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Section - VI (a)
Current important International Events
(1) India –US Civil Nuclear Co-operation Agreement
Also known as 123 agreement, it allows India to access nuclear
fuel, technology and reactors for peaceful purposes even though
India is not a signatory to the NPT
(2) Indonesia Joined BRICS
On 9-1-2025 Indonesia has officially joined the BRICS Group as the
10th member. BRICS stands for the Original members Brazil,
Russia, India and Chine, with South Africa joining in 2010.
(3) Siang Upper Multipurpose Project
It is located in the Upper Siang District, Arunachal Pradesh near
the Siang River (a major tributary of the Brahmaputra River)
(4) 1st Asian Buddhist Summit
On 7-11-2024, the first Asian Buddhist Summit was organised by
India’s Ministry of Culture and the International Buddhist
Confederation (IBC) in New Delhi.
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(5) Kartarpur Corridor Agreement Renewed
India and Pakistan have extended the Kartarpur Corridor
agreement until 2029 ensuring Visa-free movement of Indian
Pilgrims to the Kartarpur Sahib Gurudwara in Pakistan.
(6) 13TH Major Port of Galathea Bay
The Mega International Container Transhipment Port (ICTP) at
Galathea Bay, located on Great Nicobar Island in the Bay of
Bengal has been officially designated as the 13th Major Port in
India.
(7) International Workshop on Urban Land Records
On 22-10-2024, the Ministry of Rural Development organised the
International Workshop on the use of ‘Modern technologies in
Survey – Resurvey for Urban Land Records.
(8) Digitising Land Records
India is committed to digitising Land Records under the Digital
India Land Records Modernisation Programme (DILRMP)
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(9) A Pilot program named NAKSHA
National Geospatial Knowledge – based Land Survey of Urban
Habitations (NAKSHA) was introduced to create Urban Land
Records in over 100 cities/towns.
(10) Presidential Visit to Malawi and Mauritania
On 21-10-2024 India’s President Visited Malawi and Mauritania.
This is the first ever visit by an Indian President.
(11) India – UAE Investment Relations
On 9-10-2024, India and UAE signed Bilateral Investment Treaty
(BIT)
(12) India and Uzbekistan signed BIT
On 3-10-2024 India and Uzbekistan signed a BIT to assure
appropriate protection for investors from both countries.
(13) Electricity Supply to Neighbouring Countries
On 29-8-2024, the Ministry of Power has modified guidelines for
the import/export (cross-border) of Electricity, 2018.
(14) China’s Major Gas field discovery in the South Chine Sea
China has announced the discovery of the Lingshui 36-1 gas field
in the South China Sea, marking it as the world’s first large Ultra-
shallow gas field in Ultra-deep Waters
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(15) Fast Tracking BIMSTEC Free Trade Agreement
At the BIMSTEC Business Summit in New Delhi, Indian Minister of
Commerce & Industry called for faster negotiations of the
BIMSTEC Free Trade Agreement (FTA) (Bay of Bengal Initiative for
Multi Sectoral Technical and Economic Co-operation)
(16) India – US Cultural Property Agreement
On 1-8-2024 India and the US signed the first-ever Cultural
property Agreement (CPA) to combat the illegal trafficking of
Cultural Artefacts and ensure return of antiquarian objects to their
place of origin.
(17) India - Malaysia Agricultural Ties
On 20-7-2024 India and Malaysia have decided to deepen their
bilateral co-operation in agriculture, with a particular emphasis on
Oil Palm cultivation and the integration of digital technology.
(18) 132nd Session of IMO
132nd Session of the Council of the International Maritime
Organization (IMO) was organized in London. India is an elected
member of IMO Council attended the session.
