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 Council Of Ministers Of 18th Lok Sabha (June 2024)

Important Key Points
• Cabinet Minister of India 2024 List gives you the names of the Personalities holding the Office of Cabinet Minister of India and
their Portfolios. Here we have given the complete list of newly appointed Cabinet Ministers, Ministers of State and Minister of State
(Independent Charge) in the year 2024.
• 91st Amendment & Ceiling on Cabinet : under the provisions of the 91st Amendment Act 2003, the size of the entire Council
of Ministers including the Prime Minister would not exceed 15% of the total number of members of the Lok Sabha.
• 18th Lok Sabha was formed after general elections were held in India over seven phases from 19 April to 1 June 2024.
• Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the maximum seats with 240 followed by Indian National Congress (INC) at 99. However,
due to lack of meeting the absolute majority of 272, BJP formed the government as collation of National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
• Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi is the Leader of the House and Rahul Gandhi of INC was nominated as the Leader of
Opposition. Deputy Leader of the House: Nitin Gadkari.
• The average age of the elected members is 56, with four MPs being youngest of age 25 (the minimum age required) and T. R.
Baalu of age 82 being the oldest. The strength of women members is nearly 14%.
NAME OF CABINET
PORTFOLIO MINISTER CONSTITUENCY
1. Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances

and Pensions Department of Atomic Narendra Modi Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)
Energy Department of Space
All important policy issues and all other
portfolios not allocated to any Minister
2. Minister Of Defence Shri Rajnath Singh Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)
Minister Of Home Affairs Ministry of
Shri Amit Shah Gandhinagar (Gujarat)
Cooperation
3. Minister Of Road Transport and Shri Nitin Jairam
Highways Gadkari Nagpur (Maharashtra)
4. Minister Of Finance Smt. Nirmala
Minister of Corporate Affairs Rajya Sabha (Karnataka)
Sitaraman
5. Minister Of Agriculture and Farmer
Welfare Shri Shivraj Singh Vidisha (Madhya
Chouhan Pradesh)
Ministry of Rural Development
6. Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare Ministry of Chemicals and Shri Jagat Prakash
Kota (Rajasthan)
Fertilizers Nadda
Dr. Subrahmanyam
7. Ministry of External Affairs Jaishankar Rajya Sabha (Gujarat)
8. Ministry of Housing and Urban
Affairs Ministry of Power Shri Manohar Lal Karnal (Haryana)
9. Ministry of Heavy Industries Ministry of

Steel Shri H. D.
Mandya (Karnataka)
Kumaraswamy
10. Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Shri Piyush Goyal Rajya Sabha (Maharashtra)
11. Ministry of Education

Shri Dharmendra Rajya Sabha (Madhya
Pradhan Pradesh)
12. Ministry of Micro, Small and

Medium Enterprises Shri Jitan Ram Manjhi Gaya (Bihar)
13. Ministry of Panchayati Raj Shri Rajiv Ranjan

Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry Singh alias Lalan Munger (Bihar)
and Dairying Singh
14. Ministry of Ports, Shipping and
Waterways Shri Sarbananda
Majuli (Assam)
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15. Ministry of Social Justice and

Empowerment Tikamgarh (Madhya
Dr. Virendra Kumar
Pradesh)
16. Ministry of Civil Aviation

Shri Kinjarapu Srikakulam (Andhra
Rammohan Naidu Pradesh)
17. Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and

Public Distribution Shri Pralhad Joshi Dharwad (Karnataka)
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
18. Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Shri Jual Oram Sundargarh (Odisha)
19. Ministry of Textiles

Shri Giriraj Singh Begusarai (Bihar)
20. Ministry of Railways

Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw Rajya Sabha (Odisha)
Ministry of Electronics and Information
Technology
21. Ministry of Communications
Ministry of Development of North Eastern Shri Jyotiraditya M. Rajya Sabha (Madhya
Scindia Pradesh)
Region
22. Ministry of Environment, Forest and
Climate Change Shri Bhupender Yadav Rajayasabha (Rajasthan)
23. Ministry of Culture

Ministry of Tourism Shri Gajendra Singh
Jodhpur (Rajasthan)
Shekhawat
24. Ministry of Women and Child

Development Smt. Annpurna Devi Kodarma (Jharkhand)
25. Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs Arunachal Pradesh

Ministry of Minority Affairs Shri Kiren Rijiju West,
(Arunachal Pradesh)
26. Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Shri Hardeep Singh Rajayasabha (Uttar
Puri Pradesh)
27. Ministry of Labour and

Employment Shri Mansukh L.
Rajayasabha (Gujarat)
Mandaviya
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
28. Ministry of Coal Secunderabad
Ministry of Mines Shri G. Kishan Reddy (Telangana)
29. Ministry of Food Processing

Industries Shri Chirag Paswan Hajipur (Bihar)
30. Ministry of Jal Shakti Shri C R Patil Navsari (Gujarat)
List of Minister of State (Independent Charge) 2024

NAME OF CABINET
PORTFOLIO MINISTER CONSTITUENCY
1. Ministry Of Statistics, Programme

Implementation Ministry of Planning Shri. Rao Inderjit Singh Gurgaon (Haryana)
2. Ministry of Science and

Udhampur (Jammu and
Technology Earth Sciences Dr. Jitendra Singh
Kashmir)
Prime Minister’s Office
Personnel, Public Grievances and
Pensions
3. Ministry of Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal Bikaner (Rajasthan)
Atomic Energy Department of Space

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4. Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Shri Jadhav Prataprao Buldhana

Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) Ganpatrao (Maharashtra)
5. Ministry of Skill Development and Rajya Sabha (Uttar Pradesh)

Entrepreneurship Shri Jayant Chaudhary
List of all Governor / Lt. Governors /Administrators and Chief Ministers

• Article 153 of the Constitution says “There shall be a Governor for each State.”
• According to Article 155 “the Governor of a State shall be appointed by the President by warrant under his hand and seal”.
• Under Article 156, “the Governor shall hold office during the pleasure of the President”, but his term shall be five years.
• Articles 157 and 158 lay down the qualifications and terms of office of the Governor.
Governor / Lt. Governor /

S.No State / UT Chief Minister
Administrator
Andaman and
1 Admiral D K Joshi (Lieutenant Governor)
Nicobar Island (UT)
Sri Nara Chandrababu
2 Andhra Pradesh Shri Justice (Retd.) S. Abdul Nazeer
Naidu
Lt. General Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik
3 Arunachal Pradesh Shri Pema Khandu
(Retired)
Shri Gulab Chand Kataria Shri Himanta Biswa

4 Assam
Sarma
5 Bihar Shri Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar Shri Nitish Kumar
6 Chandigarh (UT) Shri Banwarilal Purohit (Administrator)
7 Chhattisgarh Shri Biswa Bhusan Harichandan Shri Vishnu Deo Sai

Dadra and Nagar
8 Haveli and Daman Shri Praful Patel (Administrator) -
and Diu (UT)
Shri Vinai Kumar Saxena (Lieutenant
9 Delhi (NCT) Shri Arvind Kejriwal
Governor)
10 Goa Shri P.S. Sreedharan Pillai Shri Pramod Sawant
Shri Acharya Dev Vrat Shri Bhupendra Bhai

11 Gujarat
Patel
12 Haryana Shri Bandaru Dattatraya Shri Nayab Singh Saini
Shri Shiv Pratap Shukla Shri Sukhvinder Singh

13 Himachal Pradesh
Sukhu
Jammu and Shri Manoj Sinha (Lieutenant Governor)
14 -
Kashmir (UT)
15 Jharkhand Shri C.P. Radhakrishnan Shri Champai Soren
16 Karnataka Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot Shri Siddaramaiah
17 Kerala Shri Arif Mohammed Khan Shri Pinarayi Vijayan
Brig. (Dr.) Shri B.D. Mishra (Retd.)

18 Ladakh (UT) -
(Lieutenant Governor)
19 Lakshadweep (UT) Shri Praful Patel (Administrator) -
20 Madhya Pradesh Shri Mangubhai Chhaganbhai Patel Shri Mohan Yadav
21 Maharashtra Shri Ramesh Bais Shri Eknath Shinde
22 Manipur Sushri Anusuiya Uikye Shri N. Biren Singh
Shri Phagu Chauhan Shri Conrad Kongkal

23 Meghalaya
Sangma
24 Mizoram Dr. Kambhampati Haribabu Shri PU Lalduhoma

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25 Nagaland Shri La. Ganesan Shri Neiphiu Rio
Shri Raghubar Das Shri Mohan Charan

26 Odisha
Majhi
Shri C.P. Radhakrishnan (Addl. Charge)
27 Puducherry (UT) Shri N. Rangaswamy
(Lieutenant Governor)
Shri Banwarilal Purohit Shri Bhagwant Singh

28 Punjab
Mann
29 Rajasthan Shri Kalraj Mishra Shri Bhajan Lal Sharma
Shri Lakshman Prasad Acharya SHRI PREM SINGH

30 Sikkim
TAMANG (GOLAY)
31 Tamil Nadu Shri R. N. Ravi Shri M. K. Stalin
32 Telangana Shri C.P. Radhakrishnan (Addl. Charge) Shri A Revanth Reddy
33 Tripura Shri Indra Sena Reddy Nallu Dr. Manik Saha
34 Uttar Pradesh Smt. Anandiben Patel Shri Yogi Aditya Nath
Lt. Gen. Gurmit Singh (Retd.) Shri Pushkar Singh

35 Uttarakhand
Dhami
36 West Bengal Dr. C.V. Ananda Bose Km. Mamata Banerjee
 Judges of Supreme Court of India

• On the 28th of January, 1950, two days after India became a Sovereign Democratic Republic, the Supreme Court came into
being.
• The Supreme Court of India comprises the Chief Justice and 33 other Judges appointed by the President of India.
• Supreme Court Judges retire upon attaining the age of 65 years.
• In order to be appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court:
o a person must be a citizen of India and must have been,
o for at least five years, a Judge of a High Court or of two or more such Courts in succession,
o or an Advocate of a High Court or of two or more such Courts in succession for at least 10 years or he must be,
o in the opinion of the President, a distinguished jurist.
• Hon'ble Mr. Justice Harilal Jekisundas Kania was the First Chief Justice of India.
• Term of Office: (DoA) 26-01-1950 to (DoR) 06-11-1951.
• Appointed as The Chief Justice of India on 26-01 -1950
• Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud is the 50th and Current chief justice of India serving since November 2022.
• He was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of India in May 2016.
• Term of Office as CJI : (DoA) 13-05-2016 to (DoR) 10-11-2024.
• Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court from 31 October 2013 until appointment to the Supreme Court.
Other Judges of Supreme Court in June 2024

S.No Name
1 Justice Hrishikesh Roy
2 Justice Justice Sanjiv Khanna
3 Justice Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai
4 Justice Justice Surya Kant
5 Justice Abhay.S. Oka
6 Justice Vikram Nath
7 Justice J.K. Maheshwari
8 Justice Hima Kohli
9 Justice B.V. Nagarathna
10 Justice C.T. Ravikumar
11 Justice M.M. Sundresh
12 Justice Bela M. Trivedi
13 Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha
14 Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia
15 Justice J.B. Pardiwala
16 Justice Dipankar Datta
17 Justice Pankaj Mithal
18 Justice Sanjay Karol
19 Justice Sanjay Kumar
Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah
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21 Justice Manoj Misra

22 Justice Rajesh Bindal
23 Justice Aravind Kumar
24 Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra
25 Justice K.V. Viswanathan
26 Justice Ujjal Bhuyan
27 Justice Sarasa Venkatanarayana Bhatti
28 Justice Satish Chandra Sharma
29 Justice Augustine George Masih
30 Justice Sandeep Mehta
31 Justice Prasanna Bhalachandra Varale
 Female Judges of Supreme Court

On 6 October, 1989, Justice Fatima Beevi created history by becoming the first lady judge in India's Supreme Court.
Ruma Pal was the longest-serving female judge of the Supreme Court of India. Tenure 28 January 2000 to 2 June 2006.
Indu Malhotra on 27 April 2018, became the First female judge who was elevated directly from the Bar Council of India.
B. V. Nagarathna is assumed to be the first female Chief Justice of India in 2027.
Major Schemes Till 2014-2024

