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** What is India’s rank in the World Happiness Report 2025?
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118th
- In the World Happiness Report 2025, India is ranked 118th out of 147 countries. This represents an improvement from its 126th position in 2024.
- The World Happiness Report is released every year on March 20, International Day of Happiness.
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Who has been selected for the Maharashtra Bhushan Award 2025, the highest civilian honor of Maharashtra?
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Ram Sutar
- Renowned sculptor Ram Sutar, the designer of the Statue of Unity, has been awarded Maharashtra’s highest civilian honor, the Maharashtra Bhushan.
- The award includes a prize of Rs 25 lakh and a memento. Sutar’s notable projects include statues of Lord Ram, Lord Shiva, and Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj.
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** Who won the golden bat award in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 finale?
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Rachin Ravindra
- New Zealand’s Rachin Ravindra earned the Golden Bat for amassing 263 runs, and his compatriot Matt Henry received the Golden Ball for taking 10 wickets.
- The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 finally concluded on March 9 with India becoming the new champions after beating New Zealand by four wickets at the Dubai International cricket stadium.
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** Which film has been awarded the Best Picture award at the 97th Academy Awards 2025?
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Anora
- At the 97th Academy Awards, the film “Anora” won the Best Picture award.
- The film also won for Best Director (Sean Baker), Best Original Screenplay, Best Editing, and Best Actress (Mikey Madison).
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** Which is the second private spacecraft to soft land on the Moon recently?
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Blue Ghost spacecraft
- Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost moon lander just etched its name into the history books. It achieved this milestone on March 2, 2025.
- CEO Jason Kim confirmed that the spacecraft was “stable and upright”.
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Which day is observed as Zero Discrimination Day?
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March 1
- Zero Discrimination Day is observed on March 1 every year to promote equality and dignity for all.
- The theme for 2025 is “We Stand Together,” emphasizing collective action against discrimination.
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Who has been awarded the ‘Abel Prize 2025’, often referred to as the Nobel Prize of Mathematics?
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Masaki Kashiwara
- Japanese mathematician Masaki Kashiwara awarded the Abel Prize 2025.
- The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters honoured the 78-year-old mathematician for his pioneering work in developing D-modules and discovering crystal bases.
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What is the primary objective of NASA’s SPHEREX mission?
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To study cosmic inflation and the history of galaxies
- SPHEREx stands for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer.
- It is a NASA mission aimed at studying the origins of the universe, the history of galaxy formation, and the abundance of water and organic molecules in our galaxy.
- SPHEREx will map 450 million galaxies over 2 years, and create a 3D sky map in 102 colour bands (wavelengths of light) using spectroscopy.
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