Daily Current Affairs Quiz: June 11 2024

Solution: Option D.)

Ans (D)
Kumud Saini won the sole gold medal for India at the Archery Asia Cup 2024 Stage 3, being held in Suwon, South Korea.
The Indian archery team finished its campaign in the Asia Cup with five medals – one gold, two silvers, and two bronze.
She won the fifth and final medal for India in the Archery Asia Cup 2024 Stage 3 event.
The gold medal added to her tally of two other medals she won as a member of the Indian women’s and mixed compound teams.
India won 14 medals—nine gold, four silver, and one bronze—at the first stage in Baghdad.

Solution: Option A.)

Ans (A)
Indian entrepreneur Vellayan Subbiah was conferred the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2024 at a ceremony held in Monaco’s Salle des Etoiles.
Vellayan Subbiah became the fourth Indian to win this prestigious award in its 24 years of history.
He joined the illustrious list of NR Narayana Murthy of Infosys, Uday Kotak of Kotak Finance, and Kiran Mazumdar Shaw of Biocon Limited.
At present, Vellayan Subbiah is the Executive Vice Chairman of Tube Investments of India (TII) and the Chairman of the Non-Banking Finance Company Cholamandalam (Chola) Investment and Finance Limited.

Solution: Option C.)

Ans (C)
Distinguished Indian wildlife conservationist and biologist Asir Jawahar Thomas Johnsingh, also known as A J T Johnsingh, passed away in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
A J T Johnsingh was 78 years old.
The death of A J T Johnsingh, a courageous environmental activist, is seen as a great loss for conservation activity in India.
Johnsingh was deeply influenced by Colonel Edward James ‘Jim’ Corbett’s tales, which were based on Indian wildlife.
He joined the country’s premier institute for research on wildlife and its management, the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) in Dehradun, as a faculty member and retired as the Dean.
He was awarded India’s fourth highest civilian award -Padma Shri.

Solution: Option C.)

Ans (C)
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has voted by a 4:2 majority to keep the policy repo rate unchanged at 6.5% for eight consecutive times.
This information was provided by the RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das while announcing the second bi-monthly monetary policy of the financial year 2024-25.
The second bi-monthly Monetary Policy Committee meeting of fiscal year 2024-25 was held on June 5 to 7, 2024.
The next meeting of the MPC is scheduled for 6-8 August 2024.
The MPC is mandated to meet at least four times in a financial year, which runs from 1 April to 31 March.

Solution: Option B.)

Ans (B)
Cherukuri Ramoji Rao, the head of the Ramoji film city and the Telugu news and entertainment network ETV, passed away in Hyderabad, Telangana, on 8 June 2024.
Ramoji Rao was 87 years old.
Ramoji Rao was conferred India’s highest civilian award, Padma Vibhushan, in 2016 by President Pranab Mukherjee for his contributions to literature, journalism, and media.
In 2000, he won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu (producer) -Nuvve Kavali.
He also received four Filmfare Awards South and five Nandi Awards,

Solution: Option B.)

Ans (B)
Nar Singh and Rohini won the Dilip Bose Lifetime Achievement Award.
The All India Tennis Association has announced the Dilip Bose Award for lifetime achievement to coach Nar Singh and Rohini Lokhande.
This is a new lifetime achievement award for women coaches.
Rohini was the first woman tennis coach to qualify from the National Institute of Sports.
Dilip Bose was a professional tennis player from India.
The secretary general of AITA: Anil Dhupar

Solution: Option A.)

Ans (A)
European Space Agency’s EarthCARE satellite, launched to study cloud, aerosol, and radiation interactions, aims to enhance climate understanding.
Joint venture with JAXA, contributing advanced cloud profiling radar to increase global climate model accuracy.
Launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket, crucial for advancing scientific knowledge and developing mitigation strategies against climate change.

Solution: Option A.)

Ans (A)
PNB MetLife India Insurance has appointed Sameer Bansal as the new managing director and chief executive, effective July 1.
Bansal, with over 25 years of financial services experience, succeeded Ashish Srivastava.
Srivastava will now head New York-based MetLife Inc’s global shared services team in India.
The appointment is subject to regulatory approvals.

Solution: Option D.)

Ans (D)
Axis Bank collaborated with Mastercard to launch NFC Soundbox
This all-in-one solution will allow users to accept Bharat QR, UPI, Tap & Pay, and Tap+ Pin payments
The Tap+ Pin capability will power payments of more than ₹5000
Axis Bank Limited, formerly known as UTI Bank, is an Indian multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
It is India’s 4th largest bank by market capitalization.
CEO: Amitabh Chaudhry

Solution: Option C.)

Ans (C)
World Brain Tumour Day has been observed on 8th June.
It was 1st observed in the year 2000 by a Leipzig-based NPO Deutsche Hirntumorhilfe e.V or German Brain Tumour Association.
Theme – “Brain Health and Prevention”.
Brain tumors, one of the most debilitating brain diseases, can disrupt brain function.
Brain tumors can either originate in brain tissue or they can spread to the brain from other parts of the body