🔆 Current Affairs | 27 March 2023

🔆 27th March 

🔆 World Theatre Day

      विश्व रंगमंच दिवस

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▪️Theme 2023 - “Theatre and a Culture of Peace.

🎭 The day is celebrated to raise awareness about the importance of theatre arts and their important role in entertainment, and to highlight how they can be used to foster peace and economic development.

🎭It was initiated in 1961 by International Theatre Institute.

🎭The first World Theatre Day was observed in 1962.

🎭 Film and Television Institute of India chairman - Shekhar Kapur

🎭National School of Drama (NSD) is a theatre training institute situated at New Delhi, India.

🏢 Ministry of Information & Broadcasting 

▪️Anurag Singh Thakur 

▪️Constituency : Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh

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🔆 UPI COLLECTION IN PREVIOUS MONTHS 2022-23

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🟠 February(2023)- 12,35,846.62 Crore (7534.76 million)

 🔵 January (2023) - 12,98,726.62 Crore (8036.89 million)

🟠 December (2022)- 12,82,055.01 Crore (7829.49 million)

🔵 November(2022)- 11,90,593.39 Crore (7309.45 million)

🟠 October (2022)- 12,11,582.51 Crore (7305.42 million)

🔵 September(2022)- 11,16,438.10 Crore (6780.80 million)

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    🔆 TATA WPL 2023 

💌 Winners:- Mumbai Indians. (Captain - Harmanpreet Kaur)

🎭 Runner Up:- Delhi Capitals.(Captain - Meg Lanning)

🌞 3rd Place :- UP Warriorz.

(Captain - Alyssa Healy)

🧡 Orange Cap 🎓 (Most runs):- Meg Lanning(D.C.)

💜 Cap 🎓 (Most Wickets):- Hayley Matthews (M.I.)

💗 MVP:- Hayley Matthews

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  1. The Chief Minister of which state started the Vriksha Sampada Yojana = Chhattisgarh 

2. Which country launched the 2022 Country Report on Human Rights Practices = America 

 3. The city of old pearls was discovered from the island of Siniyah located in which country = United Arab Emirates 

4. Who organized the World TV Summit on World Tuberculosis Day = Ministry of Health and Family Welfare 

 

 5. How many tigresses will be released in Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve and Vishdhari Tiger Reserve = 1-1 

  

 6. With whom did the Ministry of Defense sign a contract worth Rs 3700 crore for Arudhara Medium Power Raider = BEL 

    7. Who was appointed as the chairman of Life Insurance Corporation = Siddharth Mohanty 

    8. When was World Tuberculosis Day celebrated = 24 March 

    9. What is the theme of World Tuberculosis Day 2023 = Yes! We Can End TB! 

     10. Who introduced "Bing Imahe Creator" powered by OpenAI's Dall-E = Microsoft 

      11. PM Modi addressed 'One World TB Summit' at Varanasi

      12. India became home to most number of female pilots in the world: DGCA Report

       13. Government of India launches National Rabies Control Programme (NRCP) for prevention and control of Rabies

        14. 26 Percent of world's population does not have safe drinking water: UNESCO report

        15. Pakistan in "critically water insecure" category: UN report

        16. North Korea tests underwater attack drone that can generate ‘radioactive tsunami’

          17. Egypt became Member of BRICS New Development Bank

          18. Finnish President seals Finland's NATO bid by signing required laws

           19. G20 Conference on 'circular Bio-economy' held in Assam's Dibrugarh

      20. Viacom18 bags media rights of MotoGP for India

21. Chinese boy, aged nine, sets new Rubik's Cube 'record'

 22. BharatPe founder Ashneer Grover launches fantasy sports app ‘Crickpe’

23. Asian Hockey Federation honours Hockey India with ‘Best Organiser Award’ for successfully hosting 2023 FIH WC

 24. Assam Rifles, Oldest Paramilitary Force Of India, Celebrates Its 188th Raising Day

25. Intel co-founder Gordon Moore, author of Moore’s Law, dies at 94

 26. Renowned writer, director & ad filmmaker Pradeep Sarkar passes away

27. Shrimant Kokate’s 1st book in English “Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj” released

28. Ayrur village of Kerala has now been renamed as ‘Ayrur Kathakali Village’

29. Rajasthan govt. hikes inter-caste marriage incentive to Rs 10 lakhs

30. Uttarakhand's first sports university to open in Haldwani

31. Who made the world record of playing most matches in international football = Cristiano Ronaldo 

32. Which country tested an underwater nuclear attack drone = North Korea 

33. Where will the first sports university of Uttarakhand be established = Haldwani 

34. How many crore rupees 424 projects have been started under Namami Gange till February 2023 = Rs 35414 crore 

35. Who has been appointed as the new CEO of Grammarly = Rahul Roy Chowdhury 

36. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw resigned from the post of which company = Infosys 

