National

1 . The government has announced

that the Sex Ratio at Bir th for girl
children in the countr y has improved
from 918 in 2014-15 to 930 in 2023-
24.
2. Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal
introduced the Coastal Shipping Bill
2024, restr icting unlicensed non-
Indian vessels and permitting inland
vessels for coastal trade under
conditions.
3.T he New Pamban Bridge, India's first
vertical lift railway bridge, connects
the mainland to Rameswaram in Tamil
Nadu.
 4.T he Union Minister of Consumer
Affairs, Food and Public Distr ibution
launched the ‘Anna Chakra’ and SCAN
(Subsidy Claim Application for NFSA)
portal to modernize the Public
Distribution System and subsidy claim
mechanisms in the States.
5.The Parliament passed the Bharatiya
Vayuyan Vidheyak bill, 2024, to
replace the Aircraft A ct, 1934.
6.The Rajya Sabha passed the Boilers
Bill 2024, replacing the 100 -year-old
Boiler Act of 1923, aims to
decriminalize seven offences and
promote ease of doing business.
 7.The UN General A ssembly, w ith
India's suppor t, designates December
21 as World Meditation Day to
promote global harmony and wellness.
 8.Nebraska declared December 6 as
"Mahatma Gandhi Remembrance Day"
and unveiled his bust at the State
Capital to honor his principles.
 9.The Centre launched a 100 -day
campaign to eliminate TB by 2025,
targeting 347 districts across 33 states
with high disease prevalence.
10. India has been elected to chair the
68th session of the United N ations
Commission on Narcotic Drugs,
marking its first leadership in this
role.
11. RBI launched MuleHunter AI, an AI
model to tackle digital fraud by
helping banks address "mule" bank
accounts
12. T he Lok Sabha passed the Railways
(Amendment) Bill, 2024, granting
statutory powers to the Railway Board,
introduced by Union Railways Minister
Ashwini Vaishnaw.
13. India has achieved a Total Fertility
Rate (T FR) of 2.0, as per the National
Family Health Sur vey -5 (2019–21).
IMR : 32
16. T he SpaceX and Tesla owner E lon
Musk has become the first person to
hit a net worth of $400 billion,
according to Bloomberg Billionaires
Index.
 17.Google unveiled Willow, a
groundbreaking quantum chip that
achieves exponential error correction
and unparalleled computational speed.
19. T he Lok Sabha passed the Disaster
Management (A mendment) Bill, 2024,
which seeks to amend the existing
Disaster Management Act, 2005.
 20. Google's DeepMind team has
launched GenCast, an AI model that
excels in weather prediction.
 22. Prime Minister N arendra Modi
launched the multilingual A I-powered
Kumbh Sah'AI'yak chatbot for the
Maha Kumbh Mela 2025.
 24. Union Minister Jitendra Singh
announced plans to launch Bharat
Antariksha Station by 2035 and land an
Indian astronaut on the Moon by 2040.
 25. India ranks 39th out of 119
countries in the 2024 Travel and
Tourism Development Index (T TDI).

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 26. Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh
launched "Amrit Gyaan Kosh" Portal to
strengthen governance training
 27. Union Minister Nitin Gadkar i
inaugurated India's first bio -bitumen-
based National H ighway stretch on NH -
44 in Mansar, Nagpur.
 28. A s per the India State of Forest
Report 2023, India's forest and tree
cover is 8,27,357 sq km ( 25.17% of the
geographical area), with 7,15,343
(21.76%)sq km as forest cover and
1,12,014 (3.41%)sq km as tree cover.
29. T he Centre has scrapped the 'no -
detention policy' for classes 5 and 8,
allowing schools to retain students
who fail their year-end exams.
 30. T he Defence Ministry has
announced " Swarnim Bharat: Virasat
aur Vikas" (Golden India: Heritage and
Development) as the theme for the
Republic Day 2025.
31. T he 55th GST Council meeting was
held under the chairpersonship of
Union Minister for Finance &
Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman
in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan.
32. Prime Minister Modi will distribute
50 lakh property cards under the
SVAMIT VA Scheme to property owners
in 46,000 villages across 200 districts
in 10 states and 2 UTs.

