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JANUARY 2024
• Gujarat To Unveil India’s First Submarine Tourism In Dwarka
• Hardeep Puri inaugurates India’s first ‘Zero Waste Street Food Festival’ in Delhi
• India inaugurated its first all-girls Sainik School in Vrindavan, UP
• Udhampur achieved 100% saturation in ‘Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra”
• J&K becomes first UT to implement PM Vishwakarma Yojana
• Flipkart co-founder, Binny Bansal launched e-commerce start-up ‘OppDoor’
• IREDA Declared 2024 as ‘Year of HR Development and Discipline’
• ArcelorMittal partners with IIT Madras to create Hyperloop facility
• Jagdeep Dhankhar inaugurated Startup Expo in Kathua
• Ayodhya Airport Renamed As ‘Maharishi Valmiki International Airport’
• Francoise Bettencourt Meyers becomes first woman with a $100 billion
• Russia takes over the BRICS chairmanship
• Arvind Panagariya appointed as 16th Finance Commission Chairman
• Tshisekedi re-elected president of Congo
• Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II to step down after 52 years on throne
• India, UAE to conduct joint military exercise ‘Desert Cyclone’ in Rajasthan
• 1 January – World Day of Peace
• 5 January – National Birds Day (Theme 2023 – Right To Fight)
• Professor Ved Prakash Nanda died
• Gangasagar Mela begins in West Bengal
• Ujjain Unveils India’s First Hygienic Food Street ‘Prasadam’
• Maharashtra govt declares new Atpadi Conservation Reserve in Sangli district
• IIT Madras to open new campus at Kandy in Sri Lanka
• 2024 Is ‘Year of Technology Absorption’ For Army
• Maharashtra’s Pench Tiger Reserve becomes India’s First Dark Sky Park
• Maiden National Highway steel slag road on NH-66 Mumbai-Goa inaugurated
• Kyrgyzstan Declares Snow Leopard As National Symbol
• Henley Passport Index 2024; India Ranks 80th; topped by France, Germany, Italy,
Japan, Singapore, and Spain
• World Bank Keeps India’s FY25 GDP Growth Estimate Unchanged At 6.4%
• Aruna Nayar takes over as Secretary of Railway Board
• Gabriel Attal becomes France’s youngest PM
• Bhutan’s Tshering Tobgay becomes PM for second time
• Denmark’s King Frederik X Takes The Throne After Abdication Of Queen
• William Lai Elected President f Taiwan
• Divyakriti Singh Becomes 1st Indian Woman Arjuna Awardee for Equestrian Sports
• Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award for 2023;
Badminton duo Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have received the Major Dhyan
Chand Khel Ratna Award for the year 2023. Moreover, Indian cricketer and pacer Mohammed
Shami has also received the prestigious Arjuna Award this year.
• Dronacharya Award (regular category) for outstanding coaches; Lalit Kumar
(wrestling), B. Ramesh (chess), Mahaveer Prasad Saini (para-athletics), Shivendra Singh
(hockey), Ganesh Prabhakar Devrukhkar (mallakhamb)
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• Swachh Survekshan Awards 2023: Indore, Surat ‘cleanest cities’ in India

• Sheetal Devi, the world’s first armless woman archer won Arjuna Award
• Varanasi wins ‘Cleanest Ganga Towns’ Award

