Current Affairs 15 October 2024
- Every year on October 14, ‘World Standards Day’ is celebrated all over the world.
- The ‘ Annual India Leadership Summit’,hosted by the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum, will be held in New Delhi on October 14.
- The fourth edition of the Hockey India Senior Women’s Inter-Departmental National Championship will begin from October 14 at the Major Dhyan Chand Stadium in Delhi .
- India’s ‘ Tanya Hemanth’ has won the women’s singles title in the Bendigo International Challenge badminton tournament.
- India’s top women pair ‘ Ayhika Mukherjee’ and ‘ Sutirtha Mukherjee’ have won the bronze medal in the Asian Table Tennis Championship 2024.
- ‘L. Satya Srinivas’ has been appointed as the CEO of Government e Marketplace (GeM).
- India’s parliamentary delegation reached Geneva on 13 October to participate in the 149th meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
- The Ministry of Home Affairs has urged to hoist the United Nations flag along with the national flag on all important buildings on the occasion of ‘United Nations Day’ on October 24 (United Nations Day 2024) .
- The Central Government has approved the public sector enterprise ‘ Hindustan Aeronautics Limited’ (HAL) as the 14th Maharatna.
- ‘International Dussehra Festival’ has started in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh with traditional rituals from October 13.
- The swearing-in ceremony of the new government in Haryana will be held on October 17.
- Famous former radio presenter and musician of Akashvani Darbhanga ‘ Indranand Singh Jha’ has passed away at the age of 77.
- Australia defeated India by 9 runs in the Group A match of the Women’s T20 Cricket World Cup and confirmed its place in the semi-finals.
- India defeated Bangladesh by 133 runs in the third T-20 match and won the series 3-0.
- The Board of Control for Cricket in India(BCCI) has announced the Indian team for the three-Test series between India and New Zealand starting from October 16.