First in India 2024| Current Affairs 2024
Stay updated on the significant firsts in India for 2024. Get the latest insights on current affairs in this informative post.
1. Where will India’s first ‘Onsite Iconic Place Museum’ be established?
Ans: Adichanallur Museum (Tamil Nadu)
2. In which state was North India’s first nuclear plant established?
Ans: Haryana
(Facts: A new nuclear plant will be built in Gorakhpur, Haryana.
This will be the first nuclear plant in North India.
The first phase will be completed by 2025 and the second phase will be completed by 2028.)
3. What is the name of the first space based Indian mission study the Sun?
Ans: Aditya L1
(Facts: This spacecraft was placed in a halo orbit around the Lagrange point 1 (L1) of the Sun-Earth system, which is about 1.5 million km from Earth.
Which rocket was launched from- PSLV XL C57)
4. Which has become the first district in India to deploy ‘5G use cases’ at ground level?
Ans: Vidisha (Madhya Pradesh)
5. In Which state will the first ‘Natural Hospital’ of North-East India be opened?
Ans: Dibrugarh (Assam)
(Facts: Ayush Minister Sarbananda Sonwal has laid the foundation stone of Naturopathy Hospital.
Its name will be- Central Yoga Naturopathy Research Institute.
Objective-To cure Diseases naturally)
6. Who has become the first Indian- origin Australian senator to take oath by placing his hand on the Bhagavad Gita?
Ans: Varun Ghosh
7. iPhone maker Apple Inc. In which city has Apple opened its first store in India ‘Apple-BKC’?
Ans: Mumbai
(Full form of BKC- Bandra Kurla Complex)
8. Where has India’s first ‘Cannabis Medicine Project’ been launched?
Ans: Jammu and Kashmir
(Facts: This Cannabis Medicine project, launched in collaboration with Canadian firm ‘Indus Can’, aims to explore the medicinal potential of cannabis to benefit patients with neuropathy, cancer and epilepsy.)
9. Where is India’s First ‘International Multimodal Logistics Park’ being developed?
Ans: Jogighopa (Assam)
(Facts: Logistic Park- Logistic Park is an advanced system for storing food items, these parks have cold storage and other facilities with the help of which goods brought from all over the country can be stored in it.)
10. In which state of India has the ‘Digital India Future Skills Summit’ been organized for the first time?
Ans: Guwahati (Assam)
(Facts: Hosted by- Ministry of Electronics and IT
Inauguration- Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Minister Rajiv Chandrashekhar
Event-February 15, 2024
Objective- Transform India into a global talent hub and benefit from the opportunities generated by emerging technologies.)
11. In which city Uttar Pradesh has the first ‘floating restaurant’ been inaugurated by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath?
Ans: Prayagraj
(Facts: Objective: To promote tourism in Sangam city (Prayagraj), providing an experience to the local people and tourists surrounded by the natural beauty of Yamuna.)
12. The first joint military exercise ‘Sada Tanseeq’ has been organized between the armies of India and Which country in January 2024?
Ans: Saudi Arab
(Facts: Venue- Mahajan (Rajasthan))
13. In which state/ UT of India was the first edition of Dogri version of the Constitution released?
Ans: Jammu and Kashmir
(Facts: Union Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Kiren Rijiju released the first edition of Dogri Constitution.
Objective- To promote linguistic diversity and preserve the cultural heritage of the country.)
14. Where is India’s First Artificial Intelligence (AI) school ‘Shantigiri Vidya Bhavan’ opened?
Ans: Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala)
(Facts: It was inaugurated by former President Ramnath Kovind, this school has been started in collaboration with i-Learning Engine America and Vedic e-School.
AI in school- The help of Artificial Intelligence will be taken in teaching children in India’s first AI school.)
15. Which is the first state to launch India’s first submarine tourism venture?
Ans: Gujarat
16. Which has become the first state in the country to implement blindness control policy?
Ans: Rajasthan
(Facts: For the first time in the country, Blindness Control Policy has been implemented by the Government of Rajasthan.
Objective- Bringing light to the lives of more than three lakh visually impaired people in the state.)
17. Where has the world’s first portable hospital ‘Arogya Maitri Aid Cube’ been unveiled?
Ans: Gurugram (Haryana)
(Facts: This project is called BHISM (Bharat Health Initiative for Sahyog Hita and Maitri)
It is a disaster hospital, which includes everything from operation theatre to X-ray and laboratory for testing blood samples and Ventilators.
It has been named Arogya Maitri, and the box has been named Arogya Maitri Cube.)
18. India’s First Dalit ‘Chief Information Commissioner (CIC)’ Who has become this?
Ans: Hiralal Samaria
19. For the first time in Asia, which ‘nuclear reactor centre’ is being converted into a museum for the public?
Ans: Apsara (India)
(Facts: India’s first 67-year-old nuclear reactor, Apsara, which was inaugurated on August 4, 1956, will be converted into a museum.
This was the first nuclear reactor not only in India but in entire Asia, it was established by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC))
20. Which village will be developed as India’s first ‘Carbon Neutral Village’?
Ans: Bhiwandi Taluka (Maharashtra)
(Facts: Objective- To reduce carbon emission and promote sustainable practices for a clean and green environment.)
21. Who has become Asia’s first woman loco pilot to operate ‘Vande Bharat Express Train’?
Ans: Surekha Yadav
22. Which is India’s first airport with ‘4 runways’?
Ans: Indira Gandhi International Airport
23. Which has become the first state in India to have ‘Hallmarking Centres’ in all the districts?
Ans: Kerala
(Facts: Hallmarking- To prevent adulteration in jewellery.
Hallmarking system is very old, different- The system of Hallmarking is different in different countries. This different Hallmark of jewellery is of international standard.)
24. Which will become India’s first ‘Wetland city’?
Ans: Udaipur (Rajasthan)
(Facts: Wetland is a land area where a large part of the ecosystem is saturated with water or is submerged in it permanently or every year.)
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