Oct. 10, 2024
1.Winners of 10th National Community Radio Awards
• Thematic Award - First Prize: Radio Mayur, Bihar for ‘Tech Sakhi’
• Most Innovative Community Engagement Award - First Prize: Yerlawani Sangli, Maharashtra for ‘Kahani Sunandachi’
• Promoting Local Culture Award - First Prize: Radio Brahmaputra, Assam for ‘Igarekun’
• Sustainability Model Award - First Prize: Radio Benziger, Kerala
2. Former Indonesia Vice President Hamzah Haz passed away at 84
3. India's nuclear power capacity is set to triple from 8,180 MW to 22,480 MW by 2031-32.
4 The Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research (AMD) discovered 1,600 tonnes of lithium resources in Mandya and Yadgiri district, Karnataka.
5 President Droupadi Murmu has renamed two key halls in Rashtrapati Bhavan, from ‘Durbar Hall’ to ‘Ganatantra Mandap’ and ‘Ashok Hall’ to ‘Ashok Mandap’.
6 Shri H.D. Kumaraswamy, Union Minister of Steel and Heavy Industries, launched SIMS 2.0, the upgraded Steel Import Monitoring System.
7 The Indian Army contingent will participate in the multinational military exercise KHAAN QUEST 2024 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
8 Kargil Vijay Diwas day: July 26
9 Nita Ambani, has been re-elected unanimously as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from India.
10 The Israeli Knesset has approved a bill to designate the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) as a terrorist organization.
11 Ronald L. Rowe Jr. has been appointed as acting chief of the US Secret Service.
12 Curator and author Rahaab Allana has been awarded the Officier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government.
13 Ajinkya Naik, at 37, has been elected as the youngest president of the Mumbai Cricket Association.
14 Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has been honoured with customised gold coins by the Grevin Museum in Paris.
15 Union Health Secretary launched the "Economic Case for Investment in the Well-being of Adolescents in India" report, highlighting improvements in adolescent health through government policies.
16 A 9-judge Constitution bench ruled that the legislative power to tax mineral rights belongs to the states, overturning a 1989 verdict.
17 Indian artist Akshai Sarin transformed Royal Caribbean's Spectrum of the Seas, a 1,100-foot cruise ship, into a playable musical instrument using Sonokinesis technology.
18 Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy launched the Vriksharopan Abhiyan 2024 at Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) in Dhanbad.