DAILY DOSE 27TH MARCH CURRENT AFFAIRS
1) International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members 2023: 25 March
- The United Nations observes the International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members on March 25 every year to honor the memory of Alec Collett, a journalist who died while on a UN mission after being kidnapped.
- The purpose of this day is to acknowledge the contributions of UN personnel and the risks they take to carry out humanitarian work, as well as to remember those who have lost their lives in service to the UN.
2) PM Modi addressed ‘One World TB Summit’ at Varanasi
- During the One World TB Summit arranged by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on World Tuberculosis Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted India’s powerful pharmaceutical industry as a significant advantage in the global battle against TB.
- He also mentioned that India has set a goal of eradicating TB by the year 2025.
3) Salima Tete appointed as the AHF Athletes Ambassador
- National women’s hockey team midfielder Salima Tete has appointed the AHF Athletes Ambassador from India for a term of two years.
- Tete accepted the certificate and the position during the Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) Congress in Mungyeong, Korea.
4) Cabinet sanctions focused subsidy for beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana
- The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has announced an extension of the subsidy of Rs 200 per LPG cylinder under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) for one year.
5) 26 % of world’s population does not have safe drinking water: UNESCO report
- A report presented by UNESCO at the UN 2023 Water Conference in New York reveals that a significant portion of the world’s population still does not have access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation.
- The report indicates that 26% of the global population lacks safe drinking water, while 46% do not have access to well-managed sanitation facilities.
6) Luis Caffarelli won the 2023 Abel Prize
- Luis Caffarelli, 74, has won the 2023 Abel Prize “for his seminal contributions to regularity theory for nonlinear partial differential equations including free-boundary problems and the Monge-Ampère equation”.
- The prize includes a monetary award of 7.5 million kroner (roughly $ 720,000) and a glass plaque designed by Norwegian artist Henrik Haugan.
7) Urban Climate Film Festival
- The National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) has partnered with the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs, the French Development Agency (AFD), and the European Union to organize the first-ever Urban Climate Film Festival as part of the CITIIS program under U20 engagement events.
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