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Daily Current Affairs Capsule – October 31, 2024

October 31 – National Unity Day

  • Every year on 31st October the country commemorates the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhai Patel who is a pivotal figure in India’s struggle for independence and the first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister of the country.
  • Under the chairmanship of Sardar Patel, the “Fundamental Rights and Economic Policy” resolution was passed by the Congress in 1931.
  • He is known as the “Iron Man of India” and as the “Bismarck of India”
  • He is also remembered as the “patron saint of India’s civil servants” for playing a pioneering role in establishing the modern All India Services system.
  • The Statue of Unity, the world’s tallest statue on the Narmada River in the Kevadiya colony, facing the Sardar Sarovar Dam is dedicated to him.

2024 ലെ കേരള പുരസ്കാരങ്ങൾ

  • കേരള ജ്യോതി – എം. കെ. സാനു
  • കേരള പ്രഭ – എസ്. സോമനാഥ് (സയൻസ് & എഞ്ചിനീയറിംഗ്), ഭുവനേശ്വരി (കൃഷി)
  • കേരള ശ്രീ പുരസ്ക‌ാരം
    • കലാമണ്ഡലം വിമലാ മേനോൻ (കല)
    • ഡോ. ടി കെ ജയകുമാർ (ആരോഗ്യം)
    • നാരായണ ഭട്ടതിരി (കലിഗ്രഫി)
    • സഞ്ജു വിശ്വനാഥ് സാംസൺ (കായികം)
    • ഷൈജ ബേബി (സാമൂഹ്യ സേവനം, ആശാ വർക്കർ)
    • വി. കെ. മാത്യൂസ് (വ്യവസായ – വാണിജ്യം)

Today in History: October 31, Indira Gandhi Assassinated

  • On Oct. 31, 1984 Indira Gandhi, India’s Prime Minister for more than 15 years, was assassinated by two of her own security guards.
  • She was killed by her Sikh bodyguards, Satwant Singh and Beant Singh, in the aftermath of Operation Blue Star by the Indian Army between 1 and 8 June 1984 on the orders of Gandhi.

Daily MCQs

  1. സുസ്ഥിര വികസനത്തിനുള്ള ആഗോള അംഗീകാരമായ UN ഷാങ്ഹായ് ഗ്ലോബൽ അവാർഡ് നേടിയ ഇന്ത്യൻ നഗരം?
    • തിരുവനന്തപുരം
    • ഇന്ത്യയിൽ നിന്ന് ഈ പുരസ്കാരം നേടുന്ന ആദ്യത്തെ നഗരമാണ് തിരുവനന്തപുരം.
  2. Where is India’s first private military aircraft plant being established?
    • Vadodara, Gujarat
    • The Tata Aircraft Complex in Gujarat state will produce Airbus C-295 transport military aircraft in collaboration with Airbus Spain.
    • The Indian plant in Vadodara will complete the first “Made in India” C-295 aircraft in 2026.

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