Daily Current Affairs April 08&09

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April 08&09| Daily Current Affairs 2023

Important Days – Daily Current Affairs April 08&09

1. In below option, which is related to important days on April 8,9?
1) International Romani Day is celebrated on April 8 each year
2) CRPF Valour Day or ShauryaDiwas is observed on April 9 every year
3) The CRPF was established as the Crown Representative Police on July 27, 1939
A) Only 1
B) Only 2
C) Only 3
D) Only 1 & 2
E) All of these
Answer: E) All of these

International Romani Day

• International Romani Day is celebrated on April 8 each year

HISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL ROMANI DAY

• International Romani Day traces its origin to the first major international meeting of Roma representatives, which was held from April 7 to 12 1971, in Chelsfield near London, United Kingdom.
• Twenty-three representatives from nine different nations attended the maiden edition of the World Romani Congress.
• However, April 8 was not officially declared as the International Day of the Roma until 1990 during the fourth World Romani Congress, which was held in Serock, Poland.
• The 1990 World Romani Congress of the International Romani Union (I.R.U.) had 250 delegates in attendance and they discussed issues such as education, public relations, language, and WWII reparations

CRPF Valour Day or ShauryaDiwas

• CRPF Valour Day or ShauryaDiwas, which is observed on April 9 every year.
• The day is significant as it marks the anniversary of a remarkable battle that took place in 1965 between the CRPF and a Pakistan Brigade.
• The conflict occurred at Sardar Post in the Rann of Kutch, Gujarat, and is considered a pivotal moment in the history of the Indian military

Establishment of CRPF

• The CRPF was established as the Crown Representative Police on July 27, 1939, with the primary role of maintaining law and order in British India.
• The force underwent a name change to the Central Reserve Police Force through a parliamentary act on December 28, 1949, following independence.
• SardarVallabhbhai Patel, the former Union Home Minister, envisioned a diverse role for the force to cater to the evolving requirements of the recently liberated country.
• the CRPF is the largest paramilitary force in India, with over 3,00,000 personnel, and is involved in a variety of operations, including counter-terrorism, anti-insurgency, and disaster management

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Sports – Daily Current Affairs April 08&09

2. In below option, which is correct in related to Orleans Masters?
1) PriyanshuRajawat won men’s singles defeated by Magnus Johannesen.
2) It was a badminton tournament which took place in the Palais des Sports at Orléans, France
3) Carolina Marin won Women’s singles defeated by Beiwen Zhang
A) Only 1
B) Only 2
C) Only 3
D) Only 1 & 2
E) All of these
Answer: E) All of these

• Orleans Masterswas a badminton tournament which took place in the Palais des Sports at Orléans, France.

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3. Tejaswin Shankar bagged a decathlon silver at the Jim Click Shootout competition in Arizona, USA. He is related to which sports?
A) Racing
B) Boxing
C) Weightlifting
D) Athlete
E) High jump
Answer: E) High jump

• Commonwealth Games medallist high jumper Tejaswin Shankar bagged a decathlon silver and came close to breaking the national record at the Jim Click Shootout competition in Arizona, USA.
• Tejaswin, who won the high jump bronze in the 2022 CWG in Birmingham, competed in the gruelling 10-event decathlon and scored a cumulative 7,648 points — 10 less than Bharatinder Singh’s national record of 7,658 set in 2011.
• The competition was held at the University of Arizona’s Tucson campus and is recognised by United States Track and Field (USTAF).
• Though he missed the national record by a whisker, his 7,648 points breached the Asian Games standard of 7,500 set by the Athletics Federation of India.

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4. Which city to host Street Child Cricket World Cup in September?
A) Chennai
B) Indore
C) Bangalore
D) Hyderabad
E) Kolkata
Answer: A) Chennai

• Chennai to host Street Child Cricket World Cup in September.
• Organised by Street Child United in partnership with Shree Dayaa Foundation, the tournament will take place at Amir Mahal, the official residence of the Nawab of Arcot from September 20 to 30.
• This is the second edition of the Street Child Cricket World Cup.
• Four children from Karunalaya were a part of Team India South which won the inaugural Street Child Cricket World Cup, hosted at Lord’s Cricket Ground in 2019.

