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AWARDS
1. The country which has conferred its highest civilian award on the Indian President Smt Draupadi
Murmu – Fiji
2. The Bollywood star who has been chosen to be conferred the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke
award for his contribution to Indian cinema – Mithun Chakraborty
3. The Venezuelan leaders who have been chosen for the 2024 Sakharov Prize for the Freedom of
Thought – Ms. María Corina Machado and Mr. Edmundo González Urrutia
4. The classical pianist and conductor and Palestinian peace activist who have been conferred the
2023 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament, and Development – Daniel Barenboim and Ali
Abu Awwad
5. The sci-fi novel written by English novelist Samantha Harvey which has been awarded the
Booker Prize 2024 – Orbital
6. The country which has conferred its highest national award The Order of Mubarak Al- Kabeer
upon the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi – Kuwait
7. The Hindi writer who has been awarded the 2024 Vyas Samman for her novel Kaun Des Ko Vasi:
Venu Ki Diary – Ms. Suryabala
FIELD WINNERS CONTRIBUTION
Medicine Victor Ambros For The Discovery Of Microrna And Its Role In Post-
Gary Ruvkun Transcriptional Gene Regulation
Chemistry David Baker For Computational Protein Design
John Jumper For Protein Structure Prediction
Demis Hassabis
Physics John Hopfield For Foundational Discoveries And Inventions That
Geoffrey Hinton Enable Machine Learning With Artificial Neural
Networks
Peace Nihon Hidankyo (Japanese For Its Efforts To Achieve A World Free Of Nuclear
Organisation) Weapons And For Demonstrating Through Witness
Testimony That Nuclear Weapons Must Never Be
Used Again
Economic Daron Acemogly For Studies Of How Institution Are Formed And
Sciences Affect Prosperity
Simon Johnson
James Robinson
Literature Han Kang For Her Intense Poetic Prose That Confronts
Historical Traumas And Exposes The Fragility Of
Human Life.

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MISCELLANEOUS
1. The country in which a bus mishap killed over 27 Indian pilgrims and severely injured several
others – Nepal
2. The country which has returned 297 antiquities that had been stolen or trafficked from India –
USA
3. The Asian country which has become the first in the world to receive WHO verification for
elimination of leprosy – Jordan
4. The new name of Port Blair, the capital of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, as announced by the
Union Government – Sri Vijaya Puram
5. The city in which Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi has opened its first international campus –
Abu Dhabi
6. The new name of Pune airport as approved by the Maharashtra government – Jagadguru Sant
Tukaram Maharaj Pune International Airport
7. The contestant from Gujarat who has been crowned Miss India Universe 2024 at the beauty
pageant in Jaipur – Miss Rhea Singha
8. The rank of India in the Global Innovation Index 2024 released by WIPO (World Intellectual
Property Organisation) – 39
9. The tropical cyclone which caused large scale destruction Myanmar, Laos, Thailand and
Philippines was named – Typhoon Yagi
10. The tropical cyclone which struck East China, Guam, Philippines and the Ryukyu Islands causing
widespread rainfall and damage to life and property was named – Typhoon Bebinca
11. The tropical cyclone which affected the states of Odisha and West Bengal causing disruption of
rail and road services and forcing evacuation of coastal population was named – Cyclone Dana
12. The tropical cyclone which caused extensive devastation in Mexico and the US state of Florida
was named – Hurricane Milton
13. The eye disease which India has eliminated as a public health problem becoming the third
country in the South-East Asia Region to do so – Trachoma
14. The Indian languages which have been conferred the status of Classical Language as approved by
the Union Cabinet – Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Bengali and Assamese
15. The national park in Madhya Pradesh where 10 elephants have died under suspicious
circumstances from 29 to 31 October 2024 – Bandhavgarh National Park
16. The country in which Embraer aircraft of Azerbaijan Airlines crashed on its way from Baku
(Azerbaijan) to Grozny (Russia), killing 38 out of 67 people on board – Kazakhstan
17. The place in Madhya Pradesh at which the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi laid the
foundation stone of Ken-Betwa River Linking National Project – Khajuraho
18. The place in Rajasthan on Jaipur-Ajmer highway (NH48) where a collision between a LPG tanker
and another vehicle resulted in a devastating fire accident causing death of 14 persons and
burning of over 30 vehicles – Bhankrota
19. The lake in Ladakh at which a statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was installed by the Indian
Army – Pangong Tso
20. The bird which has been officially recognized as the National Bird of United States of America
after the US President Joe Biden signed a law to that effect – Bald Eagle

