Current Affairs Today :03 June, 2024
1. Who was awarded the Nelson Mandela Award – 2024?
(a) ISRO
(b) IIMR, Delhi
(c) NIMHANS Bangalore
(d) ICMR
Answer : (c) NIMHANS Bangalore
Recently National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru has been awarded the Nelson Mandela Award-2024 by the World Health Organization (Who).
- Nelson Mandela Award – given to individuals, institutions and or governmental or non-governmental organizations who have contributed to the promotion of health services
2. DRDO-Industry-Academia Centre of Excellence (DIA COE) has established the center? (a) 28 May, 2024
(b) June 2023
(c) April 2024
(d) 29 May 2023
Answer :(a) 28 May, 2024
DRDO-Industry-Academia Centre of Excellence (DIA COE) has been established in IIT – Kanpur
This center has been established by Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT – Kanpur) in collaboration with Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO).
3. When was the organization World Boxing formed for boxing in the Olympic Games?
(a) 2023
(b) 2019
(c) 2020
(d) 2021
Answer :(a) 2023
Recently Indian Boxing Federation (BFI) joined the World Boxing. In 2019, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) derecognized the International Boxing Association (IBA) due to finance and administrative issues.
4. Famous puppeteer Maguni Charan, who was awarded Padma Shri – 2023, has passed away recently. He belongs to which state?
(a) Odisha
(b) Manipur
(c) Kerala
(d) None
Answer : (a) Odisha
5. Telangana state was created by separating from Andhra Pradesh. When was its foundation day celebrated?
(a) 2 June
(b) 3 June
(c) 4 June
(d) None
Answer : (a) 2 June
Andhra Pradesh was separated from Andhra Pradesh state on 2 June 2014 by the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act (2014) and was established as the 29th state of India.
6. What is the revised GDP growth rate of India for May 2023-24?
(a) 7.3
(b) 6.8
(c) 8.3
(d) 6.5
Answer : (c) 8.3
The GDP growth forecast for FY 2023-24 has been revised from 7.6 per cent to 8.2%, as reported by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
7. T20 World Cup 2024 is being organized in?
(a) America
(b) West Indies
(c) a And B
(d) India
Answer : (c) a And b
The 9th edition of the Men’s T20 World Cup started on 1 June 2024. This year the Men’s T20 World Cup is being organized in America and West Indies, which will be held from 1 June to 29 June 2024.
This is the biggest T20 World Cup till date and a total of 20 teams are participating.
8. Recently, how many companies of India were included in the TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2024 report by TIMES?
(a) 02
(b) 10
(c) 03
(d) 15
Answer :(c) 03
Three companies of India, Reliance Industries Limited 2IL, Tata Group and Serum Institute of India have been included in this list.