DAILY GK 3-4 DEC 2024
1. PM MODI DEDICATED EXECUTION OF
3 NEW CRIMINAL LAWS TO THE NATION
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Prime Minister (PM) NarendraModi dedicated
the successful implementation of three new Criminal Laws to
the nation during the program organised with the theme “Secure Society, Developed India – From
Punishment to Justice” in Chandigarh.
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Chandigarh has become the 1st Union
Territory (UT) in the country to fully implement the
BharatiyaNyaya (Second) Sanhita (BNS2) Act, 2023; BharatiyaNagarikSuraksha
(Second) Sanhita (BNSS2) Act, 2023; and
BharatiyaSakshya (Second) Adhiniyam(BSA2) Act, 2023.
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These
laws are available in all the languages in the 8th Schedule through
the Bhashini Application(app).
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E-Vaarta facility has also been introduced in Chandigarh between
the police, judiciary, forensic, prosecution and jail through the
Inter-Operable Criminal Justice System (ICJS).
2. DIAMOND JUBILEE OF NAFSCOB
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Union Minister Amit Shah, the
Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) and the Ministry of Cooperation, attended the Diamond
Jubilee(60 Years) celebrations of the National Federation of State
Co-operative Banks Limited (NAFSCOB) and the national meeting of Rural Cooperative Banks
at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi
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Union Minister Amit Shah stated that in
2027, India’s economy will be the 3rd largest economy in the World, which is
also a goal of the cooperative sector.
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National Federation of State Co-operative
Banks Ltd (NAFSCOB) was founded in 1964
by Dr.DhananjayraoRamchandraGadgil and Maganbhai Patel with a vision to guide
district and state banks in India.
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It
maintains authorized data of 100 parameters for agricultural loans, ensuring
transparency with an accuracy of 99.72%.
3. INDIA’S FIRST CONSTITUTION MUSEUM
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O.P.
Jindal Global University (JGU) has inaugurated India’s
first Constitution Museum in collaboration with the Indian
Institute of Technology Madras (IITM),
featuring the development of S.A.M.V.I.D. (Smart
Assistant for Museum Visitors and Interactive Displays), at O.P JGU in Sonipat, Haryana.
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The museum was inaugurated by Om
Birla, Speaker of the LokSabha,
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The Museum was inaugurated to commemorate
the 75th Anniversary of the adoption of the
Constitution of India on 26th November 1949.
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S.A.M.V.I.D.
is an innovative semi-humanoid
guide robot designed to enhance the visitor experience at the Constitution
Museum and the Rights and Freedoms Academy.
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Visitors
can experience a 360-degree view of pre-independence
India, learning about the journey that led to the drafting of the Constitution.
4. 11TH ASEAN DEFENSE
MINISTERS’ MEETING PLUS
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The 11th Association
of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defense Ministers’ Meeting
Plus (ADMM-Plus) was conducted in Vientiane, Lao
PDR.
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The Meeting exchanged views on regional
and international security issues in
order to strengthen security and defense cooperation for peace, stability,
and development in the region.
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The meeting was chaired by Deputy Prime
Minister and Defence Minister of Laos General ChansamoneChanyalath.
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The
11th ADMM-Plus forum consisted of 10 ASEAN
countries, 8 Plus countries (dialogue partners) and
Timor Leste.
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ASEANSecretary-General – Kao Kim Hourn
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Headquarters – Jakarta, Indonesia
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Founded – August 1967
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Member States– 10 (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar,
the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam)
5. 1ST BRIC FOUNDATION DAY CELEBRATION
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The
Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and Biotechnology Research and
InnovationCouncil (BRIC) under the
Ministry of Science &Technology(MoS&T) introduced the ‘One
Day One Genome’ initiative to showcase the enormous microbial potential of India.
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The 1st Foundation day of BRIC was held on
November 9, 2024 at National Institute of Immunology (NII), New
Delhi.
6. 2ND INDIA-CARICOM SUMMIT HELD IN
GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
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NarendraModi, Prime Minister (PM)
of India and Dickon Mitchell, PM of
Grenada and the current chairperson of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
jointly chaired the 2nd India-CARICOM Summit in
Georgetown, Guyana.
