DAILY GK 29-30 SEPTEMBER 2024
1. NEW PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN
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Former Defence Minister Shigeru Ishiba become
the next Prime Minister(PM) of Japan after being elected as the leader of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) which
holds a majority in the parliament.
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He assumes PM office from October 1, 2024
by replacing incumbent PM Fumio Kishida.
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Shigeru Ishiba won by 215 votes, defeating
SanaeTakaichi(194 votes), in the leadership election of
the LDP in Tokyo, Japan.
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Japan Capital – Tokyo
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Currency – Japanese Yen
2. RBI EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has
appointed Aviral Jain as Executive
Director (ED)
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RBI is the Central Bank of India, meaning it is the apex body in the
Indian financial system.
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It is owned
by the Union Ministry of Finance.
3. FIRST WOMAN DG OF ARMED FORCES
MEDICAL SERVICES
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Surgeon Vice Admiral ArtiSarin, became the first woman officer to take over as the
Director General, Armed Forces Medical Services (DGAFMS).
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The DGAFMS
is directly responsible to the Ministry of Defence for overall medical
policy matters which relate to the Armed Forces.
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The Directorate General Armed Forces
Medical Services (DGAFMS) is the head of the medical services of the Indian
Armed Forces.
4. PRESIDENT OF
INDIAN NEWSPAPER SOCIETY
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MV Shreyams Kumar, the
distinguished Managing Director of the renowned Mathrubhumi newspaper, has been elected as the new president of the
Indian Newspaper Society.
5. ARUNDHATI ROY’S FIRST MEMOIR ‘MOTHER
MARY COMES TO ME’
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Renowned
Indian Author and 1997 Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy, is
set to publish her first memoir titled “Mother
Mary Comes to Me” in September 2025.
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She
received the Booker Prize for The God of
Small Things in 1997.
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Her
other noted works include ‘The Ministry of Utmost Happiness’; ‘The End of
Imagination’; ‘The Doctor and The Saint’ and ‘The Algebra of Infinite Justice’.
6. PLATINUM JUBILEE OF CENTRAL SILK
BOARD
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Union Minister Giriraj Singh, Ministry of
Textile, unveiled the Commemoratory coin of the
denomination Rs 75 during an event organised to
celebrate the Platinum Jubilee(75th Anniversary) of
the Central Silk Board (CSB) in Mysuru, Karnataka.
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The CSB was
established
following the recommendations of the Silk Panel by the Imperial government on
8th March 1945 to examine the development of the silk industry.
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The
CSB works under the administrative control
of Ministry of Textiles
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Headquarters– Benagluru, Karnataka
7. MAKE IN INDIA CELEBRATES 10 YEARS
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“Make in India”, the flagship
programme of the Government of India (GoI), completed a
decade (10 years) of empowering India to become a global
manufacturing hub.
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Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi
launched the “Make in India” initiative on 25th September,
2014 at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi
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It is being implemented by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal
Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce & Industry (MoC&I).
8.
CLASSICAL LANGUAGE STATUS TO MARATHI,
BENGALI, PALI, PRAKRIT, AND ASSAMESE
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The concept of “Classical Languages” was
established in 2004
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Tamil being the first to receive this
status.
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Revised in 2005, these guidelines have
since been applied to Sanskrit, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, and Odia
9. INDIA JOINED INTERNATIONAL BIG CAT
ALLIANCE
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Formally joined International Big Cat
Alliance (IBCA) by signing and ratification of the
Framework Agreement on the establishment of the IBCA.
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IBCA
is a global initiative founded by India to secure the future of
big cats and their natural habitats.
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With this, 4 countries (India,
Nicaragua, Eswatini and Somalia) have now become member
of IBCA.
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IBCA was
launched by PM Modi during the programme “Commemoration of 50 years of
India’s Project Tiger” on 9th April 2023 at Mysuru University
in Mysuru, Karnataka.
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The framework Agreement aimed to establish IBCA to
collectively address common challenges for the protection and conservation
of 7 big cats – Tiger, Lion, Leopard, Snow Leopard,
Puma, Jaguar and the Cheetah.
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Except,
Puma and Jaguar, 5 of these big cats are found in India.
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IBCA Headquarters– India
10. 4TH GLOBAL RE-INVEST RENEWABLE ENERGY
INVESTORS MEET & EXPO
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Global Renewable Energy
Investor’s Meet and Expo (RE-INVEST) 2024, the 4th edition of the flagship
event by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy(MNRE),
was held at the Mahatma Mandir Convention and Exhibition Centre,
Gandhinagar, Gujarat
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The 3-day summit was inaugurated by Prime
Minister(PM) NarendraModi
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Global RE-INVEST 2024 was organised in
partnership with the Confederation of
Indian Industry (CII).
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REC Limited, formerly Rural Electrification Corporation Limited, has
signed a Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) with renewable
energy (RE) developers to fund projects worth around Rs.1.12
lakh crore.
11. SCO MEETING IN PAKISTAN
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External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar
will lead India’s delegation to Pakistan for the Shanghai Cooperation
Organisation’s (SCO) Heads of Government meeting in Islamabad on October 15-16, 2024.
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This marks the first visit by an Indian
External Affairs Minister to Pakistan since SushmaSwaraj attended a conference in 2015.
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SCO is a permanent intergovernmental
international organization established
in 2001, comprising China, Russia,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, India, and Pakistan
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Headquarter: Beijing, China
