Daily Current Affairs March 13

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March 13| Daily Current Affairs 2023

Sports – Daily Current Affairs March 13

1. Who lifted ITF Women’s Open?
A) Brenda Fruhvirtova
B) Ankita Raina
C) Sania Mirza
D) Serena Williams
E) None of these
Answer: A) Brenda Fruhvirtova

• Top-seed Brenda Fruhvirtova gave an impressive demonstration of her fighting skills as she beat India’s Ankita Raina 0-6, 6-4, 6-0 to clinch the ITF Women’s Open singles title at the KSLTA Stadium.
• The $40k tournament was part of the ITF Women’s World Tennis Tour, hosted by the Karnataka State Lawn Tennis Association (KSLTA).
• Cutting back to the match, the proceedings had a different beginning to it as Fruhvirtova, a World No. 163 from Czech Republic, did not look sharp in the first set against Raina, the fourth seed.
• Fruhvirtova served 4 double faults and committed several unforced errors as Raina never gave her any footing.
• The Indian grabbed the first set 6-0, converting all the 3 breakpoints.

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2. Who overcame Jadeja to ICC player of month award, Gardner too wins again?
A) Axar Patel
B) Harry Brook
C) Babar Azam
D) Ishan Kishan
E) None of these
Answer: B) Harry Brook

• England’s Harry Brook overcame India’s Ravindra Jadeja and Gudakesh Motie of the West Indies to win the ICC player of the month award for February with Australian Ashleigh Gardner claiming the top prize in the women’s section.
• Brook bagged his second player of the month award after his exploits in New Zealand Test series, becoming only the second man to win it on two separate occasions along with Babar Azam of Pakistan.

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Obituary – Daily Current Affairs March 13

3. Who awarded Nobel for poetic fiction, died?
A) Siddhartha Mohanty
B) Kenzaburo Oe
C) Rohit Jawa
D) B Gopkumar
E) None of these
Answer: B) Kenzaburo Oe

• Nobel literature laureate Kenzaburo Oe, whose darkly poetic novels were built from his childhood memories during Japan’s postwar occupation and from being the parent of a disabled son, has died.
• He was 88.
• His publisher, Kodansha Ltd., said in a statement Monday that Oe had died of old age on March 3.
• The publisher did not give further details about his death and said his funeral was held by his family.

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Banking and Finance – Daily Current Affairs March 13

4. CheQ Partnered with which Bank to Provide Users with Extra Rewards on Credit Card Bill Payments?
A) Axis Bank
B) ICICI Bank
C) CUB Bank
D) IDBI Bank
E) None of these
Answer: A) Axis Bank

• Axis Bank credit card customers will earn 1% + extra 0.5% back as CheQ Chips on paying their credit card bills on the CheQ app.
• CheQ Chips can be redeemed for vouchers from top brands like Amazon, Flipkart, Swiggy, Zomato, among others.
• Bengaluru-based fintech startup, CheQ (www.cheq.one), has partnered with Axis Bank, India’s third largest private sector bank to make the credit card bill payment experience extra rewarding for its users.
• As part of a first-of-its-kind partnership, customers who pay their Axis Bank credit card bills on the CheQ app will earn flat 1.5% of their payment back as CheQ Chips.
• This is an additional incentive of 0.5% over the regular 1% that users normally get.
• CheQ Chips are the app’s in-app currency, received as a reward for every payment on CheQ.
• They can be redeemed for vouchers from top brands like Amazon, Flipkart, Swiggy, Zomato etc, or converted to cash & taken to the bank.
• The offer will be applicable exclusively for Axis Bank credit card customers from 13 March, 2023 on a minimum bill payment of ₹100 on the CheQ app.

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5. Suryoday Small Finance Bank launched special women’s savings account with up to ___% interest rates?
A) 6%
B) 7%
C) 8%
D) 9%
E) None of these
Answer: B) 7%

• Suryoday Small Finance Bank has launched a new savings account specially designed for women customers called the Blossom Women’s savings account, with debit card with rewards and cashback and one complementary account for a child and many more features.
• The Blossom Women Savings Account gives a monthly interest credit and an interest rate of 7% each year, according to a press release issued by the bank.
• It also comes with a RuPay Platinum Debit Card that has been expressly created to offer discounts for shopping and online purchases, among other things.

