Oct. 10, 2024
1 Manchester City midfielder Phil Foden has won the Professional Footballers' Association men's player of the year award
2 Chelsea winger Cole Palmer was named the Professional Footballers' Association young player of the year.
3 Muzafar Hussain from Jammu and Kashmir won the Lifetime Achievement Award in the 24th Handicrafts Exports Awards held in New Delhi.
4 Ajay Gupta’s C.L. Gupta Exports Limited received the Top All Handicrafts Award for both 2019-20 and 2020-21 organised by The Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts (EPCH).
5 International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief: August 22
6 Dr. Jitendra Singh was honored the “Distinguished Mentor of the Year” award by the American College of Physicians.
7 Dr. Ashutosh Pandey, Assistant Professor at PondicherryUniversity, was honored with the National Young Geoscientist Award 2023.
8 Professor Dhiraj Mohan Banerjee was honoured with the National Geoscience Award for Lifetime Achievement 2023.
9 IAS officer Govind Mohan has been appointed as the new Union Home Secretary.
10 IAS officer from the Nagaland cadre Amardeep Singh Bhatia, has been appointed as Secretary of DPIIT(Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade).
11 The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) in Hyderabad was recognized as the Best Airport at the prestigious India Travel Awards.
12 Airtel Payments Bank has launched Face Match, an AI-driven security feature that uses facial recognition to enhance account protection.
13 Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) signed an important MoU with the Department of Posts for physical verification of Prime Minister Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP).
14 Top-ranked Jannik Sinner and women’s No. 2 ArynaSabalenka each secured their first Cincinnati Open titles.
15 Amul has been ranked as the world’s strongest food brand in 2024 by Brand Finance
16 Samoan batter Darius Visser set a new world record by scoring 39 runs in a single T20I over.