TECHNOLOGY-

 Krutrim- India’s 1st $1 billion AI startup.

 Bot Verse- India’s largest robotic manufacturing unit opened in Gr. Noida.
 RAMBAAN- India’s 1st mobile BSL-3 laboratory.
 Padmavati- India's 1st Sahiwal breed calf born through surrogacy.
 Ganga- India’s 1st cloned female calf produced at Karnal.(a desi calf breed Gir)
 JF22- World’s most powerful hypersonic wind tunnel (China)
 Model A - World's 1st electric flying car (by Aleph Aeronautics) approved by USA.
 Apple opened its 1st store in India in Mumbai. (2nd in New Delhi)
 International Supercomputing Conference 2023 (Germany)-
 AIRAWAT- India's AI Supercomputer has been ranked 75th in the world. (Pune)
 Rank 1- Frontier (USA)
 Twitter changes logo to X replacing blue bird symbol.
 Meta launched a microblogging app Threads (Instagram's text-based conversation app)

 Gajraj System- AI-based Surveillance System of Indian Railways to Prevent Elephant

Deaths on Tracks.
 Bal Mitra- WhatsApp Chatbot for Protection of Child Rights (in Delhi)
 BIRBAL- AI-driven Chatbot launched by Chandigarh Smart City.
 JUGALBANDI- multilingual AI-chat bot for rural India launched by Microsoft.
 Copilot- AI-Digital Assistant launched by Microsoft.
 Bard- AI-chatbot introduced by Google.
 GPT 4- it is of higher accuracy launched by OpenAI.
 BharatGPT- India's 1st indigenous Generative AI Large Language Model by [Link]
 GigaChat- Al chatbot of Russia to compete with OpenAI's ChatGPT.
 Topaz- an AI-1st set of services, solutions, and platforms launched by Infosys.
 Lexi- India’s 1st AI-Chatbot powered by ChatGPT.
 Lisa- India’s 1st regional Al News Anchor launched by Odisha TV.
 Ama KrushaAI- India’s 1st AI ChatBot for the Agriculture sector.
 Vaani- AI-Powered Project of Artpark-IISc & Google
 Gemini- largest and most capable AI model of Google.

MEDICAL-
 Ghana- 1st to approve malaria vaccine (R21/Matrix-M) developed by Univ. of Oxford.
 USA- approved the world's 1st vaccine for honey bees.
 WHO certified Belize (American country) as malaria-free country.
 WHO has declared the artificial sweetener Aspartame (200 times sweeter than sugar) as a
possible carcinogenic substance.(Cancer paida karne wala)
 Union Minister unveils World’s 1st intranasal COVID-19 vaccine-iNCOVACC.
 PM Modi inaugurates NAMO Medical Education and Research Institute in Silvassa.
 World's 1st portable hospital Aarogya Maitri Aid Cube unveiled in Gurugram.
SPACE-
 Chandrayaan 3-
 Successfully launched on 14th July- Satish Dhawan Space Center (Sriharikota, AP)
 Chandrayaan 3- 1st to successfully land on South Pole of Moon on 23 Aug 2023.
 launch vehicle- LVM3-M4 Budget- Rs 615 Crore.
 Lander- Vikram Rover- Pragyan
 Mission Director of Chandrayaan 3- Ritu Kharidhal
 Mission Director of ISRO- S. Mohanakumar
 Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre- S Unnikrishnana Nair
 The place where it landed will be known as Shivshakti.
 Aimed at sending a rover to the southern pole of the moon. (China 1st)
 Aim- To study the chemical & mineral composition of lunar surface &
To determine the composition of elements in lunar soil & rocks.

 NISAR (earth observation satellite)-ISRO & NASA. (NASA ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar)
 Aim- to map the most earthquake-prone regions in the Himalayas.
 Gaganyaan Mission-2024
 India’s 1st Human Space Mission (3 male Astronauts +1 female robot Vyom Mitra)
 Aditya-L1 –1st Mission of ISRO to study Solar (Sun) Atmosphere.
 START- a new introductory-level online training programme of ISRO.
 XPoSat (X-ray Polarimeter Satellite)-ISRO & Raman Research Institute, Bengaluru.
 to study Black Holes & Neutron Stars in Space (PSLV-C58)
 Asia’s largest 4-metre International Liquid Mirror Telescope inaugurated in Uttarakhand.
 Shukrayaan1 – 1st Venus Mission to study the surface & atmosphere of Venus.
 Vikram 1- 1st commercial rocket of Skyroot Aerospace.
 Space on Wheels- innovative program of ISRO & Vijnana Bharati (VIBHA)
 GoRoga- India’s 1st Anti-Stress Wearable launched by GlobalSpace Technologies.

 AxEMU- new spacesuit unveiled by NASA.

