February 2024

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Current Affairs :: February 2024

Important Day Appointment

➤ Indian Coast Guard Day is observed on 1st ❖ Female cricketer Deepti Sharma has been
February. appointed by the Uttar Pradesh government to the
post of DSP in UP Police.
➤ World Wetlands Day is celebrated on 2nd
February annually; 2024 Theme:'Wetlands and ❖ Prashant Kumar has been appointed as new
Human Wellbeing'. acting DGP of Uttar Pradesh.

➤ World Cancer Day is observed on 4th February; ❖ Ranveer Singh becomes the brand ambassador
2024 Theme: “Together, we challenge those in and investor of boAt.
power”
❖ Justice Ritu Bahri took the oath of office as the
➤ National Opera Day is observed on 8th first female Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High
February. Court.

➤ 13th February is celebrated as National ❖ Radha Raturi takes charge as Uttarakhand’s

Women's Day in India. first woman chief secretary.

➤ World Day of Social Justice is observed ❖ Apurva Chandra Take Charge As Health
annually on February 20. Secretary.

➤ International Mother Language Day is observed ❖ Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi Has Been
on 21st February; 2024 theme:“Multilingual Appointed Army Vice Chief.
education – a pillar of learning and
intergenerational learning”. ❖ Rajendra Prasad Gupta Has Been Appointed As
Rajasthan’s New Advocate General.
➤ World NGO Day is observed on 27th February;
2024 Theme:“Building a Sustainable Future: The ❖ Justice Vijay Bishnoi Sworn In As Chief Justice
Role of NGOs in Achieving the Sustainable Of Gauhati High Court.
Development Goals (SDGs)”.
❖ Brazilian Football Player Vinícius Junior is
➤ National Science Day is celebrated on 28th named UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for
February every year to commemorate the education for all.
discovery of 'Raman Effect' in 1928 by Sir
Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman.

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❖ Vivek Kumar Gupta assumes Control as the ❖ Dr. Samir Shah confirmed as first Indian-origin
Managing Director of National High-Speed Rail BBC Chairman.
Corporation (NHSRCL).
❖ Ravindra Kumar assumes charge as Director
❖ Naveen Tahilyani Appointed Tata Digital’s New (Operations) of NTPC.
CEO & MD.
❖ The World Gold Council (WGC) has named
❖ Tata AIA Life Appoints Venkatachalam H as MD Sachin Jain as its new CEO for India, effective from
and CEO. March.

❖ Narendra Kumar Yadav, IRS first civil servant ❖ Justice A M Khanwilkar has been Appointed as
Has Been Appointed as Brand Ambassador for Fit Lokpal Chairperson.
India Movement.

❖ Shri Pawan Kumar assumes charge of Chief Award Winner

Adviser (Cost) in Department of Expenditure,
Ministry of Finance. ♛ Sonu Sood Has Been Honoured With
'Champions of Change' Award For Humanitarian
❖ Kareena Kapoor Khan Has Been Appointed as
Contributions.
Brand Ambassador of KPG Spices.
♛ Maha Gaurav 2024 award presented to Nikhil
❖ Sanjay Kumar Jain takes charge as CMD of
Wagh by Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar.
Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation
Ltd (IRCTC). ♛ Dr. Bina Modi Honoured with the 'Outstanding
Business Woman of the Year-2023' Award.
❖ Sindhu Ganapathy has been appointed as first
transwoman TTE of Southern Railway. ♛ Veteran leader, Shri Lal Krishna Advani will be
conferred with Bharat Ratna Award.
❖ Nikhil Joshi Has Been Appointed As Managing
Director Of Boeing Defence India. ♛ PT Usha Honored With Lifetime Achievement
Award By SJFI And DSJA.
❖ Shubman Gill Has Been Designated As Punjab
‘State Icon’ For Lok Sabha Polls. ♛ Legendary composer Pyarelal Sharma Honored
With Lakshminarayana International Award.
❖ President has appointed A S Rajeev as Vigilance
Commissioner. ♛ PV Narasimha Rao, Chaudhary Charan Singh &
Dr MS Swaminathan to get Bharat Ratna.
❖ Sunil Sharma (IRS) has been appointed as
Director in the Department of School Education & ♛ Mohammed Shami wins ‘Sportsman of the
Literacy. Year’ at Sportstar ACES Awards 2024.

❖ Salil Parekh has joined the U.S.-India Strategic ♛ At the Ice Palace on the Jungfrau, Switzerland
and Partnership Forum as a member of its board Tourism honoured Neeraj Chopra with a plaque.
of directors.

