Oct. 10, 2024
1. Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh announced the introduction of e-HRMS (Electronic Human Resource Management System) to digitalize government employee management.
2. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has inscribed “The Human Rights, Liberation and Reconciliation: Nelson Mandela Legacy Sites,” as World Heritage Sites.
3. Google CEO Sundar Pichai was honored with Honorary Doctorate from IIT-Kharagpur.
4. India emerged as the 2nd largest Aluminium producer, the 3rd largest lime producer, and the 4th largest iron ore producer in the world.
5. Lieutenant General Sadhna Saxena Nair has been appointed as the first woman Director General of Medical Services (Army).
6. The 32nd International Conference of Agricultural Economists ICAE-2024 was held in New Delhi.
7. The Ministry of Consumer Affairs launched Version 4.0 of the Price Monitoring System (PMS) Mobile App, adding 16 new commodities for daily price monitoring, totaling 38 items.
8. The government initiated a pilot scheme in Chandigarh and Assam for cashless treatment of road accident victims with coverage up to ₹1.5 lakh for seven days under AyushmanBharat Pradhan Mantri-Jan Arogya Yojana (ABPM-JAY).
9. India & WHO signed a Donor Agreement to support WHO Global Traditional Medicine Centre (GTMC) in Jamnagar, Gujarat.
10. The SC ruled that State governments can sub-classify SCs & STs for reservation, overturning E.V. Chinnaiahjudgement.
11. The SC ruled that the legislative power to tax mineral rights and mineral bearing land vests with States overturning the 1989 judgement.
12. Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has announced the creation of the Gujarat State Institution for Transformation (GRIT), a state-level think tank modelled after the NITI Aayog.
13. India and Vietnam have partnered to develop the National Maritime Heritage Complex (NMHC) in Lothal, Gujarat.
14. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute (CSIR-AMPRI), Bhopal, organized The Rashtriya Hindi Vigyan Sammelan 2024 to promote scientific research in Hindi.
15. Travel and Tourism Development Index (TTDI) 2024 report: India is ranked 39th among 119 countries.