 JUICE mission- (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer)- European Space Agency.
 Dhawan-II- an advanced fully 3D-printed cryogenic engine (by Skyroot Aerospace)
 Euclid- European space telescope launched by SpaceX to explore Dark Universe.
 Jupiter 3- world's largest private communication satellite launched by SpaceX.
 Taifa 1- 1st Operational Earth Observation Satellite of Kenya.
 Zhuque 2- world's 1st Methane powered rocket launched by China.
 China’s OrienSpace Launches its Maiden Rocket Gravity-1.
 Noor 3- satellite launched by Iran.
 AgriSAT-1 / ZA008 (world’s 1st agriculture focused satellite)- South Africa.
 Qimingxing-50 (morning star-50)-1st fully solar-powered unmanned aerial vehicle of China.
 Fengyun 3G- 1st satellite of China allowing scientists to monitor the Earth’s precipitation
from space.
 Rayyanah Barnawi- 1st Saudi Arabian Astronauts to go to the ISS. (via SpaceX)
 Christina Koch- 1st woman to go around the moon (NASA astronaut)

DEFENCE-
 Ugram- Assault Rifle for Indian Army by DRDO.
 Prabal- India's 1st long range revolver launch by AWEIL Kanpur.
 Neerakshi- India’s 1st underwater landmine detection vehicle.
 Varunastra- heavy-weight torpedo developed by DRDO.
 VAYULINK- new data link communication developed by IAF.
 MATSYA:6000- Indian Submersible Vehicle for Deep Ocean Mission.

 INS Sindhukesari- 1st Indian submarine to dock in Indonesia.

 INS Androth- Most Silent Ship launched by GRSE (Kolkata)
 INS Surat- 1st Navy Warship To Be Named After A City In Gujarat.
 INS Magar- decommissioned after 36Y service to the country.
 INS Kirpan- India gifted to Vietnam.
 INS Vikrant- India’s 1st indigenous Aircraft carrier (commissioned in Kochi)
(MiG-29K fighter jet landed on it for the first time at night)

 Kheibar- ballistic Missile launched by Iran (range- 2000 KM)

 Fattah- 1st Indigenously-made Hypersonic Missile Unveiled by Iran.
 Prithvi II- Short-Range Ballistic Missile launched by DRDO (range-350 KM)
 Agni Prime- New Generation Ballistic Missile of DRDO (range- 1000KM to 2000KM)

 Skyhawk- India’s 1st 5G-enabled drone, developed by IG Drones.

 Do 228- 1st Dornier Aircraft received by IAF Receives from HAL.
 Haeil- nuclear-capable underwater attack drone tested by North Korea.
(1st of its kind capable of generating a massive radioactive tsunami)
 India got the world’s 1st fully operational SWARM Drone System.
 D4 (Drone Detect, Deter and Destroy system) anti-drone system developed by DRDO.
 It was also showcased at Aero India 2023, Bengaluru.

 Drishti 10 Starliner- Chief of Naval Staff Admiral R Hari Kumar flagged off 1st indigenously
manufactured UAV for the Navy.
 Russia has highest number of stored nuclear arsenals.
 World's Highest Fighter Airfield To Come Up In Ladakh's Nyoma.
 Mahabali is a 25 Tonn Bollard Pull Tug launched by Indian Navy to provide assistance to
naval ships and submarines.
 Indian Army’s 1st Vertical Wind Tunnel Installed at Special Forces Training School (HP)
 Sainya Ranakshetram 2.0- Cyber Threat Seminar Cum Workshop organized by Indian Army.
 SAMBHAV- end-to-end secure mobile ecosystem developed by Indian Army.
IIT/EDUCATION-
 Jadui Pitara -Learning Teaching Material for Foundational Stage launched by NCERT.
 IIT will open its first-ever overseas campus in Tanzania.
 IIT Roorkee (Saharanpur, UP)- India’s 1st Telecom Centre of Excellence.
 NCERT has notified India's 1st National Dost assessment regulator PARAKH.
 IIT Kanpur- 1st to test for artificial rain via cloud-seeding
Suicide drone Kamikaze

OPERATIONS-
 Operation Ajay- to evacuate Indian from Israel amid the Israel-Hamas War.
 Operation Dost- humanitarian aid for Turkey & Syria (earthquake)
 Operation Kaveri- to evacuate Indian citizens from Sudan.
 Operation Karuna- humanitarian aid for Myanmar (cyclone)
 Operation Trinetra 2- to eliminate terrorists hiding in Poonch (J&K)
 Operation Amanat- RPF for retrieval of lost/left-behind luggage & articles.
 Operation Clean- Punjab police force to make state drug free.
 Operation Kawach- Delhi Police against drug traffickers.
 Operation Conviction- to combat criminals & mafias in UP.

APPS/PORTALS-
 Floodwatch Mobile App- for real-time forecasting of floods.
 ULLAS mob. App- By Central Govt. to promote basic Literacy.
 PM SVANidhi mobile app- Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
 Khanan Prahari app- to Curb Illegal Mining.
 SATHI app- Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
 Digi Yatra app- related to Airways.
 Zoop app- Indian Railwayas (to order food through e-catering)

 One Family One Identity portal- Uttar Pradesh.

 NANDI portal- Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying.
 Samarth Portal- Education Dept. of Uttarakhand.
 Aadhaar Mitra- chatbot launched by UIDAI.
 Sagar Manthan- Real-time Performance Monitoring Dashboard of MoPSW.