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DAILY DOSE 1ST APRIL CURRENT AFFAIRS

DAILY DOSE 1ST APRIL CURRENT AFFAIRS

 

1) Sarbananda Sonowal launches Sagar-Setu app of National Marine Portal

  • Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal on 31 March 2023 launched the App Version of National Logistics Portal (Marine) ‘Sagar-Setu!
  • The app will enable features like Login Module, Certification, and Track & Trace, etc.
  • It will provide real-time information on activities that are generally not within reach of the importer, exporter, and customs broker.

 

2) NTPC registers highest ever power generation of 400 BU in FY2023

  • National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Limited on 31 March 2023 announced that it recorded the highest-ever power generation of 400 billion units (BU) in 2022-23.
  • In the current fiscal, the company registered a growth of 24.24% in a non-fossil portfolio.
  • NTPC Ltd. has set an ambitious goal of reaching half its installed capacity through Renewable Energy (RE) by 2032.

 

3) Second ETWG group meeting to be held in Gandhinagar from 2 April

  • The 2nd Energy Transitions Working Group (ETWG) meeting under India’s G20 Presidency is set to take place in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, from April 2-4, 2023.
  • Over 100 delegates representing G20 member countries will participate in the event.
  • Delegates will also visit Gift City, Dandi Kutir and Modhera Sun Temple.
  • The 1st ETWG Meeting was held in Bengaluru from Feb. 5-7, 2023.

 

4) 4th Defence cooperation meet between India & Philipines held in Delhi

  • 4th Joint Defence Cooperation Committee meeting between India and the Philippines was held in New Delhi on March 31, 2023.
  • Both nations agreed to reaffirm their commitment to implement the 2006 agreement concerning defence cooperation.
  • Both sides also agreed to initiate measures to enhance cooperation in Defence Industry and Technology domain.

 

5) India Post Payments Bank launches WhatsApp Banking Services

  • India Post Payments Bank (IPPB), in collaboration with Airtel, announced the launch of WhatsApp Banking Services for IPPB customers in New Delhi on 31 March 2023.
  • It will enable IPPB customers to seamlessly connect with the bank on WhatsApp and effortlessly avail of a host of banking services, including doorstep service requests, locating the nearest Post Office, and much more.

 

6)  Rudrendra Tandon appointed India’s next Ambassador to Greece

  • Rudrendra Tandon was appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Greece on 31 March 2023.
  • He is a 1994 batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, presently serving as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs.
  • In September 2020 Rudrendra Tandon. assumed charge as India’s Ambassador to Afghanistan.
  • He also served as India’s Ambassador to ASEAN Secretariat in 2018.

 

7)  UAE to host third ICAO Conference on Aviation & Alternative Fuels

  • The United Arab Emirates (UAE), on 31 March 2023, won the bid to host the third edition of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Conference on Aviation and Alternative Fuels.
  • It was announced during the meeting of the Council held at the ICAO headquarters Montreal in Canada.
  • The conference is organized every seven years.

 

8)  Centre unveils foreign trade policy, aims $2 trillion exports by 2030

  • Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal, on 31 March 2023, launched the Foreign Trade Policy 2023.
  • It outlines the vision to take India’s goods and services exports to $2 trillion by 2030.
  • It also focuses on emerging areas like dual-use high-end technology items, facilitating e-commerce export, and collaborating with States and Districts for export promotion.

 

9)  Haryana police awarded first rank in implementation of CCTNS

  • Haryana Police was awarded the first position among all major state police in the implementation of Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS).
  • An Annual Conference on Good Practices in CCTNS/Inter-operable Criminal Justice System (ICJS) was organized by the National Crime Records Bureau under the Ministry of Home Affairs in New Delhi to recognize the implementation of CCTNS.

 

10)  Ex-US President Donald Trump indicted by grand jury in hush money case

 

  • Former US President Donald Trump was charged over hush money payments made to a porn star just before the 2016 presidential election.
  • A grand jury has voted to indict him after investigating a $130,000 pay-out to Stormy Daniels in an attempt to buy her silence over an alleged affair.
  • He is the first serving or former US president to face a criminal charge.

 

11)  China reports a third human case of the H3N8 strain of bird flu

  • China recorded the year 2023’s first and overall third human infection with the H3N8 strain of bird flu in March 2023.
  • A 56-year-old woman in Zhongshan tested positive for the virus after being exposed to live poultry.
  • Earlier in 2022, a four-year-old boy from Henan became the first known human to be infected with H3N8.
  • The virus spreads through poultry, horses, dogs, pigs, and seals.

 

 

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