Current Affairs Quiz 11th April 2023 Quiz

Exp. Jagdeep Dhankhar inaugurates scientific convention on World Homoeopathic

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar has inaugurated the scientific convention on the occasion of World Homoeopathic in New Delhi.

The Convention has been organized by the Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy under the Ministry of AYUSH.

World Health Organisation has acknowledged homoeopathy as the second largest and fastest-growing system of medicine in the world and has marked its presence in more than 80 countries.

It is observed every year on 10th of April to commemorate the birth anniversary of the founder of Homoeopathy, Dr. Christian Fredrich Samuel Hahnemann.

This year, the theme is “One Health, One Family.”

It aims to promote homoeopathic treatment among the people through the neighbourhood family physicians.

Exp. Amit Shah launched Vibrant Villages Programme in Arunachal Pradesh

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has launched the ‘Vibrant Villages Programme’ in Kibithoo, a border village in the Anjaw district of Arunachal Pradesh.

He has also inaugurated nine Micro Hydel Projects of the AP government constructed under the “Golden Jubilee Border Illumination Programme” in Kibithoo.

The programme will be implemented in 19 districts, 46 blocks and 2963 villages across the country. In the first phase 11 districts, 23 blocks and 1451 villages will be included with a cost of Rs.4800 crore.

This programme will solve the problems of all the villages of the northern border where there is a danger of population migration to other places.

Under the Vibrant Village Programme government will ensure all the government schemes are 100 percent implemented in these villages, thus making sure all the basic amenities are available for the people, like good infrastructure, connectivity, education, health and mainly employment opportunities.

Recent Inauguration by Amit Shah

• Amit Shah inaugurated Vedic Heritage portal in New Delhi
• Amit Shah virtually inaugurated development project in Ahmedabad worth Rs 154 cr
• Amit Shah inaugurated the first phase of the Bangalore Safe City Project in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
• Amit Shah laid the foundation stone for National Forensic Sciences University in Karnataka.
• Amit Shah inaugurated 120-feet-tall polo statue in Manipur

Exp. India’s Tiger population increases to 3,167

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has released the latest Tiger census data, which shows the country’s big-cat count increased by 200 in four years to 3,167 from 2,967 in 2018.

Releasing a report on ‘Status of Tigers, India 2022’ in Mysuru, Karnataka, PM Modi took pride in the phenomenal success of the Project Tiger, which has completed 50 years.

India, with just about 2.4 percent of the world’s land contributes about 8 percent of the known global biodiversity. India is also the largest tiger range country in the entire world. Further, with about 30,000 elephants, India has the largest range of Asiatic elephants.

Similarly, India has the largest range of 3,000 single-horned rhinoceros population. This apart, India is the only country to hold a population of Asiatic Lions and their population has gone up from 525 in 2015 to 675 in 2020. The leopard population in India has also gone up by 60 per cent in just four years.

This report revealed that the Western Ghats showed a significant decline in numbers from 981 in 2018 to 824 in 2022. While the Sundarbans is threatened by the effects of climate change and the rise of sea levels.

Exp. Mumbai enters list of Best Cities for Public Transport

According to a survey published by London-based ‘Time Out’, Germany’s Berlin was ranked as the city with the best public transport system globally, followed by Czech Republic’s capital Prague.

While Mumbai secured the 19th spot and was the top-ranked Indian city.

Five Asian countries ranked among the top 10 in the chart, with Japan’s busy capital Tokyo leading at the third spot.

According to the survey conducted among 20,000 respondents in 50 cities worldwide to gauge public sentiment about their local transport systems, Berlin was ranked as having the most reliable, safe, and comfortable public transport network.

97% of its residents praised the public transit network, particularly for its metro system, U-Bahn, which offers nine easily navigable lines and a total of 175 stations.

