This article covers all the Important current affairs questions from the last 6-7 months with some GK Facts that are expected to be asked in the coming AFCAT 1 2025 written exam i.e, Air Force Common Admission Test (AFCAT) 1 2025 written exam.
It is recommended that all candidates who are going to appear for AFCAT 1 2025 written exam must read these Expected AFCAT Current Affairs at least 3-4 times to completely memorize them and be sure to not miss any question in the exam. Also Read: Last 6 Months Current Affairs for AFCAT 1 2025
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ISRO launched a GSLV rocket carrying navigation satellite NVS-02 from the Sriharikota, marking its 100th mission.
India, Russia and Indonesia $450 million deal to supply BrahMos cruise missiles to the Indonesian armed forces.
World Leprosy Day 2025 is observed on January 26.
Former Supreme Court judge Justice Madan B. Lokur was appointed Chairperson of the United Nations Internal Justice Council (IJC) for a term ending in November, 2028.
Justice V. Ramasubramanian (Retd.) has been appointed as the Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). NHRC was established in 1993.
The government has approved the construction of a third launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota. From here, an Indian could be sent in a rocket to the Moon by 2040.
PM Modi inaugurated the 6.5 km Z-Morh tunnel aimed at improving all-weather connectivity between Ladakh and Kashmir. It was built under the Thajiwas glacier and has been renamed “Sonamarg tunnel”.
ICC announces Jasprit Bumrah as the winner of the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for 2024 for Men's Cricketer of the Year.
PM Modi was bestowed with Kuwait’s highest honour ‘The Order of Mubarak Al Kabeer’. This is the 20th international honour given to PM Modi by a country.
Justice Sanjiv Khanna today took oath as the 51st Chief Justice of India. President Droupadi Murmu administered the oath of office at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Logina Salah of Egypt became the first Miss Universe contestant to participate with vitiligo. Vitiligo is a condition that causes your skin to lose its color or pigment.
Australia's Geoff Allardice has resigned as Chief Executive of the ICC.
Odisha Warriors defeated Soorma Hockey Club 2-1 in the final of the Women’s Hockey India League 2024-25.
The Lokpal of India will observe January 16 as 'Lokpal Day' for the first time on January 16, 2025, with Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna as the chief guest.
Filmmaker Shyam Benegal, a giant of Indian cinema, passed away. He was 90.
The 29th annual UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) kicked off in Baku, Azerbaijan.
The Naval Warships Commissioned: INS Nilgiri, INS Surat and INS Vaghsheer, the sixth and final submarine of the Scorpene-class project. Here
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari unveiled India's first hydrogen-CNG Baja vehicle, running on a blend of 5% hydrogen and CNG, at Pithampur in Indore district.
Devjit Saikia has been elected as BCCI Secretary, and Prabhtej Singh Bhatia as Treasurer.
13-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi became the youngest player to be sold in the IPL’s history.
India defeated Bangladesh by 41 runs to win the inaugural edition of the ACC Women's U-19 Asia Cup title.
Tuhin Kant Pandey took charge as the Revenue Secretary in the Finance Ministry.
Jagdeep Dhankhar released Dr. K.S. Chauhan's book "Parliament: Powers, Functions & Privileges; A Comparative Constitutional Perspective.”
BHARATPOL portal, developed by CBI, launched. It will allow central and state agencies to easily connect with the InterPol and speed up their investigations.
The 9th edition of ICC Women's T20 World Cup was hosted by the United Arab Emirates. Earlier, it was scheduled to take place in Bangladesh.
Natumbo Nundi-Ndayatwah has been elected as the new and first female President of Namibia.
ICC Women's T20 World Cup: New Zealand defeated South Africa. India has never won the ICC Women's T20 World Cup title.
India's squash star player, Anahat Singh won the U-17 title at the British Junior Open in Birmingham. (Sports Current Affairs)
Vitul Kumar, a 1993 batch IPS officer from Uttar Pradesh, is appointed Acting Director General of the CRPF.
The 18th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention held in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Theme: "Diaspora's contribution to a Viksit Bharat.”
Renowned filmmaker Shaji N Karun has been selected for the prestigious J C Daniel Award 2023.
