DAILY GK 5-6 OCT

 DAILY GK 5-6 OCT

1.              YUVA 2.0:  SCHEME FOR MENTORING YOUNG AUTHORS

·                The Ministry of Education (MoE) launched the YUVA 2.0 (Young, Upcoming and Versatile Authors) scheme which is a Prime Minister’s (PM) Author’s Mentorship programme to train young and budding authors (below 30 years of age) in order to promote reading, writing and book culture in India.

·                It is a part of India@75 Project (AzadiKaAmrit Mahotsav), and is themed on ‘Democracy (institutions, events, people, constitutional values – past, present, future)’.

·                The scheme will be implemented by the National Book Trust (NBT), India under MoE.

 

2.              SBI ADOPTED 30 REMOTE VILLAGES ACROSS 6 STATES UNDER ITS GRAM SEVA PROGRAM

·                On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, the State Bank of India (SBI) adopted 30 remote villages across the aspirational districts of Indian states of Haryana, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Punjab, Tamil Nadu (TN), and West Bengal (WB).

·                With this, the program’s outreach will expand to a total of 130 villages, of which 75 villages are from aspirational districts notified by the NITI (National Institution for Transforming India) Aayog.

·                SBI Gram Seva, a flagship scheme of SBI Foundation, was launched under the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) of the bank in 2017.

·                As of now, the program has adopted 100 villages across 16 States in 3 phases, and already completed 5 years.

 

3.              NABARD SANCTIONS RS. 222 CRORE TO AUGMENT INFRASTRUCTURE IN PUNJAB’S RURAL SCHOOLS

·                The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has sanctioned Rs. 221.99 crore (Rs. 222 crore) from the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) to upgrade school infrastructure in rural schools in Punjab.

·                The funding would be used to build 2,328 new classrooms, 762 labs, and 648 playgrounds for rural schools across all 23 districts of Punjab.

·                NABARDHeadquarters – Mumbai, Maharashtra

 

4.              ICICI BANK UK PLC LAUNCHES SPECIAL ACCOUNT FOR INDIAN STUDENTS IN UK

·                ICICI Bank UK PLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ICICI Bank Limited launched first-of-its-kind, HomeVantage Current Account (HVCA), a new account that is designed especially for Indian students travelling to the United Kingdom (UK) for higher education.

·                This HVCA comes with a visa debit card which can be anywhere in the world and students can activate them digitally before leaving India for the UK.

·                After activation of the card, students can also activate internet banking and mobile banking, similar to a savings account in India.

·                The students can even opt for the physical debit card and can choose to deliver the card to an Indian address or UK address.

 

5.              ANISH DAYAL SINGH APPOINTED  AS 32ND ITBP DG

·                Anish Dayal Singh, IPS officer is appointed as the 32nd Director General (DG) of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) till December 2024.

·                He succeeded S L Thaosen who was holding the additional charge of the force.

·                S L Thaosen,IPS officer Madhya Pradesh cadre was appointed as the new DG of Central Reserve Police Force(CRPF).

 

6.              PRACHAND0 1ST MADE-IN-INDIA LCH INDUCTED BY IAS

·                Indian Air Force (IAF) inducted the first indigenously developed multirole Light Combat Helicopters (LCH), named Prachand (Fierce), into its 143 Helicopter Unit at the Jodhpur Air Force Station, Rajasthan.

·                These LCHs are Limited Production Series (LSP) of 10 choppers for IAF.

·                Prachand is developed by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) in collaboration with French engine-maker Safran.

·                HALHeadquarter– Bengaluru, Karnataka

 

7.              HIMACHAL PRADESH LAUNCHES ‘SATYA NISHTHA’ APP TO AID POLICE

·                Jai Ram Thakur, Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh has launched ‘ The ‘Satya Nishtha’ app , the 1st of its kind in Himachal Pradesh and is exclusively created for crime control.

·                With the help of this app, the police can prepare a database of criminals involved in various crimes and could study the various offences that take place under different police stations in the district.

 

8.              ‘SRS – STATISTICAL REPORT 2020’- INFANT MORTALITY RATE (IMR)

·                According to the “Sample Registration System (SRS)-Statistical Report 2020” issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs’ Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India (ORGI), the Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) for males and females in India finally equalized in 2020.

·                IMRs by Sex and Residence, India and Bigger States/UTs, 2020

·                The IMR is the number of infant deaths for every 1,000 live births.

·                At the National Level, the IMR has decreased by 9 points from 37 in 2015 to 28 in 2020.

·                Madhya Pradesh (43) has the highest IMR, while Kerala has the lowest (6).

·                Between 2015-20, there was a decline of IMR in both genders.

