DAILY GK 12,13 FEB

DAILY GK 12,13 FEB 

1.       ICAO’S AVIATION SAFETY OVERSIGHT RANKING: DGCA

·         As per the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), India’s position has improved in the Aviation Safety Oversight Ranking of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as India’s aviation security monitoring ranking has improved to the 55th position from 112th place.

·         Under the continuous monitoring approach of the Universal Safety Oversight Audit Program (USOAP), the Coordinated Validation Mission (ICVM) was launched in India in November 2022

·         USOAP allows the ICAO to continuously monitor the safety obligations of its 187 member states.

 

2.       PAYTM LAUNCHES G20-THEME QR CODE

·         One97 Communications Limited, which owns financial services company Paytm, launched a G20 theme QR Code to celebrate India’s Presidency of the Inter-governmental forum and India’s leadership in mobile payments.

·         The special commemorative QR Code includes the “DigiDhan Mission” logo from MeitY (Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology) along with the logos of the G20 in 2023 and the 75th anniversary of India’s independence.

·         Paytm is planning a special drive under the “Digital Payments Utsav” in which a branded car will travel to several areas in Delhi with a high public presence.

 

3.       AIR INDIA TO BUY AROUND 500 NEW PLANES FROM AIRBUS AND BOEING

·         Tata’s Air India has signed agreements to buy around 500 new planes worth USD 100 billion at list prize. The deal for around 500 planes is split between French company Airbus and Boeing based in the United States of America(USA).

·         Air India has agreed to purchase 250 Airbus planes, split between 210 single-aisle A320neos and 40 widebody A350s, and 220 Boeing aircraft including 190 of its 737 MAX narrowbody jets, 20 787 widebodies and 10 777Xs.

 

4.       FELIX HOUPHOUET-BOIGNY-UNESCO PEACE PRIZE 2022

·         Angela Merkel, former Federal Chancellor of Germany, received the Félix Houphouët-Boigny-UNESCO(United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Peace Prize 2022 during the ceremony held in Yamoussoukro, the capital of the Ivory Coast.

·         She received the prize in recognition of her efforts to welcome refugees during her term in the office.

·         Angela Merkel became the first female Chancellor of Germany in 2005 and served in the post for 16 years (4 terms). She resigned from the post in 2021.

·         The Felix Houphouet-Boigny-UNESCO Peace Prize is intended to honour an individual, an institution, or a private or public body which has significantly contributed to the promotion, research, safeguarding or maintenance of peace.

·         The Prize was established in 1989.The award is named after Felix Houphouet-Boigny, the first president of Ivory Coast(Cote d’Ivoire), serving from 1960 until his death in 1993.

·         The other renowned recipients of the prize include Nelson Mandela, Frederik W. De Klerk, and Jimmy Carter.

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

 

5.       TAJ MISS INDIA 2023

·         AkshataRakshe from Mumbai, Maharashtra, was crowned the winner of Taj Miss India 2023 at the grand finale of Taj Miss &Mrs India 2023 held at Hotel Sadanand Regency in Balewadi, Pune, Maharashtra.

·         Natasha Sadaphal was announced as the first runner-up and Isha was announced as the second runner-up of Taj Miss India 2023.

 

6.       NEW PM OF MOLDOVA

·         Maia Sandu, President of Moldova, appointed presidential adviser DorinRecean, a pro-Western economist, as the new PM following the resignation of Natalia Gavrilița.

·         Natalia Gavrilița, a Moldovan economist and politician, was appointed as the PM of Moldova in August 2021. She became the 3rd woman PM of Moldova after  ZinaidaGreceanii and Maia Sandu.

 

7.       WORLD UNANI DAY 2023 – FEBRUARY 11

·         World Unani Day is annually observed across the globe on February 11 to create and spread awareness about health care delivery through the Unani system of medicine.

·         The day also commemorates the birth anniversary of Mohammad Ajmal Khan, better known as “Hakim Ajmal Khan”, a great Indian Unani Scholar and social reformer.

·         The theme of World Unani Day 2023 is “Unani Medicine for Public Health”.