Important International Appointments (2024)

• President of 79th United Nation General Assembly - Philemon Yang
• US Representative On WHO Board - Vivek Murthy
• Secretary General of NATO - Mark Rutte
• Executive Director of Asian Development Bank - Vikas Sheel
• 11th President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) - Masato Kanda
• President of the International Court of Justice - Lebanese Judge Nawaf Salam
• President of Financial Action Task Force – Elisa de Anda Madrazo
• President of the European Council – António Luís Santos da Costa
• Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations (UN) - Parvathaneni Harish

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Important Literature Awards (2023-24)

• Booker Prize 2023 - Irish author Paul Lynch for "Prophet Song"

• Booker Prize 2024 - Samantha Harvey for "Orbital" 

• International Booker Prize 2023 - Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov for "Time Shelter"

• International Booker Prize 2024 - German author Jenny Erpenback and translator Michael Hofmann for the book "Kairos". 

• 32nd Saraswati Samman 2022 - Sivasankari For her book "Survya Vamsam"

• 33rd Saraswati Samman 2023 - Prabha Varma for his verse novel "Roudra Sathwikam" 

• 32nd Vyas Samman 2022 - Hindi writer Dr. Gyan Chaturvedi For his 2018 satirical novel "Pagalkhana"

• 33rd Vyas Samman 2023 - Pushpa Bharati for 2016 Memoir "Yaadein, Yaadein aur Yaadein"

• 34th Vyas Samman 2024 - Hindi writer Suryabala for her Novel "Kaun Desh Ko Vaasi: Venu Ki Diary"

• 57th Jnanpith Award 2022 - Damodar Mauzo (Goan writer) for Konkani

• 58th Jnanpith Award 2023 - Jagadguru Swami Rambhadracharya for Sanskrit & Shri Gulzar for Urdu

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Beauty Awards 2024

• 71st Miss World 2024 - Krystyna Pyszkova from the Czech Republic

• 73rd Miss Universe 2024 - Victoria Kjaer Theilvig of Denmark

• Miss Universe India 2024 - Rhea Singha

• Miss India Worldwide 2024 - Dhruvi Patel

• Femina Miss India 2024 - Nikita Porwal

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Word of the Year 2024

Merriam-Webster’s word of the year 2024 - “Polarization”

Collins Dictionary word of the year 2024 - "Brat"

Oxford Dictionary word of the year 2024 - "Brain rot"

Cambridge Dictionary word of the year 2024 - "Manifest"


Word of the Year 2023

Merriam-Webster’s word of the year 2023 - "Authentic"

Collins Dictionary word of the year 2023 - "AI"

Oxford Dictionary word of the year 2023 - "Rizz"

Cambridge Dictionary word of the year 2023 - "Hallucinate"

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Important Days & Theme (December 2024)

1 Dec - World AIDS Day
Theme 2024 - Take the Rights Path

1 Dec - BSF Raising Day

2 Dec - National Pollution Prevention Day

2 Dec - World Computer Literacy Day

4 Dec - Indian Navy Day
Theme 2024 - “Strength and Power through Innovation and Indigenisation,” reflects the Navy’s ongoing focus on enhancing its defense capabilities through cutting-edge technology and self-reliance.

10 Dec - Human Rights Day
Theme 2024 - Our Rights, Our Future

11 Dec - International Mountain Day
Theme 2024 - Mountain solutions for a sustainable future – innovation, adaptation and youth 

11 Dec - UNICEF Day

24 Dec - National Consumer Rights Day 

25 Dec - Good Governance Day

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INDIA’S RANK IN VARIOUS REPORTS/INDEXES 2024

• Climate Change Performance Index 2025 - Denmark (4th) & India (10th)

• WIPO's Global Innovation Index 2024 - Switzerland (1st) & India (39th) 

• Global Intellectual Property Index 2024 - US (1st) & India (42nd)

• Corruption Perceptions Index 2023 - Denmark (1st) & India (93rd)

• Gender Inequality Index 2022 - Denmark (1st) & India (108th)

• 18th IEP's Global Peace Index 2024 - Iceland (1st) & India (116th) 

• UN World Happiness Index 2024 - Finland (1st) & India (126th)

• WEF's Global Gender Gap Index 2024 - Iceland (1st) & India (129th) 

• Human Development Index 2022 - Switzerland (1st) & India (134th)

• World Press Freedom Index 2024 - Norway (1st) & India (159th)

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BOOKS IN NEWS (2024) 

• Source Code: My Beginnings - Bill Gates 

• Viswasapoorvam - Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan released Autobiography of Islamic scholar and the president of Kerala Muslim Jama-ath, A.P. Aboobacker Musliyar. 

• I Have the Streets : A Kutti Cricket Story - Autobiography of Ravichandran Ashwin co-authored with Sidharth Monga. 