PM Modi was conferred with the national award - "Grand Commander of the Order of Niger" by Nigeria.
Team India broke the record for fastest team 50 and fastest team 100 by getting there in 3 overs and 10 overs respectively.
The first India-Malaysia Security Dialogue was co-chaired by Ajit Doval and his Malaysian counterpart.
The Kho Kho Federation of India (KKFI) have unveiled the Trophy and Mascots “Tejas & Tara” for the first ever Kho Kho World Cup 2025 that will be hosted in Delhi.
FIFA confirmed that Saudi Arabia will host the men's football World Cup in 2034.
In Men’s Asia Cup Under-19 Cricket, Bangladesh has defeated India in the final to lift the cup.
The 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup will take place in Brazil, marking the first time the tournament will be hosted in South America.
National Youth Day, also known as Vivekananda Jayanti, is celebrated on 12 January. Swami Vivekananda was born January 12, 1863.
Chandigarh University was awarded the prestigious Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy 2024.
Justice Arun Mishra has been appointed as the Ombudsman and Ethics Officer of the BCCI.
Veteran Bollywood actor Mithun Chakraborty will be honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award at the 70th National Film Awards.
PM Modi was honoured with Dominica's highest award in recognition of his support during the Covid-19 crisis.
India's first cable-stayed bridge built on a curve inaugurated in Goa. The bridge connects Sada to Varunapuri and Goa International Airport. It is the first such structure in India with a unique curvature of 180° radius.
World Hindi Day is celebrated every year on January 10. The theme for World Hindi Day 2025 is "The Global Voice of Unity and Cultural Pride."
Karnataka wins the Vijay Hazare Trophy for a record 5th time.
PM Modi released the collection of the complete works of the great Tamil poet Subramanya Bharathi.
India clinched the inaugural Under-19 ACC Women’s T20 Asia Cup title at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, after defeating Bangladesh.
India presided over the 68th United Nations Anti-Narcotics Commission (CND) session for the first time, led by Shambhu S Kumaran.
Launched in 2008 by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, National Girl Child Day is observed annually on January 24.
Nigeria, Africa’s most-populous nation, has officially joined as the ninth partner country of BRICS. BRICS was formed by Brazil, Russia, India and China in 2009. South Africa joined in 2010.
Former Asian Games champion shot putter Bahadur Singh Sagoo elected unopposed as new president of Athletics Federation of India (AFI). Bahadur won a gold medal at the Asian Games 2002 in Busan. He is also a Padma Shri recipient.
National Unity Day is celebrated on 31st October to commemorate the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
Mexico: Claudia Sheinbaum was sworn in as the country's first female president.
Switzerland suspended the Most Favoured Nation clause in its tax treaty with India. India and Switzerland had originally signed the treaty in 1994.
Nitin Gadkari announced a cashless treatment scheme for road accident victims, covering up to Rs 1.5 lakh for seven days.
Center has approved continuation of the National Health Mission for another 5 years.
Legendary Indian nuclear scientist Dr R Chidambaram passed away. He was a key player in both of India's atomic explosions at Pokhran in 1974 and 1998. He served as the Chairman of India's Atomic Energy Commission.
Bihar will host the Khelo India Youth Games and the first Khelo India Para Games in April 2025.
Defending champions India defeated China to claim their 5th Asian Champions Trophy hockey title.
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.
Requested by Italy, INTERPOL has published its first-ever Silver Notice to help trace and recover criminal assets. INTERPOL’s Silver Notice was introduced in 2023.
American Madison Keys defeated defending champion Aryna Sabalenka to win the 2025 Australian Open.
India’s R. Vaishali clinched a bronze in the women’s section of the World Blitz Championship. Vaishali defeated China’s Zhu Jiner.
India scripted history as its men's and women's teams clinched their maiden gold medals in the 45th Chess Olympiad.
India's first private military transport aircraft production plant inaugurated in Gujarat's Vadodara. It is India's first final assembly line in the private aviation industry.
India ranks 7th in global coffee production, with exports reaching $1.29 billion in 2023-24.
Renowned Odia poet Prativa Satpathy will receive the prestigious Gangadhar National Award for Poetry 2023.
