National News

17th Urban Mobility India Conference and Exhibition

• Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel inaugurated the 17th Urban Mobility India Conference and Exhibition, organised by the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar.

About Gujarat

WTSA-24

• The World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA-24) was held in New Delhi, adopted eight new resolutions which includes Artificial Intelligence, Enhancing Standardization Activities on Digital Public Infrastructure, Sustainable Digital Transformation, Promoting and Strengthening Metaverse Standardization, and Provision of Handset-Derived Caller Location Information for Emergency Communications.

About ITU

2nd AIESC Meeting

• Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan attended the 2nd Australia-India Education and Skills Council (AIESC) meeting in Sydney.

About Australia

Bihar’s first dry port

• Bihar Industry minister Nitish Mishra  inaugurated the state's first dry port at Bihta, a town near Patna.

About Bihar

International News

Age Restriction for social media use in Norway

• Norway is set to enforce a stricter minimum age limit of 15 for social media use.

Social Media Apps and Launch Year

Economy and Banking

21st Livestock Census Operation

• Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh launched the 21st Livestock Census Operation in New Delhi. The Census will be conducted till February next year.

Species covered under survey

MoU between GeM and Sikkim

• The Government e-Marketplace (GeM) signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Sikkim government to boost GeM adoption, achieving full coverage across all states and UTs.

About GeM

Venture Capital Fund

• The Union Cabinet approved a ₹1000 crore Venture Capital Fund for the space sector under Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN–SPACe).

About IN-SPACe

Reliance and Nvidia partnership for AI infrastructure

• Reliance and Nvidia announced a partnership to build AI infrastructure in India.

Defence

6 Air Cushion Vehicles of ICG

• The Ministry of Defence signed a contract for the procurement of six Air Cushion Vehicles for the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) at a total cost of 387.44 crore rupees.
• These amphibious vessels, also called ‘hovercrafts,’ will be procured under the Buy Indian category.

About ICG

31st Edition of SIMBEX

• The 31st edition of the Singapore India Maritime Bilateral Exercise (SIMBEX) is scheduled from 23 to 29 Oct 2024, in the Eastern Naval Command at Visakhapatnam.

MPX

• Indian Navy's destroyer INS Delhi, along with German Navy's frigate Baden-Württemberg  conducted a Maritime Partnership Exercise (MPX) in the Indian Ocean.

About Indian Navy

Sports

Under 23 Wrestling World Championship 2024

• In wrestling, India’s Anjly clinched Silver in the 59 kg category, Monika clinched bronze in the 68 kg category and Vishvajit Ramchandra More bagged the Bronze in the Men’s 55 kg Greco-Roman category at the Under 23 Wrestling World Championship 2024 in Tirana, Albania.

About Wrestling Federation of India

Elo Mark

• Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi, 21, crossed the 2800 Elo mark with a win at the European Chess Club Cup in Serbia, becoming only the second Indian after Viswanathan Anand to reach this milestone.

Hockey India retired the No. 28 Jersey

• Indian women’s hockey legend Rani Rampal has retired, ending a career with 254 matches and 120 goals.
• Hockey India honoured her by retiring her iconic No. 28 jersey.

Rani Rampal 

Awards and Honours

Arjuna Award Lifetime

• The Sports ministry has replaced the Dhyan Chand Award for lifetime achievement with the Arjuna Award Lifetime to streamline sporting honours.

2024 Sakharov Prize

• The 2024 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought is awarded to María Corina Machado and President-elect Edmundo González Urrutia for their brave fight to restore freedom and democracy in Venezuela.

World's Best School Prizes 2024

• Ryan International School in Delhi in Environmental Action category, CM RISE School Vinoba in Ratlam in the Innovation category and Kalvi International Public School in Madurai in Community Choice Award were each honoured with World's Best School Prizes 2024.

Person in News

Amitabh Chaudhry

• Axis Bank reappointed Amitabh Chaudhry as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer for the next three years starting January 1, 2025.

About Axis Bank

51st Chief Justice of India

• Justice Sanjiv Khanna has been appointed as 51st Chief Justice of India (CJI).

About Supreme Court

Professor Mazhar Asif

• Professor Mazhar Asif appointed as the new Vice-Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia University in Delhi.

 Important Days

ITBP Raising Day

• PM Narendra Modi extended greetings to ITBP Himveers on Indo-Tibetan Border Police Raising Day, observed on 24th October.

About ITBP

Miscellaneous

UNESCO Report

• According to new reports from the Unesco Institute for Statistics on world education statistics, India allocated approximately 4.1% to 4.6% of its GDP to education between 2015 and 2024.
• India’s expenditure on education is higher than countries like China and Japan as per report.

About UNESCO