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DAILY GK DOSE 26th  JULY -2024 CURRENT AFFAIRS

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DAILY DOSE 26th  JULY -2024 CURRENT AFFAIRS

 

1) Lokmanya Tilak Birth Anniversary:

  • The Prime Minister recently paid tributes to Lokmanya Tilak on his birth anniversary.
  • Bal Gangadhar Tilak, commonly known as Lokmanya Tilak, was a prominent Indian nationalist, freedom fighter, social reformer, and political leader during the Indian independence movement.
  • He was one of the prime architects of modern India and probably the strongest advocate of Swaraj, or Self Rule for India.
  • He is known for his slogan, “Swaraj is my birthright, and I shall have it.”
  • He was born as Keshav Gangadhar Tilak,and his followers bequeathed upon him the title of ‘Lokmanya’, meaning he who is revered by the people.

 

2) Tinzaparin:

  • Researchers found tinzaparin significantly reduced damage to human cells due to spitting cobra venom.
  • Tinzaparin is a drug used to treat serious blood clots, can reduced damage to cells due to spitting cobra venom.
  • It is a low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) with antithrombotic properties.
  • It is used for the treatment of deep venous thrombosis, a condition in which harmful blood clots form in the blood vessels of the legs.

 

3) Olympic Order:

  • Abhinav Bindra was bestowed with the Olympic Award by the International Olympic Committee.
  • Olympic Order is the highest award bestowed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for outstanding contributions to the Olympic Movement.
  • It was established in 1975, it replaced the Olympic Diploma of Merit and is awarded to individuals who have demonstrated exceptional merit in the cause of sport or rendered significant services to the Olympic Movement.
  • The Olympic Order has three grades: gold, silver, and bronze.
  • The gold order is reserved for heads of state and exceptional circumstances.

 

4) Sangameswara Temple:

  • The Sangameswara temple submerged in the backwaters of the Srisailam project in Nandyal district recently following copious inflow from the Krishna River.
  • Sangameswara Temple is a Hindu Temple dedicated to Lord Shiva located in Nandyal district in Andhra Pradesh.
  • It is located on the Krishna River bank.
  • It was built in 740 AD by Chalukya ruler Pulakesin II.
  • The temple was originally located at the point where Tungabhadra and Krishna Rivers were merged, 10 km away from the current site.

 

5) INS Triput:

  • Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) recently launched the first indigenously-built Talwar class frigate, ‘Triput’.
  • INS Triput is the first indigenously built Talwar-class frigate.
  • In October 2016, India and Russia signed a deal to buy four stealth frigates of the Admiral Grigorovich class.
  • Two of these frigates, ‘Tushil’ and ‘Tamal’, will be directly imported, and the remaining two frigates will be built in India by GSL through a transfer of technology (ToT).
  • Triput is the first ship built by GSL under this.

 

6) Global Trade Research Initiative:

  • India’s garment export industry, a significant contributor to employment, has been facing a persistent decline.
  • A recent report by the Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) , a research Group focused on Climate Change, technology and trade, sheds light on the reasons behind this downturn, pointing to self-inflicted barriers rather than external competition.

Key Highlights of the GTRI Report:

  • India’s garment exports in 2023-24 were USD 14.5 billion, compared to USD 15 billion in 2013-14.
  • Vietnam and Bangladesh’s garment exports grew significantly during the same period, reaching USD 33.4 billion and USD 43.8 billion, respectively.

 

7) Humayun Tomb World Heritage Site Museum:

  • The Humayun’s Tomb World Heritage Site Museum is set to open for visitors. Nestled between Sunder Nursery and Humayun’s Tomb in Nizamuddin, Delhi, this museum promises to offer visitors a unique insight into the life and times of the second Mughal Emperor, Humayun.
  • Key Highlights of Humayun’s Tomb Site Museum:
  • The museum is designed like a baoli (stepwell) and includes a 100-seat auditorium, temporary galleries, cafés, meeting rooms, and a library.
  • Artefacts such as a pear-shaped water vessel belonging to Jauhar Aftabchi, a biographer of Humayun, and a helmet used by Humayun as a cooking vessel during his travels to Persia.
  • The artefacts displayed in the museum are on loan from the National Museum for 10 years, ensuring a rich and varied display for visitors.

 

8) Neutrinos:

  • Neutrinos play an important role in particle physics and astrophysics. It is a fundamental elementary particle, and atmospheric neutrinos can be studied when solar radiation hits the Earth’s atmosphere.
  • Neutrinos are subatomic particles that have no electric charge, have a small mass, and are left-handed (the direction of its spin is opposite to the direction of its motion).
  • They are the second-most abundant particles in the universe after photons and the most abundant among particles that make up matter.
  • Neutrinos interact with matter very rarely, making them difficult to study.

 

9) PM Janjatiya Unnat Gram Abhiyaan:

  • Finance Minister announced the launch of the PM Janjatiya Unnat Gram Abhiyaan, aimed at providing basic facilities to five crore Scheduled Tribe families across 63,000 villages in tribal-majority and aspirational districts.
  • This scheme is designed after PM-JANMAN for Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups.
  • The 2024-25 budget allocated ₹13,000 crore for the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, with a significant portion going to Eklavya Model Residential Schools.
  • Nirmala Sitharaman introduced the Pradhan Mantri Janjatiya Unnat Gram Abhiyan for improving the socio-economic conditions of tribal communities.

 

10)  Llama 3.1:

  • Meta has unveiled its new open source AI model Llama 3.1
  • Llama 3.1 is Meta’s largest ever open source AI model, and it has outperformed the likes of OpenAI’s GPT-4o and Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet on numerous benchmarks.
  • The new Llama 3.1 models are reportedly far more complex compared to Llama 3 models.
  • It can converse in eight languages, write higher-quality computer code and solve more complex math problems than previous versions.
  • It comes with 405 billion parameters, or variables that the algorithm takes into account to generate responses to user queries.

 

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