Daily Current Affairs Quiz 17th February 2024

The government of Uttar Pradesh is collaborating with the Indian institute of technology roorkee iitr to improve disaster management the government is planning to sign a memorandum of understanding with iitr to strengthen disaster preparation

” Notes: the Indian government, through the ministry of new and renewable energy, has issued guidelines for pilot projects under the national green hydrogen mission, focusing on using green hydrogen in the transportation sector. with decreasing costs of renewable energy and electrolyzers, vehicles utilizing green hydrogen are expected to be cost-competitive soon. the ministry of road transport and highways, along with scheme implementing agencies, will conduct pilot projects to replace fossil fuels in transportation with green hydrogen, supporting technology and infrastructure development.”

” Notes:archaeologists unearthed an eighth-century kotravai sculpture, dating back to the pallava period, near ulundurpet, tamil nadu. the pallava dynasty, a prominent south indian power from the 3rd to 9th centuries, ruled northern tamil nadu, karnataka, andhra pradesh, and telangana. known for supporting buddhism, jainism, and brahminical faith, the pallavas were patrons of music, painting, and literature. their origins trace back to the andhra satavahanas, gaining autonomy and establishing kanchipuram as their capital in the 4th century ce.”

” Notes:researchers at the university of the sunshine coast in australia discovered a new millipede genus and five species in tanzania’s udzungwa mountains. according to the usc, attemsostreptus leptoptilos is one of five new species of millipedes with 200 legs that were discovered in tanzanian jungles in february 2024. the other four species are attemsostreptus cataractae, attemsostreptus julostriatus, lophostreptus magombera, and udzungwastreptus marianae.”

The centre for the development of telematics c-dot in new delhi and the indian institute of technology in roorkee uttarakhand have signed an agreement to develop a 140 gigahertz ghz fully integrated transmitter receiver module for 6th generation 6g cellular

Google has introduced a new video-generation artificial intelligence ai model lumiere a space-time diffusion model to generate 5-second videos that depict realistic diverse and coherent motion it deploys a text-to-video diffusion model for

” On february 13, 2024, the union minister dr mansukh mandaviya, ministry of health & family welfare (moh&fw) launched aiims-sbi smart payment card to provide hassle-free payments for treatment at the all india institute of medical sciences (aiims).i. initially the card was launched for aiims, new delhi. its services will be extended across all the aiims in india in future.ii. the validity of the card is 5 years with effect from the date of issue. during the event, state bank of india (sbi) and aiims signed a memorandum of understanding (mou) for the implementation of the aiims-sbi smart payment card.”

” Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Ministry of Finance, proposed the budget estimation of Rs 1,18,728 crore (Rs 1.18 lakh crore) for the fiscal year 2024-2025 (FY25) for the Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K).i. The UT Government has proposed the “Vote on Account” or “Interim Budget” for Rs.59,364 Crore, which includes allocations of Rs 40,081 crore for revenue expenditure and Rs 19,283 crore for capital expenditure. Click here to read more”

” On february 10, 2024, the 193rd meeting of employees’ state insurance corporation (esic) was held in new delhi, delhi under the chairmanship of union minister bhupender yadav, ministry of labour and employment (mole), and chairman of esic.i. during the meeting, esic approved the proposal to provide medical benefit for insured superannuating workers leaving the esi scheme due to exceeding the wage ceiling, if the worker was under insurable employment for at least 5 years before superannuation/voluntary retirement. click here to read more”

” Government of india (goi) announced that two former prime ministers(pms), chaudhary charan singh and pv narasimha rao, and father of india’s ‘green revolution’ dr ms swaminathan will be awarded bharat ratna in 2024. with this, the total number of bharat ratna recipients in 2024 becomes five. this is the highest number of bharat ratnas awarded in a year since its inception in 1954.note: in january 2024, goi announced bharat ratna for former deputy prime minister lal krishna (lk) advani and former bihar chief minister karpoori thakur (posthumously).”

” India and russia signed a protocol to amend the 2008 intergovernmental agreement focusing on cooperation in constructing additional nuclear reactors at the kudankulam nuclear power project (kknpp) site and new russia-designed nuclear power plants at new sites in india.i. the kknpp in tirunelveli, tamil nadu(tn) is a joint initiative of india and russia. this is a flagship project of bilateral technological and energy cooperation.”

The secretary of the department of land resources dlr under the ministry of rural development mord nidhi khare has launched the unique land parcel identification number ulpin

” Indian overseas bank (iob), a public sector bank, celebrated its 88th foundation day on 10th february 2024 in chennai, tamil nadu. iob launched various new products and announced the opening of 88 new branches across india.i. iob launched 3 new rupay credit card variants: iob rupay classic, iob rupay platinum, and iob rupay select.ii. iob also launched the freedom current account and saving account (casa) variant.”

On february 12th 2024 international darwin day was observed across the globe to commemorate the birth anniversary of charles robert darwin a 19th-century british naturalist geologist who was credited with the theory of evolution by natural selectioni the day recognises darwin’s contributions to science and promotes