2014
• Jan Dhan Yojana 28 Aug 2014
• Make in India 25 Sep 2014
• Swachh Bharat Mission 2 Oct 2014
Namame Gange 2014
2015
HRIDAY scheme 21 Jan 2015
• Beti Bachao Beti Padhao 22 Jan 2015
Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana 8 April 2015
UJALA Yojana 2015
Atal Pension Yojana 9 May 2015
Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana 9 May 2015
Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Beema Yojana 9 May 2015
Smart City Project 25 June 2015
AMRUT scheme 25 June 2015
Digital India Mission 1 July 2015
2016
Start up India 16-Jan-16
Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana 01-May-16
2017
Pradhan Mantri Grameen Digital Saksharta
08-Feb-17
Abhiyan
• UDAN 27-Apr-17
• SAMPADA 03-May-17
• Saubhagya Yojana 25-Sep-17
2018
• Van Dhan Yojana 14-Apr-18
• Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan 01-Apr-18
• PM-AASHA 12-Sep-18
• Ayushman Bharat/PM Jan Aarogya Scheme 23-Sep-18
2019
• PM Shramogi Maandhan Yojana Feb-19
2020
• SVANIDHI 01-Jun-20
2021
• Ujjwala-2.0 Plan 10-Aug-21
• Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission 27-Sep-21
• PM Gatishakti National Plan 13-Oct-21
• PM Mitra Yojana Oct-21
2022
• Agnipath Defence Policy Reform Sep-22
• PM SHRI 05-Sep-22
• PMMSY 10-Sep-22
• PM PRANAM Yojana Sep-22
• Yuva 2.0 (Ministry of Education) 02-Oct-22
• Tele-MANAS 10-Oct-22
• Mission LiFE 20-Oct-22
• Digital Shakti 4.0 16-Nov-22
• Amrit Bharat Station Scheme 27-Dec-22
Namaste Yojana 2022
• PM DeVINE Oct-22
2023

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• PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana 11-Jan-23

• Arogya Maitri Yojana 13-Jan-23
• Amri Dhrohar Yojana 05-Jun-23
• MISHTI Yojana 05-Jun-23
• Vibrant Villages Programme Apr-23
• PM MITRA Yojana Mar-23
• Mahila Samman Bachat Pramanpatra Yojana 01-Apr-23
• New India Literacy Programme 31-Mar-23
• Swadesh Darshan 2.0 Yojana Jan-23
• Aspirational Block Programme Jan-23
• Amrit Bharat Station Scheme (ABSS) Feb-23
• Jal Jan Abhiyan Feb-23
2024
Yogya Shree Scheme Jan 2024
PM Suryodaya Yojana 22 Jan 2024
Rani Durgawati Shri Anna Protsahan
Jan 2024
Yojana
CM Vayoshri Yojana Feb 2024
Asha Kiran Yojana Feb 2024
Van Mitra Yojana Feb 2024
PM Surya Ghar Free Electricity Feb 2024
SWAYAM Scheme Feb 2024
Ghar Ghar Ration Scheme Feb 2024
Widow Remarriage Incentive Scheme Mar 2024
Indiramma Indlu Awas Yojana Mar 2024
Military excericise
1. The inaugural edition of the 16-day bilateral Air "Exercise Veer Guardian 2023" between the Indian Air Force and the Japan Air
Self-Defence Force has concluded in Japan.
2. 21st “Varuna” the bilateral Naval Exercise between India and France commenced on the western seaboard.
3. The First Joint Exercise between the special forces of the Indian and the Egyptian Army, "Exercise Cyclone - I" is scheduled to be
conducted at Jaisalmer, Rajasthan.
4. Indian Navy has carried out a six-day-long largest biennial tri-services amphibious "Exercise AMPHEX 2023" along with the
Indian Army and the Indian Air Force near Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh.
5. The Border Security Force (BSF) has started an “Ops Alert” Exercise with an aim to enhance security along the India-Pakistan
border in the Kutch district of Gujarat and Barmer in Rajasthan.
6. The 6th edition of the Joint Exercise "TARKASH' has concluded in Chennai by the National Security Guard (NSG) and the US
Special Operations Force (SOF).
7. India - Japan Joint training Exercise “Dharma Guardian" will be conducted at Camp Imazu in the Shiga province of Japan.
8. The 4th edition of the biennial training 'Ex DUSTLE 2023' between Indian Army and Uzbekistan Army will be held in
Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand.
9. Indian Air Force is participating in "Exercise Desert Flag VIII" in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from 27 February to 17 March
2023.
10. The First Joint Military Exercise "FRINJEX-23" between Indian Army and French Army has been conducted at Pangode Military
Stations, Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala.
11. The 10th edition of annual India-Sri Lanka bilateral Maritime Exercise "SLINEX 2023" between Sri Lanka Navy and India Navy
commenced in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
12. The First phase of Exercise "Cope India 23" (CI23), a bilateral Air Exercise between the Indian Air Force and the United States Air
Force is being held at Air Force Station Arjan Singh (Panagarh Air Force base) in Panagarh, West Bengal (WB).
13. Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC) conducted a large-scale Joint Military Exercise “Exercise KAVACH” involving the assets
of the Indian Armed forces – Army, Navy, Air Force, and Indian Coast Guard.
14. The 7th edition of joint military Exercise “AJEYA WARRIOR-23” between India and the United Kingdom is being conducted at
Salisbury Plains, United Kingdom.
15. A Joint Training exercise namely "Exercise Trishakti" Prahar (Three-Force Strike)’ was held between the all arms and services of
Indian Army, Indian Air Force (IAF) and Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) in North Bengal.
16. INS Trikand is participating in the International Maritime "Exercise/ Cutlass Express 2023" (IMX/CE- 23) being held in the Gulf
region.
17. The First edition of the Joint Military Exercise "FRINJEX-23" between the Indian and French Army was conducted at Pangode
Military Station in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. The Theme is “Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Operations in a
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18. The 13th edition of a bilateral Armour Training Exercise "Bold Kurukshetra" 2023 was held between India and the Singapore
Army at Jodhpur Military Station, Rajasthan, India.
19. The 2nd edition of the Africa-India Field Training Exercise "AFINDEX-2023" between India and 23 African nations began at the
Foreign Training Node in Aundh, Pune, Maharashtra for training the participating contingents.
20. The Annual bilateral Maritime Exercise "Konkan 2023" between the Indian Navy of India and the Royal Navy of the United
Kingdom is being held at the Konkan coast in the Arabian Sea.
21. The Indian Army and Indian Air Force jointly conducted the multi-domain 96-hour Air-Land Exercise “Vayu Prahar” along the
Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Eastern command.
22. The 12th edition of the joint military exercise "Ex Ekuverin" between the Indian Army and the Maldives National Defence Force
has commenced at Chaubatia, Uttarakhand.
23. Indian Army is participating in the multinational peacekeeping Joint Exercise "Ex Khaan Quest 2023" in Mongolia.
24. The Seventh edition of the bilateral "JIMEX23" Japan-India Maritime Exercise 2023 hosted by the Indian Navy, is being
conducted at Visakhapatnam.
25. The 15th Edition of the Joint Military Exercise between India and Mongolia "Nomadic Elephant 2023" begins at Ulaanbaatar,
Mongolia.
26. The 19th "YUDH ABHYAS" an annual joint exercise between the Indian Army and the US Army, is set to begin in Alaska.
27. Indian Naval Ships, Submarine & Lrmp Aircraft Reach Singapore To Participate In Simbex 23.
28. 21st Edition Of India France Bilateral Naval Exercise ‘VARUNA’ – 2023 Held in the Arabian Sea.
29. INS Sumedha arrived at Port Alexandria, Egypt to participate in ‘Exercise BRIGHT STAR- 23’. This edition of the multinational Tri-
Services military exercise will see participation from 34 countries. It is the largest ever joint military exercise in Middle East & North
Africa region.
30. Indian Air Force Makes Its Debut In Exercise BRIGHT STAR-23 In Egypt.
31. "Operation Sajag", a drill was conducted by the Indian Coast Guard along the west coast. The drill facilitates revalidation of the
coastal security mechanism and bring awareness among the fishermen at sea.
32. Indian Army and Indian Air Force contingent comprising 120 personnel departed for Kazakhstan to take part in the 7th edition
of Joint Military "Exercise KAZIND-2023". The Exercise was conducted at Otar, Kazakhstan.
33. Indian Naval Ships Ranvijay (guided-Missile Destroyer), Kavaratti (ASW Corvette), Submarine Sindhukesari and a long range
Maritime Patrol Aircraft P8I participated in the 30th edition of Singapore India Maritime Bilateral "Exercise SIMBEX" in Singapore.
34. India and Bangladesh commenced the 11th edition of Annual Joint Military "Exercise SAMPRITI" in Umroi, Meghalaya.
35. Coastal Security "Exercise Sagar Kavach" involving all maritime security agencies was conducted by the Indian Navy in Andhra
Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and the UT of Puducherry.
36. The 2023 Edition of the Annual Joint Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Exercise (AJHE) - “CHAKRAVAT 2023”
was conducted by the Indian Navy (IN) at Goa.
37. Indian & Malaysian Army commenced the Joint Bilateral training exercise “Exercise Harimau Shakti 2023”, in Umroi
Cantonment, Meghalaya India.
38. Indian Army and Indian Air Force contingent comprising 120 personnel departed for Kazakhstan today to take part in the 7th
edition of Joint Military ‘Exercise KAZIND-2023’. The Exercise will be conducted at Otar, Kazakhstan.
39. The 4th Edition of Bilateral Exercise between Indian Navy and Bangladesh Navy, BONGOSAGAR-23, and the 5th edition of
Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) by the two navies was conducted in the Northern Bay of Bengal from 07 - 09 Nov 2023.
40. The 9th edition of Joint Military Exercise “Exercise MITRA SHAKTI-2023” commenced today in Aundh (Pune) between The
Indian and Sri Lankan Armies.
41. Eastern Air Command (EAC) of Indian Air Force will conduct its annual Command level Exercise - Ex Poorvi Akash from 30
October to 5 November.
42. The 14th edition of the India - United States of America (USA) Joint Special Forces Exercise, Vajra Prahar 2023, commenced at
the Joint Training Node in Umroi Cantonment, located in Ri Bhoi district of the north eastern state of Meghalaya.
43. Surya Kiran XVII the 17th Edition of the IndoNepal joint training Exercise began at Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The exercise
between Indian Army and Nepal Army will be conducted from 24th November to 7th December 2023.
44. The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) conducted the 9th National Level Pollution Response Exercise (NATPOLREX-IX) on 24-25
November 2023, off Vadinar coast, Gujarat.
45. The Indian Armed Forces contingent comprising of 81 personnel departed for Australia today to take part in the second edition
of Joint Military Exercise AUSTRAHIND-23. The Exercise will be conducted at Perth, Australia from 22nd November to 06th
December 2023.

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46. A contingent of 45 personnel from the Indian Armed Forces has arrived in Hanoi, Vietnam, to participate in the fourth edition
of the Joint Military Exercise VINBAX-2023 between India & Vietnam. The exercise is scheduled to take place from the 11th to the
21st of December 2023.
47. Konkan Shakti 2023 India and UK near Arabian Sea “TRISEVA”.
48. “Tarkash Exercise 2024” between India and USA 7th edition in Kolkata.
APPOINTMENTS
NATIONAL APPOINTMENTS
• Deputy National Security Adviser - Pankaj Kumar Singh
• Solicitor General of India - Tushar Mehta
• Chairman of UPSC - Manoj Soni
• Chairman of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs - Sanjay Kumar Agarwal
• 28th Controller General of Accounts - Sanjiva Shankar Dubey
• Central Vigilance Commissioner - Praveen Kumar Srivastava
• Chief Information Commissioner - Heeralal Samariya
• Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) - Vikram Dev Dutt
• Director General of the Geological Survey of India - Janardan Prasad
• Surveyor General of India - Hitesh Kumar S Makwana
• CBI Director - DGP Praveen Sood
• CBI Special Director - Ajay Bhatnagar
• CBI Joint Director - Senior IPS officer Pravin Madhukar Pawar
• Chief of RAW - Ravi Sinha
• Director of ED - Rahul Navin
• Director General of the Railway Protection Force - Manoj Yadava
• 28th Director General of the Border Roads Organisation - Raghu Srinivasan
• Principal Director General of PIB - Manish Desai
• Director General of PIB - Rajesh Malhotra
• Chairman of Press Trust of India Board - N. Shanth Kumar
• CEO of NITI Aayog - BVR Subrahmanyam
• Principal DG Of Akashvani - Dr. Vasudha Gupta
• Secretary in the Department of Telecommunications - Neeraj Mittal
• Chairman of National Technical Research Organisation - Arun Sinha
• Director General of the National Testing Agency - Subodh Kumar Singh
• Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission - BARC Director Dr. Ajit Kumar Mohanty
• Chairman of Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) - Dinesh Kumar Shukla
• Chairman of the National Green Tribunal - Justice Prakash Shrivastava
• Chairman of the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) - Deepak Mohanty
• CEO of the Unique Identification Authority of India - Amit Agrawal
• Drugs Controller General of India - Dr. Rajeev Singh Raghuvanshi
• Chief Secretary of Jammu & Kashmir - Atal Dulloo
• Chief Secretary of Jharkhand - Lalbiaktluanga Khiangte
• Chief Secretary of Karnataka - Rajneesh Goel
• Chief Secretary of Madhya Pradesh - Veera Rana
• DGP of Jammu and Kashmir - R.R. Swain
• 1st Woman Chairperson to Head the Railway Board - Jaya Verma Sinha
• 1st Woman Chief Secretary of Telangana - IAS officer A Santhi Kumari
• First woman to chair the Rajya Sabha from Nagaland - Phangnon Konyak
• 1st Female IPS officer of Arunachal Pradesh - Tenzing Yangki
• Deputy Governor of RBI - Michael Debabrata Patra
• Deputy Governor of RBI - Swaminathan Janakiraman
• MD of SBI - Vinay M Tonse
• President of FICCI - Dr. Anish Shah
• 40th President of FICCI Ladies Organisation - Sudha Shivkumar
• Secretary General Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry - Shailesh Pathak
• President of the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) - Ajay Singh
• Chairperson of NASSCOM - Anant Maheshwari
• NASSCOM Vice-Chairperson - India’s Sindhu Gangadharan
• Chairperson of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) - Ravneet Kaur
• President of CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) for 2023-24 - R Dinesh
• President-Designate of CII for 2023-24 - Sanjiv Puri
• New Lokpal of India - Justice Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar

