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9 - 15 Dec 2024 Weekly Current Affairs for AFCAT 1 2025 CDS NDA Exam

Military-Choice’s Most Important Weekly Current Affairs 2024 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 2024 Notes covers all the important National, International, Economy, Appointments, Sports and Defence news of this week.

WEEKLY IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS 2024 FOR UPSC CDS NDA & AFCAT 1 2025


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  1. Dharmendra Pradhan launches PM-e-Vidya DTH channel for Indian Sign Language.


  1. Renowned filmmaker Shaji N Karun has been selected for the prestigious J C Daniel Award 2023.


  1. FIFA confirmed that Saudi Arabia will host the men's football World Cup in 2034.


  1. Sathish Karunakaran clinched the men's singles title of the BWF Super 100 Guwahati Masters 2024.


  1. The 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup will take place in Brazil, marking the first time the tournament will be hosted in South America.


  1. PM Modi released the collection of the complete works of the great Tamil poet Subramanya Bharathi.


  1. India presided over the 68th United Nations Anti-Narcotics Commission (CND) session for the first time, led by Shambhu S Kumaran.


  1. Gorakhpur is set to become the first integrated waste management city in the country by September 2025.


  1. In a first, the Indian scientists have successfully used gene therapy to treat Haemophilia A, which is caused by a faulty gene that triggers severe bleeding.


  1. India is the first country globally to define a taxonomy for green steel. Steel is considered “green” if its CO2 equivalent emission intensity is less than 2.2 tonnes of CO2e/tonne of finished steel.


  1. Switzerland suspended the Most Favoured Nation clause in its tax treaty with India. India and Switzerland had originally signed the treaty in 1994.


  1. Singer Purushottam Upadhyay has passed away recently, he was a famous Gujarati singer.


  1. India’s 18-year-old GM D. Gukesh became the youngest World Chess Champion after beating Ding Liren of China in the 14th and last game. He is the 2nd Indian after the legendary Viswanathan Anand (5 times World Champion) to win the global title.


  1. Bloomberg Billionaires Index: Elon Musk, the richest person in the world, has become the first person in history to have a net worth surpassing $400 billion.


  1. Ang Lee will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Directors Guild of America Awards.


  1. Ecologist Madhav Gadgil has been named as one of the six ‘Champions of the Earth’ by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) for 2024. It is the UN's highest environmental honour.


  1. December 10 is celebrated as Human Rights Day. Theme of 2024 - “Our Rights, Our Future, Right Now”. The first Human Rights Day was celebrated on 10 Dec 1950.


  1. Revenue Secretary Sanjay Malhotra has been appointed as the 26th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). He will take charge for three years.


  1. INS Tushil (F 70), the latest multi-role stealth-guided missile frigate, was commissioned into the Indian Navy at the Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad, Russia.


  1. Aarit Kapil becomes the youngest Indian to defeat a Grandmaster in a classical chess match. He is also the third youngest globally to achieve this distinction.


  1. The Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2024 will be conferred on former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet.


  1. Mohammed al-Bashir has been named caretaker prime minister of Syria’s transitional government, with his term set to last until March 1, 2025.


  1. Smriti Mandhana has become the first female cricketer to score 4 ODI centuries in a calendar year.


  1. Japan won the 20th Asian Women's Handball Championship. India was ranked 6th. This is the first time that India has hosted his Championships.


  1. IIT Madras has successfully completed India's first Hyperloop train test track. Hyperloop trains can reach speeds of up to 1,100 km/h and operate within a vacuum-sealed, frictionless environment.


  1. The Bulgarian film Stado won the Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award at the 30th Kolkata International Film Festival.


  1. South Korea’s National Assembly has voted to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol. It was the 2nd impeachment vote Yoon faced, after a similar vote last week failed.


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