• DRDO Launches ‘Ugram’ Assault Rifle For Armed Forces

• Microsoft launches AI Odyssey to skill 1 lakh developers in India
• 10 January – World Hindi Day (Theme 2024 – Hindi–Bridging Traditional Knowledge
and Artificial Intelligence)
• 15 January – Indian Army Day (Theme 2024 – In Service of the Nation)
• Music Maestro Ustad Rashid Khan Dies
• Football Player Franz Beckenbauer Passed Away
• Urdu poet Munawwar Rana passes away
• Renowned classical singer Prabha Atre passes away
• Boeing opens its first distribution center in India, located in Khurja, Uttar Pradesh
• Haldia Petrochemicals becomes India’s first BSI Certified ISO 27001:2022
Petrochemical firm
• UAE unveils groundbreaking ‘EcoMark’ green accreditation framework
• Farsi as India’s New Classical Language
• Ministry of Tourism to organize “Bharat Parv” from 23-31 January
• Ladakh organized Mamani Festival
• Jagannath Temple Hosts ‘Gole Mela’ Festival in Udhampur
• PM Modi inaugurated the Ayodhya Ram Mandir
• World’s Tallest Ambedkar Statue Unveiled In Andhra Pradesh
• Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation (IICF) To Build ‘Masjid Muhammed Bin
Abdullah’ Mosque In Ayodhya
• Switzerland to Host Ukraine Peace Summit
• TCS ranked second most valuable IT brand in global list
• WHO certifies Cabo Verde as malaria-free
• AN Pramod assumed charge as the Director General Naval Operations (DGNO)
• India, Thailand organized first bilateral exercise “Ex-Ayutthaya”
• India, Egypt begin 2nd edition of joint exercise ‘CYCLONE’
• India-Kyrgyzstan Joint Special Forces Exercise ‘Khanjar’ commences in HP
• Japan achieved a historic soft moon landing with SLIM Mission
• Praggnanandhaa Surpasses Viswanathan Anand to Become India’s No.1 Chess Player
• South Africa host ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup 2024
• 24 January – National Girl Child Day
• Odisha to Setup World’s First ‘Black Tiger Safari’ in Mayurbhanj
• 4th Orange Festival 2024 In Nagaland
• Saudi Arabia to Open First Alcohol Store for Diplomats
• Nitish Kumar takes oath as Bihar chief minister for record ninth time
• Preeti Rajak Becomes Indian Army’s 1st Woman Subedar
• Former Bihar CM Karpoori Thakur Awarded Bharat Ratna Posthumously
• Padma Awards 2024
• Padma Vibhushan (5)

SN Name Field State/Region/Country

1 Ms. Vyjayantimala Bali Art Tamil Nadu

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2 Shri Konidela Chiranjeevi Art Andhra Pradesh

3 Shri M Venkaiah Naidu Public Affairs Andhra Pradesh

4 Shri Bindeshwar Pathak Social Work Bihar

(Posthumous)

5 Ms. Padma Subrahmanyam Art Tamil Nadu

• Padma Vibhushan

Shri Togdan Rinpoche Others - Spiritualism Ladakh

(Posthumous)

