28th January 2025 Current Affairs

1. Jitender Paul Singh recently been appointed as India’s new Ambassador to which country?

   a) United States of America
   b) Israel
   c) France
   d) Germany

2. Which Padma Shri awardee and renewed heart surgeon has recently passed away?

   a) Dr. Devi Shetty
   b) Dr. K.M. Cherian 
   c) Dr. Naresh Trehan
   d) Dr. C.N. Mani

3. Which state secured the top rank in the Fiscal Health Index released by NITI Aayog?

   a) Tamil Nadu
   b) Gujarat
   c) Odisha
   d) Maharashtra

4. Which two Indian cities have recently been added to the ‘Wetland Cities of the World’ list by UNESCO?

   a) Jaipur and Bhopal
   b) Udaipur and Indore
   c) Ahmedabad and Vadodara
   d) Chandigarh and Kochi

5. Who won the inaugural edition of the Women’s Hockey Indian League (HIL) 2024-25?

   a) Punjab Panthers
   b) Odisha Warriors
   c) Soorma Hockey Club
   d) Delhi Defenders

6. Who recently won the 9th Johor International Open Chess Tournament?

   a) R. Pragyananda
   b) Iniyan Panneerselvam
   c) Abhiban Baskaran
   d) Visit Gujrathi

7. The ‘Chief Minister’s Mobile Operation Theatre’ (CMMOT) recently launched in

   a) Assam
   b) Nagaland 
   c) Manipur
   d) Meghalaya

8. International Clean Energy Day

   a) 26th January
   b) 25th January
   c) 24th January
   d) 23rd January

9. Which state implemented UCC (Uniform Civil Code) on 27th January 2025 and became the first state to do so after independence?

   a) Uttar Pradesh
   b) Uttarakhand 
   c) Haryana
   d) Maharashtra

10. Elected as the new member of the Marylebone Cricket Club?

    a) Sachin Tendulkar
    b) Jay Shah
    c) Virender Sehwag
    d) Yuvraj Singh

11. Dr. KM Cherian Passed away, received awarded Padma Shri in

    a) 2002
    b) 1998
    c) 1995
    d) 1991

• Indore and Udaipur have become the first two Indian cities to be included in the global list of wetland cities recognised under the Ramsar Convention.
• This latest list recognises 31 new cities, including two from India, taking the global list of such cities to 74.
• Recognition is granted only to cities that meet all six international criteria, including adopting measures to conserve wetlands and their ecological services.
• The International Convention on Wetlands, also known as the Ramsar Convention, was signed on 2 February 1971 in Ramsar, Iran and came into force on 21 December 1975.
• India signed the Ramsar Convention on 1 February 1982.
• Currently, 85 wetlands in India are protected under the treaty.

•  He also performed India’s first successful coronary artery bypass surgery in 1975. He performed India’s first heart-lung transplant.
• Dr KM Cherian recently released his biography in Kerala.
• Biography is titled Hand of God and is written by Priya M. Menon.
• In Chennai, he established a medical science park called Frontier Mediville.
• Considered a pioneer of pediatric heart surgery in India.
• He was the honorary cardiac surgeon to the Indian President from 1990 -1993.
• He has also received several awards including the Padma Shri in 1991 and the Harvard Medical Excellence Award in 2005
• He was born in Kerala

28th January 2025 Current Affairs