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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❤️ No Income Tax is needed to be paid for total Income upto ₹ 12 Lakh per Annum ❤️

• New Income Tax Bill will be introduced next week ....

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Nuclear Power in Union Budget 2025-26

• The Government has set an ambitious target of 100 GW Nuclear Power capacity by 2047, positioning Nuclear Energy as a major pillar in India's Energy mix.

• The Government has allocated ₹20,000 crore for research and development (R&D) of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), aiming to develop at least five indigenously designed and operational SMRs by 2033.

• India plans to increase Nuclear capacity from 8,180 MW to 22,480 MW by 2031-32 by building 10 reactors totaling 8,000 MW across six states.

• A new discovery at Jaduguda Uranium Mine, Jharkhand will extend the mine’s life by more than 50 years.

• The First two units of 700 MWe PHWRs at Kakrapar, Gujarat began commercial operations in FY 2023-24.

• NPCIL and NTPC have formed a joint venture named ASHVINI to develop new nuclear power plants, including the 4x700 MWe PHWR Mahi-Banswara Rajasthan Atomic Power Project.

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Important Days & Theme (January 2025)

5 Jan - National Bird Day
Theme 2024 - Protecting Our Birds, Protecting Our Future

10 Jan - World Hindi Day
Theme 2025 - A Global Voice of Unity and Cultural Pride

14 Jan - Indian Armed Forces Veterans Day

15 Jan - Indian Army Day
Theme 2025 - Samarth Bharat, Saksham Sena’ (Capable India, Empowered Army)

21 Jan - National War Memorial

23 Jan - Parakram Diwas

24 Jan - National Girl Child Day
Theme 2025 - Empowering Girls for a Bright Future

25 Jan - National Voters Day
Theme 2025 - Nothing like voting, I vote for sure

30 Jan - World Leprosy Day
Theme 2025 - Unite. Act. Eliminate

30 Jan - Martyr’s Day India

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UNION BUDGET 2025-26

Important One Liners

• Government to launch a 6-year “Mission for Aatmanirbharta in Pulses” with focus on Tur, Urad and Masoor. NAFED and NCCF to procure these pulses from farmers during the next 4 years.

• A Makhana Board to be established in Bihar to improve production, processing, value addition, and marketing of makhana.

• The loan limit under the Modified Interest Subvention Scheme to be enhanced from ₹3 lakh to ₹5 lakh for loans taken through the KCC.

• A plant with annual capacity of 12.7 lakh metric tons to be set up at Namrup, Assam.

• Customized Credit Cards with ₹5 lakh limit for micro enterprises registered on Udyam portal, 10 lakh cards to be issued in the First year.

• A new scheme for 5 lakh women, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes first-time entrepreneurs to provide term-loans upto ₹ 2 crore in the next 5 years announced.

• A National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management to be set up in Bihar.

• Bharatiya Bhasha Pustak Scheme announced to provide digital-form Indian language books for school and higher education.

• Greenfield airports announced in Bihar, in addition to the expansion of the capacity of Patna airport and a brownfield airport at Bihta.

• The FDI limit for the insurance sector to be raised from 74 to 100 per cent, for those companies which invest the entire premium in India.

• No personal income tax payable upto income of Rs 12 lakh (i.e. average income of Rs 1 lakh per month other than special rate income such as capital gains) under the new regime.

• This limit will be Rs 12.75 lakh for salaried tax payers, due to standard deduction of Rs 75,000.

• The limit for tax deduction on interest for senior citizens doubled from the present Rs 50,000 to Rs 1 lakh.

• The annual limit of Rs 2.40 lakh for TDS on rent increased to Rs 6 lakh.

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