10th May Flashcards
.In May 2024, India’s 1st commercial Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) project has
received regulatory approval from the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC).
The project is being developed by ____________ in partnership with India Grid Trust (IndiGrid) ,
and the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP).
BSES Rajdhani Power Limited
1.In April 2024, _____, a wholly owned
subsidiary of____, handed over 2 project-specific Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) namely,
Kallam Transco Limited and Jalpura Khurja Power Transmission Limited to their successful bidders.
3.In April 2024: ______and JERA Co. Inc., Japan’s largest power
generation company, have signed an initial agreement to assess a green ammonia production project
in Odisha.
4. In march 2024, ______ has designated as a Miniratna
Category-I Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE) by the Ministry of Power, Government of India,
highlighting its crucial role in India’s power landscape.
REC Power Development and Consultancy Limited (RECPDCL)
ReNew Energy Global PLC (ReNew)
Grid Controller of India Limited (GRID-INDIA)
In May 2024, the Indian Coast Guard(ICG) signed a Memorandum of Understanding(MoU)
with ____________________ to ensure the supply of indigenous marine grade steel
) Jindal Steel & Power Limited
Which department/ministry has recently (in may ‘24) signed a Transformative Agreement
(TA) with Springer Nature Group to promote open access principles in scholarly research?
Department of Atomic Energy
According to the report “Global Electricity Review 2024” by the international energy
analytics agency Ember, in 2023, India surpassed Japan to become the world’s third-largest
producer of __________ power, generating 113 Terawatt-hour.
Solar
As per the report “Global Electricity Review 2024” by the international energy analytics agency
Ember, in 2023, India surpassed Japan to become the world’s third-largest producer of solar power,
generating 113 Terawatt-hour (TWh) compared to Japan’s 110 Terawatt-hour (TWh).
* India’s solar generation increased 17 times from 0.5% in 2015 to reaching 5.8% in 2023.
* China led global solar production in 2023, producing 584 Terawatt-hour (TWh), surpassing
the combined output of the United States, Japan, Germany, and India.
* India witnessed the world’s fourth-largest increase in solar generation in 2024, with a
growth of 18 terawatt hours (TWh), following China (+156 TWh), the United States (+33 TWh),
and Brazil (+22 TWh).
Which company has recently (in may ‘24) opened the world’s largest operational Direct Air
Capture and Storage(DAC + S) plant named “Mammoth” in Iceland to extract carbon dioxide
from the air and store it underground as rock?
Climeworks AG
In May 2024, Which bank partnered with EBANX to streamline cross-border payment
processing and enhance global commerce opportunities for international merchants and
Indian customers in India?
YES Bank
In May 2024, the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) issued guidelines that
mandate the acquiring banks to verify merchant details for ________.
BHIM Aadhaar Pay
In May 2024, India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) Ambassador
Ruchira Kamboj presented a voluntary financial contribution of USD 5,00,000 to the UN Trust
Fund for_____________.
Counter-Terrorism
Which bank has recently (in may ‘24) signed a MoU with Northern Arc Capital to explore
pioneering innovative solutions and set new benchmarks within the financial industry
South Indian Bank Limited
In May 2024, Google has launched __________________, a secure and private digital purse for all
Android users in India to store cards, passes, tickets, keys, or IDs.
Google Wallet
Researchers from Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) has recently (in
may ‘24) discovered the new marine tardigrade species ‘Batillipes Chandrayaani’, named after
the Chandrayaan-3.
The new species ‘Batillipes Chandrayaani’ was discovered in which Indian state?
Tamil Nadu
In May 2024, the Indian boxing team won ___________ at the Asian Boxing Confederation
(ASBC) Asian U-22 and Youth Boxing Championships 2024 in Astana, Kazakhstan.
43 medal
024.
* The Indian boxers secured 12 gold, 14 silver, and 17 bronze medals from both the youth and U22 categories and ranked second in terms of the medal count, only behind the host
Kazakhstan, which won 48 medals in total
In May 2024, Urdu litterateur Shaikh Abdussalam Abdurrazzaq, known by his pen name
Salam Bin Razzaq, Passed Away.
He won the 2004 Sahitya Akademi Award for _____________(Book)
Shikasta Buton Ke Darmiyan
When was World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day 2024 observed across the globe with the
theme “Keeping Humanity Alive”?
8th May
The theme of World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day 2024 is “Keeping Humanity Alive”
