DAILY GK 9 MAR
1.
SEA DEFENDERS-2024: U.S – INDIA
JOINT EXERCISE
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‘Sea Defenders-2024,’ is
a joint exercise between the United States Coast Guard (USCG) and
the Indian Coast Guard (ICG).
2.
NO SMOKING DAY 2024-13 MARCH
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Every year, No Smoking Day is
celebrated across the world to spread awareness about the harmful
effects of smoking.
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The
theme for No Smoking Day 2024 is ‘Protecting
children from tobacco industry interference.’
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According to
the World Health Organization (WHO), the tobacco epidemic is one of
the biggest public health threats globally, killing over 8 million
people every year.
3.
UPI TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN INDIA AND
NEPAL
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NPCI International Payments Ltd
(NIPL) has partnered with Nepal’s leading payment
network, Fonepay Payment Service Ltd, to enable cross-border Unified
Payment Interface (UPI) transactions between India and Nepal.
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With approximately 30% of
Nepal’s tourists being Indian, this partnership is expected to
significantly improve the payment experience for Indian travellers.
4.
PM NARENDRA MODI PRESENTS NATIONAL
CREATORS AWARD
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented
the first-ever National Creators Award at the Bharat Mandapam
in New Delhi.
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The National Creators Award
encompasses 20 categories, highlighting the diversity and depth of
creativity across different fields.
5.
INDIA RECEIVES ‘MEASLES AND RUBELLA
CHAMPION’ AWARD
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India has been awarded the
prestigious ‘Measles and Rubella Champion’ Award by The
Measles and Rubella Partnership. This award recognizes India’s exemplary
efforts in preventing measles and rubella diseases.
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The award was presented at the American
Red Cross Headquarters in Washington D.C., USA.
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Ambassador SripriyaRanganathan, Deputy Chief
of Mission, Embassy of India, received the award on behalf of the Ministry
of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.
6.
SUDHA MURTY NOMINATED TO RAJYA
SABHA
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President DroupadiMurmu nominated author
and philanthropist SudhaMurty to the Rajya Sabha.
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SudhaMurty is an Indian
educator, author, philanthropist, and the former chairperson of the Infosys
Foundation.
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She is also a member of the public
healthcare initiatives of the Gates Foundation.
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Murty has established the Murty
Classical Library of India at Harvard University.
7.
JAMES ANDERSON JOINS ELITE 700 TEST
WICKETS CLUB
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England’s James Anderson claimed
his 700th Test wicket by dismissing India’s Kuldeep
Yadav in Dharamsala on the morning of Day 3 of
the final Test against India.
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This historic milestone makes Anderson
the third bowler to reach the 700-wicket mark in Test cricket.
8.
VERY
SHORT RANGE AIR DEFENCE SYSTEM
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Defence Research & Development
Organisation (DRDO) conducted two
successful flight tests of Very Short-Range Air Defence System (VSHORADS) missile from a ground based
portable launcher off the coast of Odisha from Integrated Test Range, Chandipur.
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VSHORADS is a fourth generation man-portable air-defence system designed and
developedindigenously by Research Centre
Imarat (RCI)
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The VSHORADS missile has a range of up to 6 kilometers
9.
NEFT
RECORD OF 4.10 CRORE DAILY TRANSACTIONS
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The
National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) has recorded
its highest ever single-day transactions with the payment system processing
4.10 crore transactions on that day.
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NEFT has been operational 24/7, 365 days
a year since December 16, 2019, while RTGS followed suit from December 14,
2020.
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Both NEFT and RTGS systems are managed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
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NEFT
settles retail payments, whereas RTGS handles wholesale transactions.
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NEFT,
or
National Electronic Funds Transfer, is a fund transfer mechanism started by the RBI in 2005.
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It
settles transactions in half-hourly
batches.
10.
NEW
CRIMINAL LAWS TO COME INTO FORCE FROM JULY 1, 2024
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The three newly enacted criminal laws - Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023, Nagarik
Suraksha Sanhita 2023 and BharatiyaSakshyaAdhiniyam 2023 - will come into
effect from July 1.
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BharatiyaNagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023,
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhit a, 2023 and BharatiyaSakshyaAdhiniyam, 2023 will replace the Indian Penal Code of 1860,
the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1898 and the Indian Evidence Act of 1872.
11.
INDIA
IS 3RD LARGEST DIGITALISED COUNTRY AMONG G20 NATIONS
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According to the State of India's
Digital Economy Report, 2024, by the Indian Council for Research on
International Economic Relations (ICRIER), India
is the third largest digitalised country in the world, only behind the United States of America (USA) and China.
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However, at the level of individual users, India is ranked 12th in terms of
digitalisation among the G20 countries.
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The study is based on ‘CHIPS’ framework
wherein it has scored countries on five
pillars - connect, harness,innovate, protect and sustain.
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India
has the world's second-largest internet network with more than 700 million users.
12.
NEW
DIRECTOR GENERAL OF NSG
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The Centre appointed 1990 batch IPS
officer, Daljit Singh Chaudhary as
the director general (DG) of the National
Security Guard (NSG).
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NSG
WAS Established On 22 September, 1986, under the National Security Guard Act,
1986.
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Headquarters:
New Delhi.
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The National Security Guard (NSG) is an
elite counter-terrorism unit under the
Indian Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
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National Security Guard personnel are
referred to as ‘Black Cats’.
13.
INDIA'S
SHARE OF GLOBAL DIGITAL PAYMENTS VOLUME AT 46%
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During the Digital Payments Awareness Week on March 4, 2024, the Reserve Bank
of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das revealed that digital transactions in
India have experienced a remarkable
90-fold increase over 12 years.
