Daily Current Affairs Quiz: April 8 2024

Solution: Option B.)

Ans (B)
According to the Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers, Mansukh Mandaviya, India will stop importing urea by the end of 2025 due to an increase in local production capacity with the commissioning of new fertilizer plants.
India is a big importer of Urea and meets around 30% of its 35 million tonnes of annual urea requirement from imports.
The urea production in the country increased from 225.08 lakh tonnes in 2014-15 to 284.95 lakh tonnes in 2022-23.
In 2022-23, the total import of Urea was 75.8 lakh tonnes, which is around 30% of the domestic demand.
The main sources of urea imports are Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE.
The government has adopted a two-pronged strategy to end the import of urea.
One strategy is to revive the closed fertilizer plants and increase the domestic supply of urea.
The other strategy is encouraging farmers to use alternative fertilizers like nano-liquid urea.

Solution: Option A.)

Ans (A)
SJVN Limited was awarded the 15th CIDC Vishwakarma Award 2024 for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Contribution.
SJVN has received two prestigious awards at the CIDC Vishwakarma Awards 2024 instituted by the Construction Industry Development Council.
SJVN has been awarded the ‘Achievement Award for Social Development and Creating Impact’ and ‘CIDC Partners in Progress Trophy’.
These awards demonstrate SJVN’s commitment to driving positive change through innovative and concrete CSR initiatives.
SJVN Limited is a Schedule-‘A’ Mini Ratna Category-I under the Ministry of Power. It is a public-sector undertaking.
SJVN was earlier known as ‘Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam’. SJVN is an Indian public sector undertaking involved in hydropower generation and transmission.
SJVN was established on May 24, 1988, as a joint venture between the Government of India and the Government of Himachal Pradesh.

Solution: Option D.)

Ans (D)
Press Trust of India (PTI) has joined META’s Third-Party Fact-Checking Programme (3PFC) in India.
PTI has joined Meta’s 3PFC program to identify, review and evaluate content as misinformation on social media.
Established in the year 1947, PTI is one of the oldest and largest news agencies in Asia.
With the partnership with PTI Fact Check, Meta now has 12 fact-checking partners in India. This makes Meta the country with the most third-party fact-checking partners globally.

Solution: Option A.)

Ans (A)
The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) ship Samudra Paheredar arrived in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and conducted joint training with the Vietnamese Coast Guard on tackling marine oil pollution in the high seas.
ICG Samudra Paheredar is the second indigenously built marine pollution control vessel of the Indian Coast Guard.
The Indian Coast Guard’s first indigenously built marine pollution control vessel, Samudra Prahari, was commissioned in 2010 and is permanently stationed on the west coast of the country in Mumbai.
ICG Samudra Paheredar was commissioned at Surat in 2012 and is stationed in Visakhapatnam.

Solution: Option B.)

Ans (B)
“National Maritime Day” is celebrated every year on 5 April.
Maritime transport has been the cornerstone of global trade since ancient times.
It connects different countries, cultures, and economies across vast oceans.
The day commemorates SS Loyalty’s 1919 voyage from Mumbai to London.
Whereas the whole world also celebrates “World Maritime Day”.
It is celebrated on the last Thursday of September every year.
In 2024 this date will fall on 26 September.
The theme of National Maritime Day in India this year 2024 is “Navigating the Future: Safety First”!
The theme of National Maritime Day 2024 has been announced by the “Union Shipping Ministry”.

Solution: Option D.)

Ans (D)
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor, Shaktikanta Das, who led the RBI Monetary Policy Committee, has kept the key repo rate unchanged at 6.5% for the seventh consecutive time.
The Governor said that inflation is almost under control in India, and the RBI will follow an accommodative policy to pursue growth.
The first bi-monthly Monetary Policy Committee meeting of fiscal year 2024-25 was held on April 3, 4, and 5, 2024.
The next meeting of the MPC is scheduled for June 5 to 7, 2024.

Solution: Option C.)

Ans (C)
According to a report released by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), India reported the highest number of doping cases in the world in 2022.
In sports, doping refers to the use of banned performance-enhancing drugs by athletes to gain an unfair advantage over its competitors.
In terms of numbers, Russia with 85 positive results was in second place behind India.
It was followed by the United States of America in third place with 84 positive samples.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) was established in 1999 as an international independent agency composed and funded by the International Olympic Committee(IOC) and governments of the world.
Its main aim is to fight against the unauthorized use of performance-enhancing drugs(Dope) by athletes in sports.

Solution: Option C.)

Ans (C)
The Army inducted the ‘Akashteer Command and Control System’ into the Air Defence Corps of the Indian Army to strengthen air defense security.
The Army has prepared this air defense system to meet new challenges.
The first batch of Akashteer was flagged off for air defense control centers from the Ghaziabad facility of Bharat Electronics Limited (BHEL).
It has been developed as part of the Self-reliant India initiative.
The Army has declared the year 2024 as the ‘Year of Technical Absorption’.

Solution: Option D.)

Ans (D)
The Delhi High Court has appointed a former Delhi High Court judge, Justice Najmi Waziri as chairman of an internal departmental committee of city officials dealing with the protection of forests in the National Capital Territory of Delhi.
The application sought a modification of its December 21, 2023 order.
The Delhi High Court in December last year had ordered the setting up of an internal department on the protection of Delhi’s forest.
Justice Waziri of Delhi High Court was famous as the green judge of Delhi.
During his tenure as a judge, he passed several orders on increasing the green cover of Delhi.
He issued at least 150 judgments where the funds deposited by defaulting litigants as costs were used to plant trees.
According to the Forest Department of Delhi, the total recorded forest area in Delhi is 85 sq. km which is 5.73% of the geographic area of Delhi.
The Reserved and Protected Forests constituted 91.76% and 8.24% of the total forest area respectively.

Solution: Option A.)

Ans (A)
The Army Medical Corps (AMC) marked its 260th Raising Day on April 3, 2024, commemorating a significant milestone in its history.
The Army Medical Corps was established in the year 1764.
For centuries, the Corps has lived up to its motto ‘Sarve Santu Niramaya’ which means ‘Let all be free from disease’.
On this occasion, Army Chief General Manoj Pande and Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhary participated in a program organized in New Delhi.
This function was organized to mark Foundation Day. It was also organized to recognize the achievements and celebrate the esprit-d-core of AMC.
The Indian Army Medical Corps came into existence on 3 April 1943 by the amalgamation of the Indian Medical Service, the Indian Medical Department, and the Indian Hospital Corps.