Daily Current Affairs Quiz: April 16 2024

Solution: Option A.)

Ans (A)
World Athletics has announced that it will award prize money to the athletes who win a gold medal at the Paris Olympics 2024.
Track and field has become the first sport in the modern Olympics to offer prize money at the Olympics.
The world athletic governing body, World Athletics, said it has created a $2.4 million fund for this purpose.
Every gold-winning track and field athlete in the 48 men’s, women’s, and mixed events of the Paris Olympics will receive $50,000 prize money each.
The World Athletics plans to start prize money for the silver and bronze medal winners from the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.

Solution: Option A.)

Ans (A)
“International Turban Day” is celebrated internationally on 13 April every year.
The day acknowledges the importance of the turban in Sikh culture and promotes religious harmony and inter-cultural understanding.
13 April was chosen as International Turban Day because Baisakhi is a major Sikh festival that celebrates the birth of the Khalsa Panth.
On this day on 13 April 1699, the tenth Guru, Guru Gobind Singh established the Khalsa Panth at Anandpur Sahib which made it a meaningful date for Sikhs around the world.
2024 Turban Day marks the 555th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev and the festival of Baisakhi.

Solution: Option C.)

Ans (C)
The 5th edition of the ‘Dustlik’ joint military exercise between India and Uzbekistan will take place in the Termez district of Uzbekistan.
Exercise Dustlik 2024 is the 5th edition of the joint military exercise ‘DUSTLIK’ between India and Uzbekistan.
The 14-day exercise will be conducted in Termez District of Uzbekistan from 15 to 28 April 2024.
Indian and Uzbekistan armed forces joined for a training program to enhance cooperation and future military ties.

Solution: Option D.)

Ans (D)
According to a recent report by Switzerland’s non-profit group EA Earth Action, India is among the top twelve countries in the world responsible for 60 percent of the planet’s mismanaged plastic waste.
The report Plastic Overshoot Day was released by EA Earth Action.
Eritrea topped the Mismanaged Waste Index while Bermuda was at the bottom.
The higher the rank of the country in the Index means greater waste mismanagement in the country.
Plastic Overshoot Day refers to the expected Day when the volume of plastic waste generated will be more than the waste management system can manage.
The per capita plastic waste production in India is the lowest in the world. It was 8 kg per capita per year.

Solution: Option A.)

Ans (A)
Supreme Court Justice Aniruddha Bose has been appointed as the new director of the National Judicial Academy (NJC), Bhopal.
Supreme Court Chief Justice DY Chandrachud announced the decision to appoint him during a ceremonial bench in honor of the retired judge.
The National Judicial Academy (NJA) in Bhopal was established in 1993 as an independent society under the Societies Registration Act, of 1860. NJA is fully funded by the Government of India.
The NJA works under the instructions of the Supreme Court of India.

Solution: Option B.)

Ans (B)
Ministry of Defence, Government of India has issued a tender for procurement of 97 indigenously manufactured LCA Mark – 1A fighter aircraft from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).
Their cost is likely to be more than Rs 65 thousand crore.
This will be the largest-ever order for indigenous military equipment placed by the Government of India.
The LCA Mark-1A is an upgraded version of the Tejas aircraft

Solution: Option D.)

Ans (D)
Hyderabad-origin Indian-American actress Avantika Vandanapu has been honored with the “South Asian Person of the Year” award and title by Harvard University.
She is best known for playing Karen Shetty in the musical comedy Mean Girls (2024).
The 19-year-old actress was recognized for her outstanding achievements and contributions to the arts and society.

Solution: Option D.)

Ans (D)
Iceland appoints Bjarni Benediktson replacing Katrín Jakobsdótir as PM.
Bjarni Benediktsson has taken over as Iceland’s PM, succeeding Katrín Jakobsdóttir, who has aimed for the presidency.
Benediktsson, ex. the foreign minister has hailed from the conservative Independence party.
The transition has followed an agreement among the Independence, Progressive, and Left-Green parties.
Iceland is a Nordic island nation.
Capital: Reykjavík
Official language: Icelandic
Bjarni Benediktsson has taken over as Iceland’s PM, succeeding Katrín Jakobsdóttir, who has aimed for the presidency.
Benediktsson, ex. the foreign minister has hailed from the conservative Independence party.
The transition has followed an agreement among the Independence, Progressive, and Left-Green parties.
Iceland is a Nordic island nation.
Capital: Reykjavík
Official language: Icelandic

Solution: Option D.)

Ans (D)
India scores ahead of China in digital services exports in 2023.
In Europe and Asia, exports rose by 11% and 9%, according to the Global Trade Outlook and Statistics report released by the WTO.
India has become the world’s fourth-largest exporter of digitally delivered services, constituting over a fifth of global trade in services.
India’s exports of digitally delivered services stood at $257 billion in 2023 registering a 17% increase from the previous year

Solution: Option C.)

Ans (C)
World Chagas Disease Day: 14 April 2024
Theme: “Tackling Chagas disease: Detect early and care for life.”
It is often termed as a “silent and silenced disease” as the infected majority have no symptoms.
About 6–7 million people worldwide, mostly in Latin America, are infected with Trypanosoma cruzi, the parasite that causes Chagas disease, with 12,000 deaths, every year.
The World Health Organisation commemorates this day.