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 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 |
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 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 tropical cyclone which caused extensive devastation in Mexico and the US state of Florida was named | Hurricane Milton |
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 team which has won the Irani Cup 2024-25 by defeating Rest of India team in a match played at Lucknow | Mumbai |
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 first woman President of Mexico who has taken over on 01 October 2024 | Ms. Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo |
The Indian languages which have been conferred the status of Classical Language as approved by the Union Cabinet | Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Bengali and Assamese |
# | Field | Winners | Contribution |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Medicine | Victor Ambros | for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation |
Gary Ruvkun | |||
2. | Chemistry | David Baker | for computational protein design |
Demis Hassabis | for protein structure prediction | ||
John Jumper | |||
3. | Physics | John Hopfield | for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks |
Geoffrey Hinton | |||
4. | 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 |
5. | Economic Sciences | Daron Acemogly | for studies of how institution are formed and affect prosperity |
Simon Johnson | |||
James Robinson | |||
6. | Literature | Han Kang | for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life. |
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First Observed in: 1991
Theme: Ageing with Dignity: The Importance of Strengthening Care and Support Systems for Older Persons Worldwide
Designated by : United Nations General Assembly
First Observed in: 2007
Established by : UNESCO
Theme: Valuing teacher voices: towards a new social contract for education
First Observed in: 1994
Designated by: United Nations General Assembly
First observed: 1986
Theme: Engaging youth to create a better urban future
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First Observed in: 1969
Theme: 150 years of enabling communication and empowering peoples across nation
Designated by : World Health Organisation
Theme: Mental Health at Work
First Observed in: 1992
Designated by : International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness
Theme: Children, Love Your Eyes
First Observed in: 2000
Designated by : United Nations General Assembly
Theme: Girls’ vision for the future
First Observed in: 2012
Designated by : United Nations General Assembly
Theme: Empowering the next generation for a resilient future
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Designated by : United Nations General Assembly
First Observed in: 2008
Designated by : Food and Agricultural Organisation
Theme: Right to foods for a better life and a better future
First Observed in: 1980
Designated by : United Nations General Assembly
Theme: Ending Social and Institutional Maltreatment Acting together for just, peaceful and inclusive societies
First Observed in: 1993
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)