• Padma Shri
Shri Ghulam Nabi Dar Art (Wood Carving) Jammu & Kashmir

Shri Romalo Ram Art (Dogri Folk Artist) Jammu & Kashmir

• Foxconn CEO Young Liu honoured with Padma Bhushan

• Ministry of Culture's tableau ‘India: Mother of Democracy’ clinches First Spot at
Republic Day Parade 2024
• Joint military exercise – SADA TANSEEQ between India & Saudi Arabia to be held
in Rajasthan
• Virat Kohli wins ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year Award 2023
• England to host 2027 World Test Championship Final
• Indian pair of Rhythm Sangwan and Ujjwal Malik claim 1st gold at ISSF Shooting
World Cup
• Australian Open 2024: Rohan Bopanna & Matthew Ebden win men’s doubles final
• Men’s Singles Winner: Jannik Sinner (Italy)
• Women’s Singles Winner: Aryna Sabalenka
• Divyansh Singh Panwar Clinches ISSF World Cup Gold In 10m Air Rifle Event
• 24 January – International Day of Education (Theme 2024 – Learning for lasting peace)
• 25 January – National Voters Day (Theme 2024 – Nothing Like Voting, I Vote For sure)
• To mark its 150th anniversary, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) recently
launched a National Framework for Climate Services (NFCS).
• The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has started a ‘One Vehicle, One
FASTag’ initiative. This aims to enhance Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) efficiency and
improve traffic movement at toll plazas.
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• The Indian Army has launched Operation Sarvashakti in Jammu and Kashmir. It involves
security forces on both sides of the Pir Panjal range. The goal is to flush out militants who
have ambushed Indian troops in Rajouri and Poonch.
• The Himalayan Wolf (Canis lupus chanco) is a prominent lupine predator found across the
Himalayas. Its taxonomic status had been unclear until recently. The animal has now been
assessed for the first time on the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
• Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link
(MTHL), also known as Atal Setu, marking the opening of India’s longest sea bridge to date.
The 21.8-kilometer link built at a cost of over Rs 17,840 crores.
• Kachchhi Kharek (dates), from Gujarat has recently received a Geographical Indication (GI)
tag.
• Gangasagar fair is celebrated every year on 14 or 15 January. This fair is held on the day of
Makar Sankranti. In the year 2023, about 51 lakh devotees participated in this fair. This fair
is held in South Pargana district of West Bengal.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the ‘Swachh Mandir’ (Clean Temple) campaign
ahead of the Ram temple consecration in Ayodhya on January 22.
• Aruna Nayar, an Indian Railway Personnel Service (IRPS) Officer of the 1987 Batch, has
assumed the role of Railway Board Secretary.
• Jaipur’s Divyakriti Singh, aged 23, is the inaugural Indian female recipient of the Arjuna
Award for equestrian sports.
• According to the 2024 Henley Passport Index, India is ranked 80th out of 199 countries.
• The XSPECT instrument aboard India’s pioneering XPoSat space observatory has
successfully acquired its first images of the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant. The
achievement comes within days of the mission’s January 1 launch.
• XPoSat (X-ray Polarimeter Satellite) is ISRO's first mission to study the polarization of X-
rays from bright celestial sources in the medium frequency band. The satellite carries two
scientific payloads, the Indian X-ray Polarimeter (POLIX) and X-ray Spectroscopy and
Timing (XSPECT), in a low Earth orbit
• A striking new butterfly species called the Conjoined Silverline, distinguished by its shiny
wing patterns, has been identified in Karnataka’s Kodagu district – the first such find in India’s
Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot since the 1970s.
• The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed and launched
a new 7.62mm caliber assault rifle named ‘Ugram’ intended as a standard-issue weapon for
the Indian Armed Forces replacing some aging INSAS rifles.
• French President Emmanuel Macron sparked a cabinet shakeup this week by naming popular
Minister of Education Gabriel Attal as the country’s newest Prime Minister after incumbent
PM Elisabeth Borne resigned amid growing political challenges. He will be France's
youngest prime minister and the first to be openly gay.
• Researchers at the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi have developed an
innovative new system called Work4Food that could guarantee fair minimum incomes for food
delivery personnel in India’s booming app-based food ordering industry.
• Microsoft has unveiled an ambitious new initiative called AI Odyssey that aims to provide
advanced skills training in artificial intelligence (AI) tools and technologies to 100,000 software
developers across India.
• The Danish government has announced the launch of the Green Fuels Alliance India
(GFAI), a strategic initiative aimed at advancing collaboration between Denmark and India in
the sustainable energy solutions sector.
