DAILY GK 1,2 MAR
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INDIA’S 1ST CONTAINER FEEDER SERVICE LAUNCHED
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A short-haul coastal container feeder service, first of its kind in
India, was launched between Chennai – Puducherry ports.
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The container feeder ship, Hope Seven, with a container capacity
of 106 Twenty-foot Equivalent Units (TEUs), was flagged off by service between
Chennai and Puducherry ports
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The coastal feeder service is a step forward towards the ambitious
Sagarmala Project of the government of India.
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Under the Sagarmala programme, the government of India decided
to develop Puducherry port as a satellite port to Chennai port for container
cargo
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The Sagarmala programme is the Ministry of Shipping’s flagship
initiative to encourage port-led development in India by using its 14,500
km of potentially navigable waterways, 7,500 km of coastline, and
strategic location on key international maritime trade routes.
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Sagarmala Programme was approved by the Union Cabinet in March 2015.
2. GRIEVANCE APPELLATE COMMITTEE PORTAL LAUNCHED
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Grievance Appellate Committee (GAC) portal is a dispute resolution
mechanism, to ensure accountability of social media platforms to their
users.
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The portal is launched under Information Technology (Intermediary
Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (IT Rules 2021).
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The GAC platform will automatically segregate the complaints made
to the Grievance Appellate Committees and escalate those that require
intervention by one of the three Committees constituted by the government.
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The IT Rules 2021, were amended in 2022 to require social media
companies to “respect all the rights accorded to the citizens under the
Constitution, including in the articles 14, 19 and 21.”
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The IT Rules already require platforms to have a procedure in place for
receiving user complaints about content and appeals against takedowns; however,
companies’ decisions regarding these appeals will now ultimately be subject to
the GACs’ orders.
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The platform is operational from 1st March 2023.
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Grievance Appellate Committee (GAC) is established under the Information
Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021
[“IT Rules”], made under the Information Technology Act, 2000.
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This enables individuals who are dissatisfied with complaints to social
media companies on
content takedown requests to have their cases heard by 1 to 3
Government-established Committees.
3. 1ST FOREIGN UNIVERSITY TO HAVE CAMPUS IN INDIA
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Deakin University from Australia is set to become the first foreign
university to set up a campus in India.
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The independent campus will be established in Gujarat International
Finance Tec-City (GIFT City) in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India.
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The International Financial Services Centre Authority (IFSCA) has
received an application from Deakin University regarding setting up its campus
in India.
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According to the QS World University Rankings, Deakin University is
ranked 266 overall and It is one of the
top 50 young universities worldwide.
4. 2022 BEST FIFA FOOTBALL AWARDS
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The Fédération Internationale De Football Association (FIFA) announced
the winners of the 2022 Best FIFA Football Awards at the award ceremony held in
Paris, France.
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Lionel Messi was named Best FIFA Men’s player 2022
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Spains midfielder
Alexia Putellas was named Best FIFA Women’s player 2022 awards.
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Messi wins Best FIFA Men’s Player:
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Lionel Messi won the FIFA Best Men’s player for the 2nd time.He
previously won the award in 2019.
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The Best FIFA Men’s Goalkeeper - Emiliano Martinez,Argentina
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The Best FIFA Women’s Goalkeeper-Mary Earps,England
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The Best FIFA Men’s Coach-Lionel Scaloni,Argentina
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The Best FIFA Women’s Coach-Sarina Wiegman,England
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The Best FIFA Fair Play Award-Luka Lochoshvili,Georgia
5. NEW FICCI SECRETARY GENERAL
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The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI),
India’s apex business chamber, announced the appointment of Shailesh Pathak
as the new Secretary General of FICCI
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Shailesh Pathak succeeds Dilip Chenoy, who stepped down as Secretary
General of FICCI in October 2021.
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FICCI-President- Subhrakant Panda,Headquarters- New Delhi, Delhi
6. NATIONAL SCIENCE DAY 2023 – FEBRUARY 28
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National Science Day (NSD) is annually observed across India on February
28 in commemoration of the discovery of the Raman Effect (28th February
1928) by the Indian scientist Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (CV Raman).
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CV Raman was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics (1930) for his
work on the scattering of light and for the discovery of the effect named after
him, the Raman Effect.
