DAILY GK 16,17,18 OCT

 

DAILY GK 16,17,18 OCT

1.         GAME SIGNS MOU WITH NRLM TO ENABLE FINANCIAL ACCESS FOR WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS

·           The Global Alliance for Mass Entrepreneurship (GAME) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with DAY-NRLM (Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana -National Rural Livelihood Mission) to enable financial access for the growth of 10 lakh women entrepreneurs over 3 years.

·           Under the MoU, GAME and NRLM will strengthen non-farm livelihoods by building the capacity of women entrepreneurs (WEs) to access finance and grow their enterprises.

·           The objective of this partnership is to identify and train ‘Vitta Sakhis’ from Self Help Groups (SHGs) who can help WEs.

·           NRLM was launched by the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD), Government of India in June 2011.

·           It aims to alleviate rural poverty and create sustainable livelihood opportunities for the rural poor.

 

2.         WORLD GREEN CITY AWARDS 2022

·           The city of Hyderabad, Telangana, has been honoured as the Grand winner of the AIPH (International Association of Horticultural Producers) World Green City Awards 2022, for its initiative titled “Green Garland to the State of Telangana”. 

·           Hyderabad also won the award under the ‘Living Green for Economic Recovery and Inclusive Growth’ category.

·           AIPH announced the 6 Category Winners 

·           Living Green for Biodiversity award to Bogota D.C, Colombia

·           Living Green for Climate Change Mexico City, Mexico

·           Living Green for Health and Wellbeing City of Fortaleza, Brazil

·           Living Green for Water City of Montreal, Canada

·           Living Green for Social Cohesion City of Paris, France

 

3.         LT GEN PS BHAGAT MEMORIAL CHAIR OF EXCELLENCE INSTITUTED

·           The Indian Army formally instituted a ‘Chair of Excellence’ at the United Service Institution of India (USI), New Delhi, Delhi in memory of Lt Gen PS Bhagat, the first Indian officer to win the coveted Victoria Cross during World War II and the first General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Northern Command.

·           The Chair will be open to Veterans of three Services and civilians having expertise in the field of emerging defence technologies.

·           Maj Gen SG Pitre (Retd) was awarded with the inaugural Chair of Excellence to author a book on the “Legacy of Lt Gen PremBhagat: A visionary and Strategic Leader”.

 

4.         INS ARIHANT SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHES SUBMARINE LAUNCHED BALLISTIC MISSILE

·           The Indian Naval Ship (INS) Arihant, India’s first indigenous nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarine (SSBN), successfully launched a nuclear capable Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM), affirming India’s second strike nuclear capability.

·           The missile that was launched is speculated to be the K-15 (also known as Sagarika), a member of the “K” family of SLBMs.

·           Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) – Admiral R Hari Kumar

 

5.         MAA BHARATI KE SAPOOT-  WEBSITE FOR FUNDING IN AFBCWF

·           The Union Minister Rajnath Singh, Ministry of Defence (MoD) launched the ‘Maa Bharati Ke Sapoot (MBKS)’ website which will enable citizens to contribute to the Armed Forces Battle Casualties Welfare Fund (AFBCWF), 2022.

·           Amitabh Bachchan will be the Goodwill Ambassador for this initiative.

·           AFBCWF is a tri-service fund, utilized for grant of immediate financial assistance of ex-gratia, to the next of kin and dependents of battle casualties.

 

6.         36TH NATIONAL GAMES 2022

·           The 36th National Games were held After a gap of 7 years

·           These were declared open by the Prime Minister (PM) of India Narendra Modi at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

·           This was the first time the Games were held in the state.

·           Sports that made their debut at National Games 2022 are Mallakhamba, Yogasana, Skateboarding, Golf and Soft Tennis.

·           Pooja Patel of Gujarat has become the first athlete to win gold in Yogasana in the traditional category.

·           The first National Games were held in 1924 in Lahore – now in Pakistan. It was then called the ‘All India Olympic Games’.

·           The 1948 edition in Lucknow was the 1st edition to be held in independent India.

·           Goa will host the 37th edition of the National Games in October next year.

·           Services top the medal Talley with  128 medals (61 Gold,35 Silver,32 Bronze )

 

7.         ACTOR ROBBIE COLTRANE, HARRY POTTER’S ACTOR PASSED AWAY

·           British actor Anthony Robert McMillan OBE, professionally known as Robbie Coltrane, who played the character of Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter films, passed away

·           He  won the British Academy Telegram award in Best Actor category for “Cracker”.

 

8.         INTERNATIONAL DAY OF RURAL WOMEN – OCTOBER 15, 2022

·           The International Day of Rural Women is observed annually on October 15, and is dedicated to the millions of women who live in remote, rural areas.

·           The theme for International Day of Rural Women 2022 is ‘Rural women confront the global cost-of-living crisis’.

·           UNSecretary-General– AntónioGuterres,Headquarters– New York, United states

·           Member States– 193,Establishment– 1945

 

9.         WORLD STUDENTS’ DAY 2022: OCTOBER 15

·           The World Students’ Day is annually celebrated on 15th October, which marks the birth anniversary of the former President (11th president – 2002 to 2007) and the Missile Man of India Dr. A P J (AvulPakirJainulabdeen) Abdul Kalam.