Andaman & Nicobar's Virgin Coconut Oil receives the Geographical Indication (GI) tag.
Forbes 2024 list of The Worlds 100 Most Powerful Women features three Indians Nirmala Sitharaman, Roshni Nadar Malhotra and Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw.
Mumbai has won the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024 with a five-wicket victory over Madhya Pradesh at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
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.
Rajasthan's Udaipur and Madhya Pradesh's Indore have become India's first two cities to receive accreditation as ‘Wetland Cities' under Ramsar Convention. Globally, only 31 cities hold the prestigious title.
V. Narayanan, a noted rocket and spacecraft propulsion expert, will succeed S. Somanath as the next Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
The Australian government has passed a legislation to ban children under the age of 16 from using social media.
The Indian women's team made history by securing first ever medal (bronze) at the Asian Table Tennis Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan.
According to the Travel and Tourism Development Index (TTDI) 2024 report published by the World Economic Forum (WEF), India is ranked 39th among 119 countries.
Indonesia became the 10th full member of the international BRICS group of developing economies. Brazil is the current president of BRICS.
The ICAR has recognised the Gaddi as a registered indigenous dog breed from the Himalayas. The breed is named after the Gaddi shepherds of Himachal Pradesh. ICAR HQ - New Delhi.
Revenue Secretary Sanjay Malhotra has been appointed as the 26th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). He will take charge for 3 years.
Punjab defeated Uttar Pradesh to clinch the 14th Hockey India Junior Men's National Championship 2024.
K. Sanjay Murthy has been appointed as the next Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India.
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.
Chess player D Gukesh, Hockey Team Captain Harmanpreet Singh, Shooter Manu Bhaker & Para Athlete Praveen Kumar to get Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award.
India's ranking has dropped five places – from 80th to 85th – in the list of the world's most powerful passports, according to the Henley Passport Index 2025.
Bhuvnesh Kumar has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).
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.
G20 leaders have adopted the Rio de Janeiro Declaration at its 19th Summit in the Brazilian city.
Scottish artist Jasleen Kaur won the prestigious Turner Prize. Kaur was honoured for her solo exhibition Alter Altar.
India has submitted a Letter of Intent, expressing desire to host the 2036 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2024 will be conferred on former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet.
Indian Railways has successfully conducted a high-speed train trial on the Katra-Banihal railway line in J&K. It is the world's highest railway bridge and India's first cable-stayed railway bridge.
The cowpea seeds ISRO had sent to space onboard the PSLV-C60 POEM-4 platform have germinated under microgravity conditions within four days of the launch of the mission.
The Marathi language has officially been granted the status of a classical language. All the Classical Languages are listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.
Japan won the 20th Asian Women's Handball Championship. India was ranked 6th. This is the first time that India has hosted his Championships.
Anura Kumara Dissanayake won the presidential election in Sri Lanka.
Manchester City and Spain midfielder Rodri bagged the Ballon d'Or 2024 title.
Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), Hyderabad, has been selected for the Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar 2025.
Pakistan began its two year tenure as a non permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). This is the 8th time that Pakistan joins the UNSC as a non permanent member.
Lyricist Gulzar received the “Sahitya Jagriti Lifetime Achievement Award 2024”.
ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Pakistan will host their first global cricket tournament since 1996, alongside the UAE as the neutral venue.
Barcelona midfielder Aitana Bonmatà has won the 2024 Women's Ballon d'Or. This is her 2nd award in a row.
Air Marshal Amar Preet Singh has been appointed as the next Chief of the Air Staff.
Australian director Phillip Noyce was honoured with the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award at 55th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa.
India has become the World’s third largest Producer and Consumer of Ethanol.
ISRO successfully launched the European Space Agency’s (ESA) PROBA-3 (Project for Onboard Autonomy) mission aboard the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)-C59 rocket.
The Indian Chemical Council (ICC) has been honoured with the 2024 OPCW-The Hague Award.
Rachel Gupta has become the first Indian to clinch the prestigious Miss Grand International 2024 title.
The World Health Organization WHO declared Jordan as the first country in the world to eliminate leprosy.
Indian American Kashyap “Kash” Patel will serve as the next Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
“Mumbai” won their 15th Irani Cup title, beating the “Rest of India”.