• Mario Zagallo, the first ever footballer to win the FIFA World Cup trophy as both player and
coach, passed away aged 92 in Brazil.
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• The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) under the Shipping Ministry is hosting the
first meeting of recently constituted Inland Waterways Development Council (IWDC) on
January 8th, 2023 in Kolkata.
• The Red Ant Chutney of Mayurbhanj in Odisha has recently been granted a Geographical
Indication (GI) tag.
• The hog deer, previously not recorded in the Rajaji Tiger Reserve (Uttarakhand), has
recently been discovered there, marking a significant finding.
• Recently, three items of Arunachal Pradesh have received the prestigious Geographical
Indication tag. These are adi kekir (ginger), handmade carpets by Tibetan settlers and
wooden items made by Wancho community.
• Lanjia Saura paintings, also known as ekons or iditals, a unique style of wall mural art from
Odisha received GI Tag.
• The Udanti Sitanadi Tiger Reserve, which was recently in the news due to issues related to
encroachment, is located in the state of Chhattisgarh.
• Punjab has become the first state in India to map all 784 accident black spots on the Mappls
App, a navigation system developed by MapMyIndia.
• India has submitted nominations for three cities – Indore, Bhopal and Udaipur – to receive
the tag of ‘International Wetland City’ under the Ramsar Convention.
• The Similipal kai chutney, made with red weaver ants by the tribal people of Odisha’s
Mayurbhanj district, received a geographical indication (GI) tag on January 2nd, 2024.
• The Indian and UAE armies have commenced their first-ever joint military training exercise
called ‘Desert Cyclone’ in Rajasthan on January 2.
• NASA has relaunched a spacecraft to explore an asteroid nicknamed the “God of Chaos” that
will make an extremely close flyby of Earth in 2029.
• Doctors at Mumbai’s Tata Memorial Centre have indigenously developed Prevall, the first
chemotherapy drug in India to be available as a syrup formulation.
• Nina Singh Becomes First Woman Chief of Industrial Security Force.
• The 6th Khelo India Youth Games will be held from 19 to 31 January 2024 in Tamilnadu. It
will be organised in Chennai, Trichy, Madurai and Coimbatore. For the first time, Squash will
be included in these games.
• In a significant milestone in the fight against malaria, the World Health Organization (WHO)
granted prequalification to the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine developed by the University of
Oxford and manufactured by the biotechnology company Serum Institute of India.
• Kuwait’s new emir, Sheikh Mishal al-Ahmad al-Sabah, formally assumed leadership in a
swearing-in ceremony before parliament following the passing of his half-brother, Sheikh
Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah. The ceremony, held during a special session of the National
Assembly
• An international team of archaeologists has uncovered what is believed to be the world’s
oldest-known fort in a remote region of Siberia.
• The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has been honored with the prestigious Leif
Erikson Lunar Prize in recognition of its groundbreaking Chandrayaan-3 mission.
• The Bab el-Mandeb, a narrow strait, has become a strategic chokepoint due to Houthi attacks
on tankers passing through the Red Sea, escalating the conflict and impacting global shipping.
Bab-el-Mandeb Strait is also known as Gate of Tears in Arabic.
• The Terminal 2 (T2) at Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru received
recognition at UNESCO’s 2023 Prix Versailles.
• Three heritage projects from Punjab and Haryana, namely the Rambagh Gate & Ramparts in
Amritsar, Pipal Haveli in Gurdaspur, and Church of Epiphany in Gurugram, have
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secured prestigious spots among the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage
Conservation.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Swarved Mahamandir in Varanasi, billed as
the world’s largest meditation centre.
• Abdel Fattah El-Sisi secures a resounding third term as Egypt’s president, winning a
staggering 89.6% of the votes in an election where serious challengers were notably absent.
• Sultan Haitham bin Tarik of Oman was on state visit to India from December 16, 2023.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate the Surat Diamond Bourse (SDB), touted
as the world’s largest office space in a single project, on Sunday (December 17).
• In a significant stride towards eco-friendly maritime transportation, the Barracuda, India’s
fastest solar-electric boat, was ceremoniously launched at the Navgathi Panavally Yard in
Alappuzha, Kerala.
• The Jammu and Kashmir administration has taken a significant step by framing detailed rules
for the registration of marriages under the Anand Marriage Act. This Act provides statutory
recognition to the marriage rituals of Sikhs, addressing their longstanding demand to separate
their marriages from the Hindu Marriage Act.
