Daily Current Affairs 16 October 2024

1.		Where was the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA) held in October 2024?

Singapore

Tokyo

New Delhi

Beijing

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

Maharashtra

Karnataka

Tamil Nadu

Gujarat

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

Partha Pratim Sengupta

Uday Kotak

Rakesh Sharma

Sanjay Agarwal

4.		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

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

Narendra Modi

Amit Shah

S. Jaishankar

Nirmala Sitharaman

6.		Which country is the US sending its THAAD missile defense system to in October 2024?

Saudi Arabia

Israel

Japan

South Korea

7.		Which city has been crowned the world’s richest in terms of sovereign wealth funds as of October 2024?

London

New York

Abu Dhabi

Singapore

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

October 10

October 17

November 5

November 15

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

Juno

Europa Clipper

Voyager 1

Cassini

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

United Nations

World Bank

World Health Organization (WHO)

International Monetary Fund