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June 2024
Smart Topic-wise PDF

INDEX
Current Static GK ..........................................................................................................4
Books & Authors ……......................................................................................................7
Appointments ...….…..….................................................................................................8
Obituaries ..….…….........................................................................................................12
Awards & Recognitions ................................................................................................13
India’s Ranks ..….……....................................................................................................15
Meetings/Summits/Conferences .................................................................................16
Important Days .............................................................................................................17
GDP ...............................................................................................................................19

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➢ National Parks:
Anshi National Park Karnataka
Anamudi Shola National Park Kerala
Rajaji National Park Uttarakhand
Keibul Lamjao National Park Loktak Lake, Manipur
Raimona National Park Assam
Gulf of Mannar Marine Park Tamil Nadu
Mrugavani National Park Telangana
Dibru-Saikhowa National Park Assam
Great Himalayan National Park Himachal Pradesh
Mahaveer Harina Vanasthali National Park Telangana
Neora Valley National Park West Bengal
Ghughwa National Fossils Park Madhya Pradesh
Nehru Zoological Park Telangana

➢ Wildlife Sanctuaries:
Manjira Wildlife Sanctuary Telangana
Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary Goa
Jorpokhri Wildlife Sanctuary West Bengal
Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary Uttarakhand
Ralamandal Wildlife Sanctuary Madhya Pradesh
Sharavathi Lion Tailed Macaque Wildlife Sanctuary Karnataka
Point Calimere Wildlife Sanctuary Tamil Nadu
Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary Kerala
Khokhan Wildlife Sanctuary Himachal Pradesh
Suhelwa Wildlife Sanctuary Uttar Pradesh
Maenam Wildlife Sanctuary Sikkim
Hollongapar Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary Assam
Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary Madhya Pradesh
Koundinya Wildlife Sanctuary Andhra Pradesh
Orchha Wildlife Sanctuary Madhya Pradesh
Chikhaldara Wildlife Sanctuary Maharashtra
Rehekuri Blackbuck Sanctuary Maharashtra
Samaspur Bird Sanctuary Uttar Pradesh
Satkosia Gorge Sanctuary Odisha
Dr. Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary Goa
Thane Creek Flamingo Sanctuary Maharashtra
Vallanadu Black Buck Sanctuary Tamil Nadu

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 ➢ Tiger Reserves:
Kali Tiger Reserve Karnataka
Pench Tiger Reserve Madhya Pradesh
Sanjay-Dubri Tiger Reserve Madhya Pradesh
Melghat Tiger Reserve Maharashtra
Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve Madhya Pradesh
Kawal Tiger Reserve Telangana
Ramgarh Vishdhari Tiger Reserve Rajasthan
Anamalai Tiger Reserve Tamil Nadu
Deomali Elephant Reserve Arunachal Pradesh

➢ Rivers / Lakes / Dams:

Sunkosi River Nepal
Changu Lake Sikkim
Nanda Lake Goa
Lonar Lake Maharashtra
Kallanai Dam Tamil Nadu

➢ Festivals / Dances:
Raja Parba (Mithuna Sankranti) Festival Odisha
Malabar River Festival Kozhikode
Hemis Festival Ladakh

➢ Other Miscellaneous News & Current Static GK:

Mount Mungalo Papua New Guinea
Dokdo/Takeshima Islands Japan & South Korea
‘Nakshatra Sabha’, India’s 1st campaign to promote astro-tourism Uttarakhand
IAF’s Emergency Medical Response System (EMRS) Bengaluru
Historical Patterns of Indian Strategic Culture (a seminar-cum-exhibition by
New Delhi
Army & USI)
10th Wild Ass Population Estimation (WAPE) Exercise Gujarat
India’s 1st Multimodal Logistics Park (by RIL) Mappedu, Tamil Nadu
Gangamma Jatara Andhra Pradesh
Campi Flegrei (Phlegrean Fields) Volcanic region Italy
‘One Person, One File (OPOF)’ program China
India’s 1st metaverse-powered virtual model Polling Booth (by Volaverse) Ludhiana, Punjab
Techo Funan Canal (backed by China) Cambodia
Bundeswehr (armed forces) Germany
Iris-T missile (Air to air missile) Germany

