Oct. 10, 2024
1. Shafali Verma becomes fastest woman double-centurion in Test cricket.
2. India's largest Leopard safari opens at BannerghattaBiological Park, Bengaluru.
3. The World Bank approved $1.5 Billion grant for India’s Green Energy Push.
4. Artificial Intelligence Preparedness Index 2024 – India Ranks at 72nd.
5. The Central Railway has installed a floating solar plant of 10 MWp capacity in the Igatpuri lake, Maharashtra.
6. Vikram Misri has been appointed as India’s New Foreign Secretary.
7. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will represent India at the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Astana.
8. The Uttar Pradesh government has announced an ambitious plan to establish a bioplastic park in the Lakhimpur Kheridistrict.
9. National Statistics Day: June 29th; theme is “Use of data for decision-making”
10. The International Day of Parliamentarism: June 30th; Theme: “Parliamentary diplomacy”.
11. International Asteroid Day: June 30th.
12. Turkey has been removed from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) 'grey list'.
13. Nepalese Citizens can now make online payments in India using QR Code.
14. RBI announced The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) currency swap framework for 2024-27.
15. Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh launched ‘BhuvanPanchayat (Ver. 4.0)’ for rural land records and ‘National Database for Emergency Management (NDEM Ver. 5.0)’ to provide satellite imagery for planning and disaster management.
16. Bank of Baroda appointed Sumit Nagal as its Brand Endorser.
17. H.E António Costa has been elected as President of European Council
18. The Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) Global Liveability Index 2024: Vienna, Austria ranks first.
19. Dr. Usha Thakur has been honored with 12th VishwaHindi Samman.
20. SEVENTEEN was inaugurated as UNESCO's inaugural Goodwill Ambassadors for Youth at Paris headquarters.