SVAMIT VA Scheme : MoPanchayati Raj

24 April , 2020
 33. T he Election Commission of India
released repor ts for the 2024 Lok
Sabha and state elections. A record
646.4 million voters participated, with
8,360 candidates contesting. Female
voter turnout was 65.78%, higher than
male turnout at 65.55%.
34. T he Government of India has set a
deadline of June 1, 2026, for solar
companies to use only India -made
solar cells in their panels.
State
1 .PM Modi launched the "Bima Sakhi
Yojana" in Haryana to empower
women by creating j ob opportunities
as L IC agents.
 2.‘Uber ’ introduced its first water
transport service in India, allowing
users to book a shikara ride at Dal
Lake, Srinagar, via its app.
 3. Ratapani Wildlife Sanctuary was
declared India's 57th Tiger Reser ve
and the 8th T iger Reser ve of Madhya
Pradesh.
 4. T he Uttar Pradesh government
declared the Maha Kumbh area in
Prayagraj as the 76th district for the
2025 Kumbh Mela.
7. C handigarh becomes India's first
state/Union Territory to f ully
implement the three new criminal
laws.(Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita,
Bharatiya Nagar ik Suraksha Sanhita
and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam ).
9. Telangana will implement the Rythu
Bharosa Scheme after Sankranti,
offering ₹15,000 annual subsidies to
each farmer.
 10. T he National Tiger Conser vation
Authority (NTCA ) has approved
Madhav National par k as the 9th Tiger
Reser ve of Madhya Pradesh.
 11. T he Andhra Pradesh government
launched the 'Urj aveer' scheme,
aiming to transform the state into a
100% green energy hub for sustainable
development
13. Uttar Pradesh became the first
Indian state to fully integrate its
procurement process with the
Government e-Marketplace ( GeM).
16. Union Home Minister Amit Shah
presented the 'President's Colour ' to
Chhattisgarh Police in Raipur
17. Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar
inaugurated the Geological Survey of
India (GSI) Geoscience Museum in
Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
18. West Bengal CM Mamata Banerj ee
launched the "Banglar Bari" scheme,
providing ₹1.2 lakh to rural poor
families for housing, with ₹60,000 as
the first installment.
 19. Uttarakhand is set to become a
global yoga hub w ith India's f irst Yoga
Policy, focusing on Ayur veda
integration, wellness tourism, and
generate employment
 20. T he 100th Tansen Music Festival
set a Guinness World Record for the
"largest Hindustani classical band" at
Gwalior Fort, Madhya Pradesh. A total
of 546 artistes performed various
ragas on 9 instruments as par t of the
100th International Tansen Samaroh.

The performance was based on Mal ha r,

Mi yan ki Todi and Darbari Ka nhra, three
ragas composed by Tansen.
21 . Utta rakha nd CM Pushkar Sin gh Dham i
lau nched t he mascot, lo go, j ersey, torch ,
ant hem, an d tagline fo r t he 38 th
Natio nal Games, schedule d from Ja nuary
28 to February 14, 2 025 .

• Theme - "Green Games”

• Tagline - "Sankalp Se Shikhar Tak”
• Mascot - "Mouli,”