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♛ K.P.P. Nambiar Award has been given to ISRO

Chairman S. Somanath. Index & Ranking
♛ Noida Has Been Recognized As “Water
☄ India Placed 93rd Among 180 Nations In 2023
Warrior” City.
Corruption Index; topped by Denmark.
♛ India Wins the 9th GovTech Prize for AI-
☄ London emerged as the most congested city in
Powered Road Safety Initiative.
the world in 2023.
♛ South Indian Bank Wins Best Technology Bank
☄ Huateng Ma Tops Global Brand Guardianship
Of The Year Award.
Index 2024.
♛ The Dadasaheb Phalke Award's prize money
☄ India Ranks 38th Out Of 139 Countries In
has been raised from Rs 10 lakh to Rs 15 lakh.
Logistics Performance Index (LPI) Report 2023 by
♛ Noted Urdu poet Gulzar and Sanskrit scholar the World Bank.
Jagadguru Rambhadracharya have been named as
☄ Steelbird Becomes Worlds Largest Helmet
recipients of the 58th Jnanpith Award 2024.
Producer, Sells 80 Lakhs Units Worldwide In
♛ REC Ltd Receives ‘Innovative Technology 2023.
Development Award’ At IIT Madras CSR Summit.
☄ Himachal Pradesh Leads As India’s Most
♛ Swedish photographer Alex Dawson has Welcoming Region In 2024.
clinched the prestigious title of Underwater
☄ Karnataka Leads In EV Infrastructure
Photographer of the Year 2024.
Development.
♛ Shashi Tharoor Honoured With France’s
☄ Henley Passport Index 2024: France Tops List;
Highest Civilian Award, Knight of the Legion of
India At 85th.
Honour.
☄ PM Modi again emerges as most popular global
♛ Shah Rukh Khan wins Dadasaheb Phalke
leader with 78% approval rating.
International Film Festival Awards (DPIFF) 2024
for Best Actor. ☄ India ranks 42nd in the Global Intellectual
Property Index 2024.
♛ Prof Aditi Sen De becomes first woman
scientist to win G D Birla Award.
Election & Resign
♛ Leena Nair was chosen as the Person of the
Year by Time Magazine.
♚ Azali Assoumani was re-elected as Comoros
♛ Veteran playback singer Suresh Wadkar has President for fourth term.
been honoured with the Gansamragini Lata
♚ Champai Soren will be next Jharkhand CM.
Mangeshkar Award.
♚ Malaysia’s Billionaire Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar
sworn in as the new king.

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♚ Yemen Appoints Ahmed Awad Bin Mubarak As ❏ Maharashtra defended their Khelo India Youth
New Prime Minister. Games title after topping the medals tally with 57
gold medals, 48 silver and 53 bronze.
♚ Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit tenders
his resignation. ❏ Karnataka Clinches Nagesh Trophy Beating
Andhra Pradesh.
♚ Olzhas Bektenov has been appointed as the
new Prime Minister of Kazakhstan. ❏ Abhinav Bindra Selected As Torchbearer For
The 2024 Paris Olympics.
♚ Lebanese Judge Nawaf Salam has been elected
President of the International Court of Justice. 4.New York to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup final.

♚ Hungary's President Katalin Novak resigns. ❏ Union Sports Minister Anurag Singh Thakur
kicks off 1st BIMSTEC Aquatics Championships in
♚ Former PM Alexander Stubb Wins Finland New Delhi.
Presidential Election.
❏ Chinese chess grandmaster Wei Yi Grabs 2024
♚ Ranjeet Kumar Agarwal takes over as The Tata Steel Chess Tournament.
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)
President for council year 2024-25. ❏ Tawangchu Tides International Kayaking
Championship-2024 started in Arunachal Pradesh.
♚ Indonesia's Prabowo Subianto claims victory in
presidential election. ❏ Saurashtra Cricket Association (SCA) Stadium
in Rajkot will be renamed as Niranjan Shah
♚ Nand Kishore Yadav elected as Bihar Stadium.
Legislative Assembly Speaker.
❏ India and Bangladesh Declared Joint Winners in
♚ Feleti Teo is named prime minister of Tuvalu. SAFF Women’s U-19 Championships.

♚ Maryam Nawaz becomes first woman Chief ❏ Pathum Nishanka becomes the first cricketer of
Minister of West Punjab in Pakistan. the Srilanka to score a Double Century in the ODI.

