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Current Affairs :: September 2024

Important Day ➤ World Rhino Day is celebrated on September

22 every year.
➤ The West Bengal Government observes
September 1 as Police Day. ➤ International Day of Sign Languages is
observed on 23rd September; 2024 Theme: "Sign
➤ National Nutrition Week is celebrated each
up for Sign Language Rights".
year from 1st September to the 7th September to
aware the people about important tips of their ➤ Antyodaya Diwas is observed in India on
health and well-being. September 25th every year.

➤ National Teachers' Day in India is celebrated on ➤ World Environmental Health Day is observed
September 5 every year, on the birth anniversary on 26th September; 2024 Theme: “Environmental
of Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. Health: Creating Resilient Communities through
Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change
➤ International Literacy Day is observed on
Mitigation and Adaptation.”
September 8th; 2024 Theme: “Promoting
Multilingual Education: Literacy for Mutual ➤ World Tourism Day is celebrated every year on
Understanding and Peace”. September 27; 2024 Theme: "Tourism and Peace".

➤ World Suicide Prevention Day is observed on ➤ World Rabies Day is observed on September
10th September; 2024 Theme: "Changing the 28; 2024 Theme: "Breaking rabies boundaries".
Narrative on Suicide".
➤ World Heart Day is observed annually on
➤ Hindi Diwas is Celebrated annually on September 29; 2024 Theme: “Use Heart for
September 14 to honor the Hindi language and its Action”.
impact on India's cultural & social fabric.
➤ International Translation Day is observed on
➤ In India, Engineers' Day is celebrated on September 30; 2024 Theme: “Translation, an Art
September 15 every year. Worth Protecting: Moral and Material Rights for
Indigenous Languages.”
➤ World Ozone Day is observed on 16th
September; 2024 Theme:: "Montreal Protocol:
Advancing Climate Action". Appointment
➤ The International Day of Peace is celebrated on
❖ IAS Manoj Pant has been appointed as the new
21 September; 2024 Theme: "Cultivating a Culture
Chief Secretary of West Bengal.
of Peace".
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❖ Air Marshal Tejinder Singh took over as Deputy ❖ Tuhin Kanta Pandey has been appointed as the
Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force. new finance secretary.

❖ Amrit Lal Meena has been appointed as the new ❖ Arun Goel has been appointed as the next
Chief Secretary of Bihar. Ambassador of India to the Croatia.

❖ Amir Mahato becomes Jharkhand's first ❖ Dr. Vinay Goyal has been appointed State
transgender appointed as Community Health Mission Director for the National Health Mission
Officer. (NHM).

❖ Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit assumed the charge ❖ Ashok Raj Sigdel has been appointed as Nepal's
of Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C) of new Chief of the Army Staff.
Central Air Command.
❖ Union Home Minister Amit Shah was
❖ V. Satish Kumar takes additional charge as unanimously re-elected as the Chairperson of the
Indian Oil Corporation Limited chairman. Parliamentary Committee on Official Language.

❖ Dr DK Sunil takes charge as CMD (Additional ❖ RS Sharma has been appointed as Non-
Charge) of HAL (Hindustan Aeronautics Limited). Executive Chairperson of ONDC.

❖ Nehal Vora has been appointed as MD and CEO ❖ The Indian Navy has appointed Vice Admiral
of CDSL. Vineet McCarty, AVSM as the Controller Personnel
Services (CPS).
❖ Amitesh Jha has been appointed as the new CEO
of Swiggy Instamart. ❖ Swati Vijay Kulkarni has been appointed as
India's next Ambassador to Algeria.
❖ Professor Binoy Kumar Saren has been selected
as the interim Vice- Chancellor of Visva-Bharati ❖ R. Ravindra has been appointed as the next
University (VBU), becoming the first person from Ambassador of India to Iceland.
a Scheduled Tribe community to hold the post.
❖ Atishi Marlena has been appointed as the new
❖ Sanjay Bhan has been appointment as the new Chief Minister of Delhi.
Executive Vice President of Hero MotoCorp.
❖ The government of West Bengal has appointed
❖ Major General Jarken Gamlin (Retd) has been IPS Manoj Kumar Verma as the new Police
sworn in as Arunachal Pradesh Chief Information commissioner of Kolkata Police.
Commissioner.
❖ Vineet Kumar Goyal has been appointed as the
❖ Philips appoints Bharath Sesha as Managing ADG & IGP of West Bengal Police's Special Task
Director for the Indian subcontinent. Force (STF).