• YUVAi-Youth for Unnati and Vikas with AI’ is a collaborative initiative of National e-
Governance Division (NeGD), Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) and
Intel India.
• The Union government has approved setting up a breeding centre for cheetahs at the Banni
grasslands in Gujarat’s Kutch district.
• Javed Akhtar, a renowned lyricist-screenwriter, will be honored with the Padmapani
Lifetime Achievement Award at the upcoming Ajanta-Ellora Film Festival.
• Recently, India has been handed over the presidency Global Partnership on Artificial
Intelligence (GPAI) for 2022-23 by the outgoing Council Chair, France in its 3rd Annual
Summit in Japan.
• Captain Fatima Wasim created history by becoming the first woman medical officer to be
deployed at an operational post in the world’s highest battlefield, the Siachen Glacier.
• Geetika Kaul has made history as the first female medical officer of the Indian Army to be
stationed at Siachen, the world's highest battlefield.
• Vishnu Deo Sai, a prominent tribal face of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), sworn in as the
next Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh.
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FEBRUARY 2024
Five more Indian wetlands added to Ramsar list - Magadi Kere Conservation Reserve,
Ankasamudra Bird Conservation Reserve, and Aghanashini Estuary are in Karnataka and
Karaivetti Bird Sanctuary and Longwood Shola Reserve Forest are in Tamil Nadu.
• India launches UPI Payments at Eiffel Tower in Paris
• Dr Jitendra Singh launches the theme for National Science Day ‘Indigenous
Technologies for Viksit Bharat’
• Arunachal Pradesh Cabinet Approves 2 new district; Keyi Panyor & Bichom
• Iran announces visa-free travel for Indian nationals
• India Decided to Fence its Border with Myanmar
• India slips to 93rd position on Transparency International’s corruption perception
index
• RBI Imposes Major Restrictions on Paytm Payments Bank
• Champai Soren to be next Jharkhand CM
• Jay Shah reappointed as chairman of Asian Cricket Council
• Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar sworn in as Malaysia’s 17th king
• Ritu Bahri Took Oath as the First Woman Chief Justice of Uttarakhand HC
• El Salvador’s Bukele re-elected as president
• Yemen Appoints Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak as New Prime Minister
• Best Republic Day tableaux: Odisha wins 1st prize
• • Three Indian Scientists, Rahul R Nair, Mehul Malik, and Tanmay Bharat To Be
Honored With Prestigious UK Prize In London
• Filmfare Awards 2024
Best Film 12th Fail
Best Director Vidhu Vinod Chopra – 12th Fail
Best Actor Ranbir Kapoor – Animal
Best Actress Alia Bhatt – Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem
Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award David Dhawan
• LK Advani to be awarded Bharat Ratna
• PT Usha honoured with lifetime award by Sports Journalists Federation of India and
Delhi Sports Journalists Association
• IIT Madras to create India’s first 155mm smart ammunition
• Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko sets world record for most cumulative time spent
in space
• Khelo India Winter Games 2024 mascot, snow leopard ‘Sheen-e She’ (Shan) reveals
• Abhinav Bindra selected as torchbearer for the 2024 Paris Olympics
• Veteran table tennis player Sharath Kamal, will be India’s flag-bearer at the upcoming
Paris 2024 Olympics.
• 2 February – World Wetlands Day (Theme 2024 – Wetlands and Human Wellbeing)
• 4 February – World Cancer Day (Theme 2024 – Close the Care Gap: Everyone Deserves
Access To Cancer Care”)
• Namibia’s President Hage Geingob passes away
• Veteran journalist Farooq Nazki dies
• Govt launches SARATHI portal to help insurance companies reach out to farmers
• Tata Trusts inaugurated India’s first small animal hospital in Mumbai
• Varanasi to have country’s first conservation centre for Gangatiri cows
• Papanasam beach at Kerala’s Varkala secures spot among world’s 100 best beaches
• Assam declares ‘Kaji Nemu’ as state fruit
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• India, Türkiye & Qatar Named Guests of Honor at 2024 World Governments Summit
in Dubai
• Paytm E-commerce rebrands to Pai Platforms
• Kazakhstan appoints Olzhas Bektenov as new Prime Minister
• Former PM Alexander Stubb wins Finland Presidential election
• Bharat Ratna For Former PMs Charan Singh, PV Narasimha Rao
• Pyarelal Sharma awarded Lakshminarayana International Award
• Neeraj Chopra honoured by Swiss tourism with plaque at Jungfrau’s Ice Palace
• National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) receives WHO
Nelson Mandela Award for health promotion
• India declared joint winners of SAFF Women’s U-19 Championships with Bangladesh
• Australia lifts the Under-19 Men’s World Cup trophy 2024
• 10 February – World Pulses Day (Theme 2024 – Pulses: Nourishing Soils and People)
• Chile’s former President Sebastian Pinera dies in helicopter crash
• World Marathon Record Holder Kelvin Kiptum Dies in Road Accident
• PM Modi inaugurates grand BAPS Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi
