Daily Current Affairs Quiz 14th August 2024

The theme for the year 2024 is be the reason for someones smile today thousands of people worldwide await life-saving organ transplants each year the day aims to promote the importance of organ donation and dispel related myths

” Notes:madhya pradesh has become the first state in India to give cash to adolescent girls for sanitary napkins. The cash is part of the state’s sanitation and hygiene scheme. Eligible school girls (class 7-12) receive ₹300 annually. Over ₹57 crore has been distributed to more than 19 lakh girls. The state also launched the udita program in 2016 to address social taboos and raise awareness about menstruation. Under udita, women and girls up to 45 years old can receive a free pack of six sanitary pads every month.”

The pillar is located at the ancient site of gbekli tepe in the anlurfa province which is one of the oldest known farming communities in the world the markings on the pillar appear to show solar and lunar cycles and may have been used to record dates by ancient

” Notes:the 19th crest gate of the 71-year-old tungabhadra dam collapsed, causing a flood alert in karnataka and andhra pradesh. Tungabhadra dam, also known as pampa sagar, is a multipurpose dam on the tungabhadra river, a tributary of the krishna river. It is located in the ballari district of karnataka, near the town of hospet.

It was initially a joint project of the hyderabad state and madras presidency, later becoming a joint project of karnataka and andhra pradesh after its completion in 1953. The dam has a storage capacity of 101 tmc, with a catchment area of 28,000 sq. Km, standing 49.5 meters high with 33 crest gates. It is one of two reservoirs in India built using mud and limestone, along with the mullaperiyar dam in kerala.”

” Notes:the India rankings 2024 were released by the union education minister, based on the national institutional ranking framework (NIRF). IIT madras ranked 1st in the overall category for the sixth year and in engineering for the ninth year. IISC Bengaluru topped the universities category for the ninth year and research institutions for the fourth year.

Iim ahmedabad ranked 1st in management for the fifth year. Aiims Delhi topped the medical category for the seventh year. Jamia hamdard, Delhi, ranked 1st in pharmacy. Nlsiu Bengaluru retained 1st position in law. Nirf was launched in 2015 and uses five broad parameters for ranking. The 2024 edition introduced three new categories: state public universities, open universities, and skill universities, and integrated “innovation” rankings.”

” Pine labs-owned setu, an application programming interface (API) infrastructure provider has introduced upi-setu, India’s first unified payments interface (UPI)-focused payments platform for businesses and developers in partnership with axis bank limited, mumbai, maharashtra.I.It facilitates a wide range of upi products, such as third-party validation(TPV) services, equated monthly instalments (EMIS), upi autopay, and basic quick response (QR) code payments.Ii.It has features like enhanced dispute resolution, instant cashback and refunds, bank and brand offers, and instant cashback that are all offered by apis.”

” The Indian institute of technology (IIT) indore, madhya pradesh(MP) in partnership with the defence research and development organisation (DRDO) under the ministry of defence (MOD), has developed energy-harvesting shoes with global positioning system (GPS) tracking. These shoes are specifically designed for soldiers which are equipped with a technology that can generate electricity and can track the real-time location of the wearer. The 1st batch of 10 pairs of these shoes was already supplied by iit indore to the units of drdo. These shoes are made under the guidance of  professor ia palani, faculty at iit indore. It is based on tribo-electric nanogenerator (TENG) technology that can generate electricity with every step.”

” The Indian army conducted ‘parvat prahaar‘ (mountain strike), a large-scale strike corps exercise, in the union territory (UT) of ladakh. The strategic military exercise focused on high-altitude warfare and operations, involving various military units and equipment to maintain readiness near the India-china border. The exercise assisted the Indian army to validate new warfighting concepts and technology integration. The strike corps, attached to the northern command, is focused on developing high-altitude warfare and operations. This fortnight’s exercise emphasises mountainous and rugged terrains, such as those found in regions like eastern ladakh.”

The golden circle is a priority banking program for seniors providing convenient and secure banking this program offers numerous exclusive benefits and services for resident Indian citizens aged 60 and above to address income security senior citizens enrolled in this program can earn competitive interest rates of up to 7 per annum on savings account balances above

The quit India movement day also known as august kranti day is annually observed in India on august 8th to commemorate the launch of the quit India movement in 1942 the movement was a significant movement in the struggle for independence from british colonial rule demanding the immediate withdrawal of british

” L&t finance limited, a subsidiary of larsen & toubro(l&t) ltd, one of the leading non-banking financial companies (NBFCS) in India, received its certificate of registration (COR) from the reserve bank of India (RBI), as an nbfc investment and credit company(nbfc-icc). It was earlier registered as an nbfc-core investment company (CIC).

This conversion follows the amalgamation of the wholly owned subsidiaries of the company, l&t finance limited, l&t infra credit limited, and l&t mutual fund trustee limited. In 2019, the RBI consolidated 3 separate categories of nbfcs, a asset finance companies (AFC), loan companies (LCS) and investment companies (ICS) into a single unified category known as nbfc-icc. As of current regulations, nbfc-iccs are required to have a minimum net owned fund (NOF) of rs 2 crore”

” A team of researchers have discovered new flowering plant species of kandil pushpa named ‘ceropegia shivarayina’ at vishalgarh fort in kolhapur district, maharashtra. The research findings were published in phytotaxa, an international journal published from new zealand. The species is named after chhatrapati shivaji maharaj, an Indian king and founder of the maratha empire. It is the first time a plant species has been named after shivaji maharaj. Ceropegia shivarayina belongs to the kandil flower class, genus ceropegia and family apocynaceae. Kandil pushpa is a vine-like plant belonging to the ceropegia group.”

” According to the sovereign wealth fund institute’s (SWFI), top 100 largest central bank rankings by total assets in the world in 2024, India’s central bank, the reserve bank of India (RBI) ranked 12th globally with a current total assets of usd 839 billion. The RBI registered a balance sheet growth of 11.08% year-on-year (y-o-y) to rs 70.47 trillion as of march 2024. The federal reserve system (FRS), the central bank of the united states of america (USA) topped the list, boasting assets worth usd 7.84 trillion. It is followed by china’s people’s bank of china (PBC) in the 2nd place, with usd 6 trillion, and japan’s bank of japan (BOJ) in the 3rd, with usd 5.54 trillion.”

” On 6th august 2024, the appointments committee of the cabinet (ACC) approved the appointment of challa sreenivasulu setty (cs setty)(59 years old) as new chairman of the state bank of India (SBI), India’s largest public sector bank (PSB), for a 3 year term with effect from the date he assumes office, on or after 28th august 2024. He is currently serving as one of the managing directors (MDS) of SBI.

He will succeed the current chairman dinesh khara, whose term is set to retire on 28th august 2024 on attaining the age of 63 (the upper age limit for the post of SBI’s chairman). The acc has also approved the appointment of Rana Ashutosh Kumar singh as the md of SBI. He is currently serving as the deputy md (retail-personal banking and real estate), SBI.”

” Kais saied, president of tunisia, has appointed kamel madouri as the new prime minister (PM) of tunisia succeeding ahmed hachani, who was dismissed by the president without explanation on 7th august 2024. Kamel madouri has been serving as the minister of social affairs since may 2024. Ahmed hachani took office as pm in august 2023 by replacing najla bouden (pm 2021-23), who was also dismissed by president saied.”