DAILY GK 13-14 OCTOBER 2024
1.
NEW CM OF
UT J&K
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Omar
Abdullah Vice President (VP) of
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
(JKNC) was officially sworn-in as new Chief Minister (CM) of Union
Territory (UT) Jammu & Kashmir (J&K). H
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He became
the CM of J&K for the 2nd time.
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With
this, he becomes the 1st CM of UT J&K since the abrogation of Article
370 by the Government of India (GoI) in 2019.
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Surinder
Kumar Choudhary took oath as the Deputy CM
of UT J&K.
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The JKNC-INC alliance won the elections by
securing 48 out of 90 assembly seats which went for elections.
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JKNC
emerged as the single largest party with 42 seats, of which 35 seats won
from Kashmir valley and 7 seats won from Jammu division.
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Its
alliance partner INC won 6 seats.
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J&K
Capital- Jammu (in winter) and
Srinagar (in summer)
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Chief
Minister (CM)- Omar AbdullahLieutenant Governor- Manoj Sinha
2. NAYAB SAINI SWORN IN AS HARYANA CM
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Nayab Singh Saini took oath as Haryana
Chief Minister for the second time, leading the BJP to a historic third
consecutive term.
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His 13-member cabinet was sworn in
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Saini, a Dalit leader from Kurukshetra, led the BJP to victory in the Assembly elections,
securing 48 seats in the 90-member
house.
3. NEW DIRECTOR GENERAL OF INDIAN COAST
GUARD
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S.
Paramesh officially took charge as the Director General (DG) of
the Indian Coast Guard at its
headquarters in New Delhi.
4. NATIONAL BRAND AMBASSADOR FOR CYBER
SAFETY
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Rashmika
Mandanna, the popular film actor, has been appointed as the
national brand ambassador of the Indian Cyber
Crime Coordination Centre (I4C).
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This initiative, launched by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), aims to combat the
rising threats of cyber crimes across the nation.
5. HEIR TO JAMNAGAR ROYAL THRONE
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Former cricketer Ajay Jadeja has been officially declared the heir to the throne of Jamnagar by his uncle, the Maharaja Shatrushalyasinh Jadeja.
6. FEMINA MISS INDIA 2024
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Nikita
Porwal from Madhya Pradesh has emerged as the winner of the
Femina Miss India 2024 title.
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This prestigious event took place in
Mumbai, marking the 60th edition of India’s iconic beauty pageant.
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She will represent India at the upcoming Miss World pageant.
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Rekha
Pandey is 1st
Runner-up, and Aayushi Dholakia
is 2nd Runner-up
7. PRESIDENT MURMU AWARDED HONORARY
DOCTORATE IN ALGERIA
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President Droupadi Murmu, received an
Honorary Doctorate in Political Science
from Sidi Abdellah Science and Technology Pole
University in Algiers
8.
INDIA’S 1ST MODERN GAUSHALA - ‘LAL TIPARA GAUSHALA’,
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Prime
Minister (PM) Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated
the ‘Lal Tipara Gaushala’, India’s first modern and
self-reliant Gaushala (cow shelter) with
Bio Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) plant in Gwalior, Madhya
Pradesh(MP).
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The Gaushala was established over 2
hectares in collaboration with Indian
Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL).
9.
NAGALAND PARTNERS WITH WALES FOR 25TH HORNBILL FESTIVAL
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The
Government of Nagaland has signed Wales,
a country which is a part of the United Kingdom(UK), as one of the Country
Partners for the 25th Hornbill Festival.
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The
Hornbill Festival is an annual festival celebrated from 1st to 10th December
2024 in Nagaland.
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It
is a celebration of the Naga heritage
and culture, and is also known as the “Festival
of Festivals”.
10.
WEF’S GLOBAL LIGHTHOUSE NETWORK
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Noida, Uttar Pradesh (UP)-based Jubilant Ingrevia Limited,
science products and innovative solutions provider, has become the latest Indian
firm to join as the member of
the Global Lighthouse Network (GLN)
of the World Economic Forum (WEF).
