Daily Current Affairs 16 October 2024

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

United Nations

World Bank

World Health Organization (WHO)

International Monetary Fund

2.		What is the main focus of the newly established AI Centres of Excellence in India?

Space research

Renewable energy

Health, agriculture, and sustainable cities

Digital education

3.		Which company secured a ₹866.87 crore contract to design and manufacture India’s first indigenous bullet trains?

BHEL

L&T

BEML

Tata Motors

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

Singapore

Tokyo

New Delhi

Beijing

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

October 10

October 17

November 5

November 15

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

Juno

Europa Clipper

Voyager 1

Cassini

7.		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

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

Mehbooba Mufti

Ghulam Nabi Azad

Omar Abdullah

Farooq Abdullah

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

London

New York

Abu Dhabi

Singapore