❖ Aparna Yadav has been appointed as vice ❖ Amazon India appoints Samir Kumar as new
chairperson of UP women's commission. country manager.

❖ Manish Kumar Gupta has been appointed as the ❖ Amrit Mohan Prasad has been appointed as the
new chief secretary of Arunachal Pradesh. Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB).
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❖ Double Olympic medal winner Manu Bhaker ❖ Air Marshal SP Dharkar has been appointed as
has been appointed as the brand ambassador for the next Vice Chief of Air Staff.
the Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways.
❖ Amit Garg has been appointed as the new
❖ Arunangshu Sarkar has been appointed as Director of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National
ONGC's Director for Strategy and Corporate Police Academy.
Affairs.
❖ Justice Rajiv Shakdher was sworn in as the 29th
❖ Saurabh Shah has been appointed as the Chief Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court .
Financial Officer of Adani Green Energy.
❖ Girish Chandra Murmu, the CAG of India,
❖ IPS officer Anurag Garg has been appointed as officially took over as the chairperson of the Asian
the new Director General of the Narcotics Control Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions
Bureau (NCB). (ASOSAI) for the term 2024-2027.

❖ Brijendra Pratap Singh has been appointed as ❖ Justice Suresh Kumar Kait was sworn in as the
Chairman & Managing Director of National 28th Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High
Aluminium Corporation (NALCO). Court.

❖ Air Marshal Amar Preet Singh has been ❖ B Vanlalvawna has been appointed as the next
appointed as the next chief of the Indian Air Force. Ambassador of India to the Kingdom of Cambodia.

❖ World Champion Boxer Nikhat Zareen has been ❖ Justice Manmohan has been appointed as the
appointed as Deputy Superintendent of Police Chief Justice of Delhi High Court.
(DSP) in Telangana.
❖ Justice Indra Prasanna Mukerji has been
❖ Kumar Tuhin has been appointed as the next appointed as Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High
Ambassador of India to the Kingdom of the Court.
Netherlands.

❖ Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo has been elected as Award Winner

the President of the National Rifle Association of
India (NRAI). ♛ Kerala Tourism has won the Pacific Asia Travel
Association (PATA) Gold Award 2024 for its
❖ MS Ramchandra Rao has been appointed as the
innovative “Holiday Heist” campaign.
Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court.
♛ Ayushmann Khurrana and Neeraj Chopra
❖ Senior IPS officer Alok Ranjan has been
Honored as 'Youth Icons of India' by FICCI.
appointed as the chief of National Crime Records
Bureau (NCRB). ♛ Department of School Education and Literacy
selects 50 teachers from Schools across India for
❖ Jitendra J Jadhav has been appointed as
National Teachers’ Award 2024.
Director General of Aeronautical Development
Agency.

