Saturday, 9 March 2024

WORLD CURRENT AFFAIRS (JANUARY- FEBRUARY 2024) FOR OSSC VITAL STATISTICS EXAM

JANUARY - 

* Saudi Arabia Has Been Officially A Member Of BRICS.


* 2024 Will Be Named The Year Of Human Resource Development And Discipline.


* THE MV LILA NORFOLK, A Liberian Flagged Vessel Is Hijacked Near Somalia Region.


* Cyclone Alvaro Hit The Madagascar.


* UAE Joined The BRICS GROUP.


* India Gifts 10 Executive Buses, 5 Ambulances, 10 Tractors And 2664 Flags To Uganda.


* Japan Signed Deal With US For 400 Land Based Tomahawk Cruise Missile.


* Cabo Verde Became The Third African Country Malaria Free By WHO. 


* Cameroon Became The First Country To Roll Out The Malaria Vaccine In Child Immunization Program. 


* Foxconn CEO Young Liu Honoured With PADMA BHUSHAN Award. 


* India Conferred 4th Highest Civilian Award Padmshri Award To 100 Years Old Yoga Teacher Charlotte Chopin From France.


* Qatar Has Signed a Deal With US Based Excelerate Energy To Supply Bangladesh With Natural Gas For 15 Years.


* Elon Musk's Neuralink Implant Successfully Works On A Patient Brain Chip Start Up.


TITLE - 


* Madison Marsh Has Crowned As Miss America 2024.




SPACE - 


* China Launched A New Satellite Einstein Probe To Observe Cosmic Phenomena.


* China Has Launched The Maiden Rocket GRAVITY-1. 


* Japan Successfully Sent A Moon Mission On Smart Lander For Investigating Moon (SLIM).


* Colonel Alper Gezerabci Became The First Turkish Astronaut To Travel International Space Station Mission.




HOST - 


* The 3rd Haj And Umrah Conference Has Been Organised In Jedidiah.


* 2nd International AYUSH Conference Inaugurated in DUBAI.


Theme 2024 - Non Communicable Chronic Diseases- Prevention And Management Through AYUSH.


* 54th Annual Meeting Of World Economic Forum Set To Kicked Off At Davos, Switzerland.


( Theme 2024 - Rebuilding Trust, Emphasizing The Focus On The Exploration Of Opportunities Enabled By The New Technology And Their Implications On Decision Making And Global Partnerships).


* External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar To Lead The Indian Delegation In 19th Non Aligned Movement (NAM) In Kampala, Uganda.


* Sweden To Host The 32nd Member Of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). 




FILM - 


* Barbie Wins Inaugural Cinematic And Box Office Achievement Award At 81st Golden Globe Award 2024.




FESTIVALS - 


* Sri Lanka's First Jallikattu Event Began At Trincomalee.




APPOINTED - 


* Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wins Record 5th Time As Prime Minister Of Bangladesh. 


* Prince Frederik X Crowned As The King Of Denmark. 






FIRST IN WORLD - 


* Bangladesh's First Transgender Candidate Anowara islam Rani To Lead General Election.


* China Introduced A Nuclear Battery Which Lasts Upto 50 Years.




* World Health Organisation (WHO) Launched International Classification Of Diseases (ICD) 11, Traditional Medicine Module


* World Health Organisation (WHO) Has Granted Emergency Uses Of EUL Of CORBEVAX, Developed By Hyderabad Based Vaccines Maker Biological E.


FEBRUARY - 

LAUNCHED - 


* Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Has Inaugurated The Amar Ekushey Book Fair In Dhaka.


* France Became The FIRST European Country To Issue Digital Schengen VISA.


* Deepika Padukone Will Join The BAFTA Awards 2024 As Presenter Along With Dua Lipa.


* Saudi Arabia Has Named GUEST FOR HONOUR At The New Delhi World Book Fair 2024. 


* PNG Prime Minister James Marape Became The First Pacific Leader To Address Australian Parliament.


