Oct 03, 2024 | One-liner Current Affairs for UPSC, State PSCs & other Govt. Exams

Oct 03, 2024

Virat Kohli completed 27000 international runs and became the fastest cricketer to reach that milestone and broke the record of Sachin Tendulkar who earlier held the record. Virat achieved this feat against Bangladesh in the 2nd test match in Kanpur, in October 2024.

8th India-Kazakhstan joint military exercise KAZIND-2024 started at Surya Foreign Training Node, Auli, Uttarakhand. An annual affair, the exercise will end on 13th October.

Veteran actor Mithun Chakraborty will be honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award at the 70th National Film Awards on October 8, 2024, for his remarkable contributions to Indian cinema.

The Indian Men’s Football U-17 (Under 17) lifted the SAFF (South Asian Football Federation) Men's U-17 Championship after defeating Bangladesh in the final game of the tournament. The final was played at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu, Bhutan.

In October, 2024, during the India vs Bangladesh Test series, Ravindra Jadeja became the first Indian left-arm spinner to take 300 wickets in Test cricket.

BharatGen, launched on September 30, 2024, is India's first government-funded multimodal large language model initiative. It aims to develop generative AI systems in various Indian languages, promoting social equity and cultural preservation.

The project will be implemented by the TIH Foundation, a research institute focused on IoT and IoE at IIT Bombay, in collaboration with academic partners from other leading institutions.