Daily Current Affairs Quiz 15th July 2024

” Notes:india’s sabeera haris won the bronze medal in the women’s trap event at the issf junior world cup in italy, shooting 29 out of 40 targets. carey garrison of the us took gold with 40 out of 50 targets, and italy’s sofia gori earned silver with 39 hits. indian shooters bhavya tripathi and rajkuwar ingle finished 26th and 33rd, respectively.”

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The World Bank approved a $1.5 billion loan to India for developing its low-carbon energy sector, following a similar loan in 2023. The low-carbon energy sector includes fuels like hydrogen and biofuels, which emit less carbon than fossil fuels. India aims for net-zero carbon emissions by 2070, supported by initiatives like the National Green Hydrogen Mission, which uses renewable energy for hydrogen production.”

” Notes:james anderson, one of cricket’s greats, retired from international cricket on july 12, 2024, after england defeated the west indies by an innings and 114 runs at lord’s. anderson, a right-arm fast bowler, debuted in 2002-03 and retired as the highest wicket-taker among fast bowlers with 704 wickets in 188 test matches. he played 21 years, becoming the second-most capped test player after sachin tendulkar.”

This step aims to create healthier environments for students and mitigate adverse effects of excessive caffeine consumption by banning the sale of energy drinks within 500 meters of schools

” Notes:prime minister narendra modi recently visited mumbai to launch and lay the foundation stones for projects worth over rs 29,400 crore. key projects include the thane-borivali tunnel and the goregaon-mulund link road. the thane-borivali tunnel, costing rs 16,600 crore, will connect the western express highway at borivali to thane ghodbunder road, reducing the journey by 12 km and saving about 1 hour of travel time.”

” On 9th july 2024, the reserve bank of india (rbi) released its financial inclusion index (fi-index) which increased to 64.2 in fy24 (in march 2024) from 60.1 in fy23 (in march 2023). fi-index captures the extent of financial inclusion across the country. the improvement in fi-index is mainly driven by the ‘usage’ parameter which reflects the deepening of financial inclusion across the country. it captures information on various factors of financial inclusion in a single value which ranges from 0 to 100. the index comprises 3 main parameters with variant weightage: access (35%), usage (45%), and quality (20%).”

Muthoot finance is the only indian non banking financial company nbfc selected for the 2023-24 financial action task forces mutual evaluation report the mutual evaluation report is an assessment of a country’s measures to combat money laundering and the financing of

” On July 9, 2024, the 16th Finance Commission (FC) headed by Arvind Panagariya established an advisory council comprising five eminent members. This council is tasked with advising the Commission on various Terms of Reference (ToR) and related subjects, enhancing its understanding and broadening its scope.i.The Director General (DG)of the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), Dr. Poonam Gupta appointed as the convenor of the Advisory Council.ii.The other 4 members of the council are: D.K. Srivastava- Chief Policy Advisor at Ernst and Young(EY), London, the United Kingdom(UK). Neelkanth Mishra– Chief Economist at Axis Bank, Mumbai(Maharashtra). Pranjul Bhandari– Chief India Economist at HSBC Securities & Capital MarketsIIndia) Private Limited, Mumbai(Maharashtra) and Rahul Bajoria– Managing Director and Head of Emerging Markets (EM) Asia (ex-China) Economics at Barclays, the UK.”

” Professor (dr.) soumya swaminathan, the former world health organisation (who)’s chief scientist has been appointed as the principal advisor at the union ministry of health and family welfare (mohfw) for the national tuberculosis elimination programme (ntep). her appointment is on a pro bono basis. as a principal advisor, she will provide technical advice on the overall strategy for achieving program goals, suggest policy directions and necessary course corrections for optimal results, and advise on research strategy”

Gautam adani chairman of adani group announced that the adani group will be the principal sponsor of the indian team at the 2024 olympic games which will take place in paris france from 26 july to 11 august 2024 the adani group also launched a campaign with the hashtag deshkag

” Kerala was the first state in the country to publish the 1st volume of the people’s biodiversity register (pbr) across all local bodies. this document is dynamic, requiring periodic updates on ecosystem details, landscapes, species, and traditional knowledge. the kerala state biodiversity board (ksbb) completed the updation of the pbr in 50% of local bodies in the state before the end of 2024. thazhakara(alappuzha) has become the 1st gram panchayat (gp) in kerala, and one of the 1st in kerala to update and publish the 2nd volume of the comprehensive pbr, a document on local biological resources and traditional knowledge, involving the local communities.”

” The united nations educational, scientific and cultural organization (unesco) announced the new world soil health index at an international conference on soils in agadir, morocco to establish global standards for soil quality assessment. the conference was organised by unesco and the kingdom of morocco’s national agency for the development of oasis and argan zones (andzoa), which brought together experts and representatives from over 30 countries.i.furthermore to this index, the unesco will also launch a pilot programme for the sustainable management of soils and landscapes in around 10 natural sites protected under its biosphere reserves(br) programme.ii.according to the world atlas of desertification (wad), 75% of soils have already degraded, affecting 3.2 billion people.iii.it is predicted that 90% of the planet’s land surface could be degraded by 2050 if the current scenario continues, which highlights a major threat to global biodiversity and human life.”

” According to the state bank of india (sbi)’s economic research department (erd) based on the reserve bank of india(rbi) data, india generated 125 million jobs between fy14 (2013-14) and fy23 (2022-23) against 29 million jobs generated between fy04 and fy14.i.so, jobs created during fy14-23 are 4.3 times more than the preceding decadal period of fy04-fy14.ii.excluding agriculture, the total jobs generated in the manufacturing and services sector increased by 33%, from 66 million jobs during fy04-fy14 to 89 million during fy14-23.iii.the report highlighted that as of 4th july 2024, nearly 47 million msmes registered on udyam portal, reported 202 million jobs which include 23.2 million jobs by goods and services tax (gst)-exempted informal micro enterprises, saw an increase of 66% from 121 million jobs in july, 2023. the rbi report underscored that the country added 4.7 million jobs in fy24 which is more than double of what it added in fy23 and the highest figure in 4 decades.”

” On july 10, 2024, minister of state (mos) sanjay seth, ministry of defence (mod), launched the 2nd edition of the “grse accelerated innovation nurturing scheme (gains 2024)” in kolkata, west bengal.i.this innovative scheme by garden reach shipbuilders & engineers limited (grse) aims to find solutions for shipyard-related problems and promote technology development through indian start-ups.ii.gains is a national initiative launched by grse in 2023 as an open challenge to inspire start-ups and other entities to create innovative solutions.iii.the themes for gains 2024 are same as 2023 edition viz: artificial intelligence (ai) in shipbuilding renewable/green energy and energy efficiency efficiency enhancement in shipyard operations”

” The ibiza wall lizard (podarcis pityusensis) has transitioned to “endangered” from “near threatened” on the international union for conservation of nature (iucn) red list of threatened species due to 50%  population decline since 2010.i.the population decline is attributed to the invasive horseshoe whip snake (hemorrhois hippocrepis) in its territory.ii.according to the iucn red list, the reptiles on the canary islands have transitioned as follows: the gran canaria giant lizard (gallotia stehlini) has shifted to critically endangered from least concern. the gran canaria skink (chalcides sexlineatus) has moved to endangered from least concern. the la gomera giant lizard (gallotia bravoana) has improved from critically endangered to endangered in the canary islands.”