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Country’s longest signature stayed bridge,

‘Sudarshan Setu’ inaugurated by PM Modi in Gujarat
The bridge connects the Okha town

of Devbhumi Dwarka district of
mainland Gujarat to Bet Dwarka
which is an island about 2.32 km.
Trilateral Exercise Dosti-16
Trilateral Collaboration:
Dosti is a trilateral coast guard exercise

involving India, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives.
Held - Maldives
IIT Guwahati Launches India’s Largest

Drone Pilot Training Organisation
Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2024
Best Actor Shah Rukh Khan Jawan

Best Actress Rani Mukerji Mrs Chatterjee vs
Norway
Best Film Jawan
Best Director Sandeep Reddy Animal
Vanga
77th British Academy Film Awards 2024

(BAFTA) Awards 2024
Best Film Oppenheimer

What is Article 142, invoked by Supreme Court to

overturn Chandigarh mayoral poll results?
Article 142 empowers the Supreme Court to pass any

decree or order necessary for doing complete justice in
any case or matter pending before it.
The election was marred by irregularities due to the

illegal conduct of the presiding officer who had
announced the winner by invalidating eight votes cast in
favour of his opponent, leading to an incorrect
declaration of the winner.
Tata Trusts To Inaugurate India’s First

Small Animal Hospital In Mumbai
The Public Examinations

(Prevention Of Unfair Means) Bill, 2024
Cognizable, Non-bailable and Non-compoundable. This means

arrest without warrant, no bail by right, and the case cannot be
withdrawn even if the parties compromise. Punishment can be 3-
5 years in jail plus up to Rs 10 lakh fine.
However, in cases where a link to organised crime is proven it

calls for a prison sentence of up to 10 years. It imposes a fine of
Rs 1 crore.
However, candidates appearing for the exams have been left out
of its purview.
The bill is applicable to central recruitment and

entrance exams conducted by
1) Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)
2) Staff Selection Commission (SSC)
3) Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs)
4) Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS)
5) National Testing Agency (NTA) – JEE , NEET , CUET etc

Winners of the Republic Day Parade Awards 2024

Awards by the Panel of Judges
A) Best Marching Contingents
Among the Three Services: The Sikh Regiment Contingent
Among CAPF/Other Auxiliary Forces: The Delhi Police Women Marching Contingent
B) Best Tableaux
First: Odisha’s tableau
Ministries/Departments Category: The Ministry of Culture won with their tableau

“Bharat: Mother of Democracy
ISRO’s “Gaganyaan” mission
'Vyommitra' woman robot astronaut that

will fly into space ahead of ISRO’s
“Gaganyaan” mission
'Vyommitra' to undergo an uncrewed

mission in 2024 before India's historic
Gaganyaan manned space flight in 2025.
Grammy Award 2024
Shankar Mahadevan and Zakir Hussain’s

fusion band Shakti won the Grammy award
for Best Global Music Album for their latest
release, “This Moment.
Bharat Rice
Union Minister Piyush Goyal launched ‘Bharat

Rice’ brand in New Delhi to provide subsidized
rice directly to consumers.
The rice will be available in 5 kg and 10 kg

packs at a subsidized rate of 29 rupees per kg.
Badminton Asia Team Championships 2024
Indian women’s badminton team secures

first-ever Badminton Asia Team
Championships title on 18 Feb 2024 at
Setia City Convention Centre in Shah
Alam, Malaysia.
In the final match, India defeats Thailand

3-2.
Henley Passport Index 2024
The passport ranking of the countries of the world has

been released under the Henley Passport Index 2024.
In this ranking, the ranking of Indian passport has

fallen one place to 85th compared to last year.
As per the Henley Passport Index 2024, Indian citizens

enjoy visa-free access to 62 countries.
India's first Skill India Center
Union Minister of Education and Skill

Development and Entrepreneurship
Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated the
country's first Skill India Center (SIC) in
Sambalpur, Odisha
Shashi Tharoor honoured with

France's highest civilian award, the
'Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur‘.
INSAT-3DS
ISRO successfully launches next

generation weather satellite INSAT-3DS
from Sriharikota
Launched by using the Geosynchronous

Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F14).
58th Jnanpith Award
58th Jnanpith Award has been

conferred upon lyricist and
poet Gulzar and Sanskrit
scholar Jagadguru
Rambhadracharya.
International Court of Justice (ICJ)
Lebanese Judge Nawaf Salam was

elected as the new president of the
International Court of Justice (ICJ) for a
three-year term, succeeding US Judge
Joan Donoghue.
12th edition of MILAN 2024
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated

the 12th edition of MILAN 2024, the flagship
naval exercise hosted by the Indian Navy in
Visakhapatnam on 21 Feb 2024.
'Shanti Prayas IV 2024
Multinational military exercise 'Shanti Prayas

IV' is being organized in Nepal.
19 countries including India, Bangladesh and

Pakistan are participating in this exercise.
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal

"Prachanda" inaugurated this two-week long
military exercise.
Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA)
Introduced in 1958.
Aim - It granted certain special powers to the members

of the armed forces in disturbed areas.
It still remains in force in Nagaland, Manipur, Assam,

J&K, and Arunachal Pradesh.
Indrajaal
Hyderabad Firm Grene Robotics
Unveils India’s First AI-Powered Anti-
Drone System – Indrajaal
This technology can detect enemy

drones and destroy them using radio
frequency.
ASEAN Summit
ASEAN Summit 2023 (42nd): Indonesia
ASEAN Summit 2023 (43rd): Indonesia
ASEAN Summit 2024 (44th & 45th): Laos
Headquater - Jakarta, Indonesia

