2024 Latest Current Affairs, Daily Current Affairs in 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020

Daily & Latest Current Affairs in 2024

Current Affairs is a very important part of the overall preparation strategy for various Competitive Entrance and Government Recruitment Exams. Free Time Learning offers Today Current Affairs provides latest and Best Daily Current Affairs for UPSC, IAS/PCS, UPPSC, IBPS, SBI, RBI, SSC, CGL, Railway, APPSC, TSPSC, KPSC, TNPSC, TPSC, UPPSC, MPSC, RPSC, BPSC, MPPSC, UKPSC, MPSC, and other competitive exams.

1 .

Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister presented a Rs 2,17,287 crore budget for the financial year 2020-21. Who is Deputy Chief Minister of Gujarat?

Prabodh Raval

Savjibhai Korat

Nitin Patel

Ratubhai Adani

Correct Answer : Nitin Patel

Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Nitin Patel presented a Rs 2,17,287 crore budget for the financial year 2020-21, which is higher by Rs 12,472 crore over the previous Budget in 2019-20.The Budget was prepared keeping in focus the motto of SaunoSath, SaunoVikas and SaunoVisvas. The 8th budget of Government of Gujarat ranks at the top among the leading States of the country.

Published On : July 17, 2021

2 .

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari accepted the Punjab state government's demand for including which city in an expressway project that will connect Delhi and Katra, Jammu & Kashmir?

Amritsar

Patiala

Bathinda

Jalandhar

Correct Answer : Amritsar

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari accepted the Punjab state government's demand for including Amritsar in an expressway project that will connect Delhi and Katra, Jammu & Kashmir. In this regard, a Greenfield connectivity will be developed in Punjab stretch of Delhi-Amritsar-Katra expressway to Amritsar City from Nakodar in Jalandhar (Punjab) via five historic towns of Sultanpur Lodhi, Goindwal Sahib, Khadoor Sahib and Tarn Taran.

Published On : July 17, 2021

3 .

Centre approves the 3-month extension(August 1- October 31) of K. Shanmugam -Chief Secretary of which state?

Andhra Pradesh

Jharkhand

Bihar

Tamil Nadu

Correct Answer : Tamil Nadu

Centre approves the 3-month extension(August 1- October 31) of Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary K. Shanmugam, a 1985-batch Indian Administrative Service(IAS) officer who assumed charge on June 30, 2019, after the retirement of incumbent Girija Vaidyanathan. K. Shanmugam was to retire from service on July 31, 2020.

Published On : July 17, 2021

4 .

The first India-Australia virtual leader's summit was held between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Australian Prime Minister. Who is current Australian Prime Minister?

Daniel Andrews

Scott Morrison

Jenny Morrison

Malcolm Turnbull

Correct Answer : Scott Morrison

The first India-Australia virtual leader's summit was held between Indian Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison. The focus of the meet was to further strengthen the bilateral ties in areas like healthcare, trade and defence.

Published On : July 17, 2021

5 .

Who has launched the UNDP national awareness campaign on 'Prevention of Human and Animal Mortality on Highways' on 5 June?

Amit Shah

Nitin Gadkari

Raj Nath Singh

Narendra Singh Tomar

Correct Answer : Nitin Gadkari

Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and MSME Nitin Gadkari has launched the UNDP national awareness campaign on 'Prevention of Human and Animal Mortality on Highways' on 5 June. The campaign aims to generate awareness and education for the masses at large towards reducing or eliminating mortality on the roads of both human beings and animals.

Published On : July 17, 2021

6 .

EAGLE Act, which was making news recently, is associated with which country?

Australia

New Zealand

USA

Brazil

Correct Answer : USA

A bipartisan legislation was re-introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives to eliminate the per-country cap on employment-based green card.

This new law is called as the EAGLE Act 2021. Currently, there is a 7% per-country limit on Visa issuance by the United States. If this law is cleared by the Senate, this would benefit a lot of Indian professionals and their family members who wish to immigrate to the country.

Published On : July 17, 2021

7 .

AmB, is the nano-fibre based tablets, developed by IIT-H, for curing which disease?

Kala Azar

Dengue

Malaria

Japanese Encephalitis

Correct Answer : Kala Azar

Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Hyderabad has developed nano-fibre based oral tablets of Amphotericin B, called as AmB.

This was the first-ever attempt to fabricate nanofibrous oral tablets of Amphotericin B for curing Kala Azar. As Kala-Azar treatment is being currently used as a treatment for Mucormycosis, this can be used to treat fungal infections post COVID treatment.

Published On : July 17, 2021

8 .

What is the main objective of the â€˜Chip-off techniqueâ€™, that has been developed recently?

Gold Mining

Bio Gas production

Data Retrieval

Cryptocurrency Mining

Correct Answer : Data Retrieval

The Scientists at Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL), Hyderabad have developed an indigenous Chip-off technique.

The main objective of the technique is to retrieve encrypted data from locked and severely damaged smart cell phones. This would benefit investigative agencies to produce credible evidences against criminals.

Published On : July 17, 2021

9 .

Which former Miss World is appointed as the brand ambassador of Adidas?

Nicole Faria

Sushmita Sen

Yukta Mookhey

Manushi Chhillar

Correct Answer : Manushi Chhillar

The former Miss World 2017 Manushi Chhillar joined Rohit Sharma, Indian star Batsman, Hima Das Sprinter from Assam and Actor Ranveer Singh as the brand ambassador of Adidas.

Published On : July 17, 2021

10 .

Which Bank and Mastercard India & Worldline India partnered to launch a digital point-of-sale solution 'Soft POS', the 1st financial payments service in India to transform everyday smartphones into merchant POS terminals?

Dhanlaxmi Bank

Axis Bank

Federal Bank

IndusInd Bank Limited

Correct Answer : Axis Bank

Axis Bank Ltd, Mastercard India & Worldline India partnered to launch a digital point-of-sale(POS) solution 'Soft POS', the 1st financial payments service in India to transform everyday smartphones into merchant POS terminals. It helps offline merchants and Kirana stores accept payments using their smartphones. Through this app merchants who traditionally accept cash payments will now have a simpler and more secure way to manage transactions.

Published On : July 17, 2021