Daily Current Affairs 27 March 2024

1.		What position has Hansha Mishra been appointed to in the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)?

Director

Chairman

Secretary

Member

2.		Which Indian athlete has been named as the new brand ambassador for Eveready Industries India (EIIL)?

Neeraj Chopra

P. V. Sindhu

Mary Kom

Saina Nehwal

3.		Who has been appointed as India’s next ambassador to Myanmar?

Abhay Thakur

Hansha Mishra

Nava Sarna

M S Tejasvi

4.		What groundbreaking technology was transferred by IIT Guwahati to BioMed Pvt. Ltd.?

Cancer treatment

Swine fever vaccine

Renewable energy

Artificial intelligence

5.		Who has been appointed as Portugal’s new Prime Minister, succeeding the Socialist rule?

Luis Montenegro

António Costa

Pedro Passos Coelho

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa

6.		What is India’s goal regarding minimum wage by 2025?

Increasing minimum wage by 10%

Replacing minimum wage with a living wage framework

Introducing universal basic income

Setting a fixed minimum wage for all industries

7.		Where will the historic day-night Women’s Ashes Test match be held?

Lord's Cricket Ground

Sydney Cricket Ground

MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground)

Eden Gardens

8.		What was India’s current account balance in the third quarter of the fiscal year 2023-24?

US$ 11.4 billion surplus

US$ 10.5 billion deficit

US$ 16.8 billion deficit

US$ 10.5 billion surplus

9.		Which online learning platform was launched by Gujarat’s Minister of State for Education, Praful Pansheriya?

EduConnect

Shiksha Reform

LearnHub

EduTech Academy

10.		According to S&P Global Ratings, what is the anticipated repo rate cut in India for the fiscal year 2024-25?

25 basis points

50 basis points

75 basis points

100 basis points