Manika Batra made history as the first Indian table tennis player to reach the quarterfinals at the WTT Champions Montpellier 2024 in France on October 27, 2024. Ranked 30th globally, she defeated Romania’s world No. 14 Bernadette Szocs 3-1 to secure her spot in the top eight, following a 3-0 win over the USA’s Lily Zhang.
However, in the quarterfinals, she was defeated 3-0 by China’s Qian Tianyi, who is ranked 21st and recently bested the world No. 4, Wang Yidi. Earlier in the year, Batra also beat Szocs during India’s 3-2 victory over Romania at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
On 15 October 2024, Paramesh Sivamani assumed charge as the 26th Director General of the Indian Coast Guard. A specialist in navigation and direction, he has commanded all major vessels of the Coast Guard.
He is an alumnus of the National Defence College, New Delhi, and the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington. Mr. Sivamani has received several prestigious honors, including the Tatrakshak Medal in 2014, the President’s Tatrakshak Medal in 2019, and the Director General Coast Guard Commendation in 2012, recognizing his distinguished service.
On 3 October 2024, the Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved conferring the status of classical language to Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Assamese, and Bengali. Classical languages are recognized as custodians of India’s ancient cultural heritage, representing the historical and cultural achievements of their respective communities.
The classical language category was created on October 12, 2004, with Tamil being the first to receive this status. The criteria for classical status include the language’s high antiquity, a recorded history of over a thousand years, and a significant body of original ancient literature. This recognition is expected to create employment opportunities in academia, research, archiving, translation, and digital media through the preservation and digitisation of ancient texts.
ISRO Chairman S Somanath announced that India’s first human spaceflight mission, Gaganyaan, is on track to be launched by the end of this year. The Union Cabinet recently approved expanding the Gaganyaan program and constructing the first Indian Space Station.
Somanath also shared updates on the Chandrayaan-4 mission, which has completed its engineering phase. This mission, approved on 18 September, aims to develop technologies for a safe return to Earth after a lunar landing and collecting moon samples. It will help India achieve a lunar landing by 2040. The government plans to build the Indian Space Station by 2035.
The 2024 edition of the Indo-French bilateral naval exercise ‘Exercise Varuna’ is being conducted in the Mediterranean Sea from September 2 to September 4. The Indian Navy’s P-8I aircraft has made its first-ever deployment in Europe, landing at Air Base 125 Istres-Le Tube in France. This significant move is part of the 22nd edition of Exercise Varuna.
Historical Context:
This deployment marks a major milestone, as it comes 63 years after the Indian Navy’s Alize aircraft, operating from the INS Vikrant, last flew at Hyeres Airbase in France.
Exercise Varuna: Initiated in 1993 and named “Varuna” in 2001, the exercise has become a symbol of the strong and growing strategic partnership between India and France.
Q.: Exercise Varuna 2024 between the Indian and French navies was conducted in which location?
A) Atlantic Ocean B) Bay of Bengal C) Mediterranean Sea D) Arabian Sea
Answer: C) Mediterranean Sea The 2024 edition of the Indo-French bilateral naval exercise ‘Exercise Varuna’ is being conducted in the Mediterranean Sea from September 2 to September 4.
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Question: Who has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the United States of America?
A) Taranjit Singh Sandhu
B) Vinay Mohan Kwatra
C) S. Jaishankar
D) Harsh Vardhan Shringla
Answer
Ans : B) Vinay Mohan Kwatra Former Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the United States of America.
Question : Where will the 46th Session of the World Heritage Committee be held from 21st to 31st July 2024?
A) Paris
B) New Delhi
C) Tokyo
D) London
Answer
Ans : B) New Delhi The 46th Session of the World Heritage Committee will be held at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi from 21st to 31st July 2024.
Questions : How many properties does India have on the World Heritage List?
A) 7
B) 42
C) 34
D) 57
Answer
Ans : B) 42 India has 42 properties on the World Heritage List: 34 Cultural, 7 Natural, and one Mixed Heritage Site.
Questions: What caused the global tech failure on 19 July 2024?
A) A cyber attack
B) A software update of CrowdStrike’s EDR product
C) Hardware malfunctions
D) Natural disaster
Answer
Ans : B) A software update of CrowdStrike’s EDR product The issue was caused by CrowdStrike’s “Falcon Sensor” software update, which led to Microsoft Windows crashing and displaying the “Blue Screen of Death.”
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Suryakumar Yadav named captain of the Indian T20 team for the three-match series against Sri Lanka starting on July 27, 2024. Shubman Gill named vice-captain for both T20 and ODI formats.
Key Players in T20 Squad:
Players included: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rinku Singh, Riyan Parag, Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, and Mohd. Siraj.
Key Players in ODI Squad:
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli included in the ODI squad against Sri Lanka in August 2024.
New faces in ODI squad: Riyan Parag and Harshit Rana.
Other players: Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Dube, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Riyan Parag, Axar Patel, Khaleel Ahmed, and Harshit Rana.
Q: Who has been named captain of the Indian T20 team for the series against Sri Lanka starting on July 27, 2024?
A. Rohit Sharma
B. Virat Kohli
C. Suryakumar Yadav
D. Shubman Gill
Answer: C. Suryakumar Yadav Suryakumar Yadav named captain of the Indian T20 team for the three-match series against Sri Lanka starting on July 27, 2024. Shubman Gill named vice-captain for both T20 and ODI formats.
Roberta Metsola secured broad backing for a new term as president of the European Parliament on July 16, 2024. Metsola is the first woman to win a second term as head of the EU assembly and only the second president to do so since 1979.
She received support from 562 out of 623 EU lawmakers for her reappointment. Her role is largely ceremonial, presiding over the 720-member parliament, which negotiates and adopts EU legislative proposals and approves the budget.
Q: Who was reappointed as the president of the European Parliament on July 16, 2024?
A) Martin Schulz B) Angela Merkel C) Roberta Metsola D) Ursula von der Leyen
Ans : C) Roberta Metsola Roberta Metsola secured broad backing for a new term as president of the European Parliament on July 16, 2024.
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