DAILY GK 1,2,3 NOV

 DAILY GK 1,2,3 NOV 

1.         FOUNDATION STONE OF C-295 TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURING FACILITY IN VADODARA, GUJARAT

·           The Prime Minister (PM) of India Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of C-295 Transport Aircraft Manufacturing Facility in Vadodara, Gujarat which will be set up by India’s Tata Advanced Systems Ltd (TASL) and Spain’s Airbus Defence and Space.

·           This is the first project of its kind in which a military aircraft (C-295) will be manufactured in India under technology transfer by the private sector.

·            This aircraft can be used for civilian purposes as well.

·           The C-295 will replace IAF’s Avro-748 planes aircraft in service.

 

2.         ‘DEFEXPO 2022′ HELD IN GANDHINAGAR, GUJARAT

·           In order to boost the defence sector, Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi inaugurated the DefExpo 2022 (12th edition), India’s “biggest ever” defence exhibition, in Gandhinagar, Gujarat

·           Data Patterns (India) Limited, a Chennai based provider of defence and aerospace electronics systems, received the ‘Raksha Mantri Award for Excellence for 2021-22′ from the Defence Minister.

·           Currently, the aerospace and defence industry is worth around Rs. 80,000 crore, with the private sector contributing more than Rs. 17,000 crore.

 

3.         UNSC ADOPTS DELHI DECLARATION

·           The Government of India, for the first time, hosted the special two-day meeting of the United Nations Security Council’s Counter(UNSC)-Terrorism Committee (CTC) on countering the use of new and emerging technologies for terrorist purposes.

·           Meeting was hosted by the Ministry of External Affairs(MEA was held in Mumbai, Maharashtra and New Delhi

·           During the meeting, the non-binding document, known as The Delhi Declaration on countering the use of new and emerging technologies for terrorist purposes was adopted in New Delhi

·           EAM S Jaishankar announced that India will contribute USD 500000(half a million) to the United Nations Trust Fund for Counter-Terrorism

 

4.         MOU SIGNED FOR UPGRADATION TO PM-SHRI SCHOOLS

·           India’s 13 states and 3 Union Territories (UTs) along with the KendriyaVidyalayaSangathan (KVS) and NavodayaVidyalayaSamiti (NVS) have signed an memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Education (MoE) to upgrade their schools under the Pradhan Mantri Schools For Rising India (PM-SHRI) scheme.

·           The PM SHRI is a scheme under the MoE initiated for the development of more than 14,500 schools across India towards quality education and cognitive development of students

·           Each state will have an upper limit of two schools per block including, one elementary and one Secondary or Senior Secondary.

·           The scheme of PM SHRI schools is implemented as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme with a total project cost of Rs 27,360 crore, out of which, Rs. 18,128 crore will be the centre’s share for the period of 5 academic sessions (2022-23 to 2026-27).

·           The schools under the scheme will be developed as Green schools that incorporate environment-friendly aspects such as solar panels and LED lights, nutrition gardens with natural farming, waste management, plastic-free, water conservation and harvesting.

·           Selection process PM Shri schools will be selected through Challenge Mode, by self-applying on the online portal, which will open 4 times a year (once every quarter), for the 1st two years after the implementation of the scheme.

 

5.         ARUNACHAL PRADESH FISH MUSEUM AT TARIN

·           Arunachal Pradesh will establish a fish museum, the first-of-its-kind in the North-East region (NER)

·           This project will be built at a financial outlay of Rs 43.59 crore in the current financial year (FY23) as the first instalment.

·           The fish museum would be a part of the India’s first Integrated Aqua Park (IAP), sanctioned by the Union Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying (MoFAHD) at Tarin (Ziro)

·           The IAP was sanctioned under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY), with a financial outlay of Rs 50 Crores, with a Central share of Rs 45.11 Crores.

·           Arunachal PradeshChief Minister (CM) – Pema Khandu

 

6.         INDIA,MOZAMBIQUE&TANZANIATRILATERAL MILITARY EXERCISE

·           India Participated in the first edition of the 3-day India-Mozambique-Tanzania Trilateral exercise (IMT TRILAT), a joint maritime exercise between the navies of India, Mozambique and Tanzania held at  at Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.

