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- India has secured the prestigious 9th GovTech Prize for its pioneering endeavours in AI-powered government services, at the World Government Summit 2024, held at Dubai.
- Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) became the first Indian company to achieve a market capitalisation of ₹20 lakh crore.
- The first-ever Digital India Future Skills Summit was held in Guwahati, Assam.
- India's oldest living Test cricketer Dattajirao Gaekwad, who played 11 Tests for India between 1951 and 1962, passed away recently at Baroda, Gujarat.
- India’s first prototype driverless metro train will conduct trial runs in Bengaluru.
- The World Peace Summit was held in Thiruvananthapuram as part of the United Nations Religious Harmony Week.
- Theme of the Summit is ‘Unity, Power of Peace and Redefining Sustainable Development of Humanity’.
- The Haryana Police has become the first police force in India to use drones (DRISHYAA drone) to launch tear gas devices.
- This drone-based tear smoke launcher was developed by the Tear Smoke Unit (TSU) of the Border Security Force (BSF) in 2022
- India's Permanent Representative to UN, Ruchira Kamboj chaired the 62nd Session of the Commission for Social Development.
- Japan has been eclipsed by Germany as the world's third-biggest economy and has slipped into recession.
- A Qatar court has released eight former Indian naval officers previously on death row for unspecified charges.
- The Chess Olympiad torch was handed off by India to the 2024 host Hungary.
- Greece has become the first Orthodox Christian country to legalise same-sex marriage.
- Arsenale Group and Saudi Arabia Railways (SAR) recently announced a partnership to build the first luxury train that will cross the Kingdom at the end of 2025.
- Dubbed as the Dream of the Desert, the train will be made entirely in Italy with a design inspired by Saudi style and tradition.
- Saudi hosted the second World Défense Show in Riyadh.
- India’s participation was represented by Tri-Service women’s.
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