Daily Current Affairs 14 August 2024

1.		Which Indian state has launched a scheme to provide cash to adolescent girls for purchasing sanitary napkins?

Uttar Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh

Gujarat

Maharashtra

2.		What is the name of the long-range glide bomb tested by DRDO from a Su-30 MK-I fighter jet?

Sudarshan

Nirbhay

Gaurav

BrahMos

3.		Which company has won the 1,600 MW thermal power project from Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC)?

NTPC

Tata Power

Adani Power

BHEL

4.		Who has been named the head coach of India’s junior men’s hockey team?

Harendra Singh

PR Sreejesh

Dhanraj Pillay

Jugraj Singh

5.		Which country has recently tested its largest unmanned cargo aircraft?

United States

Russia

China

India

6.		Which organization signed an MoU with Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) to promote digital health education?

AIIMS

ICMR

NHA

WHO

7.		Who has been appointed as the CEO of the newly formed subsidiary for BHIM under NPCI?

Shikha Sharma

Arundhati Bhattacharya

Lalitha Nataraj

Naina Lal Kidwai

8.		Who won the ICC Players of the Month for July 2024 in men’s and women’s cricket, respectively?

Ben Stokes and Smriti Mandhana

Gus Atkinson and Chamari Athapaththu

Virat Kohli and Ellyse Perry

Babar Azam and Sophie Ecclestone

9.		Which day is observed as Partition Horrors Remembrance Day in India?

August 12

August 14

August 15

August 17

10.		Who has been appointed as the new Managing Director (MD) of the State Bank of India (SBI)?

Arundhati Bhattacharya

Rajnish Kumar

Dinesh Kumar Khara

Rana Ashutosh Kumar Singh