Daily Current Affairs 15th August 2024

Q.1. Which day is designated as the annual International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples celebration?
ANS. August 9
Q.2. Which state government is working with UNICEF to encourage fathers to breastfeed their children?
ANS. West Bengal
Q.3. Who has been given the go-ahead by SEBI to take over as the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) MD and CEO?
ANS. Praveena Rai
Q.4. With effect from March 2025, which bank named Tan Su Shan as its first female CEO?
ANS. DBS
Q.5. In the men’s javelin throw competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, which medal did Neeraj Chopra win?
ANS. Silver
Q.6. In the 4th CAVA Women’s Volleyball Nations League 2024, whose nation’s women’s national volleyball team took home the gold medal?
ANS. India
Q.7. Which bank is launching the UPISetu platform in collaboration with Pine Labs’ Setu?
ANS. Axis Bank
Q.8. Which corporation, facing severe financial losses and continuous problems, named Robert “Kelly” Ortberg its new CEO on 8 August?
ANS. Boeing
Q.9. Which Indian wrestler placed third in the men’s 57 kg weight class at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris?
ANS. Aman Sehrawat
Q.10. Which nation has an Etruscan worship temple dating back 2,700 years found at the Sasso Pinzuto necropolis?
ANS. Italy
Q.11. What day is set aside each year to remember the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki?
ANS. August 9
Q.12. Which Indian state has decided to substitute “Jai Hind” for “Good Morning” in its classrooms as of August 15?
ANS. Haryana
Q.13. Which state unveiled the ‘Upasthiti’ Portal lately to track the attendance of medical staff?
ANS. Jharkhand