Current Affairs Highlights – 28 September 2024

  • Every year on 27 September, ‘World Tourism Day’ is celebrated all over the world.
  • The second and final cricket match of the Test series between India and Bangladesh will be played on 27 September at the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur.
  • The Directorate General of Quality Assurance is celebrating its 68th Foundation Day on 27 September. It is being organised under the aegis of the Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence.
  • The ‘Central Government’ has banned websites that expose citizens’ Aadhaar and PAN details on the Internet.
  • The Central Government has announced an increase in the minimum wage rate by amending the ‘Variable Dearness Allowance’. Let us tell you that the new wage rates will be applicable from October 1st.
  • The US, France and some of their allies have called for an immediate 21-day ceasefire on the ‘Israel-Lebanon border’ after fighting between Israel and Hezbollah escalated.
  • The Home Ministry has extended the ‘AFSPA’ Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act for six months from October 1 in some districts of Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland.
  • Recently the ‘Telangana Government’ has planned to start internship courses for engineering graduates.
  • Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has made it mandatory to whitelist URLs, APKs or OTT links for SMS traffic.
  • Every year on 26 September, ‘World Environmental Health Day’ is celebrated all over the world.
  • Fighter pilot ‘Air Marshal Sujeet Pushpakar Dharkar’ (Air Marshal SP Dharkar) will become the new Vice Chief of the Indian Air Force.
  • India’s ‘Kamal Chawla’ has won the IBSF World Men’s Six Red Snooker Championship.
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate three indigenously developed ‘Param Rudra Supercomputers’ to the nation in Pune on September 26.
  • The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has launched a dedicated foreign portfolio investor outreach cell.
  • President Draupadi Murmu will inaugurate the ‘Indian Arts Festival 2024’ at Rashtrapati Nilayam in Bolarum, Hyderabad on September 28.

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