Asia Current Affairs One-liners — All time
Daily news by your exam, state and topic — each with a short summary, key facts and MCQs.
Thu, 07 Nov 2024
- On 7 November 2024 in New Delhi, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal launched the 70th year celebrations of the Engineering Export Promotion Council (EEPC) India and unveiled its logo.
- On 7 November 2024 in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, Union Power Minister Manohar Lal, with CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, reviewed the state's power sector and urban schemes.
- On 7 November 2024 in Gangtok, Sikkim, the Clinical Research Unit (Homoeopathy) of CCRH organised a Continuing Medical Education programme on integrating Sikkimese herbal wisdom with homoeopathic practice.
- On 7 November 2024 in New Delhi, the Ministry of Labour & Employment and Cygnus Ujala Group signed an MoU to post healthcare vacancies and conduct hiring on the National Career Service portal.
Wed, 06 Nov 2024
- On 6 November 2024, the Union Cabinet approved PM-Vidyalaxmi, a new Central Sector scheme for collateral-free, guarantor-free education loans to students admitted to top higher education institutions.
- On 6 November 2024 at the Ministry of Earth Sciences, New Delhi, Union Minister Jitendra Singh felicitated 21 trainees nominated by the International Seabed Authority after training at NIOT Chennai and NCPOR Goa.
- On 6 November 2024, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved infusion of ₹10,700 crore equity in the Food Corporation of India for working capital in 2024-25, by converting Ways and Means Advance to equity.
- On 6 November 2024, the Department of Fisheries notified the development of a Tuna Cluster in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana.
- On 6 November 2024, the Election Commission said its agencies had seized ₹558 crore worth of cash, freebies, liquor, drugs and precious metals in the Maharashtra and Jharkhand elections and bypolls.
- On 6 November 2024, the Government of India and the Asian Development Bank signed a $200 million loan for the Uttarakhand Livability Improvement Project to upgrade water supply, sanitation, urban mobility and other urban services.
- On 5–6 November 2024 at the Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi, the 21st India–US Military Cooperation Group meeting was held, co-chaired by CISC Lt Gen JP Mathew and US INDOPACOM Deputy Commander Lt Gen Joshua M Rudd.
- On 6 November 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled the loss of lives in a road accident in Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh, and announced ex-gratia from the PM's National Relief Fund.
- On 6 November 2024 in New Delhi, MoS Communications Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani addressed the 3rd Indian Space Conclave, organised by the Indian Space Association (ISpA).
Tue, 05 Nov 2024
- On 5 November 2024 in New Delhi, President Droupadi Murmu graced the first Asian Buddhist Summit, organised by the Ministry of Culture with the International Buddhist Confederation.
- On 5 November 2024 at Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers, Kolkata, the keels of Yard 3037 and 3038, the first two Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessels for the Navy, were laid in a ceremony presided by West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose.
- On 5 November 2024, the Indian Navy held the third edition of MAHASAGAR, a high-level virtual interaction in which CNS Adm Dinesh K Tripathi spoke with heads of navies and maritime agencies of ten Indian Ocean littorals.
- On 5 November 2024, it was announced that ADG (Retd) V D Chafekar, formerly of the Indian Coast Guard, has been appointed the seventh Executive Director of the ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre in Singapore for April 2025 to March 2028.
- On 5 November 2024 at Rashtrapati Bhavan, President Droupadi Murmu released three Supreme Court publications on its 75 years, prison manuals and legal aid cells in law schools.
- On 5 November 2024, IREL (India) Limited and Kazakhstan's Ust-Kamenogorsk Titanium and Magnesium Plant JSC signed an agreement to set up IREUK Titanium Limited, an Indo-Kazakh joint venture to produce titanium slag in India.
- On 5 November 2024 in New Delhi, renowned folk singer Sharda Sinha, known for Maithili and Bhojpuri folk songs and Chhath songs, died at AIIMS-Delhi aged 72.
- On 5 November 2024, Food Minister Pralhad Joshi launched Phase II of the retail sale of Bharat Atta at ₹30 per kg and Bharat Rice at ₹34 per kg by flagging off mobile vans of NCCF, NAFED and Kendriya Bhandar.
- On 5 November 2024, the Union Government said it had released Fifteenth Finance Commission grants for rural local bodies of Haryana (₹194.87 crore), Tripura (₹78.5 crore) and Mizoram (₹35.5 crore).
- From 5 November 2024, the Bureau of Indian Standards began the fourth phase of mandatory hallmarking of gold jewellery, adding 18 districts and taking the total to 361.
- On 5 November 2024 at Mahipalpur, New Delhi, the Indian Coast Guard laid the foundation stone for the Tier-III Data Centre of Project Digital Coast Guard.
Mon, 04 Nov 2024
- On 4 November 2024 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, the seventh session of the International Solar Alliance Assembly re-elected India as President and France as Co-President for 2024–26.
- On 4 November 2024, at its seventh Assembly in New Delhi, the International Solar Alliance selected Ashish Khanna of India as its third Director General.
- On 4 November 2024 in Srinagar, National Conference MLA Abdul Rahim Rather was unanimously elected the first Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
- On 4 November 2024 at Rashtrapati Bhavan, President Droupadi Murmu interacted with women achievers in the Indian aviation sector under 'The President with the People' initiative.
- On 4 November 2024, Indian Railways set a new record by carrying over 3 crore passengers in a single day during the festive rush.
- On 4 November 2024, Government e Marketplace (GeM) announced 170 revamped seed categories on its portal, covering nearly 8,000 seed varieties.