Daily Current Affairs October 16

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October 16| Daily Current Affairs 2023

Important Days – Daily Current Affairs October 16

1. On which date is World Food Day celebrated every year?
A) October 1
B) October 10
C) October 12
D) October 16
E) October 20
Answer: D) October 16

• The World Food Day is celebrated on October 16 every year.
• The World Food Day was established in 1945 by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), a specialized agency of the United Nations.
• After 34 years it was recognized as a world holiday at the 20th FAO conference in November 1979.
• Since 2014, the World Food Day has been used to promote the idea of feeding the world and eliminating poverty in rural nations

World Anaesthesia Day

• World Anaesthesia Day will be celebrated across the world October 16
• The theme of this year’s World Anaesthesia Day, “Anaesthesia and Cancer Care”
• World Anaesthesia Day is celebrated on October 16 in honour of W.T.G. Morton, who on this date 173 years ago gave the first successful official demonstration of ether as an anaesthetic.
• World Anaesthesia Day was established by the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA).
• Since 1903, special events have been organized to commemorate this momentous occasion

World Egg Day

• World Egg Day is celebrated on the second Friday of October each year and in 2023, World Egg Day will be marked on October 13.
• It goes back to 1996 when World Egg Day was established by the International Egg Commission, a global organisation dedicated to advancing the egg industry, to serve as an annual opportunity to promote the significance of eggs in human nutrition, food security and overall well-being
• World Egg Day 2023 theme ‘Eggs for a healthy future’

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Sports – Daily Current Affairs October 16

2. Who recently won the FIDE World Junior Rapid Chess Championship in Sardinia, Italy?
A) Vishwanathan Anand
B) Garry Kasparov
C) Raunak Sadhwani
D) Hou Yifan
E) Magnus Carlsen
Answer: C) Raunak Sadhwani

FIDE World Junior Rapid Chess Championship

• Held in: Sardinia, Italy
• Winner: Raunak Sadhwani (defeated Tobias Koele of Germany)

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Obituary – Daily Current Affairs October 16

3. Who was known as Kerala’s Literacy Mission poster girl and recently passed away?
A) Kalpana Chawla
B) Karthyayani Amma
C) Kamala Das
D) Kasturba Gandhi
E) Karunanidhi
Answer: B) Karthyayani Amma

• Kerala’s Literacy Mission poster girl Karthyayani Amma passed away at the age of 101 at her residence in Alappuzha.
• She was the oldest learner under the Literacy Mission in the state.
• In August 2018, Karthyayani Amma took an examination alongside 40,362 other people, as part of the Kerala State Literacy Mission Authority’s Aksharalaksham (“Million Letter”) programme and secured 98 out of 100 marks at the age of 96.
• Karthyayani was later selected as the Commonwealth of Learning Goodwill Ambassador.
• In March 2020, she received Nari Shakti Puraskar from President Ram Nath Kovind on International Women’s Day.
• Kerala presented a tableau of “Nari Shakti and Folk Traditions of Women Empowerment” featuring Karthyayani at the Republic Day parade earlier this year.

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4. Who was Martti Ahtisaari?
A) Former Prime Minister of Finland
B) Former President of Finland
C) Former Prime Minister of Sweden
D) Former President of Sweden
E) Former President of Norway
Answer: B) Former President of Finland

• Nobel peace laureate Martti Ahtisaari, who served as Finland’s 10th president between 1994 and 2000, died at the age of 86
• Among his most notable achievements, Ahtisaari helped reach peace accords related to Serbia’s withdrawal from Kosovo in the late 1990s, Namibia’s bid for independence in the 1980s, and autonomy for Aceh province in Indonesia in 2005.
• He was also involved with the Northern Ireland peace process in the late 1990s, being tasked with monitoring the terrorist group IRA’s disarmament process.
• When the Norwegian Nobel Peace Committee picked Ahtisaari in October 2008, it cited him “for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts.”
• Born June 23, 1937, in the eastern town of Viipuri, which is now in Russia, Ahtisaari was a primary school teacher before joining Finland’s Foreign Ministry in 1965. He spent some 20 years abroad, first as ambassador to Tanzania, Sambia and Somalia and then to the United Nations in New York.
• After that he joined the U.N., working at its New York headquarters, before heading the U.N. operation that brought independence to Namibia in 1990.
• He was appointed as the special representative of Namibia by U.N. Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim in 1978, and is widely credited for leading the African nation to independence under his mandate as the head of U.N. peacekeeping forces there in the late 1980s.
• After returning to Finland in 1991, Ahtisaari worked as a foreign ministry secretary of state before being elected president in 1994 for a six-year term. He was the first Finnish head of state to be elected directly instead of through an electoral college.
• Ahtisaari also hosted Russian President Boris Yeltsin and U.S. President Bill Clinton at a U.S.-Russia summit in Finnish capital, Helsinki, in March 1997.
• He declined to run for a second term in the January 2000 presidential election
  In May 2017, Ahtisaari stepped down as chairman of the Crisis Management Initiative he founded in 2000 to help resolve global conflicts