The newly designed torch incorporates

motifs of the perennia l holy river Ganga and
the state flower, Brahma Kamal, also known
as the "Lotus of the Da rks.”
 22. A rvind Kejr iwal announced the
Mahila Samman Yoj ana, offering Rs
1000 per month to women in Delhi,
with a potential increase to Rs 2100 if
the AAP wins the upcoming elections.
 23. Masali village in Gujarat's
Banaskantha distr ict has become
India’s first border solar village.
 24. T he Ministr y of Environment,
Forest, and Climate Change (MoE FCC)
conducted the first-ever Ganges River
Dolphin tagging in A ssam under
Project Dolphin.
 25. Indore has banned begging and
will take legal action, including FIRs,
against those giving alms, starting
January 1, 2025, as part beggar -free
city.
 26. T he Delhi government has
launched the Sanj eevani Scheme for
citizens above 60, offering free
medical care in government and
private hospitals, with no income cap
or upper eligibility limit.
 27. T he Gujarat gover nment has
launched the "Mukhyamantri Paushtik
Alpahar Yojana, " under which around
41 lakh government school students
will receive daily breakfast.
 29. Madhya Pradesh has been
recognized by the Wall Street Journal
as a top global destination for 2025,
praised for rich heritage, wildlife, and
beautiful landscapes.
30. Uttar Pradesh and Manipur have
signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) for the
implementation of the Ek Bharat
Shreshtha Bharat for the next three
years.
 31. Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Air port in
Indore has become India's first zero -
waste airport.
 32. T he Andhra Pradesh government
has declared Ratha Saptami as a state
festival.
International
 1.The 16th session of the United
Nations Convention to Combat
Desertif ication (UN CCD) C onference of
Parties (COP16) was held in Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia.
 2. Oxford University Press has
announced "brain rot" as the Oxford
Word of the Year for 2024, referring to
modest, reser ved, or quiet people, it
has evolved on the internet to
describe sophisticated actions or
behaviors.
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3.T he President of South Korea briefly
imposed martial law, which was lifted
within a few hours.
 4. Bangladesh's interim government,
led by Yunus, is set to remove the
image of 'Father of the Nation' Sheikh
Mujibur Rahman from currency notes.
8.Donald Trump has been named
TIME's 2024 Person of the Year.
9. Forbes' 2024 list of The World's 100
Most Powerful Women includes three
Indian leaders: Nir mala Sitharaman,
Roshni Nadar Malhotra, and Kiran
Mazumdar-Shaw.
10. N epal and China signed a Belt and
Road Initiative (BRI) framework
agreement.
11. T he world's largest pure gold bar,
weighing 300.12 kg and valued at $25
million, was unveiled in Dubai.
12. Switzerland will suspend the Most
Favoured N ation (MFN) treatment for
India under the Double Taxation
Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) from
January 1, 2025.
 13. Moldova signs the Inter national
Solar Alliance (ISA) Framewor k
Agreement to boost renewable energy
efforts.
 14. T he UK has become the first
European country to join the Indo -
Pacif ic trade bloc, the Comprehensive
and Progressive Agreement for Trans -
Pacif ic Partnership (CPTPP).
 16. India and France have agreed to
establish a new National Museum in
New Delhi, named Yuga Yugeen Bharat.
 18. Russian scientists have developed
a personalized mRNA vaccine that can
suppress tumor growth, using AI to
identify mutations in less than an hour
based on the genetic analysis of each
tumor.
Awards
 1.Dr. Basant Goel was honored with
the UN Global Excellence Award for his
significant contributions to healthcare
and philanthropy.
2.Indian-origin Scottish artist Jasleen
Kaur has won the Turner Prize for her
exhibition 'Alter-Altar'.
3.Payal Kapadia's film A ll We Imagine
as L ight won the Best International
Film award at the New York Film
Critics Circle.
5.Former C hilean President Michelle
Bachelet receives the 2024 Indira
Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament,
and Development.
 6. Payal Kapadia became the first
Indian f ilmmaker nominated for Best
Director at the 82nd Golden Globe
Awards for her debut fiction feature,
All We Imagine As L ight
 8. Madhav Gadgil, the renowned
ecologist and writer, received UNEP's
2024 Champions of the Ear th award
for Lifetime Achievement.
9. Sur yabala's book 'Kaun Des Ko Vasi:
Venu Ki Diary' has been awarded the
34th Vyas Samman 2024.
 10. President Droupadi Murmu
conferred the N ational Panchayat
Awards to 45 awardees across various
categories.
12. Tabla player Pt. Swapan Chaudhuri
from Kolkata received the 'Rashtriya
Tansen Samman' for 2023.
13. C aitlin Sandra Neil, a 19 -year-old
from Chennai, India, won the 2024
Miss India USA title
14. Gagan Gill has been selected for
the Sahitya Akademi A ward 2024 in
Hindi language for her poetry book
Main Jab Tak Aai Bahar.
 15. T he President of India Smt.
Droupadi Murmu awarded the
President's Colours to the College of
Defence Management ( CDM).
16. Prime Minister N arendra Modi was
awarded the 'Order of Mubarak Al
Kabeer', Kuwait's highest honour.
 17. President Droupadi Murmu
conferred the Pradhan Mantri
Rashtriya Bal Puraskar to 17 children
(10 girls and 7 boys) on the occasion
of Veer Baal Diwas.
Sports
1.Gujarat's Ur vil Patel hit the fastest
century by an Indian batter in T 20
cricket.
2.PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen secured
singles titles the Syed Modi
International title, while Treesa and
Gayatri won the women's doubles
event.
3.Jay Shah has been appointed as the
new Chairman of the International
Cricket Council ( IC C).
4. Grandmaster Arj un Erigaisi became
the second Indian, after Viswanathan
Anand, and the 16th player globally to
achieve the gold-standard ELO rating
of 2800.
