Daily Current Affairs Quiz 20th May 2024

” Notes:brazil was declared the host of the 2027 women’s world cup at the fifa congress, beating the joint bid of belgium, netherlands, and germany. brazil secured 119 votes against 78 for the european bid. the decision followed a fifa technical evaluation favoring brazil. brazil’s bid featured purpose-built stadiums and strong commercial backing. the u.s. and mexico had withdrawn their joint bid to focus on the 2031 tournament.”

” Notes:an international team from sweden, india, the us, and the uk has developed a method to search for dyson spheres—hypothetical megastructures that advanced civilizations could build to harness a star’s energy. proposed by freeman j. dyson in 1960, these structures would emit infrared radiation, serving as technosignatures. despite scanning infrared maps, no evidence of dyson spheres has been found yet.”

According to the united states national oceanic and atmospheric administration noaa 60 of the world’s coral reefs have experienced heat stress severe enough to cause bleaching in the past 12 months this is the fourth mass coral bleaching event on record with the previous three occurring between 1998 and 2017

” Notes:the union ministry of law and justice, with the assam government, organized a conference titled ‘india’s progressive path in the administration of criminal justice system’ in guwahati on may 18-19, 2024, to discuss recent changes in india’s criminal justice system. the event highlighted three new laws: bharatiya nyaya sanhita, bharatiya nagarik suraksha sanhita, and bharatiya sakshya adhiniyam, replacing outdated british-era laws. these laws will be implemented on july 1, 2024.”

” Notes:the international finance corporation (ifc) provided a $500 million loan to hdfc bank on may 17, 2024. this loan will support women microfinance borrowers, specifically those in self-help groups (shgs) and joint liability groups (jlgs) engaged in sustainable livelihood initiatives. unlike non-banking finance companies, which charge higher rates, hdfc bank can offer cheaper loans due to its access to lower-cost funds from casa deposits.”

” Kapil sibal, senior advocate and former union minister of law and justice has been elected as the president of supreme court bar association (scba) for the fourth time.• kapil sibal won the election by securing 1,066 votes, defeating pradeep kumar rai, a senior advocate who secured 689 votes.• sibal would take over from the incumbent, senior advocate adish c. aggarwala• other appointments: rachna srivastava, senior advocate has been elected as the vice president and vikrant yadav, advocate as secretary of scba.”

” On may 16, 2024, forbes’ released the list of world’s highest-paid athletes 2024 featuring top 50 highest paid athletes. soccer player cristiano ronaldo (portugal) topped the list with a total earnings of usd 260 million, which includes usd 200 million on the field earnings and usd 60 million off the field earnings.• spanish golfer jon rahm stands 2nd with a total earning of usd 218 million and argentine soccer player lionel messi stands 3rd with usd 135 million.• according to forbes, the world’s 10 highest-paid athletes collectively earned usd 1.38 billion before taxes and agents’ fees over the past 12 months, which is the highest total ever.”

This recognition highlights the achievement of the border road organisation bro in constructing the tunnel at an altitude of 13000 feet through project vartak carried out by patel engineering limited the 2598 km-long sela tunnel on the tezpur-tawang road ensures year-long connectivity

Endangered species day esd is annually observed across the globe on the 3rd friday in may to raise awareness about endangered species an animal or plant that is considered at risk of extinction

” Mahamat idriss déby itno has been elected as the president of the republic of chad. he has been serving as the head of the state of chad since april 2021.• mahamat idriss déby itno, son of late president of chad idriss déby, ran as the candidate of the patriotic salvation movement party(mps).• he won the 2024 presidential election of chad with 61% of the total votes.”

” The ‘world economic situation and prospects (wesp) 2024 – mid year update,’ published by the united nations department of economic and social affairs (un-desa), india’s economy is estimated to expand by 6.9% in 2024. this is an upward revision from the 6.2% gross domestic product (gdp) forecast made by the un in january 2024.• india’s gdp growth projection for 2025 remains unchanged at 6.6%.• the report also anticipates a deceleration of consumer price inflation in india from 5.6% in 2023 to 4.5% in 2024. this is in line with the reserve bank of india’s (rbi) 2% to 6% medium-term target range.• global economy projected to grow by 2.7% in 2024 (up by 0.3 percentage points from january 2024 forecast), and by 2.8% in 2025 (up by 0.1 percentage points).• asia’s gdp growth forecast revised upwards to 5.8% in 2024, and 5.7% in 2025click here to read more”

” Bengaluru(karnataka) based phonepe, indian digital payments company, has partnered with sri lanka’s lankapay, owned by the central bank of sri lanka, to facilitate unified payments interface (upi) transactions for its users in sri lanka.• this allows phonepe users to make payments in indian rupees (inr) across lankapay’s merchant network, with currency exchange rates applied to transactions.”

” A veteran congress leader and former gujarat governor dr kamla beniwal has passed away at the age of 97 at a private hospital in jaipur, rajasthan. she was born on 12th january 1927 in jhunjhunu, rajasthan.• at the age of 15, she joined the indian national congress (inc) and participated in the quit india movement (1942).• at the age of 27, she became the first woman minister in rajasthan.• she has also served as the governor of gujarat (2009 to 2014) and mizoram (july 2014 to august 2014) and as deputy chief minister of rajasthan.• beniwal was awarded the ‘tamra patra award’ by then prime minister of india, indira gandhi.”

” 2020 Tokyo Olympics Gold medalist Neeraj Chopra won the Gold medal in the men’s Javelin with 82.27 meter(m) throw in 27th National Federation Senior Athletics Competition 2024. The tournament held at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.• This was the first time for Neeraj Chopra from Haryana to participate in an event in India in three years. Last time, he competed at the Federation Cup in 2021 and won a gold medal with an 87.80 m throw.• DP Manu from Karnataka won the Silver medal with 82.06m throw and Uttam Balasaheb Patil from Maharashtra won the Bronze medal with 78.39m.”

” As per the data from the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), The annual inflation rate based on all India Consumer Price Index (CPI) number is 4.83% (Provisional) in April 2024, slightly down from 4.85% in March 2024, despite a continued surge in food prices. This decrease is attributed mainly to lower fuel prices.• Corresponding inflation rate for rural and urban is 5.43% and 4.11%, respectively.• The Consumer Price Index (CPI) -based retail inflation was 4.7% in April 2023.”