Oct. 10, 2024
1. State of Global air-2024’ Report
• Health Effects Institute & UNICEF examined global air pollution trends (1990-2021).
• 99% of the population lives in areas with PM2.5 levels.
• India & China account for over half of the global disease burden from air pollution.
2. Dhiraj Bommadevara won Bronze at Archery World Cup, Antalya, Turkiye
3. The Centre has enacted a strict anti-paper leak law amid controversies over NEET and UGC-NET exams, imposing up to 10 years of imprisonment and a Rs 1 crore fine to curb exam malpractices.
4. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that India will start an e-medical visa facility for Bangladeshi nationals.
5. On June 23, 2024, Kozhikode made history by becoming the first UNESCO City of Literature in India.
6. International Day of Women in Diplomacy: June 24th.
7. International Olympic Day: June 23rd; Theme: “Let’s Move and Celebrate.”
8. Pradeep Singh Kharola Has Been Assigned The Additional Charge of the Director General of the National Testing Agency.
9. The 53rd GST Council met under the Chairpersonship of Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi.
10. India ranks third in Global Domestic Airline Market.
11. United Nations Public Service Day: 23 June.
12. China and France launched Space Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM)Satellite from Xichang Satellite Launch Center aimed at studying the farthest explosions of stars, including gamma-ray bursts.
13. International Widows’ Day: 23 June; Theme: "Invisible Women, Invisible Problems."
14. Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering & Research (SAMEER) and Military College of Telecommunication Engineering (MCTE) signed an MoUto advance 'Next Generation Wireless Technologies for the Indian Army.'
15. Four Armed Forces Medical Service officers, Lt Col Sanjeev Malik, Maj Anish George, Capt Stephen Sebastian, and Capt Dania James, clinched 32 medals, including 19 Gold, at the 43rd World Medical and Health Games in Saint-Tropez, France.
16. A tribunal under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) confirmed a five-year ban on the Muslim League Jammu Kashmir (Masarat Alam faction) and Tehreek-e-Hurriyat.
17. Sanjaya Mariwala has been appointed as the President of IMC Chamber of Commerce.
18. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully carried out the third Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) Landing Experiment (LEX) on June 23