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DAILY DOSE 4th MARCH -2024 CURRENT AFFAIRS

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DAILY DOSE 4th MARCH -2024 CURRENT AFFAIRS

 

History: 05th MARCH

  • In 1894 Seattle authorized the 1st municipal employment office in the USA.
  • In 1931, Mahatma Gandhi and Lord Irwin signed a pact that marked the end of Satyagraha in India.
  • In 1945 World War II: The Battle of the Ruhr began.
  • In 2018, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un met South Korean officials for the first time since taking office.
  • In 1949, Donald Bradman played the last innings in 1st-class cricket.

 

1) Global Resource Outlook 2024:

  • Global Resource Outlook 2024 was launched on the final day of the Sixth United Nations Environmental Assembly (UNEA-6) at the UNEP headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya.
  • Global Resource Outlook is the flagship report of the International Resource Panel of United Nations Environment Programme.
  • This year’s report sheds light on how resources are essential to the effective implementation of the Agenda 2030 and multilateral environmental agreements to tackle the triple planetary crisis.
  • It brings together the best available data, modelling and assessments from 180 countries, seven world regions and four income groups, to analyse trends, impacts and distributional effects of resource use.

Highlights of the report:

  • It presents a stark picture of global inequality, where low-income countries consume six times less materials compared to wealthy countries, despite generating 10 times less climate impacts.
  • Global production and consumption of material resources has grown more than three times over the last 50 years, growing at an average of more than 2.3 per cent a year, despite the increase being the main driver of the triple planetary crisis.

2) Protoplanetary Disk:

  • Observations by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) show that a protoplanetary disk around a young star in the Orion Nebula is losing massive amounts of hydrogen each year.
  • Protoplanetary is a disk of gas (99% by mass) and dust (1%), orbiting a newly formed star, from which planets may eventually form or be in the process of forming.
  • Disks are common by-products of star formation, and range in different mass and size.
  • Stars form from cold interstellar molecular clouds. A molecular cloud is an interstellar cloud of gas and dust in which molecules can form, the most common of which is hydrogen (H2).
  • As they collapse into protostars under the force of gravity, the remaining matter forms a spinning disk.
  • Eventually, the star stops accreting matter, leaving the disk in orbit around it.
  • The leftover gas and dust inside that protoplanetary disk become the ingredients for planet formation.
  • Organic molecules present in the original molecular cloud become part of the protoplanetary disk and the planets that form from it.

 

3) Grey Zone Warfare:

  • The phrase ‘grey zone warfare’ crops up in descriptions of Chinese actions around an island that it claims as its own.
  • Grey Zone Warfare generally means a middle, unclear space that exists between direct conflict and peace in international relations.
  • It can be broadly defined as the exploitation of operational space between peace and war to change the status quo through the use of coercive actions which remain below a threshold that, in most cases, would prompt a conventional military response.
  • Activities characterised as grey zone warfare methods range from the use of proxies for kinetic action or change of territorial status quo through coercion to non-kinetic subversive actions such as cyberattacks, economic coercion, disinformation campaign, election meddling, and more recently, weaponisation of migrants.

 

4) Yars Missile:

  • Russia recently announced a successful test fire of Yars intercontinental ballistic nuclear missile.
  • Yars Missile is a Russian-made intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) with multiple independently targetable warheads, each capable of targeting different objectives.
  • It is a three-stage, solid propellant, MIRV-capable (Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicles) ICBM.
  • The Yars is a modified version of the Topol-M missile system.
  • The missile can be launched from a silo or mobile launcher.
  • It has a range of 10,500 km.
  • The missile can be armed with up to 10 MIRVs, each containing a thermonuclear warhead weighing 300 kilotons.
  • It has the capability to manoeuvre during flight and deploy both active and passive decoys.

Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM):

  • An ICBM is a guided missile that is designed to deliver nuclear warheads, although it could also deliver other payloads.
  • According to the Federation of American Scientists, ICBMs have a minimum range of 5,500 kilometres (3,400 miles), with maximum ranges varying from 7,000 to 16,000 kilometres.

 

5) 6th United Nations Environmental Assembly:

  • India had committed to phase out Single-Use Plastics (SUP) by 2022, three years later, while some progress has been made with the ban on selected SUP items, challenges persist.
  • According to a report launched during the 6th United Nations Environmental Assembly (UNEA-6), the thriving street food sector across India depends heavily on single-use plastics.

 Key Highlights of the Report Released at UNEA-6 Regarding SUP:

  • Single-use plastics such as plates, bowls, cups, and containers are extensively used in India’s street food sector. Despite their affordability, these items contribute significantly to the country’s waste management challenge.
  • The findings reveal the reuse system offers a compelling business case with various benefits:
  • Both vendors and customers experience cost savings.
  • The system significantly reduces the amount of packaging material needed.
  • The report highlights a potential 21% return on investment with a payback period of 2-3 years.

 

6) Gene Therapy For Hemophilia A:

  • The Union Minister of Science & Technology addressing the National Science Day 2024 programme stated that India conducted its first human clinical trial of gene therapy for hemophilia A (FVIII deficiency) at Christian Medical College (CMC) Vellore.
  • Hemophilia is a group of rare bleeding disorders caused by a congenital deficiency in specific clotting factors.
  • The most prevalent form is Hemophilia A.
  • Hemophilia A results from a deficiency in a crucial blood clotting protein known as factor VIII.
  • Due to this deficiency, individuals experience prolonged bleeding after injuries, as their blood takes longer to clot than usual.
  • It is primarily inherited (genetic) and follows an X-linked recessive pattern, meaning the gene responsible for factor VIII production is located on the X chromosome.
  • Males have one X and one Y chromosome, while females have two X chromosomes.
  • If a male inherits an X chromosome with the defective gene from his mother, he will have hemophilia A.
  • Females with one defective copy typically do not experience symptoms because the other X chromosome usually provides enough factor VIII.

 

7) Next Prime Minister of Pakistan:

  • Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Shehbaz Sharif has been elected as the Prime Minister of Pakistan. He secured 201 votes while Omer Ayub Khan, the Imran Khan-backed PTI candidate managed to get 92 votes.

8) Iran launches ‘Pars 1’ satellite into orbit from Russia:

  • Iran’s venture into space exploration and satellite deployment continues with the launch of the “Pars 1” satellite, facilitated by Russia from the Vostochny Cosmodrome.

 

9) India’s first indigenously built green hydrogen electrolyzer:

  • Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has commissioned its first indigenously manufactured electrolyzer at the Green Hydrogen Plant located at the A M Naik Heavy Engineering Complex in Hazira, Gujarat.

 

10) MH 60R ‘SEAHAWKS:

  • The Indian Navy will commission the newly inducted MH 60R Seahawk (a maritime variant of the Blackhawk helicopter) multi-role helicopter on 06 Mar 2024 at INS Garuda, Kochi marking a pivotal moment in India’s Defence modernization journey.
  • The Seahawks squadron will be commissioned in the Indian Navy as INAS 334

 

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