Daily Current Affairs 9th February 2024

Q.1. Which bank was subject to significant regulations from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) that included a prohibition on account top-ups, credit transactions, and new deposits starting on February 29?
ANS. Paytm Payments Bank
Q.2. Which company, after completing an extensive HR Best Practice Survey, Validation, and Audit against global standards, was awarded the Top Employer 2024 certification in India recently?
ANS. NTPC
Q.3. Which city has awarded Larsen and Toubro (L&T) the contract to build a solar power plant?
ANS. Dubai
Q.4. What was the theme of the Ministry of Culture’s Republic Day Celebration Parade 2024 tableau that won first prize?
ANS. India: Mother of Democracy
Q.5. Every year, on what date is the International Day of Human Fraternity observed?
ANS. February 4
Q.6. How many nations are anticipated to send delegations led by ministers to India Energy Week (IEW) in Goa in 2024?
ANS. 17 countries
Q.7. Which warship of the Indian Navy recently reacted to a distress call in the Gulf of Aden and successfully recovered an Iranian fishing vessel (FV) that had been hijacked?
ANS. INS Sumitra
Q.8. Which state’s 4th National Chilika Birds Festival was opened by the chief minister?
ANS. Odisha
Q.9. Where is the biomass-based CBG facility owned by HPCL located?
ANS. Budaun
Q.10. Which Indian state saw the first-ever on-ground installation of bifacial modules in Eastern India, a 1,040 kW Bifacial Solar System installed by Tata Power?
ANS. West Bengal
Q.11. Which pharmaceutical business just received FDA approval to sell generic anti-epileptic drug Lacosamide Tablets?
ANS. Zydus Lifesciences
Q.12. Who wrote “KASHMIR: Travels in Paradise on Earth,” published in 2024?
ANS. Romesh Bhattacharji
Q.13. Which shooting competition did Divyansh Singh Panwar win gold in for the fourth time at the ISSF World Cup?
ANS. 10m Air Rifle
Q.14. What number of components make up the “Maratha Military Landscapes of India” nomination for the 2024–2025 UNESCO World Heritage List?
ANS. 12
Q.15. Which business just started offering e-bike taxis in Hyderabad and Delhi, with ambitions to roll out 10,000 electric scooters in each city?
ANS. Ola