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 IMPORTANT DAYS AND THEM
30 June International Asteroid “Guardians of Our Planet: The
Day Role of Asteroids in Earth’s
History and Future”.
1 July ‘GST Day’ “Sashakt Vyapar Samagra
Vikas”

2 July World Sports Journalists

Day
2 July International Plastic Bag In 2002, Bangladesh became the
Free Day first nation to ban plastics.
6 July World Zoonoses Day “Preventing the spread of
zoonotic diseases.”
11 July World Population Day Leave No One Behind, Count
Everyone”
15 July World Youth Skills Day “Youth Skills for Peace and
Development”
25 June Samvidhaan Hatya 50th year of the imposition of a
Diwas national emergency by the
Indira government.
17 July World Day for Mark the anniversary of the
International Justice adoption of the Rome Statute in
1998.
The Rome Statute is the treaty
that led to the establishment of
the International Criminal Court
(ICC).

16 July International Nelson “It’s still in our hands to combat

Mandela Day poverty and inequality”
20 July World Chess Day Chess for Unity and Peace.
22 July National Flag Day A Flag of Freedom
22-28 July ‘Education Week
23 July National Broadcasting “Empowering Voices:
Day Celebrating Diversity in
Broadcasting”

21 June World Music Day

23 June United Nations Public
24 July National Income Tax Highlight the
Day importance of citizens
paying taxes on time
25 July World Drowning “Seconds Can Save a
Prevention Day Life”
26 July Kargil Vijay Diwas
28 July World Hepatitis Day It’s time to act.”
2024
29 July International Tiger Day Call for Action
2024
 STATE’S CURRENT AFFAIRS
➢ Which revenue district has been announced by Bihar Chief Minister
Nitish Kumar in 2025? Bagaha
➢ In which state will South Asia’s largest flying training organization be
established? Maharashtra
➢ Who has become the 15th Chief Justice of Jharkhand? Vidyut Ranjan
Sarangi
➢ Which state recently introduced a bill to regulate the social security
and welfare of platform-based gig workers? Karnataka
➢ Cabinet of which state has approved purchasing a Challenger 3500 Jet
Plane for VVIP transport? Madhya Pradesh
➢ Vizhinjam International Sea Port welcomed its first container ship ‘San
Fernando’. This port is located in which state? Kerala
➢ In which state did Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurate ‘PM College of
Excellence’? Madhya Pradesh
➢ The Central Government has increased the administrative powers of
the Lieutenant Governor of which state? Jammu & Kashmir
➢ The Bihar Assembly has passed the Anti-Paper Leak Bill, in which the
maximum punishment has been made for the accused? 10 years
➢ In which district of Bihar will the new AIIMS be constructed?
Darbhanga
 NATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS
➢ Which article of the constitution mentions about the ‘motion of thanks’
by the president ? Article 87
➢ ‘How many sections are there in the Indian Justice Code (BNS) that
came into force from 1st July 2024? 531 (Parliament approved on 21st
December 2023 and President Droupadi Murmu gave the assent on 25th
December 2023)
➢ How many sub-committees of the Union Cabinet have been set up by
the government of India recently? 8
➢ Who has the power to adjourn the Parliament sine die? The Presiding
Officer of the House
➢ Who inaugurated a new filing counter in the Supreme Court? DY
Chandrachud
➢ Who laid the foundation stone of the Thane Borivali Tunnel Project?
Narendra Modi
➢ Which organisation has launched Operation Nanhe Farishtey to rescue
abandoned or vagabond children? Railway Protection Force (RPF)
➢ In which state did PM Modi recently lay the foundation of India’s
longest urban tunnel project? Maharashtra
➢ The National Landslide Forecasting Centre has been set up at which
place? GSI, Dharitri Campus ,Kolkata
➢ Recently, the Government of India upgraded IRCTC to ‘Schedule A’
CPSE. Who is the present Chairman and Managing Director of IRCTC?
Sanjay Kumar Jain
➢
➢ Which city is set to become the fourth capital in Northeast India to gain
railway connectivity by July 2025? Aizawl
➢ Where is the “Humayun Tomb Museum” located? Delhi
➢ What is the name of the Darbar Hall located in Rashtrapati Bhavan ?
‘Ganatantra Mandap’
➢ What is India’s target for national nuclear capacity by 2047? 100,000 MW