List of world’s top 10 cities with best public transit system:

1. Berlin
2. Prague
3. Tokyo
4. Copenhagen
5. Stockholm
6. Singapore
7. Hong Kong
8. Taipei
9. Shanghai
10. Amsterdama

Exp. J&K govt to organize 3-day ‘Baisakhi Mahotsav 2023’

In Jammu and Kashmir, Jammu is going to organize a three-day ‘Baisakhi Mahotsav 2023’ from April 13 to 15 2023 to celebrate Dogra culture and heritage.

The festival celebrations will be held at various locations across Jammu Division including Gulabgarh-Paddar in Kishtwar, Devika in Udhampur, Mansar Lake in Samba, Dera Baba Banda Bahadur in Reasi, Jia Pota Ghat in Akhnoor and Nangali Sahib Gurudwara in Poonch as well as Mubarak Mandi Complex, Maharaja Hari Singh Park and Peer Kho in Jammu district.

Exp. UIDAI partnered with IIT Bombay to develop touchless biometric system

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has signed an MoU with the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-Bombay) to develop a touchless biometric capture system for easier use, anytime and anywhere.

Under the MoU, UIDAI and IIT Bombay will carry out joint research to build a mobile capture system for fingerprints along with liveness model integrated with the capture system. Once developed and operational, the touchless biometric capture system will allow fingerprint authentication from home, akin to face authentication.

The new system is expected to capture multiple fingerprints at one go and improve the authentication success rate. Once in place, it will be an addition to the existing facilities available in the Aadhaar ecosystem.

Recent MoUs

• IIT Guwahati signed MoU with Sri Sathya Sai Heart Hospital, Ahmedabad to foster Cardiac research.
• Cochin Shipyard partnered with IIT-Madras to support maritime startups
• IIT-Hyderabad developed affordable fibre-reinforced concrete
• India Post partnered with Shiprocket to benefit Startups and MSMEs
• Indian Oil Corp signed deal with Russia’s Rosneft to raise oil imports

Exp. Aam Aadmi Party gets National Status

Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party or AAP, was elevated to national party status. The party is currently in power in two states – Delhi and Punjab.

AAP has been deemed a national party based on its electoral performance in four states – Delhi, Goa, Punjab and Gujarat.

While the Election Commission of India (ECI) has withdrew the national party status of Trinamool Congress, Nationalist Congress Party and the Communist Party of India (CPI).

Indian National Congress (INC), Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), National People’s Party (NPP), Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) are now national parties.

A national party tag allows an organization to get a common poll symbol across the country, more star campaigners, free airtime on national broadcasters for election campaigns and, by convention, office space in Delhi.

About Election Commissioner of India (ECI)

• It is a constitutional body to conduct and regulate elections in the country.
• It consists of a chief election commissioner (CEC) and two election commissioners (usually retired IAS or IRS officers)
• Founded – 25 January 1950
• 25 January – Voter’s Day
• HQ – New Delhi
• 1st Chief – Sukumar Sen
• 1st Women Chief – V.S. Ramadevi
• 25th Chief – Rajiv Kumar
• Commissioner – Anup Chandra Pandey & Arun Goel
• Tenure – 6/65yrs

Exp. World’s first Asian King Vulture Conservation and Breeding Center inaugurated in UP

Uttar Pradesh has set up a state-of-the-art Jatayu Conservation and Breeding Center (JCBC) for the critically endangered Asian king vulture, the first of its kind in the world.

It is located in the Maharajganj district of Uttar Pradesh and is spread over 1.5 hectares.

The objective behind setting up the centre is to breed king vultures in captivity and release them in the wild to maintain a sustainable population of the species.

It is a 15-year project which aims to raise at least 40 vultures.

About Uttar Pradesh

• Capital – Lucknow
• Chief Minister – Yogi Adityanath
• Governor – Anandiben Patel

Exp. Himachal Pradesh launched Sanjeevani Project

Himachal Pradesh Government has launched new project, ‘Sanjeevani” to ensure that livestock is provided quality treatment in a time-bound manner and the farmer is saved the additional expenses of traveling to the point of care for availing quality medicines.

