Saudi Arabia will participate in the historic Miss Universe event for the first time.
Saudi Arabia’s Rumy Alqahtani will officially participate in the Miss Universe competition for the first time as the first representative of the Islamic country.
Alqahtani has won the titles of Miss Middle East and Miss Arab World Peace 2021.
2. In which country is the famous ‘Francis Scott’s Bridge’ located? – America
According to a report by Brand Finance Insurance 100 2024, insurance giant Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has emerged as the strongest insurance brand globally.
The report said LIC’s brand value remains stable at US$9.8 billion, with a Brand Strength Index score of 88.3 and an associated AAA brand strength rating.
Science & Technology
4. Recently, which IIT successfully transferred a pioneering swine fever vaccine technology to BioMed Pvt, a vaccine manufacturing company? – IIT Guwahati
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati) transferred swine fever vaccine technology to BioMed Pvt. Ltd.
The vaccine targets classical swine fever virus prevalent in states like Bihar, Kerala, and northeastern regions.
Developed using a recombinant vector, the vaccine is non-infectious to humans.
IIT Guwahati’s reverse genetic platform facilitated its creation. The collaboration aims to address the significant gap in India’s swine fever vaccine technology, safeguarding pig populations in affected regions.
5. The POEM 3 mission, which was in news recently, has been launched by which space organisation? – isro
Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, Justice N. Kotiswar Singh administered the oath of office to Justice Mohammad Yusuf Wani as an additional judge.
With this, the number of judges in Jammu-Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has increased to 16 including the Chief Justice.
10. Who has been appointed as the new Director General of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF)? – Piyush Anand
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters awards the 2024 Abel Prize to Michel Talagrand from CNRS, Paris, France, for his contributions to probability theory and stochastic processes.
Talagrand’s work illuminates the role of randomness in various phenomena, crucial for fields like weather forecasting and business logistics.
Central to his research is the understanding and application of the Gaussian distribution, evident in seemingly random events such as birth weights, academic performance, and athlete retirements.
Organisations & Institutes
12. India Employment Report 2024, recently seen in the news, is released by which organization? – International Labour Organization & Institute of Human Development
The India Employment Report 2024, co-published by the ILO and IHD, underscores the ongoing challenges for Indian youth in finding jobs.
Alarmingly, around 83% of the unemployed are young individuals.
Particularly troubling is the rise in educated youth among the jobless, with those possessing secondary education or higher comprising 65.7% of the unemployed youth, up from 35.2% in 2000.
This trend indicates a pressing need for interventions to address youth unemployment and skill development.
State Current Affairs
13. In which state was recently a 900-year-old Kannada inscription of the Kalyana Chalukya dynasty found? –Telangana
A 900-year-old Kannada inscription from the Kalyana Chalukya dynasty was found in Jadcherla mandal of Mahabubnagar district of Telangana.
Archaeologist and CEO of Plech India Foundation E. Shivanagi Reddy said that this inscription was found during the campaign ‘Preserve heritage for future generations’.
14. ‘Nimmu-Padam-Darcha’ road connects which two states? – Ladakh and Himachal Pradesh
