Aug 04, 2024 | One-liner Current Affairs for UPSC, State PSCs & other Govt. Exams

Aug 04, 2024

Turkey blocked access to Instagram for its 85 million people, the country's Information and Communication Technologies Authority announced on August 2, 2024.

“Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla and Group Captain Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair are chosen for the upcoming Indo-US Axiom-4 mission to the ISS. Axiom Mission 4 is a private spaceflight to the International Space Station. The flight will be launched in October 2024 and will last 14 days. It will be operated by Axiom Space and use a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft.

The 14th India-Vietnam Defence Policy Dialogue took place in New Delhi, focusing on strengthening bilateral defence cooperation. Key discussions included new cooperation areas such as cyber security and military medicine, culminating in the signing of a Letter of Intent to enhance training exchanges.

Lieutenant Colonel Kabilan Sai Ashok, a serving Indian Army Officer, has become the youngest Olympic referee in boxing from India at the Paris Olympics 2024.

According to the Travel and Tourism Development Index (TTDI) 2024 report published by the World Economic Forum (WEF), India is ranked 39th among 119 countries.

India's first sunken museum at the heritage Humayun's Tomb site in Delhi is all set for its inauguration on July 29, 2024.