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♛ Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki has been ♛ Film Producer Vinod Bachchan was honored
honored with the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay with the prestigious Global Prestige Award at the
Award for 2024. House of Lords, UK Parliament, in recognition of
his outstanding contributions to the Indian film
♛ President Droupadi Murmu confers National industry.
Florence Nightingale Awards 2024 to 15
exemplary nurses. ♛ Deepak C Mehta honored with ICC Lifetime
Achievement Award for 2023.
♛ Indian-origin lecturer Prasanthi Ram wins
Singapore Literature Prize for ‘Nine Yard Sarees’. ♛ Andro Village in Manipur has been awarded the
title of one of the Best Tourism Villages in the
♛ Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) has been Heritage category during the 2024 Best Tourism
honored with the National Energy Leader Award Villages Competition.
by the Confederation of Indian Industry – Green
Business Centre (CII-GBC) for the sixth ♛ The 2024 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize will be
consecutive year. awarded to Dr. Alexander Dunn from the Georgia
Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), USA.
♛ Vir Das becomes first Indian to host
International Emmy Awards.
Index & Ranking
♛ Aishwarya Rai Bachchan won the Best Actress
(Critics) award for Ponniyin Selvan: II at the
☄ India secured the 40th position out of 132
prestigious South Indian International Movie
economies in the 2023 Global Innovation Index
Awards (SIIMA) 2024 in Dubai.
(GII) by the World Intellectual Property
♛ Cambodia's Angkor Wat named most Organization (WIPO).
photogenic UNESCO World Heritage site in Asia.
☄ Union IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has been
♛ Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), has featured on TIME Magazine's 2024 list of the 100
been awarded the Rajbhasha Kirti Puraskar by the most influential people in the space of AI.
Department of Official Language.
☄ India emerges as world's largest plastic
♛ Dhruvi Patel from US wins Miss India polluter.
Worldwide 2024.
☄ Surat ranks first in Clean Air Survey 2024.
♛ Kiran Rao's "Laapataa Ladies" has been
☄ IIFT Tops Worldwide in LinkedIn Global MBA
selected as India's official entry for Oscars 2025.
Ranking 2024 in Networking, holds 51st position
5.19-year-old Gujarati girl Rhea Singha wins Miss among top 100 programmes.
Universe India 2024.
☄ Switzerland was ranked as the number one
♛ Odisha swimmer Pratyasa Ray has been country for the third consecutive year in the 'Best
selected for the 32nd Ekalabya Puraskar for 2024 Countries Ranking 2024' report.
for her achievements in swimming.
☄ India jumps to Tier 1 in Global CyberSecurity
Index 2024.
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☄ Madhya Pradesh has topped among States for ♚ Algeria's Abdelmadjid Tebboune re-elected
having AYUSH facilities at all 328 primary health president for second term.
centers in urban areas.
♚ Jordan's King Abdullah II has appointed Jaffer
☄ Ayodhya has emerged as Uttar Pradesh's top Hassan as the new Prime Minister.
tourist destination with 11 crore visitors.
♚ Tayyab Ikram was re-elected as the President
☄ Maharashtra remains India's largest of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) for a
contributor to GDP at 13.3%. second consecutive term.

☄ Indian IT firm HCLTech has been named the ♚ Anura Kumara Dissanayake elected as the new
no.1 India-headquartered company in TIME president of Sri Lanka.
magazine's World's Best Companies 2024 list.
♚ Harini Amarasuriya has been sworn in as Sri
☄ Jordan becomes the first country in the world Lanka's new Prime Minister.
to eliminate leprosy, receiving official verification
from the World Health Organisation (WHO). ♚ Shigeru Ishiba to become Japan's next Prime
Minister.
☄ Kerala has once again secured the top position
in the State Food Safety Index (SFSI) 2024.
Sports
☄ Apple tops TIME and Statista’s World’s Best
Companies of 2024. ❏ The 17th International Astronomy Olympiad
was held in Brazil.
☄ India rises to third in Asia Power Index 2024.
❏ Shooter Avani Lekhara becomes first Indian
☄ India remains Nepal's largest trading partner.
woman to win two Paralympic golds.
☄ India ranks 39th in the Global Innovation Index
❏ Rubina Francis wins bronze in women's 10m
(GII) 2024; topped by Switzerland.
air pistol SH1 event at Paris Paralympics 2024.
☄ The IMD's recent World Talent Ranking 2024
❏ Preethi Pal wins bronze in women's T35 100m
shows that Switzerland ranks first, followed by
event at Paris Paralympics 2024.
Singapore; India finds itself ranked 58th globally,
with a talent score of 40.47. ❏ West Indies fast bowler Shannon Gabriel
announces his retirement from International
☄ India has become the World's third largest
Cricket.
Producer and Consumer of Ethanol.
❏ Manish Narwal won the silver medal in the
Election & Resign men's 10m air pistol shooting SH1 class at the
Paris Paralympics 2024.

♚ Michel Barnier named as new French prime ❏ Himanshi Tokas won a silver medal at the Asian
minister. Cadet and Junior Judo Championships 2024.

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❏ Women's Asian Champions Trophy 2024 will ❏ Ajay Ratra has been appointed as member of
be held in Bihar's Rajgir. BCCI men’s selection committee.