37. Who is the author of the launch book Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj = Shrimant Kokte 

 38. Pradeep Sarkar has passed away he was a famous why = film director 

39. Where did India participate in the IPEF talks held = Bali 

40. How many cases of XBB1.16 variant of Kovid were seen in India = 349 

41-Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh has inaugurated Asia’s largest 4-meter International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT) at Devasthal in Uttarakhand

42-US President Joe Biden has presented the prestigious 2021 National Humanities Medal toIndian-American actress and producer Mindy Kaling in recognition of her giving voice to a new generation of storytellers, at a White House ceremony.

43-Mukesh Ambani, the Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), is the only Indian to feature in the list of the world’s top 10 billionaires, according to 2023 M3M Hurun Global Rich List.

44-The 2023 edition of the SAFF Championship, South Asia’s marquee international tournament, will be held in Bengaluru from 21 June to 3 July 2023.

45-Pankaj Advani Won Asian Billiards title for 8th time.

46-Having being awarded Guinness World Records and two Asia Book of Records earlier, Maha Metro Nagpur was honoured with the prestigious Asia Book of Records certification for three different categories.

47-The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch ‘OneWeb India-2 mission’ from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikotaon March 26.

48-Burundi, a landlocked east-African country, has declared its first polio outbreak in 30 years.

49-The Maharashtra government has given approval for a 75-feet tall `Statue of Knowledge’ dedicated to Dr B. R. Ambedkar in Latur city.

50-The board of Invest India has appointed Manmeet K Nanda as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the investment promotion and facilitation body under the commerce ministry. 

       Types of Winds 

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🔸 Horse Latitude - Horse latitudes or subtropical highs are subtropical latitudes between 30 and 35 degrees both north and south over the oceans.

🔸 Planetary winds - Planetary winds comprise winds distributed throughout the lower atmosphere. 

🔸 Trade winds - The trade winds are winds that reliably blow east to west just north and south of the equator.

🔸 Westerlies Winds - The westerlies are also known as anti-trades and prevailing westerlies. These winds are found in the in the middle latitudes between 30 and 60 degrees latitude, blowing from the high pressure area in the horse latitudes towards the poles.

🔸 Polar winds - Polar winds blow from the polar high pressure to the sub polar low pressure area. The polar wind or plasma fountain is a permanent outflow of plasma from the polar regions of Earth's magnetosphere, caused by the interaction between the solar wind and the Earth's atmosphere.

🔸 Doldrums winds- The Intertropical Convergence Zone, 

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🔶Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Company Ltd launched Kotak Silver Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) Fund of Fund

🔶Suryodaya Small Finance Bank launched Blossom Women’s Savings Account

🔶Bank of Maharashtra launched its own private cloud platform ‘MAHABANK NAKSHATRA’

🔶HDFC Bank launched a pilot project for offline digital payments ‘OfflinePay’

🔶The New India Assurance has launched a “Pay As You Drive” (PAYD) policy for vehicles.

🔶AU Small Finance Bank has launched the SwipeUp platform.

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 U.S.-Argentine researcher wins Abel Prize for maths

🔴The Abel Prize for mathematics has been awarded to Argentine-American Luis Caffarelli, an expert in “partial differential equations” which can explain phenomena ranging from how water flows to population growth.

🔵He is professor at the University of Texas.

🔵This type of equation models how several variables change with respect to each other, and play a prominent role in many disciplines.

Know About: Abel Prize

🔵The Abel Prize is awarded annually by the King of Norway to one or more outstanding mathematicians.

🔵It is named after the Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel and directly modeled after the Nobel Prizes.

🔵It comes with a monetary award of 7.5 million Norwegian kroner.

🔵It was first awarded in 2003.

🔵The award ceremony takes place in University of Oslo.

