Current Affairs for UPSC: Jagran Josh presents Daily Current Affairs Quiz for all dedicated students and readers preparing for various competitive exams. In today’s session, get briefings about the important topics given in Q&A formats such as Grammy Awards 2024, First woman Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court etc.
1. Who has taken oath as the first woman Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court?
(a) Indu Malhotra
(b) Ritu Bahri
(c) Ruma Pal
(d) Hima Kohli
2. Who was awarded the ‘Best Green Bond-Corporate’ award at The Asset Triple A Awards for Sustainable Finance 2024?
(a) Hindalco
(b) REC Limited
(c) IOCL
(d) Tata Power
3. Which has become the first European country to accept Unified Payment Interface (UPI)?
(a) Germany
(b) Portugal
(c) Italy
(d) France
4. Which has become the first country in the European Union to issue ‘Digital Schengen Visa’?
(a) Austria
(b) Belgium
(c) France
(d) Finland
5. Who won the ‘Best Global Music Album’ award at the Grammy Awards 2024?
(a) ‘This moment’
(b) ‘Midnights’
(c) ‘The Record’
(d) ‘Flowers’
6. Who has recently made the record of spending maximum time in space?
(a) Christina Koch
(b) Andrew Morgan
(c) Oleg Kononenko
(d) Scott Kelly
7. Who was appointed as the new Advocate General of Rajasthan?
(a) Rajendra Prasad
(b) Ravi Shankar Prasad
(c) Ashok Kumar
(d) Indu Kumari
Answer:-
1. (b) Ritu Bahri
Justice Ritu Bahri has been appointed as the first woman Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court. Governor Lieutenant General (Retd.) Gurmeet Singh administered the oath to Justice Ritu Bahri at a ceremony held at Raj Bhavan. He replaced former Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi. In October last year, Justice Ritu Bahri was appointed as the acting Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
2. (b) REC Limited
REC Limited, a Maharatna enterprise under the Ministry of Power, has been awarded the prestigious Best Green Bond – Corporate Award at The Asset Triple A Awards for Sustainable Finance 2024. REC has received the award for issuing a $750 million USD green bond due in April 2023, which was also the first USD green bond from India.
3. (d) France
NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL) recently announced that UPI users can now buy tickets for the Eiffel Tower in Paris. France has become the first European country to accept digital payments from India. For this, NIPL has partnered with Lyra e-commerce of France. National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) launched UPI in the year 2016.
4. (c) France
France has started the initiative to issue Digital Schengen visas, becoming the first country in the European Union to issue this visa. Specific eligibility criteria have been outlined for non-EU citizens seeking a digital visa. Digital Visa will replace stickers with cryptographically signed barcodes. The Schengen countries are part of the ‘Schengen Agreement’ which was established in 1995.
5. (a) ‘This moment’
Veteran Indian musicians Shankar Mahadevan and Zakir Hussain won the Grammy Awards in the ‘Best Global Music Album’ category for their album ‘This Moment’ by fusion band ‘Shakti’. ‘This Moment’ was released on 30 June 2023. Taylor Swift won the Best Album of the Year award for Midnights. The 66th Annual Grammy Awards 2024 were held in Los Angeles.
6. (c) Oleg Kononenko
Russian astronaut Oleg Kononenko has set a new world record for spending the most time in space by staying in space for 878 days or more than two and a half years. Oleg Kononenko overtook the record set by compatriot Gennady Padalka. According to the European Space Agency, Oleg Kononenko started his space career as an engineer and made his first space flight in 2008.
7. (a) Rajendra Prasad
Rajendra Prasad has been appointed as the new Advocate General of Rajasthan. Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra has approved the appointment of the new Advocate General. Jodhpur High Court had recently sought a reply from the state government in this regard, after which Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma appointed the new Advocate General.
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