DAILY GK 6,7 JAN
1.
PRESIDENT
ASSENTS CRPC (GUJARAT AMENDMENT) BILL, 2021
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The President of India
Droupadi Murmu has given her assent to the Code
of Criminal Procedure (Gujarat Amendment) Bill, 2021 which empowers the
administration to register criminal cases against those who are staging
protests in violation of Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC).
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Enacted
in 1973, Section 144 empowers the magistrate
of any state or union territory in India to prohibit the assembly of four or more people so that law and order
can be protected in an area.
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The CrPC (Gujarat
Amendment) Bill, 2021 amended Section
195 (1) (a) (ii) which prohibits the jurisdictional courts from taking
cognizance of the offences except on the complaint in writing of the public
servant concerned.
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This means public servant
issuing such orders is mandated to become complainant against the violators due
to which officials hesitate to enforce the law.
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As per the law, the Section 144 can be directed against a
particular individual or persons residing in a particular place or area or
to the general public.
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The order passed under Section 144 can remain in force only
for two months from initiation of the order. It can be extended but not
more than 6 months and have to reviewed thereafter.
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Violation of Section 144 is liable for a maximum of 3
years imprisonment.
2.
WORLD’S
FIRST PALM-LEAF MANUSCRIPT MUSEUM IN KERALA
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Kerala Chief Minister(CM)
Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated the Palm leaf Manuscript Museum with modern
audio-visual technology at the renovated Central Archives, Fort area in
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
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The Museum, promoted as
“World’s First Palm-Leaf Manuscript Museum” was set up by the Archives
Department in association with the Kerala Museum of History and Heritage at a
cost of Rs 3 crore.
3.
GST
REVENUES RS 1.49 LAKH CRORE IN DECEMBER 2022
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India’s Goods and
Services Tax (GST) revenues increased
15% year-on-year to Rs 1.49 lakh crore (USD 18.07 billion) in December
2022, suggesting robust economic activity during the holiday season.
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The gross GST revenue
collected during December 2022 is Rs
1,49,507 crore, of which CGST is Rs 26,711 crore, SGST is Rs 33,357 crore,
IGST is Rs 78,434 crore (including Rs 40,263 crore collected on import of
goods) and cess is Rs 11,005 crore (including Rs 850 crore collected on import
of goods).
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In
December 2022, for the 10th consecutive month, the GST revenues exceeded Rs
1.40 lakh crore.
4.
ISRO,
MICROSOFT JOIN HANDS TO EMPOWER SPACE-TECH STARTUPS IN INDIA
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The Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO) and Microsoft India signed a Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) to support and promote the growth of space technology startups in India.
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The MoU aims to empower Indian space tech startups with
technology tools and platforms, go-to-market support, and mentoring to help
them scale and become enterprise ready.
5.
ASSAM
GOVT STATE CIVILIAN AWARD 2023
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Assam Government decides
to confer State’s highest civilian award, ‘Assam
Baibhav,’ to Dr. Tapan Saikia
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A total of 21
personalities were chosen for the Assam State Civilian Awards 2023.
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Renowned doctor Dr
TapanSaikia was honoured with the “Assam Baibhav” for his work in the
healthcare (cancer treatment) and public service sectors, which included
promoting early cancer detection in Assam and other northeastern regions.
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The Assam State Civilian
Award has 3 categories: Assam Baibhav Award, Assam Saurav Award and Assam
Gaurav Award.
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The 2023 awards includes,
1 Assam Baibhav; 5 Assam Saurav; and 15 Assam Gaurav.
6.
1ST
WOMAN CRICKETER TO GET A BRONZE STATUE AT SCG
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Belinda Clark, a former Australia captain, became
the 1st female cricketer to get a Bronze statue unveiled at the Walk of Honour
of the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG)
in Sydney, Australia.
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Belinda Clark is the 15th
sportsperson and the 3rd woman to have a statue as part of the SCG sculpture
project. The other two are sprinters Betty Cuthbert and Marlene Matthews.
7.
HYDERABAD
TO HOST INDIA’S 1ST FORMULA E WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
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Hyderabad, Telangana is
set to host the 2023 Hyderabad E-Prix,
India’s 1st ever ABB FIA (Federation Internationale de l’Automobile)
Formula E World Championship race, all-electric motorsports, on 11th February
2023.
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Formula E is a showcase
for the world’s most advanced e-mobility technologies that drive towards a more
sustainable future. The championship is
the first Net Zero Sport since its inception.
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The first 3 races will be
held in Mexico City (1st) and Riyadh (2nd & 3rd).
8.
CYCLONE
MANDOUS In ANDHRA PRADESH
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Piyush Goyal, Union
Minister of Commerce & Industry, approved Rs 28.11 crore to provide
immediate relief to over 28,000 flue-cured Virginia (FCV) Tobacco farmers
affected by Cyclone Mandous in Andhra Pradesh (AP).
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The name, ‘Mandous’, was
suggested by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 2020 as a member of the World
Meteorological Organisation (WMO).
9.
NATIONAL
GENOME EDITING & TRAINING CENTRE AT MOHALI, PUNJAB
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DrJitendra Singh,
Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Science and
Technology, inaugurated the “National Genome Editing & Training Centre” (NGETC) at the National Agri-Food
Biotechnology Institute (NABI), under the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, in Mohali,
Punjab.
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DrJitendra Singh also
launched a 4-day International
Conference on Food and Nutritional Security 2023 (iFANS-2023), which takes
place in Mohali.
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The NGETC is one roof state-of-the-art facility that will serve as a national platform to meet regional
demands for adapting various genome editing methods, including Clustered
Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR)-Cas mediated genome
modification.
