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DAILY DOSE 28th MAY -2024 CURRENT AFFAIRS

1) Mundra Port:

·         Adani Group’s Mundra Port recently saw the largest ever container ship to dock at an Indian port when the almost 400-metre-long MSC Anna came visiting.

·         Mundra Port is the largest private port and the largest container port in India

·         It is located on the north shores of the Gulf of Kutch, near Mundra, Kutch district, Gujarat.

·         It is a deep-draft, all-weather port.

·         It is also a special economic zone (SEZ).

·         As much as 33 per cent of India’s container traffic flows through the port.

·         It is run by Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited (APSEZ),which is India’s largest commercial port operator and accounts for nearly one-fourth of the country’s cargo movement.

 

2) National Green Hydrogen Plant : Vijaipur, Madhya Pradesh’s

  • State-run GAIL (India) Ltd. recently inaugurated its first 10 MW Green Hydrogen Plant under the National Green Hydrogen Mission in Madhya Pradesh’s Vijaipur.
  • National Green Hydrogen Mission was approved by the Union Cabinet on January 4,
  • Aim is to make India a Global Hub for the production, utilization, and export of Green Hydrogenand its derivatives.
  • Under the Strategic Interventions for Green Hydrogen Transition Programme (SIGHT), two distinct financial incentive mechanisms
  • Incentive for manufacturing of electrolysers
  • Incentive for production of green hydrogen.
  • The Mission will also support pilot projects in emerging end-use sectors and production pathways.

Green Hydrogen:

  • Hydrogen is the simplest chemical element, the first in the periodic table with atomic number 1.
  • It is light, can be stored and does not generate pollutant emissions by itself.
  • Green hydrogen is made by using clean electricity from surplus renewable energy sources, such as solar or wind power to electrolyse water.

 

3) First Woman From The Nyishi Tribe To Scale Mt. Everest:

  • Mountaineer and cricketer Kabak Yano etched her name in history recently by becoming the fifth woman from Arunachal Pradesh and the first woman from the Nyishi tribe to scale Mt. Everest.
  • Nyishi Tribe are the largest ethnic group in Arunachal Pradesh.
  • In Nishi, their traditional language, Nyi refers to “a man” and the word shi denotes “a being”, which combined together refers to a civilized human being.
  • The Nyishi language belongs to the Sino-Tibetan family; however, its origin is disputed.
  • They are concentrated in eight districts of Arunachal Pradesh, East Kameng, Pakke Kesang, Papum Pare, Lower Subansiri, Kamle, Kra Daadi, Kurung Kumey and Upper Subansiri.
  • They also live in Sonitpur and the North Lakhimpur district of Assam.

 

4) India’s Top Trading Partners:

  • India has recorded a trade deficit, the difference between imports and exports, with nine of its top 10 trading partners in 2023-24, according to official data.
  • China has emerged as India’s largest trading partner with $118.4 billion of two-way commerce in 2023-24, surpassing the US.
  • The bilateral trade between India and the US stood at $118.28 billion in 2023-24.
  • Washington was the top trading partner of New Delhi during 2021-22 and 2022-23.
  • In 2023-24, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), with USD 83.6 billion, was the third largest trading partner of India. It was followed by Russia ($65.7 billion), Saudi Arabia ($43.4 billion) and Singapore ($35.6 billion).
  • India’s total trade deficit in the last fiscal narrowed to $238.3 billion as against $ 264.9 billion in the previous fiscal.
  • The trade deficit with China rose to $85 billion, Russia to $57.2 billion, Korea to $14.71 billion, and Hong Kong to $12.2 billion in 2023-24 against $83.2 billion, $43 billion, $14.57 billion, and $8.38 billion, respectively, in 2022-23.

 

5) Fourth International Conference On Small Island Developing States:

  • The Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS-4) will be convened from May 27-30, 2024.

Small Island Developing States (SIDS):

  • These are a distinct group of 39 States and 18 Associate Members of United Nations regional commissions that face unique social, economic and environmental vulnerabilities.
  • The three geographical regionsin which SIDS are located are: the Caribbean, the Pacific, and the Atlantic, Indian Ocean and South China Sea (AIS).
  • SIDS were recognized as a special case both for their environment and development at the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

 

6) DD Kisan Deployed Two Artificial Intelligence Anchors:

  • DD Kisan deployed two Artificial Intelligence anchors as part of the initiative to present the television channel in a new avatar
  • The anchors have been named as ‘AI Krish’ and ‘AI Bhoomi’, and can speak in 50 Indian and foreign languages.
  • These news anchors are computers, which are exactly like a human, or rather, these can work like a human. They can read the news 24 hours and 365 days without stopping or getting tired.
  • The farmer viewers will be able to see these anchors in all the States of the country.

 

7) First Global Mangrove Assessment:

  • The first global mangrove assessment by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), warns of the imminent collapse of South India’s mangrove ecosystems due to pollution, deforestation, and coastal development.
  • Unlike the ecosystems in western and eastern India, those in the south are highly vulnerable to collapse, threatened further by rising sea levels and severe storms linked to climate change.
  • The IUCN Red List of Ecosystems (RLE) has assessed mangrove ecosystems globally for the first time, revealing alarming findings.
  • Half of the assessed global mangrove ecosystems are at risk of collapse, with nearly 20% classified as high risk.
  • Major threats include climate change, deforestation, development, pollution, and dam construction.
  • Climate change alone jeopardizes one-third of assessed mangrove

 

8) Asian Gymnastics Championships:

  • The Indian gymnast, Dipa Karmakar, has scripted history by becoming the first-ever Indian to secure a gold medal in any Asian Championships.
  • Hailing from Tripura, Dipa achieved this remarkable feat in the women’s vault individual final at the Asian Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Championships 2024, held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on May 26, 2024.

 

9) India’s Oldest Woman to Conquer Mount Everest:

  • Jyoti Ratre, an entrepreneur and fitness enthusiast from Madhya Pradesh, has etched her name in history by becoming the oldest Indian woman to conquer Mount Everest.

 

10)  Grand Prix prize : All We Imagine As Light

  • Indian director Payal Kapadia’s debut film “All We Imagine As Light” won the Grand Prix prize
  • All We Imagine As Light is an Indo-French production about a nurse, Prabha, and her friend, Anu, who embark on a transformative road trip.
  • Kapadia’s previous documentary, A Night of Knowing Nothing, won the Golden Eye award at Cannes.

Cannes Film Festival:

  • The Cannes Film Festival is a prestigious annual event held in Cannes, France, showcasing international films and attracting global attention for its film premieres, red-carpet events, and exclusive industry gatherings.
  • It began in 1946 and is renowned for awarding the prestigious Palme d’Or to outstanding films.

 

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