Dr. Basant Goyal was honored with the UN Global Excellence Award for his contributions to healthcare and philanthropy.
Kuwait has bestowed its highest honour, the Order of Mubarak Al Kabeer, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
ISRO satellites, part of the Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX) mission, successfully launched on the PSLV-C60 from Sriharikota.
Vijaya Rahatkar has been appointed as the Chairperson of National Commission for Women (NCW).
ISRO has successfully launched its most sophisticated communications satellite GSAT 20 on board SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral in the USA.
Popular folk singer and Padma Bhushan awardee, Sharda Sinha, passed away. She was 72.
Denmark made history at the Miss Universe 2024 pageant as 21-year-old Victoria Kjaer was crowned Denmark's first-ever winner.
India's Atanu Das has bagged the Bronze medal in Swiss Open Indoor Archery in Lausanne, Switzerland.
India unveils MIQNAF (Nafithromycin), India’s first indigenously developed ultra-short course oral antibiotic for Pneumonia. It is developed by Wockhardt.
Haryana fast bowler Anshul Kamboj became only the third cricketer to take all ten wickets in an innings in the Ranji Trophy.
Neeraj Chopra finished second position at the Diamond League Final in Brussels.
US Open Tennis: Jannik Sinner clinched his second Grand Slam victory of the year by defeating Taylor Fritz.
Dr. Jitendra Singh announces the soft launch of India’s first indigenous antibiotic, Nafithromycin, to combat drug resistance.
Swedish filmmaker Levan Akin's Crossing won the prestigious ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi Medal at the 55th International Film Festival of India.
India’s First National Highway constructed using Bio-Bitumen material in Nagpur-Mansar Bypass project was inaugurated in NH44 in Nagpur District.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Board of Governors has unanimously elected Japan's Masato Kanda as ADB’s 11th President.
The Centre has renamed Port Blair, the capital city of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, to 'Shri Vijaya Puram'.
The center has approved health coverage to everyone who is 70 and above under the national insurance scheme Ayushman Bharat.
Star Indian wrestler, Bajrang Punia, received a four-year suspension from NADA for refusing a dope test.
India broke a 47-year-old record by defeating Australia by 295 runs in the Perth Test.
NorthEast United clinched Durand Cup 2024 after defeating MohunBagan SuperGiants in the final.
India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a $50 million loan agreement to strengthen water security in Meghalaya by constructing climate-adaptive water-harvesting systems.
Praveen Kumar became only the second Indian, after Mariyappan Thangavelu, to win gold in Paralympic high jump competitions.
India was re-elected to the UN Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) for the 2025-2026 term.
US Open: Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus defeated Jessica Pegula to claim her maiden US Open title.
India adds 57th Tiger Reserve to its tally. Ratapani has been declared the 8th Tiger Reserve area of Madhya Pradesh.
Paris Paralympics 2024: Navdeep Singh bagged the gold medal with a throw of 47.32 metres in the men's javelin event.
The Goods and Service Tax (GST) on cancer drugs reduced from 12% to 5%.
Paris Paralympics 2024: India won 29 medals, including 7 gold, 9 silver, and 13 bronze. India secured the 18th position in the overall medals table.
Paris Olympics 2024: India, with a total of 6 medals, including 1 silver & 5 bronze medals, finished at the 71st spot in the medal tally. The USA topped the medal tally, China (2nd) & Japan (3rd).
RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das has been ranked as the top central banker globally for the second consecutive year.
President Droupadi Murmu received the highest civilian award 'Companion of the Order' of Fiji.
The first National Space Day is being celebrated on 23 August.The theme for this year’s celebration is Touching Lives while Touching the Moon.
In Hockey, India defeated China to win the Women’s Junior Asia Cup 2024 championship in Muscat, Oman.
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopts a resolution co-sponsored by India declaring December 21 as World Meditation Day. Important Days & Dates List
Neeraj Chopra finished 2nd in Lausanne Diamond League 2024 with a season-best throw of 89.49m.
Jay Shah becomes the youngest, and fifth Indian, to take over as ICC’s chairman.
