Daily Current Affairs – 15-05-2024

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FORBES 30 UNDER 30 ASIA 2024

Forbes has released the ninth edition of the 30 under 30 Asia list. 86 Indians have grabbed the spot among 300 people. The list featured young entrepreneurs, leaders, and trailblazers across the Asia-Pacific region in 10 categories. A trio from IIT Kanpur made it to the list.

Infrastructure

GLOBAL REPORT ON INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT 2024

The Global Report on Internal Displacement 2024 (GRID-2024) was released by the Geneva- based Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC). In 2023, the number of internally displaced people increased to 75.9 million, from 71.1 million in the preceding year. Internal displacement is the number of forced movements of people within the borders of their country recorded during a year. During 2022-2023, conflicts and violence have caused more displacements, particularly in the last two years.