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• 16th Finance Commission Chairman - Arvind Panagariya

• Central Vigilance Commissioner - AS Rajeev
• 28th Director General of the Border Roads Organisation - Raghu Srinivasan
• Director of the Special Protection Group - Alok Sharma
• Director General of the National Security Guard - Daljit Singh Chaudhary
• Director General of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) - Sadanand Vasant Date
• Secretary of Railway Board - Aruna Nayar
• Surveyor General of India - Hitesh Kumar S Makwana
• Chief Information Commissioner - Heeralal Samariya
• Joint Director in CBI - Senior IPS officer Pravin Madhukar Pawar
• Indian Army's 1st Woman Subedar - Preeti Rajak
• Maharashtra’s First woman DGP - Rashmi Shukla
• DGP of Jammu and Kashmir - R.R. Swain
CHAIRMAN/DIRECTOR/CEO
• Chairman & MD of the Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) - G Krishnakumar
• MD & Chairman of BHEL - Koppu Sadashiv Murthy
• Chairman of SAIL - Amarendu Prakash
• Chairman & MD of Coal India - Polavarapu Mallikharjuna Prasad
• CEO & MD of Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) - Rohit Jawa
• CEO of FSSAI - G Kamala Vardhana Rao
• Chairman and MD of IRCTC - Sanjay Kumar Jain
• Chairman and MD of National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) - Amitava Mukherjee
• MD & CEO of Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd - Sundararaman Ramamurthy
• Chairman of BSE Limited - Pramod Agrawal
• Interim CEO of BharatPe - Nalin Negi
• CEO of Paytm Payments Bank Limited - Surinder Chawla
• President and COO of Paytm - Bhavesh Gupta
• CEO of the Tata Trusts - Siddharth Sharma
• CEO of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) - K. Krithivasan
• CFO of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) - Srikanth Venkatachari
• First woman to become CMD of India’s largest NBFC Power Finance Corporation - Parminder Chopra
• Chairman of Amul - Shamalbhai B Patel
• Independent Directors of NDTV - UK Sinha and Dipali Goenka
• CEO of BOAT - Sameer Mehta
• Chairman of BOAT - Vivek Gambhir
• CEO of Vodafone - Margherita Della Valle
• CEO of PayU India - Anirban Mukherjee
• Chairman of Mastercard India - Former SBI Chief Rajnish Kumar
• CEO of Starbucks - Laxman Narasimhan
• CEO of YouTube - Neil Mohan
• CEO of Twitter - Linda Yaccarino
• CEO of PayPal - Alex Chriss
• CEO of PepsiCo India - Jagrut Kotecha
• CEO of Adani Ports - Ashwani Gupta
• CEO of Indian Olympic Association - Raghuram Iyer
• MD & CEO of National Asset Reconstruction Company - P Santhosh
• MD of Nivea India - Geetika Mehta
• Chairman of Press Trust of India Board - N. Shanth Kumar
• Chairman of Prasar Bharati - Navneet Kumar Sehgal
• Chairman of the TRAI - Anil Kumar Lahoti
• Chairman of Armed Forces Tribunal - Justice Rajendra Menon
• CMD of Power Grid Corporation - Ravindra Kumar Tyagi
• CMD of IRCTC - Sanjay Kumar Jain
• CMD of BHEL - Koppu Sadashiv Murthy
DEFENCE APPOINTMENTS
• Vice Chief of Army Staff - Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi
• Vice Chief of Naval Staff - Dinesh Tripathi
• Deputy Chief of Naval Staff - Vice Admiral Tarun Sobti
• Deputy Chief of the Air Staff - Ashutosh Dixit

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• Director General Naval Operations (DGNO) - Atul Anand

• Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal - Rashmi Shukla
• Engineer-in-Chief of Indian Army - Arvind Walia
• Director general of the Border Security Force - Nitin Agarwal
• 25th Director General of the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) - Rakesh Pal
• Director of the Special Protection Group - Alok Sharma
• Chairman of Armed Forces Tribunal - Justice Rajendra Menon
INTERNATIONAL APPOINTMENTS
• First Female Sikh judge in the US - Manpreet Monica Singh
• India’s next Ambassador/Permanent Representative to the United Nations - Arindam Bagchi
• New Chief Economist of Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development - Clare Lombardelli
• President of the World Meteorological Organization - Dr Abdulla Al Mandous
• President of World Bank - Ajay Banga
• President of the International Court of Justice - Lebanese Judge Nawaf Salam
• Executive Director of Asian Development Bank - Vikas Sheel
• US Representative On WHO Board - Vivek Murthy
• CEO of PayU India - Anirban Mukherjee
• India’s next Ambassador/Permanent Representative to the United Nations - Arindam Bagchi
• India’s next Ambassador to Niger - Sita Ram Meena
• India’s Next Envoy to Myanmar - Abhay Thakur
• India’s next Envoy to Iraq - Soumendu Bagchi
• India’s next Ambassador to Russia - Vinay Kumar
PRESIDENT
• President of the Czech Republic - Petr Pavel
• 22nd President of Bangladesh - Mohammad Shahabuddin
• President of Nepal - Ram Chandra Paudel
• 39th President of Brazil - Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
• Vice President of UAE - Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan
• President of Nigeria - Bola Tinbhu
• President of Turkey - Recep Tayyip Erdogan
• President of Maldives - Mohamed Muizzu
• President of Argentina - Javier Milei
• President of Madagascar - Andry Rajoelina
• President of Egypt - Abdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil El-Sisi
• President of Indonesia - Prabowo Subianto
• President of Finland - Former PM Alexander Stubb
• Malaysia's 17th king - Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar
• President Of Taiwan - William Lai
• President of Pakistan - Asif Ali Zardari
• President of Indonesia - Prabowo Subianto
PRIME MINISTERS
• PM of New Zealand - Christopher Luxon
• PM of Kuwait - Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf al-Sabah
• PM of Slovakia - Robert Fico
• PM of Spain - Pedro Sánchez
• Prime Minister of Poland - Donald Tusk
• Prime Minister of Palestinian - Mohammad Mustafa
• Prime Minister of Pakistan - Shehbaz Sharif

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• Prime Minister of Slovakia - Robert Fico
• Prime Minister of Spain - Pedro Sánchez
• Prime Minister of New Zealand - Christopher Luxon
• France’s Youngest Prime Minister - Gabriel Attal
• Prime Minister of Yemen - Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak
• Prime Minister of Kazakhstan - Olzhas Bektenov
BRAND AMBASSADORS
• Brand Ambassador of Bengal - Sourav Ganguly
• Brand Ambassador of Gucci - Alia Bhatt
• Brand Ambassador of JioCinema - India captain Rohit Sharma
• Brand Ambassador of Lay’s - Mahendra Singh Dhoni
• Brand Ambassador of Mobil - Hrithik Roshan
• Brand Ambassador of PepsiCo India - Ranveer Singh
• Brand Ambassador of Puma India - Harmanpreet Kaur
• Brand Ambassador of SBI - Mahendra Singh Dhoni
• Brand Ambassador of Star Sports - Rishabh Pant
• Brand ambassador of Swaraj Tractors - MS Dhoni
• Brand Ambassador of Tripura Tourism - Sourav Ganguly
• Brand Ambassador of UNICEF India - Ayushmann Khurrana
• Brand Ambassador of Viacom18 - MS Dhoni
• Brand Ambassador of Women’s Fashion Brand W roped - Anushka Sharma
• Brand Ambassador of World's First "Hand Ambassador" by Savlon Swasth India - Sachin Tendulkar
• Brand Ambassador Sony Sports Network - Kartik Aaryan
• Brand Ambassdor of PUMA - Mohammed Shami
• First ever Global Brand Ambassador Bisleri International Pvt Ltd - Deepika Padukone
• Global Brand Ambassador of RADO - Katrina kaif
• India's Ambassador of 'She Changes Climate' - Shreya Ghodawat
• Uniqlo India’s Brand Ambassador - Katrina Kaif
• UPI Safety Ambassador - Pankaj Tripathi
IMPORTANT DAYS & THEMES
2024
3 Mar - UN World Wildlife Day
Theme 2024 - “Connecting People and Planet: Exploring Digital Innovation in Wildlife Conservation”
8 Mar - International Women's Day
Theme 2024 - 'Invest in women: Accelerate Progress', which emphasizes the importance of creating a world where women feels
respected, valued, and empowered.
14 March - World Kidney Day
Theme 2024 - Kidney Health for All – Advancing Equitable Access to Care and Optimal Medication Practice
15 Mar - World Consumer Rights Day
Theme 2024 - “Fair and Responsible AI for Consumers”
20 Mar - International Day of Happiness
Theme 2024 : “Reconnecting for Happiness: Building Resilient Communities.”
21 Mar - International Day of Forests
Theme 2024 - Forests and innovation: new solutions for a better world
22 Mar - World Water Day

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Theme 2024 - Water for Peace
23 Mar - World Meteorological Day Theme 2024 - At the Frontline of Climate Action
24 Mar - World Tuberculosis Day
Theme 2024 - Yes! We can end TB
25 Mar - International Day of the Unborn Child
2 Feb - World Wetlands Day
Theme 2024 - "Wetlands and Human Wellbeing"
4 Feb - World Cancer Day
Theme 2024 - "Close the Care Gap: Everyone Deserves Access To Cancer Care”
10 Feb - World Pulses Day
Theme 2024 - "Pulses: Nourishing Soils and People"
28 Feb - National Science Day
Theme 2024 - "Indigenous Technologies for Viksit Bharat"
10 Jan - World Hindi Day
Theme 2024 - Hindi–Bridging Traditional Knowledge and Artificial Intelligence
14 Jan - Indian Armed Forces Veterans Day
15 Jan - Indian Army Day
Theme 2024 - "Celebrating 8 Years of Innovation."
19 Jan - National Disaster Response
21 Jan - National War Memorial
23 Jan - Parakram Diwas
24 Jan - National Girl Child Day
25 Jan - National Voters Day
Theme 2024 - Nothing Like Voting, I Vote For sure
26 Jan - Republic Day
Themes - “Viksit Bharat” and “Bharat – Loktantra ki Matruka”
28 Jan - World Leprosy Day
Theme 2024 – Beat Leprosy
30 Jan - Martyr’s Day India
2023
1 Dec - BSF Raising Day
2 Dec - National Pollution Prevention Day
2 Dec - World Computer Literacy Day
Theme - “Promoting literacy for a world in transition: Building the foundation for sustainable and peaceful societies”
2 Dec - National Pollution Control Day
Theme - “Sustainable Development for a Clean and Healthy Planet“
4 Dec - Indian Navy Day
10 Dec - Human Rights Day
Theme - Freedom, Equality and Justice for All
11 Dec - UNICEF Day
24 Dec - National Consumer Rights Day
25 Dec - Good Governance Day
5 Nov - World Tsunami Awareness Day

