Daily Current Affairs July 01&02

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July 01&02| Daily Current Affairs 2023

Important Days – Daily Current Affairs July 01&02

1. When is National Doctor’s Day celebrated in India?
A) January 1st
B) March 8th
C) June 1st
D) July 1st
E) September 1st
Answer: D) July 1st

• National Doctor’s Day is celebrated on July 1st every year in India to recognise the contributions of doctors and medical professionals towards society.
• It also aims to create awareness about the importance of doctors, their selfless service, and the valuable role they play in improving the health and well-being of individuals and communities.

Theme:

• This year’s theme for National Doctor’s Day is “Celebrating Resilience and Healing Hands”.

History:

• The history behind National Doctor’s Day dates back to the birth anniversary of Dr.Bidhan Chandra Roy, a renowned physician and the second Chief Minister of West Bengal. Dr. Roy was born on July 1, 1882, and he dedicated his life to the medical profession, making significant contributions to the field of healthcare and public health.
• This day also commemorates the birth anniversary of Dr.Bidhan Chandra Roy, a prominent figure in the medical field, and serves as a platform for discussions and activities that aim to enhance healthcare services and promote a healthier nation.
• It was in his honour and as a tribute to his invaluable contributions that the Government of India designated July 1st as National Doctor’s Day in 1991.

Chartered Accountants Day 2023

• National Chartered Accountants Day or CA Day is observed every year on July 1 to mark the establishment of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI).
• To commemorate the start of its 75th-year celebrations, ICAI unveiled a new logo with the tagline: ‘75 Years of Trust’.
• As per its website, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India is a statutory body established by an Act of Parliament, viz.
• The Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 (Act No.XXXVIII of 1949) for regulating the profession of Chartered Accountancy in the country. The Institute, functions under the administrative control of the ministry of corporate affairs.

History:

• Before the formation of ICAI, the British Government kept accounts under the Indian Companies Act.
• As per reports, later in 1930, it was decided that the Government of India should maintain a register called the Register of Accountants.
• Under that system, any person whose name was entered in such register was called a Registered Accountant.
• However, because of a lack of proper rules and regulations, it was felt that the accountancy profession was largely unregulated.
• To solve this, in 1948, an expert committee was created to look into the matter. It was this expert committee that recommended that a separate autonomous association of accountants should be formed to regulate the profession.
• In 1949, the Government of India accepted the recommendation and passed the Chartered Accountants Act.
• On July 1, 1949, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) was established.

6th Goods and Services Tax (GST) day

• The 6th Goods and Services Tax (GST) day was celebrated on July 1
• The indirect tax regime was initiated in 2017 by the Centre.
• According to the GST website, the decision to introduce the tax system was first laid down in the 2006 Budget speech by then Finance Minister P Chidambaram.
• While 1 April 2010 was initially decided as the date for rolling out GST.
• First edition Year is 2018.

World UFO Day

• World UFO Day is a global event held every year on July 2 to encourage people to gather together and watch the skies for these mysterious objects.
• The history of World UFO Day can be traced back to two separate events. The first event took place on June 24, 1947, when an American pilot named Kenneth Arnold reported seeing a group of unidentified flying objects near Mount Rainier, Washington
• The World UFO Day was officially established in 2001 by HaktanAkdoğan, a Turkish UFO

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Sports – Daily Current Affairs July 01&02

2. Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra clinched the prestigious Diamond League title for the second consecutive time by throwing his spear to _______?
A) 83.66m
B) 84.66m
C) 85.66m
D) 86.66m
E) 87.66m
Answer: E) 87.66m

• Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra clinched the prestigious Diamond League title for the second consecutive time by throwing his spear to 87.66m.
• Germany’s Julian Weber was second with a best throw of 87.03m, while Tokyo Olympics silver medallist and season-leader Jakub Vadlejch (SB: 89.51m)of the Czech Republic was third with an 86.13m effort.
• Chopra had won the Lausanne leg in August last year also for his maiden Diamond League title.
• A month later, he became the first Indian Diamond League champion after winning the 2022 grand finale in Zurich.

