Daily Current Affairs February 10

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February 10| Daily Current Affairs 2023

Sports – Daily Current Affairs February 10

1. King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh will host which edition of Santosh Trophy semis and final?
A) 76th
B) 77th
C) 78th
D) 79th
E) None of these
Answer: A) 76th

• The semi-finals and final of the 76th National Football Championship for the Hero Santosh Trophy, to be held abroad for the first time ever, are set to take place between March 1 and March 4 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, it was announced.
• The AIFF Secretary General Shaji Prabhakaran, along with Avijit Paul, Executive Committee Member, AIFF, and Joint Secretary, Football Association of Odisha, addressed the local media in Bhubaneswar on the eve of the launch of the Santosh Trophy.

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2. Indian Open to return after 3-year break, to start from ___________?
A) February 25-26
B) February 23-26
C) February 22-25
D) February 26-29
E) None of these
Answer: B) February 23-26

• Country’s National Open and flagship golf tournament Indian Open is set to return later this month after a three-year break due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
• The Indian Open – to be held between February 23-26 at the DLF Golf & Country Club – will see a high-powered field of star players, including defending champion Stephen Gallacher, 2018 Ryder Cup-winning captain Thomas Bjorn, his fellow Ryder Cup teammate Thorbjorn Olesen, Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre and the rising star from Denmark, Nicolai Hojgaard.
• This year, the DP World Tour tournament will touch the landmark figure of USD 2 million as a prize purse for the first time and host a field of 120 players from over 20 countries.

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3. Country’s first digital portal for sports, sportspersons launched in ___________?
A) Ahmedabad
B) Chennai
C) Punjab
D) Jharkhand
E) None of these
Answer: D) Jharkhand

• In a first-of-its-kind initiative to inculcate sports culture among youths and develop Jharkhand as a nursery for sports, ‘Johar Khiladi Sports Integrated Portal’ has been launched for the overall development of sports and sportspersons in the state.
• According to officials, this portal will prove to be monumental in honing the talents of sportspersons in the state.
• The portal, launched by Chief Minister Hemant Soren, is one of the first such portals to strengthen the idea of digitisation of sports.

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Ranking – Daily Current Affairs February 10

4. India’s national accreditation system ranked _______ in the world?
A) 4th
B) 5th
C) 6th
D) 7th
E) None of these
Answer: B) 5th

• India’s national accreditation system under the Quality Council of India (QCI) has been ranked 5th in the world in the recent Global Quality Infrastructure Index (GQII) 2021.
• The GQII ranks the 184 economies in the world on the basis of quality infrastructure (QI).
• India’s overall QI system ranking continues to be in the Top 10 at the 10th position.

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Banking and Finance – Daily Current Affairs February 10

5. Which bank, CG Power & Industrial included in MSCI India index?
A) Bank of Baroda
B) Indian Bank
C) UCO Bank
D) Bank of India
E) None of these
Answer: A) Bank of Baroda

• Bank of Baroda and CG Power and Industrial have been included in the MSCI India index, said MSCI in a release.
• On the other hand, Biocon sees exclusion from the index.
• The changes will take place as of the close of February 28, 2023, the release said.
• With over 50 years, MSCI is a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community.
• To be eligible for inclusion in an MSCI index, a security’s Foreign Inclusion Factor (FIF) must reach a certain threshold.
• MSCI defines the Foreign Inclusion Factor (FIF) of a company’s securities as the proportion of shares outstanding that are deemed to be available for purchase in the stock markets by international investors.

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6. ADB approved USD 130 million loan for horticulture sector in ____________?
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Arunachal Pradesh
C) Himachal Pradesh
D) Uttar Pradesh
E) None of these
Answer: C) Himachal Pradesh

• The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a USD 130 million loan to increase agricultural productivity and promote horticulture agribusinesses to raise farmers’ income in Himachal Pradesh.
• “More than half of Himachal Pradesh’s land area is on the mountains and 90 per cent of the population lives in rural areas who are dependent on agriculture,” said ADB Senior Natural Resources and Agriculture Specialist for South Asia Sunae Kim.

