Weekly Current Affairs - 2nd Week Oct 2024
8th - 14th Oct 2024
CURRENT AFFAIRS
10/15/20243 min read
The three-day meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has been begun from
● 7 October
America's Coco Gauff won the title of
● 'China Open Tennis Tournament' on 6 October
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on October 6 unveiled a
● New multi-coloured logo for 'Mahakumbh 2025' in Prayagraj
Recently the United Kingdom has agreed to hand over the
● 'Chagos Islands' to Mauritius
Ladakh has received Geographical Indication (GI) tag for
● 'Pashmina wool'
Recently, the Indian Navy has deployed its First Training Squadron (1TS) in
● Oman
PM Modi inaugurated the Banjara Heritage Museum in the
● State of Maharashtra
In the year 2024, two American scientists 'Victor Ambros' and 'Gary Ruvkun' will be awarded the prestigious
● 'Nobel Prize' in Medicine
President Draupadi Murmu presented the 70th National Film Awards in New Delhi on
● 8 October
NITI Aayog CEO B V R Subrahmanyam launched the
● 'Modern Bihar Lab' in Gaya, Bihar on 8 October
The 'Arctic Open Badminton Competition' began on
● 8 October in Vantaa, Finland
● This six-day competition was conclude on 13 October
The 'Red Panda Programme' of 'Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park', Darjeeling has been selected as a
● Finalist for the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) Conservation Award 2024
The Indian Air Force celebrated its '92nd Foundation Day' on
● 8 October at Air Force Station Tambaram
'World Telecommunication Standardization Conference' will be held in
● New Delhi from 14 to 24 October
Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal inaugurated the
● 'Skill Development Centre' in Kandivali, Mumbai on 7 October
The Central Board of Direct Taxes(CBDT) has constituted an internal committee to review the
● Income Tax Act, 1961
Union Health Minister 'Jagat Prakash Nadda' has been elected as the
● President of the 77th session of the World Health Organisation (WHO) South-East Asia Regional Committee
'John J. Hopfield' and 'Geoffrey E. Hinton' will be awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in
● Physics for fundamental discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning through artificial neural networks
Tunisia's President 'Kais Saied' has won the presidential election for the
● Second consecutive time
The Indian Foreign Ministry has appointed senior IFS officer Sanjeev Kumar Singla as the
● Next Ambassador of India to France
'Sankalp' initiative has been launched to combat drug trafficking in
● Himachal Pradesh
India has secured first position in the medal tally of the
● 4th ISSF Junior World Championship 2024
Former Sri Lankan cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya has been appointed the head coach of the
● Sri Lankan cricket team
'Malabar Exercise 2024' has started from
● October 8 at Visakhapatnam
● Australia, Japan, and U.S. forces joined the host India Navy for an opening ceremony to celebrate the launch of field-training exercise Malabar 2024
Tata Group Chairman and senior industrialist ' Ratan Tata' has passed away at the age of 86 on
● 9 October
The 44th and 45th summits of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) began on
● 10 October in Vientiane, the capital of Laos
The first phase of the 2nd Army Commanders' Conference for the year 2024 was held at
● Gangtok, Sikkim from 10th-11th October
The National e-Governance Division has announced the integration of UMANG App with DigiLocker
● To provide seamless access to government services to people
The Department of Posts, India has unveiled a special series of commemorative postage stamps to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Universal Postal Union on
● World Post Day (9 October)
The Union Cabinet has approved the construction of 2280 km road in the border areas of
● Rajasthan and Punjab
The 38th National Games will be held in Uttarakhand from
● 28 January to 14 February in the year 2025
'Legends League Cricket Tournament' has started in
● Kashmir Valley from 9th October
PM Modi recently inaugurated the
● Indian Institute of Skills in Mumbai
Han Kang has been awarded the Nobel Prize for
● Literature for the year 2024
The Union Home Ministry has banned
● Jerusalem-based 'Hizb Ut Tahrir' and declared it a terrorist organisation
The new Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir
● Omar Abdullah
The Ministry of Education has launched the registration portal for the fifth phase of 'Yuva Sangam' under
● Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat from October 10
South Korean writer 'Han Kang' will be awarded the
● Nobel Prize in Literature 2024
Indian women's team has won the 'Bronze Medal' in the
● Asian Table Tennis Championship 2024
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo flagged off India's longest
● Cycle expedition from Polo View Ground in Srinagar on October 10
Animal Husbandry Minister George Kurien inaugurated the 'Animal Quarantine and Certification Services' at the
● Cochin International Airport on 10 October
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has launched 'Tele Manas App' and 'Video Call Facility' on the occasion of
● 'World Mental Health Day' on 10th October in New Delhi
World Cotton Day 2024 is celebrated all over the world on
● 7 October
'Indian Air Force Day' is celebrated in India every year on
● 8 October
'World Post Day' is celebrated all over the world on
● 9 October
'World Mental Health Day' is celebrated all over the world on
● 10 October
'International Girl Child Day' is celebrated all over the world on
● 11 October
World Standards Day is celebrated on
● 14 October
● Theme24 : “Shared Vision for a Better World: Spotlight on SDG 9”
International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction is observed on
● 13 October
● Theme24: "empowering the next generation for a resilient future"
● The day offers an opportunity to celebrate the advancements made in reducing disaster vulnerability and the resulting loss of lives, economy and health