Daily Current Affairs 30 and 31 August 2024

1.		Which financial institutions were recently penalized by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for regulatory non-compliance?

State Bank of India and PNB Housing Finance

UCO Bank and Cent Bank Home Finance Ltd

ICICI Bank and HDFC Ltd

Axis Bank and LIC Housing Finance

2.		Which of the following naval ships recently conducted a Maritime Partnership Exercise (MPX) with the Spanish Navy Ship Atalaya?

INS Vikrant

INS Tabar

INS Kolkata

INS Arihant

3.		The INDUS-X Summit 2024 is set to take place at which university?

Harvard University

Stanford University

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

University of California, Berkeley

4.		Which two companies have expanded their partnership to develop generative AI solutions for telecom operators?

TCS and IBM

Infosys and NVIDIA

Wipro and Intel

Accenture and Microsoft

5.		What is the significance of the comic book series launched by the Indian Air Force (IAF)?

To educate people about aircraft maintenance

To celebrate the heroic deeds of IAF heroes

To recruit new pilots for the IAF

To commemorate the IAF's 75th anniversary

6.		What is the purpose of the newly launched SHe-Box portal by the Union Minister of Women and Child Development?

To monitor education quality in rural areas

To report and address complaints of sexual harassment at workplaces

To track the nutrition levels of women and children

To provide job opportunities for women

7.		Which organizations were recently granted Navratna status by the Government of India?

NTPC, ONGC, BHEL, and GAIL

NHPC, SECI, Railtel, and SJVN

Coal India, IOCL, BPCL, and SAIL

BEL, HAL, PGCIL, and CONCOR

8.		Who were honored as Youth Icons of India at the FICCI Young Leaders Awards 2024?

Virat Kohli and Priyanka Chopra

Ayushmann Khurrana and Neeraj Chopra

Deepika Padukone and Rohit Sharma

Ranveer Singh and Mary Kom

9.		Mona Agrawal won her first Paralympic bronze medal in which event at the 2024 Paralympics?

Women's long jump T47

Women's 10m air pistol SH1

Women's 10m air rifle standing SH1

Women's discus throw F55

10.		What is the focus of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, observed on August 30th, 2024?

Promoting global peace and security

Highlighting the issue of forced labor

Raising awareness about enforced disappearances

Advocating for climate change action