Daily Current Affairs 17 January 2024

1.		Who were named the ICC Players of the Month for December 2023 in cricket?

Virat Kohli and Ellyse Perry

Pat Cummins and Deepti Sharma

Steve Smith and Meg Lanning

Rohit Sharma and Smriti Mandhana

2.		Who became the first active-duty winner of Miss America 2024?

Madison Marsh

Deepa Bhandare

Whitney Marsh

Anthony Anderson

3.		Who made history as the first female to receive the VSI Award?

Madison Marsh

Deepa Bhandare

Whitney Marsh

Anthony Anderson

4.		Where is the 54th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) being held?

New York

Davos, Switzerland

Tokyo

London

5.		What is the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) inflation rate in December 2023?

1.5%

0.73%

-0.26%

2.0%

6.		What new rules have been introduced by the government to boost ease of business in the green energy sector?

Licensing for energy storage

Permission for dedicated transmission lines

Cap on energy production

Ban on captive generating plants

7.		Who was sworn in as the President of Guatemala on January 15, 2024?

Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Bernardo Arévalo

Viola Amherd

Bernard Asbogro

8.		Who inaugurated the 5th Meghalaya Games and stressed the need to support talent from tribal areas?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu

Chief Minister of Meghalaya

Indian Olympic Association President

9.		Who has been appointed as the Director General Naval Operations?

Vice Admiral AN Pramod

Admiral Karambir Singh

Admiral Sunil Lanba

Vice Admiral R. Hari Kumar

10.		How many people moved out of multidimensional poverty in India from 2013-14 to 2022-23, according to the NITI Aayog report?

10 million

24.82 crore

50 million

100 million