Daily Current Affairs April 25

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April 25| Daily Current Affairs 2023

Important Days – Daily Current Affairs April 25

1. When World Malaria Day is celebrated every year?
A) April 15
B) April 20
C) April 22
D) April 25
E) April 30
Answer: D) April 25

• World Malaria Day is celebrated on April 25 every year across the country.
• World Malaria Day 2023 will be marked under the theme “Time to deliver zero malaria: invest, innovate, implement”, as per World Health Organization (WHO).
• The idea of World Malaria Day was developed from Africa Malaria Day. Africa Malaria Day is basically an event that has been observed by African governments since 2001, first held in 2008.
• In 2007, at the 60th session of the World Health Assembly, a meeting sponsored by the World Health Organisation (WHO) proposed that Africa Malaria Day be changed to World Malaria Day.
• The WHO launched the Global Technical Strategy for Malaria 2016-2030, focusing on reducing malaria cases and deaths by 90% by 2030.

International Delegate’s Day

• 25 April marks International Delegate’s Day in order to raise awareness of the role of the representatives and delegates of Member States to the United Nations.
• This day commemorates The San Francisco Conference which Delegates from 50 countries come together in San Francisco on April 25, 1945.
• First edition Year: 2020
• 2023 Edition: 4th

World Penguin Day

• World Penguin Day on April 25 aims to raise awareness about these flightless birds to preserve their species so that future generations get to see these elegant and remarkable creatures.
• According to the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition, April 25th was chosen for the observance, as this day “coincides with the annual northern migration of Adelie penguins.”
• Penguins, 18 known living species, 10 have been listed as endangered.
• Penguin Awareness Day is observed every year on January 20. Penguin Awareness Day was created to increase public awareness about penguins and their habitats.
• 2022 will mark 50 years of the official celebration of the Penguins.

World Day for Laboratory Animals

• World Day for Laboratory Animals, which is observed annually on April 24.
• This day was created to call attention to animal suffering, and killings undertaken in laboratories across the world.
• In 1979, NAVS established World Day for Laboratory Animals (also referred to as Lab Animal Day) on April 24 – Lord Hugh Dowding’s birthday.
• In 1980, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), led by PETA Founder, Ingrid Newkirk, organized the first World Day for Laboratory Animals protest in the U.S.

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Sports – Daily Current Affairs April 25

2. Where will the Archery World Cup 2023 Stage 1 be held?
A) Sydney, Australia
B) Antalya, Turkey
C) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
D) Beijing, China
E) Paris, France
Answer: B) Antalya, Turkey

• Archery World Cup 2023 Stage 1 held in Antalya, Turkey.
• India finished with two golds, one silver and one bronze from Stage 1 of the meet

Gold:

• Indian mixed team of JyothiSurekhaVennam and Ojas Pravin Deotale outclassed Chen Yi Hsuan and ChemChiehLun of Chinese Taipei to win the mixed team gold.
• Women Individual :JyothiSurekhaVennam defeated Sara Lopez of Columbia.

Sliver:

• The men’s recurve team, comprising Tarundeep Rai, Atanu Das and DhirajBommadevara, lost to the Chinese team of Li Zhongyuan, Qi Xiangshuo and Wei Shahoxu.

Bronze:

• In the men’s individual recurve event, DhirajBommadevarabeat Kazakhstan’s IlfatAbdullin, to grab a bronze medal.

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Obituary – Daily Current Affairs April 25

3. Who passed away and was a five-time former chief minister of Punjab?
A) Parkash Singh Badal
B) Amarinder Singh
C) BhupeshBaghel
D) PinarayiVijayan
E) Nitish Kumar
Answer: A) Parkash Singh Badal

• Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) patriarch and five-time former chief minister of Punjab Parkash Singh Badal passed away at the age of 95.
• Parkash Singh Badal was born on December 8, 1927, in Punjab’s AbulKhurana near Malout.
• In 1957, Parkash Singh Badal was elected as an MLA for the first time from the Malout seat which he contested on Congress party ticket.
• Parkash Singh Badal has served as the chief minister of Punjab for five terms – first term from March 27, 1970 to June 14, 1971, second term from June 20, 1977 to February 17, 1980, third term from February 12, 1997 to February 26, 2002, fourth and fifth consecutive terms from March 2, 2007 to March 16, 2017.
• Badal served as the leader of the opposition in Punjab assembly from October 2, 1972 to April 30, 1977. He also held the position of union minister for agriculture and irrigation during the Morarji Desai government.
• He is also the patron of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) – a Sikh-centered regional political party. He served as the president of the party from 1995 to 2008.
• In 2015, the government of India awarded Parkash Singh Badal the second-highest civilian award – Padma Vibhushan.

