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Awards
The Venezuelan leaders who have been chosen for the 2024 Sakharov Prize for the Freedom of Thought – Ms. María Corina Machado and Mr. Edmundo González Urrutia
Defence
The place at which the 31st edition of the Singapore India Maritime Bilateral Exercise (SIMBEX) is being conducted from 23 to 29 Oct 2024 – Visakhapatnam
The Indo-Oman bilateral naval exercise conducted by the Indian Navy and the Royal Navy of Oman off Goa from 13 to 18 October 24 was named – Exercise Naseem-Al-Bahr
The first ship of the two Multi Purpose Vessel project, built by L&T, Shipyard for the Indian Navy, launched on 14 Oct 24 at L&T, Kattupalli is named – Samarthak
The defence sector public sector undertaking which has become the 14th PSE to attain Maharatna status – Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
Persons
The contestant from Ujjain who has been crown Femina Miss India 2024 at a beauty pageant in Mumbai – Ms. Nikita Porwal
The judge of Supreme Court whose name has been recommended for the post of the Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India – Justice Sanjiv Khanna
The leader of National Conference party who has been sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Union Territory, Jammu and Kashmir – Shri Omar Abdullah
The Chairman of Tata Group and Tata Sons, recipient of Padma Vibhushan and Padma Bhushan, who passed away on 09 October 2024 – Shri Ratan Naval Tata
The first woman President of Mexico who has taken over on 01 October 2024 – Ms. Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo
Places
The place in Gujarat where TATA Aircraft Complex for manufacturing of C-295 aircraft was jointly inaugurated by the Prime Ministers of India and Spain – Vadodara
Sports
The Spanish female professional footballer of Barcelona club who has been awarded the 2024 Ballon d'Or Féminin – Aitana Bonmatí
The Spanish professional footballer of Manchester City club who has been awarded the 2024 Ballon d'Or – Rodri
The footballer from Manipur who has become the first Indian female footballer to score 50 international goals by scoring her 50th international goal during the 2024 SAFF Women's Championship in Nepal against Pakistan – Ngangom Bala Devi
The Spanish tennis star and winner of 22 Grand Slam Singles titles who has announced his intention to retire after playing in the Davis Cup finals in November 2024 – Rafael Nadal
The team which has won the Irani Cup 2024-25 by defeating Rest of India team in a match played at Lucknow – Mumbai
Miscellaneous
The well-known Hollywood actor and environmentalist after whom a new Himalayan snake species has been named (Anguiculus dicaprioi) – Leonardo DiCaprio
The tropical cyclone which affected the states of Odisha and West Bengal causing disruption of rail and road services and forcing evacuation of coastal population was named – Cyclone Dana
The tropical cyclone which caused extensive devastation in Mexico and the US state of Florida was named – Hurricane Milton
The eye disease which India has eliminated as a public health problem becoming the third country in the South-East Asia Region to do so – Trachoma
The Indian languages which have been conferred the status of Classical Language as approved by the Union Cabinet – Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Bengali and Assamese
17th Urban Mobility India (UMI) Conference & Exhibition 2024
Venue: Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar, Gujarat today
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Winner |
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City with the Most Sustainable Transport System |
Kochi |
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City with the Best Public Transport System |
Bhubaneswar |
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3. |
City with the Best Non-Motorized Transport System |
Srinagar |
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4. |
City with the Best Safety and Security System & Record |
Gandhinagar |
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City with the Best Intelligent Transport System (ITS) |
Surat |
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6. |
City with the Most Innovative Financing Mechanism |
Jammu |
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7. |
City with Best Record of Public Involvement in Transport |
Bengaluru |
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8. |
Metro Rail with the Best Multimodal Integration |
Bengaluru |
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9. |
Metro Rail with the Best Passenger Services and Satisfaction |
Mumbai |
Nobel Prizes 2024
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Field |
Winners |
Contribution |
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Medicine |
Victor Ambros |
for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation |
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Gary Ruvkun |
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2. |
Chemistry |
David Baker |
for computational protein design |
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Demis Hassabis |
for protein structure prediction |
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John Jumper |
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Physics |
John Hopfield |
for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks |
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Geoffrey Hinton |
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Peace |
Nihon Hidankyo (Japanese organisation) |
for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again |
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Economic Sciences |
Daron Acemogly |
for studies of how institution are formed and affect prosperity |
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Simon Johnson |
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James Robinson |
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Literature |
Han Kang |
for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life. |
Important Days of October
International Day of Older Persons: 01 October
Designated by: United Nations General Assembly
First Observed in: 1991
Theme: Ageing with Dignity: The Importance of Strengthening Care and Support Systems for Older Persons Worldwide
International Day of Non-Violence: 02 October
Designated by: United Nations General Assembly
First Observed in: 2007
World Teachers' Day: 05 October
Established by: UNESCO
Theme: Valuing teacher voices: towards a new social contract for education
First Observed in: 1994
World Habitat Day: 1st Monday of October (07 October)
Designated by: United Nations General Assembly
First observed: 1986
Theme: Engaging youth to create a better urban future
World Post Day: 09 October
Designated by: Universal Postal Union
First Observed in: 1969
Theme: 150 years of enabling communication and empowering peoples across nation
World Mental Health Day: 10 October
Designated by: World Health Organisation
Theme: Mental Health at Work
First Observed in: 1992
World Sight Day: 10 October (2nd Thursday of October)
Designated by: International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness
Theme: Children, Love Your Eyes
First Observed in: 2000
International Day of the Girl Child: 11 October
Designated by: United Nations General Assembly
Theme: Girls’ vision for the future
First Observed in: 2012
International Day of Disaster Risk Reduction: 13 October
Designated by: United Nations General Assembly
Theme: Empowering the next generation for a resilient future
First Observed in: 1989
International Day of Rural Women: 15 October
Designated by: United Nations General Assembly
First Observed in: 2008
World Food Day: 16 October
Designated by: Food and Agricultural Organisation
Theme: Right to foods for a better life and a better future
First Observed in: 1980
International Day for Eradication of Poverty: 17 October
Designated by: United Nations General Assembly
Theme: Ending Social and Institutional Maltreatment Acting together for just, peaceful and inclusive societies
First Observed in: 1993
World Development Information Day: 24 October
Designated by: United Nations General Assembly
First Observed in: 1972
United Nations Day: 24 October
The day marks the coming into effect of the UN Charter (the founding document of UNO) in 1945.
To mark the UN Day 2024, Tonic Sonic Cytoacoustics organised a World Music Peace Concert on Friday, 25 October 2024 at AIIMS, New Delhi.
World Day for Audiovisual Heritage: 27 October
Designated by: UNESCO
First Observed in: 2005
World Cities Day: 31 October
Designated by: UN General Assembly
Theme: Youth Leading Climate and Local Action for Cities
First Observed in: 2014
16th BRICS SUMMIT 2024
- Dates held: 22 to 24 October 2024
- Venue: Kazan, Russia
- Chair: Russian President Vladimir Putin
- Participants: Russia, India, China, South Africa, Brazil, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, United Arab Emirates
2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup
- Dates held: 03 to 20 October 2024
- Venue: United Arab Emirates
- Winners: New Zealand
- Runners-up: South Africa
- Player of the series: Amelia Kerr (New Zealand)
- Most runs: Laura Wolvaardt (223) (South Africa)
- Most wickets: Amelia Kerr (15) (New Zealand)
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