Which of the following mountain passes connects the Lahaul region of

Himachal Pradesh with the Zanskar region of Ladakh? Shinkun La (The 4.1-
km-long twin-tube tunnel will be constructed at an altitude of
approximately 15,800 feet on the Nimu-Padum-Darcha road. )

➢ Recently, where was the country’s 500th Community Radio Station

inaugurated? Aizawl

SCHEMES
➢ What is the targeted year for the 100 percent solarisation of all
government buildings in India under the PM Surya Ghar scheme? 2025

➢ ‘Shramik Basera’ scheme has been launched in which state? Gujarat

➢ ‘’Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Behen Yojana’ has been launched in which
➢ Highest Tunnel in India – Shinku-La Tunnel
➢state? Maharashtra
Longest ( all –women
Tunnel In India between
Atal Tunnel 21km)
( 9.02 andhai
60 years of age will be
➢given 1500Nishchay’
‘Mission rupees per month)
has been launched by which state police? Punjab
(To curb
➢ Which thegovernment
state menace of drugs)
has launched the NTR Bharosa Pension
➢ What is the new proposed name for the State of Kerala as per the
scheme? Andhra Pradesh
recent resolution passed by the Kerala Legislative Assembly? Keralam
➢➢Which bank
For the firstreceived thecountry,
time in the Atal Pension Yojana
a lithium Annual
block Award
has been for
auctioned in
which state?
FY2023-24? BankChattisgarh
of India (BOI) BOI founded – 1906; Nationalized – 1969
➢ Recently, which state has announced to establish ‘Prime Minister
HQ – Mumbai; CMD – Rajneesh Karnatak
Excellence College’ in every district? Madhya Pradesh
➢ What is the duration of the ‘Sampoornata Abhiyan’ campaign
launched by NITI Aayog? Three months
➢ The GovernmentGENERAL
of India has ELECTION
extended the2024
deadline for the Smart
Cities Mission to which month and year? March 2025
➢ Which alliance has got a majority in the Lok Sabha Elections 2024?
➢ Tata Power Solar has launched the ‘Ghar Ghar Solar’ initiative in which
NDA
➢state?
Who hasUttar Pradesh
become the Prime Minister of India for the third consecutive
time?Bhai
➢ Ladla Narendra
YojanaModi
has been launched in which state?
As of June 2024, how
➢Maharashtra(12th passmany Cabinet
students will Ministers
be given 6were swornrupees
thousand into per
Narendra Modi’s Cabinet 3.0? 30
month and diploma holders will be given 8 thousand rupees per
➢ Who has become the youngest tribal woman to win in the Lok sabha
month)
elections 2024? Priyanka Jarkiholi (MP from Chikkodi Lok Sabha seat
in Karnataka)
➢ ‘How much loan has been sanctioned by the Asian Development Bank
for the Solar rooftop programme in India? $240.5 million
NATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS
➢ Which state government has launched the ‘Shramik Basera’ scheme
for temporary housing of construction workers? Gujarat
➢ Who has been appointed as the brand ambassador for
tobacco control? PV Sindhu
➢ ‘Prerna Sthal’ is being developed by which of the
First in India & World
following? Lok Sabha Secretariat
➢ Which country has become the first in the world to prepare a
comprehensive checklist of its entire fauna? India
➢ Who became the first woman Chief Secretary of Maharashtra?
Sujata Saunik
➢ World’s first Miss AI ‘Kenza Leli’ has become she belongs to which
country? Morocco
➢ Which state is set to become the first in the country to adopt a 10
year action plan for road safety? Rajasthan (reducing road accidents
in the State by 50% till 2030)
➢ Which state has become the first state to record biodiversity with
the help of local communities ? Kerala
➢ The country’s first rhododendron garden has been opened in which
state? Uttarakhand
➢ According to WorldAtlas.com, which is the second largest coal
mine in the world? Gevra Coal Mine, India (China is the world’s
largest producer and consumer of coal, and India is the second
largest producer)
➢ Where will India’s first Integrated Agri-Export Facility be
established? Jawaharlal Nehru Port, Mumbai (Shipping Minister
Sarbananda Sonowal approved a Rs 284.19 crore integrated agri-
export facility)
➢ Where is South India’s first and the country’s largest leopard safari
located ? Bannerghatta Biological Park (South India’s first and the
country’s largest leopard safari at the Bannerghatta Biological Park (BBP),
Karnataka.)
➢ Where is the first International Dairy Federation Asia-Pacific Summit
held? Kochi

