NATIONAL NEWS

7th Session of ISA Assembly

• The 7th Session of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) Assembly under the presidency of India and co-presidency of France inaugurated at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi.

ISA

TB-Free Nation

• According to the World Health Organization (WHO) India has recorded a decline of 17.7 percent in TB (tuberculosis) incidence from 2015 to 2023. This rate is more than double the global decline of 8.3 per cent.

TB

India’s updated NBSAP

• MoS for Environment Kirti Vardhan Singh, launched India’s updated National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) at the 16th meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP 16) in Colombia.
• The action plan is a vital roadmap to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030, with a longer-term vision of living in harmony with nature by 2050.

United Nations Biodiversity Conference

 STATE SPECIAL

Ningol Chakkouba Festival

• One of the biggest festivals of Manipur-Ningol Chakkouba was held across the State with religious fervour and gaiety.

Major Festivals of Manipur

Compensation for human death in wildlife attack

• The Madhya Pradesh government has hiked the compensation to the kin of those killed in wild animal attacks to 25 lakh rupees from 8 lakh rupees.

Madhya Pradesh

 INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Tihar festival of Nepal

• With the celebration of Bhai Tika, the five-day Tihar festival of Nepal concluded.
• Bhai Tika is the final and major day of the Tihar festival, on which sisters offer seven tika colours to their brothers, wishing them happiness, long lives, and prosperity. 

Nepal

Austrailia-India Framework Dialogue

• External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar is on a six day visit to Australia and Singapore.
• During the visit, Dr Jaishankar will inaugurate India’s 4th consulate in Australia in Brisbane. He will also co-chair the 15th Foreign Ministers’ Framework Dialogue with his Australian Counterpart.

Australia

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

India’s First Analog Space Mission

• ISRO has started the country’s first analog space mission at Leh in Ladakh, where space agency will simulate life in an interplanetary habitat.
• The mission includes a compact, inflatable habitat named Hab-1, which is equipped with essentials and assumes significance as India is planning to send a human to the Moon in the near future.

ISRO

PERSON IN NEWS 

Rajesh Kumar Singh

• Rajesh Kumar Singh has been appointed as the Defence Secretary of India.

 Duma Boko

• Duma Boko is elected as the 6th President of Botswana.

Botswana

Wriddhiman Saha

• Indian wicketkeeper-batter Wriddhiman Saha has announced his retirement from cricket, and ongoing Ranji Trophy season will be his last final one.

SPORTS

Harmeet Desai

• Indian table tennis star Harmeet Desai claimed dual titles at the WTT Feeder Caracas in Venezuela, winning both the Men’s Singles and Mixed Doubles events.

 14th Hockey India Senior Men's National Championship

• The 14th Hockey India Senior Men's National Championship kicks off today, at Chennai’s Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium.

Under-19 World Boxing Championships

• India delivered an impressive performance at the Under-19 World Boxing Championships in Colorado, USA, securing 17 medals, including four golds, across the men's and women's categories.

Paris Masters 2024

• Alexander Zverev of Germany defeated Ugo Humbert of France to win his 7th ATP 1000 title and first Paris Masters title.