Daily Current Affairs 27 March 2024

1.		Which insurance brand was recognized as the world’s strongest in the Brand Finance Insurance 100, 2024 report?

AIA Group

Prudential Financial

Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC)

Cathay Life Insurance

2.		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

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

Director

Chairman

Secretary

Member

4.		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

5.		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

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

Abhay Thakur

Hansha Mishra

Nava Sarna

M S Tejasvi

7.		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

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

EduConnect

Shiksha Reform

LearnHub

EduTech Academy

9.		Which companies received payment aggregator licences from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?

Innoviti Payments and PayU

Concerto Software and Razorpay

Innoviti Payments and Concerto Software

Razorpay and Paytm

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

Cancer treatment

Swine fever vaccine

Renewable energy

Artificial intelligence