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• Prime Minister has laid the foundation stone for the DMHP recently.
• Capacity: It will produce around 2,880 MW of electricity.
• Location: Lower Dibang Valley district of Arunachal Pradesh.
  • Designed as a project under National Hydroelectric Power Corporation and developed over Dibang River (a tributary of Brahmaputra)
• To be constructed with Roller Compacted Concrete (RCC) technique.
  • It will be the highest RCC dam in the World. 
• It will be 278 meters high and would be the highest Concrete-Gravity dam in India.

• Prime Minister launched one-stop PM-SURAJ portal for credit schemes for marginalized sections.

• About PM-SURAJ Portal
  • Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MoSJE).
  • Objective: Uplifting most marginalized sections of society, and supporting credit assistance to one lakh entrepreneurs hailing from disadvantaged communities.
  • Credit support will be provided to eligible persons across country, facilitated through banks, Non-Banking Financial Company-Micro Finance Institutions’ (NBFC-MFIs), and other organisations.

• The Ministry of Heavy Industries has launched EMPS to accelerate the adoption of EVs in the country. 
• It is a fund-limited scheme with a total outlay of Rs. 500 crore for 4 months.
• Eligible EV categories include
  • Two Wheelers (Private, Corporate, and Commercial Vehicles)
  • Three-wheelers (including E-Rickshaws and Carts)
• The Scheme aims to support around 3.7 Lakh EVs during its tenure
• It applies to only those vehicles that are fitted with advanced batteries.

• Ministry of Information & Broadcasting launched PB-SHABD, websites of DD News and Akashvani News and updated News on Air mobile app.

• About PB- SHABD
  • A news sharing service from Prasar Bharati. 
  • Platform is designed to provide daily news feeds in video, audio, text, photo and other formats to the subscribers from media landscape.
  • Service is offered free of cost for the first year and will provide news stories in all major Indian languages across fifty categories.

• The Eri (tank) network in the Kazhuveli watershed region in Tamil Nadu is to be proposed for nomination to the World Monuments Fund Watch 2025 program. 
  • The World Monuments Watch is a nomination-based program that connects local heritage preservation to global awareness and action. 

• About WMF
  • It’s the leading independent organization devoted to safeguarding the world’s most treasured places.
  • Headquarters in New York, also has an office in India.
  • It has preserved more than 700 sites in 112 countries. 

• The United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) has released it.

• Key highlights
  • Global under-five child deaths drop to historic low in 2022.
    • However, at current rates, 59 countries will miss the SDG under-five mortality target.
  • Despite progress, an estimated 4.9 million children died before their fifth birthday in 2022.

• About UN IGME
  • was formed in 2004.
  • Aim: to share data on child mortality, improve methods for child mortality estimation.
  • Led by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

• US-based applied AI lab has introduced the world’s first autonomous AI software engineer.

• About Devin AI:
  • It can build and deploy apps end-to-end and can also train and fine-tune its own AI models. 
  • It can plan and execute complex engineering tasks requiring thousands of decisions.
  • It can recall relevant context at every step, learn over time, and fix mistakes.

• The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and various agencies have signed MoUs for monument adoption under Adopt a Heritage 2.0.

• Adopt a Heritage 2.0 Program: 
  • Different corporate stakeholders can adopt a monument or specific amenities at a monument under the program.
  • It clearly defines amenities sought for different monuments as per Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act 1958.
  • Aim: to enhance the amenities at the monuments by utilizing corporate stakeholder CSR funds.

Bhima Nayak 

• Recently, Government paid tribute to Great Tribal Leader Bhima Nayak.
• About Bhima Nayak (sometimes spelled as Bhima Naik)
  • Resident of Dhaba Bawdi in Badwani district of Madhya Pradesh.
  • Prominent leader of Bhils of Nimar.
  • First revolutionary to get punishment of Kalapani and died in 1876.

• Contributions
  • Took part in Uprising of 1857 against British Raj raising an anti-British force by bringing in men from Bhil, Bhilala, Mandoi, and Naik tribes, and collaborated with Tantia Tope.
  • Known as Robinhood of Nimar as he looted British treasury and distributed same amongst poor people.
  • Important role in 1857 Ambagani War.

• Values: Courage, Valour, Leadership etc.