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7. Who launched G20-theme QR Code to celebrates India’s presidency?
A) Paytm
B) PhonePe
C) Google Pay
D) All of these
E) None of these
Answer: A) Paytm

• One97 Communications Limited that owns leading payments and financial services company Paytm, launched a special G20-theme, QR Code to celebrate India’s presidency of the inter-governmental forum and the country’s leadership in mobile payments.
• The QR code was launched by Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Minister for Railways and IT, during the ‘Digital Payments Utsav’ at the India Habitat Centre here.
• Paytm has played an important role in the mobile payments revolution in India, as the pioneer of QR code payments.
• The special commemorative QR Code features logos of MeitY’s ‘DigiDhan Mission’, along with those of the G20 2023 and 75th year of India’s independence.

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8. Who announced pilot launch of QR Code-based Coin Vending Machine to improve the distribution of coins?
A) RBI
B) SEBI
C) IDAI
D) SIDBI
E) None of these
Answer: A) RBI

• On 8th Feb 2023, RBI announced that QR Code-based Coin Vending Machine (QCVM) will be launched in collaboration with a few leading banks to improve the distribution of coins.
• The pilot project will roll out in 19 locations in 12 cities across the country.
• Our Correspondent reports that The QCVM is a cashless coin dispensation machine which will dispense coins against debit to the customer’s bank account using Unified Payments Interface (UPI).

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Business and Economy – Daily Current Affairs February 10

9. GAIL signed advance pricing agreement with ________?
A) CBDT
B) CDM
C) ATM
D) BNPL
E) None of these
Answer: A) CBDT

• State-owned GAIL (India) Ltd has signed an advance pricing agreement with the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) for determining the transfer pricing margin payable on the long-term LNG the firm sources from the US.
• The pact was signed by Rasmi Ranjan Das of CBDT and R K Jain, Director (Finance), GAIL, the company said in a statement.
• ”GAIL and CBDT entered into a landmark advance pricing agreement (APA) for determining the transfer pricing margin payable on its long-term LNG sourcing contract from USA for the period of five years,”.

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Acquisitions and Mergers – Daily Current Affairs February 10

10. Which state govt and Samsung Research inked MoU to set up ‘IoT Innovation Lab’ in 35 polytechnics?
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Arunachal Pradesh
C) Haryana
D) Karnataka
E) None of these
Answer: D) Karnataka

• Karnataka Department of Collegiate and Technical Education and Samsung Semiconductor India Research (SSIR) inked an MoU, to set up ‘Industrial Internet of Things Labs’ (IoT Innovation Labs) in 35 government polytechnics across the State.
• The project costing Rs 1.52 crore also includes setting up of AI labs in at least two institutions.
• The MoU was signed in presence of Minister for IT/BT C N Ashwath Narayan at Vikasa Souda by P Pradeep, Commissioner, DCTE and Balajee Sowrirajan, Vice-President and MD Samsung semiconductor India Research.

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Science and Technology – Daily Current Affairs February 10

11. ISRO’s SSLV-D2 rocket successfully placed how many satellites into their orbits?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
E) None of these
Answer: C) 3

• The Small Satellite Launch Vehicle – SSLV-D2 launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota successfully placed three satellites EOS-07, Janus-1 and AzaadiSAT-2 into their 450 km circular orbit, said Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
• “SLV-D2/EOS-07 Mission is accomplished successfully.
• SSLV-D2 placed EOS-07, Janus-1 and AzaadiSAT-2 into their intended orbits,” said ISRO.
  ISRO launched the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle – SSLV-D2 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota.
• The launch has put ISRO’s earth observation satellite EOS-07 and two co-passenger satellites Janus-1 and AzaadiSAT-2 into a 450 km circular orbit around the Earth.