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5. Who was the former Chief Election Commissioner of India who recently passed away?
A) Manmohan Singh
B) Manohar Singh Gill
C) Manoj Kumar Sinha
D) Manish Tewari
E) Manpreet Singh Badal
Answer: B) Manohar Singh Gill

• Former chief Election Commissioner of IndiaManohar Singh Gill passed away at a private hospital in South Delhi
• MS Gill was an officer of the 1958 batch of Indian Administrative Services Punjab cadre was CEC during the period from December 1996 to June 2001
• During his tenure as CEC, ECI successfully conducted the General Elections and General Elections to Legislative Assemblies in more than 20 states
• MS Gill was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in the year 2000 for his exceptional and distinguished services as a civil servant

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Banking and Finance – Daily Current Affairs October 16

6. What is the approved loan amount by the ADB for improving urban mobility in peri-urban areas of Ahmedabad?
A) $100 million
B) $150 million
C) $181 million
D) $200 million
E) $250 million
Answer: C) $181 million

• The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $181 million loan to build quality infrastructure and services toward improving urban livability and mobility in the peri-urban areas of Ahmedabad city in Gujarat, India.
• The Ahmedabad Peri-urban Livability Improvement Project will construct 166 kilometers (km) of water distribution network, 126 km of climate-resilient stormwater drainage, 300 km of sewerage systems, and four sewage treatment plants, providing residents of Ahmedabad’s surrounding areas with quality urban infrastructure and services.
• The project is also supporting 10 junction improvements along the existing Sardar Patel Ring Road to improve connectivity of peri-urban areas to Ahmedabad city. The peri-urban areas often witness the highest population growth rates due to industrial development and migration of workers who often lack access to basic urban services.
• The project will benefit urban poor, women, and migrant workers through improved urban services and urban governance.
• ADB will help strengthen the capacity of the Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority and urban local bodies in technology-based urban planning, including climate change and disaster-resilient infrastructure that promote environmental and social safeguards, gender equality and social inclusion.
• The project will support land development plans and town planning schemes integrating these elements that can be promoted and replicated by other states to enhance more planned urban development and densification through agglomeration.
• The project will also build the government agencies’ capacity in financial planning, revenue enhancement and infrastructure asset operations. Awareness-raising activities will be conducted in communities to encourage water conservation, health, and hygiene.
• Women self-help groups will be trained on water supply operations.
• The project will support development of recycling treated sewage for industrial use through a public–private partnership

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7. Which organization has entered into a partnership with Indian Post Payments Bank to provide support to rural and informal micro enterprises?
A) Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
B) State Bank of India (SBI)
C) Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)
D) Indian Bank
E) National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)
Answer: C) Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)

• Small Industries Development Bank of India, the principal financial institution for the promotion of MSMEs, announced entering into a partnership with the Indian Post Payments Bank (IPPB), a division of the Indian Post, under the ownership of the Department of Post
• The partnership aims to connect the informal rural microenterprises with the formal financial sector to help them digitise their business activities, and access formal credit.
• SIDBI will take the benefit of the vast rural network of IPPB to reach out to the roots of the Indian villages. IPPB will support SIDBI’s customers to adopt digitisation through its merchant onboarding systems and help provide UPI and QR-based solutions, etc.
• Furthermore, upskilling the Dak Sevaks in supporting credit facilities to micro-enterprises will also be undertaken by the partnership.
• Launched in 2018, Indian Post Payments Bank is a fully-owned Indian government entity. The bank leverages the India Post network of 1,55,000 Post offices, of which 1,35,000 are situated in rural areas, along with 3,00,000 postal employees, to reach the last mile and connect rural India with banking services.

