DIGIPIN
News-Dept. Posts Partners With MapmyIndia To Implement DIGIPIN.
- MoU Signed – Department of Posts signed MoU with MapmyIndia–Mappls.
- Objective – To boost India’s Digital Addressing System.
- Key Feature – Development and integration of DIGIPIN (standardized digital address code).
- Benefits – Enables accurate location-based services.
- Usage – DIGIPIN search/navigation via Mappls app.
- Innovation – Promotes Address as a Service (AaaS).
- Impact – Strengthens digital infrastructure for efficient service delivery.
Solar Project
News-Reliance to Build Solar Project Three Times the Size of Singapore.
- Event – 48th AGM of Reliance Industries.
- Announcement – Anant Ambani announced that Jamnagar and Kutch will become major clean energy hubs, with massive projects like the Dhirubhai Ambani Giga Energy Complex.
- Solar Site – 5.5 lakh acres in Kutch (3× size of Singapore).
- Focus Areas – Solar, battery storage, and green hydrogen production.
- Target – Supply 10% of India’s electricity in the next decade.
- Timeline (by 2026) –
- Battery gigafactory: 100 GWh.
- Electrolyser gigafactory: 3 GW.
- Products – Green ammonia, green methanol, sustainable aviation fuel.
- Impact – Positions India as a global clean energy leader.
India-Japan
India-Japan Sign Pact on Critical Minerals During PM Modi’s Tokyo Visit.
- Date and Event – 29 Aug 2025, 15th India–Japan Annual Summit, Tokyo.
- Leaders – PM Modi and Japanese PM Shigeru Ishiba.
- MoC Signed – India’s Ministry of Mines and Japan’s METI.
- Focus – Critical minerals & mining sector.
- Key Areas –
- Resilient supply chains
- Joint mineral projects
- Sustainable deep-sea mining
- Stockpiling strategies
- Investments in India & third countries
- Investment Target – 10 trillion yen Japanese investment in India over 10 years.
- Broader Cooperation – SMEs, start-ups and eight pillars: investment, innovation, economic security, environment, technology, health, mobility, people-to-people ties, state-prefecture ties.
- Space Collaboration – ISRO & JAXA to work on Chandrayaan-5 under LUPEX programme.
Daruma Doll
News- PM Modi Receives Auspicious Daruma Doll in Japan Visit.
- PM Narendra Modi – received Daruma doll during Japan visit.
- Presented by – Rev Seishi Hirose, Chief Priest of Shorinzan Daruma-Ji temple.
- Symbol – Daruma doll represents good luck.
- Origin – Linked to Bodhidharma, Indian monk from Kancheepuram.
- Cultural Significance – Shows civilizational and spiritual ties between India and Japan.
Mukhya Mantri Mahila Rozgar Yojana
News- Bihar Cabinet approves Mukhya Mantri Mahila Rozgar Yojana.
- Scheme – Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana launched by Bihar govt.
- Benefit – ₹10,000 initial aid to one woman per family for self-employment.
- Additional Support – Up to ₹2 lakh after 6 months.
- Objective – Boost women’s employment, self-reliance & income; reduce out-migration.
- Marketing Support – Haat bazaars to be set up for women entrepreneurs.
- Focus – Part of CM Nitish Kumar’s women empowerment initiatives.
SCOPE Eminence Awards
News- President Droupadi Murmu presents SCOPE Eminence Awards 2022-23.
- Event – SCOPE Eminence Awards 2022-23 presented in New Delhi.
- Presented by – President Droupadi Murmu.
- Date – 29 Aug 2025.
- Purpose – Recognition of Central Public Sector Enterprises CPSEs’ contributions in economic development, sustainable growth and nation-building.
- Emphasis – CPSEs as pillars of inclusive growth and self-reliance (Atmanirbhar Bharat).
- Key Sectors – CPSEs play crucial roles in defence, agriculture, mining & infrastructure.
MCQs
Q1. Which organization signed an MoU with MapmyIndia–Mappls to implement DIGIPIN?
a) Ministry of Electronics & IT
b) Department of Posts
c) NITI Aayog
d) Ministry of Communications
Q2. Which products are part of Reliance’s clean energy plan?
a) Green ammonia, green methanol, sustainable aviation fuel
b) Coal gasification, petroleum coke, ethanol
c) LNG, CNG, bio-ethanol
d) Thermal energy, diesel, kerosene
Q3. During the 15th India–Japan Annual Summit 2025, India signed an MoC with Japan’s METI in which sector?
a) Space Technology
b) Critical Minerals & Mining
c) Semiconductor Manufacturing
d) Defence Procurement
Q4. The Daruma doll, received by PM Modi, is linked to which Indian monk?
a) Adi Shankaracharya
b) Bodhidharma
c) Nagarjuna
d) Swami Vivekananda
Q5. Under Bihar’s Mukhya Mantri Mahila Rozgar Yojana, how much initial aid is given to one woman per family?
a) ₹5,000
b) ₹7,500
c) ₹10,000
d) ₹15,000
Q6. Who presented the SCOPE Eminence Awards 2022–23?
a) Prime Minister Narendra Modi
b) President Droupadi Murmu
c) Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar
d) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman