Jul 09, 2024 | One-liner Current Affairs for UPSC, State PSCs & other Govt. Exams

Jul 09, 2024

Sopna Kallingal of Kallingal Plantation, Thrissur, received Spice Award 2024, instituted by ICAR-Indian Institute of Spices Research.

India chaired its first meeting as Chair of the Colombo Process at the Permanent Representative Level Meeting in Geneva on 28 June 2024. The Colombo Process is a regional consultative forum comprising 12 member states of Asia. India has become chair of regional grouping Colombo Process for the first time since its inception in 2003.

Masoud Pezeshkian, a reformist lawmaker and cardiac surgeon, has been elected Iran's president, promising pragmatic policies.

Bajaj Auto introduces Freedom, the world's first CNG motorcycle.

The Smart Cities Mission, originally set to conclude on June 30, 2024, will now continue until March 31, 2025. The mission was launched by PM Modi on 25 June 2015. The mission was planned to include 100 cities, with the deadline for completion of the projects set between 2019 and 2023.

India attended the 24th meeting of the Council of Head of States of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) held in Astana, Kazakhstan. Belarus has become the 10th member state of the SCO.