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Daily Current Affairs 13th April 2023 Daily GK Update
Daily current affairs are extremely important for competitive exams because they help candidates stay updated on the latest events and developments in the world. This knowledge is essential for answering questions in the general awareness or current affairs section of the exam, which is often included in many competitive exams such as UPSC, SSC, Bank Exams, etc. Additionally, having a good understanding of current affairs can also help candidates in other sections of the exam, such as reasoning, English, and quantitative aptitude. In short, staying updated on current affairs is crucial for performing well in competitive exams and increasing the chances of success.
National News
W-20 International meeting begins in Jaipur
- The second Women 20 (W20) international meeting was held in Jaipur, Rajasthan.
- The meeting will bring together 120 women leaders from 18 G20 countries to address gender inequality issues and promote women’s economic empowerment globally.
- Women 20 is an official G20 engagement group, and the meeting will focus on the theme of “Women-Led Development: Leverage Women’s Untapped Potential to Accelerate Inclusive and Sustainable Future.
- W20 was established in 2015 under the Turkish Presidency with the primary objective of women empowerment, advocacy of women’s rights and creating a common platform for them to voice their opinion.
G20 in News (Note – All Meetings are Under the Presidency of G20 by India)
- 2nd meeting of G20 Development Working Group – Kumarakom, Kerala (7 April 2023)
- Youth20 (Y20) Consultation Meeting – IIT Kanpur (5 – 6 April 2023)
- 4th Business 20 (B20) Meeting – Kohima, Nagaland (4 – 6 April 2023)
- 2nd G20 Employment Working Group (EWG) Meeting – Guwahati, Assam (3 – 5 April 2023)
- 2nd Tourism Working Group (TWG) Meeting – Siliguri & Darjeeling, West Bengal (1-3 April 2023)
- 1st Tourism Working Group (TWG) Meeting – Dhordo in Rann of Kutch, Gujarat (7 – 9 February 2023)
International Conference on Defence Finance and Economics
- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has inaugurated a three-day International Conference on Defence Finance and Economics in New Delhi.
- The conference aims to give a unique platform to government officials, policymakers and academicians to present their insights and experiences on Defence, Finance and Economics amid present evolving security challenges.
- Delegates from the USA, UK, Japan, Australia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Kenya participate in the conference.
WhatsApp launches ‘Stay Safe’ campaign
- WhatsApp has launched a new campaign called “Stay Safe with WhatsApp,” which highlights the several safety features that are pre-built on the messaging app.
- The campaign will run for a total of three months with a focus on several safety-centric features like ‘Block and Report,’ ‘Two-Step Verification,’ and ‘Privacy and group settings.’
- The campaign highlights why it is important to add two-step verification to WhatsApp, which requires a 6-digit pin and an OTP to authenticate a user.
International News
India ranks 5th in countries with most Al investment
- According to Stanford University’s annual Al Index report 2023, India ranked fifth in terms of investments received by startups offering artificial intelligence (Al)-based products.
- Total investments in AI startups in India stood at $3.24 billion in 2022, placing it ahead of South Korea, Germany, Canada and Australia, among others.
- Those ahead of India in the list are the US, China, the UK and Israel.
- The report also showed that AI startups in India received total funding of $7.73 billion during 2013-2022, making it the sixth leading country with the most AI investments during the period. Nearly 40% of this investment was made last year.
- Among Indian AI startups, Chennai-based conversational AI startup Uniphore raised $400 million in a Series E funding round last year at a valuation of $2.5 billion.
Recent index
- Passport Index 2023 published by Arton Capital – India ranks at 144th; topped by UAE
- World Happiness Index 2023: India ranked 125; topped by Finland; Last Afghanistan
- Global Terrorism Index 2023 – India ranked 13th, topped by Afghanistan
- World Air Quality Report – Most polluted cities (1. Lahore, Pakistan 2. Hotan, China 3. Bhiwadi Rajasthan, 4. Delhi)
- Electoral Democracy Index 2023: India ranked 108; topped by Denmark
- International IP Index: India ranked 42 in 55 countries; topped by USA
Banking and Financial
ICICI Bank introduces EMI facility for UPI payments
- ICICI Bank has introduced easy EMI facility for UPI payments made by scanning QR code.
