Daily Current Affairs Quiz: June 18 2024

Solution: Option C.)

Ans (C)
Cyril Ramaphosa has secured a second term as the President of South Africa after he was elected by the South African Parliament in a late-night sitting on 14 June 2024.
Cyril Ramaphosa was re-elected after a deal was signed between his African National Congress (ANC) Party the centre-right Democratic Alliance (DA) and other smaller parties to form a coalition government.
Cyril Ramaphosa was elected as the President of South Africa for the first time on 15 February 2018.
For the first time since the implementation of the 1996 constitution, the ruling ANC party has failed to secure a majority in the South African Parliament.

Solution: Option C.)

Ans (C)
The India-IORA (Indian Ocean Rim Association) Cruise Tourism conference came to an end in New Delhi.
The objective of the two-day conference was to bring together government and business stakeholders from IORA Member States.
The India-IORA Tourism Conference was organised by the Ministry of External Affairs in association with the Indian Ocean Rim Association Secretariat and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).
The two-day India-IORA Cruise Tourism Conference was organized at the Sushma Swaraj Bhawan, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi.
Member countries hold the IORA chairmanship for two years. Currently, Sri Lanka is the chairman for 2023-25. India will take over from Sri Lanka as the chairman for 2025-27.
Permanent Secretariat of IORA: Mauritius

Solution: Option A.)

Ans (A)
Shruti Vora became the first Indian ever to win a three-star Grand Prix event in equestrian.
53-year-old Shruti Vora from Kolkata won the CDI-3 event in the FEI Dressage World Cup held in Lipica, Slovenia.
Shruti Vora riding her horse Magnanimous scored 67.761 points to finish ahead of Moldova’s Tatiana Antonenco and Juliane Jerich of Austria.
Shruti has represented India at the Dressage World Championships (2022) the 2010 Guangzhou (China) Asian Games and the 2014 Asian Games held in Incheon, South Korea .

Solution: Option B.)

Ans (B)
DRDO partnered with Pune’s Sagar Defence Engineering to develop India’s first underwater-launched UAVs (ULUAVs).
These innovative drones, to be deployed from submarines, mark a significant advancement in India’s underwater military capabilities.
Sagar Defence was chosen through competitive bidding, receiving the contract from DRDO’s Technology Development Fund out of 17 firms.

Solution: Option D.)

Ans (D)
Kolkata to host Law Conference on New Criminal Justice Reforms.
Ministry of Law and Justice is organizing a conference titled “India’s Progressive Path in the Administration of Criminal Justice System” in Kolkata.
The conference will discuss three new laws: Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam.
This event will focus on significant interaction and awareness about the new laws.

Solution: Option C.)

Ans (C)
Confederation of Indian Industry projected India’s GDP growth at 8% for 2024-25, surpassing RBI’s estimate of 7.2%.
Growth was driven by second-generation reforms, global trade improvements, and robust policy frameworks.
Key economic sectors like agriculture, industry, and services are expected to excel, contributing to a potential $7 trillion GDP by 2029-30.

Solution: Option B.)

Ans (B)
Global Wind Day has been observed on 15th June.
It has been celebrated annually since 2007 to promote wind energy, an alternative clean and renewable power system.
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India, has set the target of 500 GW of renewable energy capacities by the year 2030 and to achieve Net Zero by 2070.
Cabinet Minister (New & Renewable Energy): Pralhad Venkatesh Joshi
Pradip Kumar Das: CMD, IREDA

Solution: Option A.)

Ans (A)
The winners of the 2024 Kavli Prize were announced.
Eight winners were awarded for their contributions to astrophysics, neuroscience, and nanoscience.
This year’s prize for astrophysics has been awarded to David Charbonneau of Harvard University, and Sara Seager, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Robert Langer of MIT, Armand Paul Alivisatos of the University of Chicago, and Chad Mirkin of Northwestern University were given the prize for nanoscience.
The prize in neuroscience has been awarded to Nancy Kanwisher of MIT, Winrich Freiwald of Rockefeller University, and Doris Tsao of the University of California at Berkeley.

Solution: Option A.)

Ans (A)
India is the world’s second-largest source of nitrous oxide (N2O), a greenhouse gas that heats up the atmosphere far more than carbon dioxide.
Nearly 11% of such global man-made emissions in 2020 were from India, topped only by China at 16%.
The major source of these emissions comes from fertilizer usage, according to a global assessment of N2O emissions.
N2O emissions from human activities have increased by 40% (three million metric tons of N2O per year) in the past four decades, with growth rates between 2020 and 2022 higher than in any previous period since 1980, when reliable measurements began.

Solution: Option D.)

Ans (D)
Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, one of the most accomplished cricketers in the history of the game, has unveiled his autobiography titled ‘I Have the Streets: A Kutti Cricket Story’.
Co-authored with acclaimed writer Sidharth Monga, this book promises to take readers on a captivating journey through Ashwin’s life and the times before he became a professional cricketer.