Oct. 10, 2024
1. NITI Aayog's SDG India Index 2023-24:
• Uttarakhand and Kerala have emerged as joint top performing states with a score of 79, followed by Tamil Nadu (78) and Goa (77).
• Bihar (57), Jharkhand (62) and Nagaland (63) were the worst performing states
• Nagaland has topped the Gender Equality (GE) Index in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Index India with a score of 74.
2. James Anderson, the veteran English speedster, has officially announced his retirement from Test cricket.
3. Retired professor K. Chockalingam from Tamil Nadu, India, has been selected for the esteemed Hans von Hentigaward.
4. The Government of India has made a significant decision to observe June 25 annually as 'Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas' (Constitution Murder Day).
5. Vietnam has secured its position again as the most affordable destination for expatriates.
6. The Haryana Cabinet approved the IT Saksham YuvaScheme to employ 60,000 young graduates or postgraduates from IT backgrounds from poor families.
7. Astronomers have identified an 8200 solar mass black hole in the star cluster Omega Centauri.
8. China’s iSpace rocket fails soon after launch, losing 3 weather satellites.
9. James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) captured an Einstein ring generated by a quasar RX J1131-1231, located 6 billion light-years away in the constellation Crater.
10. Union Minister for DoNER, Jyotiraditya Scindia, launched the North East Region Agri Commodity E-Connect (NERACE) web portal and mobile application to benefit the farming community and buyers in the Northeastern region.
11. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced Saudi Arabia as the host of the first Olympic EsportsGames 2025.
12. India’s first university for physically challenged students will be set up in Ranchi (Jharkhand)
13. Malala Day, celebrated annually on July 12, commemorates the birthday of Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani activist and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate.
14. The "world's largest Ramayan temple" has entered its second phase of construction in East Champaran district of Bihar.
15. The Indian government introduced AgriSURE ‘Agri Fund for Start-Ups & Rural Enterprises’ to support agripreneursand startups.
16. India proposed the establishment of the South Asian Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Maritime Transport (SACE-SMarT) at the 132nd session of the Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in London.