Daily Current Affairs 17 January 2024

1.		Who made history as the first female to receive the VSI Award?

Madison Marsh

Deepa Bhandare

Whitney Marsh

Anthony Anderson

2.		Where is the 54th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) being held?

New York

Davos, Switzerland

Tokyo

London

3.		What is the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) inflation rate in December 2023?

1.5%

0.73%

-0.26%

2.0%

4.		Which deadly virus is the University of Oxford conducting human trials for a vaccine against?

Ebola

Zika

Nipah

SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)

5.		When was the first Union Budget of India presented, and who presented it?

April 1, 1947, by Sir R.K. Shanmugham Chetty

April 7, 1860, by James Wilson

February 1, 2017, by Arun Jaitley

March 31, 1950, by Jawaharlal Nehru

6.		What is the objective of Operation AMRITH launched by Kerala?

Counter-terrorism operation

Combating antimicrobial resistance (AMR)

Disaster relief operation

Counter-narcotics operation

7.		What is the name of the first naval exercise between India and Thailand?

Ex-Ayodhya

IN-THAI Naval Exercise

Ex-Ayutthaya

Maritime Harmony

8.		Which country will host the peace summit to resolve the conflict between Russia and Ukraine?

Ukraine

Russia

Switzerland

Germany

9.		What is the name of the new campus of the National Academy of Customs, Indirect Taxes & Narcotics (NACIN) inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi?

NACIN Academy

Palasamudram Campus

Sri Sathya Sai Campus

Customs and Taxes Institute

10.		Who were named the ICC Players of the Month for December 2023 in cricket?

Virat Kohli and Ellyse Perry

Pat Cummins and Deepti Sharma

Steve Smith and Meg Lanning

Rohit Sharma and Smriti Mandhana