Daily Current Affairs 21 December 2023

1.		Which variant of the COVID-19 virus has raised concerns due to its ability to spread faster and evade immunity?

Delta variant

Lambda variant

JN.1 variant

Beta variant

2.		Which two payment processing giants received final authorization from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to operate as Payment Aggregators?

Razorpay and Pine Labs

Cashfree and Stripe

Razorpay and Cashfree

Pine Labs and Stripe

3.		What new AI-powered experience is Google planning to introduce for Google Maps in India?

Augmented Reality navigation

Voice-controlled directions

Address Descriptor

Time-based route suggestions

4.		What is the purpose of the collaboration between Suzlon Group and REC Ltd?

Renewable energy research

Debt refinancing

Non-fund based working capital

Infrastructure development

5.		Which two business books were declared joint winners of the Gaja Capital Business Book Prize 2023?

"The Lean Startup" and "Zero to One"

"Against All Odds" and "Winning Middle India"

"Thinking, Fast and Slow" and "The Innovator's Dilemma"

"Good to Great" and "Blue Ocean Strategy"

6.		Which country became India’s second-largest supplier of coking coal, after Australia, as of October 2023?

Indonesia

Russia

United States

China

7.		Which Israeli film won the Golden Bengal Tiger Award for Best Film at the 29th Kolkata International Film Festival?

"Footnote"

"The Band's Visit"

"Children of Nobody"

"A Fantastic Woman"

8.		What is the new classification of India’s exchange rate regime by the International Monetary Fund (IMF)?

Floating

Fixed

Stabilized arrangement

Hybrid

9.		Where did Accenture establish its new Generative AI Studio?

New York

Tokyo

Bengaluru

London

10.		What significant achievement did the Kakrapar Unit-4 Power Project attain on December 17, 2023?

Renewable energy production

Initial criticality

Carbon neutrality

Grid connectivity