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Genome
editing is a tool to cause site-specific gene changes
or mutations to enable the development of critical crop features.
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Bananas,
rice, wheat, tomato, maize, and millet
are just a few of the many crops that NABI has demonstrated its capacity to
expand the use of its genome editing technologies.
10.
INDIA’S
BIGGEST HOCKEY STADIUM IN ROURKELA
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Naveen Patnaik, Chief
Minister(CM) of Odisha, inaugurated the Birsa Munda International Hockey
Stadium, India’s biggest hockey stadium in Rourkela, Odisha.
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The total capacity of the
stadium is 21,000 and is the largest
all-seater field hockey stadium in the world.
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CM Naveen Patnaik also
inaugurated the World Cup Village at Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium Complex in
Rourkela and announced a reward of Rs 1
crore for each player of the Indian hockey team if they win the World Cup
Hockey.
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CM also inaugurated the
“Mo Bus” (my bus) services in Rourkela with 30 vehicles to ensure hassle-free
movement during the hockey world cup.
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The stadium is
inaugurated ahead of the 15th Fédération
Internationale de Hockey (FIH) Hockey World Cup – FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s World
Cup 2023 which is scheduled to be held from 13th to 29th January 2023 in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela, Odisha.
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Rourkela
is the 2nd venue for the international event after the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar,
11.
INDIA
GETS ITS 1ST IVF MOBILE UNIT FOR ANIMALS
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India received its 1st In vitro fertilization (IVF) mobile
unit for animals in Amreli, Gujarat. Parshottam
Rupala, Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, inaugurated
the mobile IVF lab.
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The Government of India
and Amar Dairy jointly dedicated the IVF mobile van.
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Notably, IVF is a complex series of procedures used
to support fertility and child conception.
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It is an advanced
reproductive technology used in animals to multiply superior female germplasm
at a higher rate.
12.
ILO
REPORT ON WORKFORCE
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According to the
International Labour Organization (ILO) report “Working Time and Work-Life Balance Around the World”, more than
half of the world’s workforce doesn’t typically work a nine-to-five schedule.
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As per the report, prior
to the COVID-19 pandemic, the average number of hours per week in paid work
globally was around 43.9 hours (2019 or the latest available year).
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The
report examines the two main aspects of working time: working hours and working
time arrangements (also called work schedules),
as well as their effects on business performance and workers’ work-life
balance.
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The report examines
implications on work-life balance, such
as shift work, on-call work, compressed hours, and hours-averaging schemes.
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More
than one-third of all workers work more than 48 hours per week
on a regular basis, whereas one-fifth of
the global workforce works short (part-time) hours of less than 35 per week.
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ILO
is the only tripartite United Nations (UN) agency that brings together
governments, employers, and workers from 187
member countries. India is a founder
member of the ILO.
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Director-General –
Gilbert Fossoun Houngbo, Headquarters –
Geneva, Switzerland
13.
RBI
LAUNCHES MEDIUM-TERM STRATEGY FRAMEWORK “UTKARSH 2.0” FOR 2023-2025
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The Governor of the
Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Shaktikanta Das, has launched the “Utkarsh 2.0”
Medium-Term Strategy Framework for the period 2023-2025.
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Utkarsh
2.0 would enable the RBI to respond to socioeconomic challenges in both a
proactive and reactive manner.
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The first strategy
framework, “Utkarsh 2022”, covering the period 2019-2022, was launched in July
2019.
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It
evolved into a medium-term strategy document that guided the RBI’s work toward
the achievement of the defined milestones.
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Utkarsh’s
core purpose is to promote monetary and financial stability
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Utkarsh
2.0 will include the adoption of tools driven by artificial intelligence (AI)
and machine learning (ML) for data analysis
and information generation.
14.
TOP
10 PERFORMING GLOBAL AIRPORTS OF 2022
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According to the On-Time
Performance Review 2022 released by CIRIUM, the aviation analytics company,
Kempegwoda International Airport, Bengaluru, Karnataka, and Indira Gandhi
International (IGI) Airport, Delhi, were listed among the top 10 in the Top
Performing Global Airports of 2022.
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Kempegowda
International Airport is ranked 2nd
and Indira Gandhi International (IGI)
Airport is ranked 7th on the list.
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The list is topped by Haneda Airport in Japan.
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Chhatrapati Shivaji
Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai (Maharashtra)
stood at the 11th spot.
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Cirium’s Most On-Time Airlines:Delta Air Lines
of the US was honoured with the Cirium Platinum Award for global operational
excellence, for the 2nd consecutive year.
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Azul
Airlines was the global leader in on-time performance.
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Star
Flyer of Japan was the leading low-cost carrier.
15.
VARANASI
CANTT RAILWAY STATION BAGS ‘EAT RIGHT STATION’ CERTIFICATION
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The Varanasi Cantt
railway station has been awarded a 5- star ‘Eat Right Station’ certification by
the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)
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The certification is part
of the ‘Eat Right India’ movement- a large-scale effort by FSSAI to transform
India’s food system to ensure safe, healthy and sustainable food for all
Indians.
16.
INDIA’S
79TH CHESS GRANDMASTER
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M Pranesh (16-year-old)
from Tamil Nadu (TN) became India’s 79th Grandmaster (GM) after winning the
Rilton Cup 2022/2023 held in Stockholm, Sweden.
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The Rilton Cup is the
first tournament of the FIDE circuit.
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Grandmaster (GM) is the
highest title a chess player attain and it is awarded by the world chess
organisation FIDE (FédérationInternationale des Échecs– International Chess Federation).