·                As a result, Rural IMR has decreased by 10 points from 41 in 2015 to 31 in 2020, whereas Urban IMR has decreased by 6 points from 25 in 2015 to 19 in 2020.

·                The rural IMR was higher than the urban IMR in every state.

·                According to United Nations data for 2020, India was the only country with nearly equal male and female IMR among countries with IMRs above 20.

 

9.              FIRST FULLY DIGITAL LITERATE PANCHAYAT IN INDIA

·                The Pullampara Panchayat in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala has become the first fully digital literate panchayat in India.

·                This was achieved through the ‘DigiPullampara’ project, under which around 3,300 residents between the age group of 14 and 65 were given digital education.

·                Kerala was the 1st Indian state to attain 100% literacy and make the internet a basic human right.

 

10.           RPF FOCUSED OPERATIONS DURING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2022

·                To fulfil the Railway Protection Force’s (RPF) pledge of“Seva Hi Sankalp”, the month-long drive code-named SAMSAR (SAMAJIK SAROKAR).

·                The drive consists of elements of several major operations like Operation “SEWA”, Operation “Dignity”, Operation “NanheFariste”, Mission “JeewanRaksha” and Operation “Matrishakti” were conducted in September 2022.

·                RPF officers worked selflessly to provide timely intervention under the code name “Operation Dignity” and secured 427 adults (223 Men + 204 Women).

·                In the month of September 2022, 1119 children were rescued under the code name, “Operation NanheFariste”

·                Under mission “Jeevan Raksha” RPF personnel saved 115 (72 Male + 43 Female); under “Operation Matrishakti”, RPF provided assistance to 32 women passengers.

 

11.           77TH UNGA-NEW YORK

·                Indian Union Minister Subrahmanyam (S.) Jaishankar, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) represented India at the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 77) at the UN Headquarters in New York.

·                The theme of 77th UNGA was ‘A Watershed Moment: Transformative Solutions to Interlocking Challenges‘.

 

12.           GOOGLE TO BUILD ITS 1ST CLOUD REGION IN GREECE

·                Alphabet Inc’s Google will set up its 1st cloud region in Greece. A cloud region usually is based around a cluster of data centres.

·                The investment would enable organisations to better use their data, help improve low latency and ensure users’ security in the face of cybersecurity threats.

 

13.           FIH RISING STAR OF THE YEAR 2021-22 AWARD

·                The Fédération Internationale de Hockey (FIH), conferred India’s Mumtaz Khan (Lucknow), with the FIH Rising Star of the Year 2021-22 award in the women’s category by scoring 8 goals in 6 matches.

·                Timothee Clement of France was conferred with Rising Star of the Year 2021-22 award in men’s category.

·                FIHPresident – Narinder Dhruv Batra,Headquarters – Lausanne, Switzerland

 

14.           FORMER GERMAN CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL WINS UN REFUGEE AGENCY PRIZE

·                Former German chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel won the 2022  United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Nansen Refugee Award for providing asylum to more than 1.2 million refugees and asylum seekers in 2015 and 2016 during the Syrian crisis.

·                The year 2022 marked a century (100 years) since Fridtjof Nansen was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1922.

·                It is the annual award established in 1954, named after the Norwegian explorer, scientist, diplomat and humanitarian Fridtjof Nansen.

·                UNHCR -Filippo Grandi is the 11th United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.,Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland

 

15.           SANJEEV KISHORE TAKES OVER AS DIRECTOR GENERAL ORDNANCE

·                Sanjeev Kishore, a 1985 batch officer of the Indian Ordnance Factory Service (IOFS) has taken over as the Director General Ordnance at

·                Sanjeev Kishore was the Additional Director of General Ordnance at the Directorate of Ordnance (C&S), Kolkata, before taking over charge of DGO (C&S).

 

16.           SAUDI ARABIA TO HOST 2029 ASIAN WINTER GAMES

·                41st Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) General Assembly has chosen Saudi Arabia to host the 2029 Asian Winter Game at a planned mountain resort, Trojena under the country’s USD 500 billion Neom futuristic megacity project.

·                Neom is the most ambitious project of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman under the Kingdom’s vision 2030 development plan to reduce reliance on oil and transform the economy, by developing sports.

·                Saudi Arabia also will host the Asian Games in 2034 in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)

·                Saudi ArabiaCurrency- Saudi riyal,Capital- Riyadh

 

17.           WORLD TEACHERS’ DAY 2022 – OCTOBER 5

·                The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)’s World Teachers’ Day (WTD) is annually observed across the globe on October 5 to celebrate and honour teachers for their contributions to their students.

·                The theme of World Teachers’ Day 2022 is “The Transformation of Education begins with Teachers”.

·                UNESCODirector-General- Audrey Azoulay,Headquarters- Paris, France.,Establishment- 1945