DAILY DOSE 8TH JAN CURRENT AFFAIRS
1) India’s ‘2023 Science Vision’
- The development of science, technology and innovation is the only way for sustainable development.
- The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) would take forward the successes of COVID-19 vaccine mission.
- The Ministry of Earth Sciences (MOES) will focus on the Deep Sea mission.
- Department of Atomic Energy will deliver about 21.00 lakh equipment for the Election. Commission of India
2) As per NSO report, India’s GDP to grow at 7.0 percent in FY23
- India’s economy is expected to grow 7.0% in the financial year 2023, according to the first advance estimates by the National Statistical Office (NSO) in January 2023.
- It had pegged India’s growth at 8.7% in the fiscal year 2022.
- Earlier, the RBI had projected the real GDP growth for 2022-23 at 6.8 percent, with the third quarter at 4.4 percent and the fourth at 4.2 percent.
3) Know About: International Hockey Federation
- It is the international governing body of field hockey and indoor field hockey.
- In response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the FIH banned Russia from the 2022 Women’s FIH Hockey Junior World Cup, and banned Russian and Belarusian officials from FIH events.
- CEO: Thierry Weil
- Founded: 7 January 1924
- Founder: Paul Léautey
- Motto: FairPlay Friendship Forever
4) Know About: General Atomics
- General Atomics is an American energy and defense corporation.
- It has a specialization in research and technology development.
- Its specialization includes physics research in support of nuclear fission and nuclear fusion energy. Wikipedia
- CEO: Vivek Lall (2020-), Neal Blue (1986-)
- Headquarters: San Diego, United States.
- Founders: Neal Blue, Frederic de Hoffmann
- Founded: 18 July 1955
5) Pranesh M became India’s 79th Grandmaster
- Tamilnadu’s Pranesh M became India’s 79th Grandmaster on 6 January 2023.
- After beating GM Frode Olav Olsen Urkedal of Norway, Pranesh attained the required 2500 ELO ratings and won the Rilton Cup in the final round to claim the title.
- With this, he also becomes India’s first Grandmaster of year 2023.
- In December 2022, Koustav Chatterjee became India’s 78th Grandmaster.
6) Bandhan Bank launches Jahaan Bandhan, Wahaan Trust’ campaign
- Bandhan Bank launched the Jahaan Bandhan, Wahaan Trust’ campaign along with the bank’s brand ambassador Sourav Ganguly on 5 January 2023.
- It is an integrated marketing campaign in which the company has emphasized the ‘trust’ that the brand has been able to earn in a span of seven years as a bank.
- Bandhan Bank CEO: Chandra Shekhar Ghosh
- Bandhan Bank Headquarters: Kolkata
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