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Business and Economy – Daily Current Affairs March 13

6. Whose Health Infinity Policy Offered India’s First Credit Score-based Discount on Premium?
A) Reliance
B) TATA
C) Infosys
D) Microsoft
E) None of these
Answer: A) Reliance

• Reliance General Insurance, one of India’s leading Private General Insurance Companies, has introduced the country’s first credit score-based discount on insurance premiums.
• In a move to reward customers for being financially fit, the Company is offering as high as 7.5%* discount on insurance premiums to customers who have high credit scores and good credit report.
• Customers buying new or renewing their existing Reliance Health Infinity Policy can avail this unique benefit based on their good credit score.
• A good credit score indicates financial discipline of a customer.
• Reliance General Insurance has brought out the credit score-based discount to encourage such disciplines and good financial habits among the customers.

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7. Pocket HRMS and who joined Hands to Offer No Cost HRMS and Neo Banking Experience?
A) Fi Money
B) Cashify
C) Grow
D) Upstocks
E) None of these
Answer: A) Fi Money

• Mumbai, Maharashtra, India – Business Wire India Pocket HRMS, India’s best smHRt HRMS (HR management software) has announced a strategic partnership with Bengaluru-based fintech Fi Money to fuel its mission to Digitalize entire spectrum of Human Resource Management for Digital Bharat.
• Under this strategic Partnership, both companies would offer wide array of tightly integrated end to end Human Resource Management capabilities to SME and Larger Enterprises across India.
• Fi Money is a financial app for millennials to help them manage their money and grow their wealth.
• It offers a saving account hosted by its banking partner Federal Bank, and a host of investment options from mutual funds to peer-to-peer investing.
• Fi Money was launched in 2021 with the aim of helping millennials get smarter with their money.

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Acquisitions and Mergers – Daily Current Affairs March 13

8. Who acquired Silicon Valley Bank UK unit for £1?
A) HSBC
B) ADB
C) World Bank
D) All of these
E) None of these
Answer: A) HSBC

• HSBC said it is acquiring the UK subsidiary of Silicon Valley Bank for 1 pound.
• HSBC chief executive Noel Quinn said the acquisition makes “excellent strategic sense” for the bank’s UK business and strengthens its commercial banking franchise and enhances the ability to serve innovative and fast-growing firms, including in the technology and life-science sectors, in the UK and internationally.
• “We welcome SVB UK’s customers to HSBC and look forward to helping them grow in the UK and around the world. SVB UK customers can continue to bank as usual, safe in the knowledge that their deposits are backed by the strength, safety and security of HSBC.
• We warmly welcome SVB UK colleagues to HSBC, we are excited to start working with them”.

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Appointments – Daily Current Affairs March 13

9. Who sworn in as Nepal’s third President?
A) Siddhartha Mohanty
B) Ram Chandra Paudel
C) Rohit Jawa
D) B Gopkumar
E) None of these
Answer: B) Ram Chandra Paudel

• Senior Nepali Congress leader Ram Chandra Paudel took the oath of office and secrecy as Nepal’s third President.
• At a special ceremony at Sheetal Niwas, the President’s Office, Acting Chief Justice Hari Krishna Karki administered the oath to 78-year-old Paudel.
• Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Speaker Dev Raj Ghimire, National Assembly Chairman Ganesh Prasad Timilsina and other high-ranking government officials were also present on the occasion.

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Awards – Daily Current Affairs March 13

10. Who honoured Arushi Kotwal & Harmanjot Singh awardees of Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar for year 2022 & 2021 respectively?
A) Rajnath Singh
B) Bhupender Yadav
C) Manoj Sinha
D) Narayan Rane
E) None of these
Answer: C) Manoj Sinha

• In Jammu and Kashmir, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha honoured Arushi Kotwal and Harmanjot Singh, the awardees of Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar for the year 2022 and 2021 respectively, in Jammu.
• Our Jammu Correspondent reports that while interacting with the awardees, the LG said their exceptional achievements in innovation & sports have inspired many other young children to strive for excellence.
• The LG assured every possible support & assistance from the UT administration in their future endeavours.
• Worth to mention, Harmanjot Singh, a young innovator, had developed a Women Safety App -‘Raksha’ and won various Olympiads and competitions.
• Arushi Kotwal, who aspires to be a Grand Master, has brought glory to the country at many National & International Chess Championships.

