24th SEPTEMBER 2023 CURRENT AFFAIRS TNPSC EXAM PORTAL IN TAMIL & ENGLISH PDF

• 24th SEPTEMBER 2023 CURRENT AFFAIRS TNPSC EXAM PORTAL IN TAMIL & ENGLISH PDF: The Asian Games are being held in Hangzhou, China. On the 2nd day sports competitions were held. India has won 5 medals including 3 silver and 2 bronze.
• India’s pair of Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh finished 2nd and won the silver medal in men’s lightweight double sculls. In this category, China’s Junji Fan and Man Chun won gold, while Uzbekistan’s Shaksod Nurmatov and Sobirzhan Zabaroliyev won bronze.
• Indian team comprising of Neeraj, Nareshk Galvania, Nitish Kumar, Saranjeet Singh, Jaswinder Singh, Bhimsingh, Puneeth Kumar and Ashish finished 2nd and won silver in the 8-man rowing event.
• India’s Babulal Yadav and Lake Ram won bronze in the coxless pair category. With this, India won 3 medals in the rowing competition alone.
• India’s Ramita Jindal finished 3rd and won bronze in the 10m Air Rifle category.
• India’s team of Ramitha, Meghuli Ghosh and Ashi Choksi won the silver medal in the women’s 10m air rifle team event. 19-year-old Indian athlete Ramitha has set a record by winning medals in the 10m air rifle individual and team events. At the end of Day 2, India has 5 medals.

• 24th SEPTEMBER 2023 CURRENT AFFAIRS TNPSC EXAM PORTAL IN TAMIL & ENGLISH PDF: Eight phases of archeological excavations have already been conducted by the central and state governments at Keezadi in Sivagangai district and tens of thousands of antiquities have been found.
• Most of them are kept for public viewing in the underground museum. However, the ninth phase of excavation is going on intensively at Keezadi and nearby places like Kontakhai and Akaram.
• In this too, many items are being found while digging excavation pits. In this case, during the ninth phase of excavation, two high-quality red stones belonging to the carnelian stone type have been found inside the old man’s tomb.
• Currently, found bells are available with engravings with a wavy, wavy line pattern. The length of this bead is 1.4 cm, and its diameter is 2 cm.

• 24th SEPTEMBER 2023 CURRENT AFFAIRS TNPSC EXAM PORTAL IN TAMIL & ENGLISH PDF: Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi today flagged off 9 Vande Bharat trains through a video presentation. These new Vande Bharat trains are an initiative to realize the Prime Minister’s vision to improve connectivity across the country and provide world-class amenities to rail passengers.
• New trains flagged off:
• Udaipur – Jaipur Vande Bharat Express
• Tirunelveli-Madurai-Chennai Vande Bharat Express
• Hyderabad – Bengaluru Vande Bharat Express
• Vijayawada – Chennai (via Renikunda) Vande Bharat Express
• Patna – Howrah Vande Bharat Express
• Kasaragod – Thiruvananthapuram Vande Bharat Express
• Rourkela – Bhubaneswar – Puri Vande Bharat Express
• Ranchi – Howrah Vande Bharat Express
• Jamnagar-Ahmedabad Vande Bharat Express

DAY IN HISTORY TODAY

• 24th SEPTEMBER 2023 CURRENT AFFAIRS TNPSC EXAM PORTAL IN TAMIL & ENGLISH PDF: In 1789, President George Washington signed a Judiciary Act establishing America’s federal court system and creating the post of attorney general.
• In 1869, thousands of businessmen were ruined in a Wall Street panic known as “Black Friday” after financiers Jay Gould and James Fisk attempted to corner the gold market.
• In 1957, the Los Angeles-bound Brooklyn Dodgers played their last game at Ebbets Field, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-0.
• In 1960, the USS Enterprise, the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, was launched at Newport News, Virginia.
• In 1963, the U.S. Senate ratified a treaty with Britain and the Soviet Union limiting nuclear testing.
• 24th SEPTEMBER 2023 CURRENT AFFAIRS TNPSC EXAM PORTAL IN TAMIL & ENGLISH PDF: In 1969, the trial of the Chicago Eight (later seven) began. (Five were later convicted of crossing state lines to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic convention, but the convictions were ultimately overturned.)
• In 1976, former hostage Patricia Hearst was sentenced to seven years in prison for her part in a 1974 bank robbery in San Francisco carried out by the Symbionese Liberation Army. (Hearst was released after 22 months after receiving clemency from President Jimmy Carter.)
• In 1996, the United States and 70 other countries became the first to sign a treaty at the United Nations to end all testing and development of nuclear weapons. (The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty has yet to enter into force because of the refusal so far of eight nations — including the United States — to ratify it.)
• In 2001, President George W. Bush ordered a freeze on the assets of 27 people and organizations with suspected links to terrorism, including Islamic militant Osama bin Laden, and urged other nations to do likewise.
• In 2015, a stampede and crush of Muslim pilgrims occurred at an intersection near a holy site in Saudi Arabia; The Associated Press estimated that more than 2,400 people were killed, while the official Saudi toll stood at 769.

World Bollywood Day

• 24th SEPTEMBER 2023 CURRENT AFFAIRS TNPSC EXAM PORTAL IN TAMIL & ENGLISH PDF: The popularity of Bollywood has grown significantly over the past decades and the Bollywood subculture has taken the world by storm. To celebrate Indian cinema, World Bollywood Day is celebrated every year on September 24 across the world.

2002 – Terrorists attack the Akshardham temple in Gandhinagar, Gujarat

• 24th SEPTEMBER 2023 CURRENT AFFAIRS TNPSC EXAM PORTAL IN TAMIL & ENGLISH PDF: September 24, 2002, is remembered as one of the worst terrorist strikes in India, which resulted in more than 30 people dying and more than 80 people injured, in an attack on the Akshardham temple in Gujarat.

2014 – India became the first country to enter the Mars orbit in its first attempt

• 24th SEPTEMBER 2023 CURRENT AFFAIRS TNPSC EXAM PORTAL IN TAMIL & ENGLISH PDF: In 2014, India achieved a historic milestone by becoming the first country to successfully enter the Mars orbit on its maiden attempt.

IMPORTANT DAYS

September 24 – World Rivers Day 2023

• 24th SEPTEMBER 2023 CURRENT AFFAIRS TNPSC EXAM PORTAL IN TAMIL & ENGLISH PDF: World Rivers Day is celebrated every year on the last Sunday of September. In 2023, World Rivers Day will be observed on September 24. Many Values of Rivers aims to raise awareness of how they are being degraded by human activities and the need to take corrective measures to repair it.
• The theme of World Rivers Day 2023 is “River Rights”, a poignant tribute to the rivers that run across our planet, providing an essential elixir of survival for all forms of existence. Rivers, apart from quenching our thirst, serve as conduits of life for countless species and facilitate vital transport networks.

September 24 – WORLD DEAF DAY 2023

• 24th SEPTEMBER 2023 CURRENT AFFAIRS TNPSC EXAM PORTAL IN TAMIL & ENGLISH PDF: World Day of the Deaf is celebrated every year on the last Sunday of September. This year, it falls on September 24. It is a global holiday that raises awareness of the issues and challenges faced by the deaf and hard of hearing community.
• Another goal of World Day of the Deaf 2023 is to highlight the unique experiences of deaf people from different cultures around the world. The theme of World Day of the Deaf 2023 is “Ear and hearing care for all”. The aim of this theme is to ensure that everyone has access to the help and care they need to maintain healthy hearing.