- Customers eligible for PayLater, the Bank’s ‘buy now, pay later’ service can avail of the EMI facility in an instant, easy and seamless manner.
- This first-of-its-kind facility enhances the affordability of lakhs of the Bank’s customers as they can now instantly buy products or services just by scanning the required merchant QR code at a store and making payments in EMIs.
- The facility can be availed across a host of categories such as electronics, groceries, fashion apparels, travel and hotel bookings. Customers can pay transaction amount above ₹10,000 in easy instalments in three, six or nine months.
- The EMI facility for PayLater will shortly be extended for online shopping as well.
About Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India (ICICI) Bank
- Founded – 1994
- Headquarters – Mumbai
- MD & CEO – Sandeep Bakhshi
- Tagline – Hum Hai Na Khayal Apka
Recent Facilities Launched in Banks & Insurance Sector
- DBS Bank India launched DigiPortfolio
- Canara Bank launches Premium Payroll Account
- Axis Bank and VISA have jointly launched a mobile application ‘Digital Dukaan’
- Axis Bank launched ‘MicroPay’ based on ‘Pin on Mobile’ technology for digital payments
- ICICI Prudential Life Insurance launched ‘ICICI Pru Gold’
- Suryodaya Small Finance Bank launched Blossom Women’s Savings Account
NSE Indices launches India’s first-ever REITs and InvITs index
- NSE Indices Ltd, a subsidiary of National Stock Exchange (NSE), has launched India’s first-ever Real Estate Investment Trusts (Reits) and Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs) Index.
- The new index— Nifty Reits and InvITs index—aims to track the performance of Reits and InvITs that are publicly listed and traded on the NSE.
- Objective – To track the performance of REITs and InvITs that are publicly listed and traded on the NSE
- A Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) or an Infrastructure Investment Trust (InvIT) is an investment vehicle that owns revenue-generating real estate or infrastructure assets.
Retail inflation drops to 5.66% in March 2023
- According to National Statistical Office (NSO), India’s annual retail inflation for March 2023 eased to 5.66% from 6.44% in February 2023.
- The inflation numbers have seen a decline from 6.44% in February and 6.95% in the year-ago period.
- The food inflation, which accounts for nearly half of the overall consumer price basket, moderated to 4.79%. It was 5.95% in February and 7.68% in the year-ago period.
- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has projected retail inflation at 6.5% for 2022-23, with the January-December quarter at 5.7%.
Appointment and Resignation
Sanjay Agarwal reappointed as MD & CEO of AUSF Bank
- Sanjay Agarwal has been reappointed as Managing Director & CEO of AU Small Finance Bank (SFB) for a period of three years.
- The regulator has also cleared the reappointment of Uttam Tibrewal as the whole-time director for a period of three years.
- AU Small Finance Bank Limited is an Indian Small finance bank, based in Jaipur, India.
- It was founded as vehicle finance company AU Financiers (India) Ltd.
Recent Appointment in Banking Sector
- MD of Hitachi Payment Services – Sumil Vikamsey
- Executive director of RBI – Neeraj Nigam
- MD and CEO of Axis Securities – Pranav Haridasan
- President of New Development Bank (NDB) – Dilma Rousseff (Former Brazilian Prez)
- MD and CEO of UCO Bank – Ashwani Kumar
- Chairman of PFRDA – Deepak Mohanty
About AU Small Finance Bank Limited
- Founded – 1996
- Founder – Sanjay Agarwal
- Headquarters – Jaipur, Rajasthan
- MD & CEO – Sanjay Agarwal
- Tagline – Chalo Aage Badhein
K Krithivasan appointed as CEO of TCS
- K Krithivasan has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director (MD) of IT major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) for a period of five years. He will take over the post on 1 June 2023.
- He will replace Rajesh Gopinathan.
- He has been a TCS employee for 34 years.
- Krithivasan the global head of the company’s BFSI (Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance) business group.
Recent Appointment
- President of the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) – Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo
- President of Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) – Aleksander Ceferin
- CEO of Welspun New Energy – Kapil Maheshwari
- President of Honda Motor – Tsutsumu Otani
- MD of Suzuki Motorcycle India – Kenichi Umeda
Science
South Korea to conduct first launch of commercial-grade satellite
- South Korea plans to conduct its first launch of a commercial-grade satellite aboard a domestically built rocket next month as part of its space development program.
