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22 - 28 Jan 2024 Weekly Current Affairs for AFCAT CDS NDA Exam

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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  1. PM Modi has announced the launch of the 'Pradhan Mantri Suryodaya Yojana'. This initiative aims to install rooftop solar systems in 1 crore households across the nation.


  1. The market capitalization of Microsoft has crossed $3 trillion. Microsoft is the 2nd company to touch this figure. Currently Apple is the most valuable company in the world.


  1. The former chief minister of Bihar, Karpoori Thakur, will be awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously. Thakur is affectionately known as 'Jannayak’. ‘Bharat Ratna', the highest civilian Award of the country, was instituted in the year 1954.


  1. ‘National Voters’ Day is celebrated annually on January 25. This day was first celebrated in 2011. Election Commission of India (ECI) came into existence in 1950. This year's theme is "Making Every Vote Count: No Voter to be Left Behind.”


  1. Hyderabad-based Indian Immunologicals Ltd (IIL) has launched India's first indigenously developed Hepatitis A vaccine, 'Havisure'. Hepatitis A is a viral infection that affects your liver.


  1. India's stock market overtook Hong Kong's to become the fourth largest in the world. Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) is the oldest and largest stock exchange in India. It was established in 1875.


  1. Senior IPS officer Daljit Singh Chaudhary has been appointed as the director general of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB).


  1. The Assam Govt revived the traditional buffalo fight (Moh-Juj), 9 years after it was stopped following the Supreme Court's ban. GK Fact: Moh-Juj was introduced to Assamese culture by 30th Ahom king Swargadeo Rudra Singha.


  1. Odisha's Mayurbhanj district will set up the world's first melanistic tiger safari near Simlipal Tiger Reserve.


  1. The 9th edition of the Pakke Paga Hornbill Festival (PPHF) commenced in Arunachal Pradesh's Pakke Kessang district, with a call to protect and conserve hornbills. GK Fact: Hornbill is the state bird of both Arunachal Pradesh and Kerala.


  1. Roshibina has been honored as the Female Wushu Player of the Year by the International Wushu Federation (IWUF).


  1. India has been elected as the First Vice Chair of the Food and Agriculture Organization’s Committee on Fisheries (COFI) Sub-Committee on Fisheries Management.


  1. Documentary film 'To Kill A Tiger' has been nominated in the Best Documentary Feature Film category for the 96th Academy Awards (Oscar 2024). This documentary film is based on the story of a minor girl from Jharkhand. It is directed by Indian-Canadian filmmaker Nisha Pahuja. 


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