Daily GK Update: 21st September 2024

By Vijay Kumar|Updated : September 21st, 2024

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Honours & Awards

Dhruvi Patel (Computer Information System student from the USA has been declared the winner of Miss India Worldwide 2024.
Lisa Abdoelhak from Suriname was declared the first runner-up.
Malvika Sharma from the Netherlands was adjudged the second runner-up in the same race.
The beauty pageant is organised by New York-based India Festival Committee and is headed by Indian-Americans Neelam and Dharmatma Saran.
The crown is celebrating its 31st anniversary this year.

Important Dates

International Day of Peace is celebrated globally on 21st September to foster harmony and nonviolence.
The 2024 theme for International Day of Peace is "Cultivating a Culture of Peace".
The day is celebrated to bring peace and harmony among us and to encourage nonviolence and a war-free community.
International Peace Day was initiated by the United Nations in 1981 to promote world peace and a war-free world.

Important Dates

World Alzheimer's Day is celebrated globally on 21st September to battle the stigma associated with dementia and Alzheimer's disease, encourage understanding, and increase public awareness of these disorders.
The 2024 theme for World Alzheimer's Day is "Time to act on dementia, Time to act on Alzheimer's".
This year's initiatives center on eradicating the persistent stigma and discrimination associated with dementia and on improving public perceptions of the illness.

Arts & Culture

The Union Minister Bhupendra Yadav, led the country in this year's Clean the Beach Campaign on the occasion of the International Coastal Clean-up Day(21 September 2024) to clean the beach at Juhu in Mumbai.
The Clean the Beach Campaign was simultaneously undertaken on more than 100 beaches across the country.
The campaign is part of the government of India’s “Swachh Bharat Abhiyan” and “Swachh Sagar Abhiyan,”.