DAILY GK 3 DEC

DAILY GK 3 DEC 

1.         DIGI YATRA LAUNCHED FOR 3 AIRPORTS IN INDIA 

·           Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) launched ‘Digi Yatra’  for three airports in India, namely New Delhi, Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh), and Bengaluru (Karnataka).

·           DigiYatra was designed to use Facial Recognition Technology (FRT) to achieve contactless, seamless passenger processing at airports.

·           It will be followed by 4 airports by March 2023: Hyderabad (Telangana), Kolkata (West Bengal), Pune (Maharashtra), and Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh).

·           Currently, the service is only available to domestic flight passengers.

·           The project envisions any traveller passing through multiple airport checkpoints using paperless and contactless processing, establishing their identity with facial features and linking it to their boarding card.

 

2.         EX AGNI WARRIOR 2022 BETWEEN ARMED FORCES OF SINGAPORE & INDIA

·           The 12th edition of Agni Warrior (XAW) 2022, a bilateral exercise between the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) & Indian Army (IA) was held at Field Firing Ranges, Devlali in Maharashtra

·           Initiated in 2004, XAW is conducted as a part of the Army Bilateral Agreement, and testament to the long-standing defence relationship between Singapore and India.

 

3.         INDIAN ARMY TRAINS KITES TO DESTROY ENEMY DRONES

·           Indian Army forces are training Kites to prey on enemy drones in a first-of-its-kind operation. The military conducts operations with trained birds and dogs.Indian army used a kite named ‘Arjun’.

·           During the ongoing Indo-US joint training exercise YuddhAbhyas in Auli, Uttarakhand, the Indian Army showed the use of Kites to prey on hostile drones.

 

4.         RBI ADOPTED FOUR-TIERED REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR UCBS

·           The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) revises Framework of Categorization of Urban Co-operative Banks (UCBs) for Regulatory Purposes.

·           This revision will be applicable to all Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks w.e.f December 1, 2022.

·           Tier-1 UCBs will continue to maintain a minimum CRAR (Capital to Risk Weighted Assets) of 9% on an ongoing basis.Tier- 2,3,4 UCBs will maintain a minimum CRAR of 12% on an ongoing basis.

·           RBI also eases rules for foreign branches or subsidiaries of banks or All India Financial Institutions (AIFIs) to deal in financial products that are not permitted in India w.e.f. December 1, 2022.

·           A letters of cooperation was exchanged between the RBI and Financial Services Agency (FSA), Japan in the field of Central Counter Parties (CCPs) to improve mutual cooperation.

 

5.         2022 BURGUNDY PRIVATE HURUN INDIA 500

·           The the second edition of the list that ranks the 500 most valuable firms in India, was published by Burgundy Private, Axis Bank’s Private Banking Business, and Hurun India.

·           According to the list, Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) is the most valuable listed company in India, with a valuation of Rs 17.2 lakh crore, up 3.6% from 2021.

·           Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is ranked 2nd on this list with a valuation of Rs. 11.7 lakh crore, and HDFC Bank is ranked 3rd with a valuation of Rs. 8.3 lakh crore.

 

6.         KAMALADEVI CHATTOPADHYAY NIF PRIZE 2022

·           The KamaladeviChattopadhyay NIF Book Prize 2022 was awarded to ‘The Chipko Movement: A People’s Movement’, a book on the popular forest conservation campaign Chipko Movement written by a historian and an activist ShekharPathak.

·           The book, ‘The Chipko Movement: A People’s Movement’, has been translated from Hindi by ManishaChaudhry.

·           TheChipko movement (or ChipkoAndolan) was a non-violent, social and ecological movement by rural villagers, particularly women that took place in 1973 in India.

 

7.         INDIA ASSUMES UN SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENCY FOR DECEMBER

·           India assumed the Presidency of the United Nation Security Council (UNSC) for the month of December, the second time in its two-year tenure as an elected member of the Council in 2021-22.

·           India had earlier assumed the UNSC Presidency in August 2021.

·           On 14th December 2022 The high-level open debate on the theme ‘Maintenance of International Peace and Security: New Orientation for Reformed Multilateralism’ will be conducted, which will encourage the UN members to work on reforms in the current multilateral architecture with the UN at its centre.

·           On 15th December 2022, a high-level briefing on the theme ‘Threats to International Peace and Security Caused by Terrorist Acts: Global Approach to Counter Terrorism – Challenges and Way Forward’ will take place, which helps in building a consensus on the principles of a global counter-terror architecture.

·           India’s permanent representative to UN – RuchiraKamboj,UN Headquarters – New York, United States

·           Establishment – 1945    

 

8.         WORLD COMPUTER LITERACY DAY 2022 – DECEMBER 2

·           World Computer Literacy Day is annually observed on December 2 to raise public knowledge of computers and encourage the development of technological skills, particularly among children and women in India.

·           World Computer Literacy Day was established by an Indian computer company, the National Institute of Information Technology (NIIT), in 2001 to mark NIIT’s 20th anniversary.

 

9.         NATIONAL POLLUTION CONTROL DAY 2022 – DECEMBER 2

·           National Pollution Control Day is annually observed across India on December 2 to honour and commemorate the people who lost their lives in the Bhopal Gas Tragedy on the 2nd and 3rd of December 1984.

·           2nd December 2022 marks the 38th anniversary of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy.

·           In India, air pollution is responsible for 7 million annual deaths, of which 4 million are caused by indoor air pollution.

·           India’s 1st major industrial disaster, the Bhopal Gas Tragedy, was a gas leak from the Union Carbide Plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, on December 2nd and 3rd, 1984.

·           The insecticide plant owned by Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL), the Indian division of the American company Union Carbide Corporation, released about 45 tonnes of the hazardous chemical Methyl isocyanate (MIC).

·           Nearly 25000 people were killed and around 6 lakh victims sustained injuries.

 

10.      INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY 2022 – DECEMBER 2

·           United Nations (UN)’s International Day for the Abolition of Slavery is annually observed across the globe on December 2 to raise public awareness of the need to combat modern forms of slavery such as child labour, human trafficking, and sexual exploitation.

·           International Day for the Abolition of Slavery was declared to be observed on December 2 to mark the UNGA’s adoption of the UN Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others.

·           ILOHeadquarters- Geneva, Switzerland,Establishment- 1919