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21. The country which has suspended the Most Favoured Nation clause in its Double Taxation
Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) with India with effect from 01 January 2025 – Switzerland
22. The strong tropical cyclone which struck the French overseas territory Mayotte near
Mozambique in Africa and cause substantial damage of life and property was named – Cyclone
Chido
23. The word meaning division into two sharply distinct opposites, which has been chosen to be the
Word of the Year 2024 by Merriam-Webster Dictionary – Polarization
24. India's first indigenously developed antibiotic with the support of Biotechnology Industry
Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), brought to market under the trade name Miqnaf by
pharma company Wolkardt is named – Nafithromycin
25. The forest reserve in Madhya Pradesh which has been named as India's 57th Tiger Reserve by
the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change – Ratapani Tiger Reserve
26. The word meaning the supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state which
has been chosen as the 2024 Word of the Year – Brain rot

IMPORTANT DAYS & DATES

1. The theme for World Breastfeeding Week observed from 01 to 07 August 2024 – Breastfeeding
support for all.
2. International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples: 09 August 2024
Designated by: United Nations General Assembly
First observed: 1995
Theme: Protecting the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary Isolation and Initial Contact
3. International Youth Day: 12 August 2024
Designated by: United Nations General Assembly
First observed: 2000
Theme: From Clicks to Progress: Youth Digital Pathways for Sustainable Development
4. World Humanitarian Day: 19 August 2024
Designated by: United Nations General Assembly
First observed: 2009
Theme: #Actforhumanity
5. World Habitat Day: 1st Monday of October (07 October)
Designated by: United Nations General Assembly
First observed: 1986
Theme: Engaging youth to create a better urban future

PEOPLE IN NEWS
1. The Thai politician and businesswoman and leader of the Pheu Thai Party who has taken over as
the new Prime Minister of Thailand – Ms. Paetongtarn Shinawatra
2. The Indian aerospace engineer, known for his contributions to the Agni series of surface-to-
surface missiles and considered the 'father of the Agni series of missiles' who passed away – Shri
Ram Narain Agarwal
3. The President of Rwanda who has been sworn in as its President for the fourth time after his
victory in elections – Mr. Paul Kagame
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4. The former Chief Minister for West Bengal from 2000 to 2011 – Shri Buddhadeb Bhattacharya
5. The renowned Indian classical dancer (Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi forms of dance) and
recipient of the Padma Shri (1968), Padma Bhushan (2001), Padma Vibhushan (2016) and
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (1977) who passed away on 03.08.2024 – Ms. Yamini
Krishnamurthy
6. The new Chief of Air Staff who has taken over the charge on 30 September 2024 – Air Chief
Marshal Amar Preet Singh, PVSM, AVSM
7. The Sri Lankan leader of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna party who has become the 10th President
of Sir Lanka with effect from 23 September 2024 – Anura Kumara Dissanayake
8. The contestant from Ujjain who has been crown Femina Miss India 2024 at a beauty pageant in
Mumbai – Ms. Nikita Porwal
9. The judge of Supreme Court whose name has been recommended for the post of the Chief
Justice of Supreme Court of India – Justice Sanjiv Khanna
10. The leader of National Conference party who has been sworn in as the new Chief Minister of
Union Territory, Jammu and Kashmir – Shri Omar Abdullah
11. The Chairman of Tata Group and Tata Sons, recipient of Padma Vibhushan and Padma Bhushan,
who passed away on 09 October 2024 – Shri Ratan Naval Tata
12. The first woman President of Mexico who has taken over on 01 October 2024 – Ms. Claudia
Sheinbaum Pardo
13. New Comptroller and Auditor General of India – Mr. K Sanjay Murthy
14. The contestant from Denmark who has been crowned Miss Universe 2024 at a beauty pageant
held at the Arena CDMX in Mexico City, Mexico – Ms. Victoria Kjær Theilvig
15. The renowned Saarangi player of Indian classical music who passed away on 09 November 2024
– Pandit Ram Narayan
16. The Judge of the Supreme Court who has taken over as the 51st Chief Justice of India on the
retirement of Chief Justice YV Chandrachud – Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna
17. The well-known Indian fashion designer who passed away on 01 November 2024 – Rohit Bal The
Indian economist and Chairman of Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister who passed
away on 01 November 2024 – Dr. Bibek Debroy
18. Zakir Hussain
Full name: Zakir Hussain Allarakha Qureshi
Born: 09 March 1951; Death: 15 December 2024
Specialization: Tabla player, composer, percussionist and music producer
Awards:
 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award: 1990
 Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship, Ratna Sadasya: 2018
 Grammy Awards: 1 in 2009 and 3 in 2024
 Padma Shri (1988), Padma Bhushan (2002) and Padma Vibhushan (2023)