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 Virupaksha Temple Hampi, Karnataka
Hunga-Tonga volcano Pacific Ocean
India’s 1st-ever Exclusive Drone Showroom (by Garuda Aerospace) Chennai
Kilauea volcano Hawaii, US
India’s largest Ethane Cracker Project worth Rs 60,000 Cr (by GAIL) Sehore, Madhya Pradesh
Rajaji Raghati Biosphere (India’s 1st Private Biosphere) Uttarakhand
Akatsuki (humanity’s only active mission to Venus) Japan
World’s Largest Optical Astronomy Digital Camera (resolution above 3.2
Chile
gigapixels)
East Africa Representative Office of EXIM Bank Nairobi, Kenya
The Bridge of National Unity Hungary
Minuteman III missile (Intercontinental Ballistic missile) USA
Mongla Port Bangladesh
Mount Kanlaon Philippines
15,256-ft long ‘Tashigang’ (highest polling station in the world) Himachal Pradesh
2000 MW Subansiri Lower Hydro Electric Project (by NHPC) Arunachal Pradesh
Sindhu Shikhar Car Rally Delhi to Leh
Gardi Sugdub island Panama
Maharana Pratap Tourist Circuit (investment - Rs 100 Cr) Rajasthan
Ashmolean Museum Oxford University, UK
Jyotirmath Uttarakhand
Kavinadu Kanmoi (an irrigation tank) Tamil Nadu
India’s first green state government headquarters Assam secretariat
First-of-its-kind Skin Bank Facility within Armed Forces Medical Services New Delhi
Eurosatory-2024 (one of the largest defence shows in Europe) Paris, France
Main Celebrations of International Day of Yoga 2024 Srinagar, J & K
All-Weather Vadhavan Port (investment - Rs 76,000 Cr) Maharashtra
Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport (Rs 2869.65 Cr) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Bhilai Steel Plant (owned by SAIL) Chhattisgarh
New campus of Nalanda University (Rs 1749 Cr) Rajgir, Bihar
Tu’am (old city) UAE
India’s first-of-its-kind Innovation Lab for Eye Care Coimbatore, TN
India’s 1st Pilot project for Underground Coal Gasification (by Eastern Coalfields) Jamtara, Jharkhand
Maharishi Valmiki International Airport Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh
Chaudhary Charan Singh National Institute of Animal Health Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh
Chenab Bridge (world’s highest steel arch rail bridge) Jammu & Kashmir

INS Komemiyut (new) Israel

Jatayu Conservation & Breeding Centre (World’s 1st Conservation & Breeding
Maharajganj, UP
Centre for Asian King Vultures)

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Books & Authors [June 2024] - by Smartkeeda

Books Authors
Mohammad Sadiq
“Rajgan Purik”
Hardassi
“Source Code: My Beginnings” memoir Bill Gates
“A Fly on the RBI Wall: An Insider’s View of the Central Bank” Alpana Killawala
“I Have the Streets: A Kutti Cricket Story?” Ravichandran Ashwin
“Viswasapoorvam” autobiography A. P. Aboobacker
(Released by - Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan) Musliyar
“The Adventures of Ed-a-Mamma: Ed Finds A Home”, a children’s picture book Alia Bhatt

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Appointments [June 2024] - by Smartkeeda