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Ranking – Daily Current Affairs April 08&09

5. In below option, which is correct in related to the best public transport in the world?
1) Survey published by London based ‘Time Out’
2) Czech Republic’s capital Prague was ranked as the city with the best public transport system globally
3) Mumbai secured the 19th spot in this ranking
A) Only 1
B) Only 2
C) Only 3
D) Only 1 & 3
E) All of these
Answer: D) Only 1 & 3

• Survey published by London based ‘Time Out’
• According to the survey conducted among 20,000 respondents in 50 cities worldwide to gauge public sentiment about their local transport systems
• Asian cities in Time Out’s list – Maharashtra’s capital city Mumbai featured in the nineteenth rank on the list. It was Tokyo, in third place, that had the highest showing for the continent

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Awards – Daily Current Affairs April 08&09

6. The Indian-American statistician CalyampudiRadhakrishna Rao has been awarded the 2023 International Prize in Statistics, which is statistics’ equivalent of the Nobel Prize. It was established in which year?
A) 2015
B) 2014
C) 2011
D) 2012
E) 2016
Answer: E) 2016

• The Indian-American statistician CalyampudiRadhakrishna Rao has been awarded the 2023 International Prize in Statistics, which is statistics’ equivalent of the Nobel Prize.
• It was established in 2016 and is awarded once every two years to an individual or team “for major achievements using statistics to advance science, technology and human welfare.”
• Prof. Rao, who is now 102 years old, is a ‘living legend’ whose work has influenced, in the words of the American Statistical Association, “not just statistics” but also “economics, genetics, anthropology, geology, national planning, demography, biometry, and medicine”.

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Science and Technology – Daily Current Affairs April 08&09

7. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station carrying the ______ satellite toward geostationary transfer orbit?
A) Intelsat 40a
B) Intelsat 40b
C) Intelsat 40c
D) Intelsat 40d
E) Intelsat 40e
Answer: E) Intelsat 40e

• SpaceX successfully launched Intelsat’s IS-40e communications satellite which will help the operator meet growing demand for connectivity on planes while also carrying its first hosted payload for NASA.
• The satellite deployed solar arrays and is receiving and sending signals in geosynchronous transfer orbit.
• Intelsat 40e is an advanced geostationary satellite that will provide high-throughput connectivity to the company’s government and enterprise customers across North and Central America.
• The satellite, developed by Colorado-based Maxar Technologies, also carries NASA’s Tropospheric Emissions Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) as a hosted payload.
• Intelsat 40e will settle at 91 degrees West in a geostationary orbit (GEO), about 22,000 miles (36,000 kilometers) above Earth’s equator. From there, the satellite will perform its main communications role but also allow TEMPO to take hourly snapshots of air pollution over North America.
• TEMPO was developed by Ball Aerospace and has a primary mission of 20 months, but could go on working beyond this. Intelsat 40e itself carries two large solar arrays to provide power and is designed to operate for at least 15 years.
• It was SpaceX’s 23rd of the year, and the Falcon 9’s touchdown was the company’s 184th orbital rocket landing overall to date.

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International Affairs – Daily Current Affairs April 08&09

8. North Korea tests another nuclear-capable underwater drone named ______?
A) Haeil-4
B) Haeil-5
C) Haeil-6
D) Haeil-7
E) Haeil-2
Answer: E) Haeil-2

• North Korea has conducted another test of a nuclear-capable underwater attack drone.
• The latest demonstration of its military capabilities as it faces off against the United States and South Korea.
• North Korea tested a nuclear-capable unmanned underwater attack weapon called “Haeil-2” from April 4 to April 7.
• During the underwater strategic weapon system test the drone cruised 1,000 km (621 miles)for 71 hours and 6 minutes and successfully hit a simulated target.
• North Korean state media last month reported two tests of another drone, named “Haeil-1,” and described the weapon as capable of setting off a “radioactive tsunami” to destroy enemy vessels and ports.
• Also, The U.S. Navy has deployed a guided-missile submarine capable of carrying up to 154 Tomahawk missiles to the Middle East.

