Daily Current Affairs Quiz 9th August 2024

” Notes:India won the cava women’s volleyball nations league final, defeating nepal 3-2 in kathmandu. This victory marked India’s second title in the league. Despite a previous loss to nepal in the league stage, India secured the championship in the finals. The final match displayed high competition and skill between both teams. India took gold, nepal secured silver, and iran settled for bronze in the tournament.”

” Notes:the maharashtra Government has approved logistics policy 2024. It aims to establish more than 200 logistics parks, complexes, and terminals, which is expected to generate approximately 5,00,000 new job opportunities. The policy targets developing 10,000+ acres of logistics infrastructure, including 25 district nodes, five regional hubs, and state, national, and international logistics hubs. It incentivizes hi-tech logistics, promoting ai, blockchain, robotics, automation, iot, and drones, generating tech-savvy jobs for local youth.”

A contentious bill to amend the waqf act of 1995 aimed to include non muslim individuals and muslim women in waqf bodies is due to be presented in the lok sabha

The Indian army conducted the parvat prahaar exercise in ladakh focusing on high-altitude warfare the exercise highlights operations in rugged terrain near the India-china border it involves real-world combat simulations to train soldiers for unique challenges

” Notes:the 10-day shri baba buddha amarnath pilgrimage in poonch district, jammu and kashmir, started on august 8 and will end on august 19, coinciding with sawan purnima and raksha bandhan. The first batch of pilgrims left jammu amid tight security. Around 700 pilgrims from karnataka, gujarat, and madhya pradesh are participating. The temple is 290 km from jammu, 4600 feet above sea level, and surrounded by loran valley. Visiting baba buddha amarnath is considered essential before the baba amarnath yatra in anantnag.”

” Union minister bhupender yadav, ministry of environment, forest, and climate change (moef&cc), announced that the central Government has declared the choolannuar in kerala and adichunchanagiri in karnataka as peacock sanctuaries. Breeding and conservation centers have been established by the moef&cc to protect peacocks, the national bird of India, since 1963. In 1963, the peafowl was declared the national bird of India because of its rich religious and legendary involvement in Indian traditions. It is fully protected under the Indian wildlife protection) act, 1972.”

” On 1st august 2024, jammu & kashmir (j&k) bank launched a program titled ”kisan ka samman” to empower the farmers of j&k who exhibited exceptional financial discipline and promptness in their dealings with bank. The program will run till 30th september, 2024. The program was launched by baldev prakash, managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO), j&k bank along with sudhir gupta, executive director(ED), j&k bank and other senior officers in srinagar, j&k. The program will identify those farmers who have consistently renewed their kisan credit cards (KCC) and showed financial discipline. An identified farmers will be honoured with a ‘certificate of appreciation (COA)’ at various branches, clusters and zonal levels”

” On august 5 2024, the union minister mansukh mandaviya, ministry of youth affairs and sports (MYAS) of the Government of India(GOI) has signed a  memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the denzil llewellyn douglas, minister of foreign affairs of saint kitts and nevis(SKN) in new delhi(DELHI) to enhance cooperation in various sport matters. The mou was signed during denzil douglas’s official visit to India from august 4th to 9th, 2024. Aim: to improve both countries’ sporting capacities by promoting a collaborative approach to sports development, sharing expertise, and mutual growth among athletic disciplines.”

” On 3rd august 2024, the central board of India’s largest public sector bank (PSB), state bank of India (SBI)- mumbai(MAHARASHTRA) has approved a proposal for fundraising of up to rs 25,000 crore through the issue of tier-1 and tier-2 bonds in the current fiscal year 2024-25( fy25).I.The funds will be raised in Indian rupee (INR) or united states dollar (USD) and the bonds will be basel-iii compliant, which is subject to approval of Government of India (GOI), wherever is required.Ii.The announcement was made by SBI along with its q1 (april-june) results for fy25.”

” On 1st august 2024, lieutenant (lt.) general (GEN) vikas lakhera officially assumed charge as the 22nd director general(DG) of the assam rifles, India’s oldest paramilitary force often known as the “sentinels of the north-east”. He succeeded lt. Gen. Pradeep chandran nair, who retired from the service on 31st july 2024. He served as 21st dg of assam rifles since 2021. Prior to this appointment, vikas lakhera served as the additional director general (ADG) of military operations, handling information warfare. Assam rifles was established in 1835 as the “cachar levy.” it is fondly called ‘friends of the north east people’.”

” Hiroshima day is annually observed across the globe on 6th august to commemoration of the atomic bombings of hiroshima in japan by the united states of america in 1945. 6th august 2024 marks the 79th anniversary of the atomic bombing of hiroshima. During the world war ii (wwii – 1939-1945), the united states army air forces (USAAF) boeing-29 (B29) superfortress ‘enola gay’ dropped the first atomic bomb, nicknamed ‘little boy’, over the japanese city of hiroshima on 6th august 1945.Click here to read more”

” Padma bhushan awardee shobhana sitaram ranade, a renowned gandhian activist and social worker passed away at the age of 99 in pune, maharashtra. She was born on 26th october 1924 in pune. In 2011, the Government of India (GOI) honoured shobhana with the padma bhushan award for her contributions in the field of social work. Shobhana has received numerous awards for her works which includes the national award (1983) for child welfare services ; jamnalal bajaj award (2011) for development and welfare of women and children.”

Astra mk-1 is an indigenously developed beyond visual range bvr aam system that is a part of the astra program which aims to improve the aerial combat capabilities of the Indian

” On 5th august 2024, shanghai spacecom satellite technology (SSST), a chinese state-owned enterprise, launched the first batch of 18 satellites for the low earth oRBIt (LEO) communications megaconstellation named “qianfan (“thousand sails constellation”), formerly known as g60 project. The satellites were launched from taiyuan satellite launch centre (TSLC) in the northern province of shanxi, china. This launch is a part of ssst’s ‘g60 project’ which was initiated in 2023 with the goal of deploying 1296 leo satellites by 2030. The plan includes launching 108 satellites in 2024 and 648 satellites by the end of 2025, aiming for global network coverage by 2027.”

” Krishnakumar dinesh karthik, an Indian commentator and former India wicket keeper has been appointed as the league ambassador of south africa’s premier t20 cricket league (sa20 league) ahead of the 2025 edition of the tournament. He became the first Indian player to be associated with the south african tournament.

I.Karthik will join his former royal challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Delhi daredevils teammate ab de villiers as one of the league’s ambassadors.Ii.Karthik has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket in june 2024.Iii.He played for India in 26 tests, 94 one day international (ODI), and 60 t20is. He was also a part of the Indian team that won the 2007 t20 world cup south africa.Iv.He has signed to join paarl royals as an overseas player ahead of the 2025 season, becoming the first Indian player to feature in the sa20.”