➢ Apurva Chandra — Head of Committee A at the 77th session of World Health Assembly
➢ Emmanuelle Soubeyran (France) — DG of World Organisation for Animal Health (succeeding - Monique Eloit)
➢ Rakesh Ranjan — Chairman of Staff Selection Commission (SSC)
➢ Pradip Kumar Tripathi — Secretary to the Lokpal
➢ Raj Kumar Goyal — Secretary in the Department of Justice (under Ministry of Law & Justice)
➢ Halla Tomasdottir — 7th President of Iceland (succeeding - Guana Johannesson)
➢ Claudia Sheinbaum — 1st female President of Mexico (succeeding - Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador)
➢ Chandrashekhar Gaurinath Karhadkar — New Director of IGCAR (succeeding - B. Venkatraman)
➢ Sushil Kumar Singh — Chairperson of Deendayal Port Authority (succeeding - S. K. Mehta)
➢ Sheikh Sabah Khalid al-Sabah — Crown Prince of Kuwait
➢ Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi — Chief of the Army Staff (succeeding - Gen Manoj Pande)
➢ Prem Singh Tamang — CM of Sikkim (2nd consecutive term)
➢ Kamal Kishore Soan — DG of ESIC (succeeding - Rajendra Kumar)
➢ Philemon Yang (Cameroon) — President of 79th Session of UNGA (succeeding - Dennis Francis)
➢ Vijaya Bharathi Sayani — Acting Chairperson of NHRC (succeeding - Arun Mishra)
➢ Mohan Charan Majhi — 1st BJP Chief Minister of Odisha (succeeding - Naveen Patnaik)
➢ Pema Khandu — CM of Arunachal Pradesh for 3rd consecutive term
➢ Chowna Mein — Deputy CM of Arunachal Pradesh
➢ P K Mishra — Principal Secretary to PM (re-appointed)
➢ Ajit Doval — NSA for 3rd term (re-appointed)
➢ Amit Khare & Tarun Kapoor — Advisors to PM
➢ N Chandra Babu Naidu — CM of Andhra Pradesh
➢ Jyoti Vij — DG of FICCI (succeeding - Arun Chawla)
➢ Harsh Pati Singhania — First Vice-Chair of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Paris
➢ Neerabh Kumar Prasad — Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh (succeeding - K. S. Jawahar Reddy)
➢ Nemkumar H — MD of IIFL Securities Ltd (replacing - R Venkataraman)
➢ Narendra Jain — Whole-Time Director of IIFL Securities Ltd
➢ Theo James — Global Goodwill Ambassador by UNHCR
➢ Girish Tanti — Chair of Global Wind Energy Council India (succeeding - Jonathan Cole)
➢ Rajeev Krishnamuralilal Agarwal — Non-Exe. Independent Director of Paytm (replacing - Neeraj Arora)
➢ Anuj Tyagi — MD & CEO of HDFC Ergo General Insurance (succeeding - Ritesh Kumar)
➢ Paul Thomas – Chairperson of Sa-Dhan
➢ Dr. Jitendra Singh — Chairman of Indian Institute of Public Administration
➢ Manoj Jain — CMD of Bharat Electronics Limited (replacing - Bhanu Prakash Srivastava)

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➢ Girija Subramanian — CMD of New India Assurance Co. Ltd (succeeding - Neerja Kapur)
➢ Tapan Kumar Deka — Director of Intelligence Bureau (tenure extended by 1-year)
➢ Om Birla — Speaker of the 18th Lok Sabha (defeating - Kodikunnil Suresh)
➢ Mark Rutte (Dutch PM) — Secretary General of NATO for 4 years (replacing - Jens Stoltenberg)
➢ Samrat Chaudhary — New convenor of the GoM (replacing Suresh Khanna)
➢ Kapil Dev — President of the Professional Golf Tour of India (succeeding - H R Srinivasan)
➢ Vikram Misri — Foreign Secretary (succeeding - Vinay Mohan Kwatra)
➢ Atul Kumar Chaudhary — Secretary of TRAI (succeeding - V Raghunandan)
➢ Pradeep Singh Kharola — DG of NTA (addi. charge)
➢ Lt Gen NS Raja Subramani — Vice Chief of the Army Staff
➢ Lt Gen Anindya Sengupta — General Officer C-in-C of Central Command (replacing - Lt Gen Subramani)
➢ Gen Upendra Dwivedi — Chief of the Army Staff (succeeding - Gen Manoj Pande)
➢ Latest List of newly elected Cabinet Ministers and Ministers of State:
• Narendra Modi — Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy;
Department of Space
• Rajnath Singh — Ministry of Defence
• Amit Shah — Ministry of Home Affairs; Ministry of Cooperation
• Nitin Gadkari — Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
• JP Nadda — Ministry of Health & Family Welfare; Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers
• Shivraj Singh Chouhan — Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare; Ministry of Rural Development
• Nirmala Sitharaman — Ministry of Finance; Ministry of Corporate Affairs
• Subrahmanyam Jaishankar — Ministry of External Affairs
• Manohar Lal Khattar — Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs; Ministry of Power
• HD Kumaraswamy — Ministry of Heavy Industries; Ministry of Steel
• Piyush Goyal — Ministry of Commerce & Industry
• Dharmendra Pradhan — Ministry of Education
• Jitan Ram Manjhi — Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
• Lalan Singh — Ministry of Panchayati Raj; Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying
• Sarbanda Sonowal — Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways
• Virendra Kumar — Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
• Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu — Ministry of Civil Aviation
• Prahlad Joshi — Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution; Ministry of New & Renewable Energy
• Jual Oram — Ministry of Tribal Affairs
• Giriraj Singh — Ministry of Textiles
• Ashwini Vaishnaw — Ministry of Railways; Ministry of Information & Broadcasting; Ministry of Electronics &
Information Technology

