DAILY DOSE 4TH MARCH CURRENT AFFAIRS
1) Nagpur to host Civil20 (C-20) inception meeting from 20-22 March
- The inception meeting of Civil20 (C-20), a working group of the G-20 summit will be organized in Nagpur, Maharashtra from the 20th to the 22nd of March 2023.
- About 60 representatives of G-20 countries of various civil society organizations will participate in this conference.
- It will be held under the chairmanship of social and spiritual leader Mata Amritanandamayi.
2) Fourth edition Gov Games begins in Dubai
- The fourth edition of Gov games, which is being hosted at Dubai Design District began on 2 March 2023.
- The games will go on till March 5th and will feature several challenges.
- The Indian team from BITS Pilani – Dubai Campus is participating in the ‘Battle of Cities’
- In 2018, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai had launched the games.
3) ACF confers Grandmaster D Gukesh with Player-of-the-Year award
- Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh has been honoured with Player-of-the-Year award by the Asian Chess Federation.
- He was awarded for clinching the gold medal with a record-breaking score of 9/11 in the 44th Chess Olympiad at Mahabalipuram in 2022.
- In March 2022, Gukesh became only the 6th Indian to break the 2700 Elo-rating mark, and the youngest Grandmaster from the country to be rated above 2700.
4) Senior IPS officer Rashmi Shukla to head Sashastra Seema Bal
- Senior IPS officer Rashmi Shukla has been appointed as the Director General of the border-guarding force Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB).
- Shukla, a 1988-batch Indian Police Service officer of the Maharashtra cadre, is currently the Additional DG of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).
- The SSB guards the country’s borders with Nepal and Bhutan.
5) Supreme Court ruled about appointment of Chief Election Commissioner
- Supreme Court ruled that appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner and Elections Commissioners will be done by the President on the advice of a committee comprising the PM, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and the Chief Justice of India.
- A constitution bench headed by Justice K.M. Joseph said, this panel will be enforced until a law in this regard is made by Parliament.
6) Health and Family Welfare Ministry received Porter Prize 2023
- The Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry has received the Porter Prize 2023.
- It recognised the Government’s strategy in managing COVID-19, also the approach, and involvement of various stakehold ers, especially the involvement of ASHA workers to create PPE Kits.
- The prize was announced by Institute for Competitiveness and US Asia Technology Management Centre at Stanford University.
7) Vo Van Thuong elected as new President of Vietnam
- Vietnam’s National Assembly has been elected Vo Van Thuong as the country’s new President.
- Thuong’s election follows the sudden resignation of his predecessor Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
- Thuong is the youngest member of the Party’s Politburo, the country’s top decision-making body.
8) G20 Foreign Ministers meeting held in Delhi
- G20 Foreign Ministers meeting held in New Delhi discussed the challenges of Russia and Ukraine issues.
- External Affairs Minister noted that for the first time, G20 Foreign Ministers discussed the topic of counter-narcotics.
- This is the largest gathering of Foreign Ministers hosted by the G20 Presidency.
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