Daily Current Affairs 20 July 2024

1.		When is International Chess Day celebrated?

July 15

July 18

July 20

July 22

2.		Which state topped in the PM SVANidhi Scheme as the Best Performing State?

Assam

Madhya Pradesh

Maharashtra

Gujarat

3.		Which country recently became the 53rd Party to the 1992 UN Water Convention?

Nigeria

Kenya

Ivory Coast

South Africa

4.		Who won the AIFF 2024 top male and female awards?

Sunil Chhetri and Bala Devi

Gurpreet Singh Sandhu and Aditi Chauhan

Lallianzuala Chhangte and Indumathi Kathiresan

Sandesh Jhingan and Dalima Chhibber

5.		Who has been appointed as India’s new Ambassador to the United States?

Harsh Vardhan Shringla

Taranjit Sandhu

Vinay Kwatra

Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

6.		Which actor is to be honored at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne 2024?

Shah Rukh Khan

Ranveer Singh

Ram Charan

Amitabh Bachchan

7.		What recent issue has caused massive outages for Windows 10 users globally?

Microsoft update

Crowdstrike update

Adobe update

Norton update

8.		What is the significance of International Moon Day, observed on July 20th?

Commemorates the first satellite launch

Celebrates lunar exploration and sustainable Moon utilization

Marks the discovery of water on the Moon

Honors the first human mission to Mars

9.		Who received the prestigious Gandhi Mandela Award 2020?

Malala Yousafzai

Rigoberta Menchú Tum

Greta Thunberg

Nelson Mandela