5th January 2024 Daily Current Affairs

Honours & Awards

1. The Kuvempu Rashtriya Puraskar 2023 goes to Shirshendhu Mukhopadhyay

Bengali writer Shirshendhu Mukyopadhyaya has been awarded the 2023 Kuvempu Rashtriya Puraskar.
He has written more than 90 books, including travelogues and fiction for children.
The writer will receive a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh, a silver medal, and a citation.
The award is named in honour of the late Kannada poet Kuvempu.

National & International Appointments

2. Nadia Calvino appointed as new President of the European Investment Bank

Nadia Calvino has been named the new president of the European Investment Bank.
She succeeded Werner Hoyer to become the eighth president of the EU bank.
The European Investment Bank is the European Union’s investment bank and is owned by the 27 member states.

National & International Appointments

3. Shashi Singh appointed as new president of AIRIA

Shashi Singh has been elected as the president of the All India Rubber Industries.
Association (AIRIA), the apex body for rubber industries in India.
Singh will be succeeding Ramesh Kejriwal as the President of AIRIA.
Singh is set to build upon the roadmap established by his predecessors and former presidents, acknowledging their invaluable contributions to the association.

National Affairs

4. Jagdeep Dhankhar inaugurates NCC Republic Day Camp 2024 at Delhi Cantt

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar Inaugurated NCC Republic Day Camp 2024 at Delhi Cantt.
Mr. Dhankhar said that NCC instills punctuality, resilience, loyalty, and hard work that shape the Cadets into active, productive citizens and the most valuable human resource of this great country.
During the upcoming Republic Day, female cadets will proudly march down the Kartavya Path in two exclusive contingents with two female bands.

National & International Appointments

P Santhosh (chief general manager at Canara Bank) is appointed as managing director and chief executive officer of National Asset Reconstruction of India.
He is succeeding Natarajan Sundar, who resigned from the post.
The National Asset Reconstruction Company Limited (NARCL) was established in July 2021. Commonly referred to as a ‘bad bank’, its main objective is to manage and dispose of the stressed assets of commercial banks.

A decision in this regard was taken by the Union Cabinet today.
The Prithvi Scheme is aimed at the augmentation and sustenance of long-term observations of the atmosphere, ocean, geosphere, cryosphere, and solid earth to record the vital signs of the Earth System and change.
It is also intended for the development of modelling systems for understanding and predicting weather, ocean, and climate hazards and understanding the science of climate change.

4th January 2024 Daily Current Affairs