Daily Current Affairs 16 October 2024

1.		Who has been appointed as the new Managing Director and CEO of Bandhan Bank?

Partha Pratim Sengupta

Uday Kotak

Rakesh Sharma

Sanjay Agarwal

2.		On which date is the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty observed annually?

October 10

October 17

November 5

November 15

3.		Who was recently sworn in as the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir in 2024?

Mehbooba Mufti

Ghulam Nabi Azad

Omar Abdullah

Farooq Abdullah

4.		Which Indian state has set its sights on becoming Asia’s animation and gaming powerhouse?

Maharashtra

Karnataka

Tamil Nadu

Gujarat

5.		Who laid the foundation stone for a new Very Low Frequency (VLF) station for the Indian Navy in Telangana?

Narendra Modi

Amit Shah

Rajnath Singh

Nirmala Sitharaman

6.		In which Indian city was a new National Skill Training Institute (NSTI) inaugurated to address skill gaps?

Bengaluru

Chennai

Visakhapatnam

Pune

7.		Which spacecraft is set to explore Jupiter’s icy moon Europa?

Juno

Europa Clipper

Voyager 1

Cassini

8.		Which organization recently secured $1 billion in funding for global health initiatives?

United Nations

World Bank

World Health Organization (WHO)

International Monetary Fund

9.		Which Indian leader is attending the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Pakistan in October 2024?

Narendra Modi

Amit Shah

S. Jaishankar

Nirmala Sitharaman

10.		Which Indian state is planning to revive 129 wetlands to mitigate flood risks?

West Bengal

Assam

Kerala

Odisha