❏ North East United beat Mohun Bagan 4-3 on ❏ Indian wrestler Jyoti Berwal won the gold
penalties to win their first ever Durand Cup title. medal in the women's 76kg event at the U20
World Wrestling Championships 2024.
❏ Nitesh Kumar won the gold medal in the men's
badminton SL3 event at the Paris 2024 ❏ At the Paris Paralympics 2024, Kapil Parmar
Paralympics. clinched a bronze in the Para Judo Men’s J1-60 kg
event. This is India’s first-ever Paralympic medal
❏ Nishad Kumar won the silver medal in the in Judo.
men's high jump T47 event at the Paris
Paralympics 2024. ❏ Praveen Kumar won the gold medal in the
men's high jump T64 class at Paris 2024 with an
❏ Bengal swimmer Sayani Das becomes the first Asian record.
Indian woman to cross the North Channel.
❏ Harvinder Singh and Preeti Pal to be India's
❏ Uruguay forward Luis Suarez announced his flag-bearers at the Paris 2024 Paralympics closing
retirement from international football. ceremony.
❏ Preethi Pal won a bronze in the women's 200m ❏ Indian shooter Anuya Prasad won a Gold medal
T35 category, her second medal of the Paris at the World Deaf Shooting Championship 2024.
Paralympics 2024.
❏ Siddhartha Agarwal, a 49-year-old swimmer
❏ Yogesh Kathuniya won the silver medal in the from Bengaluru, has made history by becoming
men's discus throw F56 event at the Paris 2024 the oldest Indian to swim across the English
Paralympics. Channel.
❏ Sumit Antil won the gold medal in the Men's ❏ Navdeep Singh won a gold in the men's javelin
Javelin Throw F64 category at Paris Paralympics throw F41 class at Paris Paralympic 2024.
2024.
❏ Simran Sharma won a bronze medal in the
❏ Lord's in London to host ICC World Test women's 200m T12 event at the Paris Paralympics
Championship 2025 final. 2024.
❏ Sharad Kumar wins Silver in Men's High Jump ❏ India won 29 medals at the Paris Paralympics
T63 at the Paris 2024 Paralympics. 2024, including including seven gold, nine silver,
❏ Harvinder Singh wins India’s first Paralympic and 13 bronze.
gold medal in archery. ❏ India ranked 18th in the medal tally at the Paris
Paralympics 2024; topped by China.
❏ Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath
has announced to build 18 football stadiums in the ❏ Jannik Sinner won his second Grand Slam title
state. at the US Open 2024.

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❏ World Deaf Shooting Championship 2024 held winning the women’s singles event at the Belgian
in Hanover, Germany. International 2024 in Leuven.

❏ Cristiano Ronaldo has became the first men's ❏ India secured their fifth Asian Champions
football player in history to score 900 goals. Trophy title with a hard-fought 1-0 win against
China.
❏ Randhir Singh becomes first Indian to be
elected as Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) ❏ Indian shooter Anmol Jain won the gold medal
president. in the men's 10 meter air pistol event at the
Topgun Cup.
❏ U20 World Wrestling Championships held in
Spain. ❏ Saleema Imtiaz has become the first Pakistani
woman to be nominated to the ICC international
❏ Aryna Sabalenka clinched her first U.S. Open panel of development umpires.
title and third Grand Slam.
❏ All India Football Federation has appointed
❏ England cricketer Moeen Ali announces Santosh Kashyap as the new head coach of the
retirement from international cricket. national senior women's team.

❏ India's Shubhi Gupta clinched the girls U-16 ❏ India has won 16 medals and Medallions of
gold and U-20 bronze medals at the Excellence at World Skills 2024 in Lyon, France.
Commonwealth Chess Championships 2024.
❏ Portugal has issued a special CR7 Euro coin to
❏ Syria won the 4th Intercontinental Cup men's honor Cristiano Ronaldo’s remarkable
football championship, defeating India 3-0 in the contributions to football.
final round-robin match.
❏ Glasgow, Scotland will host the 2026
❏ Commonwealth Chess Championships 2024 Commonwealth Games.
held in Kalutara, Sri Lanka.
❏ Punjab defeated Uttar Pradesh to clinch the
9.Indian boxer Deepali Thapa becomes 1st ever 14th Hockey India Junior Men’s National
Asian Schoolgirl Champion. Championship 2024 at the Olympian Surjit Singh
❏ Neeraj Chopra secured second position in the Hockey Stadium in Jalandhar.
Diamond League 2024 in Brussels. ❏ India's Dhanush Loganathan won the bronze
medal in the men's 55kg event at the IWF Junior
❏ Dunith Wellalage from Sri Lanka wins ICC
World Weightlifting Championships 2024.
Men’s Player of the Month Award for August 2024.
❏ Junior World Weightlifting Championships
❏ Harshitha Madavi from Sri Lanka wins ICC
2024 held in León, Spain.
Women’s Player of the Month Award for August
2024. ❏ Jasprit Bumrah becomes 10th Indian bowler to
reach 400 international wickets.
❏ India’s rising badminton star Anmol Kharb
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❏ Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has ♞ 5th edition of India-Oman Joint Military
been appointed as the head coach of the Punjab Exercise 'Al Najah' begins.
Kings (PBKS) from IPL 2025.
♞ The fifth edition of Goa Maritime Symposium
❏ ICC announces equal prize money for men's and (GMS-24) was hosted by Indian Navy.
women's World Cups from 2024.

