Current Affairs - Places

The Indian Navy's latest warship, 'Surat,' is the first warship to be named after a city in Gujarat. The warship's crest will be unveiled today by Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel in the city of Surat.

New Delhi in India has topped the list of most polluted cities in the world, according to the data from the Swiss Group IQAir. With an Air Quality Index of 483, New Delhi is in the top position in both the list of most polluted cities in the world as well as the most polluted cities in India.

The three-day 'India Manufacturing Show' was held in Bengaluru, Karnataka, in November 2023. The event was inaugurated by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and had the central theme of 'Make in India, Make for the World.'

Mumbai recorded the fourth-highest year-on-year growth in prime residential prices among global cities in the quarter ending in September 2023, according to Knight Frank's Prime Global Cities Index. Manila claimed the top position.

The ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation (ICAR-IISWC), (Formerly CSWCRTI) was established on 1st April 1974 with Headquarters at Dehradun by combining Soil and Water Conservation Research, Demonstration and Training Centres which were established in 1950 at Dehradun, Kota, Bellary, Udhagamandalam, Vasad, Agra and Chandigarh.