• Supreme Court declares electoral bonds scheme issued by SBI unconstitutional
• MeitY to hold first-ever Future Skills Summit in Guwahati
• Henley Passport Index for 2024: India at 85th; topped by France
• Prabowo Subianto elected as Indonesia President
• Gulzar and Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Awarded Prestigious Jnanpith Award 2023
• Shashi Tharoor conferred France’s highest civilian honour ‘Chevalier de la Legion
d’honneur’
• NASA, Japan to launch world’s 1st wooden satellite soon
• 20 February – World Day of Social Justice (Theme 2024 – Bridging Gaps, Building
Alliances)
• Young ‘Dangal’ Star Suhani Bhatnagar passes away
• India’s First Gati Shakti Research Chair to be established at IIM Shillong
• PM Modi inaugurates India’s longest cable-stayed bridge Sudarshan Setu in Gujarat.
• PM Modi laid foundation stone of Sikkim’s First Railway Station at Rangpo
• PM Modi launches World’s Largest Grain Storage Scheme in Cooperatives
• PM Modi announces 4 astronauts for Gaganyaan – India’s manned space mission (July
2024)
• Reliance foundation unveils animal welfare initiative ‘Vantara’
• New Zealand set to scrap world’s first law banning tobacco sale
• Bhupinder Kumar (IAS) appointed as DCR (Director of citizen registration) of J&K
and Ladakh
• Geeta Batra is 1st Woman Director of World Bank Body
• Maryam Nawaz becomes first Woman CM of Punjab province
• Justice AM Khanwilkar to be new Lokpal of country
• Arkaja Das appointed as Director in Women & Child Development Ministry
• India – Japan Joint Exercise “DHARMA GUARDIAN” begins in Rajasthan
• PM Modi announced India’s own Space Station by 2035
• 28 February – National Science Day (Theme 2024 – Indigenous Technologies for Viksit
Bharat)
• Legendary Ghazal Singer Pankaj Udhas passes away
• India’s oldest MP, Shafiqur Rahman Barq dies at 94
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MARCH 2024
• 4 days long ‘Tawi Festival’ begins in Jammu
• Ministry of Women and Child Development organizes ‘Poshan Utsav’ on 29th Feb
attended by Smiti Irani and Bill Gates.
• Cabinet approves establishment of International Big Cat Alliance
• Cabinet approves PM-Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana
• L&T commissions India’s first indigenously built green hydrogen electrolyser in
Gujarat
• Smriti Irani launched Haj Suvidha mobile App
• Jyotiraditya Scindia inaugurates country’s 1st Green Hydrogen Plant in Stainless Steel
Sector at Haryana
• India’s first indigenous Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor at Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu
• Banglar muslin (Bengal) gets GI tag
• PM Modi inaugurates India’s first underwater metro in Kolkata
• Kerala Launches India’s First Govt-Backed OTT Platform, ‘CSpace’
• World’s largest literary festival-‘Sahityotsav’ to be held from March 11-16
• France become first country to enshrine abortion rights in its constitution
• Shehbaz Sharif elected as PM of Pakistan
• SI Suman Kumari makes history as BSF’s First Female Sniper
• Sunil Bharti Mittal first Indian to get Honorary Knighthood from King Charles III
• Zoya Akhtar and Asma Khan honored with ‘India-UK Achievers’ Award
• Tiger Woods honoured with USGA’s prestigious Bob Jones Award
• Iran launches ‘Pars 1’ satellite into orbit from Russia
• Pro Kabaddi League Season 10, Puneri Paltan Clinches Maiden Title
• 3 February – World Wildlife Day (Theme 2024 – Connecting People and Planet:
Exploring Digital Innovation in Wildlife Conservation.)
• 8 March – International Women’s Day (Theme 2024 – ‘Invest in women: Accelerate
Progress’)
• PM Modi dedicated Sela tunnel to nation between Assam and Arunachal Pradesh
• Poshan Pakhwada 2024 begins 9 March to 23 March 2024 with main themes being,
Poshan bhi Padhai bhi, Tribal, Traditional, Regional, Local Dietary Practices and Health of
Pregnant Women and Infant and Young Child Feeding practices.
• India now stands as the world’s second-largest producer of mobile phones
• Majuli Mask Making and Manuscript Painting of Asssam Receive GI Tags
• North India’s First Government Homeopathic College to be Established in Kathua
• Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar to be renamed ‘Ahilyanagar’
• India ranked 134 out of 193 countries on UN Human Development Index 2022
• Sweden officially becomes 32nd member of NATO
• Total of 22,217 electoral bonds purchased: SBI to SC
• Asif Ali Zardari sworn in as Pakistan’s 14th President
• Nayab Singh Saini elected as new CM of Haryana
• Gyanesh Kumar, Sukhbir Sandhu appointed as new Election Commissioners
• Mohammad Mustafa elected as new PM of Palestine
• Krystyna Pyszkova (Czech Republic) wins the Miss World 2024
• 96th Osacar 2024 winners announced;
• Best Actor in a Leading Role - Cillian Murphy for Oppenheimer
• Best Actor in a supporting role - Robert downey jr. for Oppenheimer
• Best Actress in a leading role - Emma stone for Poor Things
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• Best Picture/Direction/Music/Cinematography (Original Score) - Oppenheimer

