5th October 2023 Daily Current Affairs 2023
National & International Organizations
1. DRI’s ‘Operation Kachchhap’ Rescues 955 Live Baby Gangetic Turtles
- The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) caught 6 persons with 955 live baby Gangetic turtles of different species at Nagpur, Bhopal, and Chennai.
- Intelligence was developed by the officers of DRI about a syndicate involved in illegal trafficking and trading of ‘’Turtles of Ganges’’,
- Some turtles are specified as vulnerable/ near threatened species under the IUCN Red List and Schedule I and II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
Honours & Awards
2. Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023 awarded to Bawendi, Louis and Alexei
- The Nobel Prize 2023 in Chemistry has been awarded to Moungi G Bawendi, Louis E Brus, and Alexei I Ekimov “for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots.”
- The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences rewards the discovery and development of quantum dots, nanoparticles so tiny that their size determines their properties.
- The Nobel Laureates in Chemistry 2023 have succeeded in producing particles so small that their properties are determined by quantum phenomena.
State Affairs
3. Hyderabad’s new solar-covered cycle track illuminates the city
- Hyderabad inaugurated a 23-km long cycle track with a solar roof, much on the lines of the Daejeon and Sejong bike highways in South Korea, making it India’s first solar-covered cycle track.
- Telangana Municipal Minister K T Rama Rao laid the foundation for the cycle track along the service road of Outer Ring Road.
- The panels have the potential to generate 16MW of electricity, equivalent to powering 32,000 streetlights or illuminating 800 kilometers of city streets.
State Affairs
4. Himachal launches unique scheme for care of vulnerable sections of society
- Himachal Pradesh CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu launched the “Mukhyamantri Sukh Ashraya Yojana” from the Ridge Shimla to support orphans.
- Aim: To provide comprehensive support to orphans, specially-abled children, destitute women, and elderly people in the state.
- In a first-of-its-kind initiative in the country, the state government took a decision to adopt the orphans, the specially-abled children as the ‘children of the state’ and work for their upliftment.
Sports
5. Neeraj Chopra bagged gold in Javelin Throw in Asian Games 2023
- Neeraj Chopra secured the gold medal and Kishore Kumar Jena clinched the silver in the Men’s Javelin Throw competition at the Asian Games 2023, held at Hangzhou.
- Japan’s Roderick Genki Dean secured the bronze medal
Other Winners:
- India won gold in the compound archery mixed team final
- India wonbronze in the 35km race walk mixed team final.
- Lovlina Borgohain won silver in women’s 75 kg boxing final.
- Parveen settled for bronze in the 57kg women’s boxing semifinal.
National & International Appointments
6. Anirban Mukherjee has been appointed as Global CEO PayU
- Anirban Mukherjee has been appointed as CEO of PayU, replaced Amrish Rau
- He will join the Prosus leadership team and report directly to Ervin Tu, Prosus and Naspers Interim CEO.
- He will be responsible for overall business operations of PayU
- This comes just two months after Netherlands-based investment firm Prosus announced that the fintech arm PayU is selling a part of its business to Israel’s Rapyd.
Important Dates
7. World teachers day is observed on 5th October
- World Teachers’ Day is celebrated every year on October 5 across the globe to recognize and celebrate educators including teachers and professors’ work.
- Theme 2023: “The teachers we need for the education we want: The global imperative to reverse the teacher shortage”.
- Aim: At the importance of stopping the decline in the number of teachers and then starting to increase that number at the top of the global agenda.
Banking & Finance
8. World Bank says India’s growth to moderate to 6.3% in FY24
- According to the World Bank, the Indian economy’s growth is expected to moderate to 6.3 percent in the FY23 -24 fiscal from 7.2 percent in FY 22.
- The expected slowdown is mainly due to waning base effects, slowing global growth, and domestic price pressures.
- The bank maintained that India will remain one of the fastest-growing major economies in the world.
- India’s economy grew 7.8 percent in the first quarter of the fiscal owing to strong domestic demand.
National & International Appointments
9. RBI appoints Muneesh Kapur as executive director
- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has appointed Muneesh Kapur as Executive Director (ED) with effect from October 3, 2023.
- As executive director, he will look after the Department of Economic and Policy Research.
- He was Adviser-in-Charge of the Monetary Policy Department and secretary to the Monetary Policy Committee.
- He holds a Master’s degree in Economics and is a Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB).
National Affairs
10. India, Japan launch $600 million fund for environment projects
- India’s National Investment and Infrastructure Fund and Japan Bank for International Cooperation jointly launched a $600 million fund for climate and environment projects.
- The Indian gov will contribute 49% to the target corpus and remaining 51% will be contributed by JBIC.
- Objective: To invest in environmental sustainability and low carbon emission strategies and
- Aim: To play the role of being a partner of choice to further enhance Japanese investments into India
National & International Organizations
11. Ministry of Tourism inaugurates PATA Travel Mart 2023 in New Delhi
- The 46th edition of the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Travel Mart 2023 is being organized by the Ministry of Tourism at the International Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre (IECC) in New Delhi.
- The Mart is being organized from October 4th to 6th 2023.
- It is an opportunity to highlight unique destinations and members to develop networks , learn and socialize for delegates from all over the world and for business to expand.
Science & Technology
12. Second malaria vaccine to win global approval is cheaper and easier to make
- The World Health Organization has validated a second malaria vaccine to protect children against the deadly disease, which killed 619,000 people in 2021.
- According to Researchers the vaccine, known as R21, is easier to make than the first-approved malaria vaccine, called RTS,S, and will be cheaper per dose.
- R21 met the WHO’s target of 75% efficacy at preventing the disease in a trial with 4,800 children who received three doses before a seasonal malaria peak.
National & International Organizations
13. India surpasses Japan and UK in global mobile speed ranking
- India has beaten developed countries like the UK and Japan and ranked 47th in the mobile Okla Speedtest Global Index
- According to Ookla Speedtest data, India’s median download speed has improved remarkably, increasing by 3.59 times since 5G was launched in the country.
- 5G speeds in India are particularly impressive compared to those on 4G; in August 2023
Here are top-5 countries with fastest mobile speed as per Ookla:
- UAE
- Qatar
- Kuwait
- Norway
- Denmark
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