Daily Current Affairs Quiz: Feb 24, 2023

India’s Tilottama Sen, all of 14, won bronze in the women’s 10m Air Rifle at the International Shooting
Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol, currently underway in Cairo, Egypt.

It was another profitable day for India with Rudrankksh Patil earlier winning gold in the men’s Air Rifle. India
is currently on top of the medal tally with three golds, with Hungary, Britain and Slovakia winning the other three awarded.

Tilottama ended the top eight ranking round with a score of 262.0, missing out on the gold medal match by the narrowest possible margin of
0.1. Her medal was India’s fifth of the competition, a second bronze to add to three golds.

U.S. President Joe Biden nominated former Mastercard Inc (MA.N) CEO Ajay Banga to lead the World Bank, betting the
India-born executive’s ties to the private sector and emerging markets will jump-start the 77-year-old institution’s
overhaul to better address climate change.

Biden’s nomination on Thursday of Banga, 63, now a U.S. citizen, all but assures he will assume a job that
oversees billions of dollars of funding, as it races to help developing countries address climate change.

A day after a real-time payments system linkage was established between India and Singapore using the UPI platform, State Bank of
India on Wednesday announced a partnership with PayNow, the online payment system of the city state, for cross-border payments.

The facility is offered through SBI’s Bhim SBIPay mobile application and the linkage will allow fund transfers from India to Singapore
through registered mobile numbers, and from Singapore to India using the UPI ID.

Dunzo delivery and Alliance Insurance Brokers have joined hands to provide insurance to the former’s national network of delivery partners. Through
this initiative, Alliance Insurance Brokers is providing insurance protection to almost 20,000 delivery partners, insured on a daily basis,
while they are active on the platform.

In case there is an accident, the policy offers a benefit of Rs 5 lakh to cover children’s education, and reimburse business
losses and hospitalisation expenses etc.

There is also an OPD (Outpatient Department) component, under which delivery partners get compensated even in cases where hospitalisation is not required and the accident can be
treated through OPD consultation and medication.

MoU with Cisco for long-term strategic cooperation in the fields of networking, collaboration, and security as well as other
related services.

According to the PSU, these MoUs were inked between February 13 and February 17 at Aero India 2023 in Bengaluru.

The fifth generation Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft is a multi-role, all-weather fighter aircraft with exceptional survivability and stealth capability, according to BEL.

BEL and ADA will design, develop, qualify, produce, and supply Internal Weapon Bay Computers and other Line Replaceable Units (LRUs) for AMCA, as well as offer lifetime product support to the Indian Air Force. This MoU aims to take advantage of the complementary strengths and capabilities of both companies. About the Agreement with Cisco, BEL stated that the collaboration intends to take advantage of the strengths
and skills to profit from opportunities coming up in the network and security areas.

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on Wednesday approved the appointment of Dr Rajeev Raghuvanshi as the new Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) was approved by the, an official release stated.

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) conducted interviews for the appointment of the DCGI in January.

The DCGI heads the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) which gives approval to new drugs, regulates clinical trials, and ensures quality drugs supply across the country.

The top contenders for the post were Dr. VG Somani, Dr Rajeev Singh Raghuvanshi, and Dr Jai Prakash.

Finally, India’s Delhi has a new mayor. After three failed attempts in the past to hold voting, Aam Aadmi Party’s Shelly Oberoi was
elected to the post. She defeated Rekha Gupta of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by 34 votes in a bitter contest.

Oberoi received 150 votes against 116 for Gupta in an election which was held at the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) House meeting.
AAP’s Aaley Mohammad Iqbal will be Oberoi’s deputy.

World Scout Day is observed every year on 22nd February. It is celebrated to honour the loyalty and enthusiasm portrayed by the scouts.

It acts as a platform for us to appreciate and value the services provided to the people by the society and learn ways
through which we can develop our community together.

This day honours the Scouting founder Robert Baden-Powell, who was the 1st 1st Baron Baden-Powell. This is one of the most important days that are celebrated in the month of February. Read on to know more about World Scout Day, an important day observed in February.

Chairman and managing director of JSW Group Sajjan Jindal on Thursday won the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2022.

Jindal will now represent India at the EY World Entrepreneur of the Year Award (WEOY) to be held at Monte Carlo in June 2023.

The 7-member jury led by K V Kamath, former chairman of ICICI Bank, selected Sajjan Jindal as the EOY 2022 winner for his exceptional entrepreneurial journey in scaling the global conglomerate with presence in steel, cement, infrastructure, energy, and paints to revenues
of $22 billion, globally employing over 40,000 people.

The 7th Annual Defence Dialogue between India and Sri Lanka was held on Thursday in New Delhi. The meeting was chaired by Defence Secretary, Giridhar Armane and his Sri Lankan counterpart General Kamal Gunaratne.

“During the meeting, the ongoing defence cooperation activities between the two countries were reviewed, with both sides agreeing to increase the complexity of bilateral exercises. Both the sides also reaffirmed their commitment to avail
maximum benefits from each other’s experience and capacities in the context of training,’ the Defence Ministry said.

India vs Australia, Women’s T20 World Cup, Semi-Final Highlights:Top knocks from Beth Mooney and Meg Lanning, followed by two-wicket
hauls from Ashleigh Gardner and Darcie Brown, guided Australia to a five-wicket win over India in the first semi-final match of
the ongoing Women’s T20 World Cup on Thursday at Newlands, Cape Town.

Opted to bat first, Australia had a good start to their innings with Beth Mooney smashing 54 off 37 balls while skipper Meg Lanning
also smashed 49 off 34 balls. Chasing 173, India started off on a bad note but Harmanpreet Kaur and Jemimah Rodrigues provided
momentum to their side. However, Jemimah perished for 43 while Harmanpreet departed for 52 as India
stumbled in the chase and were restricted for 167/8.

For Australia, Darcie Brown and Ashleigh Gardner took two wickets each.

Sri Lanka’s Board of Investment on Wednesday approved two wind power plants by India’s Adani Green Energy Ltd with a total investment of $442 million, a statement issued by the board said.

“The two wind power plants of 350 MW are scheduled to be commissioned in two years and accordingly, they will be added to the national grid by 2025,” the statement added.

Adani Green Energy is the renewable energy unit of the embattled Adani Group, whose seven listed companies have lost some $125 billion in market value after a U.S.
short seller last month alleged improper use of tax havens and stock manipulation by the apples-to-airports conglomerate.

Classical dance legend Kanak Rele passed away on February 22, 2023. The Mohiniyattam exponent, who was awarded the first Guru Gopinath National Puraskaram of the Government of
Kerala, died at the age of 85 in Mumbai.

Born to to parents Shivdas and Madhuri in 1937 Dr. Rele spent her childhood in West Bengal’s Santiniketan. At the age of seven, Dr. Rele was initiated into Kathakali by Guru Karunakara Panicker.

The Gujarat-born Kanak crossed insurmountable obstacles as she was initiated into the male-dominated world of Kathakali.

During her training, a nagging pain in her leg at the age of ten was diagnosed as polio. But she overcame it with her dedicated dance practice.