❏ Etihad Airways becomes official sponsor of CSK

Sports team.

❏ The mascot for the Khelo India Winter Games ❏ Ivory Coast beat Nigeria 2-1 to win third Africa
2024 is the majestic snow leopard, named ‘Sheen- Cup of Nations (AFCON) title.
e She’.
❏ Australia defeated India by 79 runs to lift the
❏ East Bengal Beat Odisha FC 3-2 to Win Kalinga ICC U19 Men's Cricket World Cup 2024.
Super Cup.
❏ Chennai Super Kings have appointed Katrina
❏ Jay Shah has been reappointed as chairman of Kaif as their brand ambassador for the Indian
Asian Cricket Council. Premier League (IPL) 2024.

❏ Sumit Nagal Clinches Chennai Open Title.

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❏ West Indies’ Shamar Joseph has been named ❏ Jacintha Kalyan Makes History As India’s First
ICC Men’s Player of the Month for January 2024. Female Pitch Curator.

❏ Ireland’s Amy Hunter have been bestowed with ❏ Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen
ICC Women’s Player of the Month for January wins inaugural Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge.
2024.
❏ Gulmarg has hosted the 4th edition of Khelo
❏ The Ministry of Education and FIFA India Winter Games.
collaborated to promote football in Indian schools.
❏ Indian Squash player Abhay Singh clinched the
❏ Indian Hammer Thrower Rachna Kumari Goodfellow Classic PSA Challenger Tour Title in
Banned For 12 Years For Doping. Toronto.

❏ Neeraj Chopra & Sheetal Devi win Sportstar of ❏ Elena Norman resigns as Hockey India CEO.
the Year at Sportstar Aces Awards 2024.
❏ India finished the Archery Asia Cup 2024 with
❏ Hungary is set to proudly host the 2024 Chess 14 medals, including nine golds, four silvers and
Olympiad. one bronze in Baghdad, Iraq.

❏ ICC bans UK cricketer Rizwan Javed for over 17 ❏ New Zealand pacer Neil Wagner announces
years for match-fixing. retirement from international cricket.

❏ Ravichandran Ashwin became the second- ❏ Namibia’s Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton Smashes
fastest Indian player to take 500 Test wickets. Fastest T20I Hundred.

❏ The Indian football dropped 15 places to 117th

in the latest FIFA rankings. Military Exercise

❏ MS Dhoni Has Been Named Captain Of IPL’s

♞ IAF will conduct Vayu Shakti 2024 exercise in
Greatest All-Time Team.
Jaisalmer.
❏ India women clinch Badminton Asia Team
♞ Visakhapatnam Will Host 12th Edition Of
Championships 2024 title.
MILAN Naval Exercise.
❏ Anurag Singh Thakur Launched Khelo India
♞ A multinational military exercise 'Shanti Prayas
University Games In Guwahati.
IV’ started in Nepal.
❏ Faiz Fazal Retires From Professional Cricket.
♞ Indian and Sri Lankan coast guard ships joined
❏ Pakistan’s Babar Azam Becomes Quickest To the Dosti 16 exercise held in the Maldives.
10,000 Runs In T20s.
♞ The 5th edition of the Joint Military Exercise
❏ Bhopal Athletes Conquer The World’s Highest ‘Dharma Guardian’ commenced at the Mahajan
Frozen Lake Marathon. Field Firing Ranges in Rajasthan, India.

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☛ ‘Kilkari’ programme has been launched in

Book & Author Gujarat and Maharashtra.

☛ Bharatgas Unveils "Pure for Sure" to

✎ A book titled "KASHMIR: Travels in Paradise on
Revolutionize LPG Delivery Experience.
Earth" is authored by Romesh Bhattacharji.
☛ Prime Minister Modi launches PM Surya Ghar
✎ Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik released
Muft Bijli Yojana 2024.
Shree Jagannatha, Lord Of The Universe, a coffee
table book. ☛ Odisha govt to give interest-free loans up to Rs
1 lakh to youth under ‘Swayam’ scheme.
✎ A Book Titled “Maha Swaapnikudu” is authored
by P. Vikram. ☛ Haryana Launches ‘Van Mitra’ Scheme To Boost
Green Cover.
✎ A Book Titled “Dabbling In Diplomacy” is
authored By Prof. S.D. Muni. ☛ Rajasthan CM launced Mukhyamantri
Vishwakarma Pension Yojana 2024.
✎ A New Book Titled “Sculpted Stones: Mysteries
Of Mamallapuram” is Authored By Ashwin Prabhu. ☛ World Bank Assisted Programme INSPIRES
launched in Sikkim.
✎ A book titled "Neeraj Chopra: The Man Who
Made History" is authored by Norris Pritam. ☛ Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah
launches Asha Kirana scheme.
Scheme & Campaign ☛ Madhya Pradesh Introduces ‘Bag-Less School’
Initiative.
☛ Tamil Nadu Launches ‘Kalaignar Sports Kit’
Initiative to provide sporting kits to 12,000 village ☛ Centre decides to continue Women’s safety
panchayats across the state. scheme till 2025-26.

