Daily Current Affairs Quiz 7th February 2024

” On February 1, 2024, the union cabinet chaired by Prime Minister (PM) Narendra modi approved the following schemes and initiatives:i. the union cabinet approved the continuation of the animal husbandry infrastructure development fund (ahidf) to be implemented under the infrastructure development fund (idf) for three years till 2025-26 with an outlay of rs 29,610.25 crore.ii. the union cabinet approved the extension of the scheme of sugar subsidy for antyodya anna yojna (aay) families distributed through the public distribution scheme (pds) for two more years till 31 march 2026.iii. the union cabinet approved the extension of the scheme for rebate of state and central taxes and levies (rosctl) for two years till 31st march 2026 for export of apparel/garments and made-ups. click here to read more”

” According to the indian institutional ranking framework (iirf)’s top master of business administration (mba) colleges in india – 2024, the indian institute of management (iim), ahmedabad (gujarat), has topped among the top government mba colleges in india. click here to read more.i. in the 2024 mba colleges ranking, xavier labour relations institute (xlri), jamshedpur (jharkhand), has topped among the top private mba colleges in india.note: iim ahmedabad has emerged as the top-ranked college (overall among government & private) in india, based on an overall index score of 937.24.”

” Mukesh ambani, chairman, and managing director (cmd) of reliance industries limited (ril), has been ranked 1st among all indians and 2nd globally in the brand guardianship index (bgi) 2024 compiled by brand finance. mukesh ambani ranks 2 in bgi 2024 for the second consecutive time (2024 and 2023).i. huateng ma, chairman, and chief executive officer (ceo) of chinese internet giant tencent holdings recognised as the world’s leading ceo in the 2024 bgi, for his guardianship of the wechat brand with a bgi score of 81.6.ii. natarajan chandrasekaran of tata sons, who ranked 5th globally in bgi 2024 and ranked 2nd among all indians. click here to read more”

” The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has provided Rs 9,013.72 crore to the Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) after the bank invoked Government of India (GoI) guarantees on decade-old loans extended to some African countries. These loans were classified as “doubtful debts”  in Financial Year(FY) 2023-24. Exim Bank had to invoke guarantees due to non-performing assets (NPAs) of the loans given to African countries.”

” According to the CRISIL (formerly Credit Rating Information Services of India Limited) report titled “Indian Economy: Capital as Growth Driver”, the Indian economy is expected to grow at an average rate of 6.7% per year between fiscal 2024 and 2031. This is slightly higher than the pre-pandemic decadal  average of 6.6%.i. After a robust 7.3% growth in fiscal year 2023, CRISIL projects a moderation to 6.4% in fiscal year 2024, attributing it to cyclical factors.”

After the death of incumbent president hage geingob in february 2024 nangolo mbumba will hold the post until the 2024 election

” The china aerospace science and technology corporation’s (casc) jielong-3, or smart dragon-3 rocket, successfully launched nine satellites into the sun-synchronous orbit (sso), off the coast of yangjiang in southern guangdong province, china. the taiyuan satellite launch center coordinated the launch, and it was the third successful mission for the smart dragon-3 launch vehicle.i. chinese automaker geely holding group has successfully launched 11 low-earth orbit (leo) satellites (geely-02) by long march-2c carrier rocket, marking its 2nd significant dispatch in advancing accurate navigation technology for autonomous vehicles. click here to read more”

” On 2nd february 2024, the first 25t bollard pull (bp) tug, named ‘yard 305 – mahabali’ was delivered to the indian navy (in) at naval ship repair yard (nsry) in kochi, kerala in the presence of rear admiral subir mukherjee, admiral superintendent of nsry (kochi).i. the contract for construction and delivery of three 25t bp tugs was concluded with m/s shoft shipyard pvt ltd (m/s sspl), a thane (maharashtra) based micro, small & medium enterprises (msme), in november 2021.”

” On 3rd february 2024, the indian navy (in) commissioned the indian naval ship (ins) sandhayak (yard 3025), the first of four survey vessel large (svl) ships, at the naval dockyard, visakhapatnam, andhra pradesh, in the presence of union minister rajnath singh, ministry of defence (mod), and indian navy chief admiral r. hari kumar.i. the contract for building four svl ships was signed between the mod and garden reach shipbuilders & engineers limited (grse).”

” The united nations (un) international day of human fraternity is annually observed across the globe on 4 february to promote peace, tolerance, inclusion, understanding, and solidarity between all people of diverse faiths.i. 4th february 2024 marks the observance of the 4th international day of human fraternity.”