DAILY GK 1-2-3 JAN
1.
UP
RANKS FIRST IN THE INTER-OPERABLE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
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Uttar
Pradesh (UP) has ranked first for the third
consecutive year in recording the highest entries (1,56,22,514 entries) on the Inter-Operable Criminal Justice System
(ICJS) platform.
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Madhya
Pradesh (MP) secured second position
and Bihar is in third place with 16,65,107 entries.
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Inter-operable
Criminal Justice System (ICJS): an initiative of the
Supreme Court e-committee and implemented by the Ministry of Home Affairs
(MoHA) in 2013.
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ICJS was created to
enable the seamless transfer of data and information among different pillars of
the criminal justice system, like courts, police, jails and forensic science
laboratories through a single window system.
2.
ANTI-DUMPING
DUTY ON ‘WHEEL LOADERS’ IMPORTS FROM CHINA
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The Ministry of Finance
has imposed a definitive anti-dumping
duty on imports of ‘Wheel Loaders’ from China for a period of 5 years.
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It has imposed
definitive anti-dumping duty on gypsum
board/tiles with lamination at least on one side (also known as PVC gypsum tiles, gypsum ceiling tiles or
ceiling tiles) from China and Oman for five years.
3.
UTTAR
PRADESH IS SET TO BUILD INDIA’S 1ST AI CITY IN LUCKNOW
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Uttar
Pradesh(UP) is set to build India’s first Artificial intelligence (AI) city in Lucknow to
promote AI ecosystem.
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U.P. Electronics
Corporation Limited, the nodal agency of the project, has issued an Expression
of Interest (EoI) inviting real estate developers to build and operate the AI
city.
4.
ULFA
MEMORANDUM OF SETTLEMENT WITH GOVT OF INDIA & ASSAM
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The faction of United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) led by ArabindaRajkhowa, signed a Memorandum of Settlement (peace
pact), with the government of India and Assam.
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The 29 member
delegations of ULFA’s pro talks delegation (16 ULFA members, 13 civil society
members) signed the agreement in the presence of Union Minister, Amit Shah,
Ministry of Home Affairs(MoHA).
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ULFA,
the oldest insurgent group in the Assam, was formed in April 1979 after the
agitation against undocumented immigrants from Bangladesh (erstwhile East
Pakistan).
5.
EAM
JAISHANKAR’S VISIT TO RUSSIA
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External Affairs
Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar was on a
5-day visit to Russia as a part of the ongoing high-level exchanges between
India and Russia.
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During EAM’s visit to
Russia, he signed agreements related to
the construction of the power-generating units of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu.
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Russia
is providing technical assistance for the
construction of the KudanKulan Nuclear
power plants which began in 2002.
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During his visit, EAM Jaishankar and his Russian counterpart
Sergey Lavrovsigned the protocol on
consultation for the next 4 years (2024-28) to make progress in economic
cooperation, energy trade, connectivity, military-technical cooperation, and
people-to-people exchange.
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During the visit, EAM visited schoolNo. 653, named after
Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore in St. Petersburg, Russia and interacted with
teachers and students. The school teaches Hindi as part of its regular
curriculum.
6.
REPORT
ON TREND AND PROGRESS OF BANKING IN INDIA 2023 : RBI
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Reserve Bank of India
(RBI) released the report titled “Report on
Trend and Progress of Banking in India” (2022-2023).
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Small
Finance Banks (SFBs) has the widest gap
of remuneration between top executives
and average employee
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RBI
flagged the interconnectedness of Small
Finance Banks (SFBs) with Co-operative Banks
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The Report highlighted
by March-end2023, Total SFBs deposit is
around 91 lakh crore and out of which 67.53% term deposits with balance
being accounted for by CASA deposits.
7.
HIGHLIGHTS
OF 28TH FINANCIAL STABILITY REPORT BY
RBI
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RBI(Reserve Bank of
India) has released the half-yearly publication of the Financial Stability Report 2023 (September 2023), which assesses
risks to financial stability and the resilience of the Indian financial system.
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None
of the Top 100 Borrower Accounts in the NPA Category
for Scheduled Commercial Banks(SCBs)
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RBI
Report Finds Debt Fund AUM (Asset Under Management)
of Rs.1.7- lakh Crore in Stress
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According to a study by
SEBI, Rs. 1.7 lakh crore of AUM of open-ended debt schemes of 17 mutual funds were under stress as of
September.
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RBI extends Deadline for Implementation of Instructions
regarding Penal Charges in Loan Accounts to April 1, 2024
8.
BANKS,
NBFCS TO STOP COMPOUNDING PENALTY CHARGES FROM APRIL 1, 2024
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Reserve Bank of India
(RBI) extended the deadline for implementation of Instructions regarding Penal Charges in Loan Accounts by three
months i.e. from January 1, 2024 to
April 1, 2024, as a part of fair lending practices.
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In August 2023, the RBI issued guidelines for banks to impose
penalties on loan accounts i.e. ‘Fair Lending Practice – Penal Charges in Loan
Accounts’ starting from January 1, 2024.
9.
FIDE
WORLD RAPID CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2023
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Norwegian Grandmaster
(GM) and World No.1, Magnus Carlsen won
2023 International Chess Federation (FIDE) World Rapid Chess title (Men)
held at Samarkand, Uzbekistan
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Russian chess player Anastasia Bodnaruk (neutral Fide flag) won
the 2023 FIDE World Rapid Chess Women’s title by defeating Indian Chess Grandmaster, Koneru Humpy in a tiebreaker
match to secure first place.
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Prize
Money for Men Category: Winner: USD 60,000
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FIDE
Headquarters – Lausanne, Switzerland
10.
