Weekly Current Affairs - 2nd Week Oct 2024

1. The three-day meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has been begun from

● 7 October

2. America's Coco Gauff won the title of

● 'China Open Tennis Tournament' on 6 October

3. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on October 6 unveiled a

● New multi-coloured logo for 'Mahakumbh 2025' in Prayagraj

4. Recently the United Kingdom has agreed to hand over the

● 'Chagos Islands' to Mauritius

5. Ladakh has received Geographical Indication (GI) tag for

● 'Pashmina wool'

6. Recently, the Indian Navy has deployed its First Training Squadron (1TS) in

● Oman

7. PM Modi inaugurated the Banjara Heritage Museum in the

● State of Maharashtra

8. In the year 2024, two American scientists 'Victor Ambros' and 'Gary Ruvkun' will be awarded the prestigious

● 'Nobel Prize' in Medicine

9. President Draupadi Murmu presented the 70th National Film Awards in New Delhi on

● 8 October

10. NITI Aayog CEO B V R Subrahmanyam launched the

● 'Modern Bihar Lab' in Gaya, Bihar on 8 October

11. The 'Arctic Open Badminton Competition' began on

● 8 October in Vantaa, Finland

● This six-day competition was conclude on 13 October

12. 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

13. The Indian Air Force celebrated its '92nd Foundation Day' on

● 8 October at Air Force Station Tambaram

14. 'World Telecommunication Standardization Conference' will be held in

● New Delhi from 14 to 24 October

15. Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal inaugurated the

● 'Skill Development Centre' in Kandivali, Mumbai on 7 October

16. The Central Board of Direct Taxes(CBDT) has constituted an internal committee to review the

● Income Tax Act, 1961

17. 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

18. '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

19. Tunisia's President 'Kais Saied' has won the presidential election for the

● Second consecutive time

20. The Indian Foreign Ministry has appointed senior IFS officer Sanjeev Kumar Singla as the

● Next Ambassador of India to France

21. 'Sankalp' initiative has been launched to combat drug trafficking in

● Himachal Pradesh

22. India has secured first position in the medal tally of the

● 4th ISSF Junior World Championship 2024

23. Former Sri Lankan cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya has been appointed the head coach of the

● Sri Lankan cricket team

24. '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

25. Tata Group Chairman and senior industrialist ' Ratan Tata' has passed away at the age of 86 on

● 9 October

26. The 44th and 45th summits of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) began on

● 10 October in Vientiane, the capital of Laos

27. The first phase of the 2nd Army Commanders' Conference for the year 2024 was held at

● Gangtok, Sikkim from 10th-11th October

28. The National e-Governance Division has announced the integration of UMANG App with DigiLocker

● To provide seamless access to government services to people

29. 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)

30. The Union Cabinet has approved the construction of 2280 km road in the border areas of

● Rajasthan and Punjab

31. The 38th National Games will be held in Uttarakhand from

● 28 January to 14 February in the year 2025

32. 'Legends League Cricket Tournament' has started in

● Kashmir Valley from 9th October

33. PM Modi recently inaugurated the

● Indian Institute of Skills in Mumbai

34. Han Kang has been awarded the Nobel Prize for

● Literature for the year 2024

35. The Union Home Ministry has banned

● Jerusalem-based 'Hizb Ut Tahrir' and declared it a terrorist organisation

36. The new Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir

● Omar Abdullah

37. The Ministry of Education has launched the registration portal for the fifth phase of 'Yuva Sangam' under

● Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat from October 10

38. South Korean writer 'Han Kang' will be awarded the

● Nobel Prize in Literature 2024

39. Indian women's team has won the 'Bronze Medal' in the

● Asian Table Tennis Championship 2024

40. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo flagged off India's longest

● Cycle expedition from Polo View Ground in Srinagar on October 10

41. Animal Husbandry Minister George Kurien inaugurated the 'Animal Quarantine and Certification Services' at the

● Cochin International Airport on 10 October

42. 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

43. World Cotton Day 2024 is celebrated all over the world on

● 7 October

44. 'Indian Air Force Day' is celebrated in India every year on

● 8 October

45. 'World Post Day' is celebrated all over the world on

● 9 October

46. 'World Mental Health Day' is celebrated all over the world on

● 10 October

47. 'International Girl Child Day' is celebrated all over the world on

● 11 October

48. World Standards Day is celebrated on

● 14 October

● Theme24 : “Shared Vision for a Better World: Spotlight on SDG 9”

49. 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