20th ASEAN-INDIA SUMMIT AND THE

18th EAST ASIA SUMMIT 2023
Jakarta , Indonesia
Varuna-23
India-France bilateral naval exercise

'Varuna' concluded successfully in the
Arabian Sea.
Sanchi became India’s first solar city.
Raisen district MP
India’s First Lighthouse Festival
India’s First Lighthouse Festival is set to

begin in Goa.
Tharman Shanmugaratnam Wins

Singapore Presidential Election
Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
Tiger Reserves
Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve
It is the seventh tiger reserve in

Madhya Pradesh.
54TH Tiger Reserve
55 Dholpur – Karauli Tiger Reserve

( Rajasthan)
Adi Shankaracharya : Statue
108 feet high 'Statue of Oneness' of Adi

Shankaracharya at Omkareshwar in Khandwa
district, M.P and laid the foundation stone of
Advaita Lok.
He was a devotee of Shiva.

Global Innovation Index 2023
Published by the World

Intellectual Property Organization.
India - 40th / 132
Rank 1 - Switzerland
Nuakhai Festival
Nuakhai is an agricultural festival

mainly observed by tribal people as
well as Hindus of Western Odisha. It
is also celebrated in the adjoining
areas of Simdega in Jharkhand,
where the culture of Western Odisha
is much predominant.
Women Reservation Bill 2023 / Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam
The Indian government introduced The

Constitution ( 128th Amendment) Bill, 2023,
aimed at providing 33% reservation to
women in the Lok Sabha and state Legislative
Assemblies.
106th Amendment Act

World Heritage Site – UNESCO

Santiniketan Becomes India's 41st
World Heritage Site ( 2023 )
Location - West Bengal
Hoysala Temples now India’s 42nd

UNESCO’s World Heritage site ( 2023 )
Location - Karnataka
Old Parliament Vs New Parliament
Old Parliament Building To

Be Called As ‘Samvidhan
Sadan’
G20 Summit 2023 – New Delhi
Year G-20 Summit 2023

Host Country India
Venue Pragati Maidan, New Delhi
Bharat Mandapam International
Held in
Exhibition-Convention Centre (IECC)
Date September 9-10, 2023
Edition 18th Meeting
G20 is now G21
The African Union will be admitted as a

full member at the 18th summit of the
G20.
Members - 55 member states
African Union HQ – Addis Ababa,

Ethiopia
Aarogya Maitri Cube
India has built the world’s first portable

disaster hospital, called the “Aarogya
Maitri Cube”.
NCERT Gets Deemed University Status

India’s Largest Home-Built Nuclear Plant Starts Operations
The largest domestically constructed

nuclear facility in India, a 700 MW
nuclear power plant situated in
Kakrapar, Gujarat, has initiated
operations at its full capacity.
PRIP Scheme
Promotion of Research and Innovation in
Pharma-MedTech Sector (PRIP)
Aim - Strengthening the research

infrastructure
Ministry - Ministry of Chemicals and

Fertilizers
India’s first UPI ATM
"India's first UPI-ATM, a cardless cash

withdrawal system, launched by Hitachi
and NPCI for convenience."
Dr Dinesh Dasa takes oath of Office

and Secrecy as Member, UPSC
Rahul Navin Takes Charge as Director of

Enforcement Directorate
R Madhavan Nominated as
President of FTII Pune
Film and Television Institute

of India (FTII), Pune.
Jaya Verma Sinha
Jaya Verma Sinha 1st Woman

Chairperson to Head the
Railway Board
Waheeda Rehman to Receive Dadasaheb

Phalke Lifetime Achievement Award
Padma Shree award

in: 1972
Padma Bhushan
award in: 2011
Swati Nayak from Odisha, To Receive the

2023 Norman Borlaug Field Award
Contributions to the field of

agriculture and food production
65th Ramon Magsaysay Awards 2023

Awardee Name Country
1. Korvi Rakshand Bangladesh
2. Eugenio Lemos Timor-Leste
3. Miriam Coronel- Philippines

Ferrer
4. Dr Ravi Kannan R. India

Indian Grand Prix 2023:
Italian rider Marco Bezzecchi

triumphed in the inaugural
Indian Grand Prix.
September 22-24, 2023 at

the Buddh International
Circuit in Greater Noida, Uttar
Pradesh.
Durand Cup 2023
Mohun Bagan SG defeats East

Bengal 1-0 at Durand Cup finals
132nd edition
Grand Slam Tennis 2023

Event Surface Men’s Singles Women’s Singles
French Open Clay Novak Djokovic Iga Świątek
127th edition Serbian Poland
Wimbledon Carlos Alcaraz Marketa Vondrousova

Grass
136th edition Spain Czech Republic
US Open Hard Novak Djokovic Coco Gauff

143rd edition Serbian USA
Aditya L1
Best Tourism Village Award for Dhordo Village

( Gujarat ) by UN World Tourism Organization
69th National Film Awards

Best Feature Film Rocketry
Best Director Nikhil Mahajan, Godavari
Best Popular Film Providing RRR
Wholesome Entertainment
Nargis Dutt Award for Best The Kashmir Files
Film on National Integration
Best Actor Allu Arjun, Pushpa
Alia Bhatt, Gangubai

Best Actress Kathiawadi and Kriti Sanon,
Mimi
Tata To Make iPhones In India For Global Market

ABHA (Ayushman Bharat Health Account)
A digital health account
ABHA number is a 14 digit number that

will uniquely identify you as a participant
in India’s digital healthcare ecosystem.
“Operation Ajay” India launched

rescue operation to facilitate the
return of its citizens from Israel
‘Exercise KAZIND-2023’
India-Kazakhstan Joint Military Exercise

in Otar, Kazakhstan, from October 30 to
November 11, 2023
India-Bangladesh SAMPRITI-XI 2023
Umroi, Meghalaya on October 3, 2023.

