DAILY GK 7-8 MAR
1.
INDIA
AND MEXICO SIGNED MOU ON RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION
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Through this MoU, India’s
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and Mexican Agencies can
provide their effective inputs to the global society with Research and
Innovation Partnerships for technology development,
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Mexico President- Andres
Manuel Lopez Obrador
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Currency– Mexican Peso
2.
SWACHH
SUJAL SHAKTI SAMMAN 2023
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The “Swachh Sujal Shakti
Samman (SSSS) 2023″ was organised by the Ministry of Jal Shakti in preparation
of International Women’s Day (March 8, 2023)
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‘Jal Shakti Abhiyan –
Catch the Rain 2023’ (JSA: CTR-2023) campaign [4th in its series], with the
theme “Source Sustainability for Drinking Water,” was launched by President
3.
YUVA
UTSAV LAUNCHED ACROSS INDIA
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Anurag Singh Thakur,
Union Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports and Information &
Broadcasting, launched the Yuva Utsava-India@2047 from the Indian Institute of
Technology (IIT) Ropar in Punjab.
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“Yuva Utsav India @2047”
is being held in all Indian districts by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and
Sports (MoYAS) through its flagship youth organisation, Nehru Yuva Kendra
Sangathan (NYKS).
4.
WORLD’S
1ST 200-METER-LONG BAMBOO CRASH BARRIER
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The world’s first
200-meter-long Bamboo Crash Barrier named “Bahu Balli” has been
installed on the Vani-Warora Highway in Vidarbha, Maharashtra.
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Bahu Balli barrier is
made of Bambusa Balcoa bamboo, which has been coated with recycled High-Density
Poly Ethylene (HDPE) and treated with
creosote oil.
5. INTERNATIONAL
MARITIME EXERCISE CUTLASS EXPRESS 2023
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Indian Navy Ship (INS)
Trikand is participating in the International Maritime Exercise/ Cutlass
Express 2023 (IMX/CE-23) being held in the Gulf region
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TheTalwar-class stealth
frigate, INS Trikand is the third and final ship of the second batch of
Talwar-class frigates ordered by the Indian Navy and was commissioned into
Indian Navy service on 29th June 2013.
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It was built by the
Yantar shipyard in Kaliningrad, Russia and is commanded by Captain Ajay
Kochhar.
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The other two
Talwar-class frigates were INS Teg and INS Tarkash.
6.
WORLD
BANK’S WOMEN, BUSINESS, AND THE LAW REPORT
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According to the 9th
edition of the World Bank’s “Women, Business, and the Law 2023” report, women
across the world only have 77% of the legal rights that men do, and nearly
2.4 billion women of working age live in countries that do not provide them the
same rights as men.
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From 2021 to 2022,
the global average score on the Women, Business, and Law index increased
just by half a point to 77.1.
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“Women, Business, and the
Law 2023” examines laws and regulations impacting women’s economic participation
in 190 economies from 1971 to 2023 (calendar years 1970 to 2022).
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The report focuses on
eight indicators: Mobility, Workplace, Pay, Marriage, Parenthood,
Entrepreneurship, Assets, and Pensions.
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Only 34 gender-related
legal reforms were noted in 18 economies in 2022, the lowest since 2001.
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At the current rate, it
would take at least 50 years on average to achieve considerable legal gender
equality everywhere in the areas and it will need another 1,549 reforms to
reach that target.
7.
BBC
ISWOTY 2022 AWARD
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Indian Weightlifter,
Padma Shri Saikhom Mirabai Chanu, who became the 1st Indian weightlifter
to win the silver medal at Tokyo Olympic Games, has won the 4th edition of the
“British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Indian Sportswoman Of The Year (ISWOTY)
2022”.
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MirabaiChanu, the
28-year-old Commonwealth champion, became the first athlete to win the award
twice in a row. Previously, She also won the BBC ISWOTY 2021.
8.
KUWAIT
PRIME MINISTER
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Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al
Ahmad Al Sabah is re-appointed as Prime Minister(PM) of the state of Kuwait
Government.
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Kuwait Currency– Kuwaiti
dinar
9.
SHIP
LAUNCHED VERSION OF BRAHMOS MISSILE TEST-FIRED
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The Indian Navy (IN)
successfully test fired the Ship launched version of the BrahMos supersonic
missile in the Arabian Sea.
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The test was carried out
from a Kolkata-class guided missile destroyer warship.
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BrahMos Aerospace Pvt
Ltd, an India-Russian joint venture between the Indian Defence Research and
Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Russian Federation’s NPO
Mashinostroyeniya. It produces BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles that can be
launched from submarines, ships, aircraft, or land platforms.
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BrahMos missile flies at
a speed of 2.8 Mach or almost three times the speed of sound.
