Daily GK One Liners: May 9, 2025

🗞 Daily GK One Liners: May 9, 2025

Your quick summary of the day’s important events across Banking & Finance, National, Awards, Business, Defence, Appointments, Science & Technology, Sports, and Important Days.

🏦 Banking & Finance News

• Finance Ministry Releases Draft Climate Finance Taxonomy: Aims to steer investments into green infrastructure and energy projects to support India’s Net Zero 2070 goals:contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0}.
• RBI Introduces New Regulatory Framework: Mandates public consultation on draft regulations with detailed explanatory notes to boost transparency:contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1}.

🇮🇳 National News

• C-DOT and CSIR-NPL Sign MoU: Collaborate on classical and quantum communication standards for indigenous solutions:contentReference[oaicite:2]{index=2}.
• Government Launches National Scrap Recycling Portal: Registry for aluminium, copper, lead, zinc, and critical-mineral recyclers under new scrap recycling framework:contentReference[oaicite:3]{index=3}.
• Starlink Gets Formal Approval in India: Cleared to launch satellite-based internet for remote regions:contentReference[oaicite:4]{index=4}.
• Maharashtra Launches Adishakti Abhiyan: ₹10.5 Cr initiative to boost women’s and children’s welfare on Ahilyabai Holkar’s 300th birth anniversary:contentReference[oaicite:5]{index=5}.
• Kerala Introduces ‘Jyothi’ Scheme: Enrolling migrant workers’ children in government schools and anganwadis:contentReference[oaicite:6]{index=6}.

🏅 Awards News

• Russia Honors Biju Patnaik: Memorial plaque unveiled at Russian Embassy, New Delhi, for WWII Red Army support missions:contentReference[oaicite:7]{index=7}.

💼 Business News

• Kozhikode Joins WHO’s Age-Friendly Cities Network: Recognized for inclusive, elder-friendly infrastructure and services:contentReference[oaicite:8]{index=8}.

🛡 Defence News

• INS Kiltan Participates in IMDEX Asia 2025: Enhances bilateral maritime ties in Singapore:contentReference[oaicite:9]{index=9}.
• Mission Sankalp Eliminates 22 Maoists: Major anti-insurgency success along Chhattisgarh–Telangana border:contentReference[oaicite:10]{index=10}.
• Starlink Cleared for Defence Satcom Services: Letter of Intent issued for strategic communication enhancement:contentReference[oaicite:11]{index=11}.

👤 Appointments News

• Mikaela Cojuangco Jaworski Named Chair: Heads IOC Coordination Commission for Brisbane 2032 Olympics:contentReference[oaicite:12]{index=12}.

🔬 Science & Technology News

• Gaganyaan Mission Enters Final Phase: Crewed launch expected in Q1 2027 after successful uncrewed tests:contentReference[oaicite:13]{index=13}.
• NASA’s IXPE Breakthrough: Measures X-ray polarization in black hole jets for the first time:contentReference[oaicite:14]{index=14}.

🏏 Sports News

• Rohit Sharma Announces Test Retirement: Ahead of India–England series, ending a career that began in 2013:contentReference[oaicite:15]{index=15}.

📅 Important Days

• Victory Day – May 9: Marks Nazi Germany’s 1945 surrender and end of WWII in Europe:contentReference[oaicite:16]{index=16}.

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