Current Affairs Quiz 11th January 2023 Quiz

Exp. MP Tourism Board signed MoUs with 8 countries

Madhya Pradesh Tourism Board has signed MoUs with chapters of eight countries of the Global Organisation of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) at the 17th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas Convention Indore.

These MoUs were signed with France Metropole Paris, Mauritius, Reunion Island, Martinique, Sri Lanka, GOPIO International, Malaysia, and Mauritius.

These MoUs have been executed with the aim of boosting cooperation in the development of the Tourism sector of the State, and promotion, and publicity of tourist places.

About Madhya Pradesh

• Capital – Bhopal
• Chief Minister – Shivraj Singh Chauhan
• Governor – Mangubhai C. Patel

Recent MoUs

• Odisha Government signed an MoU with NIOT for protecting coastline
• Bihar govt signed agreement with ICCR to showcase its soft power to world
• Andhra Pradesh government signed an MoU with NISG for integrated land management system
• Andhra Pradesh signed an MoU with Parley for the Oceans to save seas from pollution
• CPRI signed an MoU with Chhattisgarh Government to set up a regional testing lab

Exp. Kerala becomes country’s first fully digital banking state

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has declared Kerala as the first state in the country to go fully digital in its banking service.

This achievement was possible due to social interventions through local self-government institutions along with infrastructure development and technological advances in the banking sector.

He has also announced that the ambitious Kerala Fibre Optic Network (KFON) project of the state government will reduce the digital divide.

The K-FON will ensure internet facility to everyone in the state and 17,155 km-long optic fibre cable network has been laid.  Once the project gets completed, internet will be available to everyone in the state either for a cheaper price or for free-of-cost.

About Kerala

• Capital – Thiruvananthapuram

• Chief Minister – Pinarayi Vijayan
• Governor – Arif Mohammad Khan

Exp. India signed MoU with Panama to enhance cooperation in training of diplomats

India has signed an MoU with Panama to enhance cooperation in the training of diplomats.

The official agreement was exchanged in the presence of External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar and Panamanian Foreign Minister Janaina Tewaney, who met on the sidelines of the 17th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas Convention in Indore.

The agreement would allow diplomats from both countries to continue benefiting from the exchange of knowledge and experiences in their respective fields of diplomatic academics.

Both countries have also discussed the opportunities for greater economic, health, finance and people-to-people linkages.

Panamanian Minister has also joined the 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention in Indore.

Recent MoUs

• India signed an agreement with Austria for migration and mobility
• India & Cyprus sign agreement on defence and military cooperation
• India and Germany signed Migration and Mobility Agreement
• India & EU signed an agreement for climate, quantum tech
• India signed an agreement with Netherlands to formalize bilateral Fast-Track Mechanism

Exp. Vivek Agnihotri’s ‘The Kashmir Files’ nominated for Oscars 2023

Vivek Agnihotri’s film ‘The Kashmir Files’ has been shortlisted for Oscars 2023.

Actors Anupam Kher, Mithun Chakraborthy, Darshan Kumar, and Pallavi Joshi are also shortlisted for the best actor category.

Rishabh Shetty’s ‘Kantara’, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’, Paan Nalin’s ‘The Chello Show’ and SS Rajamouli’s ‘RRR’ have also been selected for the Oscars.

The film had incidentally collected over ₹200 crores at the box office.

Meanwhile, Kannada film Kantara has made it to the Oscars qualification list in the ‘Best Picture and ’Best Actor’ categories. Written and directed by Rishab Shetty, the blockbuster had minted ₹400 crores at the box office worldwide last year.

Exp. RRR won Best Original Song for Naatu Naatu at Golden Globes

South Cinema’s film RRR has created history at the 80th ‘Golden Globe Awards 2023’ award ceremony.

SS Rajamouli’s film RRR won Best Original Song for Naatu Naatu, one of the two categories it was nominated in.

It was also nominated in Best Non-English Language Film which was won by ‘Argentina 1985.

RRR has already won other international honours including Best Director for Rajamouli at the New York Film Critics Circle awards.

RRR, which made over ₹ 1,200 crore globally, has already won a slew of international honours including Best Director for Rajamouli at the New York Film Critics Circle awards.

RRR has submitted itself for consideration in various Oscar categories as well and is expected to be nominated in at least one category if not more.

Exp. Adar Poonawalla received Patangrao Kadam award

CEO of Vaccine manufacturer Serum Institute of India, Adar Poonawalla has received the Dr. Patangrao Kadam award for their contribution in the fight against COVID-19.

