Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 25th October to 31st October 2024

October Weekly One Liner Current Affairs Part 4

National News

• Ayush Ministry to celebrate 9th Ayurveda Day on 29 October
• IFFI 2024 celebrates Australia’s Rich Film Traditions and Vibrant Cinema Culture
• Cabinet approves two Railway projects with estimated cost of Rs 6,798 crore and will be completed in 5 years
• Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology (IASST) Guwahati Inks Technology Transfer Agreement With Bharat Biotech
• Department of Posts issues a Commemorative Stamp to mark 200 Years of Kittur Vijayotsava
• Govt launches two-year nationwide celebration for Sardar Patel’s 150th Birth Anniversary
• IIM Shillong signs MoU with SIDBI to launch entrepreneurship training and incubation programme
• Loan limit under Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) increased to 20 lakh from Rs.10 lakh
• Rajiv Ranjan Singh launches “Weather Forecasting at the Gram Panchayat Level” in Vigyan Bhawan
• Reliance, Nvidia partner to build large-scale AI infrastructure in India
• Central govt pensioners to get additional compassionate pension after 80
• Bihar CM unveils panchayat projects worth Rs 7,160 cr.
• US, Japan and Korea to support digital infrastructure in India
• 21st Livestock Census launched to count 16 species of livestock
• Swiggy unveils ‘International Logins’ for NRIs from 27 countries
• ‘IndiaAI’ and Meta announces the establishment of the Center for Generative AI, Shrijan at IIT Jodhpur
• NTPC and Indian Army Join Hands for Round-the-Clock Power Supply using Green Hydrogen
• Cyclone Dana hits Coastal Odisha & West Bengal
• Bhubaneswar wins the ‘City with the Best Public Transport System’ at 17th Urban Mobility India Conference & Exhibition
• PM Modi & Spanish PM Pedro inaugurate Tata’s C-295 aircraft factory
• Dr Jitendra inaugurates new campus of India’s first Biomanufacturing Institute at Mohali
• India’s first ‘Writer’s village’ inaugurated in Dehradun

International News

• Russia hosted the 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan
• India ranked 176 in the first Global Nature Conservation Index 2024; Luxembourg was ranked as the top-ranked country
• India Ranks 79 out of 142 in the World Justice Project Rule of Law Index; topped by Denmark

Banking and Financial

• Liberty General Insurance and Maruti Suzuki Join Hands to Boost Insurance Awareness in Punjab and Delhi
• SBI raises ₹5,000 cr via AT-I bonds at 7.98%
• FIU slaps Rs 54 lakh fine on Union Bank of India for multiple PMLA violations
• MobiKwik launches fixed deposit product with up to 9.5% interest rate
• ADB commits USD 434.25 million loan for solar facility in Assam
• RBI revokes authorisation certificate of UAE Exchange Centre
• SBI awarded Best Bank in India for 2024 by Global Finance Magazine
• RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das ranks top central banker by US magazine
• Solex Energy partners with SBI to provide finance for solar projects
• Slice, North East Small Finance Bank merge one year after RBI approval

Appointment and Resignation

• Amitabh Chaudhry appoints as MD & CEO of Axis Bank
• Deepak Agarwal Appointed as Regular MD of National Agriculture Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED)
• FSIB recommends Ashok Chandra as next PNB managing director and CEO
• Airtel names COO Shashwat Sharma as MD & CEO
• Vipin Kumar appointed as Chairman of Airports Authority of India

Awards

• Nepal’s Urmila Chaudhary wins Global Anti-Racism Championship Award 2024
• Conservation scientist Bibhab Talukdar conferred with IUCN award
• Kochi wins the Most Sustainable Transport System Award at 17 UMI 2024
• Fiji honours Sri Sri Ravi Shankar with its highest Civilian Award, ‘Honourary Officer Of The Order of Fiji’

Defence

• Singapore-India maritime exercise SIMBEX begin at ENC Visakhapatnam
• Navy launches 7th GRSE’s Anti-Submarine Warfare Vessel ‘Abhay’

Sports

• Sharapova, Bryan brothers elected into Tennis Hall of Fame
• Queen of Indian Hockey Rani Rampal retires from the Game
• Manika Batra becomes first Indian to reach Quarterfinals of the World Table Tennis Champions event
• India finishes U23 World Wrestling Championships 2024 with 9 Medals
• India wins 24 medals at the Japan Para-Badminton International 2024
• Afghanistan A defeats Sri Lanka A to lift the 2024 Emerging Asia Cup
• Australian Wicketkeeper-batter Matthew Wade Retires

Important day

• 24 October – United Nations Day
• 24 to 30 October – UN Disarmament Week
• 24-31 October – Global Media and Information Literacy Week (Theme 2024 – The New Digital Frontiers of Information: “Media and Information Literacy for Public Interest Information”)
• 24 October – World Polio Day (Theme 2024 – A Global Mission to Reach Every Child)
• 24 October 2024 – 63rd ITBP Raising Day
• 24 October – World Development Information Day
• 29 October – World Stroke Day (Theme 2024 – #GreaterThanStroke)
• 27 October – Indian Army Infantry Day
• 27 October – World Day for Audiovisual Heritage (Theme 2024 – Your widow to the world.)
• 29 October – International Day of Care and Support (Theme 2024 – Transforming Care Systems: Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in the context of Beijing+30)

Obituary

• Legendary Gussadi folk dancer Kanaka Raju passed away

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