Current Affairs Today - Latest Current Affairs Questions 2024

Solution: Norway will help finance India's 'Hunger Project' and help strengthen women leaders to protect the environment and promote food security in Uttarakhand. The duration of the project will be three years till September 2026 with a budget of ₹44.7 million. The project organizes capacity-building training for elected women representatives and unions, focusing on strengthening Van Panchayats (Forest Councils).

Solution: In the year 2022, at the 41st session of the General Conference of UNESCO, it was decided that 3 November will be celebrated as the International Day for Biosphere Reserves across the world. Biosphere reserves are protected areas meant for the conservation of plants and animals. Humans also depend on these protected areas for their livelihood activities. There are 738 biosphere reserves in 134 countries and India has 18 notified biosphere reserves.

Solution: Recently, Saima Wajed, daughter of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has been named as the next Regional Director for the South-East Asia region of the World Health Organization. Saima Wajed defeated Nepal's public health expert Shambhu Acharya in the voting held during the 76th session of the WHO Regional Committee for the South-East Asia Region.

Solution: Recently Union Communications and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnav has informed that India is going to host the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA) next year. Held every four years, the World Telecommunications Standardization Assembly (WTSA) is the governing conference of the ITU Standardization Sector (ITU-T), which is one of the three world conferences of the International Telecommunication Union and, as such, of the United Nations system.

PM Modi inaugurates country's first hi-tech sports training center Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates the country's first hi-tech sports training center for disabled people, named after former Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh Named after.

Indian-origin Professor Dr. Joita Gupta has received the Spinoza Prize, the highest honor in Dutch science, for her work on climate change.

For the first time, Arunachal Pradesh Yak Churpi, a yak milk product, has received the GI tag. Churpi is prepared from the milk of Arunachali Yaks, a unique yak breed found in West Kameng and Tawang districts of Arunachal Pradesh.

Earlier this month, the former Indian cricket captain was appointed by Reliance Industries Limited as the brand ambassador of JioMart. Dhoni added SBI to his impressive resume of brand endorsements in 2023, joining the list of companies and products like Oreo, India Cements, Dream 11 and Reebok.

The Nobel Committee on Friday announced that Iranian human rights activist Nargis Mohammadi will be honored with the Nobel Peace Prize this year.

Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal launches domestic sailing of 'Costa Serena', the first international cruise liner in India in Mumbai