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🔆 Important Current affairs For All Upcoming Exams

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1) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath launched a new global gateway for the state with the inauguration of the first VFS Global Joint Visa Application Centre (JVAC) and the VFS Global Academy in Lucknow.

▪️Uttar Pradesh :- 

Governor - Smt. Anandiben Patel

➨Chandraprabha Wildlife Sanctuary

➨Dudhwa National Park

➨National Chambal Sanctuary

➨Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar Lake

➨Kashi Vishwanath Temple

➨Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary

➨Turtle Wildlife Sanctuary

➨Bakhira Wildlife Sanctuary

➨Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary

➨School Chalo Abhiyan

➨Sant Kabir Academy and Research Centre and Swadesh Darshan Yojana

➨Parivar Kalyan card scheme

➨Mathrubhumi Yojana Portal

2) Ricky Kej, a composer from Bengaluru, became the only Indian to win three Grammys when he won his third Grammy Award for Best Immersive Audio Album for his most recent album 'Divine Tides'.

3) Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of Tumakuru Industrial Township in Tumakuru, Karnataka.

▪️Karnataka:- 

CM :- Basavaraj Bommai

Nagarhole National Park

Bandipur National Park

Kudremukh National Park 

Language - Kannada

Formation - 1 November 1956

Port :- New Mangalore Port

Anshi National Park  

Bannerghata National Park

4) Lawyer Lekshmana Chandra Victoria Gowri has been appointed to the higher judiciary and took an oath of office as the additional judge of Madras High Court.

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5) Union Minister Bhupender Yadav launched the "Save Wetlands Campaign" in the presence of Chief Minister of Goa, Pramod Sawant. 

➨ The campaign is based on a "whole of society" approach to wetland conservation.

6) Union Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya chaired the CEO Conclave at PLASTINDIA 2023.

➨The conference was attended by more than 90 CEOs from the plastics industry both from India and abroad.

7) The higher education department has appointed Squadron leader Toolika Rani, a former Indian Air Force officer, the brand ambassador of G20 summit meetings in Uttar Pradesh.

8) The Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) and the National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for setting up digital forensic laboratories, along with the exchange of information and knowledge, technological advancement and skill development in the field of digital forensics.

9) AZAD Engineering Private Limited, a Hyderabad-based market leader in Precision Engineering is approved as the first Indian company to supply critical rotating parts for Nuclear Turbines.

10) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has emerged as the world’s most popular leader with an approval rating of 78 per cent in a Global Leader Approval Ratings released by US based consulting firm Morning Consult.

11) Economics professor and researcher Shamika Ravi has been appointed as a member of the Economic Advisory Council to Prime Minister (EAC-PM).

12) India's star gymnast Dipa Karmakar has been banned for 21 months after failing a dope test conducted by the ITA.

13) The Yuva Sangam registration portal has been launched in New Delhi.

➨ The Yuva Sangam is an initiative of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to build close ties between the youth of the North East Region and rest of India under the spirit of Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat.

14) Indian Railways has come up with a very special tour Garvi Gujarat to showcase the cultural & Spiritual Heritage of Vibrant Gujarat State by running its Bharat Gaurav Deluxe AC Tourist Train.

▪️Gujarat:-

➨CM - Bhupendra Patel

➨Nageshwar Temple 

➨Somnath Temple

➠ Marine( Gulf of Kachchh) WLS  

➠Nal Sarovar Bird Santuary 

➠ Kakrapar Nuclear Power Plant 

➠ Narayan Sarovar wildlife sanctuary

➠ Sardar Sarovar Hydro Electric Power Plant 

➠Porbandar Lake wildlife sanctuary

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Which country has been included as a new member of BRICS Bank = Egypt 

According to Hindenburg, Jack Dorsey's wealth decreased by how many million dollars = 52.6 million dollars 

When was the International Day for the Right to the Truth about Human Rights Violations and the Dignity of Victims celebrated = 24 March 

Which institute of India ranked first in engineering and technology in QS World University Rankings = IIT Bombay 

Indian Navy and between whom the maritime exercise named Kokarna 2023 was held = Royal Navy 

Who has launched cricket fantasy sports app "CrickPe" = Ashneer Grover 

Which state laid the foundation stone of the waste to energy project = Kerala 

Google paid tribute to Kitty O'Neill on which birth anniversary by making a doodle = 77th 

