Daily Current Affairs MCQs : 1 March 2024 - Humanities/Arts MCQ

South American country Peru has declared a health emergency in view of the rapidly increasing cases of dengue fever. A health emergency has been declared in 20 of Peru's 25 regions. Peru is a country in western South America. Its capital is 'Lima'.

PayU Payments Pvt Ltd (PayU), the fintech arm of global consumer internet group Prosus, has appointed HDFC Bank director Renu Sud Karnad as chairman and independent director of the company.  

The Union Cabinet under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi has approved Rs 75,000 crore for 'PM-Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana'. Under this scheme, one crore families will get 300 units of free electricity. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced this scheme during the interim budget of 2024-25. This scheme has been started to promote roof top solar systems in the country.

Lucknow Super Giants has appointed Nicholas Pooran as its vice-captain before IPL 2024. Before this, Krunal Pandya was the vice-captain of the team. Team captain KL Rahul handed over the vice-captain's jersey with number 29 to Puran in an event. Trinidadian cricketer Pooran is a prominent player in the T20 format at the global level.

Bharti Enterprises founder and chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal has become the first Indian to be awarded an honorary knighthood by Britain's King Charles III. This prestigious honor was given to him "for strengthening trade relations between the UK and India." Before this, Ratan Tata, Ravi Shankar and Jamshed Irani have also received this honour.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched India's first indigenous green hydrogen fuel cell inland waterway vessel in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu. It has been designed and developed by Cochin Shipyard. The length of this ship is 24 meters and it has seating space for 50 passengers. Chidambaranar Port has become the country's first green hydrogen hub port.

Sandeep Batra has received the RBI's approval for re-appointment as the Executive Director of ICICI Bank, with the term extended from December 23, 2023, to December 22, 2025.

Bhupender Yadav, the Hon’ble Minister for the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change and the Ministry of Labour & Employment, unveiled the G20 report, 'A Green and Sustainable Growth Agenda for the Global Economy,' addressing crucial environmental, labour, and climate change concerns.

Pradip Kumar Das, Chairman and Managing Director of IREDA, received the "CMD of the Year" award at the 13th PSE Excellence Awards for his exceptional leadership and significant contributions to the growth of the company in the Renewable Energy sector.

The Ministry of Mines launched the National Geoscience Data Repository (NGDR) Portal, in collaboration with GSI and BISAG-N, to revolutionize access to critical geoscience data.