❏ Indian men and women win maiden Chess Book & Author
Olympiad gold medals.
✎ Air Chief Marshal V R Chaudhari has launched
❏ 45th Chess Olympiad 2024 held in Budapest,
the first comic book in the 'Heroes of the Indian
Hungary.
Air Force' series.
❏ Nazira Banoo Wins Gold at 1st Khelo India
✎ A book titled "A Journey from Black Gold to
Women's Taekwondo League.
White Gold" is authored by Kuldeep Gupta.
❏ Former ICC CEO Haroon Lorgat has been
✎ ISRO Chairman S. Somanath launched the book
appointed the commissioner of America's National
'ISRO: Exploring New Frontiers - To The Moon,
Cricket League (NCL).
The Sun & Beyond' at the ISRO headquarters in
❏ Indian tennis duo Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Bengaluru.
Vijay Sundar Prashanth clinched the men's
✎ A book titled "The Heart and Art of Teaching" is
doubles title at the Hangzhou Open 2024.
authored by B. Purushothaman.
❏ India A won the Duleep Trophy 2024.
✎ A book titled "Sri Rama in Tamilagam – An
❏ India's Kamal Chawla wins Gold at IBSF World inseparable bond" is authored by Dr. D.K. Hari and
6-Red Snooker Championships 2024. Dr. D.K. Hema Hari.

❏ Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan ✎ A book titled "Khaki Mein Sthitapragya" is

announces his retirement from Test and T20I. authored by Anil Raturi.

❏ West Indian all-rounder Dwayne Bravo Scheme & Campaign

announced his retirement from all forms of
cricket.
☛ The Indian Army launched Project NAMAN to
❏ Sanjay Sen has been appointed as the new head support Defence pensioners, veterans, and their
coach of Bengal's senior men's team for the families.
upcoming Santosh Trophy.
☛ West Bengal Assembly passes anti-rape
'Aparajita' bill.
Military Exercise
☛ The Madhya Pradesh state government has
♞ India-US joint military exercise 'Yudh Abhyas unveiled the Vrindavan Gram Yojana and Geeta
2024' begins in Rajasthan.

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Bhawan Project, aiming to enhance rural
development and cultural heritage. Science & Tech
☛ Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi has launched
☑️ Google and Tamil Nadu government sign MoU
CM-KISAN Yojana, farmers to get Rs 4,000 per
to build an AI-enabled ecosystem.
year.
☑️ Indian Railways introduced a helmet camera
☛ Himachal CM Sukhu launches National Common
system in North Bengal to improve safety and
Mobility Card for cashless travel across India.
prevent train accidents.
☛ Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched
☑️ The DRDO and Indian Navy successfully tested
Subhadra Yojana in Odisha, a scheme aimed at
the Vertical Launch Short Range Surface-to-Air
empowering women in the state.
Missile (VL-SRSAM) from Odisha's Chandipur.
☛ Union Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala
☑️ National Health Authority and IIT Kanpur
Sitharaman will launch the NPS Vatsalya Scheme,
signed a MoU for AI-enabled healthcare digital
aimed at helping parents secure their children’s
public goods.
future through pension investments.
☑️ PM Modi inaugurated India's first 'Namo Bharat
☛ Tripura govt launches CM-SATH scheme to help
Rapid Rail' in Gujarat.
meritorious students in higher education.
☑️ India unveils first mountain tank 'Zorawar'.
Bank & Economy
☑️ Iran launches new research satellite Chamran-1
into orbit.
⎔ Mastercard launched its Payment Passkey
Service in India. ☑️ ISRO plans to launch India's first International
Space Station by 2028.
⎔ SBI Foundation launches 3rd edition of Asha
Scholarship Programme. ☑️ IIL Partners with ICMR for India’s First Zika
Vaccine.
⎔ The GST Council has reduced the rate on cancer
drugs to 5% from 12% in the 54th GST Council ☑️ Union Minister Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia
Meeting. inaugurates 5G Open RAN testing Lab at CDoT,
⎔ Algeria has been approved for membership in Bangalore.
the BRICS New Development Bank (NDB). ☑️ India has launched its first CO2-to-Methanol
⎔ Yes Bank and Paisabazaar Launch Feature-rich pilot plant in Pune.
'PaisaSave' Cashback Credit Card.