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4. Harry Belafonte passed away. He was related to which field?
A) A politician
B) A scientist
C) A musician and actor
D) A professional athlete
E) An entrepreneur
Answer: C) A musician and actor

• Harry Belafonte, who stormed the pop charts and smashed racial barriers in the 1950s with his highly personal brand of folk music, and who went on to become a dynamic force in the civil rights movement, died.
• Belafonte was dubbed the “King of Calypso” after the groundbreaking success of his 1956 hit, “The Banana Boat Song (Day-O).” He also became a movie star after acting in the film adaption of the Broadway musical, “Carmen Jones.”
• He was a key strategist, fundraiser and mediator for the civil rights movement.
• He mobilized support for the fight against HIV/AIDS and became a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.
• He also came up with the idea for recording the 1985 hit song, “We Are the World,” which assembled a constellation of pop and rock stars, including Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson and Bruce Springsteen, to raise money for famine relief in Africa.
• He won a Tony Award for his acting on Broadway and was the first African American to win an Emmy award for his 1959variety show.
• Belafonte also was a recipient of a Kennedy CenterHonor in 1989, the National Medal of Arts in 1994 and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000.

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Banking and Finance – Daily Current Affairs April  25

5. What is the purpose of the NOCS platform launched by NPCI Bharat BillPay Ltd (NBBL)?
A) To provide digital payment services for merchants
B) To provide customer support for digital transactions
C) To provide reconciliation and settlement services for ONDC network transactions
D) To provide advertising services for merchants
E) To provide legal support for digital commerce transactions
Answer: C) To provide reconciliation and settlement services for ONDC network transactions

• NPCI Bharat BillPay Ltd (NBBL) has launched the NOCS platform to provide reconciliation and settlement services for transactions undertaken on the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) network.
• The services, provided under the guidance of RBI, will serve as the foundation for the ONDC network and enable smooth, secure and timely transfer of funds to network participants.
• The NOCS platform is integrated with Banks, Tech-Fins, and E-Commerce Players to facilitate seamless flow of payments.
• The platform is going live soon with the first set of 5 banks on ONDC – AU Small Finance Bank, Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, IDFC First Bank, and Yes Bank.

About NPCI:

• National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) was incorporated in 2008 as an umbrella organization for operating retail payments and settlement systems in India.
• NPCI has created a robust payment and settlement infrastructure in the country.
• It has changed the way payments are made in India through a bouquet of retail payment products such as RuPay card, Immediate Payment Service (IMPS), Unified Payments Interface (UPI), Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM), BHIM Aadhaar, National Electronic Toll Collection (NETC FasTag) and Bharat BillPay.

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6. The Reserve Bank of India has cancelled the banking licence of which cooperative urban bank?
A) Mumbai-based Palghar Urban Cooperative Bank
B) Pune-based VishweshwarSahakari Bank
C) Delhi-based Janata Cooperative Bank
D) Kerala-based Adoor Co-operative Urban Bank
E) Chennai-based Sriram Urban Cooperative Bank
Answer: D) Kerala-based Adoor Co-operative Urban Bank

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cancelled the banking licence of Kerala-based Adoor Co-operative Urban Bank and has allowed it to function as a non-banking institution.
• The cancellation of licence is with effect from the close of business on April 24, 2023, according to a notification issued by the RBI.
• The central bank said that it has cancelled the banking licence dated January 3, 1987, granted to The Adoor Co-operative Urban Bank Ltd, Adoor, Kerala to carry on banking business in India under Section 22 read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, with effect from the close of business on April 24, 2023.
• This makes it obligatory on the part of The Adoor Co-operative Urban Bank Ltd, Adoor, to stop conducting the business of ‘banking’ within the meaning of section 5(b) of the Act ibid, including acceptance of deposits from non-members with immediate effect.
• RBI cancelled the licence of eight lenders in FY 2023. In 2022, the central bank cancelled the licence of 12 banks. 2021, three banks were ripped off the licence. In 2020, two cooperative banks were told to shut shop.