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Newly Appointed Prime Ministers - 2024
S.No. Country Name of the Prime Minister
1. France Francois Bayrou
2. Sri Lanka Harini Amarasurya
3. Jordan Jafar Hassan
4. Thailand Paetongtam Shinawatra
5. Great Britain Keir Starmer
6. Netherlands Dick Schoop
7. Taiwan Cho Jung-tai
8. Hong Kong Lawrence Wong
9. Kuwait Shaik Ahmad Abdullah
10. Bulgaria Dimitar Glavcheu
11. Ireland Simon Harris
12. Portugal Luis Montenegro
13. Palestine Mohammad Mustafa
14. Peru Gustavo Lino Adrianzen
15. Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif
16. Solomon Islands Jeremiah Manele
17. Serbia Milos Vucevic
18. Haiti Fritz Belizaire
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Newly Appointed Presidents - 2024
S.No. Country President
1. Vietnam Luong Cuong
2. Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum
3. Sri Lanka Anura Kumara Dissanayake
4. Iran Masoud Pezcshkian
5. Taiwan Lai Ching – Te
6. Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari
7. Hungary Tamas Sulyok
8. Namibia Nangolo Mbumba
9. Senegal Bassirou Diomaya Faye
10. Malaysia Ibrahim Iskandar
11. Liberia Joseph Boakai
12. Slovakia Peter Pellegrini
13. Iceland Halla Tomasdottir
14. Malta Myriant Spiteri Debono
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Important Days and their Themes - 2024
S.No. Day Date Theme
1. World Hindi Day 10th January Hindi Bridging Traditional
Knowledge
2. World Wetland Day 2nd February Wetland & Human Wellbeing
3. International Mother 21st February Multilingual Education is a
Language Day Pillar of Integenerational
Learning
4. National Science Day 28th February Indigenous Technologies for
Viksit Bharat
5. World Wild life Day 3rd March Wild Life Conservation
6. International Women’s 8rd March Invest in Women – Accelerate
Day Progress
7. Consumer Rights Day 15th March Fair & reasonable AI for
consumers
8. International Forest Day 21st March Forests & innovation
9. World Water Day 22nd March Water for peace
10. World Meteorological Day 23rd March At the front line of climate
action
11. World Health Day 7th April My health my right
12. World Heritage Day 18th April Discover & Experience
diversity
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S.No. Day Date Theme
13. Earth Day 22nd April Planet Vs. Plastics
14. World Press Freedom Day 3rd May Journalism in the face of
the Environmental crisis
15. World Red cross Day 8th May I give with joy and the joy
I give as a Reward
16. International Biodiversity Day 22nd May Be part of the Plan
17. World No Tobacco Day 31st May Protecting Children from
Tobacco Industry
interference
18. World Environment Day 5th June Land Restoration,
Desertification and
Draught Resilience
19. World Blood Donor Day 14th June Thank you Bloor Donors
20. International Yoga Day 21st June Yoga for self & society
21. World Population Day 11th July Leave no one behind,
count everyone
22. International Literacy Day 8th September Literacy for mutual
understanding and peace
23. World Ozone Day 16th September Advancing climate
action
24. World Tourism Day 27th September Tourism & Peace
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S.No. Day Date Theme
25. World Heart Day 29th September Use heart for use
26. World Cotton Day 7th October Megatrends shaping cotton
textile value chain
27. International Girls Day 11th October Girls Vision for future
28. World food Day 16th October Right to food for a better life &
a better future
29. World Polio Day 24th October A global mission to reach
every child
30. World Diabetes Day 14th November Breaking Barriers, Bridging
gaps
31. International Day for 19th November Promoting respect and
Tolerance understanding world wide
32. World Toilet Day 19th November Toilets are a place for peace
33. World Children’s Day 20th November Listen to the future stand up
for Children’s rights
34. World Aids Day 1st December My health my right
35. World Soiled Day 5th December Caring for soils measure-
monitor, manage
36. Human Rights Day 10th December Our rights our future, right now
37. World Meditation Day 21st December Inner Peace, Global Harmony
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Section - VI (a)
Olympic Games
XXXIII edition of Summer Olympic held in Paris from 26-7-2024 to 11-8-
2024
Number of Countries Participated - 206 countries
Number of Medal events held - 329
Medals Tally of Top Countries
S.No. Country Medals
1. U.S.A 126 (40 gold - 44 silver - 42 bronze)
2. China 91 (40 gold - 27 silver - 24 bronze)
3. Japan 45 (20 gold - 12 silver - 13 bronze)
4. Australia 53 (18 gold - 19 silver - 16 bronze)
5. France 64 (16 gold - 26 silver - 22 bronze)
6. Great Britain 65 (14 gold - 22 silver - 29bronze)
7. Netherlands 34 (15 gold - 7 silver - 12 bronze)
8. South Korea 32 (13 gold – 9 silver - 10 bronze)
9. Italy 40 (12 gold - 13 silver - 15 bronze)
10. Germany 33 (12 gold - 13 silver - 8 bronze)
11. India 06 (- Nil gold - 01 silver - 05
bronze)
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Individuals Who won maximum Medals
(1) Zhang Yufei (China) - Swimming - 1 Silver, 5 Bronze
(2) Leon Marchand (French) - Swimming - 4 Gold, 1 Bronze
• The individual with the most Olympic Medals is Michael Phelps, an
American Swimmer, with record of the most gold medals, with 23.
