| The country which has suspended the Most Favoured Nation clause in its Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) with India with effect from 01 January 2025 | Switzerland |
| The Indian chess Grandmaster who has become the youngest World Chess Champion (at the age of 18 years) in the history of the game by defeating Chinese player Ding Liren in the last game in Singapore (former youngest World Chess Champion was held by Garry Kasporov) | Gukesh Dommaraju |
| The word meaning division into two sharply distinct opposites, which has been chosen to be the Word of the Year 2024 by Merriam-Webster Dictionary | Polarization |
| The former Chief Minister of Karnataka (1999-2004), Governor of Maharashtra (2004-2008) and Union External Affairs Minister (2009-2012) who passed away on 10 December 2024 | Shri SM Krishna |
| The latest multi-role stealth-guided missile frigate (formerly named Admiral Butakov) commissioned into the Indian Navy at the Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad, Russia on December 09, 2024 is named | INS Tushil (F 70) |
| India's first indigenously developed antibiotic with the support of Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), brought to market under the trade name Miqnaf by pharma company Wolkardt is named | Nafithromycin |
| The two-time former Chief Minister who has been chosen to be the new Chief Minister of Maharashtra | Shri Devendra Fadnavis |
| The forest reserve in Madhya Pradesh which has been named as India's 57th Tiger Reserve by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change | Ratapani Tiger Reserve |
| The word meaning the supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state which has been chosen as the 2024 Word of the Year | Brain rot |
| The former Indian squash player, winner of six straight National Squash Championships from 1977 to 1982 who passed away on 01 December 2024 | Shri Raj Manchanda |
| The 4th edition of India-Malaysia Joint Military Exercise conducted at Bentong camp, Pahang district, Malaysia from 2nd to 15th December 2024 is named | Exercise HARIMAU SHAKTI |
| The 1st edition of Joint Table Top Exercise between the Indian Army and the Cambodian Army conducted at Foreign Training Node, Pune from 1st to 8th December 2024 is named | Exercise CINBAX |
Full name: Zakir Hussain Allarakha Qureshi
Born: 09 March 1951; Death: 15 December 2024
Specialization: Tabla player, composer, percussionist and music producer
Awards:
Held from: 26 November to 04 December 2024
Venue: Muscat (Oman)
Winners: India (5th title)
Runners-up: Pakistan
Top scorer: Sufyan Khan (12 goals) (Pakistan)
Best player: Araijeet Singh Hundal (India)
Best young player: Yamato Kawahara (Japan)
Best goalkeeper: Rafaizul Saini (Malaysia)
Designated by: World Health Organisation
Theme: Take the rights path: My health, my right!
First Observed in: 1988
Designated by : United Nations General Assembly
Theme: Amplifying the leadership of persons with disabilities for an inclusive and sustainable future
First Observed in: 1992
Designated by : United Nations General Assembly
First Observed in: 1986
First launched by : International Union of Soil Sciences (2002)
Endorsed by : Food and Agricultural Organisation (Jun 2013)
Accepted by : United Nations General Assembly (Dec 2013)
Theme: Caring for soils: measure, monitor, manage
Established by : International Civil Aviation Organisation (1994)
Adopted by : United Nations General Assembly (1996)
Theme: Safe Skies. Sustainable Future: Together for the next 80 years
Designated by : United Nations General Assembly
First Observed in: 2003
Theme: Uniting with Youth Against Corruption: Shaping Tomorrow's Integrity
Designated by : United Nations General Assembly
Theme: Our Rights, Our Future, Right Now
First Observed in: 1948
Designated by : United Nations General Assembly
First Observed in: 2003
Designated by : United Nations General Assembly
Theme: Health: It's on Government
First Observed in: 2017