66TH
FOUNDATION DAY OF DRDO – 1ST JANUARY 2024
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Defence Research &
Development Organisation (DRDO), the Research and Development (R&D) wing of
the Ministry of Defence (MoD), annually celebrates its Foundation day or
Raising Day on 1 January.
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DRDO,
formed in 1958, celebrated its 66th foundation
day on 1st January 2024.
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DRDO
was formed in 1958 from the amalgamation of the then already
functioning Technical Development Establishment (TDEs) of the Indian Army and
the Directorate of Technical Development & Production (DTDP) with the
Defence Science Organisation (DSO).
11.
GUJARAT
EMERGES AS ‘PETRO CAPITAL’ OF INDIA
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Gujarat has been
recognised as the ‘petro capital’ of
India, due to the presence of the Reliance Industry Limited’s Jamnagar
refinery and ONGC Petro Additions Limited (OPaL)’s state-of-the-art petrochemical
complex at Dahej in Bharuch district.
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OPaL
is one of South Asia’s single largest
petrochemical complexes.
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It is a joint
venture(JV) between the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), the Gas
Authority of India (GAIL) & Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Limited
(GSPC).
12.
GOI
CONSTITUTES 16TH FINANCE COMMISSION OF INDIA
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The Government of
India, has constituted the 16th Finance
Commission of India with Dr Arvind Panagariya, former Vice-Chairman(VC), NITI
Aayog(National Institution for Transforming India)(2015 to 2017) as Chairman.
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RitvikRanjanam
Pandey, Joint Secretary(Revenue), was appointed
as the Secretary to the Commission.
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Tenure:
The Chairman and other members of the
Commission will hold the post from date on which they assume office up to the date of submission of Report or
31st October 2025.
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The 16th commission is
set to submit its report by 31st October 2025 covering a period of five years
commencing on the 1st April 2026.
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Finance commission of
India was constituted in pursuance of clause (1) of article 280 of the Constitution
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The
Finance Commission is a Constitutionally mandated body
to recommend how tax revenue should be shared between the Union and states.
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The
1st Finance Commission was set up in 1951.
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The 16th commission will
make recommendations on distribution
between the Union and the States of the net proceeds of taxes which are to
be, or may be, divided between them under Chapter I, Part XII of the
Constitution and the allocation between
the States of the respective shares of such proceeds.
13.
CONGO
PRESIDENT RE-ELECTED
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Felix-Antoine
TshisekediTshilombo, the leader of Union for Democracy and Social Progress
(UDPS) party, was re-elected as the President of the Democratic Republic of
Congo (DRC) for the 2nd term.
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Felix Tshisekedi won
73% (or 13 million) of the vote defeating
former Governor of Katanga province MoiseKatumbiChapwe (18%) of the
“Together for the Republic” party and Martin MadidiFayulu(5%) of Engagement for
Citizenship and Development party.
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Denis Mukwege, a surgical
gynecologist and 2018 Nobel Peace Prize winner, also contested in the election.
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Congo Capital –
Kinshasa
14.
1ST
WOMAN PRESIDENT OF EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK
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Nadia
CalviñoSantamaría, a Spanish economist
and civil servant, took over as the 8th
President of the European Investment Bank (EIB), the lending arm of the
European Union(EU).
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With this appointment,
she became the first woman President of EIB.
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EIB the biggest
multilateral financial institution in the world, and one of the largest providers
of climate finance.
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Headquarters– Boulevard
Konrad Adenauer, Luxembourg
15.
ISRO
LAUNCHES PSLV-C58/XPOSAT
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Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO) launched XPoSat
(X-ray Polarimeter Satellite), India’s 1st dedicated polarimetry mission
onboard the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)-C58 from Satish Dhawan
Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh (AP).
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PSLV-C58 has launched
XPOSAT Satellite into an Eastward low
inclination orbit.
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The mission aims to
study various dynamics of bright astronomical X-ray sources like blackhole, neutron stars, active galactic
nuclei, pulsar wind nebulae etc. in extreme conditions.
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With this, India becomes the 2nd country in the world (after
the United States of America(USA)) to launch a specialised astronomy
observatory to study black holes and neutron stars in our galaxy.
16.
2023
WORLD BLITZ CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS
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Norwegian
Grandmaster and World Chess Champion
Magnus Carlsen won the title at the 2023
World Blitz Chess Championships (open tournament) held at the Samarkand Congress Center, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
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This
marks Carlsen’s 7th World Blitz championship
title and 17th World Championship title.
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Russia’s
Valentina Gunina won the title in the Women’s Blitz tournament. This marks
her 2nd World Blitz title. she previously won the title in 2012.
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Russia’s Daniil Dubov
(15.5 points), and Russia’s VladislavArtemiev (15 points) finished 2nd and 3rd
in the Open Blitz tournament.
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The former World
Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk of Switzerland finished 2nd (13.5), and China’s
Zhu Jiner finished 3rd third (12.5).
17.
BOOK
“RAM MANDIR RASHTRA MANDIR EK SAJHI VIRAST”
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Kerala
Governor Arif Muhammed Khan launched a book titled
“Ram MandirRashtraMandirAkSajhiVirast”(Meaning: Ram Mandir, RashtraMandir – A
Common Heritage) jointly written by
Geeta Singh and Arif Khan Bharti.
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The book explores the
profound influence of Lord Ram not only in India but across the Asian
continents.
18.
BOOK
‘MAHA KAVITHAI’ BY POET VAIRAMUTHU
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Tamil Nadu Chief
Minister MK Stalin released a Tamil book titled ‘MahaKavithai’(means ‘Great Poem’) written by poet Vairamuthu
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The book covers a wide
range of subjects including the genesis of the universe, planet Earth, the
functions of five elements, climate change, and its impact.
