Daily Current Affairs MCQs : 22 April 2024 - Humanities/Arts MCQ

Washington Declaration is a bilateral agreement that was recently signed between the US and South Korea.
According to this agreement, while South Korea will not develop its own nuclear weapons, the US will aid in the use of the nuclear weapons in case of potential conflict with North Korea.

The report titled “Promoting Millets in Diets: Best Practices across States/UTs of India” was released recently by NITI Aayog.
It provides a set of good and innovative practices that have been adopted by state governments and organizations across the various aspects of the millet value-chain.

• The state government has set up the Maharashtra State Infrastructure Development Corporation recently.
• Its purpose is to hasten construction of good quality roads across the state and ensure their maintenance and repairs.

• The state government of Nagaland has set up a Directorate of Minority Affairs under the Planning and Transformation Department.
• It will be responsible for managing various schemes and programmes under the Union Ministry of Minority Affairs.

• Petersberg Climate Dialogue is an annual forum that took place in the month of May this year, ahead of the UN Climate Conferences.
• It is a high-level political and international forum. This year, PCD series was co-hosted in Berlin by Germany and the United Arab Emirates – the incoming COP28-Presidency.

The Himachal Pradesh Government has decided to provide Rs.1,500 each month to all women aged 18 to 60 years in Spiti valley as Indira Gandhi Mahila Samman Nidhi.
The eligible women include Chhomos/nuns. The cabinet also gave its nod to introduce e-stamping in the State for the collection of stamp duty to promote ease of doing business.

• The Meities are the largest ethnic group of Manipur. The recent clash at various regions in Manipur is attributed to the long-standing tensions between Meitei community and the state’s hill tribes.
• The unrest in Manipur state erupted on Wednesday after a protest march organised by the Kuki tribal group sparked clashes with the Meitei non-tribal group.

• The 36th CISO Deep-Dive training programme was organized by the National e-Governance Division (NeGD).
• Cyber Surakshit Bharat is the initiative of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). It was conceptualised with the mission to spread awareness about cyber-crime and build capacities of Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs).

• Union Urban Affairs and Railways Ministries have signed an MoU with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for ‘Station Area Development along Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail’ (Project-SMART).
• The proposed project seeks to develop surrounding areas of Mumbai – Ahmedabad High Speed Railway (MAHSR) Stations.

• As part of the Jaganannaku Chebudam programme, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy launched a toll-free helpline number 1902.
• It will provide quick and quality solutions for grievances regarding welfare schemes and government services. On sharing the grievance, a unique YSR (your service request) identity would be generated and regular updates would be shared.