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3. Which country beat Iran to win Asian Kabaddi Championship in Busan, South Korea?
A) China
B) Japan
C) India
D) Malaysia
E) Thailand
Answer: C) India

• India beat Iran 42-32 in the final of the Asian Kabaddi Championship 2023 in Busan, Korea.
• This is India’s eighth title in nine editions.
• Indian captain PawanSehrawat led from the front with a super 10.
• Six teams – India, Iran, Japan, Korea, Chinese Taipei and Hong Kong – participated in the Championships.

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Obituary – Daily Current Affairs July 01&02

4. Alan Arkin passed away. He is related to which field?
A) Actor
B) Singer
C) Musician
D) Writer
E) Journalist
Answer: A) Actor

• Alan Arkin, a versatile and prolific American actor who thrived in both comic and dramatic roles and won an Oscar for playing a heroin-using grandfather in the 2006 film “Little Miss Sunshine,” has died.
• He was nominated for an Academy Award four times and won a Tony Award, Broadway’s top honours, in 1963 for his first major stage role in Carl Reiner’s “Enter Laughing.”
• His first major movie role also earned him an Oscar nomination – best actor for playing a Soviet sailor in the 1966 Cold War comedy “The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!”
• He appeared as a deaf-mute in the adaptation of Carson McCullers’ novel “The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter” in 1968, drawing his second Academy Award nomination for best actor.

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Ranking – Daily Current Affairs July 01&02

5. Which country has been ranked as the world’s most peaceful country for the 15th consecutive year, according to the 2023 Global Peace Index?
A) New Zealand
B) Switzerland
C) Iceland
D) Denmark
E) Finland
Answer: C) Iceland

• Released by: Institute of Economics & Peace
• Countries: 163

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Business and Economy – Daily Current Affairs July 01&02

6. How much did the Finance Ministry report the collection of through Goods & Services Tax (GST) in June?
A) ₹1.16 lakh crore
B) ₹1.36 lakh crore
C) ₹1.51 lakh crore
D) ₹1.61 lakh crore
E) ₹1.71 lakh crore
Answer: D) ₹1.61 lakh crore

• The Finance Ministry reported a collection of over ₹1.61 lakh crore through Goods & Services Tax (GST) in June.
• This is 12 per cent higher than last June and around 3 per cent higher than May.
• The statement added that gross GST collection crosses the ₹1.6 lakh crore mark for the fourth time, ₹1.4 lakh crore for 16 months in a row and ₹1.5 lakh for 7th time since GST’s inception.
• Also, the average monthly gross GST collection for Q1 of FY24 is ₹1.69 lakh crore as compared to ₹1.10 lakh crore and ₹1.51 lakh crore of corresponding periods of FY22 and FY23 respectively
• The gross GST revenue collected in June comprise ₹31,013 crore of CGST, ₹38,292 crore of SGST, ₹80,292 crore (including ₹ 39,035 crore collected on import of goods) of IGST and ₹11,900 crore (including ₹ 1,028 crore collected on import of goods) of cess.
• The government has settled ₹36,224 crore to CGST and ₹30,269 crore to SGST from IGST. In June, the total revenue of the Centre and States after regular settlement is ₹67,237 crore for CGST and ₹68,561 crore for SGST.

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Appointments – Daily Current Affairs July 01&02

7. Senior IAS officer Anurag Verma Saturday took charge as chief secretary of which State?
A) Chhattisgarh
B) Andhra Pradesh
C) Bihar
D) Punjab
E) Gujarat
Answer: D) Punjab

• Senior IAS officer Anurag Verma took charge as the chief secretary of Punjab
  Verma, a 1993-batch officer, succeeds Vijay Kumar Janjua, who retired on June 30
• He is the 42nd chief secretary of Punjab and Verma will also hold the charge as principal secretary, personnel and vigilance.

