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DAILY DOSE 15th FEB -2024 CURRENT AFFAIRS
History: 15th February
- In 399 BC, the Greek philosopher Socrates was sentenced to death in Athens for corrupting the minds of the youth.
- In 1965, Canada adopted the red-and-white maple leaf flag.
- In 2021, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of Nigeria became the first woman and first African to lead the World Trade Organization.
1) GovTech Prize 2024:
- India was awarded the eminent GovTech Prize instituted by the government of UAE at the World Government Summit.
- India won in the “AI-Powered Government Services” category for its innovative iRASTE project that utilizes artificial intelligence to transform road safety.
- The prize recognized the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways’ pioneering implementation of predictive analytics and AI across urban transportation networks.
- The award was distributed by Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, the crown prince of Dubai.
- The Intelligent Solutions for Road Safety through Technology (iRASTE) project is a collaborative initiative between the Indian government, industry leaders and academic institutions.
2) SWAYAM And KHUSI Schemes : Odisha Govt
- The Odisha government has recently announced a one-time livelihood cash assistance of ₹1,000 for the families covered by the Public Distribution System (PDS) in the state.
- A new scheme called ‘Swayam’ was launched to provide interest-free bank loans of ₹1 lakh to rural unemployed youths aged 18-35 (18-40 for special category) to initiate new business ventures.
- The government expanded the existing KHUSI scheme, now called KHUSI+, to distribute belted sanitary napkins for institutional deliveries and medical termination of pregnancy in government facilities, aiming to improve menstrual hygiene awareness and reduce maternal mortality and morbidity rates in the state.
3) World Government Summit (WGS) 2024:
- The Indian Prime Minister will attend the World Government Summit 2024 as a guest of honour in the UAE.
- World Government Summit (WGS) is an annual global gathering that brings together world leaders, policymakers, experts, and thought leaders from various fields to discuss and address pressing global issues.
Theme: “Shaping Future Governments”
- It was established in 2013 under the leadership of the Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE.
- It is annually held in Dubai, UAE.
4) Rare Human Case Of Bubonic Plague : US
- Officials in the US state of Oregon recently said they are dealing with a rare human case of bubonic plague that was likely transmitted by a pet cat.
- Plague is an infectious disease caused by a specific type of bacterium called Yersinia pestis, a zoonotic bacterium usually found in small mammals and their fleas.
- Pestis can affect humans and animals and is spread mainly by fleas.
- Bubonic plague is one type of plague.
- Called the Black Death, it killed millions of Europeans during the Middle Ages.
The other types of plague are:
- Septicemic plague, which happens when the infection goes all through the body.
- Pneumonic plague, which happens when the lungs are infected.
5) National Generic Document Registration System:
- Secretary, Department of Land Resources, rolled out National Generic Document Registration System (NDGRS) throughout Assam along with the launch of Unique Land Parcel Identification Number (ULPIN) seeding of geo-referenced Cadastral Maps.
- National Generic Document Registration System is a project initiated by the Department of Land Resources, Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India.
- The NGDRS application is developed by the National Informatics Centre, Pune.
- It is a common, generic and configurable application developed for registration departments across the country.
6) COP14 : Hosted By The Government Of Uzbekistan
- The Fourteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (COP14) will be hosted by the Government of Uzbekistan, in Samarkand from 12-17 February 2024.
- It is also known as the Bonn Convention, is an environmental treaty under the aegis of the United Nations Environment Programme.
- It provides a global platform for the conservation and sustainable use of migratory animals and their habitats.
- It was signed in Bonn, Germany, on 23 June 1979.
- It is the only global and UN-based intergovernmental organisation established exclusively for the conservation and management of terrestrial, aquatic and avian migratory species throughout their range.
7) Reliance becomes first Indian company to hit Rs 20 lakh crore m-cap:
- Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) became the first Indian company to cross Rs 20 lakh market capitalization during the trading session.
8) Trinidad and Tobago Declares National Emergency After Offshore Oil Spill:
- The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago has officially declared a state of “national emergency” following a significant oil spill in the eastern Caribbean.
- The spill, originating from an overturned vessel near Tobago, has led to widespread environmental damage.
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