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The CARICOM Summit was hosted by President
of Guyana, Irfaan Ali.
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The 3rd
India-CARICOM Summit is set to be hosted in India.
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PM
Modi offered assistance to CARICOM countries in seven key areas. The key areas
will promote the close bonds of friendship between India and CARICOM.
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CARICOM is a group of 21 countries: 15 Member States and 6
Associate Members.
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This
includes both island states and mainland territories like Suriname and Guyana.
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CARICOM was founded in 1973 with the signing of the Treaty of
Chaguaramas by four founding members of Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad
and Tobago.
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The
CARICOM Secretariat is located in Georgetown, Guyana.
7. INDIA EXPORTS PINAKA WEAPON
SYSTEMS TO ARMENIA
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The first batch of the Indian manufactured
and the most indigenously developed Pinaka
Multi-Barrel Rocket Launchers (MBRL) were exported
to Armenia.
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In 2022, Armenia and India signed a
contract worth Rs 2,000 crore for the supply of
rocket launchers.
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The Indian side confirmed that Armenia had
ordered 3 models of Pinaka rocket systems, which
were to be transported from the New Delhi (Capital
of India) to Yerevan (Capital of Armenia) by 2024.
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Armenia is one of 3 largest
buyers of Indian weapons and equipment along with the (United
States) US and France.
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MBRL was designed by the Armament Research and Development
Establishment (ARDE), a laboratory of the DRDO aimed
at providing the army with firepower superiority that would reduce casualties
to soldiers in war.
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Armenia Capital- Yerevan
8. INDIA SIGNS FINAL ACT OF
RIYADH DESIGN LAW TREATY
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India has signed the Final
Act of the Riyadh Design Law Treaty (DLT), marking
a significant milestone after nearly two decades of negotiations.
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This treaty, adopted by the member states
of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO),
aims to harmonize and simplify the registration
processes for industrial designs across various jurisdictions.
9. INDIA AND ISA PARTNER FOR SOLAR
ENERGY PROJECTS
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An agreement was signed between India’s
Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and the
International Solar Alliance (ISA), to implement solar
energy projects in Fiji, Comoros,
Madagascar, and Seychelles.
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The initiative aims to enhance energy
access and reliability in these nations by introducing solar-powered solutions.
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Under this partnership, the ISA will serve
as the Project Implementing Agency, with India contributing USD 2
million towards the project.
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The Wilmington Declaration, issued at the
Quad Leaders’ Summit in Delaware, emphasized collaboration among Quad countries
(India, USA, Japan, and Australia) to support clean energy supply chains.
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ISA was launched by the Prime Minister (PM) of
India NarendraModi and the former President of France, Francois
Hollande during the COP21 Paris Climate Conference held in
November 2015.
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President- NarendraModi
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Headquarters- Gurgaon ,Haryana, India
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Establishment- 2015
10. UNESCO’S ROADMAP FOR GLOBAL TSUNAMI
PREPAREDNESS BY 2030
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The
(United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) UNESCO unveiled
a comprehensive roadmap marking the 20th anniversary of
the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami to make all coastal community
tsunami ready by 2030.
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This
initiative was announced during an international conference in Banda
Aceh, Indonesia.
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Under the UNESCO Tsunami Ready Programme,
over 30 countries have established critical early warning systems, with 26
Indian and 12 Indonesian coastal
communities recognized as tsunami-ready.
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Globally, 700 million people reside in
tsunami-prone areas, a figure projected to reach 1 billion by 2050.
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Tsunamis,
caused by sudden oceanic shifts like earthquakes or volcanic eruptions, remain
highly destructive. Historical events such as the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami
(227,000+ deaths) and the 2011 Japanese tsunami (20,000 deaths) underline their
catastrophic impact.
11. ‘MANIFEST’ : CAMBRIDGE
DICTIONARY WORD
OF THE YEAR 2024
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The
Cambridge Dictionary has chosen ‘manifest’ as its Word of
the Year 2024, reflecting a significant rise in its usage.
