Current Affairs One-liners — 12 October 2024
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Sat, 12 Oct 2024
- On 12 October 2024, from Sukna, West Bengal, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh virtually dedicated 75 Border Roads Organisation projects worth ₹2,236 crore across 11 States/UTs.
- On 12 October 2024, in India, applications opened on the PM Internship Portal for the pilot of the Prime Minister's Internship Scheme, which was launched on 3 October 2024.
- On 12 October 2024, in Hyderabad, India scored 297/6 against Bangladesh in the third T20I, the highest total by a full-member team in T20Is, and won by 133 runs.
- On 12 October 2024, in Meghnagar, Jhabua district, Madhya Pradesh, the DRI busted a factory illegally making mephedrone and seized 112 kg worth ₹168 crore.
- On 12 October 2024, in India, the Union Government released the first instalment of XV Finance Commission grants for 2024-25 to rural local bodies: over ₹1,267 crore for Rajasthan and over ₹988 crore for Andhra Pradesh.
- On 12 October 2024, in India, Union Minister Jitendra Singh presented the USISTEF awards, giving 17 Indo-US teams the opportunity to work together mainly on AI-enabled and quantum technologies.
- On 12 October 2024, in India, the CAQM used Section 14 of the CAQM Act, 2021 to authorise district authorities in Punjab, Haryana and NCR areas to prosecute officials for inaction on paddy stubble burning.
- On 12 October 2024, at Sukna Military Station, West Bengal, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh performed the traditional Shastra Pooja with troops on Dussehra.
- On 12 October 2024, in India, PM Narendra Modi approved ex-gratia from PMNRF for the victims of a road accident in Kaithal, Haryana, and a wall collapse in Mehsana district, Gujarat.
- On 12 October 2024, in Hyderabad, Union Coal and Mines Minister G. Kishan Reddy inaugurated a Rooftop Solar Power Plant at the Geological Survey of India Training Institute (GSITI).