Daily Current Affairs Quiz 26th April 2024

Notes the 6th international conference on disaster resilient infrastructure held in new delhi was chaired by the prime minister narendra modi

” Notes:prabowo subianto, formerly indonesia’s defense minister, has been appointed as country’s new president, succeeding joko widodo. indonesia’s presidential term spans five years with the possibility of re-election. subianto’s appointment marks a significant political transition, highlighting the democratic processes in indonesia. his background in defense affairs signals potential shifts in national security policies under his leadership.”

” Notes:the supreme court halted the construction of four proposed dams within kalesar wildlife sanctuary, situated in the eastern part of yamunanagar district, haryana, nestled in the shivalik foothills of the himalayas with the yamuna river to its east. the sanctuary’s diverse topography ranges from plains to hills up to 700 meters elevation, featuring valleys and seasonal rivulets. its rich flora includes sal, khair, and shisam trees, while fauna includes leopards, deer, hyenas, and various bird species.”

” Notes:hindustan aeronautics limited (hal) received the outstanding public sector undertaking (psu) of the year award at the all india management association (aima) managing india awards. vice-president jagdeep dhankhar presented the award in delhi on april 23. hal achieved record revenue of over ₹29,810 crore in the fiscal year ending march 31, 2024, marking an impressive 11% growth. aima, established in 1957, promotes management excellence across india, collaborating with various sectors to advance the profession.”

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The 2024 Global Report on Food Crisis (GRFC) revealed alarming statistics, with nearly 282 million people experiencing acute food insecurity in 59 countries in 2023. Produced annually by the Food Security Information Network (FSIN), the report analyzed 1.3 billion people across these nations. Conflict, extreme weather, and economic shocks were identified as major drivers of food crises, with conflict particularly affecting regions like Palestine and Sudan, impacting 135 million people.

” On 22nd april 2024, celerityx, the enterprise networking solutions business of oneott intertainment limited(oil) announced its collaboration with maharashtra state cooperative credit societies federation(mafcocs) for the deployment of onex platform across 40,000 bank branches in maharashtra. onex has the potential to serve over 1 lakh branches across the country. celerityx received its first order from samata sahakari patsanstha for its branches in maharashtra.”

” Spanish women’s tennis player garbiñe muguruza blanco, a 2-time grand slam champion in singles and former world no. 1 (in 2017), has announced her retirement from professional tennis at the age of 30. she became the 1st spanish woman to win a grand slam singles title since arantxa sánchez vicario (spain) won the 1989 french open in paris. she also won the 2021 wta finals by defeating anett kontaveit (estonia) held in guadalajara, mexico.”

” World book and copyright day  2024 was observed across the globe on 23 april 2024 to promote the love of reading and the significance of books. according to the various news sites, the theme of world book and copyright day 2024 is “read your way”. the annual observance of the day is led by the united nations educational, scientific and cultural organization (unesco). following the evaluation of the world book capital (wbc) advisory committee, the director-general of unesco, audrey azoulay has designated strasbourg (france) as the world book capital for 2024.”

” The national aeronautics and space administration (nasa) has confirmed its dragonfly rotorcraft mission to titan, the largest moon of saturn, with a total lifecycle cost of usd 3.35 billion. the mission is set to be launched in july 2028. the dragonfly rotorcraft is targeted to arrive at titan in 2034.i. titan is the second largest in the solar system after ganymede, the moon of jupiter. as of june 8, 2023, saturn has 146 moons in its orbit.ii. this will become nasa’s first vehicle for science to fly on another planetary body.”

” Armed forces medical services(afms) under the ministry of defence (mod)  signed a memorandum of understanding (mous) with the indian institute of technology(iit) delhi (new delhi, delhi) and iit kanpur, uttar pradesh(up) for collaborative research and training.i. under this mou, iit kanpur will provide technical expertise to develop artificial intelligence (ai) diagnostic models, at the armed forces centre for computational medicine established in armed forces medical college(afmc), pune, maharashtra.ii. biomedical research ecosystem of iit-delhi will provide the technical expertise needed for research in diverse medical challenges faced in the armed force.”

” On april 22, 2024, the national skill development corporation (nsdc) and the international society for krishna consciousness (iskcon) signed an memorandum of understanding (mou) to establish eco villages inspired by govardhan ecovillage (gev) in maharashtra. both entities will team up with skill india centers for skilling youth, women from tribal and marginalised communities in uttar pradesh (up), maharashtra, rajasthan, gujarat, and madhya pradesh (mp), with future expansion to other regions.”

” Jsw neo energy limited (jsw neo), a wholly-owned subsidiary of jsw energy limited, one of india’s leading private sector power-producing companies received a letter of award (loa) for setting up 700 megawatts (mw) inter-state transmission system (ists)-connected solar power project from ntpc limited. the project is part of ntpc’s tariff-based competitive bid initiative for 1,500 mw ists-connected solar power projects (ntpc-ists-ii). jsw energy’s current installed generation capacity stands at 7.2 gw, projected to reach 9.8 gw by the calendar year 2024 (cy24″

” Hindustan aeronautics limited (hal) has signed a transfer of technology (tot) agreement with the council of scientific and industrial research – national aerospace laboratories (csir-nal) to manufacture the bismaleimide (bmi) engine bay door (ebd) for the light combat aircraft (lca) tejas mk1a aircraft. under the agreement, hal can directly produce these high-temperature resistant composite parts for the production of lca mk1a. the tejas mark (mk)-1a aircraft successfully completed its first flight on 28th march 2024.”

” The united nations (un) english language day 2024 was observed across the globe on 23 april 2024 to promote the global significance of the english language, one of the 6 official languages of the un. the day 23 april also commemorates the birth and death anniversary of the english playwright and poet william shakespeare. the un movie society presented a global virtual launch event, “shakespeare at the un,” commemorating the english language day on 23 april 2024. click here to read more”

” Revolut india, a neobank backed by tiger global and softbank, has received in-principle approval from the reserve bank of india (rbi) to issue prepaid payment instruments (ppis) including prepaid cards and prepaid wallets. this will allow revolut india to operate as a domestic player in india’s financial landscape.i. the new licence complements revolut india’s existing licences from the rbi, allowing it to function as a category-ii authorised money exchange dealer (ad ii).ii. on 5 april 2024, rbi governor shaktikanta das proposed linking ppis through third-party unified payments interface (upi) apps, similar to bank account holders.”