ART & CULTURE

FAIR & FESTIVAL

➢ Where will the first International Solar Festival be held? NEW DELHI
➢ Which country will host UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee for the
first time? India ( 46th session)
➢ Which site is India’s sole nomination for UNESCO World Heritage Site for
the year 2023-2024? The Moidams of Charaideo (resting place of royal
families)
➢ Which state in India is famous for celebrating the Jagannath Rath Yatra?
Odisha
➢ Kharchi Puja is celebrated in which Indian state? Tripura
➢ Where is the Harela Festival primarily celebrated? Uttarakhand

INTERNATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS

➢ In which category India has been put by the Financial Action Task Force
(FATF)? Regular Follow-up
➢ Which country has recently assumed the Presidency of the European
Union Council? Hungary
➢ Who has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of the United
Kingdom? Keir Starmer (58th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom)
➢ Who has been elected as the new President of Iran? Masoud Pezeshkian
➢ Indian-origin Lisa Nandy has become a minister in which country? Britain
➢ Which anniversary of diplomatic ties between India and Austria was
marked during PM Modi’s visit? 75th anniversary
➢ Which country has recently become a full member of the Colombo
Security Conclave? Bangladesh
➢ Recently, which organization has launched the ‘Medical Devices
Information System’ (MeDvIS)? WHO
➢ Who led the Indian Parliamentary Delegation to the 10th BRICS
Parliamentary Forum in 2024? Om Birla (10th BRICS Parliamentary Forum
in St. Petersburg, Russia, on July 11-12, 2024)
➢ Which country has passed a law to ban refugees coming from Russia?
Tajikistan
➢ Recently, Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli has been sworn in as the prime
minister of which country? Nepal
➢ Who won the Rwanda Presidential election held in 2024? Paul Kagame
➢ How many non-permanent members are there on the UN Security
Council? 10
➢ Roberta Metsola, who is set to head the EU Parliament for a second term,
belongs to which country? Malta
➢ Who has been elected as the President of the European Commission?
Ursula von der Leyen
➢ Davis Strait, recently seen in the news, is located between which two
regions? Greenland and Canada
➢ Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire) recently became the 53rd Party to which of
the following international agreements? UN Water Convention
➢ Upper Karnali Hydro-Electric Power Project, recently seen in the news,
is located in which country? Nepal
➢ Who received approval from Estonia’s parliament as the country’s next
prime minister? Kristen Michal
➢ Recently India has got the right to operate Mongla port, Mongla port is
located in which country? Bangladesh
➢ Who has been named the Acting President of Myanmar? Min Aung
Hlaing
➢ David Lammy is the Foreign Secretary of which country who has visited
India? Britain

BANKING & ECONOMICS

➢ Which bank has signed rising Indian tennis player Sumit Nagal as its
brand endorser? Bank of Baroda
➢ What was the amount of India’s defence production in FY 2023-24? Rs
1.27 lakh croThe Sixteenth Finance Commission constituted an
Advisory Council, who is its convener? Dr. Poonam Gupta
➢ Which multilateral institution has approved $1.5 billion loans to India to
develop the country’s low-carbon energy sector? World Bank
➢ According to the IMF report released in July 2024, what is the likely growth
rate of the Indian economy in 2024-25? 7.0%
➢ What is the amount of PM Kisan Yojana recommended in the Economic
Survey 2023-24? 8000
➢ When will the Union Budget 2024-25 be presented? 23 July
➢ Which ministry received the highest allocation in the Union Budget 2024?
Ministry of Defence

