HIGH COURT ASSISTANT

CURRENT AFFAIRS 2024

SIPPY NOURDEEN
Asian Wrestling Championship 2024 - Bishkek (Kyrgyztan)

Posthumously awarded Honorary Grandmaster title by FIDE -

Malik Mir Sultan Khan

2024 International Water Conclave – Shillong (Meghalaya)

Kerala's Chief Information Commissioner - V Hari Nair

(Central CIC – Heeralal Samariya, 1st Dalit to hold the post)

National Women's Hockey League - Ranchi (Jharkhand)

India has acquired the right to operate the overseas Sittwe

port, belongs to - Myanmar

Coastal security exercise 'Sagar Kavach' was conducted in -

Lakshadweep

1st private bank to open a branch in Lakshadweep - HDFC

1st state to pass resolution against "One nation One election"

scheme – Tamilnadu
“One nation One election” committee headed by – Ramnath
Kovind

The city of Miraj, which was granted the GI tag for its art of
making musical instruments, belongs to - Maharashtra

India's rank in the world's first “Cybercrime Index” - 10

Committee which declared electoral bond unconstitutional -

Justice D Y Chandrachud

1st state in North East to achieve 100% household tap

connections as part of Jal Jeevan Mission - Arunachal Pradesh

UK's 1st Woman High Commissioner to India - Lindy Cameroon

India’s New criminal Laws come into force on - 1 July 2024

✓ Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita,2023 replaced Indian Penal
Code,1860
✓ Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita,2023 replaced
Criminal Procedure Code,1973
✓ Bharatiya Sakshya Act,2023 replaced Indian Evidence
Act,1872
 ✓ New Criminal Laws were first introduced by Amit Shah on
- 11 August 2023
✓ New Criminal Laws were passed by Parliament on - 21
December 2023
✓ New Criminal Laws received the assent of the President
on - 25 December 2023

Earth's largest digital camera "LSST" installed in - Chile

1st Campus industrial park in Kerala - Kottarakara

1st helicopter emergency service in India - Uttarakhand

Suvidha Portal was launched by - Election Commission of India

PM of Iceland - Bijarni Benediktssan

Elected PM of Indonesia - Prabowo Subianto

New Chairperson of Lokpal - A M Khanwilkar

Peter Higgs is related to - God Particle (Higgs Boson)

 ✓ Peter Higgs got Nobel Prize for Physics in - 2013
✓ Peter Higgs belonged to - Britain

Malayali member of Gaganyan Mission - Prasanth Balakrishnan

Nair (Gaganyan Assistance was given by Russia)

New Gold backed currency "ZiG" was launched by - Zimbabwe

Revised Prize money for Dadasaheb Phalke Award - 15 Lakh

Rs (Previously 10 Lakh Rs)

Sonia Gandhi was elected to Rajya Sabha from - Rajasthan

1st Railway station of Sikkim – Rangpo

ICC U-19 Men’s World Cup 2024 Champions – Australia

(defeated : India , Venue : South Africa)