DAILY DOSE 5TH JAN CURRENT AFFAIRS
1) Odisha wins World Habitat Awards 2023 for Jaga Mission
- Odisha government’s slum improvement and land titling program, JAGA (Odisha Liveable Habitat Mission) Mission has won the UN-Habitat’s World Habitat Awards’23.
- This award is given by World Habitat, a United Kingdom-based organization, in partnership with UN-Habitat every year.
- It aims to make Odisha the first state in India to be slum-free by the end of 23.
2) President inaugurates 18th National Scout and Guide Jamboree
- President Murmu inaugurated the Jamboree, at Rohat in the Pali district of Rajasthan on Jan 4, 2023.
- Rajasthan is hosting Jamboree after 66 years.
- Over 35,000 scouts and guides from all over the country will participate.
- A smart jamboree village has been set up with all the facilities on a 220 hectare area at Nimblee village 3500 tents have been erected at the venue.
3) New members join United Nations Security Council (UNSC)
- On January 3, 2023, Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique, and Switzerland officially began. their two-year term as non-permanent members of the UNSC.
- The five latest members are replacing India, Ireland, Kenya, Mexico and Norway.
- Their terms ended on December 31, 2022.
- The other current two-year members are Albania, Brazil, Gabon, Ghana and United Arab Emirates.
4) India’s unemployment rate reaches highest level in 16 months- CMIE
- According to data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), India’s unemployment rate reached 8.30% in December 2022, the highest level in 16 months.
- This marks an increase from 8.00% recorded in Nov.
- Urban unemployment rate also saw a rise.
- Rural unemployment rate saw a slight decrease.
- Haryana recorded highest unemployment rate at 37.4%, while Odisha had lowest at 0.9%.
5) India’s December services sector growth at highest level in 6 months
- The Indian services sector growth touched a six-month high in December, supported by a robust intake of new work and favourable market conditions.
- The S&P Global India services purchasing managers’ index (PMI) rose to 58.5 in December from 56.4 in the previous month.
- In PMI, a print above 50 means expansion while a score below 50 denotes contraction.
6) World Braille Day: 4 January
- World Braille Day is observed every year on January 4.
- It is observed to raise awareness about the importance of Braille as a means of communication for visually impaired people.
- The day commemorates the birth anniversary of French educator Louis Braille, who invented the Braille language in the year 1809.
- Braille code is a form of written language that uses raised dots for characters.
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