Current affairs 22 April 2025

Tripura CM Inaugurates "Garia and Borsho Boron Utsav" 2025 in Agartala.

• Tripura CM Manik Saha inaugurated the 'Garia and Borsho Boron Utsav' 2025 at Swami Vivekananda Maidan.
• The festival celebrates Garia Puja, a significant event for the Tripuri and Reang communities.
• The event features traditional dances, songs, cultural performances, and food stalls.
• Indigenous artists showcase the rich cultural heritage of Tripura through various performances

International Buddhist Conclave organised in Arunachal Pradesh.

• The 2 day International Buddhist Conclave in Arunachal Pradesh highlighted the region’s Buddhist heritage.
• Chowna Mein proposed Namsai as a key center for a Buddhist tourism circuit.
• Participants from Bhutan, Myanmar, Cambodia, and India attended, including heads of Sanghas.
• The conclave featured discussions on the cultural and historical significance of Buddha Dhamma in Northeast India.

ISRO achieves 2nd successful satellite docking under SpaDeX Mission.

• ISRO successfully accomplished the second satellite docking under the SpaDeX mission.
• Science and Technology Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh confirmed further experiments in the next two weeks.
• The first docking was successfully executed on January 16, 2025, with undocking on February 13, 2025.
• The PSLV-C60 mission, which initiated the experiment, was launched on December 30, 2024.

PoshanTracker Wins Prime Minister's Award for Excellence in Innovation.

• The PoshanTracker Application won the Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration 2024 for innovation.
• The award was received by the Ministry of Women and Child Development on Civil Services Day.
• A breakout session highlighted strategies to promote women and child nutrition through POSHAN 2.0 and Mission Saksham Anganwadi.

BTS Gets Their Own Little Golden Book, Jin Announces Second Solo Album.

• BTS, K-pop group, is the subject of Little Golden Book Biographies' latest release, titled BTS: A Little Golden Book Biography.
• The book, releasing on September, introduces BTS members RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V, and Jungkook to young readers.
• Written by Jan Ann and illustrated by Hyesung Park, the book will introduce young readers to BTS later this year.