Current Affairs One-liners — 16 November 2024
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Sat, 16 Nov 2024
- Late on 16 November 2024, DRDO successfully flight-tested India's first long-range hypersonic missile from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast.
- On 16 November 2024 in New Delhi, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla addressed the 4th Audit Diwas and said the C&AG has played a key role in fostering accountability, transparency and good governance.
- On 16 November 2024 at CoP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, India expressed dissatisfaction at developed countries' unwillingness to engage on climate finance and on the Mitigation Work Programme.
- On 16 November 2024 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Union MoS Health Anupriya Patel addressed the 4th High-Level Ministerial Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance.
- On 16 November 2024, the Health Ministry said more than 10 lakh senior citizens aged 70 and above had enrolled for the Ayushman Vay Vandana card under AB PM-JAY within three weeks of its launch.
- On 16 November 2024, before leaving India, PM Modi issued his departure statement for a five-day visit to Nigeria, Brazil and Guyana.
- On 16 November 2024, PIB highlighted WIPO's World Intellectual Property Indicators 2024, which ranks India 6th globally with 64,480 patent applications in 2023.
- On 16 November 2024 at SKICC in Jammu and Kashmir, Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh opened the CSIR Healthcare Theme Conclave and called J&K a key player in India's 'Viksit Bharat' journey.
- On 16 November 2024, the National Human Rights Commission concluded its six-day ITEC Executive Capacity Building Programme on Human Rights for 33 participants from national human rights institutions of eight Global South countries.
- On 16 November 2024 at Kotra in Udaipur, Rajasthan, Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar said the tribal community is the pride of the country, at an event marking Bhagwan Birsa Munda's 150th birth anniversary.