DAILY GK 19-21 MAR

 DAILY GK 19-21 MAR

1.       SEVEN PM MITRA PARK SITES FOR TEXTILE INDUSTRY

·         The Government of India (GoI) announced the sites for setting up of 7 PM Mega Integrated Textile Regions and Apparel (PM MITRA) Parks for the Textile industry in the states of Tamil Nadu (TN), Telangana, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh (MP), Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Maharashtra.

·         The execution of these parks will be overseen by the Ministry of Textiles. Also, a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) owned by the Centre and State Government in Joint Venture (JV) mode will be set up for each park for the implementation of the project.

·         The Ministry of Textiles will provide financial support in the form of Development Capital Support up to Rs 500 crore per park to the Park SPV.

 

2.       ‘KASHI’ DECLARED AS 1ST TOURISM & CULTURAL CAPITAL OF SCO

·          ‘Kashi’ has been declared the First Tourism & Cultural Capital of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) at the Meeting of Heads of SCO Tourism Administrations held in Kashi, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.

·         The next meeting of the SCO Heads of Tourism Administrations was scheduled to be held in Kazakhstan in 2024.

 

3.       TIME’S TOP 50 WORLD’S GREATEST PLACES OF 2023

·         India’s Mayurbhanj District, Odisha and the Union Territory (UT) of Ladakh took place in the TIME Magazine’s list of “World’s Greatest Places of 2023,” which is highlighting 50 extraordinary destinations to explore.

·         The Mayurbhanj and Ladakh have been selected for their ‘rare tigers and ancient temples’, and ‘adventures and eats’, respectively.

·         Mayurbhanjis mentioned as the only place on earth to spot the exceedingly rare black tiger.

·         Simlipal National Park in Mayurbhanj is home to over 40 mammals including Asian elephants and Bengal tigers.

·         In 2023, India designated its first Dark Sky Reserve, in Hanle village, about 168 miles southeast of Ladakh’s capital, Leh.

 

4.       VICE-PRESIDENT OF NEPAL

·         Ram Sahaya Prasad Yadav, the Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) candidate and former Minister for Forests and Environment of Nepal, won the Vice President elections on 17th March 2023, with 30,328 votes and became the Vice President of Nepal.

·         Ram Sahaya Prasad Yadav becomes the 3rd Vice President of Nepal and the 1st from the Madhes region, bordering India.

·         He defeated his closest competitor Ashta Laxmi Shakya of the Communist Party of Nepal(Unified Marxist–Leninist) (CPN-UML).

 

5.       ORDNANCE FACTORY DAY 2023 – MARCH 18

·         Ordnance Factory Day is annually observed across India by the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) on March 18 to mark the foundation of the 1st Ordnance Factory at Cossipore near Kolkata, West Bengal, in 1801 and honour the contribution of the Indian Ordnance Factories (IOFs) in strengthening India’s defence capabilities.

·         The day is celebrated by the Indian Ordnance Factories (IOF), under the Ministry of Defence (MoD).

 

6.       GLOBAL MILLETS (SHREE ANNA) CONFERENCE 2023 IN DELHI

·         Global Millets (Shree Anna) Conference 2023 was formally inaugurated by Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi at Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) Campus, PUSA New Delhi, Delhi, to promote millets exports from India and give producers access to the market.

·         Indian millets are popularly referred to as “Shree Anna” in the international market.

·         The conference was organised by the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI).

 

7.       WATER STRESS TO HIT INDIA’S FOOD PRODUCTION BY 2050: GCEW REPORT

·         As per the Global Commission on Economics of Water (GCEW) report ‘The What, Why and How of the World Water Crisis: Global Commission on the Economics of Water Phase 1 Review and Findings’, Food supply in India and across the globe will go down by at least 6% by 2050 as water crisis and heat stress caused by climate change will hit productivity.

·         Under this scenario, China is at the top where food supply would be reduced by 22.4%, followed by South America by 19.4%.

·         GCEW is convened by the Government of the Netherlands and facilitated by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

·         Food insecurity affects 72-81 crore people globally and is linked to water insecurity.

·         The fall in production will push 100 crore people into severe food insecurity.

 

8.       NEW AIS APP FOR TAXPAYERS

·         The AIS app is a free mobile application providing a comprehensive view of the Annual Information System, which is a collection of various information about taxpayers.

·         With the launch of the app, the taxpayer could check full details of taxes and TDS (Tax Deducted at Source) with just one click.

 

9.       TENNIS: BNP PARIBAS OPEN 2023

·         Carlos Alcaraz of Spain defeated Daniil Medvedev (of Russia to win the Men’s Singles title at BNP Paribas Open 2023(also known as Indian Wells Masters) held in Indian Wells, California, USA and regained the World’s No 1 rank in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) rankings that he lost to Novak Djokovic (Serbia) in January 2023.

·         Rohan Bopanna& Matthew Ebden wins Men’s Doubles at BNP Paribas Open 2023

·         43-year-old Rohan Bopanna of India and Matthew Ebden (35 years old) of Australia defeated World No.1 Wesley Koolhof of the Netherlands and Neal Skupski of the United Kingdom(UK) to win the Men’s Doubles title at BNP Paribas Open 2023.

·         With this victory, 43-year-old Rohan Bopanna surpassed his former partner Daniel Nestor of Canada and became the oldest ATP masters 1000 champion.

 

10.    SAUDI ARABIAN GRAND PRIX 2023

·         Red Bull’s Sergio PerezMexican racing driver, won the Formula 1 (F1) Saudi Telecommunication Company (STC) Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2023, held in the Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia,

·         Red Bull’s Max Verstappen (Dutch) finished in 2nd place

 

11.    INTERNATIONAL DAY OF HAPPINESS 2023 – MARCH 20

·         The United Nations(UN)’s International Day of Happiness is annually observed across the globe on 20th March to recognise happiness, the fundamental goal of humans and to highlight its importance in the lives of people around the world.

·         The theme of International Day of Happiness 2023 is “Be Mindful, Be Grateful, Be Kind”.

 

12.    WORLD SPARROW DAY 2023 – MARCH 20

·         World Sparrow Day (WSD) is annually observed across the globe on 20th March to create awareness about the importance of sparrows or common house sparrows (Passer domesticus) and to promote the efforts towards their  conservation.

·         The World Sparrow Day is annualy observed under the theme “I Love Sparrows” which is inspired by the hope that more and more of us will celebrate the relationship between PEOPLE AND SPARROWS.