WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS 16TH TO 22ND SEPTEMBER 2024

International Democracy Day - 15th September 

Theme 2024 - Artificial Intelligence As a Tool For Good Governance 

National  Engineering Day - 15th September

1) Neeraj Chopra Wins Silver Medal In Diamond League 2024 Finals. 

2) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Flagged off Six New Vande Bharat Express From Tatanagar, Jharkhand.

3) 17 Years Old Anmol Has Won Belgians International 2024.

4) HAL has been Conferred With The Prestigious Rajabhasa Kirti Award 2024 (First Prize).

* HPCL Also Conferred With The Prestigious Rajabhasa Kirti Award. 

5) BEHL Has Been Conferred With The Prestigious Rajabhasa Kirti AWARD 2024 

6) Union Home Minister Amit Shah Addressed At The Official Language Diamond Jubilee Celebration At The 4th Akhil Bharatiya Rajabhasa Sammelan In New Delhi.

* Union Minister Amit Shah Inaugurated The Diamond Jubilee Special Issue Of Rajabhasa Bharti Magazine.

7) Union Home Minister Amit Shah Released The Commemorative Stamp Of 75 Years Of Rajabhasa On The Occasion Of Hindi Language Day.

8) Veteran Italian Actress Franca Bettoia Passed Away.

9) Super Boys Of Malegaon Has Debut Movie At The 49th Toronto International Film Festival 2024.

10) Bank Of Baroda Has Announced The Inauguration Of Phygital Branch At Ville Parle Mumbai.

11) The 39th Annual Conference Of The Marine Medicine Society 

( Theme- The Future Of Maritime Healthcare: Innovation And Solution) 

* Inaugurated By The Chief Of Naval Staff Admiral Dinesh K Tripathy At INHS Asvini.

12) Indian Women Dubai Awards 2024 Took Place At Dubai.

13) 4th Edition Of Global Bio India 2024 Concluded 

( Theme - Biotech Innovation And Bio Manufacturing And It's Impact On The Bio economy.

14) Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi Has Inaugurated The Center For Rural Enterprise Acceleration Through Technology ( CREATE) Set Up At Leh, 

15) AYODHYA Has Emerged As The Uttar Pradesh Top Tourist Destination, 11 Crores Visited in FIRST Half 

16) India And Argentina Hold The 7th Round Of Foreign Office Consultation 

17) Professor Suresh Sundaram & Dr Rajesh M Bobade Has Conferred With Prestigious IETE- Shri Devi Singh Tyagi Award 2024, For Contribution Towards Fields Of Defense Engineering.

18) Odisha Governor Shri Raghubar Das Has Inaugurated The Rourkela- Howrah Vande Bharat Express From Rourkela Railway Station, Odisha.

19) Viktor Axelsen Has Won The Men's Single Title At Hong Kong Open (Badminton) 2024. 

20) Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar Has Inaugurated The Sambhidvan Mandir At Elphinstone Technical High School & Junior College In Mumbai.

21) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Has Laid Foundation Stone Of Railway Project's Worth Rs More Than 660 Crores in Tatanagar, Jharkhand.

22) Two Indian Woman Navy Officers  Set To Embark The Extraordinary Sailing Expedition 

* Lt Commander Roopa A & Lt Commander Dilna K Circumnavigate The Globe- Navika Sagar Parikrama II On INSV Tarini.

* Unveiled The Logo 

23) India Government Launched The OPERATION SADBHAV - 

* India Sent Humanitarian Assistance To The People Country Who Affected By CYCLONE YAGI ( Myanmar, Vietnam AND Laos) 

* India Sent 10 Tonnes Of Dry Ration, Clothing And Medical Assistance To These Countries.

* INS Satpura The Indian Navys Carries To Affected People.

24) Oscar Piastri Has Won The F1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix Title.

25) International Cricketer Pranab Roy And Runa Basu Awarded The Kartik Bose Lifetime Achievement Award By Cricket Association Of Bengal (CAB).

26) Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar Has Inaugurated The Digital Tower At The Ramdeobaba University In Nagpur, Maharastra.

27) Actress Alia Bhatt Has Been Appointed As The Global Brand Ambassador Of L'Oreal Paris 

28) Aparna Yadav Has Been Appointed As The Vice Chairperson Of The Uttar Pradesh Women's Commission.

29) NTPC Talcher Kanhia Has Won The 2024 Energy Management Insight Award.

30) Endangered Myristica Swamp Forest Has Discovered In Maharashtra.