• Best Animated Feature Film: The Boy and the Heron
• 24 writers honoured with Sahitya Akademi Award for 2023
• Mohammad Ashraf Ziya – Kashmiri
• Javaid Amber Misbahi – Urdu
• K Vaishali – English
• Gaurav Pandey - Hindi
• James Anderson becomes first pacer to pick 700 Test wickets
• French Open 2024: Satwik-Chirag win French Open doubles title
• Men’s Singles Winner: Carlos Alcaraz
• Women’s Singles Winner: Iga Swaitek
• Rachin Ravindra becomes youngest cricketer to win Sir Richard Hadlee Medal
• Max Verstappen triumphs at Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
• Mumbai Wins Ranji Trophy 2024 after beating Vidarbha
• Kashmir hosts first Formula-4 Car Racing Event along Dal Lake
• Election Commission launches ‘Know Your Candidate’ app
• India’s First Ayurvedic Café Opens in Delhi
• GoodEnough Energy to launch India’s 1st Battery Energy storage Giga Factory in
J&K
• World Happiness Report – India ranks 126th; topped by Finland
• Radhakrishnan assumes office as Telangana Governor
• Vinay Kumar appointed Indian Ambassador to Russia
• Prabowo Subianto elected as new President of Indonesia
• Ratan Tata awarded PV Narasimha Rao Memorial Award
• Renowned poet Prabha Varma selected for Saraswati Samman for the year 2023
• RCB triumphs over Delhi Capitals in WPL 2024 final
• 21 March – World Forestry Day (Theme 2024 – Forests and innovation: new solutions
for a better world.)
• Renowned Rabindra Sangeet Singer Sadi Mohammad Passes Away
• ‘Operation Indravati’ to evacuate stranded Indians in Haiti launched
• India’s first Artificial Intelligence based Film ‘IRAH’ trailer launched, directed by
Sam Bhattacharjee
• Mumbai Overtakes Beijing to Become Asia’s Billionaire Capital: Hurun Report
• Saudi Arabia to participate in Miss Universe event in historic first
• Soumendu Bagchi appointed India’s next ambassador to Iraq
• Luis Montenegro named Portugal’s Prime Minister
• Hansha Mishra appointed as Director in UPSC
• Sadanand Date appointed as chief of National Investigation Agency (NIA)
• Michel Talagrand awarded Abel Prize 2024
• Sharath Kamal to be Indian Flagbearer at Paris Olympics 2024
• Sunrisers Hyderabad record for highest IPL total of all time; 277 runs
• Sri Lanka to host Women’s Asia Cup 2024
• 23 March – World Tuberculosis Day (Theme 2024 – Yes! We can end TB)
• Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman passed away (Economics 2002)
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APRIL 2024
• Adani Green Energy becomes first company in India to surpass 10,000 MW renewable
energy capacity
• Miraj’s (Maharashtra) Sitars and Tanpuras awarded GI Tags
• Romania unveils World’s most Powerful Laser
• World Bank projects India’s economy to grow at 7.5% in 2024
• Sheyphali Sharan takes charge as Principal DG of Press Information Bureau
• DR Congo president names Judith Suminwa Tuluka as first woman PM
• Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi Sworn in as Egyptian President for his third term
• President confers Bharat Ratna to Lal Krishna Advani, Chaudhary Charan Singh, PV
Narasimha Rao, Bihar Karpoori Thakur and S. Swaminathan
• Meena Charanda honored with ‘International Culture Award’
• Hardik Singh and Salima Tete named the Player of the Year for 2023 by Hockey India
• Sharfuddoula becomes Bangladesh’s first ICC Elite Umpire
• Jannik Sinner clinches Men’s Single title of Miami Open Tennis
• Bindyarani Devi bags bronze in Weightlifting World Cup
• Bilquis Mir (Canoeist) became India’s First Female Jury Member at Paris Olympics
• Max Verstappen wins Japanese Grand Prix
• 2 April – World Autism Awareness Day (Theme 2024 – Empowering Autistic Voices)
• NATO celebrates 75 Years of collective defence on April 4
• Veteran Actress Barbara Rush passes away at 97
• Citroën becomes the first multinational carmaker to export EVs from India
• Swiggy launches ‘Swiggy Pawlice’ initiative for finding missing pets
• Iran launches operation ‘True Promise’ against Israel
• World Cybercrime Index: India at 10th; topped by Russia
• J&K Bank partnered with Paymart India to launch virtual ATM Facility
• HDFC becomes first private bank to open branch in Lakshadweep
• Simon Harris elected youngest PM of Ireland
• INS Sharda awarded “On The Spot Unit Citation” for anti-piracy ops
• Chandrayaan 3 team of ISRO receives John L Jack Swigert Jr Award
• ‘Dustlik 2024’ joint military exercise between India and Uzbekistan
• Tata launches India’s first private earth observation satellite
• Russia successfully launches Angara A5 rocket
• Sumit Nagal becomes first ever Indian to win main draw match in Monte Carlo
Masters
• Radhika wins silver medal at Asian Wrestling Championships 2024
