1.The country will be the first country to welcome New Year in 2025: Kiribati Island Nation
- Related fact
- Kiribathi Island is 8.5 hours ahead of India
- A peninsular nation in the Pacific Ocean
2.India’s first glass bridge was established in Kanyakumari.
- Connecting Vivekananda Memorial and Thiruvalluvar Statue.
- Described as a scientific wonder.
3.New director general of Central Reserve Police force(CRPF) : Vitul kumar
He has assumed charge after the retirement of the incumbent Anish Dayal Singh.
4. China Recently has presented the Prototype of the worlds fastest train with reach the speed of 450km/h.
5. Amritsar launched “Climate Mission” aiming to become the worlds first -literate city.
6. Andrapradesh chief Minister N.chandrababu Naidu is India’s richest chief minister according the report of Association for Democratic reform(ADR).
Top three Richest CMs
- Chandrababu Naidu(Andrapradesh)-931cr.
- Pema Khandu(Arunachal pradesh)332cr
- Siddaramaiah(Karnataka) 51cr
- poorest CM: West Bengal:15 lakh
7. With the help of PSLV60 ,ISRO launched the space docking Experiment(SpaDeX) mission.
8 33rd Santhosh Trophy
- Won by West Bengal ,defeated by kerala
- 78th edition of santhosh Trophy
- Venue: Balayogi Stadium ,located in Hyderabad, Telangana
9. IIT Bombay developed a Shockwave based needle free syringe for painless drug delivery ,reducing skin and infection risk.
10. Hemanth Mudappa Created History by winning the 15th national title motorcycle drag racing.
11. Global rank in term of Foreign Exchange reserve
India-4th
- Top 3 Ranks
- china-1st
- jappan -2nd
- switzerland -3rd
12. Puduchery had the highest percentage(53.03%) of electors in the loksabha Election 2024 followed by Kerala(51.56%).
13. Kerala won senior National Mens Handball championship in December 2024.defeted chandigarh.held in changanassery.
14.United state Reported the norovirus outbreak in december 2024.
15. Maharashtra Launched its first made in india surgical robot,it has been installed at noble hospital and Research Centre in Pune.
16. India will host the world audio Visual Entertainment Summit (WAVES)2025 ,at bharath mandapam ,new delhi.
17. A major plane crash occurred in muan city of South Korea on 29 December,179 people died ,2 people survived. happened due to jeju airs plane slipping on runway.due to which it crashed.
18. The winner of the Hari Varasanam Award 2025: Kaithapram Damodaran Nambuthiri
- The Chief Cultural Award instituted by the Government of Kerala
- It is given to the musical and cultural activities of Meghalaya related to the Sabarimala temple
- The award consists of Rs. 1 lakh and a citation
- Previous winners of the award:
- 2024: P.K. Veeramani
- 2023: Sree Kumaran Thampi
19.42nd Governor of Bihar: Arif Mohammed Khan has been sworn in as the 42nd Governor of Bihar.
20. city has the highest number of traffics in Asia: Bengaluru
21. 23rd Governor of Kerala: Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar
22. the winners of the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award in 2024
Manu Bhaker, D Gukesh, Harmanpreet Singh, Praveen Kumar
Manu Bhaker: Manu Bhaker is an Indian shooter. She won a bronze medal in the 10m Air Pistol event at the 2024 Paris Olympics, becoming the first Indian woman to win a medal in the individual event of shooting. Finally, they also won bronze in the 10m air pistol mixed team event.
Harmanpreet Singh:Harmanpreet Singh is the captain of the Indian hockey team. He led India to a bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Harmanpreet was also a part of the bronze medal winning team at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Praveen Kumar:Praveen Kumar is a para athlete. He is a high achiever in the 2024 Paris Paralympics.
23.The winner of the DronaCharya Award 2024: Muralidharan(Chairman, Technical Officials Committee Vice President, Badminton Association of India.
- 24. Arjuna Award winner from Malayalam in 2024:Sajan Prakash
-Total 32 athletes have received Arjuna Awards - Received the Kerala Sports Council’s Best Sportsmanship Award
- Represented India in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics
- Received the G.V. Raja Award from the Government of Kerala
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