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Theme :- “Fighting Inequality for a Resilient Future”.
12 Nov - World Pneumonia Day
Theme :- “Every Breath Counts: Stop Pneumonia in Its Track”.
14 Nov - World Diabetes Day
Theme :- "Access to Diabetes Care"
17 Nov - National Epilepsy Day
19 Nov - Women’s Entrepreneurship Day
19 Nov - World Toilet Day
Theme :- “Accelerating Change”
20 Nov - World Children’s Day
Theme :- "For every child, every right"
26 Nov - Constitution Day of India
26 Nov - National Milk Day
5 Oct – World Teachers Day
Theme 2023 - The teachers we need for the education we want: The global imperative to reverse the teacher shortage
11 Oct - International Girl's Day
Theme 2023 - Invest in Girls’ Rights: Our Leadership, Our Well-being
15 Oct - World Students Day
16 Oct - World Food Day
Theme 2023 - Water is Life, Water is Food. Leave No One Behind
17 Oct - International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
Theme 2023 - Decent Work and Social Protection: Putting Dignity in Practice for All
24 Oct - United Nations Day
Theme 2023 - The Frontlines of Climate Action
24 Oct - World Polio Day
Theme 2023 - A healthier future for mothers and children
31 Oct - Rashtriya Ekta Diwas
5 Sept - International Day of Charity
8 Sept - International Literacy Day
Theme - "Promoting literacy for a world in transition: Building the foundation for sustainable and peaceful societies".
14 Sept - Hindi Diwas
15 Sept - National Engineer’s Day
Theme - "Engineering for a Sustainable Future"
15 Sept - International Day of Democracy
Theme - "Empowering the next generation"
16 Sept - World Ozone Day
Theme - “Montreal Protocol: Fixing the Ozone Layer and Reducing Climate Change”
18 Sept - World Bamboo Day
21 Sept - International Day of Peace
Theme - "Actions for Peace: Our Ambition for the GlobalGoals”
21 Sept - World Alzheimer’s Day
Theme - "Never Too Early, Never Too Late"
26 Sept - World Environmental Health Day

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Theme - "Global Environmental Public Health: Standing up to protect everyone’s Health each and every day”
27 Sept - World Tourism Day
Theme - "Tourism and green investment”
28 Sept - World Rabies Day
Theme - “All for 1, One Health for All”
29 Sept - World Heart Day
Theme - “Use Heart, Know Heart”
12 August - International Youth Day
Theme - Green Skills for Youth: Towards a Sustainable World
12 August - World Elephant Day
Theme - Ending the Illegal Wildlife Trade
15 August - India's 77th Independence Day
Theme - Nation First, Always First
29 August - National Sports Day
Theme - Sports are an enabler to an inclusive and fit society
1 July - National Doctors’ Day
Theme - Celebrating Resilience and Healing Hands
11 July - World Population Day
Theme - Unleashing the power of gender Equality: Uplifting the voices of women and girls to unlock our world's infinite possibilities
18 July - Nelson Mandela International Day
Theme - The Legacy Lives on Through You: Climate, Food, and Solidarity
20 July - National Moon Day
Theme - Lunar Exploration, Coordination and Sustainability
3 June - International World Bicycle Day
Theme - "Riding Together for a Sustainable Future"
5 June - World Environment Day
Theme - 2023 Beat Plastic Pollution
14 June - World Blood Donor Day
Theme - Give blood, give plasma, share life, share often
17 June - World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
Theme - Her Land. Her Rights
21 June - International Yoga Day
Theme - Yoga for Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam
29 June - Statistics Day of India
Theme - Alignment of State Indicator Framework with National Indicator Framework for Monitoring Sustainable Development Goals
2 May - World Asthma Day
Theme - "Asthma care for All"
8 May - World Red Cross Day
Theme - “Everything we do comes from the heart"
11 May - National Technology Day in India
Theme - "School to Startups- Igniting Young Minds to Innovate”
12 May - International Nurses Day
Theme - "Our Nurses. Our Future”

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17 May - World Hypertension Day
Theme - "Measure Your Blood Pressure Accurately, Control It, Live Longer”
20 May - World Metrology Day
Theme - "Measurements supporting the global food system”
22 May - International Day for Biological Diversity
Theme - “From Agreement to Action: Build Back Biodiversity”
28 May - World Menstrual Hygiene Day
Theme - "Making menstruation a normal fact of life by 2030”
28 May - World Hunger Day
Theme - “Celebrating sustainable solutions to hunger and poverty”
5 April - National Maritime Day
Theme - “Amrit Kaal in Shipping” (Golden Era in Shipping)
7 April - World Health Day
Theme - "Health for All”
21 April - 16th National Civil Services Day
Theme - “Viksit Bharat: Empowering Citizens and Reaching the Last Mile”
22 April - International Mother Earth Day
Theme - "Invest in our Planet“
23 April - World Book and Copyright Day
Theme - “Indigenous Languages”
25 April - World Malaria Day
Theme - "Time to deliver zero malaria: invest, innovate, implement”
AWARDS
Wings India 2024

Theme :- “Connecting India to the World in Amrit Kaal: Setting the Stage for India Civil Aviation @2047”
• Best Airports of the Year - Bangalore and Delhi Airports
• Best Airline of the Year - Vistara-Tata SIA Airlines Ltd
66th Annual Grammy Awards

• Album Of The Year - “Midnights,” Taylor Swift
• Best Global Music Album - “This Moment,” Shankar Mahadevan and Zakir Hussain’s fusion band ‘Shakti’
• Record Of The Year - “Flowers,” Miley Cyrus
• Song Of The Year - “What Was I Made For?” from “Barbie,” Billie Eilish
BAFTA Film Awards 2024

• Best Director - Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer)
• Best Film - Oppenheimer
• Leading Actor - Cillian Murphy
• Leading Actress - Emma Stone
Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards 2024

• Best Actor - Shah Rukh Khan (Jawan)
• Best Actress - Rani Mukerji (Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway)

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• Best Director - Sandeep Reddy Vanga (Animal)

• Best Film - Jawan
• Best International Feature Film - Oppenheimer
• Best Lyricist - Javed Akhtar (“Nikle The Kabhi Hum Ghar Se”)
• Best Web Series - Farzi
• Television Series of the Year - Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin
GOLDEN GLOBES 2024

• Best Actor (Motion Picture Drama) - Cillian Murphy, "Oppenheimer"
• Best Actor (Motion Picture Musical or Comedy) - Paul Giamatti, "The Holdovers"
• Best Actress (Motion Picture Drama) - Lily Gladstone, "Killers of the Flower Moon"
• Best Actress (Motion Picture Musical or Comedy) - Emma Stone, "Poor Things"
• Best Director (Motion Picture) - Christopher Nolan, "Oppenheimer"
• Best Motion Picture (Animated) - "The Boy and the Heron"
• Best Motion Picture (Drama) - Oppenheimer
• Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy) - Poor Things
• Best Original Score (Motion Picture) - Ludwig Goransson, "Oppenheimer"
• Best Original Song (Motion Picture) - "What Was I Made For?" from "Barbie"
75th Emmys Awards 2024

• Comedy Series - The Bear
• Drama Series - Succession
• Lead Actor in a Drama Series - Kieran Culkin, Succession
• Lead Actress in a Drama Series - Sarah Snook, Succession
Filmfare Awards 2024

• Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female) - Alia Bhatt (Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani)
• Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male) - Ranbir Kapoor (Animal)
• Best Director - Vidhu Vinod Chopra (12th Fail)
• Best Film - 12th Fail
• Best Lyrics - Amitabh Bhattacharya (“Tere Vaaste” – Zara Hatke Zara Bachke)
• Lifetime Achievement Award - David Dhawan
OSCAR 2024
• Best Actor - Cillian Murphy, “Oppenheimer”
• Best Actress - Emma Stone, “Poor Things”
• Best Director - Christopher Nolan, “Oppenheimer”
• Best Picture - Oppenheimer
• Best Song - What Was I Made For ? from “Barbie”
54th International Film Festival of India 2023

• Best Web Series - Panchayat Season 2
• Chairman of the Jury - Shekhar Kapur
• Golden Peacock Best Film - Endless Borders
• Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award - Michael Douglas
• Special Jury Award - Rishab Shetty For ‘Kantara’
• Special Recognition for Contribution to Bharatiya Cinema - Madhuri Dixit
Sahitya Akademi Awards 2023
Poetry
Vijay Verma (Dogri), Vinod Joshi (Gujarati), Manshoor Banihali (Kashmiri), Sorokkhaibam Gambhini (Manipuri), Ashutosh Parida
(Odia), Swarnjit Savi (Punjabi), Gaje Singh Rajpurohit (Rajasthani), Arun Ranjan Mishra (Sanskrit) and Vinod Asudani (Sindhi)
Novel
Swapnamay Chakrabarti (Bengali), Neelum Saran Gour (English), Sanjeev (Hindi), Krushnat Khot (Marathi), Rajasekaran
(Devibharathi) (Tamil) and Sadiqua Nawab Saher (Urdu)

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Short Stories
Pranavjyoti Deka (Assamese), Nandeswar Daimari (Bodo), Prakash S. Parienkar (Konkani), Taraceen Baskey (Turia Chand Baskey)
(Santali) and T. Patanjali Sastry (Telugu)
Essays
Lakshmisha Tolpadi (Kannada), Basukinath Jha (Maithili) and Judhabir Rana (Nepali)
Literary Study
E.V. Ramakrishnan (Malayalam)
NOBEL PRIZE 2023

• Physiology or Medicine :- Katalin Kariko(Hungary) and Drew Weissman (USA)
• Physics :- Pierre Agostini (France), Ferenc Krausz (Hungary) & Anne L’Huillier (France)
• Chemistry :- Moungi G. Bawendi (France), Louis E. Brus (USA) & Alexei I. Ekimov (Russia)
• Literature :- Jon Fosse(Norway)
• Peace :- Narges Mohammadi(Iran)
• The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences :- Claudia Goldin (USA)
PADMA VIBHUSHAN
• ART - Ms. Padma Subrahmanyam (Tamil Nadu)
• ART - Ms. Vyjayantimala Bali (Tamil Nadu)
• ART - Shri Konidela Chiranjeevi (Andhra Pradesh)
• Public Affairs - Shri M Venkaiah Naidu (Andhra Pradesh)
• Social Work - Shri Bindeshwar Pathak (Posthumous) Andhra Pradesh (Bihar)
BHARAT RATNA 2024

• Chaudhary Charan Singh
• Karpoori Thakur Ji
• PV Narasimha Rao
• Scientist MS Swaminathan
• Shri Lal Krishna Advani
Best Marching Contingents & Tableaux Awards for Republic Day Parade 2024
• Best Marching Contingent among the three services - Sikh Regiment Contingent
• Best Marching Contingent among CAPF/other Auxiliary forces - Delhi Police Women Marching Contingent
• Best three Tableaux (States/UTs)
1. First - Odisha (Woman Empowerment in Viksit Bharat)
2. Second - Gujrat (Dhordo : A Global Icon Of Gujarat’s Border Tourism)
3. Third - Tamil Nadu (Kudavolai System in ancient Tamil Nadu – Mother of Democracy)
• Best Tableau (Ministries/Departments) - Ministry of Culture "Bharat : Mother of Democracy"
• Special Prize - Central Public Works Department (Central Vista -Viksit Bharat Ka Pratibimb)
• Special memento - "Vande Bharatam" (Dance Group)
Other important awards

• 33rd Saraswati Samman 2023 - Prabha Varma for his verse novel "Roudra Sathwikam"
• 29th Devi Shankar Awasthi Award 2023 - Nishant For his criticism book 'Kavita Pathak Aalochna'.
• Maharashtra Bhushan Award 2024 - Dr. Pradeep Mahajan
• Raksha Mantri Trophy for Armed Forces Medical Services’ Best & Second Best Command
• Hospitals for Year 2022 - The Command Hospital (Southern Command), Pune and the Command Hospital (Central Command),
Lucknow
• Chameli Devi Jain Award 2024 - Greeshma Kuthar, and Ritika Chopra of the Indian Express
• PV Narasimha Rao Memorial Award - Ratan Tata
• Abel Prize for 2024 - Michel Talagrand
• 71st Miss World 2024 - Krystyna Pyszkova from the Czech Republic
• 58th Jnanpith Award 2023 - Jagadguru Swami Rambhadracharya for Sanskrit & Shri Gulzar for Urdu.
• France's highest Civilian honour "Chevalier de la Legion d'honneur" - Shashi Tharoor

