Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 9th October to 16th October 2024

October Weekly One Liner Current Affairs Part 2

National News

• ADB grants $162 mn loan for new infra, tourism boost in Himachal Pradesh
• Himachal Pradesh CM launches Sankalp Initiative to tackle drug menace
• India to provide $400 Million Credit Swap Facility to Maldives
• Health Minister JP Nadda announces enhanced nutrition support for TB patients
• DAE inaugurates MACE, Asia’s Largest and World’s Highest Imaging Cherenkov Observatory, at Hanle Ladakh
• Nitin Gadkari unveils ‘Humsafar Policy’ for Onboarding Service Providers
• PM Modi laid foundation stone for various development projects in Maharashtra worth over Rs 7600 crore
• Cabinet Approves National Maritime Heritage Complex and Border Roads
• Development of National Maritime Heritage Complex, Lothal, Gujarat
• Road Infrastructure in Rajasthan and Punjab Border Areas
• BJP Sweeps Haryana, NC & Cong alliance wins J&K Assembly election
• Govt releases advance instalment of Rs 1.78 lk cr for state govts amid festive season
• Govt to set up 10 new ESIC medical colleges, extend unemployment allowance
• Cabinet approves supply of fortified rice under welfare schemes till Dec 2028 at cost of Rs 17,082 cr
• DigiLocker Partners with UMANG: Unlock Seamless Access to Government Services
• IIT Indore launches Affordable Device for Early Breast Cancer Detection
• PM Narendra Modi’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’ Completes 10 Years
• India launches ‘Study in India’ campaign at International Education Show in Sharjah
• Bihar to develop Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary as tiger reserve, gets Centre’s nod
• MNRE notifies Scheme Guidelines for ₹500 crore ‘Innovative Projects’ component under PM-Surya Ghar Yojana
• Defence Minister virtually dedicates to the nation 75 BRO infrastructure projects, worth Rs 2,236 crore
• Union Government releases 15th Finance Commission Grants for Rural Local Bodies in Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan
• First phase of 2024 Army Commanders’ Conference concluded in Gangtok
• Telangana appoints Commission for Scheduled Castes Sub-Classification
• EAM Jaishankar launches eMigrate V2.0 web portal & mobile app
• HAL becomes 14th Maharatna CPSE in India
• JP Nadda inaugurates 19th International Conference of Drug Regulatory Authorities
• MSDE partners with Meta for AI Assistant in Skill India Mission and 5 Centers of Excellence in NSTIs
• PhonePe launches new plan Firecracker Insurance for Diwali
• Ericsson wins multi-billion-dollar 5G equipment contract from Bharti Airtel
• PM Modi inaugurates WTSA 2024 and 8th India Mobile Congress 2024

International News

• JP Nadda elected as Chairperson of 77th Session of WHO Regional Committee
• WTO cuts 2025 world merchandise trade growth forecast to 3% from 3.3%
• PM Modi attended the 19th East Asia Summit (EAS)
• Trachoma no longer a public health problem in India: WHO
• 75th International Astronautical Congress begins in Milan with focus on responsible space for sustainability

Banking and Financial

• Arka Fincap launches ‘Uday’ to boost MSME Growth with Small Ticket Loans
• Reliance Nippon Life Insurance unveils ‘Nishchit Pension’ to help Indians secure guaranteed long-term retirement income
• HDFC Bank Divests 100% Stake in HDFC Edu for ₹192 Crore
• IFC partners with Axis Bank to provide $500 million climate loan in India
• BoB to sell Oman operation to Bank Dhofar as part of rationalisation
• CCI approves acquisition of paid-up share capital of JM Financial Credit Solutions Limited by JM Financial Limited
• Repo rate remains unchanged at 50% for tenth time in a row
• World Bank ups India’s growth forecast for FY25 to 7% due to rising private consumption
• UPI transactions volume increases 52% to 97 bn in Jan-Jun: Report
• Indian Navy Collaborates with Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance to Provide Insurance for Naval Civilians
• Bank of Baroda introduces 400-day ‘Utsav Deposit Scheme’ at 7.3%
• Biz2X surpasses Rs 9,000 crore mark in loan disbursements
• Tata Capital, Tata Motors Finance merger receives RBI’s approval
• Cashfree Payments unveils UPI Switch to enhance success rates for online businesses