PM Modi presented a Buddha statue made of sandalwood to the Prime Minister of which country = Japan 

Which country celebrated Ghode Jatra festival = Nepal 

Canara Bank sold stake in Russian joint venture to which bank for Rs 121 crore = SBI 

Who has been named the most popular artist globally by Guinness World Records = The Weeknd 

Who launched the Most Silent Ship “INS Anirudh” = GRSE 

Who was awarded Kerala Jyoti, the highest civilian honor of Kerala = MT Vasudevan 

Who is the author of the book "A Matter of the Heart: Education in India" launched = Anurag Behar 

Who launched the Call Before You Dig application = Narendra Modi 

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🔆 Important Deserts of the World 

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 ● Sahara desert

👉🏻It is the world hottest and third largest desert after the Antarctic Desert and the Arctic Desert. It is 94,00,000 sq. km. in area and covers most of North Africa such as Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia, and Western Sahara.

● Arabian desert

👉🏻It is the fourth largest desert in the world. It is 23,30,000 sq. km. in area. It makes up part of Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.

● Gobi desert

👉🏻It is the fifth largest desert in the world. It is 13,00,000 sq. km. in area. It covers part of China and Mongolia.

● Kalahari desert

👉🏻It is the sixth largest desert in the world. It is 9,00,000 sq. km. in area. It covers part of Angola, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa.

● Patagonian desert

👉🏻It is the seventh largest desert in the world. It is 6,70,000 sq. km. in area. It covers part of Argentina and Chile.

● Great Victoria desert

👉🏻It is the eight largest desert in the world. It is 6,47,000 sq. km. in area. It covers part of Australia.

● Syrian Desert

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🔆 Exam Related Current Affairs ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖

1) The government of Tamil Nadu has decided to declare Thanthai Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary as the 18th wildlife sanctuary in the state.

▪️Tamil Nadu :- 

➨ CM - M K Stalin

➨ Guindy National Park  

➨ Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park

➨Sathyamangalam tiger reserve (STR)

➨Mudumalai National Park  

➨Mukurthi National Park  

➨ Indira Gandhi (Anamalai) National Park  

➨Kalakkad Mundanthurai tiger reserve (KMTR)

➨ Meendum Manjappai Scheme

➨ Naan Mudhalvan scheme

➨ Chief minister's breakfast scheme

➨ Ennum Ezhuthum scheme

2) Boxers Nitu Ghanghas and Saweety Boora became the world champions in their respective weight categories in the ongoing Women's World Boxing Championships in the national capital.

➨ Saweety Boora won India's second gold medal at the 2023 Women's Boxing Championship.

3) Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the Vedic Heritage portal in New Delhi. 

➨The portal aims to communicate message enshrined in the Vedas.

4) India's Loganthan Dhanush won a Silver and two Bronze medals in Men's 49kg category.

5) National women's hockey team midfielder Salima Tete has appointed the AHF Athletes Ambassador from India for a term of two years.

6) Hindustan Zinc, a Vedanta Group company and India's largest & only integrated producer of Zinc, Lead & Silver, has bagged the GreenCo Silver rating by CII for its sustainable mining operations.

7) Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar launched a ‘DigiClaim’ platform under the national crop insurance portal for speedy disbursal of claims to insured farmers.

8) Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal launched the the real-time performance monitoring dashboard of the Ministry, called Sagar Manthan.

➨The digital platform will have all integrated data related to the Ministry and other subsidiaries.

9) Luis Caffarelli won the 2023 Abel Prize for his seminal contributions to regularity theory for nonlinear partial differential equations including free-boundary problems.

10) International Epilepsy Day is observed every year on March 26 to raise awareness about epilepsy and its impact on individuals, families and communities around the world.

11) Lalit Kumar Gupta has been appointed as the new Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Cotton Corporation of India (CCI).

➨CCI is a Public Sector Undertaking under the Ministry of Textiles.

12) The Centre has hiked the dearness allowance by 4 per cent for all the government employees taking the total to 42 per cent from 38 per cent.

➨This increase is in accordance with the accepted formula, which is based on the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission.

13) The Income Tax department launched the "AIS for Taxpayer" mobile app.

➨The AIS app is available free of cost to download on Google Play or the App Store.

14) Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) under NITI Aayog launched the Stories of Change - a series of captivating journeys of 15 change-makers from grassroots.

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