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• First Indian to be conferred with an Honorary Knighthood by King Charles III of UK - Mr. Sunil Bharti Mittal, Founder & Chairman
of Bharti Enterprises
• Best Green Bond - Corporate Award at The Asset Triple A Awards for Sustainable Finance 2024 - REC Ltd
• Outstanding Business Woman of the Year 2023 - Bina Modi
• Maha Gaurav 2024 Award by Maharashtra Govt - Nikhil Wagh
• Lifetime Award by SJFI & DSJA - PT Usha
• WHO Nelson Mandela Award for health promotion – NIMHANS
• Innovative Technology Development Award - REC Ltd
• Underwater Photographer of the Year 2024 - Swedish photographer Alex Dawson
• Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award - Polar bear asleep on an iceberg
• GD Birla Award for Scientific Research - Prof. Aditi Sen De
• Lata Mangeshkar Award 2023 - Suresh Wadkar
• M S Swaminathan Award - Prof B R Kamboj
• Assam Baibhav Award - Former CJI Ranjan Gogoi
• UP Gaurav Samman - Dr. Ritu and Naveen
• Col. C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Awards - Farokh Engineer and Ravi Shastri
• ICAI Award for Excellence in Financial Reporting FY 2022-23 - REC Limited
• Best Environment Officer Award - Deepa Bhandare
• Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award - Savita Kanswal (Posthumously)
• Freedom of the City of London Award - Indian lawyer Ajit Mishra
• CII National Award for Excellence in Water Management - Hero MotoCorp
• Skytrax Awards "World’s Best Airport For 2023" - Singapore’s Changi Airport
• 33rd Vyas Samman 2023 - Pushpa Bharati’s for 2016 memoir "Yaadein, Yaadein aur Yaadein"
• PETA India’s 2023 Person of the Year for Championing Animal Protection - Dia Mirza
• Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2023 - Shri Chirag Chandrashekhar Shetty & Shri Rankireddy Satwik Sai Raj
• Sahitya Akademi’s Premchand Fellowship - Bhutanese author Tshering Tashi
• Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize - Sukrita Paul Kumar For “Salt & Pepper: Selected Poems”
• Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament, and Development for 2023 - Daniel Barenboim & Ali Abu Awwad
• WISE Prize for Education 2023 - Safeena Husain
• French Civilian Award Legion d'Honneur - V R Lalithambika
• Order of Merit of the Italian Republic - Kabir Bedi
• Bhutan’s National Order of Merit (NOM) - Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh
• International Gender Equality Prize 2023 - Afghanistan NGO "Afghan Women Skills Development Center"
• Time magazine's Athlete of the Year 2023 - Lionel Messi
• Time magazine's CEO of the Year 2023 - Sam Altman
• Booker Prize 2023 - Irish author Paul Lynch for "Prophet Song"
• 2023 JCB Prize for Literature - Tamil writer Perumal Murugan for "Fire Bird"
• British Academy Book Prize 2023 - Nandini Das for "Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire"
• Dhahan Prize for Punjabi Literature - Punjabi-author Deepti Babuta for her Short stories collection titled “Bhukh Eon Sah Laindi
Hai (‘Hunger Breathes Like This’)
• Kerala Jyothi Award 2023 - Eminent writer T. Padmanabhan
• Gansamragini Lata Mangeshkar Award’ also known as Lata Mangeshkar Award 2023 – Suresh Ishwar Wadkar
• 72nd Miss Universe 2023 - Nicaragua’s Sheynnis Palcios
• Ballon d’Or award or Golden Ball Award 2023 - Lionel Messi
• Merriam-Webster’s word of the year 2023 - "Authentic"
• Collins Dictionary word of the year 2023 - "AI"
• Cambridge Dictionary word of the year 2023 - "Hallucinate"
• Saraswati Samman 2022 - Tamil writer Sivasankari for her memoirs “Surya Vamsam”
• Tata Literature Live! Lifetime Achievement Award - Tamil writer C.S. Lakshmi
• Mother Teresa Memorial Award - Narges Mohammadi
• 2023 Sastra Ramanujan Prize - Mathematician Ruixiang Zhang
• Global Teacher Prize 2023 - West Bengal’s Teacher Deep Narayan Nayak
• Golden Peacock Award - REC Limited
• Best Green Military Station Award - Udhampur Military Station
• Union Ministry of Tourism Awarded Best Tourism Village of India 2023 - Nawanpind Sardaran village, Gurdaspur, Punjab
• UNWTO’s Best Tourism Village 2023 - Gujarat’s Dhordo
• 2023 USISPF Global Leadership Award - Nita Ambani
• National Medal of Technology and Innovation Award by US President - Indo-American Scientists Ashok Gadgil & Subra Suresh
• Global Leadership Award by the Harvard Law School - CJI DY Chandrachud
• EU’s Sakharov Prize 2023 - Jina Mahsa Amini

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS
• "800"- biopic of Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan released.

• Bangladesh will receive electricity from Godda power plant in Jharkhand.
• Bhutan Becomes 1st Country to Fully Sterilise its Entire Street Dogs Population.
• BRICS alliance has announced the inclusion of six new member countries. These countries are Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Argentina,
the United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia.
• Cambodia’s Angkor Wat becomes the 8th wonder of the world.
• Chile becomes 95th member of International Solar Alliance.
• China has launched the world’s fastest internet network that can transmit data at a rate of 1.2 terabits per second.
• China Launched Asia’s 1st hydrogen powered passenger train.
• Dictador, a spirit brand based in Colombia’s Cartagena, has appointed the AI-powered robot named Mika as its experimental
CEO.
• Dubai to have world’s First Air taxi, agreements inked at World Government Summit 2024.
• Dubai-based airline Emirates has unveiled the world's First robotic check-in assistant named "Sara".
• Egypt became Member of BRICS New Development Bank.
• Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has removed offshore tax haven Cayman Islands from its 'grey list’.
• Finland became the 31st member of NATO.
• Five countries namely Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has joined BRICS.
• France is poised to become the First Country in the world to enshrine the Right to Abortion in its Constitution.
• Ghana becomes First country to approve Oxford malaria vaccine for children.
• India launched "Operation Ajay" to evacuate Indian nationals from Israel amid the ongoing 2023 Israel-Hamas War.
• India launches Operation Kaveri to evacuate stranded citizens from Sudan.
• Kyrgyzstan Declares Snow Leopard As National Symbol.
• Malta becomes 119th member of International Solar Alliance.
• Meta Platforms launch a microblogging app "Threads" Instagram's text-based conversation app.
• Nepal is the First country in South Asia to register same sex marriage.
• New Zealand set to scrap world's First law banning tobacco sale.
• Panama becomes 97th member of International Solar Alliance.
• PM Modi inaugurates grand BAPS Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi.
• Saudi Arabia is preparing to introduce its First luxury train, named the Dream of the Desert.
• Sweden officially becomes 32nd member of NATO.
• Syria becomes world's largest 'Narco-state'.
• Thailand announces Visa-Free Entry for Indians to boost tourism.
• The Ibu volcano on Halmahera Island in the eastern Indonesian province of North Maluku erupted.
• The Tallest statue of B.R. Ambedkar known as the "Statue of Equality" is set to be unveiled in Maryland on October 14. This
statue of Ambedkar is an integral component of the Ambedkar International Center (AIC).
• Twitter changes logo to "X" replacing blue bird symbol.
• UNICEF in collaboration with India to launch "Green Rising" initiative at COP28 Summit in Dubai
• United Nations Declared 2024 as the International Year of Camelids
• US Approves World's First Vaccine for Declining Honey Bees.
• World’s longest Calligraphic Mural Painting Installed At Makkah’s Grand Mosque Road.
• World's biggest experimental nuclear fusion reactor JT-60SA inaugurated in Japan.
NATIONAL NEWS
• 75th Republic Day Guest of Honour - France President Emmanuel Macron.

• 9th India International Science Festival held in Faridabad, Haryana. IISF 2023 is held under the central theme - "Science and
Technology Public Outreach in Amrit Kaal".
• According to NCRB data, Telangana is at the First position in cases of cybercrime.
• According to report released by the National Statistical Office, unemployment rate in 2023 dropped to 3.1% from 3.6%.

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• According to the Centre for Monitoring of Indian Economy (CMIE), the unemployment rate in India fell to 7.1% in September
2023 from 8.1% in August.
• Arun Yogiraj is the creator of the idol of Lord Shri Ram installed in Ayodhya.
• Assam government has announced that "Kaji Nemu" (citrus lemon) has been recognized as the state fruit of Assam.
• Assam launched India’s 1st 100% Electric Bike Taxi Service "Baayu".
• Ayodhya Airport Renamed As "Maharishi Valmiki International Airport".
• Baiga Tribe Becomes the 2nd Tribe to Get Habitat Rights in Chhattisgarh.
• Bengaluru will get a 287-km circular railway that will link all important towns around it in the largestof-its-kind network in India.
• Bhopal's Mahila Thana became India's 1st Women-centric Police Station to get ISO Certification.
• Bihar government has launched its ambitious scheme "Mission Daksh" (Dynamic Approach for Knowledge and Skill) to minimize
school dropout.
• Chandigarh Smart City launches AI-driven Chatbot ‘BIRBAL’ to provide a one-stop platform for citizens to access information and
services.
• CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan unveiled a 108-feet-tall statue of Adi Guru Shankaracharya on the Mandhata hillock in Omkareshwar,
Khargone district of MP.
• CM Yogi Adityanath Declared Gangetic Dolphin as State Aquatic Animal of UP.
• Colors TV has collaborated with the Ministry of Women and Child Development to support the Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao
initiative through its show “ Doree ”.
• Country's First Copper-Clad Bapu Tower Built In Patna, Bihar.
• Cuttack's exquisite "SilverFiligree" earns the Geographical Indication Tag.
• Cyclone Michaung is going to landfall on coastal Andhra. The name Michaung is given by Myanmar.
• EPFO at its 235th meeting increased the interest rate for the financial year 2023-24 to touch 8.25%.
• Farsi will be a new classical language Under the New Education Policy 2020.
• Garba of Gujarat makes it to UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list.
• Govt Offers "Bharat Rice" At ₹29/kg In Retail Market.
• GRID-INDIA is now a Miniratna Company.
• Gujarat has been recognised as the "Petro Capital" of India, due to the presence of the Reliance Industry Limited’s Jamnagar
refinery and ONGC Petro Additions Limited (OPaL)’s stateof-the-art petrochemical complex at Dahej in Bharuch district.
• Gujarat To Unveil India’s First Submarine Tourism In Dwarka.
• Himachal Pradesh (HP) Government has launched the ‘My School-My Pride’ campaign under the ‘Apna Vidyalay’ programme,
aligning with the National Education Policy (NEP)-2020.
• Himalayan Wolf Classified as "Vulnerable" on IUCN Red List.
• IICF To Build ‘Masjid Muhammed Bin Abdullah’ Mosque In Ayodhya.
• IIT Madras Incubator Unveils India’s First Septic Tank Cleaning Robot "Homosep Atom".
• In a First in India, A school in Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram has introduced an AI Teacher "Iris". The robot, based on generative
AI, and created by Maker Labs.
• India has launched 'Operation Indravati' to evacuate its citizens stranded in wartorn Haiti amid the intense fighting between the
armed groups and the government.
• India has taken a significant step by opening its space sector to 100% foreign direct investment (FDI) through an amendment in
the FDI policy.
• India hosted the 6th Assembly of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) at Bharat Mandapam, in New Delhi.
• India inaugurated its First all-girls Sainik School in Vrindavan, UP.
• India is going to have its first Telecom Centre of Excellence in Uttar Pradesh, located at the IIT Roorkee campus in Saharanpur.
• India launches UPI payment services in Sri Lanka & Mauritius.
• India to Chair & Host UNESCO's World Heritage Committee in July 2024.
• India’s First Bullet Train Terminal Built At Sabarmati In Ahmedabad.
• India’s First Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) will be started from Uttarakhand. HEMS would operate under project
‘Sanjeevani’. The HEMS will be stationed at AIIMS in Rishikesh.
• India’s First Solar Roof Cycling Track Inaugurated in Hyderabad.
• India’s poverty level down to 5% of Population says NITI Aayog Chief.
• Indian Navy Declared Year 2024 as "Year of Naval Civilians".
• Indian skydiver Shital Mahajan has jumped off a helicopter from a height of 21,500 ft in front of the world's highest peak Mt
Everest.
• India's 1st Battery Energy storage GigaFactory to be launched in J&K.
• Ircon International Ltd (IRCON) and RITES Ltd (RITES) both Central Public Sector Enterprise under the Ministry of Railways, have
been announced as 15th and 16th Navratna respectively among CPSEs.
• IREDA Declared 2024 as "Year of HR Development and Discipline".
• J&K becomes First UT to Implement PM Vishwakarma Yojana.
• J&K Police Becomes 1st in India to Use GPS Tracker Anklets for Terror-Accused on Bail.
• Jyotiraditya Scindia inaugurates country's 1st Green Hydrogen Plant in Stainless Steel Sector at Haryana.