Poonawalla is the first one to be conferred with Dr. Patangrao Kadam Memorial Award.

Patangrao Kadam was an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra and the award has been set up in his memory.

The vaccines provided by SII during the pandemic showed the country’s strength to the world.

Adar Poonawalla was carrying forward the legacy of his father Dr. Cyrus Poonawalla as SII has manufactured 160 vaccines.

Recent Awards

• Lifetime Achievement Award at 15^th Jaipur Film Festival – Aparna Sen
• Assam highest civilian award ‘Assam Baibhav’ – Dr. Tapan Saikia
• Best Police Unit’ award for 2021 – Jalna and Nagpur Police (Maharastra)
• UN-Habitat’s World Habitat Awards 2023 for Jaga Mission – Odisha state
• Wharton-QS Reimagine Education Awards 2022 – IIT Madras
• Atal Samman Award – Prabhu Chandra Mishra

Exp. India and Japan to hold 1st bilateral air exercise ‘Veer Guardian-2023’

India and Japan are all set to commence the maiden joint air exercise Veer Guardian 2023.

Indian Air Force (IAF) and Japan Air Self Defence Force (JASDF) will hold the first bilateral air exercise at Hyakuri Air Base in Japan from 12 January 2023 to 26 January 2023.

Exercise ‘Veer Guardian 2023’ between the Indian Air Force and the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) will be conducted from January 12 to 26 at the Hyakuri air base and Iruma air base in Japan.

During the joint air exercise Veer Guardian 2023, the participating IAF contingent will include four Su-30 MKI, two C-17 & one IL-78 aircraft. On the other hand, the JASDF contingent will consist of four F-2 & four F-15 aircraft.

Recent Exercise

• 16th edition of India & Nepal Joint Training Excercise Surya Kiran begins in Saljhandi, Nepal
• India & Kazakhstan joint military exercise KAZIND 2022 begins in Umroi, Meghalaya
• 7th edition of US-India Naval Exercise Sangam held in Goa
• The Annual Joint Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Exercise ‘Samanvay 2022’ has been conducted at Air Force Station, Agra.
• A joint military exercise between India-Malaysia “Harimau Shakti-2022” has been started at Pulai Klang in Malaysia

Exp. Novak Djokovic won men’s single Adelaide International 1 title 2023

Serbian Tennis Player Novak Djokovic has defeated America’s Sebastian Korda to win the 2023 Adelaide International 1 men’s singles title 2023.

In the women’s final at Adelaide International 1, Aryna Sabalenka won the women’s singles by defeating Linda Noskova of the Czech Republic. This was her 11th WTA Tour singles title.

Men’s doubles: Lloyd Glasspool (United Kingdom) and Harri Heliovaara (Finland)

Women’s doubles: Asia Muhammad (United States) and Taylor Townsend (United States)

Exp. Dwaine Pretorius announces retirement from international cricket

South Africa all-rounder Dwaine Pretorius has announced his retirement from international cricket.

The all-rounder had made a total of 60 appearances for the Proteas across all formats, with the maximum being in the shorter format.

Pretorius had featured in 30 T20ls, 27 ODIs, and 3 Tests, in which he amassed 1895 runs and scalped 77 wickets.

He made his international debut in 2016 and was part of the South Africa squad for the 2019 ODI World Cup and the 2021 T20 World Cup.

Pretorius had finished as the joint-highest wicket-taker from the Proteas camp in the T20 World Cup in UAE, where he picked nine wickets in five matches.

Recently Retired Players

• Sania Mirza – International Tennis – India
• Farhaan Behardien – International Cricket – South African
• Karim Benzema – International Football – France
• Ben Stokes – One Day International Cricket – England
• Dinesh Ramdin – International Cricket – West Indies
• Tamim Iqbal – T20 International – Bangladesh
• Lendl Simmons – International Cricket – West Indies
• Eoin Morgan – International Cricket – England
• Mohammad Hafeez – International Cricket – Pakistan
• Ross Taylor – International Cricket – New Zealand

Exp. Virat Kohli equals Sachin Tendulkar’s record of most hundreds

Former India skipper Virat Kohli has become the batter with the joint most ODI centuries in a country when he scored a hundred against Sri Lanka in the first ODI of the three-match series in Guwahati.

It was Kohli’s 20th ODI hundred in India, equaling the record held by batting great Sachin Tendulkar.

Kohli took only 99 innings to score his 20 ODI hundreds on home soil, while Sachin did so in 160 innings.