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Jubilant Ingrevia is the only Indian firm among the cohort of
2024 welcomed by the WEF.
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GLN
is an initiative co-founded by the WEF and McKinsey &
Company in 2018, aimed at recognizing
leading manufacturing facilities
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It
is a community of 172 industry leaders pioneering
the use of cutting-edge Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR)
technologies in manufacturing.
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Other India-based units in this
network are
of ReNew, Cipla, Ceat, Dr Reddy’s, Mondelez International, Unilever, ACG,
Schneider Electric and Tata Steel.
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The
newest group represent 10
countries: China, the Czech Republic, Germany, India, Mexico,
Singapore, Sweden, Türkiye, and newcomers Switzerland and Vietnam.
11. “SCAM SE BACHO” CAMPAIGN
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The “Scam
se Bacho” campaign was launched by Secretary Sanjay Jaju in New Delhi.
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This initiative, developed
by Meta in collaboration with Ministry of Electronics and Information
Technology (MeitY), the Ministry of
Home Affairs (MHA), the Ministry of
Information and Broadcasting (MIB), and the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C).
12. INDIA’S FIRST SELF-POWERED INDOOR AIR
QUALITY MONITOR
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Union Minister of State for Science and
Technology, Dr. Jitendra Singh, has inaugurated Pavana Chitra, India’s first
self-powered indoor air quality monitoring facility, located at Thiruvananthapuram International Airport.
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The facility is self-powered and uses indigenous solar cells developed by
CSIR-NIIST.
13. INDIA’S SECOND LARGEST BUTTERFLY
DIVERSITY HUB
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Kaziranga
National Park, renowned for its iconic one-horned rhinoceros, has now gained
recognition as India’s second-largest
butterfly diversity hub.
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Following Namdapha National Park in
Arunachal Pradesh, Kaziranga is home to an impressive 446 butterfly species.
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The first-ever ‘Butterfly Conservation Meet-2024’ was held in September to focus on
the detailed study of butterfly species in Kaziranga.
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Kaziranga National Park is located in the Golaghat and Nagaon districts of Assam.
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It was declared a national park in 1974.
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It is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site and houses two-thirds of the total world
population of greater one-horned rhinoceros.
14. SUPREME COURT’S JUSTICE STATUE
REMOVES BLINDFOLD
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Traditionally, Lady Justice was
portrayed with a blindfold, symbolizing impartiality and equality
before the law.
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The new statue, however, has its eyes open,
symbolizing that justice is not blind in India, but instead aware,
conscious, and empathetic.
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The
sword, a traditional symbol of authority and punishment, has
been replaced by the Indian
Constitution.
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The scales,(Taraju) a symbol of fairness and balance,
remain in the new statue.
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Articles
124 to 147 in Part V of the Indian Constitution
deal with the provisions related to the Supreme Court of India.
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The Constitution of India empowers the Parliament to increase or
decrease the number of judges of the SC.
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The Supreme Court of India was established on January 28, 1950, two
days after India became a republic with the adoption of its Constitution on
January 26, 1950.
15.
COLOMBIA SIGN AUDIO-VISUAL CO-PRODUCTION
AGREEMENT WITH INDIA
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India and Colombia signed
an Audio-Visual Co-Production Agreement to enhance collaboration in film
production and strengthen cultural ties, and goodwill between the
two nations.
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With this, Colombia becomes the 17th country to sign such an agreement with
India.
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India
has established co-production treaties with 16 countries (now 17) over the
years, leading to 29 projects in the last 5 years.
16.
WHO DECLARES THAT INDIA HAS ELIMINATED TRACHOMA
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The World Health Organization (WHO)
has declared that the Government of India (GoI) has
eliminated Trachoma as a public health problem.