31) Delhi Airport Ranked 24th, Mumbai Airport Ranked 44th In Megahub Ranking.

32) WHY ANIMALS TALK : The New Science Of Animal Communication Book Author - Arik Kershenbaum (zoologist)

33) Kenyan President William Ruto Has Received The Prestigious Golden Plate Award 2024 From Ghana, For Their Leadership.

1) World health Organisation (WHO) Grants First Mpox Vaccine Approved ( Jynneos Vaccines By Bavarian Nordic).

2) South African Anti Apartheid Activist Pravin Gordhan Passed Away.

3) A Rare Dung Beetle Species Found In Nongkhyllem Wildlife Sanctuary In Meghalaya.

( Species Name - Onitis Bordati)

4) Nagaland's 5th Brillante Piano Festival To Be Held In Bengaluru.

5) Union Minister Piyush Goyal Has Launched The JAN SUNWAYI Portal To Address The Grivence Pertaining To Trade And Industry.

6) NSE Indices Launched The Nifty Capital Markets Index 

7) Shogun's Hiroyuki Sanada Makes History Became The First Japanese Actor to Win Lead In Drama Series at Emmy 2024.

8) Tito Jackson, Brother Of Michael Jackson Passed Away.

9) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated The Suryaghar Muft Bijli Yojana At Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated And Laid Foundation Stone Of Various Development Projects Worth RS 8000 Crore In Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

10) A Space X Crew Polaris Dawn Returned To Earth After 5 Days Spent In Orbit 

11) Bajaj Housing Finance Makes Stock Market Debut At 114% Premium.

12) Department For Promotion Of  Industry And Internal Trade (DPIIT) Launched The BHASKAR Platform For Startup Ecosystem.

( BHASKAR- Bharat Startup Knowledge Access Registry) 

13) Veteran Actress Jean Smart Has Claimed The Title Of Best Actress In Comedy Series In Hacks At Emmy.

14) Hiroyuki Sanada Wins Best Actor in Drama Series At Emmy.

15)  India Set To Host The Formal Meeting Of The COP9 Bureau And Fund Approval Committee Of The UNESCO Anti Doping Convention On 17-18th September In New Delhi.

16) The 2nd Edition OF Naval Commanders Conference 2024 Set To Held On 17-20th September In New Delhi 2024.

17) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated The 4th Edition Of The Global Renewable Energy Investor Meet And Expo ( RE-INVEST 2024) In Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

18) The World Records Union (WRU) Recognize The Conduct Of Gram Sabhas By The Panchayat Raj And Rural Development ( PR & RD) Department In 13.326 Villages On A Single Day. 

19) Jindal Steel Signed MoU With Jindal Renewable To Invest In Green Hydrogen Production In Anugul, Odisha. 

20) Vande Metro Officially Renamed As Namo Bharat Rapid Rail.

World Patients Safety Day - 17th September 

1) India's FIRST Of It's Kind CO2 Methanol pilot Plant With Capacity Of 1.04 Tonne Per Day Was Laid Foundation Stone By Department Of Science And Technology In Pune. 

2) Pradhanmantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana Completed 9 Years.

3) Nigeria Set To Become The First Nation To Purchase 4 Light Combat Helicopters (LAH) From HAL.

4) Pradhanmantri Narendra Modi Has Launched The SUBHADRA Scheme At Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

5) Vashanthi K, 75 Years Old Woman From Varanad, Has Been Selected. for The VAYOSEVAN Award 

6) India Win The Asian Champions Trophy Hockey After Beating China In The Finals Of 2024.

( India Clinched 5th ASIAN Titled)

7) External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar Has Released The India- Romanian Joint Commemorative Stamps Along With Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia.

8) 2nd Meeting Of The Review Capital Expenditure CAPEX For Ministry Of Railways Held In New Delhi.

9) 2nd Global South Young Diplomat Forum Held.

10) Researchers At IIT Madras Has Developed An Open AI Powered Portable Ultrasound Scanner For Infield Sports Injury diagnosis.

11) India Has Sent 1000 MT Rice As An Humanitarian Assistance To Namibia.

12) Manoj Kumar Verma Has Been Appointed As The New Police Commissioner Of Kolkata.

13) India And Denmark Has Signed MoU On Green Strategic Partnerships.

14) India's Mannat Kaur DPS Nation's First National Water Champion Debuted AT Stockholm Junior Water Prize 2024.

15) Squadron Leader Mohana Singh Became The First Woman Fighter Pilot Of LCA Tejas Fighter.

16) University Of Melbourne Launched The Centre In Delhi.

17) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Has Laid The Foundation Stone And Dedicated Nation Railway Projects Worth Rs 2800 Crores in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

18) 2 Days National Symposium Of National Disaster Management Authority And Army Southern Command Exercise AIKYA Set To Begin At Chennai On 18th September 2024.

19) Union Minister JP Nadda Has Launched The Logo And Brouchers Of Global Food Regulators Summit 2024.

20) Ministry Of Environment Forest And Climate Change Bhupendra Yadav Has Addressed At The 19th Edition Of CII- ITC Sustainbility Summit In New Delhi.

21) President Droupadi Murmu Inaugurated The 8th India Water Week At Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi.

22) The 6th Round Of Foreign Office Consultation Between India And Uruguay Held At Montevideo, Uruguay.

23) All India Football Federation (AIFF) Appoints Santosh Kashyap As The New Head Coach Of National Senior Woman's Team 

24) India Has Won 16 Medal And Medallions Of Excellence At World Skill 2024 In Lyon, France.

25) Pharmaceutical And Medical Devices Bureau Of India ( PMBI) And Coal India Limited Signed MoU To Provide High Quality Generic Medicine Through Establishment Of Jan Asudhi Kendra.

26) Ministry Of Ship India Has Announced The Olympic Medalist Manu Bhaker As Their New Brand Ambassador.

27) Brijendra Pratap Singh Has Been Appointed As The CMD Of NALCO.

World Bamboo Day- 18th September 

1) Retired Bureaucrat Rani Kumudini Has Been Appointed As The State Election Commissioner Of Telengana.

2) A 21 Years Old Boy From Kerala Has Developed India's FIRST AI Software Engineer.

3) Indian Army Unveiled The Him- Drone A Thron 2 To Revolunized High Altitude Operation Through Using Drones At Ladakh.

4) Atishi Marlena Set To Be The New Chief Minister Of Delhi.

5) Falcon 9 Launched It's 90th Mission Of This Year.

6) IRCTC Joins Hands With Zomato To Deliver Food On Train.

7) Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya  And Monash University Signed MoU To Enhanced Railway Engineering And Education.

8) BHEL's Dr G Raghavendra Rao Honoured With Engineer Of The Year 2024.

9) World's First Portable Hospital At An Altitude Of 15000 Feet Has Been Built By Indian Army And Indian Air Force Jointly Called Arogya Mitra Health Cube.

10) Cabinet Has Approved The Recommendation Of The High Levels Committee Pertaining To One Nation One Election.

11) The Society Of Indian Defense Manufacturer (SIDM) Signed Two Mous On Defense Industry Cooperation With The Emirates Defense Companies Council (EDCC) And Edge GROUP In UAE.

12) Cabinet Approved The Nutrients Based Subsidy (NBS) Rates For The Rabi Season 2024 On Phosphatic AND Potassic Fertilizer With An Outlays Of Rs 24,475,53 Crores.

13) Odisha DGP Y B Khurania Tenures Extended Till 16th August 2026.

14) Union Cabinet Has Approved The Budgets For The CHANDRAYAAN-4, SHUKRAYAAN, The Bharatiya Antirksh Station And NGLV Soorya.

15) Cabinet Approved The Establishment Of New Institute Namely - Indian Institute For The Immersive Creators (IIIC) 

16) IPS Officer Anurag Garg Has Been Appointed As The DG of NCB.

17) Cabinet Approved The Continuation Of Pradhanmantri Annadata Aaya Sanrakshan Abhiyan (PM-ASHA) With An Outlays Of Rs 35,000 Crores.

18) Cabinet Approved The Pradhanmantri Janjatiya Unnat Gram Abhiyan.

19) Union Minister For State Jayant Chaudhary Has Launched The Tata Skill Development Center In Delhi And Bengaluru.

20) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Launched The NPS VATSHALYA Scheme 

( WHich Allows Parents To Save Theirs Children Future By Investing in a Pension Account (

21) Cabinet Approved The BIO-RIDE Scheme To Support Cutting Edge Research And Development in Biotechnology.

22) Denmark Has Banned The Export Of Engine Charge Amplifier System For LCA Tejas MK 1 A Aircraft.

23) NMDC Limited Has Honoured With Rajabhasa Kirti Award 2023/24.

24) ICGS Sujay Has Visited For 3 Days To The Bali, Indonesia.

25) Bengaluru Based Startup BELLATRIX Aerospace Unveiled The Project 200, An Innovative Satellite Designed To Operate At An Ultta Low Earth Orbit.