Amit Shah inaugurated Country’s first Nano DAP

(Diammonium Phosphate) plant in Gandhinagar, Gujarat
This plant is set up by IFFCO at a

cost of 300 crore rupees.
Namo Bharat Train: India’s first Regional

Rapid Transit System (RRTS).
Running between
Sahibabad UP and Duhai UP
Global Maritime India Summit 2023 from

October 17 to October 19 in Mumbai
Indian Air Force celebrated its 91st anniversary in

Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh on 8 October 2023
President Draupadi Murmu appointed

new governors for Tripura and Odisha.
Former Jharkhand Chief Minister
Raghubar Das was elected as the
new Governor of Odisha.
Indra Sena Reddy Nallu was

appointed Governor of Tripura.
Asian Para Games 2023
The Asian Para Games 2023 was

held in Hangzhou, China from
October 22 to 28.
Feifei, a 'Divine Bird,' will be the

mascot for the 4th Asian Para
Games in Hangzhou, China
Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 China 214 167 140 521
2 IR Iran 44 46 41 131
3 Japan 42 49 59 150
4 South 30 33 40 103
Korea
5 India 29 31 51 111
IOC included Twenty-20 cricket and four other

sports in the Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028
The decision was taken during the 141st
International Olympic Committee (IOC)
Session held in Mumbai, India from
October 15 to October 17, 2023.
The other new sports added to the

Olympic program are flag football,
lacrosse, squash, and baseball-softball.
India will bid to host Olympics in 2036

When was the last time cricket was featured in the Olympics
before the 2028 announcement?
A) 2000
B) 1924
C) 1900
D) 1988
C) 1900
19th Asian Games 2023

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 China 201 111 71 383

2 Japan 52 67 69 189
South
3 42 59 89 190
Korea
4 India 28 38 41 107
Uzbeki
5 22 18 31 71
stan
Lionel Messi wins eighth Ballon d’Or 2023.

India’s first solar roof cycling track

“Healthway” inaugurated in Hyderabad
Anthurium Festival took place on

October 21 and 22, 2023, in Mizoram
Kozhikode Named India’s First

‘City of Literature’ by UNESCO
Global Hunger Index 2023
India ranked 111th out of 125 countries
Published on an annual basis by Concern

Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the country's

first high-tech sports training centre for Divyangjan, named
after former Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, in
Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh.
Saraswati Samman 2022.
Tamil writer Sivasankari was honored

with the prestigious 'Saraswati Samman'
in 2022 for her memoirs, "Surya
Vamsam.".
Lunar Polar Exploration Mission (LUPEX)
It is a collaborative venture between Japan

Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and the
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
The mission is scheduled to launch in 2025.
Moon Mission
‘Mika’ Becomes World’s First AI Human-Like Robot CEO

AI Safety Summit 2023
The AI Safety Summit 2023 is being

hosted by the United Kingdom (UK)
54th edition of the International

Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2023
November 20th to 28th in Goa

54th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2023
1) Opening Film: “Catching Dust” United

Kingdom.
2) Closing Film: “The Featherweight”

America Film.
3) Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement

Award - Michael Douglas
Awards at the Closing Ceremony

1) ‘Endless Borders,’ directed by Abbas Amini, received the Best Film or
Golden Peacock Award.
2) Pouria Rahimi Sam and Melanie Thiery received the Best Actor (Male) and
Best Actor (Female) awards, respectively.
3) The Kannada film ‘Kantara,’ directed by Rishab Shetty, received the Special
Jury or Silver Peacock Award.
4) Anthony Chen’s film ‘Drift’ won the ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal.
5) The Best Web Series (OTT) Award was given to Panchayat Season 2.
Samudrayaan Mission 2023

Mission Samudrayaan Mission 2023
Ministry Ministry of Earth Sciences
Minister Kiren Rijiju
Type of Mission Manned Mission
Total Explorers in
3 Oceanauts
the Submarine
Developed by Indian Institute of Ocean Technology
Submarine Name MATSYA 6000

Going 6 Km Down the
Capable of
Sea Surface
Samudrayaan Mission
November 2023
2023 Launch Date
It is India’s first unique
Samudrayaan Mission
manned ocean mission
Duration of the
5 Years
Mission
India-born author Nandini Das wins

2023 British Academy Book Prize
Courting India: England, Mughal India,

and the Origins of Empire.
Agartala - Akhaura Rail Link
The rail line between Agartala in Tripura

and Akhaura in Bangladesh .
2023 Booker Prize
Irish author Paul Lynch clinched the 2023

Booker Prize for his fifth novel 'Prophet
Song,' triumphing over London-based
Indian-origin author Chetna Maroo's
debut work "Western Lane."
Saudi Arabia To Host 2034 FIFA World Cup

Kozhikode and Gwalior Join

UNESCO Creative Cities Network
Kozhikode: The City of

Literature
Gwalior: The City of Music
By UNESCO on World Cities

Day ( 31st Oct )
"One Nation, One Registration platform"
The National Medical Commission (NMC) is all

set to launch its “one nation, one registration
platform” for doctors across India.
Doctors will be allotted a unique identification

number (National Medical Register )
Allow the public to access information on any

physician working in India.
2023 Asian Shooting Championships

Host city Changwon, South Korea
Dates 22 October – 2 November 2023
Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar won the

gold medal in the 50m rifle 3P event.
Israel-Hamas War
PM Modi Inaugurated The 7th Edition Of

Indian Mobile Congress (IMC) In New Delhi
India will host the 2024 World

Telecommunication Standardisation
Assembly (WTSA).
The announcement was made by Union

Communication & IT Minister, Ashwini
Vaishnaw at the India Mobile Congress
2023.
India Flags Off First International Cruise Liner
Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and

Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal
launched the domestic sailing of the
first International Cruise Liner ‘COSTA
SERENA’ in India at Mumbai on
November 3, 2023.
Indian Women’s Hockey Team Wins

Gold at Asian Champions Trophy 2023
India displayed exceptional prowess

by defeating Japan 4-0 in the final match.
Final - Ranchi
Heeralal Samariya Appointed as the New

Chief Information Commissioner
Bihar Assembly passed a unanimous amendment bill to

increase the reservation quota in state government jobs
50% to 65%
25% for Extremely Backward Castes
20% for Scheduled Castes
18% for Backward Castes
2% for Scheduled Tribes.