The doorstep veterinary services will have curative treatment, vaccination, artificial insemination, preventive care and all animal husbandry-related information.

This initiative will serve farmers at 44 blocks located in 12 districts of the state. Moreover, the centralized call centre at the Directorate of Animal Husbandry will be integrated with 44 Mobile Veterinary Ambulances.

About Himachal Pradesh

• Capital – Shimla (Summer), Dharamshala (Winter)
• Chief Minister – Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu
• Deputy Chief Minister – Mukesh Agnihotri
• Governor – Shiv Pratap Shukla

Exp. SBI to launch new current accounts and savings accounts in FY24 to attract deposits

The State Bank of India (SBI) is planning to launch new variants of current account (with balances of ₹50,000 and ₹50 lakh) and “Parivar” (family) savings account in FY24 to minimize the gap between deposit growth and credit growth.

Domestic deposits of India’s largest bank grew 8.86 percent year-on-year (y-o-y) by the end of 2022, while domestic advances were up 16.91 percent y-o-y.

SBI expects that its domestic deposits and domestic advances will grow about 12 per cent and 16 per cent y-o-y, respectively, in FY24.

About State Bank of India (SBI)  

• Founded – 1 July 1955
• Headquarters – Mumbai, Maharashtra
• Chairman – Dinesh Kumar Khara
• Managing Director – (4) Alok Kumar Choudhary, Swaminathan Janakiraman, Challa Sreenivasulu Setty, and Ashwini Kumar Tewari
• Imperial Bank of India was previous name of SBI.
• The presidency Banks of Bengal, Bombay and Madras with merged in 1921 to Imperial Bank of India.
• Tagline – (1) Pure Banking Nothing Else

(2) With you all the way

(3) A bank of the common man

(4) The banker to every Indian

(5) The Nation banks on us  

Exp. Nilesh Sambare honored with the ‘Maratha Udyog Ratna 2023’ award

Nilesh Bhagwan Sambare, also known as Appa, the founder of Jijau Educational and Social Foundation or Sanstha, was awarded the “Maratha Udyog Ratna” award.

He was awarded during the “Maratha Entrepreneurs Conference 2023” in Nashik, Mumbai.

Jijau Sanstha has been providing education, health, employment, and agriculture through self-earning for the past 14 years.

Recent Awards

• Young Urologist of the Year Award by the American Urological Association (AUA) – Indian-American Dr. Nitya Abraham
• Poland’s highest honour ‘Order of the White Eagle’ – Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky
• ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ by University of Texas – Naveen Jindal
• Wildlife Conservation Award 2023 – J&K’s Aliya Mir
• Conferred Special Literary Award – Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Exp. Saudi Arabia receives flag to host FEI World Cup Finals 2024

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has received the flag of the FEI World Cup Finals that Riyadh will host in April 2024.

The Kingdom received the flag during the FEI World Cup Finals 2023 held in Omaha, Nebraska, USA, according to Saudi News Agency (SPA).

It is the first time the event will be held in the Middle East.

The FEI World Cup Finals 2024 will be held in April 2024 in Riyadh.

It is an annual international competition among the world’s best show-jumping horses and riders.

About Saudi Arabia

• Capital- Riyadh
• Currency- Saudi riyal
• Prime minister- Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud

Exp. 11 April – National Safe Motherhood Day

National Safe Motherhood Day is celebrated every year on April 11.

Objective – To raise awareness of good healthcare and safety of all mothers or expecting mothers.

It is an initiative undertaken by the government of India, aimed at reducing maternal and neonatal death rates.

The annual observance of National Safe Motherhood Day started with the efforts of the White Ribbon Alliance India (WRAI), which works to draw the attention of the government towards the importance of good healthcare facilities for mothers, especially during pregnancy.