Current Affairs 

Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat Initiative

Launched in 2015 on Rashtriya Ekta Diwas to promote national unity by strengthening cultural and linguistic ties among States and UTsObjective: To enhance mutual understanding and bonding between different regions through shared cultural experiences.
• Mechanism: States and UTs are paired for sustained engagement in language, culture, tourism, cuisine, sports and best practices.
• Approach: Follows a whole-of-government approach involving multiple ministries, institutions and communities.

Prime Minister paid tributes to former Deputy Prime Minister, Babu Jagjivan Ram on his birth anniversary.

Meghalaya becomes the third Indian state after Maharashtra and Gujarat to partner with Starlink formally.

Starlink was launched in 2019 by SpaceX and plans to have 42,000 satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO).

Madras HC held that the Governor must follow Cabinet advice while exercising powers under Article 161 of the Constitution