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21 October, 2024
GK Update
Fri 05 Jul, 2024
National News
International Innovation Conclave 1.0
- International Innovation Conclave 1.0 was held in New Delhi, on this occasion Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal emphasised the significant role drones can play in India’s development.
Global Conclave on Plastic Recycling and Sustainability and International Exhibition
- Chemicals and Petrochemicals Secretary Nivedita Shukla Verma inaugurated Global Conclave on Plastic Recycling and Sustainability and International Exhibition in New Delhi.
Sahkar Se Samriddhi
- Union Minister Amit Shah will address the “Sahkar Se Samriddhi” conference and will launch a scheme for 50% assistance on the purchase of nano-fertilisers by the farmers in Gandhinagar, Gujarat on 6th July 2024.
International News
57th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
- Laos is set to host the 57th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and related meetings, in its capital Vientiane from the 21st to the 27th of July.
About ASEAN
| Founded: 8 August 1967 | HQ: Jakarta, Indonesia |
SCO Summit 2024
- The 24th summit of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) adopted the Astana Declaration and approved 25 strategic documents covering energy, security, trade, finance, and information security.
- The SCO Summit admitted Belarus as the 10th member of the group.
About SCO
| Estb: 15 June 2001 | HQ: Beijing, China |
Economy and Banking
Muthoot Finance
- Muthoot Finance, only Indian NBFC to be selected for The Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) Mutual Evaluation report 2023-24.
About Muthoot Finance
| HQ: Kochi | MD: George Alexander Muthoot |
Science and Tech
Oboniobite and Scandio-fluoro-eckermannite
- Chinese geologists have discovered two new minerals named Oboniobite and Scandio-fluoro-eckermannite at the world’s largest rare-earth mine in northern China.
| India has the world’s fifth-largest reserves of rare earth elements. |
Indian in Space and Deep Sea by 2025
- Science and Technology Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh announced that the world will witness the 1st Indian in Space and in the Deep Sea by 2025.
| Gaganyaan Mission: To send Indian astronauts to low-earth orbit. | Samudrayaan: India’s Deep Ocean Mission |
Dyslipidemia
- The Cardiological Society of India (CSI) unveiled the first-ever Indian guidelines for dyslipidemia management, a critical risk factor for cardiovascular and peripheral artery diseases.
| Dyslipidemia Caused by genetic mutations that affect lipid metabolism. |
Important Appointments
Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva
- President Droupadi Murmu has appointed Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva as new officiating Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.
Justice Sheel Nagu
- Justice Sheel Nagu has been appointed as Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court.
Dhirendra Ojha
- Senior Indian Information Service (IIS) officer Dhirendra Ojha has been appointed as Director General of Press Information Bureau (PIB).
Awards and Honours
22nd Naji Naaman Literary Prize 2024
- The Naji Naaman Foundation for Gratis Culture (FGC), Lebanon, has selected Tirupati-based English poet and writer K.V. Raghupathi for the 22nd Naji Naaman Literary Prize, for the year 2024.