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• Kasaragod Becomes 1st District in India to Declare "Kanjiram" as Official Tree, "Periya Polathali" as Official Flower, "Vellavayaran
Kadal Paranthu"as Official Bird & "Palappoovan Aamma" as Official Species.
• Kerala becomes First state with Hallmarking Centers in every district.
• Kerala has unveiled its First 3D-printed building, named Amaze-28, which is situated within the Kerala State Nirmithi Kendra
(Kesnik) campus in PTP Nagar, Thiruvananthapuram.
• Kerala Launches India’s First Govt-Backed OTT Platform, 'CSpace'.
• Kozhikode in Kerala and Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh have made it to the prestigious creative cities list of UNESCO for
contributions in the fields of literature and music respectively.
• Krishi 24/7, the first-ever AI-powered solution for automated agricultural news monitoring and analysis.
• Krutrim becomes India’s first $1 billion AI startup.
• Longest Sea Bridge (India) - Atal Setu (21.8 KM)
• Malayalam Film "2018-Everyone is a Hero" selected as India’s official entry for Oscars 2024.
• MeitY Secretary launches India's First Graphene Centre, IIoT CoE in Kerala.
• Noida recognised as "Water Warrior" City.
• NTPC Green Energy signs land lease agreement with Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation for setting up India's
largest green hydrogen production facility. Integrated Green Hydrogen Hub to come up in Atchutapuram Mandal,
Visakhapatnam.
• Odisha CM Launches "AMA bank" Scheme to Provide Banking Service in Unbanked Gram Panchayats.
• PM Modi has inaugurated the country's First high-tech sports training centre for Divyangjan in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh.
• PM Modi lays foundation stone of Kalki Dham temple in UP.
• PM Modi unveiled the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj at Rajkot Fort.
• PM Narendra Modi launches India's First Indigenous Green Hydrogen Fuel Cell Inland Waterway Vessel under Harit Nauka
initiative. The vessel is crafted by the Cochin Shipyard, the hydrogen fuel cell ferry boat is designed to navigate in the waters of
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
• Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi launched “Pradhanmantri Suryodaya Yojana”, a government scheme to provide Rooftop
Solar (RTS) power systems to 1 crore households.
• Prime Minister Inaugurates two "Ayush Projects" in Jhajjar and Pune. Central Research Institute of Yoga & Naturopathy in
Jhajjar, Haryana & National Institute of Naturopathy "NISARG GRAM" in Pune, Maharashtra.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated India’s first indigenous Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) (500 MWe) at
Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated India's First under-river metro tunnel in Kolkata.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has unveiled a 125-foot bronze statue of 'Ahom general' Lachit Borphukan in Assam's Jorhat.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates Sudarshan Setu, Country’s Longest Cable-stayed Bridge of around 2.32 km,
connecting Okha mainland and Beyt Dwarka.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi to virtually inaugurate the World's First Vedic Clock in Ujjain.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated India's first integrated oil palm processing unit, operated by 3F Oil Palm, in
Arunachal Pradesh's Roing.
• RBI has announced nearly 97.5 per cent of the Rs 2,000 bank notes have been returned to the banking system.
• Reliance Launches Animal Welfare Initiative "Vantara".
• Sarbananda Sonowal (MoPSW) flags off India’s 1st International Cruise Liner "Costa Serena" in Mumbai.
• Shri Bhupender Yadav releases report on Status of Leopards in India. With an 8% surge, the count stands at 13,874 in 2022, up
from 12,852 in 2018. Madhya Pradesh (3907 Leopards ) houses the Largest Population of Leopards in the country. Tiger Reserve
or site with Highest Leopard Population is Nagarajunasagar Srisailam (Andhra Pradesh).
• Shri Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurates First Skill India Centre in Sambalpur, Odisha.
• Solar Energy Corporation of India Ltd. Launches India's Largest Battery Energy Storage System in Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh.
• State-run Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) has launched India’s First gasoline and diesel reference fuel, used by automobile
manufacturers for testing vehicles.
• Tamil Superstar Vijay launches his political party “Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam”.
• Telangana has unveiled the world's First 3D-printed temple, a groundbreaking structure situated in Burugupally, Siddipet
district.
• Thanthai Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary declared as 18th Wildlife Sanctuary of TN.
• THDC India Ltd is planning to set up 3,270 megawatts of clean energy projects, including pumped storage and floating solar, in
Karnataka.
• The 5th Global Ayurveda Festival is going to be held in Thiruvananthapuram.
• The Government of Goa has launched India’s First regenerative tourism model to redefine tourism by promoting environmental
restoration, cultural preservation, and community empowerment.
• The Indian government has decided to build a fence or close border along the 1,643-kilometer border with Myanmar, according
to Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
• The Maharashtra Cabinet has approved a draft bill to extend a 10 percent reservation to the Maratha community in both
educational institutions and government employment.
• The Maratha Military Landscapes of India have been chosen as India's nomination for the UNESCO World Heritage List 2024-25.

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• The Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways (MoPSW) has collaborated with the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Shillong
to establish the First ‘Gati Shakti Research Chair’ in India.
• The Pench Tiger Reserve (PTR) in Maharashtra has become India's First Dark Sky park and is the fifth in Asia.
• The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi looks forward to welcoming French President Emmanuel Macron as Chief Guest at 75th
Republic Day.
• The Uttar Pradesh government will set up the country’s First conservation centre for Gangatiri, a breed of cows in Varanasi.
• Tripura Became 4th State in India to Introduce E-Cabinet System.
• Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurates “PRASADAM”, India’s 1st Healthy & Hygienic Food Street, at MP.
• Union Minister of Environment Bhupendra Yadav releases India's First Snow Leopard Population Assessment. Snow leopard
population stand in India at 718 with Ladakh (477) , Uttarakhand (124) , Himachal Pradesh (51) , Arunachal Pradesh (36) , Sikkim
(21) & J&K (9).
• Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said that the VOC Port at Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu will become India's First Green Hydrogen
hub as it will develop an ecosystem of green ports and also emerge as a transshipment hub.
• UPI transaction limit for medical, educational services to be hiked to ₹5 lakh.
• Uttar Pradesh has achieved 100 percent Open Defecation Free (ODF) Plus coverage under the flagship Swachh Bharat Mission
(Grameen) programme.
• Uttar Pradesh has set a new Guinness world record by lighting over 22 lakh Diyas (lamps) in Ayodhya.
• Uttar Pradesh state govt to conduct Cow Census.
• Uttar Pradesh(UP) is set to build India’s First Artificial intelligence (AI) city in Lucknow to promote AI ecosystem.
• Uttarakhand Becomes 1st State to Pass Bill on Uniform Civil Code Bill.
• Uttarakhand is set to become the first state in the country to implement the Uniform Civil Code.
• Wax statue of Babasaheb Ambedkar installed in Jaipur Wax Museum.
• West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee Launches "Yogyasree" Scheme for SC/ST students in West Bengal.
• World’s First Om-Shaped Temple inaugurated in Rajasthan.
• World's First portable hospital "Aarogya Maitri Aid Cube" unveiled in Gurugram
OBITUARIES
2023
A.R. Khaleel - Former All India Football Federation Vice-President
AD Damodaran- scientist and former director of the CSIR
Ajit Ninan - Political cartoonist
Arun Gandhi - Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson
Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi - Former Chief Justice of India
Babanrao Dhakne - Former Union Minister
Balipa Narayan Bhagwat - Yakshagana singer and screenwriter
Balkrishna Doshi- Architecture, Pritzker Prize (2018) & Padma Shri in 1976
Bishan Singh Bedi - Indian spinner
C Radhakrishna Rao - mathematicians and statisticians
Chandrashekhar Dasgupta - Indian diplomat and a Padma Bhushan recipient
Dr. Manohar Singh Gill - Former Chief Election Commissioner of India
Hardwar Dubey - Rajya Sabha MP from Uttar Pradesh
Harjeet Singh Arora- Former Vice Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal
Henry Kissinger - Former U.S. Secretary of State and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate
J Jamuna - Telugu film actor and former Parliamentarian
Jagarnath Mahto - Jharkhand Education Minister
Jayanta Mahapatra - Indian English poet
Justice M. Fathima Beevi - First woman Judge of the Supreme Court
K.V. Tirumalesh - Poet & Sahitya Akademi winner

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Kanak Rele - Classical Dancer, Mohiniyattam exponent(first Guru Gopinath National Puraskaram awardee)
Kasinadhuni Vishwanath- Telugu actor and filmmaker Winner of Padma Shri and Dadasaheb Phalke awards
Keshri Nath Tripathi - Former West Bengal Governor
Maheshwar Mohanty - Former speaker and minister of Odisha
Malini Rajurkar- Hindustani classical vocalist
Mangala Narlikar - Eminent mathematician
Manoj Misra - Former IFS Officer and Environmental Activist
Mohammed Habib - Former India football captain
Mukarram Jah Bahadur - Hyderabad’s Last Nizam
Namboothiri - Painter and sculptor
Nilamani Phukan- Assamese Poet, Jnapith Award winner
Nirmala Buch - Chief Secretary of Madhya Pradesh
O P Kohli - Former Gujarat governor
Oommen Chandy - CM of Kerala and a senior Congress leader
Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya - Former Governor of Nagaland
Parimal Dey - Former Indian football player
Parkash Singh Badal - Former Punjab Chief Minister
Prabhaben Sobhagchand Shah - Social Worker, Padma Shri Awardee
Pradeep Sarkar- Filmmaker & Director
Prof Deven Dutta - Consumer rights activist and former vice-principal of Cotton University
R Subbalakshmi - Actor and musician

Rehman Rahi Poet- Kashmir’s first Jnanpith awardee
S. Venkitaramanan - Former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
Sabir Ali- Iron Man of India Decathlon gold at the 1981 Asian Athletics Championships
Salim Durani - Former Indian cricketer
Sameer khakkar- Veteran actor
Sandra Day O’Connor - Former Supreme Court Justice
Sarah Thomas - Novelist & short story writer
Sarath Babu - Actor
Sasthipada Chattopadhyay- Bengali Novelist and Short Story Writer
Seema Deo - Veteran Actor
Shanti Bhushan - Distinguished jurist and former minister of law
Sulochana Latkar - Veteran Actress and Sahitya Akademi Awardee
Tulsidas Balaram - Indian Footballer
V S Arunachalam - prominent scientist
Ved Kumari Ghai - Sanskrit Scholar and Sahitya Akademi Awardee
Vellayani Arjunan - Malayalam Writer and Sahitya Akademi Awardee
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Ustad Rashid Khan - Indian classical vocalist
Dr. Prabha Atre - Hindustani Vocalist
Sukhbir Singh Gill - Chandigarh’s first hockey Olympian
Sadhu Meher - Veteran Odia actor and director
Farooq Nazki - Kashmiri poet and broadcaster

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Dattajirao Gaekwad - India’s oldest living Test cricketer
Manohar Joshi - Former Maharashtra Chief Minister and Lok Sabha Speaker
Admiral Laxminarayan Ramdas - Former Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy
Durai National Award -winning Tamil director
Sudhir Kakar - Father of Indian Psychology, author, and cultural critic
Kamla Beniwal - Congress Leader and Former Governor
Sushil Kumar Modi - Former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar
Salam Bin Razzaq - Urdu litterateur and academician
V. Srinivas Prasad - Veteran Politician and former Union Minister
SPORTS
CHESS GRANDMASTER
• 81st Sayantan Das from West Bengal
• 82nd Vuppala Prraneeth – Telangana
• 83rd Aditya Samant – Maharashtra
• 84th R Vaishali – Tamil Nadu
• 85th P Shyaamnikhil – Tamil Nadu
ICC Player of The Month 2023-24
Month Men’s Women’s

Jan 24 Shamar Joseph (West Amy Hunter (Ireland)
Indies)
Feb 24 Yashasvi Jaiswal (India) Annabel Sutherland (Australia)
Mar 24 Kamindu Mendis (Srilanka) Maia Bouchier (England)
Apr 24 Muhammad Waseem (UAE) Hayley Matthews (West Indies)
GRAND PRIX
Grand Prix Winner

Emilia Romagna Grand Prix 2024 Max Verstappen
French MotoGP 2024 Jorge Martin
Inaugural Indian Grand Prix 2023 Marco Bezzecchi
Australian Grand Prix Carlos Sainz
Singapore Grand Prix 2023 Carlos Sainz
Electrifying Miami Grand Prix Lando Norris
Las Vegas Grand Prix 2023 Max Verstappen
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Max Verstappen
Mexico City Grand Prix Max Verstappen
Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Max Verstappen
Chinese Grand Prix Max Verstappen
Grand Slam Tournaments 2023-24 (Tennis)