·           The Indian Navy is represented by the guided missile frigate, Indian Naval Ship(INS) Tarkash

·           The exercise includes a harbour phase and sea phase.

 

7.         NEW PRESIDENT OF BRAZIL 

·           Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Former Brazilian President and Leftist leader, has been elected as the new President of Brazil after defeating the current President Jair Bolsonaro.

·           Lula da Silva secured 50.83% of the votes, whereas, Jair Bolsonaro managed to get 49.17% votes.

·           He co-founded the Workers’ Party in 1980 and contested as its Presidential candidate in 1989.

·           BrazilCapital- Brasília,Currency- Brazilian real

 

8.         NEW DIRECTOR OF ICAR-SBI

·           The Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Sugarcane Breeding Institute (ICAR-SBI) (Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu) appointed Dr G Hemaprabha, as the 1st woman Director of ICAR SBI, the 111-year-old institution which was established in 1912.

·           She was appointed up to 2024 on the recommendations of the Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board, New Delhi, Delhi, under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare (MoA&FW).

 

9.         7TH FIFA U17 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP 2022

·           The 7th edition of FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association) U-17 Women’s World Cup was hosted by India at 3 cities of Bhubaneswar (Odisha) in Kalinga Stadium; Margao, Goa in Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium; and Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra in DY Patil Stadium

·           The tournament title was clinched by Spain by defeating Colombia 1-0.

·           Mascot:  Ibha , an Asiatic lioness is a lion subspecies that survives in India only Ibha means one with good vision or judgement in Khasi, a language spoken primarily in the state of Meghalaya. 

·           Slogan: Kick Off The Dream

·           It was the second time that India hosted a FIFA tournament, after the men’s 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup

·           India, Morocco and Tanzania made their debuts in the tournament.

·           The All India Football Federation (AIFF), Union Ministry for Education (MoE) and the FIFA signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to broadbase football across various schools in India through the Football for Schools programme.

·           It is a program run by FIFA and UNESCO to contribute to the development, education and empowerment of around 700 Million children worldwide. 

·           Under this, 25 million students will be trained and 700 Navoday Vidyalayas will be the nodal agency for football in India.

 

10.      2022 YONEX FRENCH OPEN BADMINTON TOURNAMENT

·           Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty from India have won the Yonex 2022 French Open Super 750 title against Chinese Taipei’s Lu Ching Yao and Yang Po Han in the men’s doubles category, held at Stade Pierre de Coubertin, Paris, France

·           They have become the first Indian pair to win a Super 750 tournament.

·           Men’s Singles- Viktor Axelson (Denmark) beating Dane Rasmus Gemke

·           Women’s Singles- He Bingjiao (China) defeating Spain’s Carolina Marin

 

11.      MAX VERSTAPPEN WINS 2022 MEXICO CITY GRAND PRIX

·           Red Bull’s double world champion and the Dutch driver Max Verstappen won the 2022 Mexico City Grand Prix to set a Formula One (F1) record of 14 victories from a single season and also scored the most points in the season.

·           Mercedes’s Lewis Hamilton(United Kingdom) finished second

 

12.      NATIONAL UNITY DAY (RASHTRIYAEKTADIWAS) 2022 – OCTOBER 31 

·           National Unity Day or RashtriyaEktaDiwas is annually observed across India on 31st October to mark the birth anniversary of the “Iron Man of India” Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel, who is endeared as ‘Sardar’.

·           he first deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister of Independent India.

 

13.      WORLD CITIES DAY 2022 – OCTOBER 31

·           United Nations (UN)’s World Cities Day (WCD) is annually observed across the world on October 31 to promote the international community’s interest in global urbanization

·           The theme of World Cities Day 2022 is “Better City, Better Life: Act Local to Go Global”. 

·           Better City, Better Life is the general theme of World Cities Day which remains constant every year.

·           The global observance of World Cities Day 2022 is organised in Shanghaiunder the theme (Sub Theme or theme of WCD 2022 ) “Act Local to Go Global

 

14.      VIGILANCE AWARENESS WEEK 2022 – 31ST OCTOBER TO 6TH NOVEMBER

·           Vigilance Awareness Week is annually observed across India during the week in which the birth anniversary of SardarVallabhbhai Patel falls (the week on which 31st October falls).