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12. Who tested-fires Starship booster in milestone for debut orbital launch?
A) ISRO
B) NASA
C) SpaceX
D) ESA
E) None of these
Answer: C) SpaceX

• SpaceX’s towering Super Heavy booster, one half of the company’s Starship rocket system, briefly roared to life for the first time in a test-firing that puts the behemoth moon and Mars vehicle closer to its first orbital flight in the coming months.
• Thirty-one of the Super Heavy’s 33 Raptor rocket engines fired for roughly 10 seconds at SpaceX’s facilities in Boca Chica, Texas, the company’s chief executive, Elon Musk, tweeted shortly after the test, shown during a livestream.

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13. Who will launch Mars science mission on Bezos-run Blue Origin’s rocket?
A) ISRO
B) NASA
C) SpaceX
D) ESA
E) None of these
Answer: B) NASA

• The US space agency has announced a science mission to Mars aboard Jeff Bezos-run Blue Origin’s New Glenn space launch vehicle.
• NASA awarded ‘Mars Science Mission Launch’ to Blue Origin’s New Glenn as part of the Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) contract.
• ESCAPADE is part of the NASA Small Innovative Missions for Planetary Exploration (SIMPLEx) programme.
• It is a dual spacecraft mission to study the magnetosphere of the Red Planet.
• ESCAPADE is a twin-spacecraft Class D mission that will study solar wind energy transfer through Mars’ unique hybrid magnetosphere.

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National Affairs – Daily Current Affairs February 10

14. PM Modi inaugurated Global Investors Summit 2023 in____________?
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Arunachal Pradesh
C) Haryana
D) Uttar Pradesh
E) None of these
Answer: D) Uttar Pradesh

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Uttar Pradesh Global Investors Summit 2023 here.
• The Uttar Pradesh Global Investors Summit 2023 is being held from February 10-12.
• It is the flagship investment summit of the Uttar Pradesh government.
• The summit will bring together policymakers, industry leaders, academia, think tanks and leaders from across the world to explore business opportunities and forge partnerships.
• Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath were also present on this occasion.

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15. Which ministry launched PLI Schemes for Automobile and Auto Component Industry and National Programme on Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC) Battery Storage with a vision to make India self-reliant?
A) Sports
B) Defence
C) Agricultural
D) Heavy Industries
E) None of these
Answer: D) Heavy Industries

• The Union Minister of State for Heavy Industries, Shri Krishan Pal Gurjar in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today informed that this Ministry has launched two (02) Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Schemes, namely PLI Scheme for Automile and Auto Component Industry, and PLI Scheme for National Programme on Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC) Battery Storage.

PLI Scheme for Auto mobile and Auto Component Industry:-

• With the aim to boost India’s manufacturing capabilities in the automobile and the auto components sector, government approved a PLI Scheme namely ‘PLI Scheme for Automobile and Auto Component Industry’ for this sector with a total budgetary outlay of Rs.25,938 crores over a period of 5years (FY2022-23toFY2026-27). Total expected employment generation and total expected cumulative increase in eligible sales are 1.45Lakh (Direct employment) and ₹2,31,500 Crore, respectively over a period of 5 years. The details of this scheme may be seen at https://heavyindustries.gov.in/UserView/index?mid=2482

PLI Scheme for National Programme on Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC) Battery Storage:-

• To enhance India’s manufacturing capabilities for manufacture of Advance Chemistry Cell(ACC) in India, government approved a PLI Scheme for setting up manufacturing facilities for Advance Chemistry Cell (ACC), Battery Storage in India, with an outlay of Rs.18,100 crores for 7 years (including two years of gestation period).
• Total estimated investment to be made by the beneficiary firm sis to the tune of Rs.27,000 crore.
• The scheme will generate employment of 2.7lakhs. The details of this scheme may be seen at https://heavyindustries.gov.in/UserView/index?mid=2487

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