Daily Current Affairs Quiz: April 17, 2024

ANSWER: C

ANSWER: B

ANSWER: A

• The government has set a target of producing 170 million tonnes of coal from captive and commercial coal blocks in the country during the financial year 2024-25. This target is 26 percent more than the 116 metric tons produced in 2023-24.
• For Coal India Limited, the target of coal production from the mines of Coal India Limited in 2024-25 has been set at one billion tonnes.
• The coal sector in India was nationalized under the Coal Mines (Nationalization) Act, 1973. The Indian government-owned Coal India Limited and its subsidiaries had a monopoly on coal production in India, but later allowed private sector participation.

COAL PRODUCTION IN INDIA-

• India has the fourth largest coal reserves in the world. It is estimated to be around 02 billion tonnes.
• The top five states in terms of total coal reserves in India are:
• Jharkhand
• Odisha
• Chhattisgarh
• West Bengal
• Madhya Pradesh

ANSWER: D

• Sachidananda Mohanty has been appointed as a member of the University Grants Commission (UGC) for three Years.
• He is a former Professor and Head of the Department of English, University of Hyderabad and former Vice­ Chancellor of Central University of Odisha.
• He was a member of India’s Education Commission to the UNESCO and Governing Board member of Auroville Foundation.

ABOUT UGC:

• The University Grants Commission (UGC) was established by an Act of Parliament in 1956 to coordinate, determine, and maintain standards of teaching, examination, and research in university education.
• Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar is the current Chairman of UGC.

Deepak Kumar Srivastava is the current Vice-Chairman of UGC

ANSWER: A

• Indian wrestlers finished the Asian Wrestling Championships 2024 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan with nine medals – four silvers and five bronze.
• Indian medal winners:
• Udit (men’s 57kg) – silver medal
• Radhika (women’s 68kg) – silver medal
• Anju (women’s 53kg) – silver medal
• Harshita (women’s 72kg) – silver medal
• Abhimanyou (men’s 70kg) – bronze medal
• Vicky (men’s 97kg) – bronze medal
• Shivanee Pawar (women’s 50kg) – bronze medal
• Antim (women’s 65kg) – bronze medal
• Manisha (women’s 62kg) – bronze medal

ANSWER: C

• Navratna Defence PSU, Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) has signed an MoU with the Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi (Himachal Pradesh), for co-operation in Research and Technology/Product Development — in the areas of Semiconductors, Quantum Technologies and Drones.
• The MoU aims at leveraging the complementary strengths and capabilities of BEL and IIT-Mandi.
• It will support indigenization of products/solutions being supplied by BEL to its customers and is in line with the Government of India’s ‘Make in India’

ANSWER: D

ANSWER: C

• The Five Wisden Cricketers of the Year have been announced in the 2024 edition of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack, with Mitchell Starc, Usman Khawaja, Ash Gardner, Harry Brook and Mark Wood this year’s award winners.
• Travis Head (Australia) has picked up the Wisden Trophy.
• Hayley Matthews (West Indies) has been named the Leading T20 Cricketer in the world.
• Wisden’s Leading women Cricketer in the World –Nat Sciver-Brunt, becoming the first England player to be named.
• Men’s Leading Cricketer in the World – Australia’s captain Pat Cummins

ABOUT THE AWARD:

• The Wisden Cricketers of the Year are cricketers selected for the honor by the annual publication Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack, based primarily on their “influence on the previous English season.
• The award began in 1889.

ANSWER: A

• The Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) stadium has become the first BCCI-accredited venue to install a state-of-the-art ‘hybrid pitch.
• The Netherlands-based ‘SISGrass’, a part of the SIS Pitches group of companies, has been roped in for the first-ever hybrid pitch installation.

ANSWER: B

• Bushahr Boxing Club in Rampur of Shimla district is set to organize an international-level pro-boxing championship in Rampur in October.
• Apart from local boxers, boxers from Russia and the Philippines will also participate in the event.