Daily Current Affairs Quiz 15th February 2024

” The ministry of education (moe) launched apaar (automated permanent academic account registry) through the common service centres (cscs) in remote villages of india.i. apaar, conceptualized under the national education policy (nep 2020), aims for ‘one nation, one student id’.ii. apaar mandates all college/university students to register on the academic bank of credits (abc) platform.”

” The quality council of india (qci) and open network for digital commerce (ondc) jointly introduced the digiready certification (drc) portal in a step towards fostering digital inclusion in the micro, small, and medium enterprises (msme) sector. qci in coordination with ondc aims to assess and certify the digital readiness of msme entities.”

” The Central Board of Trustees (CBT) of the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has hiked the interest rate on Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) deposits to a three-year high of 8.25% from 8.15% for the financial year 2023-24 (FY24).i. The decision was taken in the 235th CBT meeting chaired by Union Minister Bhupender Yadav, Ministry of Labour and Employment (MoLE).”

The first ever world pulses day wpd was observed on 10 february 2019 click here to read more about this event in detail

” On 10th february 2024, sanjay jaju, the secretary of the ministry of information and broadcasting (mib) inaugurated the publications division’s stall and unveiled its publications titled “india year book 2024” and “career calling” at the world book fair 2024 in new delhi, delhii. the 51st edition of the world book fair 2024, organized by the national book trust of india, will take place at pragati maidan, new delhi from february 10-18, 2024 on the theme ‘multilingual india (bahubhashi bharat)’.”

” Finland’s former prime minister (pm) alexander stubb of the national coalition party (ncp) won the run-off presidential election, securing 51.6% of the vote, and became the 13th president of finland. he defeated pekka haavisto, an independent candidate of the green party and former foreign minister, who secured 48.4% of votes. alexander stubb will replace incumbent president sauli niinisto, who is required to step down after serving 2 six-year terms since 2012.”

” The national deworming day (ndd) is organised biannually in all states and union territories (uts) across india to eradicate intestinal worms also referred to as soil-transmitted helminths (sth), among children of age 1-19 years. the 1st round is conducted in february and the 2nd round is conducted in august.i. in 2024, the first round of ndd will be observed on 10th february 2024, with a mop-up day (mud) followed by the next day of ndd or on which the state government decides. the day was first observed on 10th february 2015.”

Yes bank limited has partnered with fintech startup leremitt to create a cross-border platform to enable micro small and medium enterprises msmes to conduct international transactions in key currencies including usd and euro it will also provide transparency efficiency and cost benefits for small businesses involved in global trade

” The 2nd edition of the world defence show (wds 2024) was held at riyadh international convention & exhibition center, in riyadh, saudi arabia from 4th to 8th february 2024.i. wds 2024 was organised by the general authority for military industries (gami), the regulator, enabler, licensor for the military industry in saudi arabia with the theme of “equipped for tomorrow”.ii. pune (maharashtra)- based munitions india limited (mil), defence public sector undertaking (psu) under the ministry of defence (mod) signed a contract worth usd 225 million for the supply of artillery ammunition to saudi arabia. click here to read more”

Warehousing development regulatory authority (wdra) has signed a memorandum of understanding (mou) with punjab & sind bank (psb) to facilitate low-interest rate loans to farmers and traders.i. the mou aims to raise awareness and encourage funding against electronic negotiable warehouse receipts (e-nwrs) to improve agricultural pledge finance in india.