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 • Jyotiraditya Scindia — Ministry of Communications; Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region
• Bhupendra Yadav — Ministry of Environment & Forests
• Gajendra Singh Shekhawat — Ministry of Tourism; Ministry of Culture
• Annpurna Devi — Ministry of Women & Child Development
• Kiren Rijiju — Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs; Ministry of Minority Affairs
• Hardeep Singh Puri — Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas
• Mansukh Mandaviya — Ministry of Labour & Employment; Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports
• G Kishan Reddy — Ministry of Coal; Ministry of Mines
• Chirag Paswan — Ministry of Food Processing Industries
• C R Patil — Ministry of Jal Shakti
➢ Latest List of newly elected Ministers of State (Independent Charge):
• Rao Inderjit Singh — Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation; Ministry of Planning; Minister of State in
the Ministry of Culture
• Jitendra Singh — Ministry of Science & Technology; Ministry of Earth Sciences; Minister of State in the Prime
Minister’s Office; Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions; Minister of State in
the Department of Atomic Energy; Minister of State in the Department of Space
• Arjun Ram Meghwal — Ministry of Law & Justice; Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
• Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav — Ministry of Ayush; Minister of State in the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
• Jayant Chaudhary — Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship; Minister of State in the Ministry of
Education
➢ Latest List of newly elected Ministers of State:
• Jitin Prasada — MoS Ministry of Commerce & Industry; MoS Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology.
• Shripad Yesso Naik — MoS Ministry of Power; MoS Ministry of New & Renewable Energy
• Pankaj Chaudhary — MoS Ministry of Finance
• Krishan Pal — MoS Ministry of Cooperation
• Athawale Ramdas Bandu — MoS Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
• Ram Nath Thakur — MoS Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
• Nityanand Rai — MoS Ministry of Home Affairs
• Anupriya Singh Patel — MoS Ministry of Health & Family Welfare; MoS Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers
• V Somanna — MoS Ministry of Jal Shakti; MoS Ministry of Railways
• Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani — MoS Ministry of Rural Development; MoS Ministry of Communications
• S. P. Singh Baghel — MoS Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying; MoS Ministry of Panchayati Raj
• Shobha Karandlaje — MoS Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises; MoS Ministry of Labour &
Employment
• Kirti Vardhan Singh — MoS Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change; MoS Ministry of External Affairs

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 • BL Verma — MoS Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution; MoS Ministry of Social Justice &
Empowerment
• Shantanu Thakur — MoS Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways
• Suresh Gopi — MoS Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas; MoS Ministry of Tourism
• L. Murugan — MoS Ministry of Information & Broadcasting; MoS Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
• Ajay Tamta — MoS Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
• Bandi Sanjay Kumar — MoS Ministry of Home Affairs
• Kamlesh Paswan — MoS Ministry of Rural Development
• Bhagirath Choudhary — MoS Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare.
• Satish Chandra Dubey — MoS Ministry of Coal; MoS Ministry of Mines
• Sanjay Seth — MoS Ministry of Defence
• Ravneet Singh Bittu — MoS Ministry of Food Processing Industries; MoS Ministry of Railways
• Durga Das Uikey — MoS Ministry of Tribal Affairs
• Raksha Nikhil Khadse — MoS Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports
• Sukanta Majumdar — MoS Ministry of Education; MoS Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region.
• Savitri Thakur — MoS Ministry of Women & Child Development.
• Tokhan Sahu — MoS Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
• Raj Bhushan Choudhary — MoS Ministry of Jal Shakti
• Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma — MoS Ministry of Heavy Industries; MoS Ministry of Steel
• Harsh Malhotra — MoS Ministry of Road Transport & Highways; MoS Ministry of Corporate Affairs
• Nimuben Bambhania — MoS Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
• Murlidhar Mohol — MoS Ministry of Cooperation; MoS Ministry of Civil Aviation
• George Kurian — MoS Ministry of Minority Affairs; MoS Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying
• Pabitra Margherita — MoS Ministry of External Affairs; MoS Ministry of Textiles

