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- In February 2024, the 193rd Meeting of Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) was held in New Delhi, Delhi under the chairmanship of Union Minister of Labour and Employment, Bhupender Yadav.
ESIC approved to provide Medical Benefit for insured superannuating workers leaving the ESI Scheme due to exceeding the wage ceiling, if the worker was under insurable employment for at least ________ (years) before superannuation/voluntary retirement.
1) 10 years
2) 5 years
3) 8 years
4) 6 years
5) 3 yearsAnswer-2) 5 years
Explanation:
On February 10, 2024, the 193rd Meeting of Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) was held in New Delhi, Delhi under the chairmanship of Union Minister Bhupender Yadav, Ministry of Labour and Employment (MoLE), and Chairman of ESIC.
i. During the meeting, ESIC approved the proposal to provide Medical Benefit for insured superannuating workers leaving the ESI Scheme due to exceeding the wage ceiling, if the worker was under insurable employment for at least 5 years before superannuation/voluntary retirement. Click here to read more - Name the country that has recently (in Feb ‘24) signed a protocol to amend the agreement on nuclear reactor construction at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project in Tamil Nadu.
1) Israel
2) Japan
3) United Arab Emirates
4) Kuwait
5) RussiaAnswer- 5) Russia
Explanation:
India and Russia signed a protocol to amend the 2008 intergovernmental agreement focusing on cooperation in constructing additional nuclear reactors at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) site and new Russia-designed nuclear power plants at new sites in India.
i. The KKNPP in Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu(TN) is a joint initiative of India and Russia. This is a flagship project of bilateral technological and energy cooperation. - Which bank has recently (in Feb ‘24) signed an MoU with the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for the implementation of the SMART Payment card to provide hassle-free payments for treatment?
1) State Bank of India
2) HDFC Bank
3) ICICI Bank
4) Bank of India
5) Bank of MaharashtraAnswer-1) State Bank of India
Explanation:
On February 13, 2024, the Union Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoH&FW) launched AIIMS-SBI Smart Payment Card to provide hassle-free payments for treatment at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
i. Initially the card was launched for AIIMS, New Delhi. Its services will be extended across all the AIIMS in India in future.
ii. The validity of the card is 5 years with effect from the date of issue. During the event, State Bank of India (SBI) and AIIMS signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the implementation of the AIIMS-SBI SMART Payment card. - In February 2024, the Secretary of the Department of Land Resources (DLR), Nidhi Khare launched the Unique Land Parcel Identification Number (ULPIN) in Darrang district of __________ (state).
1) Arunachal Pradesh
2) Odisha
3) Nagaland
4) Assam
5) West BengalAnswer- 4) Assam
Explanation:
The Secretary of the Department of Land Resources (DLR), under the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), Nidhi Khare has launched the Unique Land Parcel Identification Number (ULPIN) in an event held in Darrang district of Assam.
i. ULPIN can be described as the AADHAR or fingerprint for land and it is a 14-digit alphanumeric identification number allotted to every land parcel. - Which bank has celebrated its 88th Foundation day on 10th February 2024?
1) Bank of Maharashtra
2) Bank of Baroda
3) Indian Overseas Bank
4) Punjab National Bank
5) Bank of IndiaAnswer-3) Indian Overseas Bank
Explanation:
Indian Overseas Bank (IOB), a public sector bank, celebrated its 88th Foundation day on 10th February 2024 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. IOB launched various new products and announced the opening of 88 new branches across India.
i. IOB launched 3 new RuPay credit card variants: IOB RuPay Classic, IOB RuPay Platinum, and IOB RuPay Select.
ii. IOB also launched the Freedom Current Account and Saving Account (CASA) variant. - Which of the following personalities have honoured with the Bharat Ratna Award in February 2024?
1) MS Swaminathan
2) Chaudhary Charan Singh
3) PV Narasimha Rao
4) Both 1 & 2
5) All 1, 2 & 3Answer-5) All 1, 2 & 3
Explanation:
Government of India (GoI) announced that two former Prime Ministers(PMs), Chaudhary Charan Singh and PV Narasimha Rao, and father of India’s ‘green revolution’ Dr MS Swaminathan will be awarded Bharat Ratna in 2024.
With this, the total number of Bharat Ratna recipients in 2024 becomes five. This is the highest number of Bharat Ratnas awarded in a year since its inception in 1954.
Note: In January 2024, GoI announced Bharat Ratna for Former Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna (LK) Advani and Former Bihar Chief Minister Karpoori Thakur (posthumously). - Which Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) has recently (in Feb ‘24) signed an agreement with the Centre For Development Of Telematics (C-DOT) to develop a 140 GigaHertz Fully Integrated Transmitter & Receiver Module for 6G?
1) IIT Roorkee
2) IIT Delhi
3) IIT Guwahati
4) IIT Madras
5) IIT KanpurAnswer-1) IIT Roorkee
Explanation:
New Delhi (Delhi) Headquartered Centre For Development Of Telematics (C-DOT) and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee (Uttarakhand), have signed an agreement to develop a 140 GigaHertz (GHz) Fully Integrated Transmitter & Receiver Module for 6th Generation (6G) Cellular technology and Beyond.
i. The agreement was signed under the Telecom Technology Development Fund (TTDF) scheme of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) under the Ministry of Communications (MoC). - Name the company that has recently (in Feb ‘24) introduced an Artificial Intelligence (AI) model ‘Lumiere’, to Generate 5-Second Videos.
1) IBM
2) Microsoft Corporation
3) Meta
4) Google
5) AmazonAnswer-4) Google
Explanation:
Google has introduced a new video-generation Artificial Intelligence (AI) model ‘Lumiere’, a Space-Time Diffusion Model to generate 5-second videos that portray realistic, diverse and coherent motion.
It deploys a text-to-video diffusion model for generating videos from text descriptions. - When was the International Darwin Day 2024 observed across the globe?
1) 11th February 2024
2) 9th February 2024
3) 12th February 2024
4) 10th February 2024
5) 13th February 2024Answer-3) 12th February 2024
Explanation:
International Darwin Day 2024 was observed across the globe on 12th February 2024 to commemorate the birth anniversary of Charles Robert Darwin, a 19th-century British Naturalist, Geologist who was credited with “The Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection”.
i. The day recognises Darwin’s contributions to science and promotes scientific development. Click here to read more - In February 2024, Union Minister of Finance, Nirmala Sitharaman proposed the budget estimation of Rs ___________ for the fiscal year 2024-2025(FY25) for the Union Territory(UT) of Jammu and Kashmir(J&K).
1) Rs 1.18 lakh crore
2) Rs 2.68 lakh crore
3) Rs 2.90 lakh crore
4) Rs 1.15 lakh crore
5) Rs 2.10 lakh croreAnswer-1) Rs 1.18 lakh crore
Explanation:
Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Ministry of Finance, proposed the budget estimation of Rs 1,18,728 crore (Rs 1.18 lakh crore) for the fiscal year 2024-2025 (FY25) for the Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K).
i. The UT Government has proposed the “Vote on Account” or “Interim Budget” for Rs.59,364 Crore, which includes allocations of Rs 40,081 crore for revenue expenditure and Rs 19,283 crore for capital expenditure. Click here to read more
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