Current Affairs Quiz 9th July 2024

” Notes:indian squash players secured two titles at the 2024 asian squash doubles championship in johor, malaysia. abhay singh and joshna chinappa won the mixed doubles, defeating hong kong’s tong tsz wing and ming hong tang. in the men’s doubles, singh and velavan senthilkumar triumphed over malaysia’s ong sai hung and syafiq kamal. the championship featured 33 teams from seven countries and was held from july 4-7, 2024.”

” Notes:the ministry of culture has launched project pari (public art of india) in conjunction with the 46th world heritage committee meeting in new delhi from july 21-31, 2024. executed by lalit kala akademi and national gallery of modern art, this initiative aims to blend india’s rich artistic heritage with modern themes. over 150 artists will create public artworks, democratizing art and enhancing cultural engagement nationwide.”

” Notes:the 15th agriculture leadership awards committee, chaired by justice p sathasivam, has named Maharashtra the best agriculture state for 2024. maharashtra chief minister shri eknath shinde will receive the award in new delhi on july 10. recognized for its innovative agricultural policies and programs, maharashtra’s initiatives include the largest bamboo mission, extensive irrigation projects, and nano-technology fertilizer distribution. the award highlights significant contributions to agricultural advancement and rural prosperity.”

” Notes:the first phase of adani group’s vizhinjam port, india’s first exclusive trans-shipment port near kovalam beach, kerala, is complete. it will receive its first mothership on july 12, marking a major milestone. the port, managed by divya s. iyer, is expected to commence full commercial operations by year-end. it will also be india’s first semi-automated container terminal and a global bunkering hub for green fuels like hydrogen and ammonia. with an 18-meter natural draft, it can accommodate large container ships and is strategically located 10 nautical miles from the international shipping route connecting europe, the persian gulf, and the far east. the project is developed in a public-private partnership by adani vizhinjam ports private ltd.”

” Notes:dhruv sitwala defeated pankaj advani 5-2 to win the 2024 asian billiards championship in riyadh, saudi arabia. this victory marks sitwala’s third asian billiards title, having previously won in 2015 and 2016. advani, aiming for his third title and a hat-trick of championships, fell short in the final.”

” On 4 july 2024, hemant soren, the executive president of the jharkhand mukti morcha (jmm) party was sworn in as the 13th chief minister (cm) of jharkhand for the 3rd time. the governor, cp radhakrishnan, administered the oath of office and secrecy to soren at a ceremony organised at raj bhavan in ranchi, jharkhand. champai soren resigned as cm of jharkhand on 3 july 2024, and he was served as jharkhand’s 12th cm for 5 months since february 2024.”

” The appointment committee of the cabinet (acc) appointed dr. b.n. gangadhar,as the chairman of the national medical commission (nmc). he has been the officiating interim chairman of the nmc since september 2023. prior to this appointment, he was served as the president of the medical assessment and rating board (marb).i.dr sanjay behari, director of sree chitra tirunal institute for medical sciences and technology (sctimst), thiruvananthapuram (kerala), was appointed as the new president of the marb.”

” Admiral dinesh kumar tripathi, chief of the naval staff (cns), indian navy (in) made an official 4-day visit to bangladesh from 1 to 4 july 2024, to consolidate the bilateral defence engagement and explore new areas of maritime cooperation. this is admiral tripathi’s 1st official foreign visit since assuming command as the 26th cns in april 2024. he met with the newly-appointed chief of army staff of the bangladesh army, general waker–uz-zaman in dhaka, bangladesh during his visit.”

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” On the occasion of its 69th foundation day (1st july 2024), the state bank of india (sbi) announced 11 new initiatives to enhance the banking experience for its customers and widen the bank’s accessibility. these initiatives span digital advancements, improved customer services, and specialized products for different segments.i.sbi has launched the upi tap-and-pay feature on the bhim sbi pay app, which uses near field communication (nfc) technology for swift and effortless digital payments.transactions under rs 500 can be completed without a pin using unified payments interface (upi) lite.ii.sbi has established 35 new agricultural centralized processing cells (agri cpcs) to streamline agricultural loan processing and mitigate risks.iii.to better serve its nri (non-resident indian) clients, sbi’s chairman dinesh kumar khara inaugurated its second global nri centre (gnc) in patiala, punjab.click here to read more”

” According to mercer’s latest ”cost of living city ranking 2024” report, mumbai (maharashtra) emerged as the costliest city in india, compared to all the indian cities featured in the report. overall, mumbai has secured the 136th spot in the report, up by 11 spots compared to 2023. hong kong, special administrative region (sar) (china), singapore (singapore) and zurich (switzerland) ranked at 1st, 2nd and 3rd spot respectively, emerged as the world’s top3 costliest cities in 2024 for 2nd consecutive year. as per the report, abuja, nigeria (226th), lagos, nigeria (225th ) and islamabad, pakistan (224th ) are the top 3 least expensive cities in the world.click here to read more”

” Niti aayog (national institution for transforming india) launched the ‘sampoornata abhiyan (completeness campaign)’, a 3-month campaign, with an aim to achieve 100% saturation of 12 key social sector indicators across all aspirational districts and aspirational blocks (6 each). campaign period:  4th july 2024 to 30th september 2024. launch event: the sampoornata abhiyan’s launch events were organised across all the 112 aspirational districts and 500 aspirational blocks across india. objective: to accelerate the development in under developed districts and blocks by achieving saturation in selected indicators of aspirational districts programme (adp) and aspirational blocks programme(abp).click here to read more”

” Air chief marshal vivek ram chaudhari, chief of the air staff (cas) of the indian air force (iaf), inaugurated the weapon systems school (wss) at air force station (afs) begumpet, hyderabad (telangana), to recalibrate and transform the iaf into a future-oriented force. this follows the approval of the weapon system (ws) branch, a new branch of officers in the iaf, in 2022. the wss aims to provide contemporary, effect-based training for the officers of the newly formed ws branch.”

” The republic of belarus officially became the 10th permanent member of the shanghai cooperation organisation (sco), a eurasian political, economic, international security, and defence organization.i.the other permanent member of sco are: china, russia, india, iran(9th), pakistan, kazakhstan, kyrgyzstan, tajikistan, and uzbekistan.ii. the republic of kazakhstan, the 2024 chair of the sco, hosted the 24th sco-chs summit in astana, capital city of kazakhstan from 3rd to 4th july, 2024. theme: “strengthening multilateral dialogue- striving for sustainable peace and development”. union minister dr. subrahmanyam jaishankar, the ministry of external affairs (mea) represented india at the summit.”

” The government of India (goi) hosted the “global India ai summit” from July 3rd to 4th July at bharat mandapam, new delhi, delhi. the summit was organised by the ministry of electronics and information technology (meity), goi. the summit aimed to foster collaboration and the knowledge exchange among global ai stakeholders, which reflects india’s unwavering commitment to the responsible development, deployment, and adoption of artificial intelligence (ai) technologies. also, India as the lead chair of the global partnership on artificial intelligence (gpai), hosted the 6th global partnership in artificial intelligence (gpai) ministerial council meeting in a hybrid mode. in march 2024, the union cabinet chaired by prime minister (pm) narendra modi approved indiaai mission and has allocated budget outlay of rs 10,371.92 crore(usd 1.25 billion).”