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Obituaries [June 2024] - by Smartkeeda

➢ Maguni Charan Kuanr — a renowned Puppeteer (Padma Shri in 2023, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award)
➢ Asir Jawahar Thomas Johnsingh — Indian wildlife conservationist & biologist (Padma Shri, Distinguished Service Award
for Government from the Society for Conservation Biology in 2004, ABN AMRO Sanctuary Lifetime Wildlife Service
Award in 2005, Carl Zeiss Wildlife Conservation Award in 2004)
(He played a vital role in the establishment of Kalakkad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserves in Tamil Nadu.)
➢ Ramoji Rao — Businessman, Media Proprietor & Film Producer
(He served as Head of Ramoji Film City, Eenadu newspaper & ETV Network.)
➢ Rajeev Taranath — Indian classical musician or Sarod maestro (Padma Shri in 2019, Central Sangeet Natak Academy
Award, Sangeet Vidwan Award, Chowdiah Award, Kannada Rajyotsava Award)
➢ Moosa Raza — Indian Civil Servant & Chief Secretary of J&K (Padma Bhushan in 2010)
(Chairman of the South Indian Educational Trust)
➢ Dr. Birubala Rabha — Anti-witch hunting crusader (Padma Shri in 2021, nominated for Nobel Peace Prize in 2005)
(She was instrumental in enactment of the ‘Assam Witch Hunting Act, 2015’)
➢ Jerry West (USA) — a Basketball Player (3-time Hall of Fame selection)
➢ Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare — Former Governor of Odisha
(He also served as Chairman of UN Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination & Protection of Minorities.)
➢ Srinivas Hedge — a Former ISRO Scientist & Mission Director of Chandrayaan-1
➢ C V Chandrasekhar — a renowned Bharatanatyam Dancer (Padma Bhushan in 2011, UP Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
in 1978, Gujarat Nrutya Natak Akademi Award in 1988 & Kalidas Samman in 2008)

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Awards & Recognitions [June 2024] - by Smartkeeda

➢ NIMHANS — “Nelson Mandela Award for Health Promotion for 2024” by WHO
➢ Naik Dhananjay Kumar Singh — “Dag Hammarskjold Medal”
➢ Siddhalinga Pattanashetti — “Gudleppa Hallikeri Award for 2024”
➢ Vellayan Subbiah — “EY World Entrepreneur of The Year 2024”
➢ Krishna Prakash — “Hindi Sahitya Bharati Award”
➢ Dr Rashmi Saluja — “International Buddha Peace Award”
➢ Awardees of “New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) 2024”:
• Best Actress - Sanya Malhotra (for ‘Mrs’)
• Best Actor - Mohit Agarwal (for ‘Agra’)
• Best Director - Sumanth Bhatt (for ‘Mithya’)
• Best Film - ‘Agra’ (directed by Kanu Behl)
• Best Debut Film - ‘Mithya’ (directed by Rajat Kapoor)
• Best Documentary (Feature) - ‘The World is Family’
• Best Documentary (Short) - ‘Occupied’
• Best Short (Narrative) - ‘Monsoon Walk’
➢ SEBI — ‘Best Conduct of Business Regulator’ award in Asia Pacific by ‘The Asian Banker’
➢ Nar Singh — “Dilip Bose Award 2024” for lifetime achievement by AITA
➢ Rohini Lokhande — new lifetime achievement award for women coaches
➢ Dr. Sheshu Madhav Maganti — “National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS) Fellow Award”
➢ Winners of Kavli Prize 2024:
• Astrophysics – David Charbonneau (Harvard University) & Sara Seager (MIT)
• Nanoscience – Robert Langer (MIT), Armand Paul Alivisatos (Chicago University) & Chad Mirkin (Northwestern
University)
• Neuroscience – Nancy Kanwisher (MIT), Winrich Freiwald (Rockefeller University) & Doris Tsao (California University)
➢ Subbiah Nallamuthu — “V. Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award”
➢ Ramky Infra. — “FICCI Smart Urban Innovation Award 2024” in ‘Sustainable Cities’ category
➢ Vinod Ganatra — “Nelson Mandela Lifetime Achievement Award” of South Africa
➢ Recipients of the “2024 Blue Planet Prize”:
• IPBES – for being leading global authority on the state of knowledge and science about biodiversity, ecosystem
services and nature’s contributions to people
• Robert Costanza (UK) – for his foundational contributions to the field of ecological economics
➢ GRSE Ltd — “Sustainable Governance Champion Award” at ‘Outlook Planet Sustainability Summit & Awards 2024’
➢ Sanjana Thakur — “Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2024” for her story “Aishwarya Rai”
➢ Arundhati Roy — “Pen Pinter Prize 2024”

