DAILY GK 23-24 APRIL
1. 5TH PHASE OF REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY SCHEME UDAN 5.0
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The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA)
has launched the fifth phase of the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) – UdeDeshKaAamNagrik
(UDAN) or UDAN 5.0, to improve the connectivity of the country’s
regional territories, after four successful rounds of bidding.
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The earlier stage length constraint
of 600 km has been eliminated and there are no restrictions on the distance
between the origin and destination of the trip in UDAN 5.0, which concentrates
on Category-2 (20-80 seats) and Category-3 (>80 seats).
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Airlines are required to commence
operations within 4 months of the award of the route. Earlier, this deadline
was 6 months.
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UDAN schemewas launched on 27 April
2017
by the Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi-led government with the goal of making
air travel accessible to the common people of the country.
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PM Narendra Modi launched the first
aircraft from Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) to Delhi under the UDAN scheme in
April 2017.
2. PM MODI TO RELEASE RS 100 COIN TO
COMMEMORATE 100 EPISODES OF MANN KI BAAT
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On 21st April 2023, the Ministry of
Finance announced that the Government will release a new commemorative coin of
Rs 100 denomination on 30th April 2023, for the 100th episode of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi’s radio show Mann Ki Baat.
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The coin’s obverse side will have the
Lion Capital of Ashoka Pillar at the centre with “Satyamev Jayate” inscribed
below it. “Bharat” in Devanagari script and “INDIA” in English will be
inscribed on the left and right peripherals, respectively. The coin will also
feature the Rupee symbol “₹”
and “100” denomination.
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On October 3, 2014, PM Modi made his
radio debut with “Maan Ki Baat“(Words from the Heart) which is a monthly radio
program aired on All India Radio, at 11 am on the last Sunday of each month.
3. IGGL COMPLETES ASIA’S LARGEST
UNDERWATER HYDROCARBON PIPELINE
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This pipeline, with a diameter of 24
inches, has been laid below the Brahmaputra river, connecting Jorhat and
Majuli in Assam by using the Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) method.
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The total length of this single HDD
crossing is 4,080 metres across the main water channel of the Brahmaputra
river, making it the longest river crossing by any hydrocarbon pipeline of size
24-inch diameter and above in Asia and the second longest in the world.
4. INDIA’S TALLEST AMBEDKAR STATUE OF
125-FT IN HYDERABAD
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On the occasion of the 132nd birth
anniversary of DrBhimrao Ramji (BR) Ambedkar(14th April 2023), Telangana Chief
Minister (CM) K Chandrashekhar Rao unveiled the 125-ft tall bronze statue of
BabasahebBhimrao Ramji (BR) Ambedkar, the architect of the Indian Constitution,
in Hyderabad, Telangana.
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This is the tallest statue of BR
Ambedkar in India.
5. WORLD BANK’S LPI 2023 REPORT: INDIA
RANKED 38
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According to the World Bank’s (WB)
report titled Connecting to Compete 2023: Trade Logistics in an Uncertain
Global Economy – the Logistics Performance Index (LPI) and its
indicators”, India’s rank increased by 6 places to 38 in the index, from 44 in
2018.
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Singapore topped the ranking
followed by Finland at second, and Denmark at third.
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India shares the 38th rank with
Lithuania, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye.
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GoI (Government of India) had announced
a National Master Plan, PM Gati Shakti for multi-modal connectivity,in
October 2021 to reduce logistics cost and boost the economy by 2024-25.
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World Bank Group President – David
Malpass
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Headquarters – Washington, DC, USA
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Establishment – 1944
6. PM’S AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION 2022 FOR INNOVATION
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The National COVID-19 Vaccination
Programme of the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoH&FW)
received the Prime Minister’s (PM) Award for Excellence in Public
Administration 2022 under the innovation (centre) category.
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RajeshBhushan, Secretary, MoH&FW
received the award for National COVID-19 Vaccination Programme from PM Narendra
Modi at a function organized on the occasion of 16th Civil Services Day at
VigyanBhawan, New Delhi, Delhi.
7. NEW DEPUTY PM OF UK
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The British government named Oliver
Dowden Deputy Prime Minister(PM), replacing Dominic Raab, who resigned
following an inquiry into bullying allegations.
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Prior to this appointment, Oliver Dowden
had been serving in Rishi Sunak’s (PM of the United Kingdom) government as the
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Cabinet Office secretary.
8. 8TH CJ OF TRIPURA HC
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Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh,
Judge, High Court (HC) of Jharkhand has sworn in as the 8th Chief Justice(CJ)
of the Tripura High Court.
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SatyadeoNarain Arya, Governor of
Tripura, administered the oath of office in a function at Raj Bhavan.
9. ISRO LAUNCHED 2 SINGAPOREAN
SATELLITES
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The Indian Space Research Organisation
(ISRO) has launched PSLV-C55 with two Singaporean satellites – TeLEOS-2
as the primary satellite and Lumelite-4 as a co-passenger satellite, as a part
of the PSLV-C55/TeLEOS-2 mission, from Satish Dhawan Space
Center(SDSC)-Sriharikota Range(SHAR), Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.
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This marks the 57th flight of the Polar
Satellite Launch Vehicle(PSLV) and the 16th mission using the PSLV Core Alone
configuration (PSLV-CA).
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ISROChairman– S Somanath
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Headquarters– Bengaluru, Karnataka
10. INTERNATIONAL MOTHER EARTH DAY 2023
– APRIL 22
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The United Nations(UN)’s International
Mother Earth Day, also known as “Earth Day” is annually observed across the
globe on 22nd April to create awareness about humanity’s relationship with the
natural world.
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Since 1970, 22nd April has been observed
as Earth Day by the EARTHDAY.ORG in more than 190 countries.
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According to the State of the Global
Climate 2022, the annual report from the World Meteorological Organization
(WMO), released ahead of Earth Day 2023(April 22), the 8 years, 2015-2022 were
the warmest in the instrumental record back to 1850, despite the cooling impact
of three consecutive years of a cooling La Niña. 2022 was the 5th or 6th
warmest year.