• Adventures of Ed-aMamma: Ed Finds a Home - Alia Bhatt

• Knife - Salman Rushdie

• The Winner’s Mindset - Shane Watson

• I Have the Streets: A Kutti Cricket Story - Ravichandran Ashwin and Sidharth Monga

• Mother Mary Comes to Me - Arundhati Roy

• Speaking with Nature: The Origins of Indian Environmentalism - Ramachandra Guha

• Why Bharat Matters - Dr. S. Jaishankar

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DRDO IN NEWS (2024)

• DRDO launches Assault Rifle "Ugram" for Indian Army.
• DRDO unveils indigenous light tank "Zorawar".
• DRDO Successfully Tests Long Range Glide Bomb ‘GAURAV’ from Su-30 MK-I.

• DRDO conducts successful flight test of Very Short-Range Air Defence System, "VSHORADS Missile" from a ground based portable launcher off the coast of Odisha from Integrated Test Range in Chandipur.
• DRDO launched Mission Divyastra, the First flight test of indigenously developed Agni-5 missile with Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV) technology.

• DRDO in partnership with researchers from the IIT Delhi, has developed ‘ABHED (Advanced Ballistics for High Energy Defeat)’, a Light Weight Bullet Proof Jacket.
• DRDO successfully conducted a flight test of the new generation ballistic missile called 'AgniPrime'. The Strike range of missile is 1,000 to 2,000 km.

• DRDO successfully flight-tested the RudraM-II Air-to-Surface Missile from Su-30 MK-I platform of the Indian Air Force (IAF) off the coast of Odisha. It is an indigenously-developed solid-propelled air-launched missile system meant for Airto-Surface role to neutralise many types of enemy assets & It is designed to have a strike range of almost 350-km, from a Sukhoi-30MKI fighter of the IAF.

• "SARVATRA", a Multispan Mobile Bridging System designed and developed by Armament and Combat Engineering Systems (ACE) of DRDO under the Ministry of Defence. SARVATRA assists the Army in constructing bridges over flowing water, ensuring robust connectivity between two areas during natural disasters.

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Super Current Affairs 2024

(1st Jan 2024 to 31st Dec 2024)

Topics covered in the PDF

1. Appointments
2. Awards/Index & Ranking
3. Summit/Conference/Meetings
4. Defence News
5. Science & Tech/Space
6. Sports News
7. National/State/International News
8. Schemes/Campaign/Apps/Portals
9. Books In News
10. Important Days & Themes
11. Bills Passed in 2024
12. Indian Forest Report 2023
13. Budget 2024

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ISRO In News 2024

• ISRO launches PSLV-C58/XPoSat, India’s 1st X-ray Polarimeter Satellite to study Black Holes & Neutron Stars in Space.

• The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) introduces the “Young Scientist Programme” “YUva VIgyani KAryakram” (YUVIKA) to foster the innate curiosity of children and youth towards space science.

• Indian Astronauts selected to go to Space as part of the Gaganyaan Mission are Group Captain Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair , Group Captain Ajit Krishnan , Group Captain Angad Pratap & Wing Commander Shubhanshu Shukla.

• PM Narendra Modi has laid the foundation stone for the ISRO second spaceport in Kulasekarapattinam, Tamil Nadu. The first spaceport, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, is located in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota.

• PM Modi announced India’s own Space Station by 2035.

• ISRO to launch female robot "Vyommitra" to space before astronauts in Gaganyaan.

• ISRO to Launch 1st Base Module of Bharatiya Antariksh Station by 2028.

• India’s National Space Commission has approved a new lunar mission, called the Lunar Polar Exploration Mission "Lupex". This mission is a partnership between India’s space agency ISRO and Japan’s space agency JAXA, and it will focus on exploring the Moon’s resources, especially water at the lunar south pole.

• ISRO Develops "PraVaHa" Software For Aerodynamic Design and Analysis.

• "Trishna": ISRO'S Joint mission with France to Provide unprecedented climate data.

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Best Marching Contingents & Tableaux of Republic Day Parade 2025

Best Marching Contingent among Services - Jammu & Kashmir Rifles Contingent

Best Marching Contingent among CAPFs/other Auxiliary Forces - Delhi Police Marching Contingent

Top three Tableaux (States/UTs)

• 1st - Uttar Pradesh (Mahakumbh 2025 - Swarnim Bharat: Virasat aur Vikas)
• 2nd - Tripura (Eternal Reverence: The worship of 14 Deities in Tripura - Kharchi Puja)
• 3rd - Andhra Pradesh (Etikoppaka Bommalu - Eco-Friendly Wooden Toys)

Best Tableau from Central Ministries/Departments - Ministry of Tribal Affairs (Janjatiya Gaurav Varsh)

Special Prize :-
i. Central Public Works Department (75 years of Constitution of India)
ii. "Jayati Jai Mamah Bharatam" Dance Group

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Shubhanshu Shukla : First Indian Astronaut to Fly to ISS on NASA Mission

• ISRO Astronaut and Indian Air Force (IAF) Officer, Shubhanshu Shukla, will take on the role of pilot on the Axiom Mission4, which will go to the International Space Station (ISS) from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida no earlier than Spring 2025.

• Shukla will make history as the First Indian Astronaut to visit the orbiting laboratory aboard a SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft. He has also been chosen as an Astronaut for India’s Gaganyaan Mission.

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