5.India won the Men's Hockey Junior
Asia Cup 2024 in Muscat, Oman,
defeating Pakistan to claim a record -
extending fifth title.
 6. Pakistan clinched the T 20 Blind
Cricket World Cup title by defeating
Bangladesh in the final held at Multan
Cricket Stadium.
 7.India has been chosen as the host
for the f irst ever Women's T20 World
Cup for the Blind scheduled in 2025
 8.Bangladesh defeated India by 59
runs to win the ACC U19 Men's Asia
Cup Final in Dubai
9. India's Kush Maini won the Formula
2 Constr uctors' Championship in Abu
Dhabi, becoming the first Indian to
claim an F2 pole position.
 10. L ando Norris won the For mula 1
Constructors' Title by securing victory
at the season -ending Abu Dhabi Grand
Pr ix
 11. World number one Ar yna
Sabalenka has been voted the WTA
Player of the Yea
 13. N ine-year-old Aarit Kapil from
Delhi became the youngest Indian to
defeat a chess Grandmaster.
14. Gukesh Dommaraj u became the
youngest World Chess C hampion by
defeating China's Ding Liren at the
2024 Wor ld Chess Championship in
Singapore.
15. 5th Khelo India Winter Games are
scheduled to be held in Gulmarga,J&K
in Feb 2025
 16. T he IC C named Pakistan's Haris
Rauf and England's Danni Wyatt -Hodge
as the Players of the Month for
November 2024
17. FIFA has officially announced Saudi
Arabia as the host nation for the 2034
FIFA World Cup.
18. Vinícius Júnior and Aitana Bonmatí
won the FIFA Best Player of the Year
2024 awards at The Best FIFA Football
Awards 2024 Doha, Qatar.
 20. R. Ashwin announced his
retirement from international cricket.
He is India's second -highest Test
wicket-taker, with 537 wickets in 106
matches.
21. Mumbai won the Syed Mushtaq Ali
Trophy 2024, defeating Madhya
Pradesh at Chinnaswamy Stadium in
Bengaluru
22. India won the Women's Junior Asia
Cup 2024 for the second consecutive
time, defeating C hina in Muscat,
Oman.
23.Smriti Mandhana became the first
woman cricketer to score four ODI
hundreds in a calendar year.
24. Riya Shirish Thatte won gold in the
women's 25m pistol event at the 67th
National Shooting Championship held
at Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range.
 26. Kiran Ankush Jadhav won the
men's 50m rifle 3 positions (3P) title
at the 67th National Shooting
Championships (NSCC).
27. Pakistan has been awarded hosting
rights of the ICC Women's T20 World
Cup in 2028
 28. Real Madrid won the 2024 FIFA
Intercontinental Cup, defeating
Pachuca 3-0 at Lusail Stadium, Qatar.
29. N at Sciver-Brunt became the first
woman cricketer to score a Test
century in under 100 balls.
30. India won the inaugural Under -19
ACC Women's T20 Asia Cup title by
defeating Bangladesh in Kuala L umpur,
Malaysia.
 31. India will host the ISSF Junior
Shooting World Cup for the first time
in 2025.
32. Pakistan Cricket Board has selected
the UAE as the neutral venue for
India's matches in the 2025 Champions
Trophy, including the India -Pakistan
clash on Febr uar y 23
33. A nahat Singh wins Western India
Slam 2024, securing her ninth PSA
Challenger title this year.
 35. Bihar will host the Women's
Kabaddi World Cup at the Raj gir Sports
Academy indoor hall in March 2025
36. Indian weightlifters won 33 medals
(7 gold, 17 silver, 9 bronze), securing
third place at the Asian Youth and
Junior Weightlif ting Championships
2024 in Doha.
Appointments
 1.U.S. President Donald Trump has
nominated Indian-American Kash Patel
as the next FBI Director.
 2.T he General Council of the World
Trade Organization ( WTO) reappointed
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo -Iweala as Director -
General for a second four -year term by
consensus.
3.Devendra Fadnavis took oath as the
Chief Minister of Maharashtra, with
Eknath Shinde and A jit Pawar being
swor n in as Deputy C hief Ministers.
 4.Netumbo Nandi -Ndaitwah of
Namibia has been elected as the
president, becoming the countr y's f irst
female leader.
5. Sanjay Malhotra appointed as the
new (51th) RBI Governor for a three -
year term.
 6.Shammi Silva assumed the
presidency of the Asian Cricket Council
(ACC).
11. Kristrun Frostadottir sworn in as
Iceland's new Pr ime Minister
 12. Justice V. Ramasubramanian has
been appointed as the Chairman of the
National Human Rights Commission.
13. Former Union Home Secretary A jay
Kumar Bhalla has been appointed as
the Governor of Manipur.
14. Mizoram Governor Dr. Hari Babu
Kambhampati has been appointed as
the new Governor of Odisha
 15. General Vijay Kumar Singh has
been appointed as the new Governor
of Mizoram.
16. Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed
Khan has been appointed as the new
Governor of Bihar.
 17. Bihar Governor Raj endra
Vishwanath A rlekar has been
appointed as the new Governor of
Kerala.
18. Suman Ber y has been appointed as
the Chairman of the Economic
Advisor y Council to the Prime Minister
(EAC-PM) with the additional charge.
Defence
1.The 1st edition of the Joint Table Top
Exercise "CIN BAX" between the Indian
Army and the Cambodian A rmy has
commenced at the Foreign Training
Node, Pune.
 2.T he World Maritime Technology
Conference 2024 was held in Chennai.
It is organized once every three years
under the auspices of the World
Maritime Technology Congress.
3.The 4th edition of the joint militar y
exercise 'HARIMAU SHAKT I 2024'
between the Indian Army and the
Malaysian Army was conducted in
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
 4. N epal's COAS, General Ashok Raj
Sigdel, was honored with the honorary
rank of General of the Indian Army by
President Draupadi Murmu
5. T he Indian Navy w ill commission the
last Scorpene-class submarine and the
first Nilgiri-class f rigate in January
2025.
6. Indian Navy's Russian-manufactured
guided missile fr igate INS Tushil was
commissioned in Kaliningrad, Russia.
7. Sarbananda Sonowal launched the
'Jalvahak' scheme to boost long -haul
cargo movement using inland
waterways on National Waterways -

