📖 Exam Related Current Affairs with Static Gk : 24 November 2024
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1) Justice Surya Kant, the second senior-most judge of the Supreme Court has been appointed as the chairperson of the Supreme Court legal Services Committee (SCLSC) by the CJI (Chief Justice of India) of India.
2) Twenty-four coastal villages in Odisha were recognised by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO as 'Tsunami Ready'.
➨ The recognition was given during the 2nd Global Tsunami Symposium held in Indonesia.
3) Union Home Minister Amit Shah renamed Sarai Kale Khan Chowk as the Birsa Munda Chowk at an event celebrating the tribal leader's 150th birth anniversary in Baansera.
➨ He also unveiled a 20-foot statue of Birsa Munda at Baansera's entrance and acknowledged the effort in restoring the 30-acre site, which now serves as a bird sanctuary.
4) Acclaimed actor and philanthropist Sonu Sood has been named the Brand Ambassador and Advisor for Thailand Tourism.
5) Manoj Bajpayee-starrer The Fable has bagged the best film award at the 38th Leeds International Film Festival in the UK.
➨ The Fable, directed by writer-director Raam Reddy, won the award in the Constellation Feature Film Competition, which honours the best “new, trailblazing cinema from around the world.”
6) Varadarao Kamalakara Rao passed away at the age of 88. He is a world-renowned Mridangam scholar. He received the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi Award years ago.
7) External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar inaugurated Symbiosis International University’s first overseas campus at Dubai Knowledge Park.
➨ UAE’s Minister of Tolerance, Sheikh Nahyan, attended the event, highlighting the strong Indo-UAE ties.
8) Suma Shirur, former Indian rifle shooter, Olympian, and Coach, won the Coach of the Year (Female) Award at the Indian Sports Honour 2024.
➨She is the guiding force behind air rifle prodigies like Avani Lekhara, who recently won her second Paralympics Gold in the Women's 10m event in Paris.
9) The Forest Department started evening coaching classes for school children in 10 tribal hamlets in Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve (STR).
➨These classes have greatly improved the learning skills of tribal children. STR is located in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, Tamil Nadu, at the junction of the Eastern and Western Ghats.
10) The Global Soils Conference 2024 was held in New Delhi from 19 November to 22 November. It serves as a key global platform for soil scientists, government, industry leaders, and farmers.
➨It is organized by the Indian Society of Soil Science, New Delhi, under the International Union of Soil Sciences, Italy.
11) The Indian Army conducted the ‘Sanyukt Vimochan 2024’ exercise in Ahmedabad and Porbandar, Gujarat.
➨ It is an annual multilateral Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) exercise by the Konark Corps of Southern Command.
12) The 55th edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) kick-started with a star-studded opening ceremony at the Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium in Panaji, Goa.
➨Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, and Information and Broadcasting Secretary Sanjay Jaju inaugurated the nine-day festivities in the presence of Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, festival director Shekhar Kapur.
13) Pakistan's Tayyab Ikram has been elected president of the International Hockey Federation (IHF) for an eight-year term.
➨Ikram's presidency has been extended from the previously approved four years to eight, following his unanimous election.
14) Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, Judge of the Supreme Court of India, has been appointed as the new Executive Chairman of National Legal Services Authority (NALSA).
15) The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) and the Andhra Pradesh government have joined hands to drive innovation and strengthen digital skills.
