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Gopi Thotakura of Andhra Pradesh became the first Indian space tourist and second Indian to go to space on Blue Origin's NS-25 mission.

Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DAHD), Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, has signed an MoU with United Nations Development Program (UNDP), India for digitalization of vaccine cold chain management, capacity building and communication scheme.

Sanjeev Puri, Chairman and Managing Director of ITC Limited, has taken over as the President of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for the period 2024-25. Puri met TVS Supply Chain Solutions Chairman R. Took over command of CII from Dinesh. CII is a non-governmental trade association. It was established in 1895.   

Every year 20 May is celebrated as World Refugee Day. This day was celebrated for the first time on 20 May 2001. In the year 2001, the 50th anniversary of the Refugee Convention of 1951 was also celebrated. India has not signed the 1951 Refugee Convention, but India has been active in UNHCR since 1981.  

Archaeologists have discovered the first evidence of rock art in the form of human footprints on a natural stone rock near the Boloor Panne Koteda Babbu Swamy temple in Mangaluru city. The footprints were probably made in the 1st or 2nd century AD

Nikhat Zareen and Meenakshi won gold medals for India at the 3rd Elorda Cup 2024 in Astana, Kazakhstan. Zareen defeated Kazakhstan's Zhajira Urakbayeva in the 52kg category, while Meenakshi defeated Uzbekistan's Saidakhon Rakhmonova in the 48kg category.

India is ranked 39th in the Travel and Tourism Development Index 2024 recently released by the World Economic Forum (WEF). US is at the top in this annual report of the World Economic Forum. India tops South Asia in the lower middle income category. In this ranking released in the year 2021, India was at 54th place.

India's Deepti Jeevanji won the gold medal in the women's 400 meter T20 category race at the World Para Athletics Championship by setting a world record of 55.07 seconds. Deepti broke the previous world record (55.12 seconds) held by American Breanna Clark in the last edition of the championship in Paris. Türkiye's Aysel Onder finished second with 55.19 seconds.

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has recently announced the hosts of the 2026 and 2029 Women's Asian Cup. In the year 2026, this tournament will be hosted by Australia and in the year 2029 by Uzbekistan. The AFC Executive Committee announced this at a meeting held in Bangkok, Thailand.

For his unprecedented contribution to the field of astronomy, Indian-origin Professor Srinivas R. Kulkarni has been awarded the prestigious Shaw Prize in Astronomy for 2024. Presently he is working as a professor at California Institute of Technology (Caltech). He completed his Ph.D. from the University of California in 1983. Shaw Prize is an important award given in the field of astronomy.