• First ever Hindi radio broadcast started in Kuwait
• Reliance Jio emerges as World’s largest mobile operator in data traffic
• Nigeria becomes first country to roll out new meningitis vaccine
• Kuwait’s Emir appoints Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah al-Ahmad al-Sabah as PM
• Vice Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi appointed as next Chief of Naval Staff
• Prof Naima Khatoon become the first women VC of AMU
• Ratan Tata receives prestigious KISS Humanitarian Award 2021
• India delivers 1st batch of BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles to Philippines
• Microsoft announces VASA-1 AI model to turn images into videos
• India finishes Asian Wrestling Championship 2024 with 9 medals
• India’s Gukesh D becomes youngest to win Candidates Chess Tournament
• Max Verstappen won Chinese Grand Prix
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• 18 April – World Heritage Day (Theme 2024 – Discover and Experience Diversity.)
• Iran unveils new ‘kamikaze’ drone
• India Today Group’s AI anchor Sana wins global media award.
• Microsoft launches lightweight artificial intelligence model Phi-3-mini.
• V Senthilkumar wins Batch Open Squash Title
• The Winner’s Mindset authored by Shane Watson
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MAY 2024
Indian Army and Punit Balan Group develop Constitution Park in Pune
• India & Nigeria to finalise Local Currency Settlement System Agreement
• Manipur launches “School on Wheels” Initiative for Students
• India at 159 among 180 countries in World Press Freedom Index
• World’s deepest blue hole discovered in Mexico
• Dinesh Tripathi take charge as 26th Naval Chief
• Gautam Singhania appointed as MD of Raymond
• UNICEF India appoints Kareena Kapoor Khan as National Ambassador
• Alok Shukla wins prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize 2024
• Purnima Devi Barman received ‘Green Oscar’ Whitley Gold Award 2024
• China to launch Chang’e-6 Lunar probe mission
• Oldest evidence of Earth’s magnetic field found in Greenland rocks
• Velavan Senthil Kumar Wins His Eighth Professional Squash Association
Tour Title In Paris
• China wins both Thomas and Uber Cup Badminton titles
• Iga Switek, Andrey Rublev wins the Madrid Open Tennis Singles Title
• 3 April – World Press Freedom Day (Theme 2024 -A Press for the Planet:
Journalism in the Face of the Environmental Crisis)
• Sela Tunnel recognized as India’s highest tunnel by International Book of
Honour
• India overtook Japan to become world’s 3rd largest solar power generator
in 2023
• India signs 10-Year contract to operate Iran’s Chabahar Port
• Vladimir Putin sworn in as Russian President for 5th time
• Lawrence Wong to be Sworn in as Singapore’s fourth PM
• 2024 Pulitzers Winner announced;
• India French Military Exercise Shakti 2024 to be held in Meghalaya
• Japan defeated Pakistan to win the 30th Sultan Azlan Shah Trophy
• Indian Gymnast Srishti Khandagale wins Silver at Asian Championships
• P Shyaamnikhil becomes India’s 85th Chess Grandmaster
• Police started Operation ‘Maryada’ for smooth conduct of Kedarnath Dham
Yatra 2024 in Uttarakhand
• Ronaldo tops Forbes’ list of highest-paid athletes again
• Venezuela becomes first country to lose all Glaciers
• Kapil Sibal elected as the President of Supreme Court Bar Association
• Jenny Erpenbeck’s ‘Kairos’ wins the International Booker Prize 2024
• Srinivas Kulkarni honoured with 2024 Shaw Prize in astronomy
• World’s first 6G device launched in Japan
• Neeraj Chopra wins Gold in Federation Cup with throw of 82.27 metres
• 22 May – International Day for Biodiversity (Theme 2024 – Be Part of the
Plan)
• Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi, minister die in helicopter crash
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Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 25th May to 31st May 2024
• DD Kisan launched AI Anchors, Krish and Bhoomi
• Jyoti Ratre becomes India’s oldest woman to Conquer Mount Everest
• ICC names Shahid Afridi as Men’s T20 WC 2024 Brand Ambassador
• Payal Kapadia won the country’s first ever Grand Prix Award at the 77th
Cannes Film Festival
• France successfully test fired ASMPA Missile
• DRDO Successfully Tests RudraM-II Missile
• Agnikul launches Agnibaan with India’s first 3D-printed rocket engine
• India’s sprinter Simran Sharma wins Gold Medal at World Para Athletics
Championship
• Kolkata Knight Riders wins their third IPL title beating SRH
• Dipa Karmakar clinches India’s first-ever Gold Medal in Gymnastics at
Asian Championships
• 31 May – World No-Tobacco Day (Theme 2024 – Protecting Children from
Tobacco Industry Interference)

JUNE 2024