26) Salvatore's Toto Schillaci, The Italy's Footballer Passed Away.

27) ISRO Has Finalized The Site For Its Temporary Grounded Tracking Station At AUSTRALIA Cocos.

28) Centre Has Given Approval To Established The ANUSHAKTI VIDYUT NIGAM Limited ( Ashvini) a Joint Venture Of NPCL And NTPC 

29) Indian Army Has Signed With Tiranga Mountain Rescue (TMR) For Land Warfare Studies.

30) Journalist Pradip K Saha Has Received The 7th 2024 BBLF C K Prahald Best Business Book Award.

31) Senior Author Manorama Bhatt Passed Away.

32) Jordan King's Appoints Jafar Hassan As Country's New Prime Minister.

33) Taliban Suspend Polio Vaccination Campaign In Afganistan..

34) ICC Announced The Equal Prize Money For The Both Men And Women's in World Cup.

35) Angkor Wat Has Named Most Photogenic UNESCO Heritage Site In Asia.

1) Former Australian Cricketer Ricky Pointing Has Been Appointed As The New Head Coach Of Punjab King Xi of IPL.

2) Goa Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant Has Inaugurated The Goa University Research Park Unit ( GURU) In Panaji 

3) Aeries Kollam Sailors Has Won The Inaugural Edition Of Kerala Cricket League 2024.

4) Commodore Ajay Yadav Took Charge As The Naval Officer In Charge West Bengal 

5) Vastra Nagari Sualkuchi Of Assam Has Been Selected As The Best Tourism Villages In Craft Category By Tourism Government.

6) Researchers Have Discovered The New Species Of Parasitoid Wasp, Syntretus Perlmani 

7) Para Olympic Gold Medalist Avni Lekhara Has Honoured With SHE SHAKTI 2024 Award By Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar.

8) On The Occasion Of World Bamboo Day, The Tallest Bamboo Tower Of 140 Feet Was Inaugurated At Bemetara, Rajasthan.

9) Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Diya Kumari Has Launched The RAJASTHAN PWD Seva App.

10) Mohammad Safi Pandit, The FIRST Muslim IAS Officer Of Kashmir Passed Away.

11) Andrii Sybiha Has Been Appointed As The Foreign Minister Of Ukraine.

12) Hyderabad Based Startup BlujAero Has Recently Conducted The First Flight Test Of It's Hydrogen Fuel Cell Based VTOL Prototype.

13) Telecom Centre Of Excellence (TCE) India And Viseshwaraya Technological University (VTU) Signed MoU To Establish The Center Of Excellence In Quantum Technology.

14) The World Health Organisation (WHO) Has Declared The Jordan Become The First Country In The World To Eliminate Leprosy.

15) All India Football Federation Has Decided TO Dedicated It's Junior Girl's National Football Championship In The Name Of Independent India's First CAPTAIN Talimeren AO.

16) RBI Reappoints V Vaidyanathan As The MD & CEO Of IDFC Bank For Next 3 Years.

17) The Occasion Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Has Signed MoU With The Habitats Trust And HCL Foundation For Marine Conservation At New Delhi.

18) The Indian Council Of Medical Research (ICMR) Has Received The UN Inter Agency Task Force Award.

( For Control And Cure Against Non Communicable Disease) 

19) Astr Defense Has Unveiled The Made In India President Chambered Pistol 32 ACP.

World Alzheimer's Day - 21st September 

1) Air Marshal Amar Preet Singh Has Been Appointed As The Next Chief Of Air Staff. 

2) India Has Joined The International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA).

3) Indian Army Has Signed MoU With The BEL To Establish Artificial Intelligence 

4) Shubhanshu Shukla Set To India's Next Astronaut To Fly Space After 40 Years.

5) Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh Has Flagged Off Open Water Sea Swimming Expedition At Andaman And Nicobar.

6) Military College Of Telecommunication Engineering (MCTE) Signed MoU With Society For Electronics Transaction And Security (SETS) For Collaboration In Quantum Hardware And Network Security In Research And Development For Indian Army.

7) 1991 IFS Kumar Tunhin Has Been Appointed As The New Indian Ambassador To The Kingdom Of Nederland.

8) President Droupadi Murmu Gives Oath To Atishi Marlen As Chief Minister Of Delhi.

9) Hollywood Actor Johny Deep Set To Honoured With The Lifetime Achievement Award At The Rome Film Festival.

10) Veteran Kerala Actress Kaviyoor Ponnamma Passed Away.