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National Affairs – Daily Current Affairs April 08&09

9. Indian Navy conducted ‘Prasthan’, a bi-annual co-ordinated exercise along with other defence, state and civilian agencies in the offshore development area off Mumbai. The exercise is held every _____ months?
A)2
B)3
C)4
D)6
E)8
Answer: D)6

• Indian Navy conducted ‘Prasthan‘, a bi-annual co-ordinated exercise along with other defence, state and civilian agencies in the offshore development area off Mumbai.
• The exercise is held every six months to validate measures and procedures to address contingencies that may occur in oil production platforms.
• The current exercise was conducted on the GreatdrillChaaya platform, located about 30 nm South West of Mumbai Harbour.
• A number of ships and helicopters from the Indian Navy, Indian Air Force, Indian Coast Guard, ONGC and Directorate General of Shipping were deployed for the exercise.
• Personnel from Maharashtra Police, Customs, Fisheries Department, Mumbai Port Authority, JN Port Authority and other concerned state and central civilian agencies also participated in it

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10. President DroupadiMurmu Flies In Fighter Jet From Assam’s Tezpur. In which year, former president PratibhaPatil had flown in the frontline fighter aircraft?
A) 2002
B) 2003
C) 2004
D) 2005
E) 2009
Answer: E) 2009

• President DroupadiMurmu took her maiden fighter jet flight. She was seen wearing an anti-gravity suit before stepping into a Sukhoi 30 MKI fighter aircraft at the Tezpur Air Force Station in Assam, a strategic air base.
• The President, who is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces, flew for approximately 30 minutes covering Brahmaputra and Tezpur valley with a view of the Himalayas before returning to the Air Force Station
• After landing at Tezpur, Murmu received a guard of honour by IAF personnel, followed by an official briefing on her flight aboard the Sukhoi aircraft
• President Murmu is the third President and second woman President to undertake such a sortie.
• The aircraft was flown by Group Captain Naveen Kumar, Commanding Officer of the 106 Squadron. The aircraft flew at a height of about two kilometres above sea level and at a speed of about 800 kilometers per hour
• In 2009, former president PratibhaPatil had flown in the frontline fighter aircraft
• The Sukhoi-30 MKI is a twin-seater multirole fighter jet developed by Russia’s Sukhoi and built under licence by India’s aerospace giant Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

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11. In below option, which is related to official visit by Narendra Mod in Tamil Nadu & Telangana, Karnataka?
1) Narendra Modi flagged off India’s 12th Vande Bharat Express on the Secunderabad-Tirupati route
2) Narendra Modi flagged off India’s 13th Vande Bharat train on the Chennai-Coimbatore route
3) Narendra Modi inaugurated the new terminal at the Chennai Airport.
A) Only 1
B) Only 2
C) Only 3
D) Only 1 & 2
E) All of these
Answer: E) All of these

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off India’s 13th Vande Bharat train on the Chennai-Coimbatore route. With this launch, now south India has two semi-high-speed trains.
• Previously, PM Modi also flagged off India’s 12th Vande Bharat Express on the Secunderabad-Tirupati route.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated a new integrated terminal building set up at a total outlay of Rs 2,437 crore at the Chennai airport.
• With the aim to curb poaching and illegal wildlife trade, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the International Big Cats Alliance (IBCA) in Mysore,Karnataka.
• PM Modi also inaugurated the ‘Commemoration of 50 years of Project Tiger’. During the programme, he released the publication ‘AmritKaalKa Vision for Tiger Conservation’, a summary report of 5th cycle of Management Effective Evaluation of Tiger Reserves.
• He also released a summary report of All India Tiger Estimation (5th cycle). India’s tiger population rose by 200 in the past four years to reach 3,167 in 2022, the latest tiger census data released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. According to the data, the tiger population was 1,411 in 2006, 1,706 in 2010, 2,226 in 2014, 2,967 in 2018 and 3,167 in 2022.
• PM Modi also released a commemorative coin on the completion of 50 years of Project Tiger.
• In July 2019, Prime Minister Modi called for an Alliance of Global Leaders to firmly curb poaching and illegal wildlife trade in Asia.
• India launched ‘Project Tiger’ onApril 1, 1973 to promote tiger conservation. Initially, it covered nine tiger reserves spread over 18,278 sq km. At present, there are 53 tiger reserves spanning more than 75,000 sq km (approximately 2.4 per cent of the country’s geographical area).

