DAILY DOSE 27TH JAN CURRENT AFFAIRS
1) International Customs Day: 26 January
- World Customs Organisation (WCO) marks International Customs Day on 26th January every year.
- The occasion commemorates the WCO’s maiden session held in 1953 in Brussels, Belgium.
- Theme for 2023 is ‘Nurturing the next generation: Promoting a culture of knowledge-sharing and professional pride in Customs!
- It is dedicated to the Customs authorities and their contribution to the world trade.
2) Norovirus cases detected in Kerala
- Kerala Health Department confirmed 2 cases of norovirus.
- Norovirus is a very contagious virus that causes vomiting and diarrhoea.
- The virus is capable of surviving low temperatures, and outbreaks tend to be more common during the winter and in colder countries that is why it is sometimes referred to as “winter vomiting disease”.
- Vaccines: Not Available
- Prevention: Practice good hygiene.
3) Indian Republic Day: 26 January
- Republic Day marks the adoption of India’s constitution and the country’s transition to a republic on January 26, 1950.
- This replaced the Government of India Act 1935 as the governing document of India.
- On 26 January 2023, the 74th Republic Day will be celebrated in India.
- On 26 Jan in 1930, the Declaration of Indian Independence was proclaimed by the Indian National Congress.
4) Padma Awards 2023 Winners List Announced: II
- Among the nine people to be awarded Padmal Bhushan are SL Bhyrappa in Literature; Kumar Mangalam Birla in Trade & Industry; Deepak Dhar in Science & Engineering; Vani Jairam in Art; Swami Chinna Jeeyar in Others – Spiritualism
- Ninety-one other people, who have selected for Padma Shri, are physician Ratan Chandra Kar (Medicine), Hirabai Lobi (Social Work), Tula Ram Upreti (Agriculture) etc.
5) Padma Awards 2023 Winners List Announced: I
- The Union Ministry of Home Affairs announced the Padma Awards on 25 January 2023.
- Govt announced six names for Padma Vibhushan, nine for Padma Bhushan, and 91 for Padma Shri Awards.
- Dilip Mahalanabis (Medicine), Samajwadi Party founder and former UP CM Mulayam Singh Yadav (Public Affairs), and architect Balakrishna Doshi have been picked to be awarded Padma Vibhushan posthumously.
6) G20 group to hold Startup20 Engagement meet in Hyderabad in Jan 2023
- The G20 Startup20 Engagement Group will hold its inception meeting in Hyderabad from January 28-29, 2023.
- The group will discuss productive development of policy recommendations on entrepreneurship and innovation priorities of and across G20 countries for the years ahead.
- The group will also bridge the knowledge gap between the startup ecosystems of G20 member countries.
7) Know About: Food and Agriculture Organization
- The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN is an international organization that leads international efforts to defeat hunger and improve nutrition and food security.
- Its Latin motto, fiat panis, translates to “let there be bread”!
- It is composed of 195 members (including 194 countries and the European Union).
- Headquarters: Rome, Italy
- Founded: 1945
- Director-General: Qu Dongyu
8) Jal Jeevan mission provides tap water to 11 crore rural households
- The Jal Shakti Ministry on 25 January 2023 announced that the govt had provided 11 crore rural households with a tap water connection under Jal Jeevan Mission.
- As per the data released by Ministry, 56% of the targeted 19.3 crore households had been covered.
- Jal Jeevan Mission was announced by the PM Modi on 15 August 2019 to provide every rural household with tap water connection by 2024.
9) Jal Jeevan Mission
- Launched in 2019 by PM Narendra Modi, it targets supply of 55 litres of water person per day to every rural household through Functional Household Tap Connections by 2024.
- It comes under Jal Shakti Ministry.
- focuses on integrated demand and supply-side management of water at the local level.
- Paani Samitis plan, implement, manage, operate and maintain village water supply systems.
10) Suryakumar Yadav named ICC Men’s T201 Cricketer of the Year 2022
- Indian cricketer Suryakumar Yadav has been selected as the ICC T20 Cricketer of the Year for the year 2022 for his stellar performance.
- Suryakumar Yadav scored 1164 runs in 31 T20 matches played in 2022.
- India’s Renuka Singh become the recipient of ICC Emerging Women’s Cricketer of the Year Award.
- Australia’s Tahlia McGrath has been awarded ‘ICC T20 Women’s Cricketer of the Year award.’
11) Vizag Railway Station awarded ‘Green Railway Station Certificate’
- Visakhapatnam Railway Station under East Coast Railway has been awarded, in January 2023, the ‘Green Railway Station Certificate’ with the highest Platinum rating by the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) for adopting green concepts.
- The Green Railway Station Rating System has been developed by the Environment Directorate of Indian Railways in collaboration with IGBC.
12) StockEdge launches India’s first Al-powered screening mechanism
- StockEdge launched India’s first Al-powered screening mechanism to automatically identify chart patterns in different stocks with StockEdge Pro on 25 January 2023.
- If a user has a watchlist, then he can take a quick glance at a chart pattern across his selection of stocks.
- Stock Edge is an equity markets and mutual fund research platform, primarily based on NSE and BSE data.
13) India’s newest butterfly species found in Arunachal Pradesh
- A swallowtail butterfly disappearing from its previously known ranges from Myanmar and southern China to Vietnam has been recorded for the first time in India.
- Three butterfly enthusiasts, Atanu Bose, Loren Sonowal, and Monsoon Jyoti Gogoi recorded the “extremely rare” Noble’s Helen (Papilio noblei) in the Namdapha National Park of Arunachal Pradesh between September 2019 and September 2021.
14) Know About: Arunachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh is a state in Northeastern . India.
- It was formed from the erstwhile North-East Frontier Agency region, and became a state on 20 February 1987.
- The main tribes of the state are Adi, Nyshi, Singpho, Galo, Tagin, Apatani
- Capital: Itanagar
- Chief minister: Pema Khandu
- Governor: B. D. Mishra
- Union territory: 21 January 1972
- Literacy: 66.95%
- Sex ratio: 997/1000
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