India will host the first-ever Women's T20 World Cup for Blind in 2025.
Jay Shah, the secretary of the BCCI, was elected as the youngest chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
The Govt of India has established five new districts in Ladakh. The newly created districts are Zanskar, Drass, Sham, Nubra, and Changthang.
Shikhar Dhawan has announced retirement from all forms of international and domestic Cricket.
India's Avani Lekhara won her second gold medal in the women's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 shooting event, defending her crown.
India commissioned its second nuclear submarine INS Arighaat in Visakhapatnam.
Hockey India has retired jersey number 16 from the national senior men’s team in honour of goalkeeper PR Sreejesh.
70th National Film Award: Aaina won the best non-feature film award. In the feature film category, the best Hindi film award was bagged by Gulmohar. Rishab Shetty won the best actor award for his Kannada film, Kantara.
WHO has declared mpox a global public health emergency for the second time in two years.
After Jawaharlal Nehru & Indira Gandhi, PM Modi has created history by becoming the third Indian prime minister to give 11 straight speeches on Independence Day.
Uber has launched India's first water transport service, allowing shikara bookings on its app in Srinagar's Dal Lake.
PV Sindhu defeated China's Wu Luo Yu to win her third Syed Modi International trophy.
Lakshya Sen claimed his first Syed Modi International title with a win over Singapore's Jia Teh.
DRDO successfully carried out the maiden test flight of Long Range Glide Bomb (LRGB), GAURAV from Sukhoi-30 MK-I of the Indian Air Force.
Paris Olympics: Aman Sehrawat clinched a bronze medal in the Men's 57kg freestyle event.
Neeraj Chopra clinched silver in javelin throw event at Paris Olympics 2024. Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem (92.97m) won the gold.
India beat Spain in the men's hockey bronze medal match of the Paris Olympics 2024.
India hockey secured back-to-back medals at the Olympics, having also won bronze in Tokyo Olympics, for the first time in 52 years. The last time India won back-to-back hockey medals at Olympics was in 1968 & 1972.
Vinesh Phogat reaches the women's 50 kg freestyle final, becoming the first Indian woman wrestler to achieve this feat. She was later disqualified from the Paris Olympics 2024 for being overweight.
India has added three more Ramsar sites to the network, taking the tally to 85. Nanjarayan Bird Sanctuary & Kochuveli Bird Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu and Tawa Reservoir of Madhya Pradesh have been added to the list of India’s Ramsar sites.
Manu Bhaker clinched India's first medal of the Paris Olympics 2024, striking bronze in Women's 10m Air Pistol final.
Manu Bhaker became the first athlete in the history of independent India to win two medals in a single Olympics edition.
General Upendra Dwivedi took over as the 30th Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) from General Manoj Pande.
Cyclone Fengal made landfall over Puducherry. The name Fengal was suggested by Saudi Arabia.
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.
India and Cambodia have launched their first joint tabletop exercise, SINBAEX, in Pune. Latest Defence Current Affairs
India Becomes the First Country to Prepare a Full List of Fauna. India has launched the “Fauna of India Checklist Portal” which lists 1,04,561 species.
Viswanathan Anand has won his 10th title at the Leon Masters in Spain.
Tamil Writer Sivashankari wins the National Literary Award for her contributions to Tamil literature.
Georgia has been officially certified malaria-free by the World Health Organization (WHO).
India's sixth and Eastern India's first astronomical observatory inaugurated in Garpanchkot Hills, Purulia.
Republic Day: Uttar Pradesh's tableau on "Mahakumbh" won the best award, while Jammu and Kashmir Rifles was awarded the best marching contingent.
Rachel Reeves becomes Britain’s First Woman Finance Minister.
India ranks fifth in Generative AI (GenAI) innovations, trailing behind China, the US, Republic of Korea, and Japan.
Elisa de Anda Madrazo of Mexico has taken over as head of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) until June 2026.
PM Narendra Modi visited Austria. This is the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister in over 40 years. Indira Gandhi was the last Indian Prime Minister to visit the country in 1983.
India got a new light tank called the “Zorawar.”
UNCCD COP16 takes place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from 2-13 December 2024 under the theme Our Land. Our Future.