37th National Games 2023 concluded in Goa :

Maharashtra secured 1st position in medal tally
Mascot named 'Moga'

which represents an Indian
bison
October 26 to November 9
Standings Teams Gold Silver Bronze Totals Medals
1 Maharashtra 80 69 79 228
2 Services 66 27 33 126
3 Haryana 62 55 75 192
Madhya
4 37 36 39 112
Pradesh
37th National Games.
Olympic swimmer Srihari Nataraj was

named the best male athlete.
Gymnasts Sanyuktha Prasen Kale and

Pranati Nayak were jointly named the
best female athletes.
Pusa-2090
The Indian Agricultural Research Institute

in Delhi has successfully developed a high-
yielding short-duration paddy variety
called Pusa-2090.
The new variety matures in 120 to 125

days, providing farmers with
approximately 30 more days compared to
Pusa-44, which takes 155 to 160 days to
mature.
Indira Gandhi Peace Prize for 2022

Presented to COVID-19 Warriors
The Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace for the year

2022 was jointly awarded to the Indian
Medical Association (IMA) and Trained Nurses
Association of India on November 19.
Miss Universe 2023
Nicaragua’s Sheynnis Palcios

Crowned 72nd Miss Universe 2023
Australia won ICC Cricket World Cup 2023
Leading run scorers:
Virat Kohli
Highest wicket takers:
Mohammed Shami
Silkyara-Barkot tunnel in Uttarakhand, India
All 41 Workers Evacuated In

Uttarakhand Tunnel After 17 days.
Hyderabad-based Navayuga
Engineering Company Limited.
Pankaj Advani wins World Title at IBSF

Billiards Championship 2023 in Doha
Justice Fathima Beevi, first female Judge of Supreme

Court of India, passes away at age of 96
Christopher Luxon was sworn in as

New Zealand’s Prime Minister
Government renames Ayushman Bharat-Health and

Wellness Centres as Ayushman Arogya Mandir
Bali Jatra, Asia’s largest open-air annual trade fair

inaugurated on banks of Mahanadi River in Cuttack
India to Chair International Sugar Organisation
Founded: 3 December 1968
Headquarters: London,
United Kingdom
Prime Minister Narendra Modi as Elected Chairman

of Shree Somnath Trust for Five-Year Term
Nepal Becomes First South Asian

Nation To Register Same-Sex Marriage
Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau Volcano Erupts

IIT Madras Sets Its First International

Campus On Zanzibar Island In Tanzania
Anish Shah to Assume Presidency of FICCI
FICCI stands for the Federation of Indian

Chambers of Commerce and Industry. It
is the oldest and largest industry body in
India,
India’s CAG Girish Chandra Murmu elected

vice-chair of UN external auditors’ panel
“Exercise MITRA SHAKTI-2023”
The ninth edition of the Joint Military

exercise “Exercise MITRA SHAKTI-2023”
between India and Sri Lanka has begun in
Pune
Exercise SURYA KIRAN 2023
India and Nepal
The exercise is scheduled to take place in

Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, and will span
from November 24 to December 7, 2023.
First ever Global Fisheries Conference India

2023 kicked off at Science City in Ahmedabad
The 'Ghol' fish has been officially

declared the state fish of Gujarat in a
move to recognize and promote the rich
aquatic biodiversity of the region.
‘Operation Sesha’
Union Finance Minister launches

‘Operation Sesha’ to curb the illegal trade
of Timber, including Red Sanders.
Hitesh Kumar S Makwana appointed Surveyor General of India
The Surveyor General of India is the Head of

Department of Survey of India, a
department under the Ministry of Science
and Technology of the Government of India.
Nina Singh First Woman CISF

Chief Rahul Rasgotra ITBP Chief
Director General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)?
Anish Dayal Singh

National Sports Awards 2023
Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award

2023 recipients are Shri Chirag
Chandrashekhar Shetty and Shri
Rankireddy Satwik Sai Raj in Badminton.
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA)

Trophy 2023 awarded to Guru Nanak Dev
University, Amritsar
Arjuna Awards - 26
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi Clinches

Third Term with 89.6% Majority Vote
Khelo India Para Games 2023
First-ever Khelo India Para Games was

launched in New Delhi.
The official mascot, ‘Ujjwala,’ a sparrow
10th December to 17th December 2023.