- It will blast off from the space launch center on a southern island in May 2023. It will carry one main satellite ‘Next Generation Small Satellite 2’ and seven other smaller cube-shaped satellites.
- In June last year, South Korea conducted its first satellite launch using the Nuri rocket.
- The main satellite will verify imaging radar technology and observe cosmic radiation in near-Earth orbit.
About South Korea
- Capital – Seoul
- Currency – South Korean Won
- Prime Minister – Han Duck-soo
- President – Yoon Seok-youl
Sports
Nisha Dahiya wins Silver in Asian Wrestling Championship
- India wrestler, Nisha Dahiya has secured the silver medal in the women’s 68kg category at the Asian wrestling championships 2023, held in Astana, Kazakhstan.
- She reached the final but fell to Japan’s Ami Ishii 10-0 and finished as a runner-up. She had defeated China’s Feng Zhou 7-6 in the semi-finals.
- Another Indian wrestler, Priya Malik, clinched a bronze in the women’s 76kg category after beating Japan’s Mizuki Nagashima in the repechage round.
Shakib al Hasan wins ICC Player of the Month award for March 2023
- Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan and Rwandan female cricketer Henriette Ishimwe clinched the ICC Men’s and Women’s Player of the Month awards for March 2023.
- Shakib won the award for the second time after July 2021 for his vital role in Bangladesh’s 3-0 T20I series win against England.
- Shakib scored 141 runs in the ODI series and nine wickets across the two formats. He also picked up a fifer against Ireland in Bangladesh’s another home series win.
- Ishimwe, 19, who was part of the Rwandan team at the ICC U-19 World Cup in South Africa, was key to her team’s win over Zimbabwe, claiming four wickets in four balls.
- She followed that with another scintillating performance in the Nigerian women’s T20I tournament last month, scoring 92 runs and taking nine wickets in March, which included a hattrick.
- It made her only the second female player from an Associate Member to win the ICC Player of the Month award.
ICC Men’s Player of the Month
- November 2022 – Jos Buttler (England)
- December 2022 – Harry Brook (England)
- January 2023 – Shubman Gill (India)
- February 2023 – Harry Brook (England)
- March 2023 – Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh)
ICC Women’s Player of the Month
- November 2022 – Sidra Ameen (Pakistan)
- December 2022 – Ashleigh Gardner (Australia)
- January 2023 – Grace Scrivens (England)
- February 2023 – Ashleigh Gardner (Australia)
- March 2023 – Henriette Ishimwe (Rawanda)
Important day
12 April – International Day of Human Space Flight
- The International Day of Human Space Flight is celebrated every year on April 12.
- The United Nations General Assembly in its resolution on April 7, 2011, okayed April 12 as the International Day of Human Space Flight.
- The day is dedicated to the outset of the space era for mankind, the contribution of space science and technology and ensuring the realization of the conservation of outer space for peaceful purposes.
- The International Day of Human Space Flight is celebrated on April 12 as this was the day in 1961 that the Russian cosmonaut became the first human to journey into outer space.
13 April – Jallianwala Bagh Massacre Day
- Jallianwala Bagh Massacre Day is observed every year on 13 April.
- On 13 April 1919, a large crowd gathered peacefully at Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar, Punjab to protest the arrest of Dr. Satyapal & Dr. Saifuddin Kitchlew.
- Colonel Reginald Dyer, the Military Commander of Amritsar, surrounded the Bagh with his troops, closed the gates & gave order to shoot at the peaceful congregation.
- Hundreds were killed & thousands wounded. This incident is known as the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
- Jallianwala Bagh Massacre Day 2023 marks 104 years since the tragic incident that is seen as a turning point in Indian History.
Obituary
Former Mahindra Group chairman, Keshub Mahindra passes away
- Former Mahindra Group chairman and industrialist Keshub Mahindra passed away at the age of 99.
- He served as chairman of the conglomerate from 1963 to 2012.
- He joined the Board of the company in 1948 and was elected chairman in 1963.
- He was awarded Chevalier de l’Ordre National de la Legion d’honneur by the French Government in 1987.
- He re-entered the Forbes list of India’s Richest Billionaires for 2023 with a net worth of $1.2 billion.
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