Nagaland won the ‘Best State in Horticulture Award 2024’ in the Agriculture Leadership Awards.
Barbara Krejcikova won her second Grand Slam title, and her very first Wimbledon after beating Jasmine Paolini.
Argentina clinched the Copa America 2024 title with a win over Colombia.
Carlos Alcaraz successfully defended his Wimbledon men's singles title after beating Novak Djokovic.
Center has revised the composition of NITI Aayog. The Defence Minister has been included as an Ex-Officio Member along with Home Minister, Agriculture Minister and Finance Minister.
The World Green Economy Forum launched in Dubai under Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum's patronage. Theme: “Empowering Global Action: Unlocking Opportunities and Advancing Progress.”
Noel Tata, the half-brother of Ratan Tata, has been appointed Chairman of Tata Trusts.
Asia’s first health research-related “Pre-clinical Network facility” inaugurated at the Translational Health Science & Technology Institute” (THSTI), Faridabad.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was elected for a second term.
The government has approved the upgradation of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to 14th Maharatna, Central Public Sector Enterprises.
Renowned tabla maestro and Grammy Award winner Ustad Zakir Hussain passed away.
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF): Indian suppliers are the third largest provider of organisation’s health and ration support to children globally.
India's Yuki Bhambri and his French partner Albano Olivett clinched the men's doubles title at the Swiss Open ATP Tour tennis tournament.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman makes history by presenting her 7th consecutive Union Budget, surpassing the record of 6 budgets held by former Finance Minister Morarji Desai.
South Korean writer Han Kang, was awarded 2024 the Nobel Prize in Literature.
India has become the 4th country to successfully achieve an unmanned docking in space. The US, Russia and China are the other three countries to have achieved docking capability.
PM Modi inaugurated the 38th National Games in Uttarakhand, featuring Yoga and Mallakhamb for the first time.
India added a record renewable energy capacity of 30 GW in 2024, up 113% from 13.75 GW in 2023.
Nobel Peace Prize for 2024 awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organisation of atomic bomb survivors.
Scientists David Baker, John Jumper, and Demis Hassabis have won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for predicting and designing the structure of proteins.
Scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of microRNA and its role in gene regulation.
J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks.
Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson won the 2024 Nobel economics prize "for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity".
In Swedish Open Tennis, Nuno Borges of Portugal defeated Spaniard Rafael Nadal to win the men's singles tennis title at Bastad in Sweden.
Uttar Pradesh govt has declared the Maha Kumbh Area in Prayagraj as a new district for 4 months - 1 Dec 2024 to 31 Mar 2025.
The International Olympic Committee Executive Board awarded India’s first individual Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra with the “Olympic Order”.
Uttarakhand brought into force the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) of Uttarakhand, becoming the first State to do so in India.
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto was the chief guest at India's 76th Republic Day celebrations on January 26. List of Chief Guests
NITI Aayog has released the first Fiscal Health Index (FHI) report. Odisha leads the index, followed by Chhattisgarh, Goa, Jharkhand, and Gujarat.
India has signed a deal worth Rs 32000 crores with the US for the procurement of 31 MQ-9B High Altitude Long Endurance UAV manufactured by General Atomics.
Two important halls of Rashtrapati Bhavan – ‘Durbar Hall’ and ‘Ashok Hall’ have been renamed as ‘Ganatantra Mandap’ and ‘Ashok Mandap’ respectively.
The Charaideo Maidam, located in eastern Assam, has been included on the UNESCO World Heritage Site list as a cultural property.
The 5 more languages (Marathi, Bengali, Pali, Prakrit and Assamese) have been recognised as classical languages. The number of classical Indian languages has now reached 11.
Rafael Nadal, one of tennis’ all-time greats, has announced his retirement. He has won 22 Grand Slam titles.
Former CJI Jagdish Singh Khehar, gastroenterologist D. Nageswara Reddy, Kathak dancer Kumudini Rajinikanth Lakhia, and others were honored with the Padma Vibhushan.
QS World Future Skills Index 2025: India ranked 25th overall across all indicators. India ranked 2nd globally (US 1st) in the “Future of Work” indicator. The index is released by London-based Quacquarelli Symonds (QS).
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