Union Culture Minister G Kishan Reddy laid the foundation stone of the country’s first Digital National Museum of Epigraphy at the Salar Jung Museum in Hyderabad.
It is being established by the Archaeological Survey of India.
About one lakh ancient inscriptions of different languages and periods will be kept in it.
Economic Affairs
Reports & Indices
2. What is the rank of India in the World Bank’s ‘Logistics Performance Index Report (2023)? – 38th out of 139 countries
India moved up in the index by six places since 2018 and sixteen places since 2014.
Initiatives like the PM GatiShakti National Master Plan and the National Logistics Policy, along with digital reforms like the Unified Logistics Interface Platform, contribute to this positive trend.
Science & Technology
3. Zircon Missile, a supersonic ballistic missile, recently launched by which country? – Russia
Pyarelal Sharma, the renowned musician, has been honored with the Laxminarayan International Award at the Global Music Festival.
Presented by L Subramaniam and Kavita Krishnamurthy Subramaniam, Pyarelal is a highly successful Hindi cinema composer with an illustrious eight-decade career.
The award recognizes his outstanding contributions to the world of music.
Important Days & Weeks
6. When is the ‘World Pulses Day’ observed every year? – 10 February