PERSON IN NEWS
➢ Ram Buxani has passed away. Who was he? Indian Industrialist
➢ Who recently resigned from the position of UPSC chairman? Manoj Soni
➢ Padma Shri awardee, Kamala Pujari, who recently passed away, was
known for her contributions in which field? Organic farming

APPS & PORTALS

➢ Which Union Minister has recently launched the Nirman Portal? G Kishan
Reddy
➢ Which state’s Chief Minister launched the ‘Lokpath Mobile App’ for
resolving road problems? Madhya Pradesh
➢ Who launched Project PARI (Public Art of India)? Ministry of Culture
➢ Who launched the Steel Import Monitoring System 2.0 Portal? Ministry of
Steel
 AWARDS AND HONOURS
➢ Who has become the first Indian to win the ‘Locarno Award’? Shah Rukh
Khan
➢ Who won the Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puraskar 2024 in English
language for the book ‘The Blue Horse and Other Amazing Animals from
Indian History’? Nandini Sengupta
➢ The 15th Agriculture Leadership Awards Committee has chosen which
state for its Best Agriculture State Award for 2024? Maharashtra
➢ Who is the recipient of the Dr. C. Narayana Reddy National Literary Award
2024? Sivashankari
➢ Who has been recently conferred with France’s Chevalier de la Légion
d’Honneur or the Knight of the Legion of Honour Award? Roshini Nadar
➢ What initiative has won the 2024 Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity? Andhra
Pradesh Community Managed Natural Farming (APCNF)
➢ Who received the prestigious Gandhi Mandela Award 2020? Rigoberta
Menchú Tum
➢ Who will be honored at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) 2024?
Ram Charan
➢ What prestigious award was recently presented to Indian shooter
Abhinav Bindra by the International Olympic Committee (IOC)? The
Olympic Order
➢ Who has been conferred the V Venkayya Epigraphy Award for 2024? Dr.
Vedachalam
➢ Who is the first Indian actor to be honored with customised gold coins by
the Grevin Museum in Paris? Shah Rukh Khan

