32 exam-relevant headlines, written simply. Read the bold fact in each — that's what exams ask.
PM Narendra Modi visited Nigeria, Brazil and Guyana from November 16-21, 2024. He attended the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro. It was the first visit by an Indian PM to Nigeria in 17 years and to Guyana in 56 years.
The Assam cabinet approved renaming Karimganj district as 'Sribhumi', a name meaning the land of Maa Lakshmi, used by Rabindranath Tagore.
Steel Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy launched India's Green Steel Taxonomy on December 12, 2024, making India the first country to define green steel. The emissions limit was set at 2.2 tonnes of CO2 per tonne of finished steel.
President Droupadi Murmu gave assent to the Bharatiya Vayuyan Vidheyak, 2024, which replaces the nine-decade-old Aircraft Act of 1934 to govern civil aviation in India.
The Ministry of Defence signed a Rs 13,500 crore contract with HAL for 12 indigenous Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter jets for the Indian Air Force, part of the 'Super Sukhoi' upgrade programme.
India beat China in a penalty shootout in Muscat, Oman to win the Women's Hockey Junior Asia Cup for the second straight time. Deepika Sehrawat was the top scorer with 12 goals.
Jay Shah, former BCCI Secretary, took over as the independent Chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC) from December 1, 2024. Shammi Silva of Sri Lanka succeeded him as President of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC).
Dr Jaiteerth Raghavendra Joshi took over as CEO and Managing Director of BrahMos Aerospace from December 1, 2024, succeeding Atul Dinkar Rane. BrahMos is a joint venture of DRDO with Russia's NPO Mashinostroyeniya.
The Finance Ministry withdrew the windfall tax (Special Additional Excise Duty) on crude oil, petrol, diesel and ATF, and also removed the Road and Infrastructure Cess. The windfall tax had been imposed in July 2022.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared emergency martial law on December 3, 2024, but the National Assembly voted unanimously to lift it and he rescinded it within hours.
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier lost a no-confidence vote on December 4, 2024, with 331 of 577 deputies voting against his government, the first such fall since 1962.
At its fifth bi-monthly policy of FY25, the RBI cut the cash reserve ratio to 4% and lowered its FY25 GDP growth forecast to 6.6%, while raising the inflation projection to 4.8%.
SWAPO's Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah was certified winner of Namibia's presidential election, becoming the country's first female President.
ISRO's PSLV-XL launched the European Space Agency's Proba-3 satellites, a solar observatory mission that will study the Sun's corona, on December 5, 2024.
Former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet was chosen for the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development 2024, which carries Rs 25 lakh. The jury was chaired by former NSA Shivshankar Menon.
Health Minister JP Nadda launched a 100-day TB elimination campaign on December 7, 2024 from Panchkula, Haryana, covering 347 districts and introducing the BPaLM treatment regimen.
Human Rights Day was observed on December 10, 2024 with the theme 'Our Rights, Our Future, Right Now', marking the 76th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
S.M. Krishna, former Chief Minister of Karnataka (1999-2004) and former Maharashtra Governor, died at the age of 92. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 2023.
Sanjay Malhotra was sworn in as Governor of the Reserve Bank of India on December 11, 2024, succeeding Shaktikanta Das.
Eighteen-year-old Grandmaster D Gukesh of Chennai became the youngest ever World Chess Champion, winning the world title match in December 2024.
The 53rd Vijay Diwas was observed on December 16, 2024, marking Pakistan's surrender in Dhaka in 1971 and India's victory in the Liberation War of Bangladesh.
A Constitution amendment bill for simultaneous state and national elections was moved in the Lok Sabha on December 17, 2024, but failed to get the required two-thirds majority for introduction, with the government deciding to send it for further examination.
ISRO carried out a sea-level hot test of the CE20 cryogenic engine with a nozzle area ratio of 100 at the ISRO Propulsion Complex, Mahendragiri, Tamil Nadu. The engine powers the LVM3 upper stage and is certified for 20 tonnes of thrust for Gaganyaan.
ISRO began the HLVM3-G1 launch campaign at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota for Gaganyaan's first uncrewed mission. The HLVM3 rocket is about 53 m tall, weighs 640 tonnes and can lift 10 tonnes to low Earth orbit.
Shenzhou-19 astronauts Cai Xuzhe and Song Lingdong carried out a nine-hour spacewalk outside the Tiangong space station, beating the previous NASA record of 8 hours 56 minutes.
The first UN World Meditation Day was observed on December 21, 2024. The UNGA resolution was co-sponsored by India, Sri Lanka, Liechtenstein, Andorra, Mexico and Nepal.
The 18th India State of Forest Report was released at FRI Dehradun on December 21, 2024. Forest and tree cover stood at 8,27,357 sq km, 25.17% of India's area, with Madhya Pradesh having the largest forest cover.
The 55th GST Council meeting, chaired by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, was held in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. GST on fortified rice kernels was cut to 5% and gene therapy was fully exempted.
The President appointed governors for five states: Rajendra Arlekar for Kerala, Hari Babu Kambhampati for Odisha, Arif Mohammed Khan for Bihar, General V.K. Singh (retd) for Mizoram and Ajay Kumar Bhalla for Manipur.
Osamu Suzuki, former Chairman and CEO of Suzuki Motor Corporation who led the company for over 40 years, died at 94. He drove the 1982 joint venture that created Maruti Udyog in India and received the Padma Bhushan in 2007.
Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States (1977-81) known for the Camp David Accords, died at the age of 100. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 and was the longest-living US president.
Justice V. Ramasubramanian was appointed the ninth Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission for a three-year term, succeeding Justice Arun Kumar Mishra.
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