Daily Current Affairs 16 October 2024

1.		Which organization recently secured $1 billion in funding for global health initiatives?

United Nations

World Bank

World Health Organization (WHO)

International Monetary Fund

2.		On which date is the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty observed annually?

October 10

October 17

November 5

November 15

3.		Who was recently sworn in as the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir in 2024?

Mehbooba Mufti

Ghulam Nabi Azad

Omar Abdullah

Farooq Abdullah

4.		Which country is the US sending its THAAD missile defense system to in October 2024?

Saudi Arabia

Israel

Japan

South Korea

5.		Who laid the foundation stone for a new Very Low Frequency (VLF) station for the Indian Navy in Telangana?

Narendra Modi

Amit Shah

Rajnath Singh

Nirmala Sitharaman

6.		Which Indian leader is attending the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Pakistan in October 2024?

Narendra Modi

Amit Shah

S. Jaishankar

Nirmala Sitharaman

7.		Who has been appointed as the new Managing Director and CEO of Bandhan Bank?

Partha Pratim Sengupta

Uday Kotak

Rakesh Sharma

Sanjay Agarwal

8.		Which company secured a ₹866.87 crore contract to design and manufacture India’s first indigenous bullet trains?

BHEL

L&T

BEML

Tata Motors

9.		What is the main focus of the newly established AI Centres of Excellence in India?

Space research

Renewable energy

Health, agriculture, and sustainable cities

Digital education

10.		Which Indian state has set its sights on becoming Asia’s animation and gaming powerhouse?

Maharashtra

Karnataka

Tamil Nadu

Gujarat