Current Affairs Quiz: February 27, 2024

Option A
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Forbes India magazine has unveiled its annual 30 under 30 list, where it picks 30 “trailblazers and disruptors” across fields who are under the age of 30. This year’s list includes three familiar names from the entertainment space: actors Radhika Madan, Rashmika Mandanna, and Dot.

Option D
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Forbes India magazine has unveiled its annual 30 under 30 list, where it picks 30 “trailblazers and disruptors” across fields who are under the age of 30. This year’s list includes three familiar names from the entertainment space: actors Radhika Madan, Rashmika Mandanna, and Dot

Option B
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In a step towards women’s empowerment, PayNearby, a leading fintech company, has launched “Digital Naari,” a platform designed to generate self-employment opportunities for women.

Option B
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Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will launch ‘Asha Kirana Eye Care at Your Doorstep’ under the aegis of National Programme for Control of Blindness and Visual Impairment in Haveri, an official statement said

Option C
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India’s largest public sector lender, the State Bank of India announced over social media that it crossed about 50 crore customers, making it a monumental milestone for the bank

Option B
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Public sector lender State Bank of India (SBI) has surpassed IT major Infosys to become the country’s fifth most valued firm by market valuation.

Option B
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Veteran singer Pankaj Udhas passed away in Mumbai after a prolonged illness. He was 73
He gained recognition as a professional singer with his song “Chitthi Aayee Hai” from the film Naam (1986). Since then, he recorded numerous albums, toured globally as a renowned Ghazal singer, composed music for several films, and contributed as a playba. In 2006, the Indian government conferred the Padma Shri on Udhas.

Option C
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Ministry of Ayush and Ministry of Women and Child Development have signed a MoU for the nutritional improvement in adolescent girls through Ayurveda Interventions

Option C
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The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation and laid the foundation stone for multiple development projects worth more than Rs 48,100 crores in Rajkot, Gujarat. The projects encompass important sectors like health, road, rail, energy, petroleum & natural gas, and tourism among others.

Option B
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India’s longest cable-stayed bridge in Gujarat’s Dwarka. The Sudarshan Setu connects Okha mainland with Beyt Dwarka and has been constructed at the cost of 11,81,19,678.60 USD (Rs 979 crore)

Option A
Explanation:
The annual defence production is expected to touch ₹3 lakh crore from ₹16,000 crore now, and defence exports ₹50,000 crore by 2028-29, while insisting that the new-found thrust is a result of the government’s focus on long-term gains to make India a developed nation by 2047, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said at the Defence Summit organised by a media organisation in New Delhi.

Option C
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The three new criminal laws that were passed by Parliament in 2023 will come into effect from July 1, 2024, according to a notification by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). Section 106(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), which provides for punishment of “0-10 years” in “hit and run” cases, has been put on hold. Earlier this year, transporters and drivers across the country struck work to protest the particular provision.

Option B
Explanation:
PM Narendra Modi launched the world’s largest grain storage plan in the cooperative sector, for farmers . He informed that that 700 lakh tonne storage capacity will be created in the next five years, with an investment of ₹1.25 lakh crore. Under the scheme, thousands of warehouses and godowns will be constructed across the country.

Option B
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Centre approves interest-free loans to Loan to FCV tobacco growers in Andhra Pradesh

Option A
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India bags 14 medals, including nine Golds at Archery Asia Cup 2024 in Baghdad, Iraq

Option
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A committee led by Finance Secretary TV Somanathan will suggest ways to enforce the uniform Know Your Customer (KYC) mechanism. The committee will have members from various ministries, besides regulators.

Option C
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Confident of growing ahead of the India’s GDP, Dinesh Khara, Chairman of India’s largest bank State Bank of India, said the bank is on course to record 14–15 per cent loan growth in the coming fiscal.

Option A
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Shakti Kant das is the governor of RBI

Option A
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Paytm founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma has resigned from his position as part-time non-executive chairman and board member of Paytm Payments Bank Limited (PPBL), almost a month after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) initiated regulatory action against it.

Option A
Explanation:
The Reserve Bank has imposed a monetary penalty of ₹66 lakh on City Union Bank Ltd. (CUB) for its ‘failure’ to comply with certain directions on “prudential norms on income recognition, asset classification and provisioning pertaining to advances and divergence in NPA and KYC directions.”

Option D
Explanation:
IT services firm Wipro said it has partnered with Finnish telecom and IT company Nokia to deliver private wireless solutions to enterprises.

Option B
Explanation:
Vellayan Subbiah, Chairman of Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Co. Ltd. and Executive Vice Chairman of Tube Investments of India Ltd., was conferred the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award at a function held in Mumbai recently.