Appointment and Resignation

• Shigeru Ishiba appointed as the 102nd PM of Japan
• Retired IPS Sharad Kumar appointed new head of BCCI’s Anti-Corruption Unit
• Government extends tenure of RBI Deputy Governor, Mr M. Rajeshwar Rao for 1 year
• Air Marshal SP Dharkar appointed as the next IAF Vice Chief
• India’s Prasanth Kumar re-elected as president of AAAI
• Ravindra Kundu takes charge as Cholamandalam MD
• John Hopfield, Geoffrey Hinton awarded for Nobel Prize in Physics 2024
• Sanjeev Kr Singla appointed as India’s next Ambassador to France
• Manish Tiwary appointed as MD of Nestlé India Limited
• Kais Saied reelected President of Tunisia for a second 5-year term
• RBI approves appointment of Partha Sengupta as MD & CEO of Bandhan Bank
• Srinivas gets additional charge as CEO of public procurement portal GeM
• Noel Tata succeeds Ratan Tata, appointed chairman of Tata Trusts
• Manoj Kumar Dubey appointed as CEO and MD of Indian Railways Financial Corporation (IRFC)
• DG Paramesh Sivamani takes over as 26th Director General of Indian Coast Guard

Awards

• Victor Ambros & Gary Ruvkun win Nobel medicine for microRNA discovery
• David Baker, Demis Hassabis & John Jumper win Nobel Prize 2024 for Chemistry
• South Korean author Han Kang awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature
• Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo wins 2024 Nobel Peace Prize for Disarmament
• Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, James Robinson win Economics Nobel Prize 2024

Science

• National Space Commission approves India’s Fifth Lunar Mission ‘Lupex’
• NASA launches Europa Clipper to examine Jupiter’s moon

Defence

• GRSE delivers second survey vessel INS Nirdeshak to Indian Navy
• India, US sign Rs 32,000-crore deal for 31 Predator drones

Sports

• Olympian Dipa Karmakar retires from Gymnastic
• Rafael Nadal announced his retirement from Tennis
• Indian Men & Women’s team wins Bronze at Asian Table Tennis Championships 2024
• Uttarakhand to host 38th National Games in 2025
• Historic medal for Ayhika & Sutirthat at Asian T T Championships 2024
• India to hoist Junior World Cup of shooting in 2025
• Harmanpreet Singh emerges as most expensive player in Hockey auction
• India beat Taipei to win women’s single Bendigo International Challenge Badminton Tournament
• Aryna Sabalenka wins the WTA Wuhan 1000 singles title
• Jannik Sinner wins the ATP Shanghai Masters 1000 singles title
• Tanya Hemanth wins 2024 Bendigo International Badminton Tournament
• Sonam Uttam Maskar wins Silver Medal in Women’s 10m Air Rifle event

Important day

• 7 October 2024 (first Monday of October)– World Habitat Day (Theme 2024 – Engaging youth to build a better urban future)
• 9 October – World Post Day (Theme 2024 – 150 years of enabling communication and empowering peoples across nations.)
• 10 October – World Mental Health Day
• 11 October – International Day of the Girl Child (Theme 2024 – Girls’ Vision for the Future)
• 13 October – International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (Theme 2024 – Empowering the Next Generation for a Resilient Future)
• 15 October – International Day for Rural Women (Theme 2024 – Rural Women Sustaining Nature for Our Collective Future: Building climate resilience, conserving biodiversity, and caring for land towards gender equality and empowerment)
• 11 October 2024 (second Friday of October)– World Egg Day (Theme 2024 – United by Eggs)
• 15 October – World Students’ Day (Theme 2024 – Empowering Students to be Agents of Change)

Obituary

• Doyen of Indian industry Ratan Tata passes away
• Akashvani Darbhanga former radio presenter Indranand Singh Jha passes away

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