Daily Current Affairs Quiz 6th July 2024

” On 1 july 2024, hungary took over the presidency of the council of the european union (eu) from belgium, for 6 months (july – december 2024), during the opening cultural event of the 6-month presidency held in brussels, belgium. the motto of hungary’s eu presidency is “make europe great again.” hungary is assuming the rotating presidency of the council for the 2nd time, since joining the eu in 2004. their 1st presidency was in the first half of 2011. hungary’s eu presidency, led by prime minister(pm) viktor orbán. hungary will hand over the presidency to poland on january 1, 2025 and the polish presidency will last until june 2025. eu is a group of 27 european countries and the presidency of the council rotates among the eu member states every 6 months.”

The 16th edition of the india-mongolia joint military exercise began at the foreign training node in umroi meghalaya on 3 july 2024 the bilateral training initiative between the indian army ia and the mongolian army is expected to conclude on 16

” The 13th india-thailand joint military exercise ‘maitree’ is taking place at fort vachiraprakan in tak province of thailand from july 1 – 15, 2024. the maitree exercise is a military exercise between india and thailand which takes place every year since 2006. the indian army contingent, comprising 76 personnel, is represented mainly by a battalion of ladakh scouts and personnel from other arms and services. the royal thailand army (rta) contingent comprises 76 personnel from the 1st battalion, 14 infantry regiment of 4 division. the previous edition of the exercise was conducted in umroi, meghalaya in 2019.”

” On june 30 2024, madhya pradesh (mp) chief minister (cm) mohan yadav and rajasthan cm bhajan lal sharma signed a memorandum of understanding (mou) for the implementation of the rs 72,000 crore parbati-kalisindh-chambal (pkc) inter-state river linking project in bhopal, mp. this river link project proposes to provide drinking and industrial water in 13 districts of eastern rajasthan, malwa and chambal regions of mp. the overall cost of the pkc river link project is rs 72,000 crore, which includes rs 35,000 crore for mp and 37,000 crore for rajasthan. the centre provides 90% of the funds for the project while states contribute only 10%.”

” On July 3, 2024, Japan introduced its first new yen banknotes in 2 decades, featuring advanced state-of-the-art 3D hologram technology to combat counterfeiting. This historic release includes the 10,000 yen, 5,000 yen, and 1,000 yen bills, showcasing prominent figures who symbolize Japanese capitalism, women’s equality, and scientific innovation. With this Japan became the first country in the world to utilise holography that creates a 3D rotating effect on the portraits, significantly elevating the notes’ security features. 10,000 yen: Features Eiichi Shibusawa, a pioneer of Japanese capitalism. He was known as “the father of Japanese capitalism. 5,000 yen: Depicts Umeko Tsuda, a feminist and educator. 1,000 yen: Shows Shibasaburo Kitasato, a physician and bacteriologist.”

” On 3rd july 2024, the union ministry of housing and urban affairs (mohua), government of India (goi) announced that it has extended the deadline for the smart cities mission (scm) till 31st march 2025, allowing cities to complete ongoing projects, which account for around 10% of the total projects. this is for the 2nd time that the deadline for the scm has been extended, which was earlier 30th June, 2024.according to the official data of mohua, as on 3rd july 2024, 100 cities had completed 7,188 projects (90% of total projects) worth rs 1.44 lakh crore. goi has allocated rs 48,000 crore for the 100 cities under scm in union budget .”

” On 3rd july 2024, the ministry of rural development (mord) and the ministry of micro, small and medium enterprises (momsme), signed a statement of intent (soi) to support and formalise the self help group (shg) women-led rural enterprises through the flagship schemes of momsme.i.the soi emphasises a whole-of-government approach, facilitating the empowerment of lakhpati didis, a shg member with an annual household income exceeding rs. 1,00,000.ii.this soi will strengthen the collaboration between both ministries, supporting shg didis in entrepreneurship through momsme’s flagship initiatives like yeshaswini- apna udyam, apni pehchaan, and udyam assist.”

” Indian chess legend viswanathan anand, the 15th world chess champion, has won the 37th edition of the magistral tournament “ciudad de león” (leon masters) by defeating the grand master (gm) jaime santos latasa of spain (3-1) in the finals. the tournament was held from 27th june to 1 july 2024 in león, spain. he was the first recipient of rajiv gandhi khel ratna award, india’s highest sports award in 1991-92. he was first sports person to receive the padma vibhushan award in 2007.”

” The national bank for agricultural and rural development (nabard) has signed a memorandum of understanding (mou) with online psb loans limited(opl) to promote financial inclusion through regional rural banks (rrbs). it aims to smoothen and digitalize the enrolment and claim settlement processes under the jan suraksha schemes (jss) for all 43 rrbs. under this initiative, nabard will integrate all 43 rrbs onto the jan suraksha portal to democratise access to financial protection schemes across remote areas of the country. jan suraksha portal : it is an initiative undertaken by department of financial services (dfs), ministry of finance (mof), government of india (goi). it offers digital enrolment and claim settlements for the pradhan mantri jeevan jyoti  bima yojana (pmjjby), and the pradhan mantri suraksha bima yojana (pmsby).”

” On 1st july 2024, the united states of america (usa)-based space exploration and research agency (sera) in partnership with blue origin, the company owned by jeff bezos (founder of amazon) announced india as a “partner nation” in their human spaceflight programme for citizens from countries who have sent a few or no astronauts to space. under this strategic partnership, sera will offer citizens from across the world 6 seats on a future mission of new shepard, blue origin’s reusable suborbital rocket. besides india, nigeria, and the maldives will each be allotted a seat on the mission of blue origin. the mission will celebrate the historic achievement of the first nigerian citizen to embark on a space voyage. new shephard rocket will fly the selected astronauts on an 11-minute journey past the kármán line, the internationally recognised boundary line of space i.e. 62 miles or 100 kilometers (km) above the earth.”