Military-Choice’s Most Important Weekly Current Affairs Notes for UPSC, CDS, NDA, CAPF AC, AFCAT & SSC exam aspirants as well as for those aspirants who are preparing for their SSB Interview. This Weekly Current Affairs article covers all the important National, International, Economy, Appointments, Sports and Defence news of this week.
WEEKLY IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS FOR UPSC CDS NDA & AFCAT 2024
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The Asia’s largest commercial, general, and business aviation event, “Wings India 2024”, was held at Begumpet Airport, Hyderabad, India.
India’s longest sea bridge, Atal Setu Bridge, was inaugurated in Mumbai. Connecting Mumbai to Navi Mumbai, the 21.8 km Mumbai Trans Harbour Link, named Atal Bihari Vajpayee Sewri-Nhava Sheva Atal Setu, features a 16.5 km sea stretch and an additional 5.5 km on land.
Japan landed a spacecraft called SLIM (Smart Lander for Investigating Moon) on the lunar surface, becoming the 5th country after the Soviet Union, the US, China and India to achieve a soft landing on the moon.
A rare and elusive bear, the Tibetan brown bear, has been sighted in Sikkim, making it the first confirmed record of the animal being sighted in India.
Accenture, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), and Infosys are the world’s 1st, 2nd and 3rd most valuable IT services brands respectively.
Ali Wong has become the first woman of Asian descent ever to win an Emmy for a lead role. Wrong won the award for her portrayal of Amy Lau in the Netflix series “Beef”.
Chhattisgarh government launched a new scheme named 'Mahtari Vandana Yojana' 2024. Under this, women will be provided annual financial assistance of Rs 1,000 every month/total Rs 12,000.
Spain and Barcelona striker Aitana Bonmati was awarded the Best FIFA Women's Player Award. Lionel Messi won the men's version of the award.
Renowned author M.J. Akbar, along with co-author K. Natwar Singh, launched a new book titled “Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns.”
Indian Navy ships Cheetah, Guldar and Kumbhir have been decommissioned after 4 decades of service. Cheetah, Guldar and Kumbhir were built at the Gdynia Shipyard in Poland. These ships were inducted into the Indian Navy in 1984, 1985 and 1986 respectively.
The first bilateral maritime exercise ‘Ayutthaya’ was conducted between the Indian Navy and Thailand Navy. Indigenously built Indian Navy ships Kulish and IN LCU 56 participated in this naval exercise.
Renowned Urdu poet Munawwar Rana passed away. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2014 for his poetry book ‘Shahdaba’.
Renowned classical singer and Padma Vibhushan awardee Prabha Atre passed away. Prabha Atre was associated with 'Kirana Gharana' of Hindustani classical music. He was honored with the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1991’.
The Ram temple in Ayodhya will be inaugurated on January 22. The complex is in the Nagara style of temple architecture, designed by 81-year-old Chandrakant Sompura and his 51-year-old son Ashish.
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