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7. What license did the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) grant to neobankingstartup Jupiter?
A) Commercial banking license
B) Insurance license
C) Stockbroking license
D) Non-banking finance company (NBFC) license
E) Payment bank license
Answer: D) Non-banking finance company (NBFC) license

• Neobankingstartup Jupiter has secured a non-banking finance company (NBFC) licence from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
• Sequoia and Tiger Global backed-Jupiter intends to capitalise the lending business with around Rs 100 crore and raise an additional Rs 100 crore in debt to fund the NBFC’s credit operations.
• It aims to hit annual disbursements of Rs 600-700 crore in short- and medium-term personal loans.

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Appointments – Daily Current Affairs April 25

8. Who has been named as the Chairperson of Nasscom for 2023-24?
A) Satya Nadella
B) AnantMaheshwari
C) SundarPichai
D) MukeshAmbani
E) Satya Raghavan
Answer: B) AnantMaheshwari

• IT Industry body Nasscom named AnantMaheshwari, President of Microsoft India, as its Chairperson for 2023-24.
• Maheshwari takes over the reins from Krishnan Ramanujam, President – Business and Technology Services at Tata Consultancy Services, who served as Chairperson for the year 2022-23.
• It also announced the appointment of Rajesh Nambiar, Chairman and Managing Director of Cognizant India, as its Vice Chairperson for 2023-24.
• In addition, Nasscom announced its new executive council for 2023-2025.
• The new executive council will play a strategic role in enabling India’s tech sector to lead on the global stage through focused initiatives and programmes.
• The list of executive council members includes one-third representation by women leaders.

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Science and Technology – Daily Current Affairs April 25

9. Where was SpaceX granted approval to lease a second rocket launch complex?
A) Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida
B) Vandenberg Air Force Base in California
C) Kennedy Space Center in Florida
D) White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico
E) Edwards Air Force Base in California
Answer: B) Vandenberg Air Force Base in California

• The US Space Force said that Elon Musk’s SpaceX was granted approval to lease a second rocket launch complex at a military base in California, setting the space company up for its fifth launch site in the United States.
• Under the lease, SpaceX will launch its workhorse Falcon rockets from Space Launch Complex-6 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, a military launch site north of Los Angeles where the space company operates another launchpad. It has two others in Florida and its private Starbase site in south Texas.
• Vandenberg Space Force Base allows for launches in a southern trajectory over the Pacific ocean, which is often used for weather-monitoring, military or spy satellites that commonly rely on polar Earth orbits.
• SpaceX’s grant of Space Launch Complex-6 comes as rocket companies prepare to compete for the Pentagon’s Phase 3 National Security Space Launch program, a watershed military launch procurement effort expected to begin in the next year or so.

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International Affairs – Daily Current Affairs April 25

10. Which city took over as the 2023 World Book Capital of UNESCO from Guadalajara?
A) Accra
B) Nairobi
C) Rio de Janeiro
D) Sydney
E) Tokyo
Answer: A) Accra

• The Ghanaian capital Accra formally took over as the 2023 World Book Capital of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) from the Mexican city of Guadalajara.
• The World Book Capital is an initiative of UNESCO which recognises cities for promoting books and fostering reading for a year starting on April 23, World Book and Copyright Day.
• The first UNESCO World Book Capital designated prior to the adoption of 31 C/Resolution 29 was Madrid (Spain) in 2001; New Delhi in 2003.

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National Affairs – Daily Current Affairs April 01

11. Who flagged off Kerala’s first Vande Bharat Express train between Thiruvananthapuram and Kasargod?
A) Rahul Gandhi
B) PinarayiVijayan
C) Narendra Modi
D) Mamata Banerjee
E) Arvind Kejriwal
Answer: C) Narendra Modi

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off Kerala’s first Vande Bharat Express train between Thiruvananthapuram and Kasargod from Thiruvananthapuram Central Station.
• Vande Bharat, the semi-high-speed train from Thiruvananthapuram to Kasaragod, will cover the distance between the two places in about eight hours, thereby reducing the average travel time by almost three hours.
• Prime Minister Modi laid the foundation stone and inaugurate various projects worth more than Rs 3,200 crore. Apart from Kochi Water Metro, rail electrification of the Dindigul-Palani-Palakkad section will also be dedicated by PM Modi.
• He inaugurated the railway electrification of the Dindigul-Palani-Palakkad section. He laid the foundation stone for various rail projects including the redevelopment of Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode, and VarkalaSivagiri railway stations.
• The redevelopment of the three railway stations will make Kerala a multimodal transport hub.
• PM Modi addressed ‘Yuvam’ conclave in Kerala’s Therava.