⎔ KVS Manian has been appointed as the new MD Host

& CEO of Federal Bank.
✸ The 12th India-South Africa Navy Staff Talks
were held in New Delhi.

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✸ 1st International Solar Festival held in Delhi. ✸ The 55th International Film Festival of India
(IFFI) will be held in Goa.
✸ 5th India-Maldives Defence Cooperation
Dialogue held in New Delhi. ✸ Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated
the 7th National Security Strategies Conference
✸ The 6th India-Saudi Joint Committee meeting 2024 in New Delhi.
was held in Riyadh.
✸ Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurates
✸ First ever India-GCC Ministerial Meeting held in 4th Global Renewable Energy Investor's Meet and
Riyadh. Expo (RE-INVEST) in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
✸ India will host the Quad summit in 2025. ✸ India to host high-level international meetings
on anti-doping in sports.
✸ The second International Buddhist Media
Conclave will be held in New Delhi; The theme of ✸ President Droupadi Murmu inaugurated the 8th
the event will be - ‘Mindful Communication for India Water Week at Bharat Mandapam in New
Conflict Avoidance and Sustainable Development’. Delhi.
✸ 2nd India-Japan Finance Dialogue held in ✸ 7th India-Argentina Foreign Office
Tokyo. Consultations held in Buenos Aires.
✸ India to host 2nd Asia-Pacific Ministerial ✸ Union Health Minister JP Nadda inaugurated
Conference on Civil Aviation. the second edition of the Global Food Regulators
Summit 2024 in New Delhi.
✸ The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi
inaugurated SEMICON India 2024 at India Expo ✸ New Delhi hosts the 3rd World Food India
Mart in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh. 2024.
✸ Global Bio-India 2024 held in Pragati Maidan, ✸ 19th Divya Kala Mela inaugurated in
New Delhi. Visakhapatnam.
✸ BRICS National Security Advisers' meeting held ✸ Nadi Utsav 2024 was inaugurated at the Indira
in Russia. Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) in
✸ 5th Brillante Piano Festival 2024 to be held in New Delhi.
Bengaluru. ✸ India will host World Audio Visual &
Entertainment Summit 2025.
✸ 4th Akhil Bharatiya Rajbhasha Sammelan held
in New Delhi. ✸ 6th Annual Quad Leaders Summit held in
Delaware.
✸ 20th “Maritime State Development Council
(MSDC)” meeting held in Goa. ✸ Jaipur will host 25th edition of International
Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards.
✸ The third edition of the INDUS-X Summit held
in California.

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✸ The Indian Parliament hosted the 10th ☎ Union Minister Shri Rajiv Ranjan Singh
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) launches 'Rangeen Machhli' app to enhance the
India Region Conference in New Delhi. ornamental fisheries sector.

✸ Defence minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the ☎ Piyush Goyal launches Jan Sunwai Portal to
41st edition of Indian Coast Guard (ICG) address grievances pertaining to trade and
Commanders' Conference in New Delhi. industry.

✸ Union Minister Manohar Lal inaugurated the ☎ Union Minister Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia
Computer Security Incident Response Team- launches the 'Ashtalakshmi Mahotsav' website in
POWER (CSIRT-POWER) in New Delhi. New Delhi.