Khelo India Para Games 2023
The inaugural Khelo India Para Games

(KIPG) concluded in New Delhi, with
Haryana emerging as the champions.
2023 Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup
Host country Malaysia

City Kuala Lumpur
Dates 5–16 December
Champions Germany (7th title)
Runner-up France
Surat Diamond Bourse – World’s largest

workspace / world’s largest office building
Nations at COP28 Reach Landmark ‘UAE Consensus’ for

a transition away from fossil fuels for net zero by 2050
Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence Summit in
New Delhi on December 12th and 13th, 2023
Rajasthan.
Bhajan Lal Sharma elected
as Chief Minister of Rajasthan.
Deputy Chief Ministers: Diya

Kumari and Prem Chand
Bairwa.
Madhya Pradesh
Mohan Yadav elected as the new Chief
Minister of Madhya Pradesh
Jagdish Deora and Rajendra Shukla have

been nominated as Deputy Chief
Ministers
Chhattisgarh
Vishnu Deo Sai -New Chief Minister of
Chhattisgarh
Deputy Chief Arun Sao

Minister Vijay Sharma
Telangana
Revanth Reddy will be the next
chief minister of Telangana
Deputy Chief Mallu Bhatti

Minister Vikramarka (INC)
(Deputy Chief Minister
Telangana)
Zoram People’s Movement leader

Lalduhoma sworn in as Mizoram CM
PM inaugurates the first Indian Art, Architecture &

Design Biennale 2023 at Red Fort, Delhi
Donald Tusk elected as Poland Prime Minister

Garba of Gujarat inscribed in the List of Intangible

Cultural Heritage (ICH) of Humanity by UNESCO
'Garba' dance is the 15th

heritage of India to receive
the status of cultural
heritage of UNESCO.
Intangible Cultural Heritage of India included by UNESCO

1 Kutiyattam, Sanskrit theatre Kerala 2008
2 Vedic chanting tradition India 2008
3 Ramlila (performance of India 2008
Ramlila)
4 Ramman (religious festival and Uttarakhand 2009
ritual theatre of the Garhwal
Himalayas of India)
5 Chhau dance Bengal, Jharkhand, 2010
Odisha
6 Kalbelia Rajasthan 2010
7 Mudiyettu Kerala 2010
8 Buddhist Chanting of Ladakh Ladakh, Jammu and 2012
Kashmir
9 Sankirtan (singing, drumming Manipur 2013
and dancing)
10 Jandiala Guru (traditional Punjab 2014

brass and copper craft of
pottery making)
11 Navroz (Persian New Year) 2016
12 Yoga India 2016
13 Kumbh Mela Prayagraj 2017
14 Durga Puja Fifth note of musical 2021

scale. Bengal
15 Garba dance Gujarat 2023

Cyclone in India 2023

Name given by the
Sl.No Cyclone Name
Country
1 Mocha Yemen ( BOB)
2 Biparjoy Bangladesh ( Arabian )
3 Tej India ( Arabian )
4 Hamoon Iran ( BOB )
5 Midhili Maldives (BOB )
6 Michaung Myanmar ( BOB)
Hornbill Festival began at Naga Heritage Village

‘Kisama’ from December 1 to 10, 2023
World’s Largest Meditation Center
Swarved Mahamandir in
Umaraha, Varanasi.
Capacity for 20,000 Devotees

Noted Hindi Writer Pushpa Bharati

to Receive 33rd Vyas Samman
“Yaadein, Yaadein aur Yaadein.”

Indira Gandhi Peace Prize Awarded to

Daniel Barenboim and Ali Abu Awwad”
Hemant Soren resigns as CM of Jharkhand;

Champai Soren to be the new Chief Minister
SADA TANSEEQ 2024
India and Saudi Arabia commence

joint military exercise SADA
TANSEEQ in Rajasthan
Joint Military Exercise ‘Desert Cyclone 2024’ between India and

UAE scheduled from January 2 to January 15 in Rajasthan.
IAF conducts ‘Exercise Desert Knight’ 2024

with French, UAE Air Forces over Arabian Sea
India has 718 snow leopards, as per first-ever

Snow Leopard Population Assessment
Highest in Ladakh (477)

India’s First Graphene

Centre in Kerala
Ayodhya Airport Renamed

As ‘Maharishi Valmiki
International Airport
Farsi (Persian) to be one of India’s nine Classical Languages

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated

the first all-girl Sainik School in Vrindavan,
Mathura district, Uttar Pradesh.
The sixth edition of Khelo India Youth Games (KIYG) began on

January 19, 2024, and will conclude on January 31, 2024.
The mascot for the KIYG is Veera

Mangai, a queen from Tamil Nadu
who is known for her courage and
bravery.
Here is the full medal tally of the Khelo India Youth

Games 2024:
Rank State Gold Silver Bronze Total medals

1 Maharashtra 57 48 53 158
2 Tamil Nadu 38 21 39 98
3 Haryana 35 22 46 103
Senior IPS officer Daljit Singh Chaudhary appointed

Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal
Sheel Vardhan Singh

Assumes Role As UPSC
Member
Tshering Tobgay Re-

Elected As Bhutan’s Prime
Minister
Rashmi Shukla becomes

Maharashtra’s first woman
Director General of Police
Ravindra Kumar Tyagi

Appointed as CMD of Power
Grid Corporation
19th NAM Summit In

Kampala, Uganda
Putin Kicks Off Russia’s 2024

BRICS Chairmanship
69th edition of the Filmfare Awards

2024
Best Film 12th Fail
Best Director Vidhu Vinod Chopra (12th Fail)
Best Actor in a Ranbir Kapoor (Animal)

Leading Role
(Male)
Best Actor in a Alia Bhatt (Rocky Aur Rani Kii

Leading Role Prem Kahaani)
(Female)
ICC Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year 2023 ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year 2023
Suryakumar Yadav Virat Kohli
ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year ICC Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year 2023
Pat Cummins Usman Khawaja
ICC Awards
BCCI Awards 2024

Col. C. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award
Men: Farokh Engineer, Ravi Shastri
Polly Umrigar Award - Best International Cricketer - Men
Shubman Gill (2022-23)
Best International Cricketer - Women

