Weekly Current Affairs (13th October to 19th October 2024)

Weekly Current Affairs (13th October to 19th October 2024)

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Category : International Published on: October 20 2024

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  • The WTO has reduced its 2025 world merchandise trade growth forecast from 3.3% to 3%.
  • The IMF projects that the global public debt will exceed $100 trillion for the first time this year (2024).
  • India will procure 31 Predator drones from the US, with 15 Sea Guardians for the Navy and 8 Sky Guardians each for the Air Force and Army.
  • India and Colombia have signed an Audio-Visual Co-Production Agreement to enhance collaboration in film making.
  • North Korea’s revised constitution now defines South Korea as a 'hostile state' and designates it as the main enemy.
  • China plans to build a lunar space station and explore habitable planets by 2050.
  • Yahya Sinwar, Hamas leader and mastermind of the October 7, 2023, terror attack, was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza.
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