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Science and Technology – Daily Current Affairs October 16

8. What kind of agreement has Data Patterns (India) Limited entered into with IN-SPACe, which will provide them with miniature SAR Radar capability?
A) A merger and acquisition agreement
B) A marketing and distribution agreement
C) A Licensing and Transfer of Technology (ToT) agreement
D) A joint venture agreement
E) A research and development agreement
Answer: C) A Licensing and Transfer of Technology (ToT) agreement

• Data Patterns (India) Limited, a vertically integrated Defence and Aerospace electronics solutions provider, has announced a Licensing and Transfer of Technology (ToT) agreement with IN-SPACe which will provide Data Patterns with miniature SAR Radar capability.
• The ToT agreement was signed by G Kuppuswamy, Vice President, Data Patterns (India) Limited, and Rajeev Jyoti, Technical Director, IN-SPACe and A Arunachalam, Director, NSIL.
• The technology has been developed at the Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), and is the forerunner of ISRO’s upcoming high-resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite, the NISAR ((NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) and made available for ToT to the industry by IN-SPACe.
• With the Indian space ecosystem and economy opening up on account of major policy changes initiated by the Government of India, both Data Patterns and IN-SPACe will leverage their knowledge, expertise and skills to capitalise on the opportunities coming up

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National Affairs – Daily Current Affairs October 16

9. Which company did the Ministry of Defence (MoD) sign a contract with for the re-powering of INS Beas?
A) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)
B) Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
C) Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)
D) Cochin Shipyard
E) Larsen & Toubro (L&T)
Answer: D) Cochin Shipyard

• The Ministry of Defence signed a contract in New Delhi for Mid Life Upgrade and Re-Powering of “INS Beas” with Kochi-based M/S Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) at an overall cost of Rs. 313.42 Cr.
• INS Beas is the first of Brahmaputra Class Frigate to be re-powered from Steam to Diesel Propulsion. After completion of Mid Life Upgrade and Re- Powering in 2026, INS Beas will join the active fleet of the Indian Navy with a modernized weapon suite and upgraded combat capability.
• The transformative maiden re-powering project marks a significant stride in the maintenance philosophy of the Indian Navy and repair capabilities of M/s CSL. The project would involve more than 50 MSMEs and would lead to generation of employment for more than 3500 personnel.
• The project will be a proud flag bearer of Atmanirbhar Bharat in consonance with the Make-in-India initiative of the Government of India.

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10. What did Prime Minister Narendra Modi release on the occasion of Navratri?
A) A new book titled “Maadi”
B) A new policy for agriculture
C) A new Garba song titled “Maadi”
D) A documentary on Indian culture
E) A collection of traditional recipes
Answer: C) A new Garba song titled “Maadi”

• On the auspicious occasion of Navrati, Prime Minister Narendra Modi released a new Garba song titled “Maadi”.
• The song, penned by PM Modi, is sung by Divya Kumar and is composed by the Meet Bros
• A music video featuring a Garba song written by PM Modi was released. The 190-second song, titled “Garbo”, was authored by the Prime Minister several years ago. The song is sung by Dhvani Bhanushali and composed by Tanishk Bagchi. It was released under the banner of Jjust Music, a music label established by actor-producer Jackky Bhagnani.

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11. Who inaugurated the Centre for Brain and Mind at NIMHANS?
A) Narendra Modi
B) Arun Jaitley
C) Amit Shah
D) Mansukh Mandaviya
E) Rajnath Singh
Answer: D) Mansukh Mandaviya

• National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) Bengaluru marked the World Mental Health Day 2023 by unveiling three new facilities – Centre for Brain and Mind, Platinum Jubilee Auditorium and Academic Facility, and Administrative Office Complex.
• Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare and Chemicals & Fertilizers Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya virtually inaugurated these
• He also virtually inaugurated new facilities at NIMHANS and launched the logo of Tele-MANAS. He was joined by Dr. V.K. Paul, Member (Member), Niti Aayog.
• The Centre for Brain and Mind was launched in collaboration with National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) with the contribution of Rs 100 crore from Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies.
• The research will employ advanced techniques in imaging (with a dedicated MRI scanning facility), genetics, and stem cell biology. NIMHANS will play a pivotal role in the clinical assessments.
• Platinum Jubilee Auditorium and Academic Facility has been established at a cost of Rs 13.6 crore, in keeping with the substantial surge in the number of students and academic programs across various courses in psychiatry and allied specialties.
• To facilitate seamless coordination and enhance the efficiency of administrative operations, a new Administrative Office Complex has been constructed at a cost of 11.11 crore.