BOOKS & AUTHORS

➢ The book ‘Swarasvamini Asha’ has been launched- Asha Bhosle
➢ PM Modi recently released three books based on whose life? M. Venkaiah
Naidu
➢ What is the title of the English translation of Manoj Bajpayee’s biography?
“Manoj Bajpayee: The Definitive Biography”
➢ Who has authored the book titled ‘Kargil War: The Turning Point’?
Colonel M B Ravindranath
➢ Who is the author of the book ‘Power Within: The Leadership Legacy of
Narendra Modi’? Dr R Balasubramaniam
➢ What is the name of the recently released book that iterates the
speeches of President Droupadi Murmu? Wings to Our Hopes
➢ Which publisher released Sudipta Sengupta’s memoir “Breaking Rocks
and Barriers”? HarperCollins India
 SPORTS CURRENT AFFAIRS
➢ Who designed the Indian playing kit for the Paris Olympics 2024? JSW
Inspire
➢ Who has won the title of the Lyon Masters chess competition 2024?
Viswanathan Anand
➢ The FIDE World Championship match will be held in which country?
Singapore
➢ Which country achieved the top position at the Under 23 Asian Wrestling
Championship 2024? India
➢ Who will lead India’s 28-member squad in the 2024 Paris Olympics?
Neeraj Chopra
➢ Which city will host the matches of the 133rd Durand Cup for the first
time? Jamshedpur
➢ Who won the Austrian Grand Prix in 2024? George Russell 2nd Place:
Oscar Piastri (McLaren); 3rd Place: Carlos Sainz (Ferrari)
➢ Which Indian shooter won the Gold Medal in the Men’s 10m Air Pistol
Category at the ISSF World Cup 2024? Sarabjot Singh
➢ Who won the ICC Player of the Month award for the month of June ?
Jasprit Bumrah
➢ Vinesh Phogat won the gold medal in how many kg weight category in
Spain Grand Prix? 50 kg
➢ Who won the 2024 Asian Billiards Championship title? Dhruv Sitwala
➢ Who has been appointed as the Chef-de-Mission of the Indian contingent
at the Paris Olympics 2024? Gagan Narang
➢ Who has been appointed as the head coach of the Indian men’s cricket
team? Gautam Gambhir
➢ Who has won the 2024 UEFA European Football Championship? Spain
➢ Which country has won the 48th Copa America Tournament? Argentina
➢ Carlos Alcaraz won the 2024 Wimbledon Men’s singles title by defeating
whom in the final? Novak Djokovic
➢ Who won the World Championship of Legends – 2024 title? India
➢ Where is the International Cricket Council (ICC) Annual Conference 2024
being held? Sri lanka
➢ ‘Kirti’ initiative, which was in news recently, is an initiative of which
ministry? Sports Ministry
➢ Which country is hosting the 9th Women’s Cricket Asia Cup? Sri Lanka
➢ Shaurya Bawa, who recently won a bronze medal in a World Cup, belongs
to which sport? Squash
➢ Who has recently been made the captain of the Indian T20 team? Surya
Kumar Yadav
➢ Who won the AIFF Player of the Year award for males in the recent AIFF
awards 2024? Lallianzuala Chhangte
➢ Where was “The Largest Choral Competition” held? Auckland, New
Zealand
➢ Who was the first Asian men’s tennis player inducted into the
International Tennis Hall of Fame? Leander Paes
➢ Yuki Bhambri, who was in the news recently, belongs to which field?
Tennis
➢ Who has been appointed as the new head coach of the Indian men’s
national football team? Manolo Marquez
➢ Who won his first-ever Formula 2 win at the Hungarian Grand Prix? Kush
Maini
➢ How many Gold Medals did the contingent win at the International
Mathematical Olympiad (IMO)? Four
➢ Who has been appointed as the new managing director and chief
executive officer of the Federal Bank? KV Subramanian
➢ Which woman Indian cricketer became India’s highest T20I run-getter
by surpassing Smriti Mandhana? Harmanpreet Kaur
➢ Where will the 26th Winter Olympic Games in 2030 be held? The French
Alps
➢ Which city was elected to host the 2034 Winter Olympics and
Paralympics? Salt Lake City, Utah
➢ Paragliding World Cup 2024 will be held in which country? India
➢ Who won the first medal for India at the 33rd Summer olympics being
held in Paris, France? Manu Bhaker
➢ Which country has won the 9th Women’s Asia Cricket Cup? Sri Lanka