• Michael Phelps holds the record for the most medals won in a single
Olympic games, winning eight gold medals at the 2008 summer
Olympics in Beijing.
• The USA won a record 239 medals at the 3rd Olympic Games, held in
St.Louis, Missouri, USA in 1904
19th Edition of Asian Games - Held at Hangzhou, china in 2023
Medals Tally
S.No. Country Medals
1. China 383 (201 Gold - 111 Silver - 71 Bronze)
2. Japan 188 (52 Gold - 67 Silver - 69 Bronze)
3. South Korea 190 (42 Gold - 59 Silver - 89 Bronze)
4. India 107 (28 Gold - 38 Silver - 41 Bronze)
5. Uzbekistan 71 (22 Gold - 18 Silver - 31 Bronze)
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NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS - 2024
S.No. Subject/Field Recipients Achievement
1. Physics (1) John J.Hopfield For their fundamental
discoveries and inventions
(2) Geoffrey Hinton that enable machine learning
with artificial neural
networks
2. Chemistry (1) David Baker Computational Protein Design
(2) Demis Hassabir For their Pioneering work in
Protein structure prediction
Jhon Jumper
3. Physiology (1) Victor Ambros For Discovery of Micro RNA
Or and its role in post-
Gary Guvkun
Medicine transcriptional gene
regulation
4. Literature (1) Han Kang Recognised for her intense
poetic prose that confronts
historical traumas and
expose the fragility of human
life
5. Peace (1) Nihon Hidankyo A Japanese Organisation
representing atom bomb
survivors for its efforts to
achieve a world free of
nuclear weapons
6. Economic (1) Daron Acemoglu were honoured for their
Sciences studies of how institutions
Simon Jhonson
are formed and affect
James A . Robinson prosperity.
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Awards & Honours (International)
S.No. Subject / Field Prize/Awards/Medals
1. Science (1) Nobel Prize Ground Breaking work in
Physics, Chemistry, Physiology
& Technology or medicine, Literature, peace
& economics
(2) Fields Medal Considered as Nobel Prize of
mathematics
(3) Turing Award Significant contributions to
computer science
2. Art & Literature 1. Academy Awards Achievements in Film Industry
(Oscars)
2. Pulitzer Prize Excellence in Journalism,
Literature & Music
3. Booker Prize Outstanding Novels in English
4. Golden Globe Awards Recognises Film & Television
achievements
3. Music (1) Grammy Awards Achievements in Music Industry
(2) BRIT Awards Excellence in British Music
4. Other Notable (1)Raman Magsaysay Award Referred as Nobel Prize for Asia
Awards (2) Padma Awards Contributions in various fields
like art, literature & Social work
(3) Bharat Ratna (India) India’s highest civilian award
(4) Michelin Star Given to restaurants for
culinary excellence