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12. Where is the second edition of the Indian Space Conclave 2023 scheduled to take place?
A) Bengaluru
B) Hyderabad
C) New Delhi
D) Chennai
E) Mumbai
Answer: C) New Delhi

• The Indian Space Association is set to hold the second edition of the Indian Space Conclave 2023 from October 9 to 11, 2023 in the Manekshaw Center, New Delhi.
• This three-day event is committed to initiating discussion, cooperation, and key partnerships in the quickly advancing space sector. The inaugural day, in association with the French Embassy, will feature the Indo-French Space Synergy plenary session, featuring esteemed dignitaries from the French space industry.
• On day 1 with the theme, ‘Bhumandal se Brahaman Tak’ (From Earth to the Whole Universe), the conclave will report multi-sectoral use and space capacities influence.
• Day 2 has a theme saying, ‘Space Communication & Readiness for Next-Gen Challenges’ would evaluate capacities and challenges.
• Day 3 has a theme mentioned, ‘Space Ecosystem for Societal Benefit and Global Diplomacy’, including crucial sessions in association with IN-SPACe, and discussions will be held about the development of space parks in India.
• The Indian Space Association (ISpA) and GIFAS signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to foster sustainable growth, promote innovation, and advocate the adoption of new technologies in France and India space industries
• GIFAS is the French Aerospace Industries Association which is aimed to enhance the understanding of space industry capabilities and increase awareness of business opportunities in France and India.
• The pact signed at the ‘Indian Space Conclave 2023’, organised by ISpA, will serve as an extension to the already flourishing Indo-French relationship in the space sector and augment the individual and collective membership bases of the organisations through the “benefit of greater international linkages for the members”.
• The partnership will also help facilitate academic and educational program exchanges between both organizations that encompass training at all levels

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13. Which Union Minister launched the dashboard for Data on Adoption and Forecasts of Electric Vehicles?
A) Narendra Modi
B) Amit Shah
C) Piyush Goyal
D) Nitin Gadkari
E) Rajnath Singh
Answer: D) Nitin Gadkari

• The Union Minister for Power and New & Renewable Energy, Shri R. K. Singh launched a brand-new EV-Ready India Dashboard (evreadyindia.org) in New Delhi.
• Developed by policy and industry experts at thinktank OMI Foundation, the dashboard is a free digital platform focussed on near real-time Electric Vehicle adoption and forecasts, associated battery demand, charging density, and market growth trends.
• The dashboard is expected to facilitate greater inclusion across audiences, for the industry, policymakers and end users of electric vehicles. The platform leverages the power of data and AI and seeks to address the need for macroeconomic data and analysis on India’s massively growing electric mobility segment.
• The EV-Ready India dashboard has forecast a 45.5% Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) in electric vehicles between calendar year (CY) 2022 and CY 2030, increasing from annual sales of 6,90,550 electric two-wheelers (E2Ws) in 2022 to 1,39,36,691 E2Ws in 2030.
• Additionally, it tracks the current investment climate for EVs, and forecasts on market growth and EV hotspots for the country. It further measures emissions avoided, aiming to accelerate India’s journey to Net Zero.

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14. Which organization has partnered with Coca-Cola India to launch the Retailer Skill Development Program?
A) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)
B) National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC)
C) Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR)
D) Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
E) Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)
Answer: B) National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC)

• To empower the retailer community in the states of Odisha and Uttar Pradesh, the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), working under the aegis of the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE), announced a partnership with Coca-Cola India to launch the Super Power Retailer Program under the Skill India Mission. The program is being piloted in the state of Odisha.
• The partnership was formally announced in the presence of the Union Minister for Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan; Ved Mani Tiwari, COO, NSDC; and Sanket Ray, President, Coca-Cola India & Southwest Asia.
  The Super Power Retailer Program will facilitate the empowerment and progress of the retailers, marking a significant milestone in Skill India’s efforts to support the workforce.
• The initiative focuses on enabling retailers by focusing on building their capacity and capability in today’s modern retailing sector.
• It aims to provide training to small and micro retailers, equipping them with the knowledge and skills needed to better understand consumer behaviours and their preferences.

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