·           15th October 2022 marks the 91st Birth anniversary of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam.

·           He was honoured with Bharat Ratna in1997

 

10.      INDIA’S FIRST ALUMINIUM FREIGHT RAKE IN ODISHA

·           Union Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw flagged off 61- wagon aluminium rakes, 61 BOBRNALHSM1, India’s first indigenously built Aluminium Freight Rake at Bhubaneswar Railway Station, Odisha that will carry coal for Hindalco’s Aditya Smelter in Lapanga, Odisha with Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh as its destination.

·           They were built at Hindalco’s state-of-the-art rolling facility in Hirakud, Odisha with fully Lockbolted construction mechanism with no welding.

·           A single aluminium rake can reduce 14,500 tonnes of Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions during its lifetime, with less energy consumption and a greater carrying capacity.

·           The freight sector in India is expected to grow at more than 7 percent Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) to 15-billion tonnes by 2050.

 

11.      PM NARENDRA MODI DEDICATES 75 DIGITAL BANKING UNITS TO NATION

·           The Prime Minister (PM) of India Narendra Modi dedicated 75 Digital Banking Units (DBUs) across 75 districts to the nation via video conferencing

·           These DBUs were also during the FY23 budget by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to commemorate 75 years of India’s Independence.

·           Setting up of DBUs is a joint initiative of the Central Government, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the Indian Banks Association (IBA) and the participating Commercial banks (other than regional rural banks, payment banks and local area banks) with past digital banking experience are permitted to open DBUs in tier 1 to tier 6 centres.

 

12.      GLOBAL HUNGER INDEX 2022: INDIA RANKED 107

·           The 15th Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2022 was released in which India slipped 6 places to rank at 107th out of 121 countries with a score of 29.1.

·           The level of hunger in India is rated as ‘serious’.

·           GHI is jointly published by European NGOs (Non Governmental Organizations) Concern Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe.

·           South Asia is the region with the world’s highest hunger level, has the highest child stunting rate and highest child wasting rate in the world.

·           In Asia, Afghanistan with a rank of 109 is the only country behind India.

 

13.      GLOBAL MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY INDEX 2022

·           According to theGlobal Multidimensional Poverty Index 2022, which is titled “Unpacking Deprivation Packages to Reduce Multidimensional Poverty”, 415 million people in India have been able to liberate from poverty over a 15-year period between 2005–2006 and 2019–21, which is a “historic change.”

·           The report was released by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) at the University of Oxford.

·           Despite the fact that child poverty decreased more quickly in absolute terms, there were still 97 million poor children in India in 2019–21 (or 21.8% of all children aged 0–17).

·           According to data from the 2019–2021 Demographic and Health Survey, an estimated 16.4% of Indians live in poverty, with an average level of 42 %.

·           UNDPHeadquarters– New York

 

14.      TOYOTA INTRODUCES INDIA’S FIRST FLEX FUEL-STRONG HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE

·           Japanese car maker Toyota’s unveiled first-of-its-kind pilot project Flex Fuel-Strong Hybrid Electric Vehicle (FFV-SHEV) in India, which can run on 100 % ethanol.

·           The Toyota Corolla Altis FFV-SHEV, which was imported from Toyota Brazil for the pilot project, was unveiled during the launch.

·           An FFV-SHEV has a flex-fuel engine and an electric powertrain.

 

15.      WOMEN’S ASIA CUP 2022

·           Indian Women’s cricket team captained by Harmanpreet Kaur has won the Women’s Twenty20 (T20) Asia Cup 2022 by 8 wickets defeating the Sri Lanka  in Sylhet, Bangladesh.

·           This marks India’s 7th Asian Cup title. India has won 7 of 8 Asian Cups held so far.

·           In 2018 India lost the Asia Cup to Bangladesh.

·           The participants of the ACC Women’s Asia Cup 2022 were India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand and United Arab Emirates(UAE).

·           India’s Deepti Sharma was adjudged the “Player of the Tournament”

 

16.      QATAR TO HOSTS 2023 AFC ASIAN CUP

·           The 2023 Asian Cup, the quadrennial international men’s football championship of Asia organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) will be hosted by Qatar for the 3rd time.

·           India and Saudi Arabia have presented the bid to host the 2027 Asian Cup

·           The AFC Asian Cup is held every 4 years

·           AFCHeadquarters – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

 

17.      INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ERADICATION OF POVERTY 2022- OCTOBER 17

·           The United Nations (UN)’s International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is annually observed across the globe on October 17  to highlight the issues of poverty, hunger, and violence.

·           The theme of International Day for the Eradication of Poverty 2022 is “Dignity For All in Practice”.

 

18.      WORLD FOOD DAY 2022 – 16TH OCTOBER

·           The observance of World Food Day is annually led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations(FAO). 

·           The theme of World Food Day is “Leave no one Behind”.

·           FAOHeadquarters– Rome, Italy