Today Current Affairs Quiz: 17 July 2024- International Criminal Justice Day

Current Affairs for UPSC: Jagran Josh presents Daily Current Affairs Quiz for all dedicated students and readers preparing for various competitive exams. In today’s session, get briefings about the important topics given in Q&A formats such as Restructuring of Niti Aayog etc.

1. Recently NITI Aayog has been reorganized, who is its Vice Chairman?

(a) Amitabh Kant

(b) Suman's berries

(c) Raghuram Rajan

(d) Shaktikanta Das

2. Who has been re-elected President of the European Parliament?

(a) Geeta Gopinath

(b) Antonio Guterres

(c) Roberta Metsola

(d) None of these

3. Where was Asia's first health research-related "Pre-Clinical Network Facility" inaugurated?

(a) Gurugram

(b) Faridabad

(c) Jaipur

(d) Lucknow

4. With whose cooperation has the Ministry of Education launched the Asmita Project?   

(a) UGC

(b) Policy Commission

(c) Ministry of Agriculture

(d) None of these

5. Thomas Muller recently retired from international football, he is a player of which country?

(a) France

(b) Spain

(c) England

(d) Germany

6. When is International Day of Criminal Justice observed every year?

(a) 15th July

(b) 16 July

(c) 17 July

(d) 18 July

Answer:-

1. (b) Suman's berries

The Narendra Modi-led NDA government reconstituted the NITI Aayog, with four full-time members and 15 Union ministers, including BJP allies, as either ex-officio members or special invitees. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will continue to be the chairman of NITI Aayog and economist Suman K Beri will continue to be the vice-chairman of NITI Aayog.

2. (c) Roberta Metsola

Roberta Metsola has recently been re-elected President of the European Parliament. Metsola has been appointed for the next two and a half years. Metsola received 562 votes out of 623 ballots cast by newly elected MPs. The European Parliament is the legislative body of the European Union and one of its seven institutions.      

3. (b) Faridabad

Minister of State for Science and Technology, Dr. Jitendra Singh inaugurated Asia's first health research-related "Pre-Clinical Network Facility" at the Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI), Faridabad. Speaking on the occasion, the Minister said that this facility would be the 9th such network laboratory across the world and the first such laboratory in entire Asia.

4. (a) UGC

The Ministry of Education and the University Grants Commission (UGC) recently unveiled the ASMITA Project.  Which aims to increase the availability of educational resources in Indian languages. The Asmita Project is an initiative to develop 22,000 books in Indian languages ​​over the next five years.

5. Germany

German football player Thomas Muller has recently announced his retirement from international football. Muller, whose international career spans 14 years, recently took part in Euro 2024. Let us tell you that in Euro 2024, host Germany lost to Spain (winner) in the quarter-finals.      

6. (c) 17 July

Every year on July 17, the Day of International Criminal Justice is celebrated all over the world for international justice. The day is celebrated to recognize the day of the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Let us tell you that 17 July 1998 marks the anniversary of the adoption of the Treaty of Rome.

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