G20 Summit 2023 was held in New Delhi, India under India's presidency

Chandrayaan-3 successfully landed on Moon's South Pole on August 23, 2023

Aditya-L1, India's first solar mission, was launched on September 2, 2023

India hosted the Cricket World Cup 2023, Australia won the final against India

Justice D.Y. Chandrachud is the 50th Chief Justice of India (appointed Nov 2022)

Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar is the 14th Vice President of India

Smt. Droupadi Murmu is the 15th President of India (first tribal woman President)

Three new criminal laws - BNS, BNSS, BSA - replaced IPC, CrPC, Evidence Act (2023)

Women's Reservation Bill 2023 (Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam) reserves 33% seats for women in Lok Sabha and State Assemblies

Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 enacted for data privacy in India

Article 370 abrogated in 2019, J&K reorganized into two Union Territories

Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) 2019 provides citizenship to persecuted minorities from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan

PM Vishwakarma Scheme launched for traditional artisans and craftspeople

Ayushman Bharat (PM-JAY) provides health cover of ₹5 lakh per family per year

PM Kisan Samman Nidhi provides ₹6,000 per year to farmer families in 3 installments

BRICS expanded in 2024 to include Iran, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Ethiopia

India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) announced at G20 Summit 2023

Russia-Ukraine conflict began in February 2022

Israel-Hamas conflict escalated in October 2023

Bharat Ratna 2024 awarded to L.K. Advani, Karpoori Thakur, P.V. Narasimha Rao, Chaudhary Charan Singh, M.S. Swaminathan

Nobel Peace Prize 2023 awarded to Narges Mohammadi (Iran) for fight against women oppression

Dronacharya Award is given to outstanding sports coaches in India

Neeraj Chopra won gold in javelin at Tokyo Olympics 2020 (held in 2021)

India hosted Asian Games 1951 (Delhi) and 1982 (Delhi)

Paris Olympics 2024 - India won 6 medals (1 Silver, 5 Bronze)

ISRO's PSLV is known as the "workhorse" of Indian space program

Gaganyaan is India's first crewed spaceflight mission (upcoming)

India's first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant commissioned in 2022

Election Commission of India is a constitutional body under Article 324

CAG (Comptroller and Auditor General) is appointed under Article 148

UPSC is established under Article 315 of the Constitution

Finance Commission is constituted under Article 280 every 5 years

India became 5th largest economy in the world in 2022, surpassing UK

GST (Goods and Services Tax) implemented in India from July 1, 2017

RBI was established in 1935, nationalized in 1949

General Elections 2024 - BJP-led NDA won, Narendra Modi became PM for 3rd term

One Nation One Election committee headed by former President Ram Nath Kovind submitted report in 2024

Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) announced in August 2024 for government employees

India's population surpassed China to become world's most populous country in 2023

Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna to be the 51st CJI after Justice Chandrachud

New criminal laws BNS, BNSS, BSA came into effect from July 1, 2024

Waqf Amendment Bill 2024 introduced major reforms in Waqf Board management

Supreme Court upheld sub-classification within SC/ST reservations (State of Punjab v. Davinder Singh, 2024)

Electoral Bonds Scheme struck down as unconstitutional by Supreme Court (Feb 2024)

Ayodhya Ram Mandir consecration (Pran Pratishtha) held on January 22, 2024

India assumed G20 Presidency on December 1, 2022 and hosted summit in September 2023

CLAT is conducted by Consortium of NLUs (20 NLUs participate)

Article 142 gives Supreme Court power to pass any order necessary for complete justice

Parliament has 2 sessions minimum - Budget Session (Feb-May) and Monsoon Session (Jul-Aug)

PM CARES Fund created in March 2020 for COVID-19 emergency response

Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) replaced Indian Penal Code 1860

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) replaced CrPC 1973

Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA) replaced Indian Evidence Act 1872

Supreme Court has 34 judges including CJI (increased from 31 in 2019)

High Courts in India: Total 25 (Telangana HC established in 2019)

India ranked 129th in Human Development Index 2024 (UNDP)

Paris Olympics 2024: India won 6 medals - Manu Bhaker (2 bronze), Neeraj Chopra (silver)

T20 World Cup 2024 won by India, defeating South Africa in final at Barbados

Nobel Peace Prize 2024 awarded to Nihon Hidankyo (Japanese atomic bomb survivors organization)

Nobel Prize in Literature 2024: Han Kang (South Korea) - first Asian woman

Nobel Prize in Economics 2024: Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, James Robinson

Jnanpith Award 2023: Gulzar (Urdu) and Jagadguru Rambhadracharya (Sanskrit)

Booker Prize 2024: Samantha Harvey for "Orbital"

Miss Universe 2024: Victoria Kjær Theilvig (Denmark)

COP29 (Climate Summit) held in Baku, Azerbaijan in November 2024

India became member of UN Security Council as non-permanent member for 2021-22

SCO Summit 2024 hosted by Kazakhstan; Pakistan hosted virtual SCO Summit

BRICS Summit 2024 held in Kazan, Russia - New members joined

India-UAE CEPA (Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement) operational since 2022

Article 371: Special provisions for 11 states including NE states, Maharashtra, Gujarat

Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act 2013 - Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose was first Lokpal (2019)

National Green Tribunal (NGT) established in 2010 under NGT Act

Competition Commission of India (CCI) established in 2003, became functional in 2009

National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) established in 2016 for corporate disputes

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016 - NCLT is adjudicating authority for companies

Mediation Act 2023 - First standalone mediation law in India

Jan Vishwas Act 2023 decriminalized 183 offences across 42 Acts

Telecommunications Act 2023 replaced Indian Telegraph Act 1885

Press and Registration of Periodicals Act 2023 replaced Press Act 1867

Forest Conservation Amendment Act 2023 - Exempted border areas and strategic projects

Chief Election Commissioner tenure: 6 years or 65 years age, whichever earlier

President of India salary: ₹5 lakh per month (increased in 2018)

Governor salary: ₹3.5 lakh per month

Supreme Court and High Court judges get pension equal to 50% of last drawn salary

Attorney General is appointed under Article 76, holds office during pleasure of President

Solicitor General and Additional Solicitor Generals are not constitutional posts

Inter-State Council established under Article 263 (set up in 1990)

Zonal Councils: 5 zones created under States Reorganisation Act 1956

NITI Aayog replaced Planning Commission in 2015

GST Council: Constitutional body under Article 279A, chaired by Union Finance Minister

India Stack: Digital public infrastructure - Aadhaar, UPI, DigiLocker, CoWIN

UPI transactions crossed 10 billion monthly transactions in 2023

Digital India Programme launched on July 1, 2015

Make in India launched on September 25, 2014

Startup India launched on January 16, 2016

Swachh Bharat Mission launched on October 2, 2014 (Gandhi Jayanti)

India declared Open Defecation Free (ODF) on October 2, 2019

Jal Jeevan Mission launched in 2019 - Har Ghar Jal by 2024

PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan launched October 2021 for infrastructure

National Education Policy 2020 replaced 34-year-old Education Policy of 1986