☛ Karnataka Government Launches ‘Digital Detox’ ☛ Haryana Launches Innovative “Savera” Program
Initiative. For Early Breast Cancer Detection.

☛ Uttarakhand CM Launches “Dhami Against ☛ Reliance Launches “Vantara,” A National

Drugs Campaign”. Initiative For Animal Welfare.

☛ Maharashtra Government decided to launch

'Mukhyamantri Vayoshri Yojana'.
Bank & Economy

☛ Chhattisgarh govt launched Mahtari Vandan ⎔ IMF upgrades India’s GDP growth rate to 6.7 per
Yojana. cent for current financial year.

☛ Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal Launches Free Bus ⎔ GST Collection Soars 10% In January 2024 To
Travel For Transgender Community. Record Rs.1.72 Lakh Crore, Marking Second-
Highest Ever.

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⎔ Ministry of Defence has been allocated the
maximum budget of 6.2 lakh crore in the Interim Science & Tech
Budget 2024.

⎔ UPI has been formally launched at Eiffel Tower ☑️ First brain chip in humans has been implanted
in Paris, France. by Elon Musk's Neuralink.

⎔ Sitharaman proposes Rs 1.18 lakh cr interim ☑️ Taiwan's first lunar mission is scheduled to
Budget for J&K for 2024-25. launch in 2024.

⎔ ADB Appoints Mio Oka as New Country Director ☑️ Uttar Pradesh govt will start the first Water
for India. Metro Service in Ajodhya.

⎔ Sri Lanka Pursues Free Trade Agreements With ☑️ India's First Research IIT Satellite Campus will
India To Boost Economic Growth. be in Ujjain.
⎔ Ravi Kumar Jha Named MD & CEO Of LIC Mutual ☑️ North India's first human DNA bank is being set
Fund. up at Banaras Hindu University (BHU).
⎔ Ajay Kumar Choudhary was appointed as non- ☑️ Uttarakhand police embrace smart policing
executive chairman of National Payments
with self-balancing electric scooters.
Corporation of India (NPCI).
☑️ China launches Jielong-3 rocket as commercial
⎔ India will launch UPI in Sri Lanka and Mauritius.
missions pick up pace.
⎔ Reliance becomes first Indian company to hit Rs
☑️ Before the ISRO's ambitious Gaganyaan
20 lakh crore m-cap.
mission, Woman Robot Astronaut 'Vyommitra'
⎔ Germany is now the world's third-largest will fly into space.
economy, after Japan unexpectedly slipped into
recession. ☑️ China Launches Qinling Station For Antarctic
Scientific Study.
⎔ Virendra Bansal has been appointed as MD &
CEO of SBI Capital Markets. ☑️ Maharashtra signs deal with Google for AI-led
development.
⎔ Private lender Bandhan Bank has been
authorized by the West Bengal government to ☑️ Google Rebrands Its Chatbot, Bard, As Gemini.
collect tax and non-tax receipts on its behalf.
☑️ Telangana Will Establish AI Hub, Make Internet
⎔ India-born Economist Geeta Batra Named As A Basic Right.
First Woman Director of World Bank’s GEF.
☑️ Dubai set to launch World's First Air Taxi
⎔ Vijay Shekhar Sharma resigns as chairman of Service.
Paytm Payments Bank.
☑️ Navy Chief Inaugurates New Defence System
‘Precision Approach Radar’.

