DAILY GK 9, 10 AUG

DAILY GK 9, 10 AUG 

1.         FIRST FLIGHT OF AKASA AIR FROM MUMBAI TO AHMEDABAD 

·           The Union Minister Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia, Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA), virtually flagged off the first flight of Akasa Air between Mumbai -Ahmedabad route.

·           The airline code of Akasa Air is QP.

·           The founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Akasa Air is Vinay Dube.

·           This airline is backed by investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala,  and aviation veteran Aditya Ghosh, along with Vinay Dube.

 

2.         ARMY DESIGN BUREAU & DFI SIGN MOU TO DEVELOP HIGH-IMPACT DRONES

·           The Army Design Bureau (ADB) and the Drone Federation of India (DFI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop high-impact drones for Indian soldiers.

·           The Army Design Bureau (ADB) spearheads the Make in India initiative of the Indian Army.

·           Drone Federation of India (DFI) is a non-profit, industry-led organisation that promotes and works to establish a safer and more scalable unmanned aviation industry in India.

·           Smit Shah is the President of Drone Federation of India.

 

3.         LADAKH HONOURED 14TH DALAI LAMA WITH ITS HIGHEST CIVILIAN AWARD

·           Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader was honoured with the highest civilian honour of Ladakh, ‘dPalr Ngam Duston award’ conferred by the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC), Leh.

·           UT Ladakh Declaration Day, Ladakh dPalrNgamDusdon 2022 was celebrated with the theme “The Glory of Ltsangpo Singe Khababs” (Indus River).

 

4.         JAGDEEP DHANKHAR ELECTED AS 14TH VICE PRESIDENT OF INDIA

·           National Democratic Alliance candidate and a former West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar has won the 16th Vice President elections with 528 votes against Margaret Alva and became the 14th Vice President of India.

·           Jagdeep Dhankhar was born in 1951 in Kithana village in Jhunjhunu district, Rajasthan and has been described as Kisan-Putra (farmer’s son) by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

·           He was the second leader from Rajasthan after Bhairon Singh Shekhawat to get elected the vice-president of India.

·           The Vice President of India is the second-highest constitutional post in India and is elected through an electoral college consisting of members of the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha.

·           All Members of Parliament (MPs) of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, including nominated members, are entitled to vote in the vice presidential election.

·           For 2022, 16th Vice-Presidential Election, the Electoral College consists of, 233 elected members of Rajya Sabha, 12 nominated members of Rajya Sabha, and 543 elected members of Lok Sabha.

·           The Electoral college comprised 788 members, while only 780 members participated in elections that recorded around 93 percent polling due to 8 vacancies in Rajya Sabha.

·           The Vice President of India is Ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.   

 

5.         ARKADY DVORKOVICH RE-ELECTED AS FIDE PRESIDENT

·           Arkady Dvorkovich of Russia was re-elected for a 2nd term as the President of the International Chess Federation (Fédération Internationale des Échecs – FIDE) with 157 votes out of 179 National Chess Associations voted in the meeting held in India.

·           India’s Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand, 5-time World Chess Champion has been elected as the new Deputy President of FIDE.

·           The FIDE elections took place during the FIDE General Assembly held in Chennai, Tamil Nadu(India) alongside the 44th Chess Olympiad.

·           FIDE took the 44th Chess Olympiad from Russia and chose India (Chennai) as the venue instead. FIDE also suspended Russia and Belarus from official competitions.

·           FIDE Headquarters Lausanne, Switzerland

 

6.         FIRST WOMEN DIRECTOR GENERAL OF CSIR

·           Nallathamby Kalaiselvi, a senior electrochemical scientist has become the first woman director general of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

·           CSIR is a consortium of 38 state-run research institutes across India.

 

7.         NATIONAL HANDLOOM DAY – AUGUST 07, 2022

·           National Handloom Day is observed annually on August 07 in India

·           The date of August 7 was chosen to honour the Swadeshi Movement, which was launched on this day in 1905 in the Calcutta Town Hall in Kolkata, West Bengal.

 

8.         INDO-US JOINT SPECIAL FORCES EXERCISE ‘EX VAJRA PRAHAR 2022′

·           The 13th edition of the India-United States (US) Joint Special Forces exercise ‘Ex Vajra Prahar 2022‘ initiated at the Special Forces Training School (SFTS) in Bakloh, Himachal Pradesh (HP).

·           Ex Vajra Prahar is an annual exercise hosted alternatively between India and the US to share the best practices and experiences in areas such as joint mission planning and operational tactics.

·           In addition to this exercise, the 18th edition of India-US Army exercise ‘Yudh Abhyas’ is scheduled to be held in October 2022 in high altitude area in Uttarakhand

 

9.         PROF RAMADHAR SINGH BECOMES FIRST INDIAN PSYCHOLOGIST ON US HERITAGE WALL OF FAME

·           Prof. Ramadhar Singh become the first Indian Social Psychologist to be inducted to the ‘Heritage Wall of Fame’ of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) in the United States (US).

·           To advance psychology as a science in Asia, He played critical roles in India through the University Grants Commission (UGC) and in Asia through the Asian Association of Social Psychology.

 

10.      PAPUA NEW GUINEA PRIME MINISTER

·           Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister (PM) James Marape, leader of the Pangu Party, was elected unopposed and sworn in for a second term.

·           Papua New Guinea Capital- Port Moresby

 

11.      INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE WORLD’S INDIGENOUS PEOPLES 2022 – AUGUST 9

·           The United Nations (UN’s) International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (IDWIP) is annually celebrated on 09th August across the world to highlight the role of indigenous people

·           Theme of IDWIP 2022- “The Role of Indigenous Women in the Preservation and Transmission of Traditional Knowledge.”

·           The day is also known as World Tribal day.

 

12.      NAGASAKI DAY 2022 – AUGUST 9

·           Nagasaki Day is annually observed on August 9th to promote peace among nations and to create awareness about the devastating results of nuclear weapons.

·           On 9th August 1945, the United State(US)’s Bockscar, piloted by the 393d Bombardment Squadron’s commander, Major Charles W. Sweeney, dropped the plutonium bomb code name ‘Fat Man’ at 11.02 am the second atom bomb on Japan’s Nagasaki.

·           The primary target was Kokura Arsenal, but because of unacceptable weather conditions and anti aircraft gunfire at Kokura, Maj. Sweeney decided to switch to his secondary target, Nagasaki.

·           When the bomb hit the ground, the temperature of the surface reached 4,000 degrees Celsius, and radioactive rain poured down. This claimed the lives of over 80,000 people living in the hills surrounding the city and nearby by the end of 1945.

·           The bomb named ‘Fat Man’, which destroyed the city of Nagasaki was more powerful than the bomb ‘Little Boy’ used in Hiroshima.

·           It weighed around 10,000 pounds and was built to produce a 22-kiloton blast.

·           The destruction was limited to 2.6 square miles because the city lies in the valleys between mountains.