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DAILY DOSE 3RD JAN CURRENT AFFAIRS

DAILY DOSE 3RD JAN CURRENT AFFAIRS

 

1) Ajay Kumar Srivastava becomes new MD and CEO of Indian Overseas Bank

  • Ajay Kumar Srivastava has been elevated as Managing Director and CEO of Indian Overseas Bank with effect from January 1, 2023 from his current posting as executive director.
  • He started his banking career as a probationary officer in 1991 with Allahabad Bank.
  • After the successful completion of about 27 years in Allahabad Bank he was elevated as Executive Director of IOB in October 2017.

 

2) Lula da Silva sworn in as the President of Brazil for the 3rd time

  • He was sworn in as the President for the third time on 1 January 2023 for a 4 year term.
  • He defeated the incumbent president Jair Bolsonaro,
  • Lula is a trade unionist.
  • Geraldo Alckmin was sworn in as the Vice President of Brazil.
  • Lula had previosuly led the country from 2003 to 2010.

 

3) 108th Indian Science Congress to be held in Nagpur

  • The 108 Indian national Science Congress will be organised by the Indian Science Congress Association from 3-7 January 2023 at the Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University.
  • 107 Indian Science Congress 2022 was held in Bangalore.
  • The theme of the 108th Indian Science Congress 2023: Science and Technology for Sustainable Development with Women Empowerment.

 

4) India’s first underwater metro will begin operation in Kolkata

  • India’s first underwater metro service, the East-West Metro Corridor project is expected to be completed by December 2023.
  • The metro line will connect Salt Lake to Howrah via Kolkata with a stretch below the Hooghly River.
  • The Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation is implementing project.
  • The first metro rail system in India was also started in Kolkata from Dum Dum to Tollygunge in 1984.

 

5) RBI launches Utkarsh 2.0 for the period 2023-2025

  • RBI on 30 December 2022 launched the 2nd phase of the RBI’s medium-term strategy for strengthening regulatory and supervisory mechanisms called Utkarsh 2.0.
  • The 1st strategy framework (Utkarsh 2022) covering the period 2019-2022 was launched in 2019.
  • Utkarsh has 6 Vision statements as well as Core Purpose, Values & Mission statements.
  • Collectively, they create a strategic guiding path.

 

6) Sujoy Lal Thaosen takes over additional charge of Director General BSF

  • Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Director General Sujoy Lal Thaosen took the additional charge as Director General Border Security Force (BSF) in Dec’22.
  • The incumbent BSF DG Pankaj Kumar Singh retired on 31 Dec 2022.
  • Sujoy Lal Thaosen is a 1988 batch officer of MP cadre.
  • He will hold the ‘additional charge’ of BSF DG till the appointment of a regular DG of BSF or until further orders.

 

7) Dinesh Kumar Shukla appointed as the chairman of AERB

  • Dinesh Kumar Shukla, former Executive Director of Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) & Distinguished Scientist assumed the charge as Chairman, AERB in December 2022.
  • He has been appointed for this post for a period of 3 years.
  • He is internationally acclaimed expert in the field of Nuclear Safety.
  • He has been associated with the commissioning of high flux research reactor Dhruva.

 

8) India assumes chairmanship of Wassenaar Arrangement from 1 Jan

  • India will assume the chairmanship for one year.
  • The 42-member Wassenaar Arrangement is a voluntary export control regime that monitors transfers of conventional weapons and dual-use goods.
  • Ireland handed over the chairmanship to India.
  • India joined the Arrangement in December 2017 as its 42nd participating state.

 

9) SpaceX Launched First 54 Starlink v2.0 satellites Into Space

  • It was launched by SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle.
  • Satellites were launched into low Earth Orbit.
  • The SpaceX Falcon 9 was launched on 28th December 2022.
  • It took place from the SLC-40 launch pad of the US Air Force Base at Cape Canaveral.
  • Starlink satellites aims to provide internet in various parts of the world.

 

 


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