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Its Flight Range is
290 Km and Operates on Fire and Forget Principle
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In January 2022, India
signed a USD 375 million deal with the Philippines for supplying three
batteries of the missile.
10.
S-400
`TRIUMF’ SURFACE-TO-AIR DEFENCE MISSILE SYSTEM
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The Indian Air Force
(IAF) received the third squadron of the S-400 `Triumf’ Surface-to-air defence
missile system from Russia which will be deployed along the western sector,
bordering Pakistan.
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In October 2018, India
and Russia signed a deal of $5.43 billion for the procurement of 5 units of
S-400 air defence systems to India by 2025.
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The S-400 defence missile
has a range of up to 400 km and it has a tracking capability of almost 600 km.
11.
BAHRAIN
GRAND PRIX
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Red Bull’s Max
Verstappen, a Belgian-Dutch driver, won the 2023 Season-Opener Bahrain Grand
Prix, which was held at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain
(officially the Kingdom of Bahrain).
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Sergio Perez and Fernando
Alonso finished 2nd and 3rd consecutively
12.
AIRBUS
RECEIVES ORDER FROM INDIA FOR TWO ACH160 HELICOPTERS
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Airbus Corporate Helicopters
(Airbus) has received an order for two ACH160 helicopters in India, marking the
first sale of any helicopter in the H160 range in the region.
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With 68 new Airbus
patented technologies, the ACH160 is the latest member of the ACH family and
the most technologically advanced helicopter in the world.
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In comparison to medium
twin helicopters of a previous generation, it offers 20% more volume per
passenger and 35% larger windows, giving it the brightest cabin in its class.
13. TEJAL
MEHTA NAMED FIRST JUSTICE OF A DISTRICT COURT IN US
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Tejal Mehta, an
Indian-American woman judge who promised to make a real impact to the community
and treat people with compassion, has taken oath as the first Justice of a
district court in the US state of Massachusetts.
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Mehta will serve as the
first Justice of the Ayer District Court
14.
NSDC
ENGAGES ISB AS KNOWLEDGE PARTNER FOR G-20 EDUCATION WORKING GROUP
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The Indian School of
Business (ISB) is collaborating with the National Skill Development
Corporation (NSDC), under the Ministry of Skill Development and
Entrepreneurship (MSDE), as a knowledge partner for the G-20 Education Working
Group (EWG).
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As part of this
collaboration, ISB will provide research support to NSDC in the broad area of
the ‘future of work’.
15.
RBI
LAUNCHES MISSION ‘HAR PAYMENT DIGITAL’
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The Governor of Reserve
Bank of India (RBI) Shaktikanta Das launched the mission ‘Har Payment Digital’
as part of the Digital Payments Awareness Week (DPAW).
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The DPAW 2023 was being
observed by RBI from March 6 to 12, 2023 to further deepen the usage of digital
payments across India.
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The campaign theme of
DPAW 2023 is “Digital Payment Apnao, Auron ko bhi Sikhao” (Adopt digital
payments and Also teach others).
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RBI also plans to
initiate a programme named ‘75 Digital Villages’ in observance of 75
years of Independence.
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Under the programme, 75
villages across India will be adopted by Payment System Operators (PSOs) to
convert them into digital payment-enabled villages.
16.
CHIEF
MINISTER OF MEGHALAYA
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Conrad Kongkal Sangma
,President of the National People’s Party (NPP), was sworn in as the Chief
Minister (CM) of Meghalaya
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The Meghalaya Democratic
Alliance took power for the second time after the NPP received support from the
BJP, United Democratic Party (UDP), People’s Democratic Front (PDF), Hill State
People’s Democratic Party (HSPDP), and a few independents.
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The NPP emerged as the
single-largest party in the elections after winning 26 of the state’s 60 seats
17.
CHIEF
MINISTER OF NAGALAND
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Neiphiu Rio,
leader of the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) of Nagaland, was
sworn in as Chief Minister (CM) of Nagaland for the 5th time
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In the 2023 elections for
the 60-member Nagaland Legislative Assembly, the BJP-NDPP coalition won 37
seats: BJP-12 seats and NDPP-25 seats.
18.
CONTROLLER
GENERAL OF ACCOUNTS OF INDIA
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S.S. Dubey,
a 1989-batch Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS) officer, took charge as the
Controller General of Accounts (CGA), Ministry of Finance (MoF)
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He is the 28th CGA of the
Government of India.
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The Controller General of
Accounts (CGA) is ‘the Principal Advisor’ on Accounting matters to
the Union Government.
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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
2023-8 MARCH
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The first International
Women’s Day was observed in 1911
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2023 Theme “DigitALL:
Innovation and technology for gender equality,”
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International Women's Day
2023 campaign theme: #EmbraceEquity
