This series highlights some of the most extraordinary achievements making headlines in India and around the world. From the discovery of the largest deep-sea coral reef to the unveiling of massive gold reserves and the grandeur of major trade shows, these milestones showcase remarkable progress.
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Largest in News 2024 January to December Latest Current Affairs
November 2024
- According to the recently published United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) ‘Emissions Gap Report 2024’, China is the largest emitter of greenhouse gases globally.
- India possesses an estimated ten million manuscripts, potentially the largest collection in the world.
- The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has approved three pilot projects under the National Green Hydrogen Mission (NGHM) for utilizing green hydrogen in steel production. The largest project, a 3200 tons per day (TPD) plant, is being run by the Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) in Ranchi, Jharkhand.
- NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has detected Carbon Dioxide (CO2) and Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2) on the surface of Charon, the largest moon of Pluto.
- The Guru Ghasidas-Tamor Pingla Tiger Reserve in Chhattisgarh has been notified as India’s 56th Tiger Reserve. It is the third largest tiger reserve in the country after Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve in Andhra Pradesh and Manas Tiger Reserve in Assam.
- According to the ‘State of the World’s Children 2024 (SOWC 2024)’ report, India is expected to have the largest child population by 2050, with about 350 million children, constituting 15% of the global total.
- The National Cadet Corps (NCC), the world’s largest uniformed youth organization, celebrated its 76th Raising Day on 24th November 2024.
October 2024
- India to participate in the world’s largest naval defense trade show in France.
- The largest sailing regatta by the Indian Navy to take place at the Indian Naval Academy (INA), Ezhimala.
- Navi becomes India’s fifth-largest ecosystem player on UPI, handling 120.41 million transactions worth ₹6,549.1 crore in September 2024.
- Kaziranga National Park is recognized as India’s second-largest butterfly diversity hub with 446 species.
- India leads with the largest number of people living in poverty (234 million), accounting for nearly half of the global poor along with Pakistan, Ethiopia, Nigeria, and DR Congo.
- Portugal’s Azores Islands to establish the largest protected marine area in the North Atlantic, setting international conservation goals ahead of time.
- Reliance Infrastructure to set up India’s largest integrated manufacturing project for explosives, ammunition, and small arms in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, with an investment of ₹10,000 crore.
- The USA continues to be the largest source of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in India as per the RBI Census 2023-24.
September 2024
- Vice Admiral Rajesh Dhankhar has assumed duties as the Director General of Project Seabird, India’s largest defense infrastructure project at Karwar Naval Base, Karnataka.
- Nokia is set to sign a deal to establish the world’s largest fixed network testbed in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
- Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited has become the world’s largest data company, handling 8% of global data traffic.
- Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has partnered with ExxonMobil to develop the world’s largest low-carbon hydrogen facility in Baytown, Texas.
- Cochin Shipyard Limited has laid the keel of India’s largest dredger, named DCI Dredge Godavari.
- Tata Steel Limited has successfully commissioned India’s largest blast furnace at its Kalinganagar facility in Odisha.
August 2024
- Madhya Pradesh has commissioned the largest floating solar project in central and north India, generating 90 MW at Omkareshwar.
- China has made a significant step in advancing its low-altitude economy by testing its largest unmanned cargo aircraft.
- In 2023, the United States (US) overtook the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to become India’s second-largest supplier of liquefied natural gas (LNG).
- The US became the world’s largest LNG producer in 2023, exporting 84.53 MT, compared to 75.63 MT in 2022.
- The second-largest diamond in the world, approximately 2,492-carat, was recently discovered in a mine located in Botswana.
- Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML Limited) has signed an MoU with SMH Rail Sdn. Bhd., Malaysia’s largest rolling stock producer, to enhance capabilities in marketing, manufacturing, and Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) services.
July 2024
- Air India is establishing South Asia’s largest flight training school in Amravati, Maharashtra.
- Black Thunder Mine in Wyoming, USA, is the largest coal mine in the world by production volume.
- Gevra and Kusmunda coal mines in Chhattisgarh have secured 2nd and 4th spots in the list of the world’s 10 largest coal mines, according to WorldAtlas.com.
June 2024
- A fern ‘Tmesipteris oblanceolata’ has been crowned as the Guinness World Record holder for having the largest genome of any organism on Earth, found only in New Caledonia.
- The Netherlands has emerged as India’s third-largest export destination in FY24.
- The world’s largest optical astronomy digital camera is ready to be installed in Chile.
- According to the recently released report titled “Global Nitrous Oxide Budget 2024”, China is the world’s largest emitter of Nitrous Oxide.
- South India’s first and the country’s largest leopard safari was recently inaugurated at Bannerghatta Biological Park (BBP).
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May 2024
- The world’s largest airport terminal is being built in Dubai.
- Megha Engineering and Infrastructure (MEIL) has bagged the 2,000-megawatt Sharavathi pumped storage power project in Karnataka, India’s largest pump storage power generation unit.
- Swiss startup Climeworks AG has opened the world’s largest operational Direct Air Capture and Storage (DAC + S) plant named “Mammoth” in Iceland.
- According to the Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI), China has emerged as the largest trading partner of India with $118.4 billion two-way commerce in 2023-24.