* In Last 20 Years, For The First Time Mexico Has Surpassed China In Goods Imported To US.


* Brazil Has Declared Health Emergency To Control The Cases Of Dengue. 


* Trinidad And Tobago Declaring National Emergency Over A Huge Oil Spill From A Ship. 


* The Oregon State Of United States Reported Its First Human Case Of Bubonic Plague After a Decade.


* Indian High Commission In Srilanka Announces Scholarships For Undergraduate, Postgraduate And PhD Programs In Over 120 Indian Universities. 


* UAE Launched Falcon Foundation, a Non-Profit Organization Dedicated To Advancing Open Source Generative AI Models. 




* First Of Kind Death Reports By Alaska pox Virus.


* India Sent Medical And Materials Assistance To Zambia For Cholera Outbreak.


* Greece Has Legalized The Same Sex Marriage.


* Ashwin Ramaswami Has Became The First INDIAN American To Run For A State Or Federal Legislator In US.


* India Contributed 1 million US Dollar To Poverty And Hunger Alleviation Fund.


* Malta Became The 119th Members Of The International Solar Alliance.


* Philippines Became The First Asian Country To Ratify The ILO Convention, To Eliminate The Workplace Violence And Commitments.


* Indian Born Geeta Batra Become The New Director At The Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) Of The World Bank's Global Environment Facility ( GEF), First Woman To Assigns).


* UAE Has Been Removed From FATF List.


* Saudi Arabia Has Banned Iftar Parties In Mosques.




INAUGURATION - 


* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated The BOCHASANWASI AKSHAR PURUSOTTAM SWAMINARAYAN SANSTHA (BAPS) Mandir In Abu Dhabi.


* The U Tirot Singh Memorial Was Inaugurated In Dhaka, Bangladesh.


HOST - 


* Perth, Australia To Host The 7th Indian Ocean Conference 2024.


( THEME 2024 - Towards a Stable And Sustainable Indian Ocean) 


* Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Host The World Defence Expo 2024 


( Theme 2024 - Equipped For Tomorrow) 


* Samarkand, Uzbekistan Host The 14th Meeting Of The Conference Of Parties COP 14 From 12th to 17th February 2024. ( Convention On Migratory Species) 




UNESCO - 


* Brazilian Footballer Vinicius Junior Has Been Appointed As The UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador For Education For All. 




FIRST IN - 


* First Ever UN's International Day Of The Arabian Leopard Was Observed On 10th February 2024, 


* The Food And Drug Administration ( FDA) In US Has Granted Approval Of The World's First Vaccine For Chikungunya, Known As IXCHIQ. ( Developed By Europe's Valneva) 




G20 SUMMIT BRAZIL - 


* India Participated In First Education Working GROUP Meeting In G20 Summit Held At Brazil.




MOU SIGNED - 


* Thailand And Srilanka Have Signed An Agreement For Free Trade Agreement.




PERSON DIED - 


* Namibia's President Hage Geingob Passed Away At The Age Of 88.


* Two Time Former President Sebastian Pinera Of Chile, Has died In A Plane Crashed.




* Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia And The UAE Are The Confirmed New Members Of The BRICS. 


* Michelle O Neill Became The First Nationalist Leader Of Northern Ireland.


* Kenya Recently Discovered The First Reserves Of Valuable Mineral COLTAN.


* India To Fence The Entire 1643 Km Indo- Myanmar Border. 


* Iranian Government Has Approved Free VISA To INDIAN Tourists.




AWARDS - 


* Taylor Swift Gets Her 13th Grammy Awards, And 4th Album Of The Year Award At Grammy 2024.




SPACE - 


* Russian Cosmonaut Oleg Kononeko Has Set A Record By Most Time Spent On Space Almost 2.5 Years 


* US Space Agency NASA Has Discovered a Super Earth a Planet Capable Of Supporting Life Situated 137 Light Years Away. ( Planet Named - TOI-715b) 


* Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Has Successfully Launched H3 Rocket For The First Time. 


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