Current Affairs One-liners — 24 November 2024
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Sun, 24 Nov 2024
- On 24 November 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan, the COP29 UN climate conference adopted a new climate finance goal (NCQG) of $300 billion a year by 2035, and India's negotiator Chandni Raina objected, calling it an 'optical illusion'.
- On 24 November 2024 in New Delhi, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal paid tribute to Ahom commander Lachit Borphukan on his 402nd birth anniversary.
- On 24 November 2024, the Indian Army's promotional video for Army Day Parade 2025 was showcased at the 55th IFFI in Goa; the parade will be held in Pune for the first time on 15 January 2025.
- On 24 November 2024, in the 116th episode of 'Mann Ki Baat', PM Narendra Modi marked NCC Day, noted the rise of girl cadets to almost 40%, and praised Indore's tree-planting record and Chennai's sparrow campaign.
- On 24 November 2024, in the 116th Mann Ki Baat, PM Narendra Modi highlighted Lothal in Gujarat — known as the site of the world's first dockyard — where the National Maritime Heritage Complex is being built.
- On 24 November 2024 in New Delhi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh chaired the Government's meeting with floor leaders of political parties before the Winter Session of Parliament, which runs from 25 November to 20 December 2024.
- On 24 November 2024, Chief of the Army Staff Gen Upendra Dwivedi returned to India after a five-day official visit to Nepal, during which he was conferred the Honorary Rank of General of the Nepali Army.
- On 24 November 2024, PM Narendra Modi took part in the 'Odisha Parba 2024' celebrations at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi.
- On 24 November 2024, INSV Tarini sailed out of Fremantle, Australia, on the second leg of Navika Sagar Parikrama-II, bound for Lyttelton, New Zealand.
- On 24 November 2024, the Department of Consumer Affairs said the National Consumer Helpline had partnered with 1,009 companies under its Convergence Programme to speed up grievance redressal.
- On 24 November 2024, PIB reported that the 55th International Film Festival of India in Goa held a special session marking actor-director Raj Kapoor's birth centenary, attended by his grandson Ranbir Kapoor.