Daily Current Affairs Quiz 20th December 2023

Notes: The international day of neutrality observed annually on December 12 is a day designated by the united nations to promote neutralism among nations worldwide the concept of neutrality in international relations refers to the abstention of a state from all participation in a war between other

Notes: javed akhtar a renowned lyricist – and screenwriter will be honored with the Padmapani Lifetime Achievement Award at the upcoming ajanta-ellora Film Festival acknowledged for his substantial contributions to the Indian film industry ak

Notes: The vinbax-2023 joint military exercise is a joint military exercise between india and vietnam the exercise aims to strengthen collaboration promote interoperability and share best practices between the two countries and aims to consolidate military capabilities and cooperation for peacekeeping and defense initiatives

“Notes: Arunachal pradesh chief minister pema khandu attended the annual shar amartala torgya festival at the thegtse sangye choi long monastery here at balemu, a small hamlet at the trijunction of arunachal pradesh, assam and bhutan in west kameng district.”

“Notes: Notes:recently, india has been handed over the presidency global partnership on artificial intelligence (gpai) for 2022-23 by the outgoing council chair, france in its 3rd annual summit in japan. this development comes on the heels of assuming the presidency of the g20, a league of the world’s largest economies. tokyo is the first asian city to host this summit. the meeting discussed these four themes: responsible ai, data governance, future of work, innovation and commercialisation.”

“Notes: sultan haitham bin tarik was on state visit to india from december 16, 2023. trade between india and oman has a history of several millenniums and archaeological excavations in oman have unearthed evidence to show indo-oman trade during the classical age dated to circa third century bce. later, oman had links with the indians through gujarat, and with tamilakam along the malabar coast. the sultans of oman and zanzibar heavily banked on kutchi moneylenders such as jairam shivji. a large number of kutchi bhatias migrated from kutch to muscat and from muscat to zanzibar.”

Notes: The g7 will ban imports of rough diamonds directly from russia from 1 january 2024 and will also include russian diamonds processed in third countries from 1 march 2024 the restrictions will apply to diamonds of one carat and above expanding to half a carat or

Notes: The houthi movement officially named ansar allah or supporters of god is a shia islamist political and military organization which originated in the 1990s in yemen’s saada governorate belonging to a clan from yemen’s northwestern saada province the

“Notes: the essequibo region is a 159,500 km² area west of the essequibo river. the region is disputed by guyana and venezuela, and is also known as esequibo or guayana esequiba in spanish. the territory is controlled by guyana based on the 1899 paris arbitral award, but is also claimed by venezuela. venezuela has long maintained that the 1899 decision to award the region to the uk was unfair. the matter is currently before the international court of justice, although venezuela says the court does not have authority to rule on it. in december 2023, guyana and venezuela agreed not to use force to settle their dispute over the oil-rich region. the meeting was brokered by neighboring brazil, along with celac and caricom, intergovernmental organizations representing latin america and the caribbean nations.”

“Notes: a top chinese think tank warned of a potential “middle-technology trap” where china’s manufacturing sector gets hamstrung at low and mid-end technologies, struggling to catch up on core innovations retained by developed nations. this highlights worries that china may face economic stagnation challenges in transitioning to a high-income economy, as technological constraints persist despite industrial transfers reaping benefits from low-cost advantages so far.”