Sept. 16, 2024
1. India and Singapore signed an agreement on Semiconductor partnership.
2. The Ministry of Women and Child Development won the National Award for e-Governance 2024 (Gold) for its Poshan Tracker initiative.
3. The Lab Mitra won the National e-Governance Gold Award.
4. Former India wicketkeeper Ajay Ratra has been appointed as a selector for the men’s cricket team
5. Table Tennis Icon Sharath Kamal has been named International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) FoundationAmbassador.
6. India’s Sachin Sarjerao Khilari secured silver in the men’s Shot Put F46 event at the Paris 2024 Paralympics.
7. Shooter Anuya Prasad secured gold in the women’s air pistol event at the second World Deaf Shooting Championship in Hannover, Germany.
8. Harvinder Singh secured gold in archery at the Paris 2024 Paralympics.
9. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) launched the Vishvasya-Blockchain Technology Stack to provide Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS).
10. Punjab Assembly passed the Punjab Apartment and Property Regulation (Amendment) Act, 2024, to address illegal colonies.
11. The 2024 Chief Science Advisers’ Roundtable will take place at UNESCO in Paris.
12. Telangana with a real GSDP of ₹7.9 lakh crore and Tamil Nadu with ₹15.7 lakh crore topped the GSDP growth for FY24.
13. A peace agreement was signed in New Delhi between the Centre, Tripura government, and National Liberation Front of Tripura NLFT/ATTF.
14. President Murmu inaugurated Vishwashanti Buddha Vihara in Maharashtra.
15. Siddhartha Agarwal became oldest Indian to swim English Channel solo.