| The Indian author who has been awarded the 12th Vishwa Hindi Samman in an Hindi Samvad event organised by Embassy of India in Nepal recognising her contribution in development of Hindi literature | Dr. Usha Thakur |
| Booker Prize winning Indian author and political activist who has been awarded the 2024 PEN Pinter Prize | Ms. Arundhati Roy |
| The South American nation which has joined the International Solar Alliance as its 100th full member | Paraguay |
| The new Chief of Army Staff (30th) who has taken over from General Manoj Pande, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC, who superannuated on 30 Jun 2024 | General Upendra Dwivedi, PVSM, AVSM |
| The Australian bowler who has become the first player to register a hat-trick in consecutive ICC Men's T20 World Cup matches (against Bangladesh and Afghanistan respectively) | Pat Cummins |
| The Indian batsman who has become the first in the world to hit 200 sixes in T20Is (in a match against Australia in T20 World Cup 2024) | Rohit Sharma |
| The public sector undertaking which has been accorded Miniratna Category-I status at its Golden Jubilee celebrations on June 26 | Central Electronics Limited (CEL) |
| The country for whose nationals India has announced to launch an e-medical visa facility | Bangladesh |
| The central Asian country with predominant Muslim population which has passed a law to ban hijab terming it as alien to its culture | Tajikistan |
| The indigenously developed "suicide drones," manufactured by Economic Explosives Limited (EEL), a subsidiary of Solar Industries which have been handed over to the Indian Army are named | Nagastra-1 |
| The MSP (Minimum Support Price) for common variety of paddy for marketing season of 2024-25 has been raised by the Union Cabinet from Rs. 2183/- to | Rs. 2300/- |
| The railway station in West Bengal near which a train accident involving Kanchenjunga Express resulted in the death of several passengers | Rangapani, Darjeeling |
| The leader of the African National Congress who has been re-elected the President of South Africa for the second term | Mr. Cyril Ramaphosa |
| The Indian classical musician and sarod maestro recipient of Padma Shri (2019) who passed away on 11 June 2024 | Pandit Rajeev Taranath |
| The venue of G7 Summit 2024 held from June 13 to June 15, 2024 | Fasano in Apulia (Italy) |
| The place in Kuwait at which a fire accident resulted in deaths of over 50 Indians and injuries to many other Indians | Mangaf |
| The eighth edition of bilateral Japan - Indian maritime exercise held at Yokosuka, Japan is named | JIMEX 2024 |
| The two bird sanctuaries on human-made wetlands in Bihar which have been designated as the 81st and 82nd Ramsar sites in India | Nagi and Nakti Bird Sanctuaries |
| The Indian businessman, media proprietor and film producer (owner of the world's largest film production facility Ramoji Film City, Eenadu newspaper, ETV Network of TV channels) who passed away on 08 June 2024 | Shri Ramoji Rao |
| The premier Telecom R&D centre of the Government of India which has been awarded UN’s WSIS 2024 “Champion” Award for the project “Mobile-Enabled Disaster Resilience through Cell Broadcast emergency Alerting” | Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) |
| The Spanish professional football club which has won the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League defeating Borussia Dortmund in the finals | Real Madrid |
| The multinational military exercise being conducted by the USA at Eielson AF base in Alaska from 30 May (with participation of India) is named | Exercise Red Flag |
Main Venue: Mumbai (screenings also held at Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Pune)
Dates held: June 15 to 21, 2024
MIFF, the oldest and largest film festival dedicated to documentary, short fiction, and animation films in South Asia. It was established in 1990 and is organized biennially, by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, and executed by its nodal agency, National Film Development Corporation (NFDC).
Opening Film: Billy & Molly, an Otter Love Story directed by Charlie Hamilton James
Closing Film: Golden Thread
V. Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award: Shri Subbiah Nallamuthu.
6 films showcased under the Special Theme "India in Amrit Kaal" - 1. Ajay Dhawaja, 2. Onake Obavva, 3. Everywhere, 4. India - Hopes' 24, 5. Moringa - Nature's Panacea and 6. Bigari Kaamgar
Indian film The Golden Thread, directed by Nistha Jain bagged the Golden Conch award for the Best Documentary at MIFF 2024.
Estonian film Sour Milk wins Silver Conch for Best International Short Fiction
Polish Film Zima wins Silver Conch for Best International Animation
6-A Akash Ganga gets Silver Conch for Best Indian Documentary Film
The following have been appointed as the new Chief Ministers of their respective states after the recent Assembly elections.
Shri N. Chandrababu Naidu: Andhra Pradesh
Shri Pema Khandu: Arunachal Pradesh
Shri Mohan Charan Manjhi: Odisha
Shri Prem Singh Tamang: Sikkim
| Title | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| Men's Singles | Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) | Alexander Zverev (Germany) |
| Women's Singles | Iga Swiatek (Poland) | Jasmine Paolini (Italy) |
| Men's Doubles | Marcelo Arevalo (El Salvador) and Mate Pavic (Croatia) | Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori (Italy) |
| Women's Doubles | Coco Gauff (USA) and Katerina Siniakova (Czechia) | Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini (Italy) |
| Mixed Doubles | Laura Siegemund (Germany) and Edouard Roger-Vasselin (France) | Desirae Krawczyk (USA) and Neal Skupski (UK) |
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First observed: 2012
Theme: The promise of playful parenting
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Host Country: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Theme: Land restoration, desertification and drought resilience
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Theme: Food Safety: Prepare for the unexpected
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Theme: Catalyzing Action for Our Ocean & Climate
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Theme: Let’s act on our commitments: End Child Labour!
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Slogan: 20 years of celebrating giving: thank you blood donors!
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Theme: Spotlight on Older Persons in Emergencies
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Theme: Yoga for Self and Society
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Theme: Invest in Prevention
Held from 01 to 29 June 2024
Hosts: West Indies and United States
Participants: 20 (Canada, India, Ireland, Pakistan, USA, Australia, England, Namibia, Oman, Scotland, Afghanistan, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Uganda, West Indies, Bangladesh, Nepal, Netherlands, South Africa and Sri Lanka)
First match played between: Canada and USA at Grand Prairie Stadium, Texas
Final match played between: India and South Africa at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados
Winners: India (India won by 7 runs)
Runners-up: South Africa
Player of the series: Jasprit Bumrah (India)
Most runs: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (281) (Afghanistan)
Most wickets: Fazalhaq Farooqi (17) (Afghanistan) and Arshdeep Singh (17) (India)
The following have been appointed as the new Cabinet Ministers after the recent Lok Sabha elections.
Minister of Home and Minister of Cooperation: Shri Amit Shah
Minister of Defence: Shri Rajnath Singh
Minister of Road Transport and Highways: Shri Nitin Gadkari
Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilisers: Shri JP Nadda
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare and Minister of Rural Development: Shri Shivraj Singh Chauhan
Minister of Finance and Minister of Corporate Affairs: Smt Nirmala Sitharaman
Minister of External Affairs: Shri Subramanya Jaishankar
Minister of Railways, Minister of Information and Broadcasting and Minister of Electronic and Information Technology: Shri Ashwinin Vaishnaw
Minister of Education: Shri Dharmendra Pradhan
Minister of Commerce and Industry: Shri Piyush Goyal
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Speaker: Shri Om Birla
Protem Speaker: Shri Bhartruhari Mahtab