24 exam-relevant headlines, written simply. Read the bold fact in each — that's what exams ask.
Four thematic hubs with 14 technical groups and 152 researchers from 43 institutions were announced under the National Quantum Mission. The indigenous multimodal LLM 'Bharat Gen' was also launched.
The Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, launched on September 27, 2021, completed three years, with over 67 crore ABHA IDs created and 42 crore health records linked.
The World Bank approved a Rs 15,000 crore loan, alongside ADB support, for building Amaravati, the capital city of Andhra Pradesh, part of a total Rs 49,000 crore project.
Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya launched the 'eShram One Stop Solution' portal, integrating services like ONORC, MGNREGA and PM-SYM for over 30 crore registered unorganised workers.
The Union Cabinet approved classical language status for Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Assamese and Bengali, taking the number of classical languages in India to eleven.
DRDO conducted three successful flight tests of the fourth-generation VSHORADS, a very short-range air defence missile, at the Pokhran field firing ranges in Rajasthan, with a strike range of up to 6 km.
The Major Atmospheric Cherenkov Experiment (MACE) Observatory, Asia's largest and the world's highest Cherenkov telescope, was inaugurated at Hanle, Ladakh at about 4,300 m altitude. It was built by BARC with ECIL.
World Space Week was observed from October 4-10, 2024 with the theme 'Space and Climatic Change'.
The 2024 Nobel Prizes were announced in October 2024. Physics went to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton for work on machine learning with artificial neural networks; Chemistry to David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper for protein design and prediction; Medicine to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for microRNA; Literature to Han Kang of South Korea; Peace to Japan's Nihon Hidankyo for a world free of nuclear weapons; and Economics to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson for studies of institutions and prosperity.
Garden Reach Shipbuilders delivered INS Nirdeshak, the second of four Survey Vessel Large ships, to the Indian Navy on October 8, 2024. The 110 m ship has over 80% indigenous content.
The RBI approved Partha Pratim Sengupta, former MD & CEO of Indian Overseas Bank, as MD & CEO of Bandhan Bank for three years.
Ratan Tata, Chairman Emeritus of the Tata Group, died in Mumbai on October 9, 2024 at the age of 86. He led Tata Sons from 1991 to 2012 and received the Padma Vibhushan in 2008. He was given a state funeral with military honours on October 10.
The ISSF World Cup Final 2024 was held from October 13-18 at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range, New Delhi. China topped the medals; India finished with four medals, including silver for Sonam Maskar in the women's 10m air rifle.
NASA launched the Europa Clipper mission on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from Kennedy Space Center on October 14, 2024, its first mission dedicated to studying an ocean world beyond Earth, Jupiter's moon Europa.
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya launched the e-Migrate V2.0 portal and app for overseas Indian workers, with a 24/7 multilingual helpline and DigiLocker integration.
India extended a Rs 487.60 crore rupee-denominated Line of Credit to Mauritius for a water pipeline replacement project, its first fully rupee-based LoC under the IDEAS scheme.
As per MaxVal data, India ranked sixth in the world in 6G patents with 188 filings. China led with 6,001, followed by the USA, South Korea, Japan and the EU.
PM Modi inaugurated the ITU World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA) 2024 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, held from October 15-24, 2024. It was the first WTSA in India and the Asia-Pacific region.
Paramesh Sivamani took over as the 26th Director General of the Indian Coast Guard on October 16, 2024.
ISRO Chairman S. Somanath received the International Astronautical Federation's World Space Award at the 75th International Astronautical Congress held in Milan, Italy from October 14-18, 2024.
New Zealand beat South Africa by 32 runs in the final in Dubai on October 20, 2024 to win their first ICC Women's T20 World Cup. Amelia Kerr was Player of the Tournament and top wicket-taker with 15 wickets.
Prabowo Subianto was sworn in as the 8th President of Indonesia on October 20, 2024, succeeding Joko Widodo, with Gibran Rakabuming Raka as Vice President.
World Osteoporosis Day was observed on October 20, 2024 with the theme 'Say no to fragile bones'.
General Luong Cuong was elected the 14th President of Vietnam on October 21, 2024, succeeding To Lam.
From exactly the headlines above. If you read the month, you should score 8+.
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