·           The week is observed by the Central Vigilance Commission(CVC)

·           Vigilance Awareness Week 2022 is marked from 31st October to 6th November 2022. 

·           The theme of Vigilance Awareness Week 2022 is “Corruption Free India For A Developed Nation” (Bhrashtaachaar Mukt Bhaarat – VikasitBhaarat).

·           Central Vigilance Commissioner– Suresh N Patel

 

15.      INDO-PACIFIC ENDEAVOUR NAVY EXERCISE

·           Royal Australian Navy ships HMAS Anzac arrived in Visakhapatnam for participating in the 3rd edition of ‘Indo-Pacific Endeavour (IPE) 2022’ exercise with the Indian Navy (IN).

·           IPE 2022 is one of Australia’s key regional engagement initiatives that will make 14-country visits and return to Southeast Asia and the Northeast Indian Ocean,

 

16.      NORTH INDIA’S FIRST DATA CENTRE INAUGURATESAT GREATER NOIDA

·           Yogi Adityanath, Chief Minister (CM) of Uttar Pradesh (UP), inaugurated North India’s first hyper-scale data centre, ‘Yotta D1,’ of Yotta Infrastructure Solutions, in Greater Noida, UP.

·           The 3,00,000 square feet data centre was built with an investment of around Rs 1,500 crore and operationalized in a record-breaking 20 months.

 

17.      IT DEPARTMENT LAUNCHES HARIT-AAYKAR INITIATIVE

The Income Tax Department (IT Department) launched HARIT (Hariyali Achievement Resolution by Income Tax) Aaykar initiative on the occasion of National Unity Day to increase greenery and create a micro forest.

·           Under the HARIT Aaykar initiative, the IT Department resolves to increase the greenery by planting trees and creating micro forests in and around IT Department’s buildings and other public areas.

·           The 1st of such micro-forest was inaugurated by Nitin Gupta, Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), at Bharopal, Punjab, near the India-Pak border.

 

18.      RENEW COMMITS TO BE NET-ZERO FIRM BY 2040

·           ReNew Energy Global PLC announced its ESG (environmental, social, and governance) targets including a commitment to achieve net-zero by 2040 through its sustainability report for 2021-22 titled ‘Partnering for transition, progressing sustainably, prospering together’.

·           It aims to reduce GHG (greenhouse gases) emissions by 29.4%  by 2027 and a net-zero target of reducing GHG emissions by 90 per cent across all scopes by 2040.

·           The 2040 commitment is 30 years ahead of India’s 2070 target and more ambitious than net-zero targets of many global energy companies.

 

19.      RBI LAUNCHES PILOT PROJECT OF DIGITAL RUPEE IN WHOLESALE SEGMENT

·           The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has commenced its first pilot project to implement Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) or Digital Rupee (e₹) in the Wholesale Segment (e₹-W) for secondary trade in government securities (G-secs) beginning on November 1, 2022.

·           A Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) or Digital Rupee is a digital version of currency notes issued by a central bank.

·           The Indian CBDC, which will be known as “(e₹)”, is a digital version of the Rupee and may be exchanged one-for-one for fiat currency.

·           The RBI has designated 9 banks to participate in the digital rupee wholesale (e₹-W) pilot project.

·           The nine banks are State Bank of India (SBI), Bank of Baroda (BoB), Union Bank of India (UBI), HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Yes Bank, IDFC First Bank, and HSBC.

 

20.      2022 AP7: NEW POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS ASTEROID DISCOVERED

·           The 1.5 kilometer(0.9 mile) wide asteroid, named 2022 AP7, was discovered in an area normally difficult to spot objects due to the glare from the Sun.

·           2022 AP7 takes five years to go round the sun once.

·           At present the asteroid remains several million kilometers away from Earth

·           In September, NASA collided a spacecraft with an asteroid in a bid to change its trajectory.

·           The test mission was a preparation for any such situation where an asteroid might threaten the Earth.

·           Astronomers have discovered at least 30,000 asteroids near the Earth, and have named them “Near Earth Objects” (NEOs) which will not  threaten the earth for the next 100 years.