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☑️ Google launches "Lumiere" AI to generate 5

second video. Host
☑️ Saudi Arabia To Launch Dream Of The Desert,
✸ Narendra Modi inaugurated Bharat Mobility
The Middle East’s First Luxury Train.
Global Expo 2024 at Bharat Mandapam, New
☑️ India is set to launch its first Helicopter Delhi.
Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) from
✸ India's first Beachside Startup Festival will be
Uttarakhand.
organized in Mangalore.
☑️ NASA and Japan will launch the world’s first
✸ President Droupadi Murmu inaugurated the
wooden satellite.
37th Surajkund International Crafts Mela 2024 in
☑️ IIT-Jammu has developed an unique 'sound- Faridabad, Haryana.
based' Anti-Drone System.
✸ 67th All India Police Duty Meet will be
☑️ North Korea test-launched the new surface-to- organized in Lucknow.
sea missiles, “Padasuri-6”.
✸ Bharat Rang Mahotsav, India’s Biggest Theatre
☑️ PM Modi to inaugurate world's highest railway Festival, starts In Gujarat.
bridge in Jammu.
✸ Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurates
☑️ Reliance Industries Is Set To Launch ONGC Sea Survival Centre In Goa.
‘Hanooman’, A ChatGPT-Style AI Service.
✸ Divya Kala Mela 2024 Inaugurated In Agartala,
☑️ DRDO To Test Indigenous Laser Weapon Tripura.
DURGA-2.
✸ 7th Indian Ocean Conference 2024 was
☑️ NTPC to set up India’s largest green hydrogen organized in Australia.
production facility in Andhra Pradesh.
✸ RPF will host the 67th All India Police Duty
☑️ Turkey has manufactured the fifth generation Meet in Lucknow.
fighter jet for the first time.
✸ World Defense Show 2024 was held in Riyadh,
☑️ PM Modi Announces India’s Own Space Station Saudi Arabia.
By 2035.
✸ The 16th World Social Forum (WSF) 2024
☑️ PM Narendra Modi Inaugurates ISRO’s Second meeting started in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Spaceport In Tamil Nadu.
✸ 11th International Puppet Festival has been
☑️ Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated inaugurated in Chandigarh.
India’s longest cable-stayed bridge, Sudarshan
✸ First-Ever French Film Festival Begins In
Setu, in Gujarat’s Dwarka.
Kolkata.
☑️ World’s First Vedic Clock Was Unveiled In
Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh.
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✸ The first-ever Digital India Future Skills Summit ✟ Padma Shri awardee Hindi, Maithili writer Usha
was held in Guwahati, Assam. Kiran Khan dies at the age of 79.

✸ The Neem Summit & Global Neem Trade Fair, ✟ World Marathon Record Holder Kelvin Kiptum
held in New Delhi. Dies In Road Accident.

✸ A two-day INDUS-X Summit to be held in New ✟ Dattajirao Gaekwad, Nation’s Oldest Test
Delhi. Cricketer, Passes Away At 95.

✸ World Police Summit 2024 will be held in ✟ ‘Udaan’ Actor Kavita Chaudhary Passes Away At
Dubai. 67.

✸ Tribal Festival ‘Sammakka Saralamma Jatara’ ✟ Legendary Chef Imtiaz Qureshi dies at 93.
Kicks Off In Telangana.
✟ Germany's World Cup winner Andreas Brehme
✸ Sri Lanka To Host Geeta Mahotsav’s 5th Edition dead at 63.
From March 1.
✟ Karnataka Cricketer K Hoysala, 34, Passes Away
✸ Mobile World Congress 2024 Begins Barcelona, From Cardiac Arrest.
Spain.
✟ Legendary Ghazal Singer Pankaj Udhas Passes
✸ Greater Noida has host a 3-day International Away at 72.
Tourism Expo.
✟ Renowned Filmmaker Kumar Shahani Passes
✸ PM inaugurates Bharat Tex 2024 in New Delhi. Away at 83.

✸ 71st Miss World 2024 was started in India.

International Affairs
✸ President Murmu To Launch ‘Purple Fest’ For
Disabled.
✪ Bhutan has been allocated the highest foreign
aid under the Interim Budget 2024-25.
Portal
✪ Nepal Army wants to operate a textile factory.

☎ Uttar Pradesh Government Enhances ‘EV ✪ India, Oman Sign Pact For Defense Sector
Upyog’ Portal To Promote Electric Vehicles. Collaboration.

✪ Russian Cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko Sets World

Obituary Record For Most Time In Space.

✪ The Iranian government has announced a visa-

✟ Historian Radha Champakalakshmi Passes
free travel policy for Indian nationals.
Away at the age of 91.
✪ UAE Awards ‘Golden Visa’ To Super 30 Founder
✟ Veteran journalist Farooq Nazki dies at the age
Anand Kumar.
of 83.

