DAILY GK 10,11 FEB
1. 1ST BI-MONTHLY MONETARY POLICY OF FY23
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The
Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) met on February
6-8, 2022 , and released the Monetary Policy Statement, 2022-23 Resolution of
the MPC which projected India’s real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth to
6.4% for FY24 (lower than 7% in FY23) with FY24’s Q1 at 7.8%, Q2 at 6.2%,
Q3 at 6%, and Q4 at 5.8%.
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Consumer
Price Index (CPI)inflation or retail inflation is projected at 5.3% for FY24, with
FY24’s Q1 at 5%, Q2 at 5.4%, Q3 at 5.4%, and Q4 at 5.6%.
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RBI
proposed to permit all inbound travellers to India to use Unified Payments
Interface (UPI) for their merchant payments (P2M) while they are in India.
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RBI
will launch a pilot project on QR Code-based Coin Vending Machines (QCVM) in
12 cities.
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Rate
adjustment for the SDF (Standing Deposit Facility) to 6.25% from 6%
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Marginal
Standing Facility (MSF) rates increased by 25 basis points to 6.75%.
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The
RBI increased the repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.50% with immediate effect,
marking the sixth consecutive increase
2.
65TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS
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Ricky
Kej, an Indian music composer and environmentalist based in Bengaluru, Karnataka, has his 3rd
Grammy at the 65th annual Grammy Awards(Grammy 2023) under the Best
Immersive Audio Album category for the album Divine Tides.
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He
shared the award with rock legend Stewart Copeland, the drummer of the iconic British rock band
The Police.
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The
65th annual Grammy Awards(Grammy 2023) was held at the Crypto.com Arena in Los
Angeles, California, the United States of America(USA).
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Grammy
2023 recognises the recordings released between 1st September 2021 and 30th
September 2022.
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Record
of the Year : About
Damn Time by Lizzo
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Album
of the Year :
Harry's House by Harry Styles
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Song
of the Year : Just
Like That
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Best Pop Solo Performance-Bonnie Raitt wins for ‘Just like That’
3.
PCI’S
RAJA RAM MOHAN ROY NATIONAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM-2020
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Veteran
journalistDr Anne Bhavani Koteswara Prasad, popularly known as ABK, has
been chosen for the ‘Raja Ram Mohan Roy National Award for excellence in
Journalism-2020’ for his outstanding contribution to the field of journalism.
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The
award was conferred by Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai, chairperson of the Press
Council of India (PCI).
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The
award will be presented on February 28 2023 at Deputy Speaker Hall,
Constitution Club of India, Rafi Marg, New Delhi.
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The
religious and social reformer Raja Ram Mohan Roy is the founder of the
Brahmo Samaj (a monotheistic sect of Hinduism).
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He was
known as the ‘Father of Modern India’ or ‘Father of the Bengal Renaissance’.
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He was
the one who introduced the word “Hinduism” (or “Hindooism”) for the first time
into the English language in 1816.
4.
ATD BEST AWARDS 2023
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NTPC
Limited, a Maharatna Central Public Sector Undertaking (CPSU) under the
Ministry of Power, Government of India, has been honoured with the Association
for Talent Development (ATD) Best Awards 2023 for demonstrating enterprise
success in the field of Talent Development by the Association for Talent
Development (ATD), United States of America (USA).
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NTPC
has won the ATD Best Awards for the sixth time.
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ATD has
named 72 organisations as Best Awards 2023 winners, including 7 best of the
best, organisations that have won the BEST Awards ten times or more.
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The
Association for Talent Development (ATD), formerly ASTD, is the world’s largest
association in the field of Talent Development and ATD’s Best award is the most
coveted recognition in L&D.
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ATD Headquarters-
New Delhi, Delhi
5.
GLOBAL
QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE INDEX (GQII) 2021 AWARDS
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The National
accreditation system of India under the Quality Council of India (QCI) was ranked
5th globally in the Global Quality Infrastructure Index (GQII)2021.
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India’s
overall QI (Quality infrastructure) system ranking continues to be in the Top
10 unchanged from GQII 2020 at the 10th position, with a GQII score of 0.932.
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The
GQII Index is a pioneer in measuring the development status and dynamics of QI
worldwide.
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The
GQII ranks 184 countries
according to the relative development of their QI. A formula calculates a score
for each country based on its position in the sub-rankings for metrology,
standards and accreditation (the 3 QI pillars).
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In
the GQII 2021, the top-ranked
country (Germany) scored 0.9958,
while the lowest-ranked country
(Timor-Leste) scored 0.1190.
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In the
case of the standardization system (under BIS) India got the 9th rank and in
terms of metrology system (under NPL-CSIR) India was at 21st position in the
world.
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*NPL-CSIR
is National Physical Laboratory under the Council of Scientific &
Industrial Research; BIS – Bureau of Indian Standards
6.
ISRO LAUNCHES SSLV-D2 WITH 3 SATELLITES FROM
SRIHARIKOTA, AP
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The Indian
Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched the 2nd edition of the Small
Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV-D2) from the first launch pad of Satish Dhawan
Space Centre (SDSC) at Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh (AP).
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It
carried the following 3 satellites weighing 175.2 kg to put them into a 450 km
circular orbit:
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This
launch demonstrated the designed payload capability of SSLV in LEO (Low Earth
Orbit), and also marked ISRO’s first launch of 2023.
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(ISRO)Chairman – S. Somanath,Headquarters–
Bengaluru, Karnataka,Establishment– 1969
7.
WORLD PULSES DAY 2023- FEBRUARY 10
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United
Nations (UN)’s World Pulses Day (WPD) is annually observed across the globe on
February 10 to recognise the value of these food items and to increase
knowledge of the nutritional benefits of consuming a variety of foods,
including pulses.
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The
theme of World Pulses
Day 2023 is “Pulses for a sustainable future”.
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The
United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted the resolution A/RES/73/251 on
20th December 2018 and proclaimed February 10 of every year as World Pulses
Day.
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Burkina
Faso, a landlocked country in West Africa, proposed the observance of World
Pulses Day.
8.
NATIONAL DEWORMING DAY 2023 – FEBRUARY 10
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The
National Deworming Day(NDD) is annually organised in all states and Union
Territories (UTs) across India on February 10, with a mop-up day on February 15
with an aim to eradicate intestinal worms also referred to as Soil-Transmitted
Helminths (STH), among children of age 1-19 years.
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The NDD
is an initiative of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare(MoH&FW),
Government of India(GoI) which aims to ensure that every child in India is
worm-free.
