Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck;
  • Bhutan Currencies: Bhutanese Ngultrum, Indian Rupee;
  • Bhutan Official language: Dzongkha.
  • Amul Founders: Verghese Kurien, Tribhuvandas Kishibhai Patel;
  • Amul Headquarters: Anand;
  • Amul Founded: 14 December 1946;
  • Chairman of Amul: Shamalbhai B Patel.
  • ISRO Founder: Vikram Sarabhai;
  • ISRO Headquarters: Bengaluru;
  • ISRO Founded: 15 August 1969;
  • ISRO Chairman: Sreedhara Somanath.
  • International Astronomical Union President: Debra Elmegreen;
  • International Astronomical Union Headquarters: Paris, France;
  • International Astronomical Union Founded: 28 July 1919;
  • International Astronomical Union General Secretary: Piero Benvenuti.
  • Archaeological Survey of India Director General: Yadubir Singh Rawat;
  • Archaeological Survey of India Headquarters: New Delhi, India;
  • Archaeological Survey of India Established: 1861.
  • Saudi Arabia Capital: Riyadh
  • Saudi Arabia King: Salman of Saudi Arabia
  • Saudi Arabia Currency: Saudi Riyal
  • Senegal Capital: Dakar
  • Senegal President: Macky Sall
  • Senegal Currency: West African CFA franc
  • Senegal Official language: French

Bharat Ratna Winners List from 1954 to 2024

Bharat Ratna Award Recipients Year
MS Swaminathan (Father of Green Revolution) Bharat Ratna Winners 2024
Chaudhary Charan Singh (Former Prime Minister of India) Bharat Ratna Winners 2024
PV Narasimha Rao (Former Prime Minister of India) Bharat Ratna Winners 2024
Lal Krishna Advani (Former Minister of Home Affairs, Deputy Prime Minister of India) Bharat Ratna Winners 2024
Karpoori Thakur ( Former Chief Minister) - Bihar Bharat Ratna Winners 2024
Award not announced Bharat Ratna Winners 2023
Award not announced Bharat Ratna Winners 2021
Award not announced Bharat Ratna Winners 2020
Nanaji Deshmukh (social activist) - Maharashtra Bharat Ratna Winners 2019
Bhupen Hazarika (playback singer, lyricist, musician, poet, and film-maker) - Assam
Pranab Mukherjee (politician) - West Bengal
Atal Bihari Vajpayee (politician) - Madhya Pradesh Bharat Ratna Award List 2015
Madan Mohan Malaviya (Scholar and educational reformer) - Uttar Pradesh
Sachin Tendulkar (cricketer) - Maharashtra Bharat Ratna Winners List 2014
CNR Rao (chemist and professor) - Karnataka
Bhimsen Joshi (Hindustani classical vocalist) - Karnataka Bharat Ratna Winners 2009
Bismillah Khan (Hindustani classical shehnai player) - Uttar Pradesh Bharat Ratna Award List 2001
Lata Mangeshkar (playback singer) - Maharashtra
Ravi Shankar (sitar player) - Uttar Pradesh Bharat Ratna Winners List 1999
Gopinath Bordoloi (Independence activist) - Assam
Amartya Sen (economist) - West Bengal
Jayaprakash Narayan (Independence activist, social reformer) - Bihar
Chidambaram Subramaniam (Independence activist) - Tamil Nadu Bharat Ratna Winners 1998
MS Subbulakshmi (Carnatic classical vocalist) - Tamil Nadu
A P J Abdul Kalam (Aerospace and defence scientist) - Tamil Nadu Bharat Ratna Award List 1997
Aruna Asaf Ali (Independence activist) - West Bengal
Gulzarilal Nanda (Independence activist) - Punjab
Satyajit Ray (Filmmaker) - West Bengal Bharat Ratna Winners 1992
JRD Tata (Industrialist) - Maharashtra
Abdul Kalam Azad (Independence activist) - West Bengal
Morarji Desai (Independence activist) - Gujarat Bharat Ratna Winners List 1991
Sadar Vallabhbhai Patel (Independence activist) - Gujarat
Rajiv Gandhi (politician) - Uttar Pradesh
Nelson Mandela (anti-apartheid activist) - South Africa Bharat Ratna Winners 1990
B R Ambedkar (Social reformer) - Maharashtra

Current Affairs | March 2024

Bharat Ratna Award Recipients Year
M G Ramachandran (actor turned politician) - Tamil Nadu Bharat Ratna Winners 1988
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (Independence activist) - Pakistan Bharat Ratna Award List 1987
Vinoba Bhave (Independence activist, social reformer) - Maharashtra Bharat Ratna Winners List 1983
Mother Teresa (Catholic nun) - West Bengal Bharat Ratna Award List 1980
K Kamaraj (politician) - Tamil Nadu Bharat Ratna winners 1976
V V Giri (Independence activist) - Odisha Bharat Ratna Award List 1975
Indira Gandhi (politician) - Uttar Pradesh Bharat Ratna Award List 1971
Lal Bahadur Shastri (Independence activist) - Uttar Pradesh Bharat Ratna Winners List 1966
Pandurang Vaman Kane (Indologist and Sanskrit scholar) - Maharashtra Bharat Ratna Winners 1963
Zakir Husain (Independence activist and education philosopher) - Andhra Pradesh
Rajendra Prasad (Independence activist, lawyer, statesman, and scholar) - Bihar Bharat Ratna Award List 1962
Purushottam Das Tandon (Independence activist) - Uttar Pradesh Bharat Ratna Winners 1961
Bidhan Chandra Roy (physician, political leader, philanthropist, educationist, and social
worker) - West Bengal
Dhondo Keshav Karve (Social reformer and educator) - Maharashtra Bharat Ratna Winners List 1958
Govind Ballabh Pant (Independence activist) - Uttarakhand Bharat Ratna Award List 1957
Jawahar Lal Nehru (Independence activist and author) - Uttar Pradesh Bharat Ratna Winners 1955
M Visvesvaraya (Civil engineer, statesman, and Diwan of Mysore) - Karnataka
Bhagwan Das (Independence activist, philosopher, and educationist) - Uttar Pradesh
CV Raman (physicist) - Tamil Nadu Bharat Ratna Award List 1954
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (philosopher and politician) - Tamil Nadu
C Rajagopalachari (statesman, writer, lawyer, and independence activist) - Tamil Nadu


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