11) 1991 IFS Officer Muktesh Kumar Pardeshi Has Been Appointed As The New INDIAN Ambassador To The Turkeys.

12) Bharat Ratna Kailash Satyarthi Has Been Honoured With The Honorary Doctorate From The Mexican Institute Of Leadership Excellence In Monterrey.

 

13) Russian Cosmonaut Olag Konoonenko And Nikolai Chub Have Been Set A Record For The Longest Single Mission In International Space Station.

14) 8th Edition Of SATA Award Organised By Kathmandu, Nepal.

15) Prime Minister Narendra Modi LAUNCHED 2 New Scheme In Maharastra

* Acharya Chanakya Skill Development Center (Free Skill Development Scheme For Youth)

* Punyashlok Ahilyabai Holkar Women's Startup Scheme (For Women's Led Startup)

16) Prime Minister Narendra MODI laid The Foundation Stone Of PM MITRA Textiles Park At Amaravaati, Maharashtra.

17) On The Occasion Of Anniversary Of PM Vishwakarma Yojana Prime Minister Narendra Modi Has Unveiled The Commemorative Stamp By Indian Post.

18) The Government Of India Has Granted a One Year Extension To The USD 50 Million Treasury Bill.

19) European Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen Has Announced The 10 Billion Euro Finding Package From EU To Support Central European Countries Who Suffered Flood Since Decade.

20) Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh Has Inaugurated The Two Days National  Symposium Of CLFMA In Goa.

21) Food Import Rejection Alert (FIRA) Portal Has Been For Food Related 

22) 11th National Level Exhibition Project Competition ( NLEPC) 2024 Held.

23) India Dispatched First Tranche Of Humanitarian Assistance To Saint Vincent.

24) China Has Published The Most Numbers Of Artificial Intelligence Reports In Past Decade.

(2nd - US AND 3RD - India).

25) India Ranked Third In Foreign Real Estate Investment And Global Cross Border Capital Destination.

26) FIDE Awraded Best Male Player Of The Years To Magnus Carlsen.

27) Tennis Star Jannik Sinner Set To Appointed As THE The Brand Of The Milano Cortnia 2026 Winter Games.

28) Jasprit Bumrah Became The World's 10th Bowler To Picked 400th International Wicket.

29) Jamsedji Tata, Founder Of Tata Group Has Been Recognized As The The World's Greatest Philanthropy.

30) 1669 Lakh Crores UPI Transaction Has Been Registered In India In Last Five Months.

31) Tamilnadu Gingee Fort Set To Listed In The UNESCO World Heritage Site Tag.

32) Ukraine Has Banned The Telegram Messenger Application.

33) Veteran CPI(M) Leader Of Kerala And Trade Unist M M Lawrence Passed Away.

34) The National Institute Of Animal Biotechnology (NIAB) Scientist Of Hyderabad Has Developed Innovative Diagnosis Test To Detect Antibiotics In Animal Food.

35) The National Rifle Association Of India (NRAI) Elected Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo As The President Of The 

36) Celebrated Voice Actor David Graham Passes Away.

37) Guwahati Has Been Awarded With The Best Stall In Scientific Intervention Category At NHPC Pavilion.

38) India Achieved Tier 1 Status In Global Cyber Security Index 2024 

39) Uttarakhand State Legislative Approved The Uttarakhand Public and Private Property Damage Recovery Ordinance Act 2024.

40) Dhanush Loganathan Has Won Bronze Medal In Men's 55 Kg Category At The IWF Junior World Weightlifting Championship In Spain.

1) Indian Navy Has Inducted The India's First Indigenous Aircraft Carrier INS VIKRANT (R11) Into The Western Fleet.

2) Senior IPS Officer Alok Ranjan Has Been Appointed As The Director General Of The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).

3) Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) And Aryabhatta Research Institute Of Observational Sciences (ARIES) Signed MoU For Collaboration In Space Technologies.

4) Vishakapatanam Artist Moka Vijay Kumar Creates Records With Millet Art.

5) INDIAN Web Series The Night Manager Has Been Nominated In The Emmy Drama Series Category.

6) Shanghai Hit By Typhoon Pulasan.

7) A Poem On National War Memorial And A Chapter On Veer Abdul Hameed Included In Curriculum Of Class VI.

8) India Will Host The QUAD Leaders Summit 2025.

9) Dr Sanchita Mukherjee, From IISER Kolkata Has Been Awarded With Best Start-up Award In Industrial Biotechnology Category At The Global Bio India 2024.

10) India Are The Champions At The World Chess Olympiad 2024, Budapest, Hungary.