IMPORTANT APPOINTMENT
➢ Who was appointed as the new chairman of the Central Board of Direct
Taxes (CBDT)? Ravi Agrawal
➢ Who has been appointed as the Chairman of National Medical
Commission? Dr. B.N. Gangadhar
➢ Who has been appointed as Deputy National Security Advisor? TV
Ravichandran
➢ Who will become the new Chief Minister of Jharkhand? Hemant Soren
➢ Who has been appointed as Senior Advisor to the Executive Director of
the World Bank? Nikunj Srivastava
➢ Sheel Nagu has been appointed as the Chief Justice of which high
court? Punjab and Haryana High Court
➢ Who has been appointed as the new Director General of the Press
Information Bureau? Dhirendra Ojha
➢ Who has become the President of FATF? Elisa de Anda Madrazo
➢ Who has been appointed as the Principal Advisor at the Union Ministry
of Health & Family Welfare for the National Tuberculosis Elimination
Program? Dr. Soumya Swaminathan
➢ Who assumed charge as the new Commandant of Army Hospital (R&R)
Delhi? Lt Gen Shankar Narayan
➢ Justice Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia has become the Chief Justice of
which state? Madhya Pradesh
➢ To which country has Subhash Prasad Gupta been appointed as India’s
next ambassador in July 2024? Suriname
➢ Who were appointed as Supreme Court judges, bringing the Supreme
Court to its full sanctioned strength of 34 judges? Justice H N Kotiswar
Singh and Justice R Mahadevan
➢ Who has recently assumed the charge as Foreign Secretary of India in
July 2024? Vikram Misri
➢ Who has been named the brand ambassador for MotoGP in India?
Shikhar Dhawan
➢ Who has become the South Asia representative of the Asian Paralympic
Committee (APC)? Deepa Malik
➢ Who has recently become the youngest president of the Mumbai
Cricket Association (MCA)? Ajinkya Naik
➢ Who recently took over as Chairman and Managing Director of SIDBI?
Manoj Mittal
➢ Who has been appointed as the IFFI festival director? Shekhar Kapur
(The International Film Festival of India (IFFI) was founded in 1952, and
is one of the film festivals in Asia.)
➢ Who has been re-elected as a member of the International Olympic
Committee (IOC)? Nita Ambani
➢ Recently Santosh Gangwar has appointed the new Governor of which
state ? Jharkhand (Replaced – CP Radhakrishnan; Jharkhand CM –
Hemant Soren ); Some Governors below are:
o O P Mathur – Sikkim
o Santosh Gangwar – Jharkhand
o Raman Deka – Chhattisgarh
o Haribhau Kisanrao Bagde – Rajasthan
o Jishnu Dev Varma – Telangana
o C H VijayShankar – Meghalaya
o CP Radhakrishnan – Maharashtra
➢ Who has been appointed as the Governor of Telangana by President
Murmu recently? Jishnu Dev Varma
➢ Which country has become the chairman of the Asian Disaster
Preparedness Center for 2024-25? India
➢ Who has been concurrently accredited as the next Ambassador of India
to the Republic of Yemen? Suhel Ajaz Khan (Capital: Sana’a; Currency:
Yemeni Rial; Official language: Arabic)
 SUMMITS & CONFRENCE
➢ Where is the Global India AI Summit 2024 being held? New Delhi
➢ Who will lead the Indian delegation at the SCO Summit in Astana? Dr. S.
Jaishankar
➢ Where was the NATO summit held recently? Washington
➢ Where will the 2nd BIMSTEC Foreign Ministers’ Retreat be held? New
Delhi, India
➢ Which country will host the 6th BIMSTEC summit meeting in 2024?
Thailand
➢ Where will the first World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit be
held? Goa
➢ The ‘Saushrutam 2024’ seminar at All-India Institute of Ayurveda was
organized to commemorate Sushruta. He is also regarded as the
_________________. - Father of Surgery
➢ Where was the 2024 World Heritage Young Professionals Forum
meeting held? New Delhi
➢ Who is the chairperson of the reconstituted NITI Aayog? Narendra Modi
➢ Where was the Second Regional Event of ‘Hamara Samvidhan Hamara
Samman’ held? Prayagraj
➢ The 2nd Asia Pacific Ministerial Conference on Civil Aviation will be held
in which country? India
➢ What is the theme of India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2024? The Future is
Now
➢ Who inaugurated the 46th World Heritage Committee session of
UNESCO? Narendra Modi
➢ Which country will host the sixth QUAD Summit Meeting in 2024? India
➢ Which country hosted the 2024 India -ASEAN (Association of Southeast
Asian Nations) foreign minister’s meeting? Laos
➢ Where was the 4th meeting of the BIMSTEC Security Chiefs held? Nay Pyi
Taw, Myanmar
➢ Who chaired the 9th governing council meeting of NITI Aayog? Narendra
Modi

Index & Ranking

➢ Which city has topped in the Global Liveability Index 2024? Vienna
➢ Which organization released the Artificial Intelligence Preparedness
Index (AIPI)? International Monetary Fund (IMF)
➢ According to the World Air Quality Report, where does India rank
globally in terms of air pollution? Third
➢ What is India’s rank in the Artificial Intelligence Preparedness Index
(AIPI)? 72nd
➢ According to the United Nations (UN) World Population Prospects
report, India’s population will start declining from ___________. – 2062
➢ What is the composite score of India in the SDG India Index 2023-24? 71
➢ Who recently launched the report on E-mobility R&D roadmap for India?
Ajay Kumar Sood
➢ Recently, Dr Jaishanker inaugurated the Maitree Udyaan as a symbol of
friendship in which country? Mauritius
➢ Who topped the Celebrity Brand Valuation rankings in 2023? Virat Kohli
➢ What is India’s current position in the latest FIFA men’s rankings? 124th
➢ Which of the following supercomputer has topped the 63rd edition of the
TOP500 list of the world’s most powerful supercomputers? Frontier
(110th – AIRAWAT – Center for Development of Advanced Computing (C-
DAC) India India)

