Daily Current Affairs 20th August 2024

Q.1. Which day is India’s annual Partition Horrors Remembrance Day observed?
ANS. August 14
Q.2. Which government agency was in favour of IIT Gandhinagar and IIT Indore hosting the Centre for Narmada River Basin Management (cNARMADA)?
ANS. Ministry of Jal Shakti
Q.3. Which nation’s Gobekli Tepe site yielded the discovery of the oldest solar calendar in history?
ANS. Turkey
Q.4. Who has been named the CEO of the BHIM app’s new standalone subsidiary?
ANS. Lalitha Nataraj
Q.5. Which business has been given the go-ahead to build a 1,600 MW thermal power plant in Koderma, Jharkhand, using coal?
ANS. BHEL
Q.6. Which business created “DengiAll,” India’s first homegrown dengue vaccine, which is presently undergoing Phase 3 trials?
ANS. Panacea Biotec
Q.7. Which squad took home the Women’s Hockey India Junior Academy title?
ANS. Odisha Naval Tata
Q.8. What’s the name of the long-range glide bomb that the DRDO successfully tested with a fighter jet Su-30 MK-I?
ANS. GAURAV
Q.9. Through a collaboration between NHA and MUHS, which state became the first in India to implement Digital Health education for all medical students?
ANS. Maharashtra
Q.10. Who has been named India’s junior men’s hockey team’s new head coach for 2024?
ANS. PR Sreejesh
Q.11. Which bank introduced the premium Primus credit card for affluent customers?
ANS. Axis Bank
Q.12. Which nation has the discovery of fungus that consume plastic and can degrade polyurethane?
ANS. Germany