Grand Slam Men’s Singles Women’s Single

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Australia Open 2024 Winner: Jannik Sinner Winner: Aryna Sabalenka Country:Belarusian
Runner up: Zheng Qinwen
Country: Italian
Runner up: Daniil Medvedev Court type: Hard court
Court type: Hard court
French Open 2024 Winner: Carlos Alcaraz Winner: Iga Swiatek
Country: Spain Country: Poland
Runner up: Alexander Runner up: Jasmine Paolini
Zverev
Court type: Clay court
Court type: Clay court
Wimbledon Open Winner: Carlos Alcaraz Winner: Markéta Vondroušová
2023 Country: Spanish Country: Czech
Runner up: Novak Djokovic Runner up: Ons Jabeur
Court type: Grass court Court type: Grass court
US Open 2023 Winner: Novak Djokovic Winner: Coco Gauff
Country: Serbian Country: American
Runner up: Daniil Medvedev Runner up: Aryna Sabalenka
Court type: Hard Court Court type: Hard Court
Madraid Open 2023

Men’s singles : C. Alcaraz Garfia
Women’s singles: A. Sabalenka
Babar Azam become the fastest player to score 5000 runs in One Day International (ODI) cricket.
3 rd Khelo India University Games

Held in : Uttar Pradesh
Mascot: Jitu (Barasingha)
Anthem: Khelo India - Har Dil Mein Desh
Launched By: Anurag Thakur
Diamond League 2023

Winner: Neeraj Chopra with 88.67m throw.
Badminton Asia Championships

Gold medal in doubles pair : Satwiksairaj and Chirag Shetty
Hero Super Cup 2023 (Football)

Winner: Odisha FC,
Runnerup: Bengaluru FC
Wisden T20I player of 2022

Harmanpreet Kaur, Suryakumar Yadav.
Asian Wrestling Championships 2023

Held in: Astana, Kazakhstan
Gold Medal: Aman Sehrawat (men’s 57kg freestyle category)
Madrid Spain Masters 2023:

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Men’s singles Winners: Kenta Nishimoto (Japan),
Runnerup: Kanta Tsuneyama (Japan)
Women’s Singles Winners: Gregoria Mariska Tunjung (Indonesia),
Runnerup: PV Sindhu (India)
Swiss Open 2023

Doubles Title: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy & Chirag Shetty
IBA Women’s World Boxing Championship 2023

Gold Medal Winners
• Lovlina Borgohain (75 kg)

• Nitu Ghanghas (48 kg)
• Nikhat Zareen (50 kg)
• Saweety Boora (81 kg)
IBA Women’s World Boxing Championship 2023

Held in: Indira Gandhi Sports Complex, New Delhi. Ambassadors: MC Mary Kom & Farhan Akthar.
Santosh Trophy (Football)

Winner: Karnataka, Runnerup: Meghalaya.
Asian Chess Federation

player of the year: D Gukesh (from Chennai, Tamil Nadu).
Best FIFA Men’s player of 2022 : Lionel Messi (Argentina)
Qatar Open title

Winner: Daniil Medvedev,
Runnerup: Andy Murray.
ISSF World Cup 2023

• Held in: Lima, Peru.
• Gold in 10m air rifle: Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil
• Bronze in women’s 10m air rifle: Tilottama Sen
Argentina Open title 2023

• Winner: Carlos Alcaraz,
• Runnerup: Cameron Norrie
Ranji Trophy final 2022-23:

• Winner: Saurashtra,
• Runnerup: Bengal
England Test captain Ben Stokes became the player to hit the most number of sixes in Test cricket.
Virat Kohli has become 6th and fastest player to score 25,000 runs in International cricket.
FIFA World Cup 2026:

Host by: US, Canada, Mexico.
Formula E-Prix Hyderabad, India

Winner: Jean-Eric Vergne.
5th Khelo India Youth Games 2022

Hosted By: Madhya Pradesh
Champion: Maharastra (Total:161 medals, 56 Gold ).
Rohit Sharma becomes 1st Indian skipper to Record Hundreds in All 3 Formats.
Ravichandran Ashwin becomes the fastest Indian to pick up 450 Test wickets.
Football’s 2027 Asian Cup will be hosted by Saudi Arabia.

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FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup 2023

• Held in: India, Kalinga Stadium in Bhubneswar.
• Winner: Germany, Runnerup: Belgium
ICC U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup 2023

• Held in: Potchefstroom, South Africa
• Winner: India, Runnerup: Englan
Australian Open 2023

• Men’s Singles: Winner: Novak Djokovic, (Serbian)
• Runnerup: Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greek)
India Open Badminton Championship

• Held at: D. Jadhav Indoor Stadium in New Delhi
• Winner: An Seyoung (Korean)
Asia Cup 2023:

• Winner = India (8th Title), Runner up: Srilanka.
• Man of the Match = Mohammad Siraj
• Man of the Tournament = Kuldeep Yadav
BWF World Badminton Championships 2023

• held at Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Men’s Single winner = Kunlavut Vitidsarn (Nationality = Thai)
• Women’s Single Winner = An Se-young (South Korean)
HS Pronoy secured Bronze medal in men’s singles.
Chess World Cup 2023 :

• 1st Position: Magnus Carlsen (Norwegian)
• 2nd Postion: Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa (Tamil Nadu, Indian)
58th Canada open 2023

• Men’s Single : Winner = Lakshya Sen
• Women’s Single: Winner = Akane Yamaguchi (Japenese)
Indonesia Open 2023

• Men’s Singles = Viktor Axelsen (Danish)
• Women’s Singles = Chen Yufei (China)
SPORTS one liner

• Mascot for 37th edition of Indian National Games is MOGA.
• 1st Janjatiya Khel Mahotsav hosted in Odisha.
• ICC World Test Championship 2023 held at the OVAL, Londan : Winner = Australia, Runnerup = India.
• Sunil Kumar wins decathlon gold at Asian U20 Athletics Championship in Yecheon, South Korea.
• IPL Orange Cap Winner 2023 “Shubman Gill” from Gujarat Titan.
• 3rd Edition of Khelo India Games Kicks Off in Uttar Pradesh.
• Neeraj Chopra becomes World No.1 in men’s javelin ranking with 1455 points.
• In South Asian Youth TT Championship 2023 held in Itanagar: India bags 16 gold medals.
• FIFA World Cup™ Trophy has been revealed as a prominent feature of the official brand for the FIFA World.
• Gatka Martial Art has been officially included in the 37th National Games-2023, which will be held in Goa.
• ICC World cup 2023 will be held in India from Oct 23 to Nov 23.
• Vedanta’s Hindustan Zinc Limited has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Rajasthan Cricket Association to
build the world’s third-largest & India’s second largest cricket stadium in Chonp village, Jaipur.
• Sanjita Chanu Indian weightlifter who has won the Commonwealth Games twice, has been banned for 4 years by the
National Anti-Doping Agency of India.

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• The Sharjah cricket stadium (UAE) has been renamed as the 'Sachin Tendulkar Stand' on honor of Sachin Tendulkar's 50th
birthday.
• The All India Football Federation has declared that 23 June, the birth anniversary of Indian football player Pradip Kumar
Banerjee, will be recognized as 'AIFF Grassroots Day'.
• Laureus sportsman of the year 2023 = Lionel messi (Argentina)
• National Sports Club of India Snooker Open Crown 2023 Winner: Laxman Rawat
• Rohit Sharma shattered MS Dhoni’s record of most sixes in ODIs in India by hitting total 125 sixes.
• Shubman Gill becomes the youngest-ever to make a double century (208 off 149 balls).
• India defeat Sri Lanka by 317 runs and sets a new world record of biggest win in terms of runs.
• Surya Kumar Yadav becomes fastest player to reach 1,500 runs in T20 International Cricket in terms of facing 843 balls.
• First-ever ABB FIA Formula E World Championship race is to be held in Hyderabad, India.
• Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium inaugurated by Odisha CM in Rourkels, Odisha.
• ICC world cup 2023 will be held in India.
• Asian Games 2023, Palak Gulia wins gold in women’s 10m air pistol.
• Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar, Swapnil Suresh Kusale, and Akhil Sheoran secured a gold medal in the 50m Rifle in Asian
Games 2023.
• Asian Games 2023, India Team take gold in 10m air Pistol men’s team event.
• Asian Games 2023, India wins gold medal in women’s 25m pistol team event.
• Asian Games 2023, India’s wins gold in 10m rifle team event.
• Asian Games 2023, India wins gold after 41 years in Horse Riding.
• 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou = India Women’s Cricket Team Wins Gold Medal
• Indian team Become the first Team to hit 3000 sixes in odi cricket
• Asian Games in Hangzou China Opening Ceremony flag bearer Harmanpreet (Hockey team captain) & Lovlina Borgohain
(Boxer).
• Diamond League in Eugene = Second Place = Neeraj Chopra (83.80m).
• Simona halep receives 4-year ban from tennis for doping
• Rohit Sharma completes 10000 ODI runs in Asia Cup 2023.
• World Wrestling Championships 2023 will be held in Belgrade, Serbia.
• Goa Governor P.S. Sreedharan Pillai launches ‘Mashaal(Torch)’ for 37th National Games at Durbar Hall, Raj Bhavan,
Donapaula.
• Tata Steel Chess India Women’s Rapid Tournament 2023 = Divya Deshmukh
• Danielle McGahey from australia to become first transgender to play international cricket
• 13th Hockey India Senior Men National Championship 2023 = Haryana won the title.
• 21st U-20 Asian Athletics Championship 24 – Harshit Kumar clinched gold medal with a throw of 66.7m.
• 24-year-old Indian chess grandmaster Karthikeyan Murali defeated Magnus Carlsen at Qatar Masters.
• 3rd Edition of North East Games 2024 held in Nagaland.
• 7th North East Youth Festival 2024 logo has been unveiled.The emblem beautifully encapsulates the vibrant essence of the
eight northeastern states, marking a tribute to the richcultural of the region. Moreover, the festival has chosen the Phayre’s
leaf monkey as its mascot, further symbolizing the unique biodiversity and heritage of the North East.3rd Edition of Khelo
India Games Kicks Off in Uttar Pradesh.
• Abhinav Bindra (shooter), India's first individual Olympic gold medalist is chosen to carry the iconic symbol.
• Ace table tennis player Sharath Kamal will be the Indian team's flagbearer for the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympics.
• Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar clinched the gold medal in the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions event 2023 at the Asian Shooting
Championship 2023.
• Amul becomes lead sponsor for USA and South Africa in T20 World Cup 2024.
• Anish Bhanwala becomes first Indian Shooter to win a medal in 25m rapid fire at ISSF world cup final.
• Archer Deepika Kumari secured two gold medals and one silver at the national games.
• Ashutosh Sharma breaks Yuvraj Singh’s fastest fifty record.
• Asian Games 2023, Annu Rani wins gold in women’s javelin throw
• Asian Games 2023, Palak Gulia wins gold in women’s 10m air pistol.
• Asian Games 2023, Parul Chaudhary wins 5000m gold.
• Asian Games 2023, Rohan Bopanna and Rutuja Bhosale wins gold in Tennis.
• Asian Games 2023, Shooters Prithviraj Tondaiman, Kynan Chenai, Zoravar Singh Sandhu win Gold Medal in Men’s Trap.
• Asian Games 2023: Avinash Sable Wins Gold in Men’s 3000m steeplechase.
• Asian Games 2023: Tajinderpal Singh Toor wins Shot Put Gold.
• Australia Won the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 by 6 Wickets.
• Badminton Asia Team Championships 2024 – Indian women’s team won the title.
• Ballon d’Or 2023 – Lionel Messi (Argentina).
• BCCI announces SBI Life as official partner for 2023-26 Season.
• Beatrice Chebet from Kenya breaks 5 km world record in Barcelona event.

