• Challachitram National Film Festival was held in March with a special award for entries from the northeastern region.
• The theme of the festival was 'Our Heritage, Our Pride'.
• Entries for animation films, short films, and documentaries had been invited for both the competitive and non-competitive sections.

CICR is headquartered in Nagpur, Maharashtra. It was established in April 1976. On March 15 scientists from the organisation has developed what is reported to be the shortest-duration cotton variety in the world. Requiring only 100-120 days for maturity, the new variety could emerge as the solution to the problems of dryland cotton farmers in regions like Vidarbha and Telangana.

• Bradley Cooper was awarded the ‘Oscat’ by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).
• The animal rights organisation awarded the best director award to Cooper for his enlightened decision to cast his own canine companion in ‘A Star Is Born’.
• PETA is an American animal rights organisation based in Norfolk, Virginia, and led by Ingrid Newkirk, its international president.

 Inderkilla National Park  is in Himachal Pradesh. Following national parks of Himachal Pradesh are

Trick : Simba ne Great Himalaya ke Valley me Inder ke Saath Khir Khai

The world refugee day is celebrated on 20^th June every year. It is celebrated to commemorate the strength, courage, and perseverance of millions of refugees. The day was established by the General Assembly of United Nations for the refugees to honour them for their courage of facing lots of problems after losing homes due to conflict or violence and their contributions to their communities.

• ‘India: The Future Is Now’ is a book written by Shashi Tharoor.
• It is regarding an inspiring vision of India by the young parliamentarians of the country. 

• Manfred Eigen, who was awarded a one-half share of the 1967 chemistry Nobel prize died.
• He developed techniques to determine the rates of reactions and processes and also pioneered a process called relaxation.
• He founded the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry by merging the Max Planck Institute for Physical Chemistry in 1971.

• Article 51-A of the Indian Constitution deals with Fundamental Duties.
• Articles 12-35 of the Indian Constitution deals with Fundamental Rights.
• Articles 5-11 of the Indian Constitution deals with Citizenship.
• Articles 343-351 of the Indian Constitution deals with Official language.

 SI units:

• Conductivity is the reciprocal of resistivity.
• The resistance offered by a wire of unit length and unit area of cross-section is called resistivity or specific resistance (r).​​
• Resistance is the ratio of applied potential difference (V) to the current (I) flowing through the conductor.
• Conductance is the reciprocal of resistance.

A halophyte is a plant that grows in salty water coming into contact with saline water through its roots or by salt spray, such as in saline semi-deserts, mangrove swamps, marshes and sloughs and seashores.