✸ The seventh edition of the Global Aerospace ☎ DPIIT to launch BHASKAR, a digital platform
Summit 2024 held in Abu Dhabi. under the Startup India program, to centralize and
streamline collaboration within India's startup
✸ Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar inaugurated ecosystem.
the second edition of Uttar Pradesh International
Trade Show (UPITS) in Greater Noida. ☎ Union Minister Jyotiraditya M Scindia launches
'Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam' mobile application.
✸ India will host the World Telecommunication
Standardisation Assembly (WTSA-2024) in New
Delhi. Obituary
✸ The sixth Session of India-Egypt Joint Trade
✟ Veteran journalist Umesh Upadhyay passes
Committee (JTC) was held in New Delhi.
away at 66.
✸10th World FZO World Congress 2024 held in
✟ Chilean tennis legend Luis Ayala passes away at
Dubai, UAE.
91.
✸ The 2nd edition of The India Sugar & Bio-
✟ Sahitya Akademi award winning English
energy Conference was held in New Delhi.
professor K Chellappan passes away at 88.
✸ 20th Divya Kala Mela inaugurated in Pune.
✟ Kolkata Doordarshan's iconic news reader
✸ President Droupadi Murmu inaugurated the Chhanda Sen passes away at 78.
first edition of Bharatiya Kala Mahotsav at
✟ Peru's former president Alberto Fujimori passes
Rashtrapati Nilayam, Secunderabad.
away at 86.

App & Portal ✟ Veteran CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury passes

away at 72.

☎ Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh ✟ Senior Kannada Writer M. Manorama Bhat
Chouhan has launched AgriSURE Fund and Krishi passes away at 92.
Nivesh Portal.

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✟ Veteran Malayalam actor Kaviyoor Ponnamma ■ Union Minister Smt Annpurna Devi inaugurated
passes away at 79. the 7th Rashtriya Poshan Maah 2024 at the
Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
✟ Organic farmer and Padma Shree awardee
Pappammal passes away at 108. ■ Supreme Court's new flag and insignia unveiled
on its 75th anniversary.

International Affair ■ President Droupadi Murmu inaugurated the

Vishwashanti Buddha Vihar at Udgir in
Maharashtra's Latur district.
✪ Dhulikhel has been recognized by the WHO as
Nepal's first "Healthy City" and the second ■ The Uttar Pradesh government announced a
healthiest city in Asia. Vedic-3D museum at Sampurnanand Sanskrit
University in Varanasi.
✪ Brazilian judge orders suspension of social
media platform X. ■ Rajasthan state government announced 33
percent reservation for women in police force.
✪ Iran village records Earth's highest ever heat
index at 82.2°C. ■ The Assam state government will celebrate 20
August as Sootea Day next year.
✪ IIT-Delhi opens its first international campus in
■ Star Health Insurance launches India’s first
UAE capital Abu Dhabi.
insurance policy in Braille.
✪ Nepal has become the 101st country to join the
■ Uttar Pradesh has established the world's first
International Solar Alliance (ISA) as a full member.
conservation and breeding center for Asian king
✪ Palestine takes seat among UN member states vultures in Maharajganj district.
at 79th General Assembly Session. ■ In a first, critically endangered elongated
✪ The University of Melbourne opened its first tortoise spotted in Aravallis.
Melbourne Global Centre in Delhi. ■ India's 1st Silicon Carbide manufacturing facility
to be set up in Odisha.
✪ India and Uzbekistan Signed Bilateral
Investment Treaty (BIT). ■ Andaman and Nicobar Island's capital Port Blair
has been renamed as Sri Vijaya Puram.
Miscellaneous ■ The Telangana government will celebrate
September 17 as Praja Palana Day.
■ Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has
■ Maharashtra government will establish Tribal
inaugurated India's largest Aero Lounge at Kochi
University in Nashik.
Airport.
■ India’s second-largest butterfly, the Southern
■ ‘Samudra Pratap’ India’s first indigenous
Birdwing, was recently spotted on the satellite
pollution control vessel launched in Goa.
campus of The American College in Madurai, Tamil
Nadu.

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■ Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar has
inaugurated ‘Samvidhan Mandir’ at Industrial
Training Institutes in Maharashtra.

■ Squadron Leader Mohana Singh becomes the

first woman fighter pilot in LCA Tejas fighter fleet.

■ President Droupadi Murmu inaugurates 16th

Assembly of the Asian Organization of Supreme
Audit Institutions (ASOSAI).

■ Pune airport to be renamed as Jagadguru Sant

Tukaram Maharaj International Airport.

■ India gears up for a new airline as Shankh Air

gets aviation ministry's nod.

■ Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a

new Sainik School in Jaipur, Rajasthan.

■ Union Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurated

Oxygen Bird Park (Amrit Mahotsav Park) along
the Nagpur-Hyderabad National Highway-44 in
Nagpur, Maharashtra.

Thank You !

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