Daily Current Affairs MCQs : 25 February 2024 - Humanities/Arts MCQ

Indian fast bowler Mohammed Shami is out of IPL due to left ankle injury. Mohammed Shami was bought by Gujarat Titans for ₹6.25 crore in the IPL 2022 mega auction. Mohammed Shami took 20 wickets in 2022 and performed even more strongly in IPL 2023, taking 28 wickets.

A three-day International Geeta Mahotsav will be organized in Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka. This three-day festival will start from March 1. This festival will be organized with the financial support of Kurukshetra Development Board of Haryana.

Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra and former Lok Sabha Speaker Manohar Joshi passed away at the age of 86. Manohar Joshi served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 1995 to 1999 and Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 2002 to 2004. Joshi became the first non-Congress Chief Minister of Maharashtra.

Ravichandran Ashwin has become the first Indian bowler to take 100 wickets against England in Test cricket. Before this, no Indian bowler had reached 100 wickets against England. Let us tell you that recently Ashwin has completed his 500 test wickets. Ashwin is only the second bowler to take 100 wickets in the Test matches between England and India. Only James Anderson (145 wickets) is ahead of him in this list.

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT-G) has launched India's largest drone pilot training organization in line with the Prime Minister's 'NaMo Drone Didi' initiative. This training center was launched in collaboration with EduRade, a brand owned by RC Hobbytech Solutions Private Limited.

President Draupadi Murmu has appointed AS Rajeev as Vigilance Commissioner in the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC). Rajiv is currently the MD and CEO of Bank of Maharashtra. Central Vigilance Commission is an apex Indian government body which was established in 1964.

'International Tourism Expo' is being organized in Greater Noida from 22nd February. Travel agents from more than 120 Indian cities are participating in this three-day expo. Internationally, Saudi Arabia is the premium partner country for the event, while Maldives, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand are the partner countries.

The Goa state government will set up a blended finance facility in partnership with the World Bank. This is the first of its kind, climate-focused, multi-sectoral initiative at the sub-national level. This will provide financial support to low-carbon climate friendly initiatives in Goa. The World Bank was established in the year 1944. Its headquarters is in Washington, D.C. Is in.

The Ministry of Tribal Affairs has launched a joint initiative with the Ministry of AYUSH on public health of tribal students. More than 20 thousand tribal students will benefit from the joint national level project of health screening and management through Ayurvedic treatments. The initiative aims to cover students in the age group of 10 to 18 years enrolled in classes 6th to 12th in 55 EMRSs identified in 14 states of the country.

NTPC Green Energy has entered into an agreement with Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation to set up India's largest green hydrogen production plant. This plant will be constructed on 1,200 acres of land at Pudimadaka in Achyutapuram mandal in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. Under this, the target is to produce 1,200 tonnes of green hydrogen every day.