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SPACE & SCIENCE
1. Launch of EOS8
 Launch date: 16.08.2024
 Launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre
 Launch vehicle: Small Satellite Launch Vehicle-03 (SSLV-D3)
 EOS8: Earth Observation Satellite EOS-08 is a first-of-its-kind mission built on a standard
ISRO’sMicrosat/IMS-1 bus with a suite of advanced payloads for observation in IR range,
novel GNSS-R Payload and SiC UV dosimeter.

2. Earth's New Mini Moon - 2024 PT5

 Asteroid 2024 PT5 is roughly 11 meters (36 ft) in diameter discovered by ATLAS South Africa,
Sutherland on 7 August 2024.
 The object orbits the Sun but makes slow close approaches to the Earth–Moon system.
 The asteroid will pass just outside Earth between 29 September (19:54 UTC) and 25
November 2024 (16:43 UTC) (a period of 1 month and 27 days) and will become temporarily
captured by Earth's gravity.
 It may be noted that the mini moon will be visible to the naked eye from anywhere on the
Earth.

3. LignoSat
 Made by: Kyoto University, Japan
 LignoSat is world's first satellite made of wood. The satellite was assembled through a
traditional Japanese crafts technique without screws or glue but has some traditional
aluminium structures and electronic components.
 Size: It measures 10 centimetres (3.9 in) on each side, and weighs 900 grams.
 Launched on: November 5, 2024 by SpaceX's Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket
 Launched from: Kennedy Space Center in Florida to the International Space Station' LC-39A.
It will be deployed into orbit via the Kibō module sometime within month.

4. SpaDeX Mission
 Launched on: 30.12.2024
 Launched from: Satish Dhawan Space Centre
 Launch vehicle: PSLV-CA C60
 SpaDeX mission is a cost-effective technology demonstrator mission for the demonstration
of in-space docking using two small spacecraft launched by PSLV.
 In-space docking technology is essential when multiple rocket launches are required to
achieve common mission objectives.
 Through this mission, India is on its way to becoming the fourth country in the world to have
space docking technology.
 Consists of: Two modified IMS-1 class (220 kg) satellites, named Chaser and Target.

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SPORTS
1. The 5-year old child from Ropar, Punjab who has become the youngest Asian to conquer Mt.
Kilimanjaro – Teghbir Singh
2. The Secretary of Board of Cricket Control in India who has been elected to the next Chairman of
International Cricket Council succeeding Mr. Greg Barclay – Mr. Jay Shah
3. The Indian cricketer who has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket – Shikhar
Dhawan.
4. The Serbian tennis player who has won the Gold medal in Men's Singles event defeating Carlos
Alcaraz in the finals – Novak Djokovic
5. The team which has won the 2024-25 Duleep Trophy by scoring the highest points among the 4
teams – Team A
6. The team which has won the 2024 Durand Cup football tournament defeating the former
champions Mohun Bagan in the finals – North East United
7. The Spanish female professional footballer of Barcelona club who has been awarded the 2024
Ballon d'Or Féminin – Aitana Bonmatí
8. The Spanish professional footballer of Manchester City club who has been awarded the 2024
Ballon d'Or – Rodri
9. The footballer from Manipur who has become the first Indian female footballer to score 50
international goals by scoring her 50th international goal during the 2024 SAFF Women's
Championship in Nepal against Pakistan – Ngangom Bala Devi
10. The Spanish tennis star and winner of 22 Grand Slam Singles titles who has announced his
intention to retire after playing in the Davis Cup finals in November 2024 – Rafael Nadal
11. The team which has won the Irani Cup 2024-25 by defeating Rest of India team in a match
played at Lucknow – Mumbai
12. The Indian freestyle wrestler who has been banned for a period of 4 years by National Anti-
Doping Agency (NADA) for violating the anti-doping code – Bajrang Punia
13. The cricketer from Bihar who has become the youngest player ever to sign a contract in Indian
Premier League, joining the Rajasthan Royals at age 13 for ₹1.10 cr. – Vaibhav Suryavanshi
14. The team which has won the 14th Hockey India Senior Men's Championship defeating Haryana
in the finals in Chennai, Tamil Nadu – Odisha
15. The Indian billiards player who has won the IBSF World Billiards Championship for the 28th time
– Pankaj Advani
16. The Indian cricketer who has announced his retirement from all forms of the game after the
2024-25 Ranji Trophy season – Wriddhiman Saha
17. The Indian Chess Grandmaster who has become the second woman to win the World Rapid
Chess Championship by the winning the title in New York in 2024 – Koneru Humpy
18. The Indian chess Grandmaster who has become the youngest World Chess Champion (at the age
of 18 years) in the history of the game by defeating Chinese player Ding Liren in the last game in
Singapore (former youngest World Chess Champion was held by Garry Kasporov) – Gukesh
Dommaraju
19. The former Indian squash player, winner of six straight National Squash Championships from
1977 to 1982 who passed away on 01 December 2024 – Shri Raj Manchanda