India’s first water metro

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off India’s first water metro that connects 10 islands around Kochi through battery-operated electric hybrid boats for seamless connectivity with the city
• The metro project will start with eight electric hybrid boats developed under Cochin Shipyard Limited. The Kerala government and the German company KfW are funding this dream project. It consists of 38 terminals and 78 electric boats.
• The KWM service will launch in the first phase from the High Court-Vypin and Vyttila-Kakkanad terminals. The tickets for the boat trip start at Rs 20. For frequent travellers, there are weekly and monthly passes available.

Digital Science Park

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for India’s first third generation Digital Science Park being developed by the Kerala government.
• Amount: Rs 1500 crore project coming up at Technopark Phase IV-Technocity.
• The park is coming up at a 13.93 acre site as part of the Technopark Phase IV-Technocity and is located close to the Kerala University of Digital Sciences Innovation and Technology.
• The Kerala government has already allocated Rs 200 crore for the initial work on the park.

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12. How many websites of Delhi government departments will be hosted on the new integrated portal launched by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal?
A) 90
B) 100
C) 120
D) 150
E) 180
Answer: E) 180

• Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal launched a new integrated portal that will host more than 180 websites of 50 Delhi government departments.
• These are based on cloud storage rather than the server system which would ensure no crashes, faster load times and improved user experience.
• The websites are now accessible to the public seamlessly across various devices such as mobiles, tablets, and web browsers. This is a significant step towards making government services more user-friendly, and we are committed to delivering the best possible experience to the citizens of Delhi.
• The existing websites of GNCTD were launched in 2008 by the Department of Information Technology, GNCTD using a Content Management System (CMS) by IBM.

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13. Which ministry has developed an E-Commerce portal for the handicrafts and handloom sector?
A) Ministry of Health
B) Ministry of Finance
C) Ministry of Agriculture
D) Ministry of Textiles
E) Ministry of Education
Answer: D) Ministry of Textiles

• To provide products from more than 35 Lakh Handloom weavers&27 Lakh Handicraft artisans directly to the consumers while eliminating the middlemen, the Ministry of Textiles has developed an E-Commerce portal for handicrafts and handloom sector.
• Shri Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of Textiles, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Commerce and Industry launched the portal in Gujarat.
• With the help of this virtual Indian store, the artisans will get remunerated fairly with no middlemen to manipulate prices and city dwelling urban Indians will get access to 100% authentic & best handcrafts products emerging straight from the heart of India.
• It is a one-stop-shop for all things handmade in India and a great way to discover and support Indian artisans and their crafts.

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14. Who addressed the inauguration of VishwavidyalayaAnusandhanUtsav 2023 at Dr Ambedkar International Centre?
A) Dr.Jitendra Singh
B) Dr.Ambedkar
C) Mr. Narendra Modi
D) Mr. Amit Shah
E) Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman
Answer: A) Dr.Jitendra Singh

• During the “VishwavidyalayaAnusandhanUtsav 2023” event held at Dr.Ambedkar International Centre in New Delhi, Dr.Jitendra Singh, the Union Minister of State for Science & Technology, Earth Sciences, and PMO, announced a special drive to support Startups and R&D activities in the University ecosystems of various regions, including North Eastern region, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar, Telangana, and Rajasthan.
• The government will provide basic infrastructure and scientific facilities to promote new and emerging areas in these regions.
• The Union Minister launched a new scheme, SUPREME, a first-of-its-kind program by the Government of India, to provide financial support for repair/ upgradation/ maintenance/ retrofitting or acquiring additional attachments to increase functional capabilities of existing analytical instrumentation facilities (AIFs) during the programme.

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15. How many Indian states/union territories have adopted the National Generic Document Registration System for Land Records?
A) 20
B) 22
C) 25
D) 28
E) 30
Answer: D) 28

• The Ministry of Rural Development said 28 states and Union Territories have adopted the National Generic Document Registration System (NGDRS) for land records.
• These regions have either begun e-registration or started sharing data with the national portal through User Interface or API.
• The latest data from the Land Resources Division revealed that 26 states have adopted the Unique Land Parcel Identification Number (ULPIN) or Bhu-Aadhar, with pilot testing underway in seven additional states.
• The Department of Land Resources is implementing the Digital India Land Records Modernization Programme (DILRMP) as a central sector scheme, with 100% funding from the central government.
• The department has reached its expenditure target of ₹239.25 crore for the DILRMP in 2022-23.

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