Daily Current Affairs Quiz 14th June 2024

” According to the world bank’s container port performance index (cppi) 2023, visakhapatnam container terminal private limited (vctpl), a wholly-owned subsidiary of jm baxi ports & logistics , in visakhapatnam, andhra pradesh (ap), is the only indian port to be featured into the top 20 rankings.• vctpl has overall secured 19th position in the cppi rankings.• while, mundra port, india’s largest private port (in gujarat) was ranked at 27th position, owned by adani ports and special economic zone limited (apsez).• as per the cppi 2023, yangchan port (china) and port of salaah (oman) ranked at 1st and 2nd position respectively. both ports retained their previous rankings of 2022.• only 4 indian ports made into top 50: vcptl, mundra port, pipavav port in gujarat (ranked at 41st position), and kamarajar port in chennai (ranked at 47th position).click here to read more”

” The united nations general assembly (unga) elected ambassador philemon yang, former prime minister (pm) of cameroon by acclamation, as president for its 79th session starting on 10 september 2024.• he will succeed ambassador dennis francis of trinidad and tobago (tt), the president of the 78th session of the unga.• the theme for the 79th session of the unga is “unity in diversity, for the advancement of peace, sustainable development, and human dignity for everyone everywhere”.• the unga elected denmark, greece, pakistan, panama, and somalia as non-permanent members of the un security council (unsc) for 2-year terms starting on 1 january 2025 and serving till 31 december 2026. click here to read more”

” Dutch-belgian racing driver max verstappen of red bull won the formula 1 (f1) canadian grand prix 2043 (aws grand prix du canada 2024) title, the 9th round of the 2024 f1 championships at circuit gilles-villeneuve in montreal, quebec, canada.• mclaren’s lando norris finished second, and mercedes’s george russell finished third in the canadian grand prix 2023.• it marks verstappen’s third consecutive canadian gp title, previously he won it in 2022 & 2023.• the victory marks verstappen’s 60th formula 1 win and his sixth in nine races this season• george russell achieved mercedes’s first grand prix podium finish for the formula 1 season 2024.”

” Cherukuri ramoji rao, padma vibhushan awardee and chairman of ramoji group, passed away at 87 due to prolonged illness.• rao was honoured with padma vibhushan, the 2nd highest civilian honour of india, in 2016 for his contributions to journalism, literature, and education.• he had received national film award for best feature film in telugu(producer) for ‘nuvve kavali’.• he was born on november 16, 1936, in pedaparupudi, madras presidency (present day andhra pradesh).”

World brain tumor day is observed across the world every 8 june to raise awareness about brain tumours and their impact on patients and familiesa brain tumour is an abnormal growth of cells in the brain or around it which can be benign non-cancerous or malignant cancerous

The united nations world oceans day 2024 was observed across the globe on 8 june to raise awareness about the impact of human actions on the oceans develop a global movement for ocean conservation and unite the world population for sustainable ocean management world oceans day 2024 was hosted by the division for ocean affairs

” Garden reach shipbuilders and engineers (grse), a leading indian shipyard has set to build a new research vessel for the defence research and development organisation (drdo) with a deal of approximately rs 500 crore.· after submitting the lowest proposal (l1), grse was chosen to build the drdo research vessel. it highlights grse’s competitiveness in the shipbuilding industry and its ability to deliver cost-effective solutions.”

” The reserve bank of india’s (rbi) monetary policy committee (mpc) met on june 5 -7, 2024 and released its second bi-monthly monetary policy of financial year 2024-25 (fy25) which raised india’s real gross domestic product growth forecast from 7% to 7.2% for fy25.rbi’s policy rates :categoryratepolicy repo rate6.5%fixed reverse repo rate3.35%standing deposit facility (sdf)rate6.25%marginal standing facility (msf) rate6.75%bank rate6.75%cash reserve ratio (crr)4.50%statutory liquidity ratio (slr)18%• rbi has projected the real gdp for q1 at 7.3%, q2 at 7.2%, q3 at 7.3% and q4 at 7.2%.• the repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (laf) was kept unchanged at 6.50% for the 8th consecutive time.• consumer price index (cpi) or retail inflation for 2024-25 is projected at 4.5 % with q1 at 4.9%, q2 at 3.8%, q3 at 4.6% and q4 at 4.5%.• rbi’s report showed that india’s forex reserves jumped usd 4.837 billion to a new all-time high of usd 651.51 billion for the week ended may 31,2024.• rbi has announced the inclusion of auto replenishment facility of fastag, national common mobility card (ncmc) and united payments interface (upi) lite wallet balances under the e-mandate facility.click here to read more”

” On 31st may 2024, kamal kishore soan, a senior indian administrative service (ias)officer assumed the additional charge of director general (dg) of employees’ state insurance corporation (esic) under the ministry of labour and employment, government of india (goi).· he is also serving as an additional secretary and director general (dg), labour welfare in the ministry of labour and employment.”

” Norwegian grandmaster (gm) magnus carlsen (world no.1) won the 2024 norway chess title beating fabiano caruana of the united states of america (usa) in the final round armageddon tie-breaker. this marks carlsen’s 6th norway chess title.· hikaru nakamura (usa) secured the 2nd spot with 15.5 points despite losing to indian gm r.praggnanandhaa, who concluded third with 14.5 points.· women’s world champion ju wenjun (china) won the women’s norway chess title defeating lei tingjie (china).· the 12th edition of the norway chess super-tournament was held from may 27 to june 7 2024 in stavanger, norway.”