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12. Bengaluru will soon have India’s first post office constructed using 3D printing technology. The post office is being built at a cost of ________?
A) Rs 22 lakh
B) Rs 23 lakh
C) Rs 21 lakh
D) Rs 24 lakh
E) Rs 25 lakh
Answer: B) Rs 23 lakh

• Bengaluru will soon have India’s first post office constructed using 3D printing technology. The project at Cambridge Layout in Ulsoor is being implemented by Larsen & Toubro, which has experience in constructing 3D-printed buildings.
• The post office is being built at a cost of Rs 23 lakh

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13. In below option, which is not related to MUDRAYojana?
1)In 2023, It completes 8 years
2) It launched in 2017
3) Around Rs 23.2 lakh crore has been sanctioned in 40.82 crore loan accounts under Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana from beginning.
A) Only 1
B) Only 2
C) Only 3
D) Only 1 & 2
E) All of these
Answer: C) Only 2

• Around Rs 23.2 lakh crore has been sanctioned in 40.82 crore loan accounts under Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana since its inception back in 2015.
• About 68 per cent of accounts under the scheme belong to women entrepreneurs and 51 per cent of accounts belong to entrepreneurs of SC/ST and OBC categories
• The Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana (PMMY) was launched on April 8, 2015, by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with an aim to facilitate easy collateral-free micro-credit of up to Rs 10 lakh to non-corporate, non-farm small and micro-entrepreneurs

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14. What is the purpose of the ‘Bhoroxa’ mobile app launched by President DroupadiMurmu?
A) To improve public transportation for women and elderly people
B) To provide free healthcare services for women and elderly people
C) To ensure the safety of women and elderly people
D) To promote women’s entrepreneurship
E) To enhance access to education for women and elderly people
Correct answer: C) To ensure the safety of women and elderly people

• President DroupadiMurmu attended the function to mark the completion of 75 years of the Gauhati High Court in Guwahati.
• On the occasion, she launched a mobile app ‘Bhoroxa’ made for the safety of women and elderly people.

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15. In below option, which is related to News of Jammu & Kashmir recently?
1) Manoj Sinha inaugurated Tulip Garden at Sanasar
2) Third edition of the Jammu Film Festival begins at Abhinav Theatre
3) Rs 447 crore has been allocated to the tourism sector in 2023 to develop J&K as a modern and smart tourist destination
A) Only 1
B) Only 2
C) Only 3
D) Only 1 & 2
E) All of these
Answer: E) All of these

J-K LG Manoj Sinha inaugurates Tulip Garden in Jammu

• Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha inaugurated Tulip Garden at Sanasar, the first such park for Jammu Division.
• the Garden spread over 40 Kanals with 2.75 Lakh Tulip Bulbs of 25 different varieties, situated amid lush green woods in Ramban district will provide a major impetus to tourism and trade activities.
• The Lt Governor said that Rs 447 crore has been allocated to the tourism sector this year to develop J&K as a modern and smart tourist destination.

Third edition of the Jammu Film Festival

In Jammu and Kashmir, the third edition of the Jammu Film Festival, sponsored by the J&K Tourism Department, began with a grand opening at Abhinav Theatre.
the festival featured parallel screenings of 25 feature films, short films and documentaries from countries including Iran, India, France and the United States

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