Jul 24, 2024 | One-liner Current Affairs for UPSC, State PSCs & other Govt. Exams

Jul 24, 2024

International Olympic Committee (IOC) announces Olympic Esports Games to be hosted in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Olympic Esports Series is an Olympic Games-style esports event, planned to be held annually, featuring multiple different virtual sports and video games coming together in a single location.

The Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education, GoI, is observing Shiksha Saptah from July 22 to July 28, 2024, to celebrate the fourth anniversary of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.

China has built the world’s first passenger train made from carbon fibre, a material that makes it much lighter and more energy-efficient than conventional trains.

Abhinav Bindra, India's first individual Olympic gold medallist, will receive the prestigious Olympic Order from the IOC at the 142nd IOC Session in Paris on August 10, 2024.

PM Modi inaugurated the 46th World Heritage Committee session in New Delhi, pledging $1 million to UNESCO for global heritage conservation, particularly in the Global South.

The Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) received $215.6 million from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) for financing mitigation and adaptation projects (FMAP). The GCF, the world's largest dedicated climate fund, was established at COP 16 in 2010 and operates under the UNFCCC.