MOU & AGREEMENTS

➢ Which two states have signed an agreement for the Parbati-Kalisindh
Chambal river linking project? Madhya Pradesh
➢ The Mutual Recognition Agreement for Organic Products between India
and which country came into effect in July 2024? Taiwan
➢ Atal Innovation Mission has signed an agreement with which
international body to promote innovation, entrepreneurship and
intellectual property rights in Global South countries? World
Intellectual Property Organisation

DEFENCE CURRENT AFFAIRS

➢ A new military exercise named ‘Freedom Edge’ has been launched by?
South Korea, the US and Japan
➢ Where did the INS Shivalik arrive to participate in the Rim of the Pacific
(RIMPAC) exercise? Pearl Harbour
➢ Where will the 16th edition of Joint Military Exercise “Nomadic Elephant”
take place? Umroi
➢ Indian Army conducts joint military exercise Maitree with which
country’s Army? Thailand
➢ The term “SEBEX” was recently in the news. What is it related to? A
high-performance explosive
➢ India successfully test fired Rudram-1 missile, which type of strike
missile is it? Air to surface
➢ How many Kirti Chakras have been conferred by President Dropati
Murmu at the Defence Investiture Ceremony? 10 Kirti Chakra; 26
Shaurya Chakras
➢ DRDO has unveiled the indigenous light tank What is the name of this
tank? Zorawar
➢ Which country is hosting the “Exercise Pitch Black 24” in 2024, where
the Indian Air Force will participate with Su-30MKI fighter jets? Australia
➢ A 10% reservation will be granted to former Agniveers in which of the
following security forces? Central Industrial Security Force; Railway
Protection Forces; Border Security Forces
➢ In which country is the exercise Pitch Black conducted? Australia
➢ Which country has imposed a ban on defense exports to India amid
rising tensions? Turkey
➢ Who is the first woman officer from the Corps of Army Air Defence to be
operationally deployed at Siachen Glacier? Captain Supreetha C.T
➢ Which shipyard has constructed the Indian Navy’s stealth frigate
‘Triput’? Goa Shipyard Limited
➢ Which country hosts the KHAAN QUEST military exercise? Mangolia
SCIENCE & TECH AND SPACE CURRENT AFFAIRS
➢ According to Science and Technology Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh,
when will the world witness the first Indian in space and the first
Indian in deep sea? 2025
➢ By which year is ISRO planning to have the Indian Space Station
(Bharatiya Antariksha Station) ready? 2028
➢ Name the mission in which one of the shortlisted Gaganyaan
astronauts will travel to the International Space Station? Axiom-4
➢ What is the duration of the ICAR’s ‘One Scientist-One Product’
programme? Five years
➢ Who has been honoured with the Vikram Sarabhai Medal by the
Committee on Space Research? Anil Bhardwaj
➢ With which agency is ISRO collaborating on the Ramses project to
study the asteroid Apophis? ESA

ENVIRONMENT CURRENT AFFAIRS

➢ Which elephant species is now classified as ‘endangered’ on the
IUCN Red List due to a dwindling population? Bornean Elephant
➢ In which state will five and a half crore trees be planted under the
“Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam” campaign? Madhya Pradesh
➢ In which country is Mount Etna located? Italy
➢ Which state government will set up ‘Mitra Van’on Nepal border? Uttar
Pradesh
➢ Which organisation gives recognition to the World Network of Biosphere
Reserves? UNESCO
➢ Where has the “Grow with the Trees” plantation campaign been
launched by BSF? Srinagar
➢ Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve was in the news recently, it is
located in which state? Madhya Pradesh
➢ The volcano in Etna and Stromboli has erupted. It is located in which
country? Italy
➢ According to the 2024 summer census report of the Uttar Pradesh
Forest Department, how many Sarus cranes are there in the state?
19,918
➢ Who has been appointed as the Co-Chair of the Alliance of CEO Climate
Leaders? Sumant Sinha
➢ According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation’s report, which
country gained the most forest area from 2010 to 2020? China