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DAILY GK DOSE 6th NOV – 2024 CURRENT AFFAIRS

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DAILY DOSE 6th NOV – 2024 CURRENT AFFAIRS

 

1) In India, there has been a 17.7% decline in TB incidence from 2015 to 2023.

  • According to the World Health Organization’s Global Tuberculosis Report 2024, the rate is twice the global average decline of 8.3%.
  • India had pledged to achieve the “End TB” targets by 2025.
  • This is five years ahead of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals deadline of 2030.

 

2) Digital Life Certificate Campaign 3.0 has been launched on 6 November by Dr Jitendra Singh.

  • The campaign started on 1st November 2024 and will continue till the 30th November 2024.
  • The campaign is being conducted nationwide by the Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare across 800 cities and districts.
  • The campaign aims to spread awareness about the benefits of digital life certificates.
  • The campaign will promote digital empowerment of pensioners using face authentication technology.

 

3) Real-time tracking for international money transfers has been launched by IDFC FIRST Bank.

  • With this, IDFC FIRST Bank has become the first Indian bank which is offering real-time tracking for money sent abroad.
  • This service is developed in partnership with Swift.
  • This service is accessible though the mobile app and internet banking platforms of the bank.

 

4) 550 Asmi Machine pistols inducted into the Northern Command by the Indian Army.

·     Giving a boost to the country’s self-reliance initiative, 550 ‘ASMI’ machine pistols have been inducted into the Northern Command by the Indian Army.

·     The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Colonel Prasad Bansod of the Indian Army collaborated to develop the weapon and is being manufactured by an Indian company in Hyderabad.

·     This India-made weapon underlines the Army’s commitment towards the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan.

 

5) On November 6, a 15-day Jal Utsav launched by NITI Aayog.

  • A 15-day ‘Jal Utsav’ is being launched by NITI Aayog to create awareness and sensitivity towards water management, conservation and sustainability from 6th November.
  • The campaign follows the vision of PM Modi, who mooted the idea of ​​’Jal Utsav’ on the lines of ‘Nadi Utsav’ during the 3rd Chief Secretaries Conference held in December 2023.
  • Jal Utsav is being implemented in 20 Aspirational Districts and Blocks from 6th to 24th November.

 

6) Tanushree Pandey has won silver medal at World Soft Tennis Championship.

  • Tanushree Pandey of India won the silver medal in soft tennis at the World Soft Tennis Championship in Jingshan, China.
  • In yesterday’s Under 21 Women’s Individual Singles final, she lost 3–4 to Chinese Taipei’s Chiang Min Yu.
  • Earlier, in semifinal match, Tanushree defeated her Japanese opponent 4-3.
  • She had defeated her Chinese opponent by the same margin in the quarterfinals.

 

7) LignoSat : Launched Into Space

  • The world’s first wooden satellite LignoSat built by Japanese researchers was launched into space in an early test of using timber in lunar and Mars exploration.
  • LignoSat”, a fusion of “ligno” (the Latin word for wood) and “satellite”.
  • It is developed through collaborative research and development by a team comprising members from Kyoto University and Sumitomo Forestry Co.
  • Their objective is to leverage the eco-friendliness and cost-effectiveness of wood in space exploration.

 

8) Water Sports Activities At Gobind Sagar Lake:

  • Himachal Chief Minister recently inaugurated water sports activities at Gobind Sagar Lake.
  • It is a manmade reservoir located in the Una and Bilaspur districts of Himachal Pradesh.
  • It is named in honour of Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh Guru.
  • Its source is the Bhakra Dam on the Sutlej River.
  • One of the world’s highest gravity dams, the Bhakra Dam is perched at an elevation of 225.5 m above its lowest foundations.

 

9) European Space Agency’s mission Proba-3 will be launched by India in December.

  • A European Space Agency mission called Proba-3 will be launched by India from the Sriharikota Space Station in December, Science and Technology Minister Dr Jitendra Singh said.
  • This mission will study the Sun’s faint corona, which lies near the solar periphery.
  • On November 5, while addressing the Indian Space Conference 3.0 in New Delhi, the minister highlighted that almost every sector in the country is using space technology.

 

10) Harmeet Desai won the dual title at WTT Feeders Caracas in Venezuela.

  • On November 4, Indian table tennis star Harmeet Desai won double titles, winning both the men’s singles and mixed doubles events at the WTT Feeders Caracas in Venezuela.
  • In men’s singles, Desai defeated France’s Jo Seyfried 3–0 in the final to win the single title.
  • In mixed doubles, Desai and his partner Kritika Roy defeated Cuba’s Jorge Campos and Daniela Fonseca Carrazana 3-2 in a tough match.

 

 

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