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WAVES 2025 opens in Mumbai

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Battle IAS current affairs title card: WAVES 2025 opens in Mumbai (GS3 · Economy, 1 May 2025)

What happened

  • The PM inaugurated WAVES 2025, the World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit, at Jio World Centre, Mumbai [PIB].

Background

  • Artists, investors and policymakers from over 100 countries attended [PIB].

Why it matters

  • The creative economy is a job and soft-power play.

How to use this in Mains

GS-III Infrastructure: energy, ports, roads, airports, railways; investment models

  1. As per PIB (2025-05-01): the PM inaugurated WAVES 2025, the World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit, at Jio World Centre, Mumbai.
  2. The creative economy is a job and soft-power play.
Quotable data point

The PM inaugurated WAVES 2025, the World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit, at Jio World Centre, Mumbai.

PIB: WAVES 2025 inauguration, 1 May 2025

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: WAVES.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

WAVES 2025 was held in

Answer (b) & explanation

PIB.

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Official source: PIB: WAVES 2025 inauguration, 1 May 2025

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