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➢ 18th Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) 2024 awardees:
• International Section:
- Golden Conch Award for the Best Documentary – ‘Golden Thread’ film by Nistha Jain
• National Section:
- Best Indian Documentary Film (above 60 minutes) – ‘6-A Akash Ganga’ by Nirmal Chander Dandriyal
- Best Indian Short Fiction Film (up to 30 minutes duration) – ‘Salt’ by Barkha Prashant Naik
- Best Indian Animation Film – ‘Nirjara’ by Gaurav Pati
• Sponsored Section:
- Dadasaheb Phalke Chitranagari Award for Best Debut Director – Sreemoyee Singh
- IDPA Award for Best Student Film – ‘Chanchisoa (Expectation)’ directed by Elvachisa Ch Sangma & Dipankar Das
• Special Section:
- Best short film made on India in Amrit Kaal – ‘Life in Loom’ by Edmond Ranson
• Technical Section:
- Best Cinematographer – Babin Dulal (Nepal) for ‘Dhorpatan: No Winter Holidays’ & Suraj Thakur (India) for
‘Entangled’
- Best Editor – Vignesh Kumulai for ‘Karparaa’ & Irene Dhar Mallik for ‘From the Shadows’

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India’s Ranks [June 2024] - by Smartkeeda

➢ “Asia University Rankings 2024” – by Times Higher Education

• In terms of highest number of universities: India – 2nd | Top – Japan
➢ “World Wealth Report 2024” – released by Capgemini Research Institute (Paris, France)
• Among the best performers in the APAC region: India & Australia
➢ “Global Gender Gap Index” – released by World Economic Forum
• India – 129th | Top 3 – Iceland, Finland & Norway | 146th (last) – Sudan
• In South Asia: India – 5th | Top 3 – Bangladesh, Sudan & Iran | Last – Pakistan
➢ “State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA)” report – released by FAO
• India – 3rd | Top – China
➢ “Global Peace Index 2024” – released by Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP)
• India – 116th with 2.319 score | Top 3: Iceland, Ireland & Austria
➢ “Environmental Performance Index of 2024” – prepared by researchers at Yale & Columbia universities
• India – 176th with 27.6 score | Top 3 – Estonia, Luxembourg & Germany
➢ “Global Energy Transition Index 2024” – published by World Economic Forum (WEF) & Accenture
• India – 63rd | Top 3 – Sweden, Denmark & Finland
• India – 4th largest renewables market globally
➢ Rankings of Nuclear-armed Countries across World – published by SIPRI
• India – 6th (172 warheads by Jan 2024) | Top 3 – Russia (4380), US (3708) & China (500)
➢ “World Investment Report 2024” – released by UNCTAD
• India – 15th in the World Investment Ranking in 2023
➢ Largest domestic airline markets in the world – as per the Official Airline Guide (OAG) report
• India – 3rd | Top 2 – US & China
• India – 1st in terms of highest growth rate of seats over a 10-year average | Other 2 in top 3 – China & US