Deepti Sharma (2022-23)
Savita Kanswal Posthumously Honored

With Tenzing Norgay Award
Exceptional achievements
in the field of
mountaineering.
Singapore’s Changi Airport Earns The

Title Of World’s Best Airport For 2023
“Conversations with Aurangzeb”: A

Novel by Charu Nivedita
Translated into English

by Nandini Krishnan.
Australian Open 2024: Jannik Sinner defeats Daniil Medvedev in

Men’s Singles final to win his 1st grand slam title
Australian Open 2024 Women’s Single : Aryna

Sabalenka beats Zheng Qinwen in Melbourne
Australian Open Men’s Doubles 2024
Rohan Bopanna with partner

Matthew Ebden.
On January 29, 2024, the ‘Beating the Retreat’

ceremony marked the culmination of the 75th
Republic Day celebrations at Vijay Chowk, New Delhi.
It is held on the evening of

January 29, three days after
Republic Day, at Vijay Chowk in
New Delhi.
Nitish Kumar, JD(U) leader, took oath as

Bihar Chief Minister for the ninth time
2 Deputy CM
Bihar BJP chief Samrat Choudhary

and the Leader of the Opposition in
the Bihar assembly, Vijay Sinha, took
oath as the Deputy Chief Ministers of
the state.
75th Republic Day 2024
French President Emmanuel

Macron was the Chief Guest at
the parade.
Theme of ‘Viksit Bharat’ and

‘Bharat – Loktantra ki Matruka.
Man Singh won the gold medal at the Asian Marathon

Championships 2024 in Hong Kong on January 22, 2024.
Pran Pratishtha ceremony of Ramlalla, took place on January 22,

2024, in Ayodhya. Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the rituals at
the newly constructed temple, unveiling the Ramlalla idol
President Droupadi Murmu awarded Pradhan Mantri

Rashtriya Bal Puraskar, 2024 to 19 exceptional children
Iran-Pakistan Border Conflict

Wings India 2024 commenced at

Begumpet Airport in Hyderabad
Bengaluru, Delhi
airports get best airport
award at Wings India
Best FIFA Player Award
Lionel Messi won The Best FIFA

Men’s Player award at the FIFA
Football Awards ceremony in
London.
Aitana Bonmati, the Spain and

Barcelona striker, received the Best
FIFA Women’s Player Award.
Around 25 crore people have lifted themselves

out of poverty in the last nine years : NITI Aayog
The poverty rate has decreased from over

29 percent to around 11 percent in the
mentioned nine-year period.
54th World Economic Forum Summit

Begins in Davos, Switzerland
The theme of the

conference is “Rebuilding
Trust
PM Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan
The PM-JANMAN initiative was launched

in November of the previous year for the
socio-economic welfare of Particularly
Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs).
The initiative, with a budget of around

24,000 crore rupees.
AKASH-NG
The AKASH-NG is a medium-range, mobile

surface-to-air missile defense system.
It’s a state-of-the-art missile system that can

intercept high-speed, agile aerial threats with a
range of around 80 km.
PM Narendra Modi inaugurated India’s longest bridge, Atal

Bihari Vajpayee Sewri – Nhava Sheva Atal Setu, on
January 12, 2024.
The 21.8 km bridge is the longest

sea bridge in India and a
significant infrastructure project
for Mumbai.
NASA Postponed Artemis Moon Missions,

which aims to send humans to the moon.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the

‘Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2024
President of the United Arab

Emirates and Ruler of Abu
Dhabi, Sheikh Mohammed bin
Zayed Al Nahyan participated as
the Chief Guest
Sheikh Hasina Takes Oath As

Bangladesh PM For Fifth Term
Sheikh Hasina, the

President of the Awami
League, is set to take the
oath as Bangladesh’s
prime minister
Gabriel Attal Appointed as

France’s New Prime Minister
India and Maldives Controversy
Maldives President
Mohamed Muizzu
ISRO successfully placed the Aditya L1 satellite into its final orbit
around the Lagrangian point on January 6, 2024.
Indra Mani Pandey, assumed the position of

Secretary General of the BIMSTEC
2024 T20 Men’s Cricket World Cup

Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar 2023
1) Odisha Mining Corporate Limited

received an award in the category of
Encouragement to Sports through
Corporate Social Responsibility.
2) Jain Deemed to be University in

Bengaluru was honored for the
identification and nurturing of budding
and young talent.
Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University’s Vice

Chancellor, Prof. B.R. Kamboj, received the M.S. Swaminathan
Award for his contributions in agronomy.
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).

BRICS+ Five New Members : Egypt,

Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, UAE
XPOSAT
ISRO launched X-ray Polarimeter
Satellite (XPoSat) on January 1, 2024,
aboard Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
PSLV-C58 from Sriharikota.
This marks India’s first dedicated

scientific effort to study the polarization
of cosmic X-rays from celestial sources.
Govt constitutes 16th Finance Commission

with Dr Arvind Panagariya as its Chairman
Ritvik Ranjanam Pandey, an IAS officer,

will be the secretary of the Commission.
The Finance Commission has been

tasked with making its report available
by October 31, 2025, covering a five-year
period starting from April 1, 2026.
4th Khelo India Winter Games 2024
The fourth edition of Khelo India Winter

Games 2024 is being held at Leh &
Gulmarg.
The SAMAR air defence missile system, which

debuted during the Vayushakti Exercise in
Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, is a Surface-to-Air Missile
(SAM).
NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration

Agency (JAXA) are collaborating to launch the
world's first wooden satellite, the LignoSat
probe.
The Maharashtra Cabinet approved a bill

extending 10% reservation to the Maratha
community in both educational institutions
and government employment, surpassing the
50% cap.
The Arunachal Pradesh government signed an

