Sept. 16, 2024
1 Chinese boxer Lin Yu Ting won gold medal in the women’s 57 Kg weight class.
2 Netherland’s runner Sifan Hassan secured gold in women’s marathon.
3 Hockey goalkeeper PR Sreejesh and pistol shooter Manu Bhaker will be co-flag bearers for India at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games closing ceremony.
4 Aman Sehrawat clinched bronze medal in the men's 57kg wrestling category at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
5 India's first Olympic gold medallist, Abhinav Bindrareceived the Olympic Order for his distinguished contribution to the Olympic Movement.
6 Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem won gold with an Olympic record throw of 92.97m.
7 India and New Zealand signed a bilateral customs cooperation arrangement to facilitate easier trade between the two nations.
8 The endangered purple bloom of the Western Ghats,Neelakurinji (Strobilanthes kunthiana), was recently added to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species.
9 “Udara Shakti 2024” bilateral air exercise was held between the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) in Kuantan, Malaysia.
10 World Biofuel Day: August 10th
11 V. Somanathan has been appointed as India's new Cabinet Secretary.
12 International Youth Day: August 12th, theme, “From Clicks to Progress: Youth Digital Pathways for Sustainable Development.”
13 IIT Indore has developed shoes that generate electricity from walking and use GPS for real-time location tracking.
14 Odisha has launched India's first ‘Rice ATM’, the Annapurti Grain ATM.
15 Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, in collaboration with the Habitat Charitable Trust, has proposed the construction of a state-of-the-art faecal sludge treatment plant (FSTP) at Sarovaram.
16 Vivek Kumar Dewangan, CMD of REC Limited, received the 'Distinguished Fellow' award at the 2024 Director's Conclave & 34th IOD Annual Day.
17 An MoU was signed between India's Ministry of External Affairs and NewSpace India Limited for the launch of Nepal’s Munal satellite.
18 The Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana–National Rural Livelihoods Mission has launched "Million Designers, Billion Dreams," aimed at empowering rural leaders & entrepreneurs with systems design skills.
19 India and Zambia held their 4th Foreign Office Consultations in Lusaka, Zambia.
20 Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren launched the 'Upasthiti' Portal to monitor daily attendance of doctors, para-medical staff, and other health department employees via biometric verification.
21 Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel inaugurated the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce's (IACC) first Centre of Excellence for MSMEs in India, aimed at strengthening MSMEs for export markets.
22 The Department of Telecommunications launched the "AI Bharat 5G/6G Sandbox" hackathon focusing on Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning integration in 5G/6G networks.
23 Roshni Nadar Malhotra, The Chairperson of HCL has been named India's Most Influential Woman Leader.