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Science and Technology – Daily Current Affairs March 13

11. Which country tested submarine-launched cruise missile?
A) North Korea
B) South Korea
C) Japan
D) China
E) None of these
Answer: A) North Korea

• North Korea said that it has conducted submarine-launched cruise missile tests.
• The missile test came, a day before the U.S. and South Korean militaries begin large-scale joint military drills that North Korea views as a rehearsal for invasion.
• South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said that South Korean and U.S. intelligence authorities were analyzing details of the operation.
• North Korea sees regular South Korea-U.S. military exercises as a major security threat, though the allies say their drills are defensive.

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National Affairs – Daily Current Affairs March 13

12. CII’s Young Indians will host G20 YEA India Summit in _____________?
A) June 2023
B) July 2023
C) August 2023
D) May 2023
E) None of these
Answer: B) July 2023

• Young Indians (Yi), a part of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), is all set to host the G20 YEA India Summit in Delhi from 13-15 July 2023.
• As India has taken over the G20 Presidency, this is a moment of great pride for Young Indians (Yi).
• The G20 Young Entrepreneur Alliance (YEA) is a global network of approximately 500,000 young entrepreneurs and the organizations that support them.
• The G20 YEA seeks to promote youth entrepreneurship as a powerful driver of economic renewal, job creation, innovation, and social change.
• Each year, the G20 YEA brings together hundreds of the world’s top young entrepreneurs to share their ideas with leading business and political leaders to catalyze global change.

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13. Who inaugurated world’s longest railway platform in Hubballi-Dharwad?
A) Rajnath Singh
B) Bhupender Yadav
C) Narendra Modi
D) Narayan Rane
E) None of these
Answer: C) Narendra Modi

• PM Modi inaugurated several development projects in Karnataka including the longest railway platform in the world in Hubballi-Dharwad.
• With the inauguration of the Hubballi railway platform, the city has registered its name in the Guinness Book of World Records for having the longest railway platform in the
• World at Shree Siddharoodha Swamiji station.
• The 1,507-metre-long platform has been built at a cost of about ₹20 crore.

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14. CAG Girish Chandra Murmu chaired first Supreme Audit Institution 20 meeting in ______________?
A) Chennai
B) Aluva
C) Guwahati
D) Pune
E) None of these
Answer: C) Guwahati

• The SAI20 Senior Officers’ Meeting symbioses the global cooperation and collective efforts of the G20 member countries, to ensure inclusive development and wellbeing of all, said Mr. Girish Chandra Murmu, Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) while chairing the first Supreme Audit Institution 20 meeting in Guwahati with the themes -‘Blue Economy’ and ‘Responsible Artificial Intelligence’.
• The CAG said that the world is seized of multiple challenges – the most daunting ones being sustainable development and climate change.
• Climate change and its impact on biodiversity, food security are emerging challenges threatening the sustainable development goals and the need for the global community to address these problems for a secure future for all.
• Mr. Murmu said that for a world of inclusive and sustainable development, and prosperity, the SAI20 with its collaborative commitment to an accountable, economic, efficient and effective governance has a crucial role to play.

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15. Govt set target of achieving defence manufacturing worth how many lakh crore by 2024-25?
A) ₹1,75,000 crore
B) ₹62,630 crore
C) ₹82,650 crore
D) ₹93,250 crore
E) None of these
Answer: A) ₹1,75,000 crore

• An amount of Rs 1,24,408.66 crore has been earmarked for capital acquisitions in the financial year 2022-23, which has been increased to Rs 1,32,727 crore for the year 2023-24.
• Further, the DRDO has undertaken 50 mission mode and technology development projects worth Rs 23,722 crore in the last three years for development of indigenous weapons and technologies.
• Replying to another query, Bhatt said the Indian Navy has opened all branches to women at graduate level entries.
• The government on Monday said it has set a target of achieving defence manufacturing worth Rs 1,75,000 crore, including defence exports of Rs 35,000 crore by 2024-25.
• Minister of state for Defence Ajay Bhatt, replying to a question in Rajya Sabha, said the value of production undertaken by private companies and state-run defence manufacturers in 2021-22 was Rs 86,078 crore while the amount was Rs 88,631 crore in 2020-21 and Rs 63,722 crore in 2019-20.

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