MoU with NTCA to establish its first Special
Tiger Protection Force, aiming to enhance
conservation efforts and protect the tiger
population within the state.
Medaram Jatara, India's Largest Tribal

Festival Begins In Telangana.
45th Chess Olympiad 2024 -

Budapest, Hungary
The statue of General Bipin Rawat, India's first

Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), was unveiled by
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and
Uttarakhand's Chief Minister Pushkar Singh
Dhami in Dehradun.
The state government of Assam has officially

declared Kaji Nemu, a unique variety of lemon
native to the region, as the 'State Fruit'.
World's third-largest Economy
1. United States
2. China
3. Germany
4. Japan
5. India
First private spacecraft to land on the Moon
Odysseus, built by Intuitive Machines

( USA )
Global Cybercrime Report for 2023
In 2023, India was ranked 80th globally

for cybercrime targeting, indicating the
prevalence of cyber threats faced by the
country.
Raisina Dialogue 2024

An annual conference on geopolitics and geo-economics
The 9th edition of the Raisina Dialogue commenced in New

Delhi, India, from February 21 to 23, 2024.
The Chief Guest for the inaugural session was Prime

Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of the Hellenic Republic
(Greece).
Theme 2024: “Chaturanga: Conflict, Contest, Cooperate,

Create”
Fourth edition of Khelo India University

Games starts off in Guwahati
The Khelo India University

Games named Ashtalakshmi
The Centre has approved an amendment

in the Foreign Direct Investment, FDI
policy, allowing 100% foreign investment
in the space sector.
Prime Minister laid the foundation stone

of the Hindu pilgrimage site 'Shri Kalki
Dham Temple' in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh.
11th International Puppet Festival

being held in Chandigarh
NTPC Green Energy has entered into an

agreement with Andhra Pradesh
Industrial Infrastructure Corporation to
set up India's largest green hydrogen
production plant in Vishakhapatnam.
A three-day International Geeta Mahotsav 2024

will be organized in Colombo, the capital of Sri
Lanka. This three-day festival will start from
March 1.
Prime Minister Modi to Unveil 125-Foot Statue

of Bir Lachit Borphukan in Assam ( March 2024 )
Uttarakhand is poised to become the first

Indian state to adopt the Uniform Civil Code
(UCC) after independence, as indicated by
recent developments in the state's cabinet
decisions.
Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council

appointed Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak, the
Foreign Minister, as the new Prime Minister.
7th Indian Ocean Conference 2024 -

Perth, Australia
PM Modi inaugurates BAPS Mandir, the

first Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi
World Government Summit in Dubai
Turkiye and Qatar, along with India, have

been named Guests of Honor at the 2024
World Government Summit in Dubai.
Dubai to have world’s first air taxi,

agreements signed at World Government
Summit 2024
'Ahlan Modi'
The Prime Minister announced the

establishment of a new CBSE office in
Dubai during the 'Ahlan Modi' diaspora
event held in Abu Dhabi.
Logistics Performance Index Report 2023
India has been ranked 38th out of 139

countries in the World Bank's Logistics
Performance Index Report 2023
Cochin International Airport and BPCL

Collaborate for World’s First Green
Hydrogen Plant at Airport Premises
Justice Ritu Bahri was appointed the First

Woman Chief Justice of Uttarakhand.
Chairman of the Telecom Regulatory

Authority of India (TRAI) - Anil Kumar
Lahoti
Radha Raturi, a senior IAS officer of the 1988

batch, has been appointed as the first woman
chief secretary of Uttarakhand.
One Nation One Student ID
Automated Permanent Academic

Account Registry (APAAR)
It acts as a digital locker where students

can store and manage their academic
achievements & Records.
PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the

launch of the scheme on February 13, 2024.
Objective: The scheme aims to provide free

electricity by lighting up one crore
households, offering up to 300 units of free
electricity every month.
Electoral bonds
Introduced - January 2, 2018, aiming to replace cash donations and enhance
transparency in political funding
5-judge bench, declared on February 15, 2024
The Supreme Court declared the electoral bonds scheme unconstitutional, citing it as
arbitrary and violative of Article 19(1)(a) of the Indian Constitution. This article
guarantees the freedom of speech and expression, encompassing the right to
information, including the right to know the source of political funding, deemed crucial
in a democratic setup.
State Bank of India has been instructed to immediately cease issuing electoral bonds
Bangladesh was declared joint winner with

India in the SAFF U-19 Women's
Championship 2024. Venue – Bangladesh
Government scraps Free Movement Regime

between India and Myanmar to ensure
internal security of country . To allow people
to venture 16 kilometers into each other’s
territory without documents
PACE mission
NASA (National Aeronautics and Space

Administration) launched the Plankton,
Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE)
mission to study oceans and the atmosphere,
aiming to understand climate change
dynamics by observing microscopic marine
organisms and their interactions.
Australia have won the Under 19 Men’s ODI

Cricket World Cup beating India by 79 runs in
the final at Benoni in South Africa on 11
February 2024.
Steadfast Defender 2024 (Military Exercise ) – By

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
Shri Arvind Panagariya, the former Vice-

Chairman of NITI Aayog, leads the
Sixteenth Finance Commission, which
was constituted on December 31, 2023.
Preeti Rajak, a skilled trap shooter in the

Indian Army, made history by becoming
the first female Subedar
Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2023
India secured the 93rd position out of

180 countries in the 2023 Corruption
Perceptions Index (CPI), as per
Transparency International's assessment
of public sector integrity globally.
Interim Budget 2024-25

