Daily Current Affairs Quiz: May 30 2024

Solution: Option A.)

Ans (A)
President Gitanas Nauseda has been re-elected President of the Baltic state of Lithuania.
The 1992 constitution of Lithuania provides for a parliamentary system of government.
The parliament of Lithuania is called Seimas, which has 141 members.
They are elected by the people for a term of four years.
The Prime Minister is appointed by the President and is responsible for the day-to-day administration of the country.

Solution: Option A.)

Ans (A)
The Appointment Committee of the Union Cabinet headed by the Prime Minister has approved an extension of one year for the Secretary of the Department of Defence, Research and Development and Chairman of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Dr Samir V Kamat.
Dr Samir Kamat was due to retire on 31 May 2024. His term has been extended till 31 May 2025.
The extension to Dr Kamat comes after the government, in an unusual move, gave a one-month extension to Army Chief Manoj Pande.
Perhaps the main reason for extending Dr Kamat’s tenure is to ensure the continuity of the reform process being implemented in the DRDO.

Solution: Option C.)

Ans (C)
The government of India-owned GAIL (India) Limited’s first green hydrogen plant has become operational at Vijaipur in Madhya Pradesh.
The first green hydrogen plant of GAIL at Vijaipur uses a 10 MW proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyser which has been imported from Canada.
The plant will use solar energy to split the water and produce green hydrogen.
It will produce about 4.3 tonnes of green hydrogen daily, with a purity of about 99.999 per cent by volume.

Solution: Option C.)

Ans (C)
According to the United Nations agency International Organization for Migration (IOM), more than 670 people have died in a remote village in the Pacific country of Papua New Guinea due to a massive landslide that has buried the whole village.
According to the IOM, the death toll is likely to rise as more than 2000 people are feared trapped under the soil, and the rescue effort is being hampered due to the region being inaccessible and remote.
A mudslide, also known as a mudflow, is a type of mass-wasting event where a large amount of water-saturated earth, debris, and rock rapidly flows down a slope or hillside.

Solution: Option B.)

Ans (B)
Telangana has banned the manufacture, storage, distribution, transportation, and sale of gutkha and pans containing tobacco and nicotine for one year.
This action, announced by the Commissioner of Food Safety, aims to protect public health and curb the consumption of harmful substances.
The ban encompasses all packaging forms including sachets, pouches, and containers.
Nicotine is a chemical compound that is naturally present in the tobacco plant.
Nicotine is an alkaloid, a nitrogen-containing compound. Its chemical formula is C10H14N2.

Solution: Option D.)

Ans (D)
For the upcoming International Yoga Day, the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations in Geneva and the World Health Organization (WHO) organized a “Walk the Talk” Yoga session at Place des Nations.
Union Health Secretary – Apurva Chandra
Director General of WHO – Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland
Founded: 7 April 1948

Solution: Option D.)

Ans (D)
Mukesh Ambani launches affordable 5G Telecom venture in Ghana.
Reliance is launching a new telecom venture, Next-Gen InfraCo (NGIC), in Ghana.
NGIC plans to provide 5G broadband services to mobile operators and internet service providers in Ghana by the end of 2024.
Partners in NGIC include Nokia Oyj, Tech Mahindra, and Microsoft, with Ascend Digital Solutions Ltd. and K-NET holding a combined 55% stake, and the Ghana government owning just under 10%

Solution: Option C.)

Ans (C)
World Hunger Day has been observed on 28th May.
Theme – “Thriving Mothers”.
Economist Amartya Sen did research and successfully demonstrated that hunger in the modern world is in fact because of the distribution problem and is also caused by government policies.
Amartya Sen received the Nobel Prize in 1998.
The day aims to create awareness about the struggles faced by millions of people who do not have access to proper nutrition.

Solution: Option B.)

Ans (B)
Centre sanctions Rs 21,253 crore to tackle Kerala’s economic crisis.
Government of India has sanctioned borrowings of up to Rs 21,253 crores until December 2024.
This aid comes amid challenges such as delayed government employee salaries and stalled development projects.
The assistance aims to facilitate critical infrastructure projects and bolster economic stability, including the Coastal Protection and Mini Harbour Project.
Kerala CM: Pinarayi Vijayan

Solution: Option A.)

Ans (A)
Kazakhstan co-chairs the International Conference on Nuclear Security: Shaping the Future (ICONS 2024) in Vienna with Australia.
International Atomic Energy Agency Director General – Rafael Mariano Grossi.
Kazakhstan’s commitment to nuclear disarmament since 1991 and the peaceful use of nuclear energy was reiterated.
IAEA: HQ: Vienna, Austria
Founded: 29 July 1957