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Meetings/Summits/Conferences [June 2024] - by Smartkeeda

➢ 1st Kavango-Zambezi (KAZA) Trans-Frontier Conservation Area (TFCA) Summit – Zambia

➢ 60th Meeting of the Subsidiary Bodies (SB60) – Bonn, Germany
➢ 21st edition of Shangri-La Dialogue – Singapore
➢ 1st UN Global Supply Chain Forum (by UNCTAD) – Bridgetown, Barbados
➢ East Asia Summit (EAS) and ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) – Vientiane, Lao PDR
➢ India-IORA Cruise Tourism Conference – New Delhi
➢ 2nd edition of Global Conference on Financial Resilience – Mumbai
➢ High-Level Conference on Urgent Humanitarian Response for Gaza – Amman, Jordan
➢ Path to Peace Summit for Ukraine – Switzerland
➢ 112th Annual Conference of International Labour Organization – Geneva, Switzerland
➢ 64th International Sugar Organisation Council Meeting – New Delhi
➢ “International Conference on Steel (ICONS-2024): Focus on Capital Goods” – Ranchi, Jharkhand
➢ 81st “Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the International Air Transport Association (IATA)” in 2025 – India
➢ “World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) + 20 Forum 2024” – Geneva, Switzerland
➢ “Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) Ministerial Meeting” – Singapore
➢ 3rd Indian Analytical Congress (IAC) – Dehradun, Uttarakhand
• Theme – “Role of Science and Technology in Green Transitions”
➢ “G7 Summit 2024” – Apulia, Italy
➢ 77th World Health Assembly – Geneva, Switzerland

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 Important Days
Global Day of Parents
(Theme - “The Promise of Playful Parenting”)
World Milk Day
June 1
(Theme - “Celebrating the Vital Role Dairy Plays in Delivering Quality Nutrition to Nourish the
World”)
World Reef Awareness Day
International Sex Workers Day
10th Telangana Formation Day
June 2 (Telangana was carved out as a separate state through bifurcation of combined Andhra Pradesh in
2014.)
National Cancer Survivor’s Day 2024 (1st Sunday of June)
6th International Archives Week
June 3-9
(Theme - “#CyberArchives”)
World Bicycle Day
June 3
(Theme - “Promoting Health, Equity, and Sustainability through Cycling.”)
June 4 International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
World Environment Day (hosted by Saudi Arabia in 2024)
June 5 (Theme - “Land Restoration, Desertification, and Drought Resilience.”)
International Day for the Fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (since 2018)
UN Russian Language Day (established by UNESCO in 2010)
(The day marks the 225th birth anniversary of Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin.)
June 6 World Pest Day (since 2017)
(Theme - “Global Solutions, Local Impact: Mapping Success in Pest Management”)
International Level Crossing Awareness Day
UN World Food Safety Day (observed by WHO & FAO)
June 7
(Theme - “Food Safety: Prepare for the Unexpected”)
World Oceans Day
(Theme - “Awaken New Depths”)
June 8
World Brain Tumour Day
(Theme - “Brain Health and Prevention”)
World Accreditation Day
June 9 (Theme - “Accreditation: Empowering Tomorrow and Shaping the Future”)
76th International Archives Day
June 10 1st UN International Day for Dialogue among Civilizations
UN International Day of Play
June 11
International Lynx Day (Lynx are medium-sized wildcats)
World Day Against Child Labour
June 12 (Theme - “Let’s Act on Our Commitments: End Child Labour”)
Russia Day
International Albinism Awareness Day
June 13 (Theme - “10 years of IAAD: A Decade of Collective Progress”)
(Albinism is an inherited condition that leads to someone having very light skin, hair, & eyes.)
20th World Blood Donor Day (by WHO)
June 14
(Theme - “20 Years of Celebrating Giving: Thank You Blood Donors!”)