NW 1 (Gan ga),
NW 2 (Brahmaputra), and
NW 16 (Bar ak).
 8. INS Nirdeshak, the second ship of
the Sur vey Vessel (Large) proj ect,
commissioned into the Indian Navy in
Visakhapatnam.
9. T he annual bilateral naval exercise
SLINEX-24 (Sri L anka -India Naval
Exercise) was held at Visakhapatnam.
 11. India, France, and UAE have
launched the "Desert Knight" air
combat exercise over the Arabian Sea
to enhance military cooperation and
defense ties.
 12. India and Vietnam C oast Guard
conducted the joint exercise 'Sahayog-
Hop Tac' conducted off the coast of
Kochi.
 13. C ISF introduced a liberal transfer
policy, allowing choice-based postings,
home distr ict preferences, same -city
postings for married couples, and
fixed scheduling of posting orders
Important Dates
 1 December - World AIDS Day - “ Take
the Rights Path: My Health, My Right!”
2. 1st December - BSF Raising Day -
 3rd December - World Day of the
Handicapped or International Day of
Persons with Disabilities - Amplif ying
the leadership of persons w ith
disabilities for an inclusive and
sustainable future
4th December - Indian N avy Day -
'Strength and Power through
Innovation and Indigenisation
5 December - World Soil Day - Caring
for soils: measure, monitor, manage
 7 December - International C ivil
Aviation Day - Safe Skies. Sustainable
Future: Together for the next 80 years
9th December - International A nti -
Corruption Day - Uniting with Youth
Against Corruption: Shaping
Tomorrow's Integrity
10 December - Human Rights Day - Our
Rights, Our Future, Right Now
11 December - UNICEF Day - “Listen to
the Future”.
11 December - Bharatiya Bhasha Diwas
-
16th December - Vij ay Diwas
17th December Pensioners Day in India
 18th December - International
Migrants Day -