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• Bhagwan Singh and Mahesh Khurana from Bhopal have completed the Pangong Frozen Lake Marathon 2024, held in
LehLadakh.
• Bilquis Mir, a canoeist from Jammu and Kashmir, the first woman from India to represent the country as a jury member at
the upcoming Summer Olympics in Paris.
• Bindyarani Devi Wins Bronze in International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) at Phuket, Thailand.
• Brazil was declared the host of the 2027 Women’s World Cup at the FIFA Congress.
• Current Paralympic champion in javelin throw, Sumit Antil, achieved a remarkable throw of 73.29 meters in the F64
category on Wednesday, surpassing his previous world record of 70.83 meters.
• David Warner becomes fastest to 1000 ODI World Cup runs.
• Deepika Soreng, of the India Women's Hockey Team, has been honoured with the prestigious Hockey India Asunta Lakra
Award.
• Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), in collaboration with the Department of Sports, has introduced significant
• Divyakriti Singh, has been conferred with the prestigious Arjuna Award, making her the first woman from Rajasthan to
achieve this honour.
• Divyansh Singh Panwar clinches ISSF World Cup Gold In 10m Air Rifle Event.
• Elavenil Valarivan secures Gold Medal in Women's 10m Air Rifle at the ISSF World Cup 2023 held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
• Gukesh Etches aged 17 created a Chess History as Youngest ever challenger in the World Chess Championship.
• Hardik Singh and Salima Tete were named the Players of the Year for 2023 in the men's and women's
categories,respectively, at the 6th annual Hockey India Awards.
• Harmanpreet, Lovlina to be Flag-Bearers at Asian Games Opening Ceremony.
• Hyderabad will host Second Edition of E-Prix in 2024.
• ICC Men’s T20 World Cup will be held in West Indies & U.S.
• ICC names Sachin Tendulkar as ‘global ambassador’ for odi world cup 2023.
• In the men’s javelin throw-F46 final, India’s Sundar Singh Gurjar breaking the world record with a throw of 68.60 meters at
Asian Para Games in Hangzou, China.
• India will host 2025 BWF World Junior Badminton Championships in Guwahati.
• India Women’s Cricket Team wins Gold Medal by defeating Sri Lanka in Asian Games 23.
• India won 111 Medals (Gold = 29, Silver =31 & Bronze = 51) in 4th Asian Para Games held at Hangzou, china.
• India’s Unnati Hooda wins Abu Dhabi Masters 2023.
• Indian Archer Ojas Deotale is Nagpur’s first Asian Games Gold Medalist.
• Indian chess players Vidit Gujrathi and R Vaishali achieved remarkable victories at the FIDE Grand Swiss Chess 2023 held on
the Isle of Man.
• Indian Grandmaster Koneru Humpy secured the women's individual silver medal at the 2023 World Rapid Chess
Championships held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
• Indian junior men’s hockey team won the bronze medal in Sultan of Johor Cup 23.
• Indian shooter Sift Kaur Samra clinched gold in the women’s 50m rifle 3 position event in Asian Games 23.
• Indian skydiver Shital Mahajan makes history by jumping off a helicopter from a staggering height of 21,500 ft near the
world's highest peak, Mt Everest.
• Indian squash Player, Saurav Ghosal, the nation's premier player, has announced his retirement from professional squash.
• Indian star paddler G. Sathiyan has achieved a remarkable feat by becoming the first-ever Indian to win a men's singles
trophy at a WTT Feeder Series event.
• Indian women’s Hockey team wins Women’s Asian Champion Trophy 23 for the second time at the Marang Gomke Jaipal
• Indian Women’s Kabaddi team clinches Gold at Asian Games 2023.
• Indian wrestler Sakshi Malik retires protesting the Wrestling Federation of India's leadership change, citing sexual abuse
allegations against the ousted WFI president, Brij Bhushan Singh.
• India's Udit won the silver medal in the men's 57kg category at the Asian Wrestling Championships 2024 in
Bishkek,Kyrgyzstan.
• ISSF World Cup, Rhythm Sangwan and Ujjwal won gold in the 10m air pistol mixed team event.
• Jacintha Kalyan makes history as India’s first female pitch curator.
• Japan win Azlan Shah Cup (Hockey) held at Malaysia against Pakistan.
• Khelo India Para Games – Haryana clinched the Top spot with 40 = Gold, 39 = Silver & 26 = Bronze.
• Khelo India Winter Games 2024 – Mascot – Majestic Snow Leopard named “Sheen-e-She or Shan” in ladakh region.
• Khelo India Winter Games 2024 held at Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir – Winner = Army Team with 10 Gold Medal.
• Kuldeep Yadav won the player of the tournament Title and Mohammad Siraj won Player of the match or Man of the match
Title in Asian Cup 2023
• Legendary sprinter Usain Bolt has been named the official ambassador for the upcoming ICC Men's T20 World Cup,
cohosted by the West Indies and the United States.
• Logo - A Symbol of Unity and Strength. The logo, adorned with the Indian tricolor, encapsulates the beauty of the Himalayan
landscape and the diverse sports of the Games. It features a Dharmachakra atop a hill in Chanspa, Leh, the venue of the
Games, representing the unity and strength of the nation.
• Mahendra Singh Dhoni achieved a remarkable feat, becoming the first wicketkeeper to record 300 dismissals in T20 cricket.

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• Man Singh clinches Gold at the Asian Marathon Championships 2024 in Hong Kong.
• Manikanta H Hoblidhar sets new National Record In 100m Sprint.
• Naorem Roshibina Devi (Manipur) crowned female Wushu Athlete of the year.
• National Games 2023 – Mahrastra won the top spot and won Raja Bhalindra Trophy (Gold =80, Silver =69, Bronze = 79).
• Neeraj Chopra (Javelin Thrower) nominated for 2023 world athlete of the year award.
• Neeraj Chopra (Javelin thrower) wins Gold in Asian Games 23 with throw of 88.88m.
• Neeraj Chopra clinched Gold medal in Federation cup 2024, Bhubaneshwar Odisha by 82.27m throw of Javelin.
• Neeraj Chopra finishes second in Diamond League final with a throw of 83.80m.
• Neeraj Chopra won Silver at Doha Diamond League 2024 with impressive of 88.36m.
• Ninth ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024, set to take place from 3 to 20 October in Bangladesh.
• Novak Djokovic Becomes the Oldest World No. 1 in ATP Rankings History.
• Novak Djokovic made history on November 19, by securing his seventh ATP finals title in Turin, Italy.
• Odisha will host the 2nd edition of Ultimate Kho Kho.
• Pakistan’s Babar Azam becomes quickest to 10,000 runs in T20s.
• Pankaj Advani wins World Billiards Championship for record 26th time.
• Praggnanandhaa surpasses Viswanathan Anand to become India’s no.1 chess player.
• Pro Kabaddi League – Puneri Paltan won against Haryana Steelers in final.
• Puberty Athlete of the year – Virant won the title after beating Lionel Messi.
• Ranji Trophy 2024 – Mumbai beats vidharba at wankhede, Mumbai.
• Rashmi Kumari Wins National Women’s Carrom Title for the 12th time.
• Real Madrid clinches 36th La Liga Title.
• Recently B. Sai Praneeth, Indian badminton player, has announced his retirement from the sport.
• reforms in the recruitment, promotion, and incentive mechanisms for athletes.
• Rohit Sharma achieves historic milestone, becomes first Indian to hit 500 t20 sixes.
• Rohit Sharma now first batsman to hit 50 sixes in world cup.
• Rohit Sharma smashes India’s fastest world cup century.
• Ruturaj Gaikwad becomes the fastest Indian to score 4,000 Runs in Men’s T20.
• Sana Mir Pakistani cricketer has been selected the ambassador for the upcoming ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier.
• Santosh Trophy – Services beats Goa in final.
• Saudi Arabia is set to host the men's 2034 FIFA World Cup.
• Saurashtra Cricket Association (SCA) Stadium in Gujarat is set to be rebranded as the Niranjan Shah Stadium.
• Shami becomes the first Indian bowler to claim seven wickets in a single ODI cricket match.
• Shri Anurag Singh Thakur launched the Khelo India University Games in Guwahati.
• Shubman Gill becomes fastest batter to score 2000 runs in ODIs.
• Singh Mundra AstroTurf Hockey Stadium in Ranchi.
• Sonam Maskar wins silver In Women’s Air Rifle in Cairo, Egypt.
• Sri Lanka’s Angelo Mathews becomes first Cricketer to get ‘timed out’.
• Sumit Nagal became the first Indian to win an ATP Masters 1000 match (Tennis) on clay courts at the Rolex Monte Carlob
Masters.
• Sunil Chetri Indian international footballer announces his retirement.
• Takshvi Vaghani sets new World Record for the lowest Limbo skating over 25 metres.
• Tanmay Aggarwal from Hyderabad team scored 323 in 160 balls against Arunachal Pradesh in Ranji Trophy.
• The Telangana Football Association (TFA) has achieved a approval to host the FIFA World Cup qualifiers round between
India and Kuwait.
• Travis Head (Australian) won the title in Cricket World Cup 2023.
• U19 World Cup 2024 – Australia beats India by 79 runs.
• UEFA Women’s Nations League – Spain beats France.
• Vaishali Rameshbabu, a 22-year-old chess player from India, has recently earned the title of Grandmaster at the IV El
Llobregat Open in Spain.
• Vidya Pillai clinched the IBSF 6-Red Snooker World Championship title in Doha, Qatar.
• Vijay Hazare Trophy = Haryana beats Rajasthan at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot.
• Virat Kohli becomes First Indian to score 12,000 T20 Runs.
• Virat Kohli earns the “Player of the Tournament” title in the Cricket World Cup 2023.
• Wisden leading cricketer in the world - Australian captain Pat Cummins and England all-rounder Nat Sciver-Brunt.
• World Para Athletics Championships 2024 -Deepthi Jeevanji won Gold Medal in women's T20 400m.
• Yuzvendra Chahal Creates History to Become First Indian Bowler to 350 T20 Wickets.

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 Council Of Ministers Of 18th Lok Sabha (June 2024)

1. Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances

9. Ministry of Heavy Industries Ministry of

10. Ministry of Commerce and Industry

11. Ministry of Education

12. Ministry of Micro, Small and

13. Ministry of Panchayati Raj Shri Rajiv Ranjan

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15. Ministry of Social Justice and

16. Ministry of Civil Aviation

17. Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and

19. Ministry of Textiles

20. Ministry of Railways

23. Ministry of Culture

24. Ministry of Women and Child

25. Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs Arunachal Pradesh

27. Ministry of Labour and

29. Ministry of Food Processing

30. Ministry of Jal Shakti Shri C R Patil Navsari (Gujarat)

List of Minister of State (Independent Charge) 2024

1. Ministry Of Statistics, Programme

2. Ministry of Science and

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4. Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Shri Jadhav Prataprao Buldhana

5. Ministry of Skill Development and Rajya Sabha (Uttar Pradesh)

List of all Governor / Lt. Governors /Administrators and Chief Ministers

Governor / Lt. Governor /

Shri Gulab Chand Kataria Shri Himanta Biswa

5 Bihar Shri Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar Shri Nitish Kumar

6 Chandigarh (UT) Shri Banwarilal Purohit (Administrator)

7 Chhattisgarh Shri Biswa Bhusan Harichandan Shri Vishnu Deo Sai

10 Goa Shri P.S. Sreedharan Pillai Shri Pramod Sawant

Shri Acharya Dev Vrat Shri Bhupendra Bhai

12 Haryana Shri Bandaru Dattatraya Shri Nayab Singh Saini

Shri Shiv Pratap Shukla Shri Sukhvinder Singh

15 Jharkhand Shri C.P. Radhakrishnan Shri Champai Soren

16 Karnataka Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot Shri Siddaramaiah

17 Kerala Shri Arif Mohammed Khan Shri Pinarayi Vijayan

Brig. (Dr.) Shri B.D. Mishra (Retd.)

19 Lakshadweep (UT) Shri Praful Patel (Administrator) -

20 Madhya Pradesh Shri Mangubhai Chhaganbhai Patel Shri Mohan Yadav

21 Maharashtra Shri Ramesh Bais Shri Eknath Shinde

22 Manipur Sushri Anusuiya Uikye Shri N. Biren Singh

Shri Phagu Chauhan Shri Conrad Kongkal

24 Mizoram Dr. Kambhampati Haribabu Shri PU Lalduhoma

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25 Nagaland Shri La. Ganesan Shri Neiphiu Rio

Shri Raghubar Das Shri Mohan Charan

Shri Banwarilal Purohit Shri Bhagwant Singh

29 Rajasthan Shri Kalraj Mishra Shri Bhajan Lal Sharma

Shri Lakshman Prasad Acharya SHRI PREM SINGH

31 Tamil Nadu Shri R. N. Ravi Shri M. K. Stalin

32 Telangana Shri C.P. Radhakrishnan (Addl. Charge) Shri A Revanth Reddy

33 Tripura Shri Indra Sena Reddy Nallu Dr. Manik Saha

34 Uttar Pradesh Smt. Anandiben Patel Shri Yogi Aditya Nath

Lt. Gen. Gurmit Singh (Retd.) Shri Pushkar Singh

36 West Bengal Dr. C.V. Ananda Bose Km. Mamata Banerjee

 Judges of Supreme Court of India

Other Judges of Supreme Court in June 2024

21 Justice Manoj Misra

 Female Judges of Supreme Court

B. V. Nagarathna is assumed to be the first female Chief Justice of India in 2027.

Major Schemes Till 2014-2024