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India received this honour at the 77th Regional Conference of World Health
Organization (WHO) South East Asia Region held in New Delhi.
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It has become the 3rd country
in the South-East Asia Region after Nepal and Myanmar to
secure this milestone.
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Trachoma
is an eye disease caused by infection with the bacterium Chlamydia
trachomatis.
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WHO Director-General(DG) – Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
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Headquarters – Geneva, Switzerland
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Founded – 7 April 1948
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Member countries – 194 member states
17. 149th INTER-PARLIAMENTARY
UNION (IPU) ASSEMBLY
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Lok
Sabha Speaker Om Birla recently addressed the 149th Assembly of the
Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) held at the IPU headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
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The
theme for this year’s assembly was “Harnessing Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) for a more peaceful
and sustainable future.”
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Jamaica’s
rejoining as the 181st Member Parliament.
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Jamaica had previously been a member of
the IPU from 1983 to 1996.
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He IPU currently comprises 181 national Member Parliaments and 15 regional
parliamentary bodies, enhancing its global representation.
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The Inter-Parliamentary Union was initially established as the
Inter-Parliamentary Conference on June 30, 1889, in Paris, France.
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It was renamed to its current title in 1899.
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The establishment of the IPU is credited to Fredric Passey, the first Nobel Peace Prize winner from France,
and William Randal Cremer, an
Englishman.
18. MOST VALUABLE FOOD BRANDS IN 2024
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Nestle of Switzerland, with the revenue
of $20,769 million, holds the title of the most valuable
food brand in 2024,
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It
is followed by Lay’s, Yili and Tyson.
19.
MONITORED WILDLIFE POPULATIONS DECREASED WWF REPORT
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The World Wide Fund for Nature/WWF (Formerly World Wildlife Fund),
released 15th edition of its biennial assessment ‘2024 Living Planet Report- A system in
Peril’ stating that the average size
of monitored wildlife populations has decreased
by 73% in just 50 years (1970-2020).
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The WWF uses the Living
Planet Index (LPI), provided by ZSL (Zoological
Society of London), to track wildlife population trends, covering nearly 35,000
populations of 5,495 species from 1970 to 2020.
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The steepest declines in wildlife
populations are in Latin America and the Caribbean (95%),
Africa (76%), and Asia-Pacific (60%).
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WWF Headquarters– Gland,
Switzerland
20.
GLOBAL HUNGER INDEX 2024
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According to the 19th edition of ‘Global Hunger
Index (GHI 2024): How Gender Justice Can Advance Climate Resilience and Zero
Hunger’, India has been ranked at 105th position
among 127 countries with an overall
score of 27.3.
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India has improved its ranking by 6
places, from 111th (2023).
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As per the report, India is among 42 countries
that have been placed under the “serious” category
for hunger levels, alongside Pakistan (109th) and Afghanistan (116th).
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The
2024 GHI score for the world is 18.3, which
is considered moderate, has decreased marginally from the 2016 GHI score of
18.8.
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13.7% of India’s population is undernourished, meaning they do not have access to sufficient caloric intake.
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35.5% of Indian children under five are stunted, reflecting chronic undernutrition.
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18.7% of Indian children under five suffer from wasting, a sign of acute undernutrition where children
have low weight for their height.
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2.9% of Indian children die before
reaching their fifth birthday due to a combination of inadequate nutrition and unhealthy
living environments.
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733 million people globally face
hunger each day,
while 2.8 billion people cannot afford a healthy diet.
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The
Global Hunger Index (GHI) is a peer-reviewed report, published on an annual
basis by Concern Worldwide and
Welthungerhilfe.
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Top 5 worst performing countries: Somalia (127th), Yemen (126th), Chad (125th), Madagascar (124th),
Democratic Republic of Congo (123rd).
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Top 5 countries are Belarus-1,
Bosnia and Herzegovina-2,Chile-3,China-4,Costa Rica-5