- According to the recently released report “India’s consumption story- the big divide”, India is set to become the world’s third-largest consumer market by 2026.
- The study titled ‘Land Squeeze: What is Driving Land Inequality’ by the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food) reveals that the top 1% of the world’s largest farms now control 70% of the world’s farmland.
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April 2024
🔘 Paradip Port has emerged as the largest Indian major port in cargo throughput in FY24.
🔘 Germany has become the largest European Union nation to legalise cannabis for recreational use.
🔘 The world’s largest 4,000-hectare ‘tent city’ is underway in Uttar Pradesh.
🔘 Fossil vertebrae of one of the largest snakes, named Vasuki indicus, have been unearthed in the Panandhro area of Kutch, Gujarat.
🔘 The Ross Ice Shelf is experiencing sudden movements of 6 to 8 centimeters once or twice a day; it is the largest ice shelf in Antarctica.
🔘 Hindustan Zinc has become the third-largest producer of silver globally.
🔘 Intel Corporation has built the world’s largest neuromorphic system, code-named ‘Hala Point’, to enable more sustainable Artificial Intelligence.
🔘 Reliance Jio has become the world’s largest mobile operator by data traffic consumption.
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March 2024
🔘 According to the recently released Status of Leopards in India 2022 report, Madhya Pradesh has the largest population of leopards.
🔘 Sahitya Akademi has announced to organize “Sahityotsav 2024”, the world’s largest literary festival, in New Delhi.
🔘 India has become the second-largest manufacturer of mobile phones in the world.
🔘 According to a recent report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), India was the world’s largest arms importer during the period 2019-23.
🔘 GoodEnough Energy has announced to build India’s first and largest Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) gigafactory in Jammu and Kashmir.
🔘 Adani Group has commenced operation of the first phase of the world’s largest single-location copper manufacturing plant at Mundra.
February 2024
🔘 The world’s largest-selling automaker in 2023 is Toyota Motor.
🔘 Kutch Copper Limited has announced the construction of the world’s largest single-location copper manufacturing plant at Mundra in Gujarat, with an investment of $1.2 billion.
🔘 In the recent Interim Budget 2024-25, Bhutan has received the largest share of development assistance from India.
- 🔘 India’s first and largest copper-clad “Bapu Tower” has been completed in Patna.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has raised 12.5 billion Indian rupees (about $150 million) through its largest local currency green bond issue to date, listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.
🔘 Germany has recently become the world’s third-largest economy.
🔘 NTPC Green Energy Limited (NGEL) and Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC) have signed an agreement to develop India’s largest green hydrogen production facility at the Pudimadaka Green Hydrogen Hub with a total capacity of 1,200 tons per day.
🔘 The Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Limited (GCMMF), set up in 1973, is India’s largest food product marketing organization with an annual turnover of US$ 7.2 billion (2022-23).
🔘 The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati has launched India’s largest Remote Pilot Training Organization (RPTO).
🔘 PM Narendra Modi has inaugurated the pilot project of the ‘World’s Largest Grain Storage Plan in Cooperative Sector’, implemented by the National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) in 11 Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) of 11 states.
🔘 The Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited (SECI) has commissioned India’s largest Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh.
🔘 Adani Defence and Aerospace has unveiled South Asia’s largest Missiles and Ammunition complex in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
🔘 The world’s third-largest and Africa’s largest mosque, “Djamaa El-Djazair”, has been inaugurated in Algeria.
January 2024
- 🔘 Recently, PM Narendra Modi inaugurated India’s largest Global Trade show in Gandhinagar.
Recently, it was informed that Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park has the world’s largest number of snow leopards in captivity (14 in total with 7 males and 7 females). It is in West Bengal.
🔘 According to the recently released discussion paper on ‘Multidimensional Poverty in India since 2005-06’ by NITI Aayog, Uttar Pradesh has registered the largest decline in the number of poor.
🔘 The USA has secured the first rank in the recently released list of top 20 countries with the largest gold reserves [Q3 2023] by the World Gold Council.
🔘 Recently, PM Narendra Modi has inaugurated Asia’s largest International Ship Repair Facility at Cochin Shipyard Limited, Kochi.
🔘 Recently, PM Narendra Modi has inaugurated Boeing’s largest investment facility outside the USA, the Boeing India Engineering and Technology Center (BIETC) in Bengaluru.
🔘 Recently, Apple has become the world’s largest smartphone seller in 2023.
🔘 The world’s largest 300 feet lamp was lit in Ayodhya using 1.25 quintals of cotton and 21000 litres of oil. Soil and water from different places across the country and cow’s ghee were used to prepare this lamp.
🔘 The National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) is the world’s largest derivative exchange in 2023 by the number of contracts traded.
🔘 Recently, India’s stock market has become the fourth largest equity market globally in terms of market capitalization. The USA’s stock market is the largest in the world in terms of market capitalization.
🔘 Recently, scientists have mapped the largest known deep-sea coral reef, located off the Atlantic coast of the USA.
🔘 Recently, AP Moller-Maersk has unveiled the world’s largest methanol-powered shipping container.
- 🔘 Recently, THDC India Limited has inaugurated India’s Largest Electrolyser End Fuel Cell-based Green Hydrogen Pilot Project in Rishikesh.
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