Bharat Ratna 2024
1) Karpoori Thakur
2) L. K. Advani
Bharat Ratna 2024

3) P. V. Narasimha Rao
4) Charan Singh
5) M. S. Swaminathan
Padma Awards 2024
5 Padma Vibhushan
17 Padma Bhushan
110 Padma Shri Awards.
Total - 132
Nobel Prize 2023

Field Nobel Prize Winners
Katalin Kariko and Drew
Physiology/Medicine
Weissman
Pierre Agostini, Ferenc

Physics
Krausz and Anne L’Huillier
Moungi Bawendi, Louis

Chemistry
Brus and Alexei Ekimov
Literature Jon Fosse
Peace Narges Mohammadi
Economic Sciences Claudia Goldin

National Women’s Day
February 13, 2024, commemorates the

145th birth anniversary of Sarojini Naidu,
recognized as National Women’s Day.
Known as the "Nightingale of India,"
World Pulses Day
World Pulses Day is celebrated

every year on February 10th
The theme for World Pulses Day

2024 is “Pulses: Nourishing Soils
and People”.
World Radio Day

World Radio Day is celebrated worldwide
on February 13th each year.
The theme for World Radio Day

2024, “Radio: A Century Informing,
Entertaining and Educating,”
World Cancer Day

World Cancer Day, celebrated on
February 4th, underscores the global
effort to address cancer challenges.
The ongoing theme, "Close the Care Gap

National Science Day 2024
The theme for National Science Day

2024, "Indigenous Technologies for Viksit
Bharat
World Wetlands Day 2024
Theme 2024 - Wetlands and

Human Wellbeing
Total Wetland – 80
Tamil Nadu – 16 (Highest)

World Braille Day : January 4th

Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2024
January 9.
World Hindi Day : January 10

National Youth Day ; National Youth Festival at Nashik
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated

the 27th National Youth Festival at Nashik in
Maharashtra on 12 Jan 2024. National Youth
Day is celebrated every year to honour the
ideals and thoughts of Swami Vivekananda.
Theme - MYBharat- Viksit Bharat@2047- By

the Youth, For the Youth"
National Startup Day 2024
January 16
Parakram Diwas : 23 January – Birth

anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
On January 23, 2024, India

celebrated the 127th birth
anniversary of Netaji Subhas
Chandra Bose.
Bose was born in Cuttack,

Odisha, in 1897.
National Girl Child Day
24th January
International Day of Education 2024
January 24th
The 2024 theme “Learning

for Lasting Peace”
National Voters’ Day 2024
NVD 2024 theme –

‘Nothing Like Voting, I
Vote For Sure’
January 25
National Tourism Day 2024
The theme for this year is

‘Sustainable Journeys,
Timeless Memories.’
January 25
Worlds AIDS Day 2023
Theme -“Let Communities Lead!
December 1
Indian Navy Day 2023

December 4th
Prime Minister Narendra Modi participate in the Navy

Day program in 2023
Sindhudurg in Maharashtra
Theme -“Operational Efficiency, Readiness, and Mission

Accomplishment in the Maritime Domain.”
World Soil Day 2023
Theme -‘Soil and Water, a

Source of Life’
December 5
International Human Rights Day 2023
Theme -“Freedom, Equality, and

Justice for All.”
December 10
National Mathematics Day – December 22
Birth anniversary of
Srinivasa Ramanujan
Veer Baal Diwas – 26 December : In honor of two young

Sikh princes, Baba Zorawar Singh and Fateh Singh
National Consumer Day 2023
National Consumer Day marks the

anniversary of the Consumer
Protection Act, 1986.
24th December
Kishan Diwas / National Farmers’ Day
Birth anniversary of Chaudhary

Charan Singh
5TH Prime Minister of India.
December 23
Good Governance Day 2023
Birth anniversary of former Prime

Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
December 25
National Education Day
11 November 2023
Theme 2023:To invest in people, prioritize

education.
Key Point: It mark the birth anniversary of

‘Bharat Ratna’ Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the
first education minister of independent India
World Diabetes Day
Theme 2023: Access to diabetes care.

Key Point:15th November is

the birth anniversary of the
country’s freedom fighter,
15 November 2023 Janjatiya Gaurav Divas
social reformer and
respected tribal leader Birsa
Munda.
Theme 2023:Media in
16 November 2023 National Press Day the Era of Artificial
Intelligence
Theme
19 November 2023 World Toilet Day 2023: Accelerating
Change
Key Point: To
commemorate the
birth anniversary of
26 November 2023 National Milk Day
Dr. Verghese Kurien,
the father of India’s
White Revolution.
National Unity Day : October 31 – Sardar

Vallabhbhai Patel’s birth anniversary
The day is known as “Rashtriya

Ekta Diwas.”
It was first celebrated in 2014.

World Students Day 2023
Title World Students Day 2023

th
Date 15 October 2023
Theme FAIL: Stands for First Attempt
in Leaning
th
To Honor The 11 President of India, Dr.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
World Mental Health Day - 10 October
Mental health is a
universal human right.
National Dolphin Day - 5 October

International Day of the Girl Child 2023
11th Oct
Invest in Girls’ Rights

United Nations Day is celebrated on October 24th each year to mark

the anniversary of the United Nations’ entry into force in 1945.
New York City, USA
193 member states

Teacher’s Day 2023
Theme
Teachers at the heart of

education recovery
5th Sep
Hindi Diwas 2023
Theme
Traditional Knowledge to
Artificial Intelligence".
14th Sep
National Engineer Day 2023
Theme
'Engineering for a
Sustainable Future'.
15th Sep
World Ozone Day 2023
Theme
“Montreal Protocol: Fixing the

Ozone Layer and Reducing
Climate Change.”
16th Sep
World Tourism Day 2023
Theme
“Tourism and green investment”
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