Daily Current Affairs Quiz 16th June 2024

” Notes:the ncrb has launched the “ncrb sankalan of criminal laws” mobile app to provide comprehensive information on new criminal laws, effective from next month. the app compiles the bharatiya nayaya sanhita, bharatiya nagrik suraksha sanhita, and bharatiya sakshya adhiniyam, with features like chapter and section indexing, old-to-new law comparison charts, and offline functionality. available on google play and apple app store, it benefits the public, court officers, advocates, law students, and police officers.”

” Notes:the indian army has received nagastra-1, a unique man-portable suicide drone designed to target launch pads, enemy camps, and infiltrators safely. under emergency procurement powers, the army ordered 480 loiter munitions from solar industries’ economics explosives ltd (eel). following successful pre-delivery inspections, 120 units have been delivered to an army ammunition depot, according to defense sources.”

Adani defence and aerospace has signed a cooperation agreement with uae-based edge group a leading advanced technology and defense firm this partnership aims to leverage both companies capabilities to offer comprehensive defense and aerospace solutions globally

” Notes:the centre approved renaming joshimath tehsil in chamoli to jyotirmath and kosiyakutoli tehsil in nainital to pargana shri kainchi dham tehsil. this change enhances religious and cultural significance in uttarakhand. joshimath faced land subsidence issues in 2023, while kosiyakutoli is known for neem karoli baba’s ashram. jyotirmath, an ancient name, is linked to adi shankaracharya’s 8th-century establishment of monasteries for advaita vedanta.”

A 20 crore start-up fund will support the distribution of green manure seeds across 200000 acres from 202425 benefiting over 200000 farmers directly

The reserve bank of india has introduced new regulations that allowed listed indian companies and resident individuals to invest in offshore funds that are regulated through their fund managers these directions are issued under section 104 and section 11 1 of the 1999 foreign exchange management act

The world day against child labour is observed annually around the world on 12 june to increase awareness about the need to focus on the global extent of child labour and the efforts needed to eliminate it the theme of the world day against child labour is lets act on our commitments end child labour the

” Spanish tennis player carlos alcaraz(21 years old) won the men’s singles title at the french open 2024 (also known as roland-garros) by defeating alexander zverev of germany in the finals held at the stade roland garros in paris, france.• world no. 1 iga swiatek of poland won the women’s singles title at the 2024 french open defeating jasmine paolini of italy. this marks her 4th french open title and 5th grand slam title.• el salvador’s marcelo arevalo and croatia’s mate pavic secured the men’s doubles title after defeating italian pair simone bolelli and andrea vavassori. this is the first grand slam title of the pair.• coco gauff (the united states of america-usa) and katerina siniakova (czech republic) won the french open’s women’s doubles title by defeating the italian pair jasmine paolini and sara errani.• germany’s laura siegemund and france’s edouard roger-vasselin won the mixed doubles title after defeating the two-time wimbledon champions desirae krawczyk (usa) and neal skupski (britain).click here to read more”

” Adani defence and aerospace, defence subsidiary of adani enterprises limited (ael) signed a cooperation agreement with edge group, one of the leading advanced technology and defence groups in the united arab emirates (uae).• it aims to establish an international platform leveraging the defence and aerospace capabilities of both companies to combine their expertise in missiles, weapons, unmanned platforms etc. and to meet the requirements of global and local customers.• the agreement will also explore the option to set up a research & development (r&d) facilities in india and the uae.”

Aita has honoured delhi-based tennis coach nar singh with the prestigious dilip bose award for lifetime achievement in coaching aita introduced a new lifetime achievement award for womens coaches and presented the inaugural award to rohini lokhande of pune maharashtra one

” The indian institute of technology, hyderabad(iit-h), telangana, and renesas electronics corporation, japan’s leading supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, have signed a 3-year memorandum of understanding (mou) for research and collaboration in very-large-scale-integration (vlsi) and embedded semiconductor systems.• this partnership aims to strengthen india’s semiconductor ecosystem and support the “make in india” objective.• the mou aims to foster talent development to build a self-reliant semiconductor industry in india and enable renesas to recruit talented employees from india.”

” India won 2 medals (1 gold and 1 bronze) and finished 3rd on the medal tally of the international shooting sport federation (issf) world cup 2024 (rifle/pistol) held from 31st may to 8th june 2024 in munich, germany.• indian shooter sarabjot singh won the gold medal in the men’s 10m air pistol category and indian shooter sift kaur samra won a bronze medal in the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions category.• china topped the medal tally with 11 medals (4 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze) followed by norway at 2nd place with 3 medals (1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze) and india and france at 3rd place with 2 medals each.”

On june 10 2024 the indian army received the indigenously developed first-of-its-kind man portable counter drone system mpcds designed and manufactured by the axiscades technologies limited in bengaluru under a deal dated

” On 11th june 2024, india’s largest public sector bank (psb), the state bank of india (sbi) has launched a new “sme digital business loans” product to cater the credit requirements of micro, small and medium enterprise (msme) sector.• the new product will enable sbi to sanction the loan requests from msmes within 45 minutes.• sbi has waived the requirement for financial statements for loans up to rs 50 lakh. it will rely on transaction history and gst returns for appraisal.the state bank of india (sbi) has partnered with 23 non-banking financial companies (nbfcs) or housing finance companies (hfcs) to expand its reach to the unserved and under-served segments in india. click here to read more”

” According to the World Bank’s biannual report titled “Global Economic Prospects (GEP) – June 2024”, India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth projection for FY25 (2024-2025) was revised from 6.4% (projected in January 2024) to 6.6%.• It has also revised India’s GDP growth by 20 basis points (bps) each to 6.7% and 6.8% for FY26 (2025-26) and FY27 (2026-27) respectively.• The report estimated that global growth will remain stable at 2.6% in FY25.• The global growth is expected to marginally increase to 2.7% in FY26 and remain the same for FY27.”