DAILY GK 26 - 28 FEB
1. NSSO’S 5TH ANNUAL PLFS REPORT 2021-22
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The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), Ministry of Statistics and
Programme Implementation (MoSPI) released the 5th ‘Annual Report Periodic Labour
Force Survey (PLFS)- July 2021 – June 2022’ stating Unemployment rate (UR) at 5-year low of 4.1% in 2021-22. It was
4.2% in July 2020-June 2021.
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The pan-India UR for male was
4.4% and for women was 3.3% in July, 2021 – June, 2022.
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The UR in both rural and urban
areas declined to 3.2% and 6.3%,
respectively from 3.3% and 6.7% respectively, in July 2020-June 2021.
2. MHA APPROVES RENAMING OF AURANGABAD AND OSMANABAD
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The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) approved the renaming of Aurangabad city as “Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar” and Osmanabad city as “Dharashiv” in Osmanabad district, Maharashtra.
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Aurangabad derives its name from the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, while
Osmanabad was named for a 20th-century ruler of the princely state of
Hyderabad.
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The new name of Aurangabad – ‘Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar’, is derived
from Chhatrapati Sambhaji, the eldest son of Maratha king Chhatrapati Shivaji
Maharaj and 2nd ruler of the Maratha state(1681-1689). Sambhaji Maharaj was
executed on Aurangzeb’s orders in 1689.
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‘Dharashiv‘, a new name for Osmanabad, is derived from the name of a
cave complex near Osmanabad city. According to researchers, Dharashiv dates
back to the 8th century.
3. INTERNATIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS INDEX 2023
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According to the International Intellectual Property Rights Index 2023
(11th edition) released by the United States (US) Chamber of Commerce, India ranks 42nd with an overall index
score of 38.64% (i.e.,19.32 out of 50) among
55 major global economies across 50 unique indicators.
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i.The annual international IP index assesses the protection of
intellectual property rights (IPR) in 55 of the world’s largest economies,
which account for around 90% of global GDP.
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Intellectual Property (IP) refers to creations of the mind, such as
inventions, literary and artistic works, symbols, names, and images used in
commerce.
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India is a member of the World
Trade Organisation and committed to
the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS
Agreement).
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Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion is the nodal
agency for regulating intellectual property rights in India.
4.
FATF SUSPENDS RUSSIA’S MEMBERSHIP
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The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the Global financial crime watchdog suspended
Russia’s membership stating that Russia’s war in Ukraine violated the FATF’s
principles to promote security, safety, and the integrity of the global
financial system.
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FATF has also added South Africa and Nigeria to its “grey list“,
a list of countries that are failing to combat money laundering and terrorism
financing.
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FATF has removed Cambodia and
Morocco from the grey list.
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Paris (France) based FATF is an inter-governmental organisation
established to combat money laundering and terrorism financing.
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FATF members include 39 countries, which includes, the United States of
America(USA), India, China, Saudi
Arabia, the United Kingdom(UK), Germany, and France. Ukraine is not a member of FATF.
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Countries under the FATF blacklist: Democratic People’s Republic of
Korea(North Korea), Iran, Myanmar
5.
NSE LAUNCHES INDIA’S 1ST MUNICIPAL BOND INDEX
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India’s first ever municipal bond index namely ‘Nifty India Municipal Bond Index’ has been launched by NSE Indices
Limited, a subsidiary of National Stock Exchange (NSE). It has a base date of January 1, 2021, and a base value of 1,000.
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This index will track the performance of municipal bonds issued by
Indian municipal corporations across maturities and having investment grade
credit rating.
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Presently, the index has 28 municipal bonds issued by 10 issuers all having credit rating
in the AA category.
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NSE Headquarters– Mumbai,
Maharashtra
6.
PRESIDENT OF INTERNATIONAL BASKETBALL
FEDERATION ASIA
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Govindaraj Kempareddy (K Govindaraj), President of the Basketball
Federation of India (BFI), was unanimously nominated as the President of FIBA
Asia, a zone within the International Basketball Federation (FIBA – Federation
Internationale de Basketball Amateur) which contains all 44 Asian FIBA
federations.
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He becomes the 1st Indian to be
elected as FIBA Asia President.
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FIBA Asia is one of the five
regional zones of FIBA: the other 4 zones are FIBA Africa, FIBA Americas,
FIBA Europe and FIBA Oceania.
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FIBA Asia Headquarters- Beirut, Lebanon
7. FIRST MCA BARGE LAUNCHED BY INDIAN NAVY
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The first Missile cum Ammunition
(MCA) Barge, Yard 75 (LSAM 7)
was launched by Rear Admiral Sandeep Mehta at Guttenedevi, the launch site of
SECON, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
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In February 2021, a contract for the construction of 8 Missile Cum
Ammunition (MCA) barges has been concluded with an MSME (Micro, Small &
Medium Enterprise) SECON, Visakhapatnam.
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The MCA Barges included in Indian Navy to perform the mission needs for
embarking/ disembarking Missile, Gunnery and ASW Ammunition.
8. 1ST G20 FMCBG MEETINGS IN BENGALURU
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As part of the G20 (Group of Twenty) Indian Presidency, the 1st G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) Meeting
was held in Bengaluru, Karnataka
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The meeting was co-chaired by Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman,
Ministry of Finance (MoF) and Dr. Shaktikanta Das, Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
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G20 Members: It has 20 members, including 19 countries: Argentina,
Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy,
Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa,
Türkiye, United Kingdom (UK), United States (US), and the European Union (EU).
9. SANGEET NATAK AKADEMI FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
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Droupadi Murmu, President of India, presented the Sangeet Natak Akademi
Fellowship (Akademi Ratna) and Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards (Akademi Puraskar)
for the year 2019, 2020 and 2021 in New Delhi, Delhi.
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9 eminent personalities were given Akademi Ratna in the field of performing arts and a total of 128 artists from the field of music,
dance, theatre, traditional, folk, and puppetry were given the Akademi Puraskar.
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Sangeet Natak Akademi is the apex body in the field of performing arts
in India.
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Chairman– Dr Sandhya Purecha
10. HOLLYWOOD CRITICS ASSOCIATION (HCA) FILM AWARDS 2023
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The 6th Annual Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) Film Awards 2023,
held at the Beverly Wilshire in Los Angeles, United States (US), has
acknowledged “RRR,” directed by SS
Rajamouli, on a global scale and honoured it with 5 awards.
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The film ‘RRR’ gained recognition for Best Action Film, Best
International Film, Best Original Song, and Best Stunts, while the cast/crew of
RRR earned an honorary HCA Spotlight Award.
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Recently Naatu Naatu won the ‘Best Song’ at the 80th Golden Globe Awards
in Los Angeles (US) in 2023.
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RRR has also been nominated for “Best Original Song” at the 2023 Oscars
for Naatu Naatu.
11.
ICC WOMEN’S T20 WORLD CUP 2023
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The Australian women‘s
national cricket team captained by Meg
Lanning won the 8th edition of the International Cricket Council (ICC)
Women’s Twenty20 International (T20I) World Cup 2023 by defeating South Africa women’s team captained by Sune Luus by 19
runs in the finals held in the Newlands Cricket Ground in Cape Town, South Africa.
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This marks the 6th and third consecutive ICC Women’s T20I World Cup
title of Australia. Australia previously won the title in 2010, 2012, 2014,
2018 and 2020.