"Honouring the Contributions of

Migrants and Respecting T heir Rights".
19 December - Goa's L iberation Day
19th - 24th December -

Good Governance Week

 20th December -

International H uman Solidarity Day -

21 December - December Solstice
 21 December -

(1st) World Meditation Day -

"Meditation for Global Peace and

Harmony ”
22nd December - National
Mathematics Day
23rd December - National Far mersDay
/ Kisan Diwas
24 December National Consumer Day -

"Virtual H earings & Digital Access to

Consumer Justice."
25 December - Good Governance Day
Science and
Technology
2.ISRO successfully launched European
Space Agency's (ESA) s Proba -3
mission aboard the Polar Satellite
Launch Vehicle ( PSLV)-C59 rocket to
study Sun's corona.
 4. C hina launched the world's first
self-driving satellites, Siwei Gaoj ing -2
03 and Gaojing-2 04, a significant
achievement in its commercial space
program.
 5. C hinese astronauts C ai Xuzhe and
Song Lingdong set a world record w ith
a 9-hour, 6-minute spacewalk on the
Tiangong space station.
 6. ISRO will launched its
PSLV-C60/SpaDeX Mission from
Sriharikota to demonstrate docking
and undocking capabilities between
satellites.
Books
1.EA M Dr. Jaishankar released Vikram
Sampath's book Tipu Sultan: The Saga
of the Mysore Inter regnum.
2.Hoshang Merchant's new book,
Rainbow War riors of India, co -
authored w ith Akshay K. Rath.
3. Dr. Dinesh Shahra launched his book
named Dalai Lama's Secret to
Happiness.
4. Union C ulture and Tourism Minister,
Gaj endra Singh Shekhawat, launched a
book titled New Bharat – Modi's Vision
and Development
5. The book titled 'Many Ramayans,
Many L essons' is authored by Anand
Nilkanthan.
 6. T he book BRING IT ON:

The Incredible Story of My Life is

authored by Deepa Malik.
7. A bhijit Banerjee released his new
book titled "Chhaunk: On Food,
Economics and Society."
8. Salman Rushdie's book The Satanic
Verses has been off icially allowed to
return to India after a 36-year ban.
9. T he book Dhar manomics by Sriram
Balasubramanian has been released,
exploring the connection between
Dhar ma and economics.
Miscellaneou
s
1.Padma Shri Kanta Krishen, pioneer of
India's voluntary blood donation
movement, passed away at 95.
2.Legendary Indian squash player Raj
Manchanda, an Arjuna A ward recipient
and winner of six national titles,
passed away at the age of 80.
3. K.L eelavathi Baipadithaya, the first
female Yakshagana 'Bhagavatha'
(singer ), passed away at 77.
 4. Ustad Zakir Hussain , the renowned
tabla maestro, passed away at the age
of 73.
 5. Pandit Sanj ay Ram Marathe , a
prominent classical singer and
harmonium artist, passed away at the
age of 68.
6. Padma Shri awardee and renowned
Baiga tribal artist Jodhaiya Bai passed
away at 86.
 7. Salman Khan has been named the
brand ambassador for the inaugural
Kho Kho World Cup in New Delhi from
January 13 to 19, 2025.
8. Veteran filmmaker Shyam Benegal
passed away at the age of 90.
 9. Jnanpith Award winner and Padma
Bhushan awardee M.T. Vasudevan Nair
passed away at 91.
 10. Former Indian prime minister
Manmohan Singh has died at the age
of 92.