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DAILY DOSE 4TH MARCH CURRENT AFFAIRS

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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