Current Affairs – 04/12/2025
- What is the Chakshu portal ?
Ans : Chakshu facilitates citizens to report the suspected fraud communications with the intention of defrauding telecom service users for cyber-crime, financial frauds, non-bonafide purpose like impersonation or any other misuse through Call, SMS or WhatsApp. The Chakshu portal is a platform under the Sanchar Saathi initiative that allows citizens to report suspected fraudulent communications like scam calls, SMS, or WhatsApp messages. Citizens can report various types of cybercrime, including impersonation, financial fraud, and can also report suspicious web links. Reports can be submitted through the portal and are used to take action against the fraudsters - When was the Sanchar Saathi App launched ?
Ans : May 2023 - What is IMEI ?
Ans : International Mobile Equipment Identity, is a unique 15-digit number that identifies each mobile device. - Which are the G-7 Countries ?
Ans : US, UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan - Who has been recently appointed as the Executive Director of the RBI ?
Ans : Usha Janakiraman - The famous novel “Swami and Friends” was written by _________ ?
Ans : R K Narayan - Who founded the Indian Statistical Institute ?
Ans : The Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) was established by Professor Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis in 1931 in Kolkata. Mahalanobis was a visionary statistician who founded the institute, which later became an Institution of National Importance through an act of the Indian Parliament in 1959 - How many categories of disabilities are identified under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 ?
Ans: 21 - Who is the Indian Physicist who was nominated for the Nobel prize for his contribution to find an effective treatment for “Kala -Azar” ?
Ans : The Indian physician and scientist who made the monumental contribution of discovering an effective treatment for kala-azar was Upendranath Brahmachari. He synthesized the drug urea stibamine in 1920, which dramatically transformed the treatment and control of the deadly disease. - Malaysia has announced that the search for the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 will resume at the end of December . When did the flight go missing ?
Ans : The Boeing 777 carrying 239 people vanished from radar screens on March 8, 2014, while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing