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20. 2024 CEAT Cricket Awards
 Lifetime Achievement Award: Rahul Dravid
 Men’s International Cricketer of the Year: Rohit Sharma
 Men’s ODI Batter of the year: Virat Kohli
 Men’s ODI Bowler of the year: Mohammad Shami
 Men’s Test Batter of the year: Yashashvi Jaiswal
 Men’s Test Bowler of the year: Ravichandran Ashwin
 Men’s T20I Batter of the year: Phil Salt
 Men’s T20I Bowler of the year: Tim Southee
 Women’s Indian Batter of the Year: Smriti Mandhana
 Women’s Indian Bowler of the Year: Deepti Sharma

21. Paris Olympics 2024 (XXXIII Olympiad)

 Held from 26.07.2024 to 11.08.2024
 Declared open by: French President Emmanuel Macron
 Olympic cauldron was lit by: Teddy Riner and Marie-José Pérec
 Motto: Games Wide Open
 Mascot: The Phyrges. They are two anthropomorphic Phrygian caps, a symbol of France.
 Indian flag bearers at the Opening and Closing ceremony: PR Sreejesh and Manu Bhaker

# COUNTRY GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL

1. USA 40 44 42 126
2. China 40 27 24 91
3. Japan 20 12 13 45
4. Australia 18 19 16 53
5. France 16 26 222 64
71. India 0 1 5 6

# ATHLETE MEDAL EVENT

1. Neeraj Chopra SILVER Javelin throw
2. Manu Bhaker BRONZE Shooting (10m air pistol)
3. Manu Bhaker-Sarabjot Sing BRONZE Shooting (10m air pistol)
4. Swapnil Kusale BRONZE Shooting (Men's 50m
rifle)
5. Aman Sehrawat BRONZE Wrestling (Men's
freestyle 57 kg)
6 Men's Hockey team BRONZE Field Hockey

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22. 45th Chess Olympiad
 Held from 10 to 23 September 2024
 Venue: Budapest, Hungary
 Indian players D. Gukesh and Arjun Erigaisi were awarded the Best Players in Open category
and Divya Deshmukh and Vantika Agrawal were awarded the Best Players in Women
category.

23. US Open 2024

 Title Winner Runner-up
 Men’s Singles Jannik Sinner (Italy) Taylor Fritz (USA)
 Women’s Singles Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) Jessica Pegula (USA)
 Men’s Doubles Max Purcell (Australia) and Jordan Thompson (Australia) Kevin Krawietz
(Germany) and Tim Putz (Germany)
 Women’s Doubles Lyudmyla Kichenok (Ukraine) and Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) Kristina
Mladenovic (France) and Zhang Shuai (China)
 Mixed Doubles Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori (Italy) Taylor Townsend and Donald Young
(USA)

24. 2024 Women's Asian Champions Trophy (Hockey)

 Host city: Rajgir (Bihar)
 Teams: 6 (India, China, Japan, Malaysia, South Korea, Thailand)
 Winners: India
 Runners-up: China
 Top scorer: Deepika Sehrawat (11 goals)
 Best player: Deepika Sehrawat
 Best young player: Tan Jinzhuang (China)
 Best goalkeeper: Yu Kudo (Japan)

25. 2024 Summer Paralympics - Paris

 Held from 28.08.2024 to 08.09.2024
 Declared open by : French President Emmanuel Macron
 Motto: Games Wide Open
 Mascot: The Phyrges. They are two anthropomorphic Phrygian caps, a symbol of France.
 Indian flag bearers at the Opening ceremony: Sumit Antil and Bhagyashree Jadhav.
 Indian flag bearers at the Closing ceremony: Harvinder Singh and Preethi Pal

