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Daily Current Affairs 9th September 2024
1: When is International Literacy Day celebrated today?
International Literacy Day is celebrated every year on 8 September. The State Literacy Mission Authority has prepared a book ‘Akshar Pothi’ for illiterates. In this, reading is taught by joining letters.
‘Ullas-Navbharat Literacy Campaign’ is being run till 2027 to make illiterate people above the age of 15 literate.
2: Agni-4 was tested recently. What is its striking capacity?
DRDO successfully tested Agni 4 missile from Chandipur in Odisha. Agni 4
Surface-to-surface medium distance ballistic missile
Capacity – 4000 km
3: Drive-in-Beach has been recently completed in which state of India?
Asia’s longest Drive-in-Beach is ready in Kerala. It is being prepared in Muzhappilangad of Kannur district. Drive-in beach means where you will be able to drive cars at high speed on the beach. Here a sandy road has been built on a concrete base for 4 km. Footpaths, playgrounds, kiosks, hotels are also being built.
Rs 233 crore will be spent on this project. 75% of its work has been completed. Its 2 km part will be opened for tourists in November. The remaining work will be completed in January 2025.
4: Nagaland government has recently announced to give Rs 1.5 Cr to which Para Olympic player?
Hokto Sema, India’s Hokato Sema won the bronze medal in the men’s shot put F57 event at the Paralympics on Saturday. He threw a throw of 14.65 meters in the fourth attempt out of six, which is his best performance. With this, India has got 12 bronze medals in this Paralympics.
5: How many medals did India win in the recent Paralympics?
India finished with a total of 29 medals (7 gold, 9 silver and 13 bronze) in the Paris Paralympics. This is India’s best performance in the history of Paralympics. The country got 10 more medals than last time. India finished in the top-20 countries for the first time. India finished 24th in the Tokyo Paralympics with a total of 19 medals.
These players of India won gold medals in Paris Paralympics 2024:-
1. Avani Lekhara (Shooting)
2. Sumit Antil (Javelin Throw)
3. Navdeep Singh (Javelin Throw)
4. Harvinder Singh (Archery)
5. Nitesh Kumar (Badminton)
6. Praveen Kumar (High Jump)
7. Dharambir (Valve Throw)
6: Thermite bomb has come into discussion recently, what is it?
Ukraine Recently, the Ukrainian army is responding to Russia’s attack with ‘Dragon Drone’. Ukraine’s dragon drones are raining fire on Russian-occupied targets with thermite bombs. It is a white-hot mixture of aluminum powder and iron oxide, called thermite, which burns at very high temperatures. When dropped from the dragon drone, this molten metal looks like fire from welding.
7: Who is captaining the Indian hockey team in Asian Champions Trophy hockey 2024 23?
Harmanpreet Singh, Asian Champions Trophy hockey 2024 is being organized in China
8: Galathea Bay, which was in the news, is located in which ocean?
The Central Government has designated Galathea Bay as “Major Ports” for International Transshipment, as well as approved the conversion of 3 Ports into Mega Ports
Apart from this, the Central Government has approved the conversion of 3 Ports into Mega ports, India’s Wadhawan-Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) cluster, Paradip Port & Deendayal Port will be converted into Mega ports
9: The Center has set a target of 500 Million Tonnes of Domestic Steel (Steel) Production by 2034
According to Government statistics of August 2024, the country’s raw steel production increased by more than 35 Million Tonnes in the last four years, from 109.14 Million Tonnes in 2019-20 to 144.30 Million Tonnes in 2023-24.
10: India’s first fashion forecasting initiative, “VisioNxt” was launched?
The objective is to identify and analyze fashion trends in individual areas, keeping in mind India’s diversity and culture.
11: Where was the first Combined Commanders’ Conference organized recently in Lucknow?
It was chaired by Defense Minister Rajnath Singh
First Combined Commanders’ Conference was organized in Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)
Theme – ‘Strong and secure India: Transformation in armed forces’