South Africa’s Hashim Amla (14 centuries in South Africa in 69 innings) and Ricky Ponting (14 centuries in Australia in 151 innings) are next in the list of most ODI hundreds in a country.

Among the active players, Virat continues to be the ‘Century King’, with a total of 73 hundreds. Other players that follow him in the list are David Warner (Australia) – 45, Joe Root (England) – 44, Steve Smith (Australia) 42 and Rohit Sharma (India) 41.

Exp. Dhoni released autobiography of Prof KK Abdul Gaffar

Noted Techno-educationalist Professor K.K. Abdul Gaffar’s autobiography ‘Njaan Sakshi’ (me as the witness) has been released by Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

It will provide an insight into the journey of Prof. Gaffar and how education and students have changed over time.

The first copy of this book was received by Marwan Al Mulla, the CEO of Dubai Health Authority (DHA).

He also presented copies of the book to dignitaries including actor Tovino Thomas at the occasion.

Recent Book

• Revolutionaries: The Other Story of How India Won Its Freedom – Sanjeev Sanyal

• Chief Minister’s Diary No.1. – Released by – Former CJI Ranjan Gogoi; Authored by – Assam CM
• A book titled ‘Ambedkar: A Life – Shashi Tharoor
• Forks in the Road: My Days at RBI and Beyond – C. Rangarajan
• The Indian Navy@75 Reminiscing the Voyage – Ranjit B Rai and Aritra Banerjee

Exp. AK Dwivedi’s book ‘Human Anatomy’ released by Governor of MP

A Medical book ‘Human Anatomy’ in Hindi Manav sharir Rachna Vigyan was released by the Governor of Madhya Pradesh Shri Mangubhai Patel and written by Dr. Ashvini Kumar Dwivedi.

This book has been published by Madhya Pradesh Hindi Granth Academy.

Dwivedi is a Homeopathic Doctor of Indore Professor & HOD Physiology SKRP Gujarati Homeopathic Medical College Indore and member of the Scientific Advisory Board in the Central Council for Research in Homeopathy, Ministry of AYUSH (Govt. of India).

The Foreword has been written by Dr. Mohan Yadav, Minister of Higher Education in the MP Government.

Recent Book

• Fit At Any Age – Launched Retd. Air Marshal PV lyer
• Miracles of Face Yoga – Mansi Gulati
• India: The Mother of Democracy – Prepared and published by ICHR & launched by Dharmendra Pradhan
• Now You Breathe – Rakhi Kapoor
• The World: A Family History – Simon Sebag
• Nuclearization of Asia – French author Rene Naba

Exp. Jitendra Singh released theme of National Science Day 2023

Union Minister of Science and Technology Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh has released the Theme of National Science Day 2023 at a function in New Delhi.

Theme 2023 – Global Science for Global Wellbeing

The theme has been chosen for the purpose of raising public appreciation of scientific issues in a global context which is having a bearing on global Well-being.

National Science Day is celebrated every year on the 28th of February to commemorate the discovery of the Raman Effect by Indian Physicist Sir C V Raman.

The government of India designated 28 February as National Science Day (NSD) in 1986.  On this day Sir C.V. Raman announced the discovery of the ‘Raman Effect’ for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1930.

Exp. Kashmir’s first Jnanpith awardee Rehman Rahi passed away

Renowned poet and Kashmir’s first Jnanpith awardee Prof. Rehman Rahi passed away recently at the age of 98.

Rahi wrote several beautiful poems and also translated the works of many renowned poets of other languages into Kashmiri.

In 2007, he received the highest literary award in the country, the Jnanpith award for his collection ‘Siyah Rood Jaeren Manz’ (In Black Drizzle).

Earlier, in the year 2000, the poet was also honored with the prestigious Padma Shri award.

Rahi received Sahitya Akademi Award in 1961 for his collection of poems called ‘Nawroz-i-Saba’.

Exp. Father of laparoscopic surgery Tehemton Udwadia passed away

Dr. Tehemton Erach Udwadia, an Indian Surgeon and Gastroenterologist, who was known as the ‘father of laparoscopic surgery in India’ passed away, at the age of 88.

He was the 1st surgeon in India to introduce laparoscopy in surgery in 1972, and the 1st to perform laparoscopic surgery in the developing world in 1990.

The doctor was awarded the Padma Bhushan, the country’s third-highest civilian award, in 2017.

In 2002, he was awarded the Padma Shri for his contributions to the field of medicine.