# COUNTRY GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL

1. China 94 76 50 220
2. Great Britain 49 44 31 124
3. United States 36 42 27 105
4. Netherlands 27 17 12 56

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5. Neutral Paralympic Athletes 26 22 23 71
18. India 7 9 13 29

INDIAN GOLD MEDAL WINNERS

# ATHLETE EVENT
1. Avani Lekhara Shooting
2. Kumar Nitesh Badminton
3. Sumit Antil Athletics (Javelin throw)
4. Harvinder Singh Archery
5. Dharambir Nain Athletics (Club throw)
6 Praveen Kymar Athletics (High jump)
7. Navdeep Singh Athletics (Javelin throw)

26. 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup

 Dates held: 03 to 20 October 2024
 Venue: United Arab Emirates
 Winners: New Zealand
 Runners-up: South Africa
 Player of the series: Amelia Kerr (New Zealand)
 Most runs: Laura Wolvaardt (223) (South Africa)
 Most wickets: Amelia Kerr (15) (New Zealand)

27. The Best FIFA Football Awards 2024

 Awarded by: FIFA
 The Best FIFA Men's Player: Vinicius Junior (Brazil) (Club: Real Madrid)
 The Best FIFA Men's Goalkeeper: Emiliano Martínez (Argentina) (Club: Aston Villa)
 The Best FIFA Women's Player: Aitana Bonmatí (Spain) (Club: Barcelona)
 The Best FIFA Women's Goalkeeper: Alyssa Naeher (USA) (Club: Chicago Red Stars)
 FIFA Puskas Award: Alejandro Garnacho (Argentina)
 FIFA Marta Award: Marta Vieira de Silva (Brazil)

28. 2024 Men's Hockey Junior Asia Cup

 Held from: 26 November to 04 December 2024
 Venue: Muscat (Oman)
 Winners: India (5th title)
 Runners-up: Pakistan
 Top scorer: Sufyan Khan (12 goals) (Pakistan)
 Best player: Araijeet Singh Hundal (India)
 Best young player: Yamato Kawahara (Japan)
 Best goalkeeper: Rafaizul Saini (Malaysia)

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INTERNATIONAL
1. 16th BRICS SUMMIT 2024
 Dates held: 22 to 24 October 2024
 Venue: Kazan, Russia
 Chair: Russian President Vladimir Putin
 Participants: Russia, India, China, South Africa, Brazil, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, United Arab
Emirates
 The venue of 2024 G20 summit held from 18–19 November 2024 – Rio de Janeiro

2. 17th Urban Mobility India (UMI) Conference & Exhibition 2024

 Venue: Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar, Gujarat
 City with the Most Sustainable Transport System Kochi
 . City with the Best Public Transport System Bhubaneswar
 City with the Best Non-Motorized Transport System Srinagar
 City with the Best Safety and Security System & Record Gandhinagar
 City with the Best Intelligent Transport System (ITS) Surat
 City with the Most Innovative Financing Mechanism Jammu
 City with Best Record of Public Involvement in Transport Bengaluru
 Metro Rail with the Best Multimodal Integration Bengaluru
 Metro Rail with the Best Passenger Services and Satisfaction Mumbai

3. 55th International Film Festival of India

 Venue: Goa
 Held from 20 to 28 November 2024
 Theme: Young Filmmakers: The Future is Now
 Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement award: Australian film director Phillip Noyce
 No. of films screened: 180.
 Opening film: Better Man (British)
 Closing film: Dry Season (Czech)
 Best Debut Director of Indian Feature Film: Gharat Ganpati (Marathi) by Navjyot
Bandiwadekar
 ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi Medal: Crossing directed by Levan Akin
 Golden Peacock for the Best Film: Toxic (Lithuanian)
 Silver Peacock for Best Director: Bogdan Muresanu for The New Year That Never Came
(Romania)
 Silver Peacock for Best Actor (Male): Clement Favreau for Holy Cow
 Silver Peacock for Best Actor (Female): Vesta Matulyte and Vilma Raubaite for Toxic
 Special Jury Award: Holy Cow by Louise Courvoisier, France
 Award for Best Debut Feature Film of a Director: Familiar Touch by Sarah Friedland
 Indian Film Personality of the Year: Vikrant Massey
 Special Recognition for Contribution to Bharatiya Cinema Award: Allu Arjun
 Best Web Series (OTT) Award: Marathi Web series ‘Lampan’

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