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1) Sweden Joined Artemis Accords:
- Sweden joined the Artemis Accords, becoming the 38th country to do so. These non-binding arrangements aim to establish norms for outer space activities.
- The Artemis Accords are non-binding principles based on the Outer Space Treaty (OST) of 1967, aiming to guide civil space exploration in the 21st century.
- They are a US-led international partnership(introduced in 2020 by NASA) signed by 38 countries till now, including India (signed in 2023), Japan, Australia, the UK, France, and Canada – on planetary exploration and research.
2) Advance Pricing Agreement : CBDT
- The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has achieved a remarkable milestone by signing 125 Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs) during the fiscal year 2023-24.
- This surge in APA signings underscores the growing importance of transfer pricing regulations and the efforts to provide certainty to taxpayers.
- In an additional development, India and Mauritius have amended their Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) to curb tax evasion and ensure fair taxation practices,
- Advance Pricing Agreement is a formal arrangement between a taxpayer and a tax authority on transfer prices.
3) Euvichol-S : New Oral Vaccine For Cholera
- The World Health Organization (WHO) has prequalified a new oral vaccine for Cholera called Euvichol-S.
- Euvichol-S is the inactivated oral vaccine to treat It is the third product of the same family of vaccines which are there for cholera in WHO prequalification list.
- It is a simplified formulation of the oral cholera vaccine (OCV) Euvichol-Plus.
Cholera:
- It is an acute diarrhoeal disease that is caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.
- It remains a global threat to public health and an indicator of inequity and lack of social development.
- It is a virulent disease that can cause severe acute watery diarrhoea.,Profuse watery diarrhoea, vomiting, leg cramps etc.
4) Llama 3 : Meta
- Meta introduced its most capable Large Language Model (LLM), the Meta Llama 3.
- Llama 3 or Large Language Model Meta AI is a family of LLMs introduced by Meta AI in February 2023.
- It is claimed to be the most sophisticated model with significant progress in terms of performance and AI capabilities.
- It is based on the Llama 2 architecture which has been released in two sizes, 8B and 70B parameters.
- Both sizes come with a base model and an instruction-tuned version that has been designed to augment performance in specific tasks.
5) Global Financial Stability Report : IMF
- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) released the latest global financial stability report.
Highlights of the report:
- It has warned about the risks to the global financial system from persistent high inflation, rising lending in the unregulated credit market, and increasing cyber-attacks on financial institutions.
- Geopolitical risks such as the ongoing war in West Asia and Ukraine could affect aggregate supply and lead to higher prices.
- In 2023, India was the second-largest recipient of foreign capital after the U.S. But things could change quickly if western central banks signal that they could keep interest rates high for a long time.
6) Largest Stellar Black Hole in Our Galaxy:
- European astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery the largest stellar black hole in our Milky Way galaxy.
- Named ‘BH-3’, this celestial behemoth has a staggering mass 33 times greater than our Sun and is located a mere 2,000 light-years away from Earth.
7) Debris-Free Space Missions by 2030:
- At the 42nd Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee (IADC) annual meet, ISRO Chairman S. Somanath announced India’s pledge to achieve debris-free space missions by 2030.
8) Asunta Lakra Award:
- The promising forward of the India Women’s Hockey Team, has been honoured with the prestigious Hockey India Asunta Lakra Award for Upcoming Player of the Year during the Hockey India 6th Annual Awards 2023..
9) Nalin Prabhat Appointed as Director-General of NSG:
- Nalin Prabhat, a 1992 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the Andhra Pradesh cadre, has been appointed as the Director-General of the National Security Guard (NSG)
10) HDFC Life Chairman Deepak Parekh Resigns:
- HDFC Life Insurance’s chairman Deepak S Parekh stepped down from his role.
- The company also said that they have appointed Keki M Mistry as the Chairman of the Board.
- Mistry has been associated with the company since December 2000 and is currently acting as Non-Executive Director.
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