Daily Current Affairs Quiz 12th February 2024

” Prime minister (pm) Narendra Modi visited odisha and assam on 3rd February to 4th February, 2024 and laid the foundation stone and inaugurated several projects.i. during his visit to odisha on 3rd february, 2024, pm modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for various infrastructure projects worth over rs 68,000 crore in sambalpur, odisha.ii. pm modi laid the foundation stone of the 1st phase of neyveli lignite corporation india limited (nlcil) talabira thermal power project in odisha.iii. on 4th february, 2024, prime minister narendra modi inaugurated various development projects worth rs 11,600 crore in assam. click here to read more”

” Union minister of state (mos) rajeev chandrasekhar, ministry of electronics and information technology(meity) launched the “digital india futurelabs” at indraprastha institute of information technology-delhi (iiit-delhi), new delhi, delhii. the mos also addressed the digital india futurelabs summit 2024 held at iiit-delhi on 3rd february 2024.ii. the summit hosted by iiit-delhi focused on ‘catalyzing the next-generation electronics system design through digital india futurelabs’. click here to read more”

” On 31 january 2024, india contributed usd 32.895 million (approximately rs. 273 crore) to the united nations (un) regular budget (rb) for 2024 and earned its spot in the “honour roll of the un for 2024”.i. honour roll is a list of un that have paid their mandatory financial support in full to the un’s rb within 30 days of issuance of a payment note from the un.”

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” On 6th february 2024, hdfc bank, india’s largest private sector bank., launched 4 variants of new small and medium enterprises (sme)-focused business range credit cards namely bizfirst, bizgrow, bizpower, and bizblack.i. these cards will cater to the needs of the self-employed community including micro-small and medium enterprises (msmes), startups, professionals, and freelancers.”

” The 66th annual grammy awards (grammy 2024) was held at the crypto.com arena in los angeles, california, the united states of america(usa) on 4th february 2024.i. taylor swift won the grammy 2024 – album of the year for her album midnights and became the first ever artist to win “album of the year” four times.  previously, she won the award for “fearless” in 2010, “1989” in 2016, and “folklore” in 2020. she also won the award under the “best pop vocal album” category. with these wins, taylor has won a total of 14 grammy awards from 52 nominations.ii. the band shakti, led by tabla maestro ustad zakir hussain and featuring vocalist shankar mahadevan, percussionist v selvaganesh, violinist ganesh rajagopalan and john mclaughlin, has won the best global music album award for their latest release ‘this moment’. click here to read more”

” The board of tata aia life insurance company limited has appointed h venkatachalam iyer as its new managing director (md) & chief executive officer (ceo).i. he will take over from incumbent naveen tahilyani, who has been elevated as a non-executive director of tata aia life and appointed as md & ceo of tata digital private limited with effect from 19th february 2024.”

” Nayib armando bukele ortez (42-year-old), president of el salvador, won the general elections 2024 and was re-elected to the post for the 2nd consecutive term.i. he became the first salvadorian president to win a 2nd consecutive term since 1983. he will take charge as the president of el salvador in june 2024 and serve till 2029.”

” Lic mutual fund asset management ltd (lic amc), the investment manager of lic mutual fund (licmf), has appointed ravi kumar jha as its managing director (md) and chief executive officer (ceo) with effect from 31st january 2024.i. he is also designated as a key personnel for the schemes of lic mutual fund.ii. prior to the appointment, he was serving as the associate director of lic amc.”

On 6 february the international day of zero tolerance for female genital mutilation is annually observed across the globe to amplify and direct the efforts on the elimination of the practice of female genital mutilation