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Retail digital payments in India surged
from 162 crore transactions in the financial year 2012-13 to over 14,726 crore
transactions in 2023-24 (till February 2024).
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India's Global Share in Digital
Transactions:India accounts for nearly 46% of the world's digital transactions,
based on 2022 data.
14.
AMIT
SHAH LAUNCHES UMBRELLA BODY FOR URBAN CO-OP BANKS
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Union Home Minister and Minister of
Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah inaugurated the umbrella organization for Urban
Cooperative Banks (UCBs), the National
Urban Cooperative Finance and Development Corporation Limited (NUCFDC), in New
Delhi.
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The NUCFDC has received a Certificate of
Registration (CoR)from the RBI to operateas
a Non-Banking Finance Company (NBFC) and serve as the umbrella organisation
for the urban cooperative banking sector.
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The NUCFDC aims to raise capital, with
plans to reach a capital base of Rs.300
crores.
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At
present, there are over
1,500 scheduled and non-scheduled Urban Cooperative Banks in India with a
total number of branches exceeding 11,000.
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The banks have a deposit size of over Rs
5.33 lakh crore, andtotal lending of more than Rs 3.33 lakh crore
15.
INDIA'S
FIRST UNDERWATER METRO
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurate
India's first underwater metro rail
service in Kolkata.
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The new metro line, called the Howrah Maidan-Esplanadesection, will be
the country's first transportation tunnel beneath a major river.
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It passes beneath the River Hooghly, which separates Kolkata and Howrah
cities on its east and west banks
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The Howrah
metro station, part of this new line, will hold the distinction of being India's deepest metro station.
16.
DIGITAL
INTELLIGENCE PLATFORM FOR TELECOM FRAUD
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Department of Telecommunications (DoT)’s
launched ‘Digital Intelligence Platform (DIP)’ for coordination among the
stakeholders to curb misuse of telecom
resources in cyber-crime and financial
frauds, and ‘Chakshu (चक्षु )’
facility on Sanchar Saathi portal (https://sancharsaathi.gov.in), a pioneering
initiative empowering citizens to proactively report suspected fraud
communication.
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Chakshu’ facilitates citizens to report
suspected fraud communication received over call, SMS or WhatsApp to defraud
like KYC expiry or update of bank account / payment wallet / SIM / gas
connection / electricity connection etc.
17.
ADITI
SCHEME DEFENCE STARTUPS
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Shri Rajnath Singh inaugurated the Acing Development of Innovative
Technologies with iDEX (ADITI) scheme during DefConnect 2024 in New Delhi.
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Objective
of the Scheme is to promote innovations in critical
and strategic defence technologies, with a particular focus on supporting
start-ups.
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Under the scheme, start-ups can receive
a grant-in- aid of up to Rs 25 crore to
support their research,development,
and innovation efforts in defence technology.
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The
ADITI scheme worth Rs 750 crore for the period 2023-24
to 2025-26 falls under the iDEX (Innovationsfor
Defence Excellence) framework of Department of Defence Production (DDP),
Ministry of Defence.
18.
FIRST
100% FDI IN DEFENSE FACILITY
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Swedish
defence company Saab has initiated construction on a new
manufacturing facility in India for its renowned Carl-Gustaf M4 weapons.
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The facility is situated in the state of
Haryana, specifically at MET City in
Jhajjar.
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Saab has received approval for 100%
foreign direct investment, leading to the establishment of a new company named
Saab FFVO India Pvt Ltd.
19.
KHELO
INDIA ATHLETES NOW ELIGIBLE FOR GOVERNMENT JOBS
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The Khelo India athletes will now be
eligible for government jobs.
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In this regard, the Department of
Personnel and Training and Sports Ministry have made progressive revisions to
the eligibility criteria for sportspersons seeking government jobs
20.
RESERVE
BANK OF INDIA'S UDGAM PORTAL FOR UNCLAIMED DEPOSITS
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) informed
that 30 banks are facilitating people to search their unclaimed
deposits/accounts through Unclaimed Deposits-Gateway
to Access information (UDGAM) portal
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UDGAM
is an online portal developed by RBI.
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It facilitates the registered users to
search unclaimed deposits/accounts across multiple banks in one place in a
centralised manner.
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All unclaimed deposits/accounts that are
part of the Depositor Education and
Awareness (DEA) Fund of RBI can be searched in the UDGAM portal.
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The total value of unclaimed deposits stood at Rs 42,270crore as of March 2023.
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Unclaimed
deposits: The balance
in savings or current accounts not
operated for 10 years and termdeposits not claimed for 10 years from the
date of maturity are classified by banks as unclaimed deposits.
21.
NATIONAL
YOUTH PARLIAMENT FESTIVAL 2024
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YatinBhaskar Duggal from Haryana won the
first prize in the National Youth Parliament Festival,2024, while
VaishnaPitchai from Tamil Nadu won the second prize and Kanishka Sharma from
Rajasthan the third prize.
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Eighty-seven State-level winners
assembled in New Delhi for the finals in the Youth Parliament.
22.
INDIAN
NAVY SAVE LIBERIAN-FLAGGED CONTAINER VESSEL
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Indian Naval Ship (INS) Kolkata mission- deployed in the Gulf of Aden responded to a request
from MSC Sky II, a Liberian- flagged Container Vessel, which was reportedly
attacked by a drone/ missile, at about 1900 h (IST), approximately 90 nm South
East of Aden.
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The crew of 23 personnel, including 13
Indian nationals, are confirmed to be safe following the incident.
23.
INTERNATIONAL
WOMEN’S DAY: 8TH MARCH
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2024
theme is “Invest in women: Accelerate progress”
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Clara
Zetkinproposes a Women's Day celebration, and
International Women's Day is celebrated annually from this point forth that isa
day for Women in 1911.