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Theme “Global Science for Global Wellbeing”.
7. GST COUNCIL AGREED TO REDUCE GST RATES FOR PENCIL SHARPENERS, JAGGERY
AND EXAMINATION INSTITUTIONS
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GST (Goods
and Service Tax) Council, chaired by Nirmala Sitaraman, Union
Minister of Finance, has agreed to reduce the GST rate on pencil sharpeners,
liquid jaggery and examination institutions during its 49th meeting on
February 18, 2023.
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GST rate on pencil sharpeners has been reduced to 12% from
18% earlier, with effect from March 1, 2023.
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GST on Jaggery will attract GST at the rate of 5% from 18% earlier.
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If it is sold loose, GST will be NIL.
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GST on Testing Agencies: The GST council has extended the exemption given
to educational institutions and Central/state educational boards to any
authority, board or bodies set up by the Central/state governments, for
conducting entrance examinations. The National Testing Agency(NTA),
which administers entrance exams for central and other universities, as well as
engineering and medical institutes, was exempt from the scope of the levy.
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Prior to this, the students has to pay 18% GST on the fees for writing the
tests conducted by NTA and state testing agencies
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GST on tags tracking devices or data loggers which are affixed on durable containers are
also reduced from 18% to nil, subject to some conditions.
8. UTTARAKHAND TO SET UP INDIA’S 1ST GOVERNMENT MOTHER MILK BANK
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The government of Uttarakhand is set to establish India’s first
government mother milk bank, a facility that can ensure to provide the
nutritional elements of mothers’ milk to newborns.
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Through this milk bank, milk will be made available to those newborn
babies whose mother dies during delivery.
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The infant mortality rate for India in 2022 was 27.695 deaths per 1000 live
births, a 3.74% decline from 2021.
9. INDIA’S GDP GROWS AT 4.4% IN Q3FY23-NSO
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As per the data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO),
Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation (MOSPI), India’s gross
domestic product (GDP) decelerated to 4.4% in the 3rd quarter of 2022 i.e.
October-December(Q3FY23) due to a contraction in the manufacturing sector.
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NSO also released it Second Advance Estimates (SAE) of National
Income, 2021-22 which pegged India’s growth at 7% for FY23, same as
first advanced estimate that was released in January 2023.
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Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI): is the
nodal agency for the planned and organized development of the statistical
system in India.
10. GSMA’S 2023 GLOBAL MOBILE (GLOMO) AWARDS
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The Government of India was honoured with the “Government Leadership Award
2023” – GSMA’s 2023 Global Mobile (GLOMO) Awards at the Mobile World
Congress(MWC) 2023 held in Barcelona, Spain.
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India received the “Government Leadership Award 2023” for the implementation
of best practices in telecom policy and regulation.
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GSMA is Groupe Speciale Mobile Association represents mobile operators
and the global mobile industry, and the organizer of the MWC.
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In May 2022, the Central Government launched the Gati Shakti Sanchar
Portal for centralized RoW (Right of Way) approvals to facilitate the
efficient deployment of network infrastructure.
11. PEN/NABOKOV AWARD 2023
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Indian Short story writer, novelist, poet, and essayist, Vinod Kumar
Shukla, one of the greatest contemporary writers in the Hindi language
won the 2023 PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature,
the award is conferred annually by PEN America.
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Erika Dickerson-Despenza, American playwright, will receive the 2023 PEN/Laura
Pels International Foundation for Theater Award.
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Tina Fey, a
comedy writers, will receive the 2023 PEN/Mike Nichols Writing for
Performance Award.
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Vinod Kumar Shukla first collection of poems Lagbhag Jai Hind
was published in 1971. Naukar Ki Kameez(The Servant’s Shirt) was his first
novel
12. WORLD CIVIL DEFENCE DAY – MARCH 1 2023
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World Civil Defence Day is annually observed across the globe on 1st
March to honour the significance of Civil Defence and the personnel who have
sacrificed their lives for it. T
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The theme of
World Civil Defence Day 2023 is “The Role of Information Technology in Risk
Assessment”.
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World Civil Defence Day was established by the International Civil
Defence Organisation (ICDO), based in Geneva, Switzerland.
