Sep 29, 2024 | One-liner Current Affairs for UPSC, State PSCs & other Govt. Exams

Sep 29, 2024

The 24th International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA) were held on September 28, 2024, in Abu Dhabi. The winners were:

Best Film: "Animal" (Directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga)
Best Actor: Shah Rukh Khan for "Jawan"
Best Actress: Rani Mukerji for "Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway"
Best Director: Vidhu Vinod Chopra for "12th Fail"

Earth will have a temporary "mini-moon" when asteroid 2024 PT5 orbits from September 29 to November 25, 2024. The 33-foot-wide asteroid won't be visible to the naked eye but can be observed with professional telescopes. It will return to Earth's orbit in 2055. It was discovered by NASA's Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) on August 7, 2024.

Nitin Gadkari is set to inaugurate the Oxygen Bird Park (Amrit Mahotsav Park) on the Nagpur-Hyderabad National Highway 44 in Nagpur, Maharashtra.

In September 2024, India and Uzbekistan signed a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) to ensure proper protection for investors from both countries.

Shigeru Ishiba, former defence minister, is set to become Japan’s next prime minister after winning the Liberal Democratic Party's leadership vote.

The Ministry of Tourism announced the winners of the 2nd edition of the Best Tourism Villages Competition 2024 on World Tourism Day (September 27, 2024). Pura Mahadev village in Baghpat district, Uttar Pradesh, won in the Heritage category.

Kuthlur village in Karnataka was awarded the title of Best Tourism Village in the Adventure Tourism category in 2024.