Daily Current Affairs Quiz 19th June 2024

” Notes:the central government has extended the digital health incentive scheme (dhis) for digitising patients’ health records and linking them with the ayushman bharat digital health account (abha id) until june 30, 2025. launched on january 1, 2023, under ayushman bharat digital mission, the dhis aims to promote digital health practices in india. eligibility includes health facilities and digital solution companies, with incentives based on the number of abha-linked digital health records created.”

” Notes:india dissociated from the final document of a peace summit in switzerland, emphasizing peace proposals acceptable to both russia and ukraine. the summit, held on june 15-16, 2024, addressed the ongoing ukraine war’s impact. key points included nuclear safety at ukraine’s plants, global food security, and humanitarian issues like prisoner exchanges and the return of displaced ukrainians. attendees reaffirmed commitments to international law and un resolutions.”

The 2nd india-us initiative on critical and emerging technology icet meeting was held on 17 june 2024 in new delhi co-chaired by indian nsa ajit doval and us nsa jake sullivan the event marked sullivan’s first visit to

It is estimated that planet nine is 5-10 times the mass of earth in an extremely elliptical orbit from the sun to 400 to 800 au in diameter experts believe that we may soon find it

” Notes:the sdg 7: energy progress report 2024 reveals the world is not on track to meet sdg 7 by 2030. initiated in 2018, this annual report is the key reference for sdg 7 progress. it aims to ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all. the report is produced by iea, irena, unsd, world bank, and who, covering energy access, efficiency, renewables, clean cooking, and international cooperation.”

” The report titled “Global Trends Forced Displacement in 2023” published by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees(UNHCR), states that the forced displacement has increased to 120 million by the end of April 2024.i.An estimated 117.3 million people remained forcibly displaced at the end of 2023.ii.The report discovered that the number of refugees who crossed international borders in 2023 has increased by 7% to 43.4 million.iii.Iran (3.8 million) hosts the largest refugee population followed by Türkiye (3.3 million), Colombia (2.9 million), Germany (2.6 million) and Pakistan (2 million).Click here to read more”

” According to the 2024 Environment Performance Index (EPI), India is ranked 176th out of 180 countries with an EPI score of 27.6, surpassing only Pakistan, Viet Nam, Laos, and Myanmar.• Estonia topps the 2024 EPI with an EPI score of 75.3 followed by Luxembourg and Germany at 2nd and 3rd spot.• Previously, India was ranked 180th in the EPI 2022 and 168th in the EPI 2020.• EPI is a biennial index released by the Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy and the Center for International Earth Science Information Network Earth Institute, Columbia University with support from The McCall MacBain Foundation.• EPI assesses countries based on UN Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs), the Paris Agreement 2015, and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework 2022.Click here to read more”

” The international chess federation (fide) world junior chess championships 2024 (for open & girls under-20) was held at the gift city, gandhinagar, gujarat from 1st to 14th june 2024.• international master (im) divya deshmukh(18 years old) from india won the 2024 fide world junior chess championships (girls) title by defeating bulgaria’s beloslava krasteva in the final round.• with this victory, divya deshmukh is ranked 20th on fide’s standard top 100 women players. she is the youngest and 2nd u-20 player in the top 20.• this marks india’s first world junior title after a gap of 15 years. divya, from nagpur (maharashtra), becomes the 4th indian girl to win the junior title after koneru humpy (2001), dronavalli harik (2008) and soumya swaminathan (2009).• im kazybek nogerbek(20 years) from kazakhstan won the 2024 fide world junior chess championships (open) title by defeating mamikon gharibyan of armenia in the final round.”

” The united nations (un) world elder abuse awareness day (weaad) 2024 was observed across the globe on 15 june to raise awareness about the abuse, neglect, and exploitation faced by older persons, while promoting respect and dignity for older persons.• the 2024 theme of weaad is, “spotlight on older persons in emergencies.”• the 1st ever un weaad was observed on 15 june 2012. click here to read more”

Jupiter money a neobanking fintech startup backed by tiger global and peakring has received approval from the reserve bank of india for the issue of prepaid payment instruments including prepaid cards and prepaid wallets

” The pension fund regulatory and development authority (pfrda) selected nec corporation india private limited (formerly known as nec technologies india pvt. ltd.) as system integrator (si) for a period of 6 years. it will play a pivotal role in digital transformation journey of pfrda.• the company will act as si for pfrda- tracking, reporting, analytics, and compliance e-platform (trace) as part of technology architecture (tarch) project.”

” On 14th june 2024, the south african parliament re-elected matamela cyril ramaphosa(71 year old) as the president of the republic of south africa for 2nd term. he will be inaugurated on 19th june 2024.• matamela cyril ramaphosa, the president of african national congress (anc) party, secured 283 votes in the 400 member house against julius malema, of economic freedom fighters (eff), who received just 44 votes.• he became the president of south africa for the 1st time in 2018, by replacing jacob zuma as both president and anc leader.”

” The association of southeast asian nations (asean) annually celebrates asean dengue day (add) on 15 june to raise awareness of dengue, mobilise resources for its prevention and control at the regional and national level, and demonstrate the region’s commitment to tackling the disease.• add allows the asean member states (ams) to foster measures preventing dengue, in coordination with the world health organisation (who).• the first official add was observed on 15 june 2011.click here to read more”

” India meteorological department(imd), under the ministry of earth sciences(moes), government of india(goi), signed a memorandum of understanding (mou) with the national meteorological office (oficina nacional de meteorología – onamet) of the dominican republic.• the mou aims to enhance technical capacities at onamet for better forecasting and monitoring of meteorological phenomena in the dominican republic.”

” Orbit connect india, a 51:49 joint venture (jv) between reliance industries’ jio platforms limited (jpl) and luxembourg-based satellite telecommunications company, ses has received 3 approvals from the indian national space promotion and authorisation centre (in-space) for secured landing rights and market access to operate satellites above india.• the approvals granted to orbit connect india aim to provide satellite-based high-speed internet.”