Weekly Current Affairs - 1st Week Oct 2024

1st - 7th Oct 2024

CURRENT AFFAIRS

10/15/20245 min read

  1. Jamaica's Prime Minister Dr. Andrew Holness has come to India on

● 30 September on a four-day official visit

  1. Indian athlete Gulveer Singh won the gold medal in the men's 5000m race at the

● World Athletics Continental Tour in Japan on September 29

  1. India has won seven medals including two gold at the

● Junior World Championship 2024 in Brunei

  1. The 14th Hockey India Junior Women's National Championship 2024 started from

● 30th September in Ranchi, Jharkhand

  1. The new Chief Justice of Delhi High Court

● Justice Manmohan

  1. Recently the 'World Food Programme' has started emergency action to provide

● Food assistance to the affected people in Lebanon

  1. National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology organised

● Yuva Rojgar Mela on 29th September in New Delhi

  1. The next Chief Secretary of Madhya Pradesh

● Senior IAS officer Anurag Jain

  1. Veteran Bollywood actor Mithun Chakraborty will be honoured with the

● Dada Saheb Phalke Award at the 70th National Film Awards ceremony this year

  1. India's young badminton player Raksha Kandasamy has won the titles of

● Croatia International and Belgium Junior Tournament

  1. The Indian Navy's annual apex level international conference 'Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue' was held from

● 3 October to 5 October in New Delhi

  1. Union Minister Dr. Virendra Kumar felicitated the top ranking students at the national level in the

● Disability Rehabilitation Services and Special Education Sector on 01 October, 2024 in New Delhi

  1. The Indian Army has signed the eighth procurement contract under the Government's flagship initiative

● Defence Excellence Innovation

  1. The Centre has approved the release of Rs 675 crore from the National Disaster Response Fund to

● Flood-affected states Gujarat, Manipur and Tripura

  1. The Department of Social Justice and Empowerment has signed an agreement with the

● National Legal Services Authority on September 30

  1. Cruise Bharat Mission has been launched to

● Promote cruise tourism in India

  1. The Integrated Defence Staff Headquarters celebrated its 24th Raising Day on

● 01 October 2024

  1. The new Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Brussels

● Former Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte

  1. Surgeon 'Vice Admiral Aarti Sareen' has become the first woman to hold the post of

● Director General of Armed Forces Medical Services

  1. Director General of Police of Jammu and Kashmir

● Senior IPS officer 'Nalin Prabhat'

  1. Union Minister of Culture and Tourism Gajendra Singh Shekhawat inaugurated the exhibition titled

● Good Governance and Records in New Delhi on 01 October

  1. The 'Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India' celebrated its 8th annual day on

● October 1, 2024

  1. Indian shooter 'Parth Rakesh Mane' has won double gold medal in the 10m air rifle event in the

● Three-day 'International Shooting Sport Association' Junior World Championship 2024

  1. The Nagaland Government has selected Wales as one of the partner countries for the upcoming

● 25th edition of the 'Hornbill Festival'

  1. The Indian Navy's annual top-level international conference 'Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue 2024' was held

● From 3 October to 5 October in New Delhi

  1. Eminent artist 'Lakshman Shrestha' will be honoured with

● 'Late Vasudev Gaitonde Lifetime Achievement Award' by the Maharashtra Government

  1. The 'World Green Economy Forum' has been launched in

● Dubai from 02 October

  1. Recently the 17th meeting of the India-Germany Military Cooperation Sub-Group was held in

● Berlin

  1. The 26th Water, Energy, Technology and Environment Exhibition 2024 began on

● 01 October at the Dubai World Trade Centre

  1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the

● 'Kautilya Economic Conference' in New Delhi from Oct 4 to Oct 6

  1. Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment ‘Shobha Karandlaje’ will chair the 6th Regional Meeting with North Eastern States on

● October 4, 2024 in Guwahati

  1. India, Nepal and Bangladesh have signed a tripartite agreement to

● Export 40 MW of power from Nepal to Bangladesh through India's 'Power Grid'

  1. The '3rd National Floor Curling Championship' began on

● 4 October at the Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium in Puducherry

  1. The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved granting classical language status to

● Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Assamese and Bengali languages

  1. Under the 'Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana', the Central Government has established

● 13,822 Jan Aushadhi Kendras across the country till September 30 this year

  1. The International Film Festival and Environment and Wildlife Forum, Vatavaran was inaugurated on

● 3 October at 'Prithvi Bhawan' in New Delhi

  1. Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on 3 October inaugurated the

● Newly constructed Police Commissioner Office in Ahmedabad, Gujarat

  1. Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo co-chaired the

● 'US-India CEO Forum' on October 3

  1. The Indian Air Force will celebrate its 92nd Foundation Day from

● October 6 to 8 in Chennai

  1. Union External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar will lead the Indian delegation to Islamabad for the

● SCO Summit 2024 to be held on 15 and 16 October

  1. President of Maldives Dr. Mohammed Muizzu is on a state visit to India from

● 6 to 10 October

  1. Indian International Science Festival 2024 will be held this year from

● 30 November to 3 December in Guwahati, Assam

  1. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has approved the

● First diagnostic test for the infectious disease 'monkeypox'

  1. Traditional rice beer and eight traditional products of the Bodo culture of the state of 'Assam' have received the

● GI tag status

  1. Recently, India's Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) has become an associate member of the

● International Medical Devices Regulatory Forum (IMDRF)

  1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 5 inaugurated the

● 'Banjara Virasat Museum' at Pohardevi in Washim, Maharashtra

  1. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has conducted three successful flight tests of a

● Fourth generation short-range air defence system missile from Pokhran

  1. The maritime 'Malabar Exercise' will begin between the Quad countries on

● 08 October in Visakhapatnam under the host of India

  1. World Bank will pay Rs 1600 crore to

● Nepal for carbon trading

  1. Indian archer Vaishnavi Pawar has won the silver medal in the recurve under-18 women's team category at

● The Asian Youth Archery Championship 2024

  1. Recently, the Pakistan government has decided to hand over the security of

● The capital 'Islamabad' to the army

● The summit of 'Shanghai Cooperation Organisation' is to be held in Islamabad on 15 and 16 October

  1. Union Minister of State for Coal and Mines 'Satish Chandra Dubey' has inaugurated

● 51 solar power plants of Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) in Ranchi

  1. Recently Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has signed MoU with 'NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam'

● To promote solar energy in health research institutions

  1. 'International Translation Day' is celebrated all over the world on

● September 30

  1. The Defence Accounts Department celebrated its 277th Annual Day on

● October 01, 2024

  1. Gandhi Jayanti is celebrated every year on

● 02 October in India

● In the year 2024, the 155th birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi was celebrated

  1. 'World Vegetarian Day' is celebrated all over the world on

● 1 October

  1. 'World Animal Welfare Day' is celebrated all over the world on

● 4 October

  1. 'World Teachers' Day' is celebrated across the world on

● 5 October

  1. 'World Cerebral Palsy Day' is celebrated all over the world on

● 6 October

  1. 'German Unity Day' is celebrated every year on

● 3 October