Daily Current Affairs Quiz 22nd May 2024

Anti-terrorism day in india commemorates the assassination of the former prime minister rajiv gandhi who was killed in sriperumbudur on may 21 1991 by an ltte suicide bomber this day highlights the nations commitment to combating

” Notes:the serum institute of india (sii) has begun exporting the ‘r21/matrix-m’ malaria vaccine to africa to combat the disease. this new vaccine, recommended by who, joins the rts,s/as01 vaccine. developed by oxford university’s jenner institute and sii, it received support from edctp, wellcome trust, and eib. affordable and effective, it’s approved for children and licensed in multiple african countries, marking a significant step in global malaria prevention efforts.”

” Notes:alexander zverev won his second italian open singles title, while world no. 1 iga swiatek claimed her third italian open title. swiatek defeated aryna sabalenka in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3, to win her 21st career title. this marks swiatek’s third italian open victory in the last four years; she did not qualify for the final last year.”

This experiment aims to gather crucial data on nuclear warheads safety and effectiveness without using nuclear explosions despite a 1992 moratorium on explosive nuclear tests subcritical testing continues the previous subcritical test occurred in september 2021

” Notes:gopi thotakura, an indian expatriate, became the first indian space tourist and the second indian in space on blue origin’s ns-25 mission. the mission, new shepard’s seventh human spaceflight, included six crew members, among them gopi thotakura. the crew also featured historical figure ed dwight, the first black astronaut candidate selected by president kennedy. new shepard has now flown 37 people into space, marking another milestone in space tourism.”

Beml limited formerly bharat earth movers limited has secured an order worth rs 250 crore from ncl northern coalfields for 28 units of bh100 rear dump trucks under this order the dumpers will be maintained through a 5-year guaranteed spare parts contract ensuring operational efficiency

” Indian shuttlers satwiksairaj rankireddy and chirag shetty have won the men’s doubles title in the badminton world federation (bwf) thailand open super 500 badminton tournament 2024 which was held from 14th to 19th may 2024 in bangkok, thailand.• the world no. 3 indian pair clinched the title by defeating the 29th-ranked chen bo yang and liu yi of china.• this was their second tournament win of 2024 and second thailand open title after winning it in 2019.• the indian duo won the swiss open, the indonesia open and the korea open in 2023 as well as won the french open super 750 in march 2024.click here to view full winner list”

On 19 may 2024 iran’s 8th president ebrahim raisa was killed in a helicopter crash in northwestern iran following his death iran’s 1st vice president mohammad mokhber was appointed interim president of iran for 50 days before mandatory presidential elections iran

” On may 17, 2024, the securities and exchange board of india (sebi) amended its listing obligations and disclosure requirements (lodr) regulations, 2015 with sebi (lodr) (amendment) 2024 for revising the method for calculating the market capitalization of listed companies under the lodr regulations.• instead of using a single day’s market cap (previously calculated on march 31), sebi now employs an ‘average market capitalization’ over a defined period.• this change affects ten provisions in the lodr regulations viz. 3, 15, 17, 21, 25, 26a, 29, 30, 34, 43a, 44.• the change follows recommendations from a sebi-appointed expert committee chaired by former whole-time member santosh kumar (sk) mohanty, aimed at facilitating ease of business.• the changes will impact the top 100/top 250 companies based on market capitalisation. for the rest of the companies, the framework is still voluntary. click here to read more”

” Abu dhabi(united arab emirates (uae))-based ai investment firm 3ai holding and seetha mahalaxmi healthcare (sml) india have launched india’s homegrown generative artificial intelligence (genai) platform ‘hanooman ai’, an indian large language model (llm) in 98 global languages, including 12 indian languages, along with text translation capabilities.• the 12 indian languages are hindi, marathi, gujarati, bengali, kannada, odia, punjabi, assamese, tamil, telugu, malayalam, and sindhi.• the platform aims to serve four sectors, including healthcare, governance, financial services, and education.”

” The indo-russian joint venture (jv), indo-russian rifles private limited (irrpl) based in amethi, uttar pradesh, handed over 27,000 ak-203 assault rifles to indian army. these assault rifles achieved 25% of localization.• the 1st 70,000 rifles will be manufactured in india with a gradual increase of localization from 5% to 70%, remaining rifles will be manufactured with 100% localization.• these assault rifles will be manufactured through a special purpose joint venture (jv) called indo-russian rifles private limited (irrpl) at korwa ordnance factory in amethi, uttar pradesh.• ak-203 assault rifle has a magazine capacity of 30 rounds. it has an effective range of 800m.• it has a gas-operated, rotary bolt-locking rifle and can fire 600 rounds in one minute.”

” Dr william lai ching-te, a doctor turned politician was sworn in as the 16th president of taiwan (republic of china (roc)) in a ceremony held at the presidential office in taipei. the first lady and vice president bi-khim hsiao also attended the inaugural celebrations.• william lai ching-te succeeded tsai ing-wen, the 1st female head of state of taiwan and asia, who served as president for 2 consecutive 4-year terms since 2016.• bi-khim hsiao succeeded lai ching-te as the 16th vice president of taiwan.”

” Bank of maharashtra (bom) emerged as the top performer among public sector banks (psbs) in terms of business growth during the fiscal year 2023-24 (fy24), according to published financial numbers of the public sector banks (psbs). bom recorded a remarkable 15.94% rise in total business (domestic) in fy24.• state bank of india (sbi) followed closely with a growth rate of 13.12%.• sbi’s total business (deposit and advances) stood significantly higher at rs 79,52,784 crore (about 16.7 times) compared to bom’s rs 4,74,411 crore.• state bank of india (sbi), the largest state-owned lender in india, announced its q4fy24 results, showcasing robust performance with a net profit of rs 20,698.35 crore, up 24% from q4fy23. click here to read more”

The united nations’ world bee day is observed annually on may 20 across the globe to raise awareness about the importance of bees and beekeeping globally and the significance of pollinators the threats they face and their contribution to sustainable development the 1st world bee day was observed on 20 may 2018 and

Red bulls max verstappen won the 2024 emilia romagna grand prixgp by defeating mclarens lando norris who finished second in the event the emilia-romagna grand prix was held on 19 may 2024 in imola italy