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✪ India, Türkiye, and Qatar have been Named ✪ New Zealand To Repeal Anti-Tobacco Law.
Guests of Honor at the 2024 World Governments
Summit in Dubai.
Miscellaneous
✪ New law to allow Australian workers ignore
office calls after duty hours. ∎ Punjab Govt Launches ‘Sadak Surakhya Force’
(SSF), First Of Its Kind To Cut Road Deaths.
✪ Qatar court has released all eight former Indian
Navy personnel, earlier sentenced to death. ∎ Indian researchers have successfully
photographed more than 200 in a landmark study
✪ India Will Replace Military Personnel With estimating at least 718 across the country.
Technical Staff In Maldives.
∎ Indian Navy Declares 2024 As ‘Year Of Naval
✪ PM Modi inaugurated UAE's first Hindu Temple Civilians’.
BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir in Abu Dhabi.
∎ Tamil Actor Vijay Announced The Formation Of
✪ Greece has made history by legalizing same-sex His Political Party, ‘Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam’.
marriage.
∎ FM Sitharaman Declares Free Cervical Cancer
✪ India And Colombia Sign MoU On Digital Vaccine For Girls Aged 9-14.
Cooperation. ∎ PM Modi inaugurates India Energy Week 2024
✪ Taiwan signs migrant worker MoU with India, in Goa.
seen as new source of labour. ∎ Govt plans to have 25,000 Janaushadhi Kendras
by March 2026.
✪ India elected as Chair of the 62nd session of the
Commission for Social Development (CSocD). ∎ Uttarakhand Pioneers Uniform Civil Code
Implementation In India.
✪ Malta Becomes 119th Country to Join
International Solar Alliance. ∎ Tata Trusts To Inaugurate India’s First Small
Animal Hospital In Mumbai.
✪ India Sends Sacred Relics Of Buddha To
Thailand. ∎ Saudi Arabia was guest of honor at New Delhi
World Book Fair 2024.
✪ Philippines becomes first Asian Country to
Ratify ILO Convention to End Workplace Violence ∎ Isha Foundation plans to install the 242 ft high
and Harassment. statue of Adiyogi Shiva near Jewar Noida
International Airport in western Uttar Pradesh.
✪ Dubai Introduces 5-Year Multiple-Entry Visa
∎ Regional Centre of Sangeet Natak Akademi will
For Indian Travelers.
be set up in Hyderabad.
✪ Algeria Inaugurates World’s Third-Largest
∎ Varanasi will have country’s first conservation
Mosque.
centre for Gangatiri cows.
✪ UAE removed from money laundering ‘Grey
List’.
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∎ Defence Minister Unveils The Statue of India’s ∎ Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurates 211 PM SHRI
first Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat In Schools in Chhattisgarh.
Dehradun.
∎ IIT Guwahati Launches India’s Largest Drone
∎ Gupteswar forest designated as fourth Pilot Training Organisation.
biodiversity heritage site in Odisha.
∎ India’s First Gati Shakti Research Chair was
∎ Assam Cabinet approved a bill to ban 'magical established at IIM Shillong.
healing' practices in the name of treatment.
∎ IRCTC partners with Swiggy for pre-ordered
∎ Assam Designates Kaji Nemu as the Official train meals.
State Fruit.
∎ India’s Assam state repeals British-era Muslim
∎ Supreme Court of India Declares Electoral marriage law.
Bonds Scheme Unconstitutional.
∎ PM Modi Inaugurates Sikkim’s First Railway
∎ Major Iron Ore Deposits Uncovered In Station In Rangpo.
Rajasthan’s Karauli.
∎ South Asia’s Largest Ammunition and Missiles
∎ Arunachal Pradesh becomes first north-eastern Complex was inaugurated in Uttar Pradesh.
state to achieve 100% household tap water
connection.

∎ Odisha CM inaugurates Bagchi Sri Shankara

Cancer Center in Bhubaneswar.

∎ Prime Minister Modi Unveils 125-Foot Statue of

Bir Lachit Borphukan in Assam.

∎ Tamil Nadu assembly adopts resolution against

one nation, one election policy.

∎ Chandigarh Unveils North India’s First ‘Pizza

ATM’.

∎ Maharashtra Government Extends 10%

Reservation To Marathas.

∎ First ever Skill India Centre launched in

Sambalpur, Odisha.

∎ Govt Launches Rs 100 Cr Projects For People

With Disabilities.

Thank You !
∎ Uttar Pradesh Will Set Up First Turtle
Conservation Reserve.

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