Aug 17, 2024 | One-liner Current Affairs for UPSC, State PSCs & other Govt. Exams

Aug 17, 2024

The Thailand parliament elected its youngest-ever prime minister, Paetongtarn Shinawatra on Aug 16, 2024.

70th National Film Awards 2024: The Best Director honour went to Sooraj Barjatya for his film, Uunchai.

Germany joined the U.S.-led United Nations Command (UNC) in South Korea in August, 2024, becoming the 18th nation in a group that helps police the heavily fortified border with North Korea and has committed to defend the South in the event of a war.

PM Modi will be the chief guest at the inaugural ET World Leaders Forum on August 31, 2024 in New Delhi. The forum, themed "Leadership for Global Prosperity," will bring together 400 global leaders to discuss India’s economic growth.

India will host the third Voice of Global South Summit in the virtual format on August 17, 2024. The theme of the summit will be "An Empowered Global South for a Sustainable Future". The previous editions of the summit saw the participation of over 100 countries from the Global South.

70th National Film Awards 2024: The best feature film award went to the Malayalam movie "Aattam: The Play". Gulmohar: Manoj Bajpayee's film won the award for Best Hindi Film.