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With
nearly 1,30,000 lookups in their websites, the word
gained popularity across mainstream media, self-help communities, and social
media platforms.
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The phrase to manifest refers to the act of imagining one’s desired achievements,
with the belief that doing so can increase the chances of success.
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In
2023 ‘hallucinate’ was the Cambridge Word of the Year,
highlighting the evolving nature of language in our time.
12. INDIA RE-ELECTED TO UN PEACEBUILDING
COMMISSION FOR 2025-2026
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India was re-elected to the
United Nations (UN) Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) for the 2025-2026 term,
consolidating its position in global peace efforts.
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Currently, India is serving as the member
of the commission and its tenure will expire on 31st December,
2024.
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The announcement was made by the Permanent
Mission of India to the UN.
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PBC
was established in December, 2005 as an
intergovernmental advisory body that supports peace efforts in
conflict-affected countries and is an important addition to the capacity
of the International Community in the broad peace agenda.
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India has been a founding member of the
UN-PBC since its formation in 2005.
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At
present, PBC has 31 member states which are elected
from the UN General Assembly (UNGA) and UN Security
Council (UNSC) and UN Economic and Social
Council (ECOSOC).
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It
also includes the top financial contributing nations and the top
troop-contributing nations to the UN as members.
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The main function of the PBC is to provide recommendations and
information to enhance the coordination of all relevant actors within and
outside the UN.
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It acts as a bridge among the
principal organs and relevant entities of the UN by sharing advice on peacebuilding needs and
priorities, which is in alignment with the respective competencies and
responsibilities of these bodies.
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India
is among the largest contributors of uniformed personnel to UN Peacekeeping
missions.
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More than 200,000 Indians have served in
49 of the 71 UN peacekeeping missions established around the world since 1948.
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Currently,
India has deployed about 6,000 military and police
personnel to UN operations in Abyei, the Central African Republic (CAR),
Cyprus, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Lebanon, the Middle East, Somalia,
South Sudan, and Western Sahara.
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In
2007, India was the first nation to send an
all-women contingent to a UN peacekeeping mission.
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The first all women contingent in the
peacekeeping mission, a Formed Police Unit(FPU) from India, was deployed in
2007 to the UN Operation in Liberia(UNMIL).
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UN-PBC Headquarters- New York
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Established – 2005
13. BRICS SHERPA MEETING IN EKATERINBURG
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The final Sherpa and Sous-Sherpa meeting
of BRICS(Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa)
was held in Ekaterinburg, Russia,
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The meeting witnessed the ceremonial
handover of the BRICS chairmanship
from Russia to Brazil, marking
the end of a pivotal year for the bloc under Russia’s leadership.
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Under
Russia’s presidency, XVI BRICS Summit was held in Kazan in October 2024.
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This
led to the adoption of the Kazan
Declaration.
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The summit also marked the expansion of
BRICS. Egypt, Iran, the UAE(United Arab Emirates) and Ethiopia were
welcomed as a full member in 2024.
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Additionally,
Belarus, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand joined as BRICS partners in 2024.
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The
grouping was formed in September 2006 and it
originally comprised Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC).
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Chair (2025)– Brazil
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Headquarters – Shanghai, China
14. JCB PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
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UpamanyuChatterjee’s
book “Lorenzo Searches for the Meaning of Life”, won
the 7th Edition JCB (Joseph
Cyril Bamford Excavators Limited) Prize for
Literature.
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The
book, published by Speaking Tiger Books, The book follows protagonist Lorenzo
Senesi’s journey of self-discovery and faith.
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JCB Prize for Literature was
established in 2018, awarded annually with Rs 25,00,000
(USD 30,000) prize and a unique sculpture highlighting the value of Indian
literature and its diverse storytelling styles.
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JCB Prize has been considered as “India’s most valuable literature prize”.
15. NIF BOOK PRIZE 2024
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The New India Foundation announced writer Ashok
Gopal has won the KamaladeviChattopadhyay
National Innovation Foundation(NIF) Book Prize 2024 for
his biography “A Part Apart: The Life and Thought of B R Ambedkar”.
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The award carries a cash prize of Rs
15 lakh, a trophy, and a citation.
