Daily Current Affairs Quiz 22nd February 2024

The european union launched mission aspides to protect commercial vessels in the red sea from potential attacks by iran-backed houthi rebels this eu naval mission involves deploying warships and airborne early warning systems in the red sea gulf of aden and surrounding waters participating countries include france germany

The scheme is a revamped version of the rashtriya uchchatar shiksha abhiyan rusa the centrally sponsored scheme under the ministry of education aims to enhance the quality of state higher educational institutions in line with the national education policy 2020

” Notes:the asean-india trade in Goods Agreement (aitiga) joint committee met in new delhi from february 16-19, 2024, marking its 3rd meeting since the agreement’s signing in 2009. initiated in september 2022 for a comprehensive review, eight sub-committees were established to enhance the agreement’s trade facilitation and mutual benefits. the recent meeting assessed negotiation progress, identified focus areas for further deliberations, and updated the work program, directing sub-committees for continued negotiations.”

” Notes: astronomers announced the discovery of j0529-4351, the brightest and fastest-growing quasar to date. this quasar harbors a supermassive black hole 17 billion times the sun’s mass. quasars are active galactic nuclei (agns), fueled by supermassive black holes at a galaxy’s center. not all agns are quasars, which form in regions of high matter density. quasars are exceptionally luminous and powerful cosmic phenomena, arising from active galaxies with intense matter consumption, leading to the formation of spiraling accretion disks.”

” Notes:himachal pradesh’s 2024-25 annual budget prioritizes environmental concerns, unveiling the mukhya mantri harit vikas chhattravriti yojana for postgraduate researchers. chief minister sukhwinder singh sukhu, in the february 17 presentation, emphasized climate change threats and outlined action plans at district and panchayat levels. the state aims to collaborate with the union ministry of environment, forest, and climate change and the german development agency giz to address climate change’s impact on agriculture and horticulture, conducting a need assessment study for effective mitigation.”

” Cochin international airport limited (cial) has signed a memorandum of understanding (mou) with bharat petroleum corporation limited (bpcl) to set up the world’s first green hydrogen plant and fueling station within an airport setting.i. under this mou, a 1000 kilowatt (kw) pilot project will be established at the airport premises of the cochin international airport, ernakulam, kerala.”

Havildar varinder singh of the sikh regiment in the indian army was awarded the vishisht seva medal (vsm) for designing an innovative drone called ‘a multipurpose octocopter’. he was one of the 130 vishisht seva medal awardees announced by president droupadi murmu on 25th january 2024.

The united nations (un) global tourism resilience day (gtrd) 2024 was observed across the globe on 17th february 2024 to recognise the importance of fostering resilience in the tourism industry. 17 february 2024 marks the observance of the 2nd global tourism resilience day. click here to read more

A team of researchers discovered a new species of phylloneura rupestris from the ponmudi hills western ghats in thiruvananthapuram keralai the common name of the new species of the bambootails group is cliffside bambootail

” Ministry of electronics and information technology (meity), government of india and ministry of information and communication technologies (ict) of colombia signed a memorandum of understanding (mou) on sharing india’s open-sourced digital public infrastructures (dpis) – india stack solutions – implemented at population scale for digital transformation.i. the mou intends to promote digital transformation (india stack) through capacity building programs, the exchange of best practices, the exchange of public officials and experts, the development of pilot or demo solutions, and the facilitation of private sector contacts to mutually benefit the digital ecosystems of both countries.”

On 17 february 2024 japan aerospace exploration agency jaxa successfully launched the second h3 rocket h3tf2 from the tanegashima space center off the coast of kyushu japani the h3 rocket was developed by jaxa together with mitsubishi heavy industries limited

” Justice Nilay Vipinchandra Anjaria is appointed as Chief Justice (CJ) of the Karnataka High Court (HC). He will succeed Justice Pratinidhi Srinivasacharya Dinesh Kumar, who is set to retire on 24th February 2024. N V Anjaria is currently serving as Judge in Gujarat HC (since 2011).”

” The odisha cabinet approved various proposals including the establishment of a new scheme named swatantra yuva udyami scheme (swayam), to provide interest-free loans to unemployed/underemployed youths, and to promote self-employment among the youths in odisha.i. under the scheme, the eligible youth in the age group of 18-35 residing in both rural and urban areas in odisha can avail loan of up to rs 1 lakh to start a new business or expand the existing ones.”

” According to the 2023 burgundy private hurun India 500 released by Axis Bank’s burgundy private and hurun india, reliance industries limited (ril) has emerged as india’s most valuable company for the 3rd consecutive year with a value of rs 15,64,663 crore.i. ril is followed by tata consultancy service (tcs) with a value of rs 12,36,229 crore and hdfc bank with rs. 11,25,975 crores at 2nd and 3rd spot.ii. the total cumulative value of the 2023 burgundy private hurun india 500 companies is rs. 231 lakh crore (usd 2.8 trillion).”

” Ambassador ruchira kamboj, India’s permanent representative to the united nations (un), chaired the 62nd session of the commission for social development (csocd62), held from 5-14 february 2024 at the un headquarters in new york, the united states of america (usa). india chaired the session of csocd for the first time since 1975.note: poland is set to chair the 63rd session of the csocd in 2025.”