9th February 2025 Current Affairs

1. Where did the Election Commission launch the ‘Chandrayaan to Election’ initiative?

   a) Delhi
   b) Punjab
   c) Haryana
   d) West Bengal

2. The official song of ICC Champions Trophy 2025, what is it?

   a) Dil Jason Bole
   b) Jeet Maidan Jeet Lo
   c) Jeet Baize Khel Ke
   d) Khel Hamara Hai

3. Who has tested the laser weapon ‘Helios’?

   a) USA
   b) China
   c) North Korea
   d) Russia

4. Appointed the new Director General of the Russian Space Agency ROSCOSMOS?

   a) Oleg Kononenko
   b) Mikhail Mishustin
   c) Dmitry Bakanov
   d) NOT

5. After Indore, in which city begging is crime?

   a) Bhopal
   b) Gandhinagar
   c) Surat
   d) Mumbai

6. Where has financial services Beacon and Yes bank launched ‘India Bill Pay’ for Indian expatriates?

   a)  Russia
   b) Canada 
   c) Saudi Arab
   d) USA

7. Till when the tenure of the National Safai Karamchari Commission been extended in February 2025?

   a) Till 2027
   b) Till 2028
   c) Till 2029
   d) Till 2030

• To boost voter enthusiasm in Delhi, Election Commission launched an initiative named Chandrayaan Se Chunan Tak
• Objective – To increase voter awareness and enthusiasm by celebrating India’s remarkable achievements in space exploration
• Polling booths were decorated with Chandrayaan and Gaganyaan models
• Interactive glimpses of planets were displayed through bioscopes and telescopes
• Voters were taken inside the polling booth dressed as astronauts

• WHO has just started a vaccine trial against Ebola for the first time in Uganda.
• If it is successful, it will help in controlling Ebola outbreaks in the future. Ebola Virus:
• It was first found in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1976.
• Fruit bats are the main carriers of this virus.
• It spreads by coming in contact with the blood, saliva, sweat and other bodily fluids of an infected person.

9th February 2025 Current Affairs