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 World Father’s Day
International Surfing Day
Global Wind Day
June 15 (Central Theme by MNRE - “Pawan–Urja: Powering the Future of India”)
UN World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (since 2012)
(Theme - “Spotlight on Older Persons in Emergencies”)
ASEAN Dengue Day (since 2011)
International Day of Family Remittances
June 16
(“Digital Remittances towards Financial Inclusion and Cost Reduction.”)
UN World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
(Theme - “United for Land. Our Legacy. Our Future.”)
June 17 International Day for Countering Hate Speech
World Crocodile Day
(India is home to 3 species of crocodiles - Mugger, Estuarine & Gharial)
Sustainable Gastronomy Day
Autistic Pride Day
June 18
(Theme - “Taking the Mask Off”)
International Picnic Day
International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict
(Theme - “Attacks against Health Care in Conflict-affected Areas: Impacts for Survivors of Conflict-
related Sexual Violence.”)
World Sickle Cell Awareness Day
June 19
(Theme - “Hope Through Progress: Advancing Sickle Cell Care Globally”)
29th National Reading Day (death anniversary of PN Panicker, a renowned teacher & educationist
from Kerala)
(PN Panicker is widely known as ‘Father of the Library and Literacy Movement’ in Kerala.)
World Refugee Day
June 20
(Theme - “For a World Where Refugees Are Welcomed”)
World Music Day (aka ‘Fete de la Musique’ in French)
10th edition of International Day of Yoga (since 2015) | Main event - Srinagar, J & K
June 21 (Theme - “Yoga for Self and Society”)
International Day of the Celebration of the Solstice
(The day is marked as the ‘Day of the Summer Solstice’ in the northern hemisphere of the world.)
International Olympic Day
(Theme - “Let’s Move and Celebrate”)
June 23 UN International Widows Day
(Theme - “Accelerating the Achievements of Gender Equality”)
UN Public Service Day
International Day of Women in Diplomacy
(Theme - “Women’s Leadership in Multilateral Diplomacy”)
June 24
Passport Seva Divas
(The day marks the enactment of the Passports Act on 24 June, 1967.)
International Day of the Seafarer
(Theme - “#SafetyTipsAtSea”)
June 25 World Vitiligo Day (Vitiligo is a skin condition)
(Theme - “United by the Skin”)
Samvidhan Hatya Diwas (in remembrance of 1975 Emergency)

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 UN International Day against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking
(Theme - “The Evidence is Clear: Invest in Prevention.”)
June 26 UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
World Refrigeration Day
(Theme - “Temperature Matters”)
UN Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day (MSMEs Day) (since 2017)
(Theme - “Leveraging Power and Resilience of MSMEs to Accelerate Sustainable Development and
June 27 Eradicate Poverty in Times of Multiple Crises”)
World Microbiome Day
(Theme - “Feed Your Microbes”)
June 28 National Insurance Awareness Day
National Statistics Day (birth anniversary of Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, the ‘Father of Modern
Statistics in India’)
June 29
(Theme - “Use of Data for Decision Making“)
International Day of the Tropics
World Asteroid Day
June 30 UN International Day of Parliamentarism
World Social Media Day

➢ Latest GDP Predictions (updated till June 2024)

Organisations FY24 FY25 FY26
NCAER - 7.5% -
S&P Global Ratings 7.4% 6.8% 6.9%
Fitch Ratings 7.8% 7.2% 6.5%
Goldman Sachs 6.3% 6.8% -
World Bank 7.5% 6.6% 6.7%
RBI 7% 7.2% -
Moody’s 6.7% 6.8% 6.5%
Morgan Stanley 7.9% 6.8% 6.5%
SBI 8% 7.5-8% -
India Ratings & Research 6.7% 7.1% -
UN - 6.9% 6.6%
OECD 7.8% 6.6% 6.5%
PHDCCI - 8-8.3% -
UNCTAD 6.3% 6.5% -
IMF 7.8% 6.8% 6.5%
ADB 6.7% 7% -
UBS Securities India 7.6% 7% 6.8%
CRISIL 7.6% 6.8% -
Bank of Baroda 6.8% 6.75-6.8% -
UN-DESA 6.2% 6.6% -
ICRA 6.5% - -
CII 6.8% 7% -

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