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8. Who has been re-appointed as the Solicitor General of India by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet?
A) Tushar Mehta
B) Rakesh Kumar
C) Neha Sharma
D) Rajesh Gupta
E) Manoj Singh
Answer: A) Tushar Mehta

• The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved re-appointment of the Tushar Mehta as Solicitor General of India.
• Solicitor General is the second most senior law officer after Attorney General.
• The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet also approved the re-appointment of other six law officers Vikramjit Banerjee, KM Nataraj, Balbir Singh, SV Raju, N Venkataraman and AishwaryaBhati as Additional Solicitor General for the Supreme Court for a period of three years.
• Mehta was appointed as Solicitor General for the first time in October 2018 and his period was later extended from time to time.
• The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has also approved the reappointment of the law officers Chetan Sharma and Satya Pal Jain as Additional SGI of the High Court of Delhi, advocate Devang Girish Vyas as Additional SGI for Punjab and Haryana High Court and Krishna Nandan Singh as Additional SGI of High Court of Gujarat.

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National Affairs – Daily Current Affairs July 01&02

9. How many years has the Indian Air Force’s Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) completed in service?
A) Five years
B) Seven years
C) Ten years
D) Twelve years
E) Fifteen years
Answer: B) Seven years

• India’s home-grown Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) completed seven years of service in the Indian Air Force (IAF).
• Christened Tejas in 2003 by former prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, the fighter aircraft is a multi-role platform that is steadily making a name as one of the world’s premier light fighters
• It has been designed to undertake the Air Defence, Maritime Reconnaissance and Strike roles
• Designed by the Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO).
• The first 20 Tejas Mark 1 fighters formed the IAF’s Number 45 Squadron — the “Flying Daggers.”
• Over the years, 45 Squadron has flown Vampires, Gnats and then the MiG-21 BIS, before being equipped with the Tejas Mark 1.
• All the aircraft flown by the Flying Daggers have been manufactured in India — first under licensed production and then, like the Tejas, designed and developed in India as well.
• In May 2020, No 18 Squadron became the second IAF unit to operate the Tejas – still in its Mark 1 variant.
• The IAF followed up those 40 fighters with another order for 83 more in a more advanced varient called the Mark 1A.
• The new LCA variant will be capable of firing a range of weapons, missiles and cannon-fire from increased stand-off ranges. The Tejas LCA Mark 1A will see a substantial increase in the overall indigenous content of the aircraft.
• Contracted deliveries of the aircraft are expected to commence in February 2024.
  Tejas made its debut abroad in March 2023 in Exercise Desert Flag in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
• Meanwhile, the China/Pakistani JF-17 Thunder was being developed as a cheap, lightweight fighter for the Pakistan Air Force (PAF). More than 100 JF-17 Thunder jets have been inducted into service with the PAF since 2007.

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10. What is the name of India’s first domestic regulated carbon market approved by the union government?
A) Carbon Market Act, 2023
B) Carbon Credit Trading Scheme, 2023
C) National Carbon Trading Policy, 2023
D) Carbon Emission Control Scheme, 2023
E) Domestic Carbon Credit Exchange, 2023
Answer: B) Carbon Credit Trading Scheme, 2023

• The union government, through a gazette notification approved the formation of India’s first domestic regulated carbon market.
• The ‘Carbon Credit Trading Scheme, 2023’ first announced under the Energy
• Conservation Act, aims to set up a carbon credit trading market in the country.
• Drafted by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency, a wholly owned subsidiary of the ministry of power.
• The scheme would entail formation of a “National Steering Committee, a technical committee, an Accredited Carbon Verification Agency and the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) as the carbon market regulator.
• The Grid Controller of India will be the registry for the Indian carbon market.

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11. How much are the new defence and non-defence orders worth that Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) has received?
A) ₹1,291 crore
B) ₹1,591 crore
C) ₹1,991 crore
D) ₹2,091 crore
E) ₹2,191 crore
Answer: E) ₹2,191 crore

• Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) has received new defence and non-defence orders worth ₹2,191 crore.
• the orders are for the supply of Long Range Guidance Kit with Warhead, Airborne V/UHF Jammer, Battlefield Surveillance Radar (Short Range) Upgrade, Missile Guidance Radar & Control Centre, Upgraded Radio Relay (F) with Data Modem Encryption Unit Mk II, Identify Friend or Foe Mk XII A, Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW SWC) Sonar, and Spares.
• These orders are in addition to the ₹5,900 crore orders that have already been received.
  With this, BEL has in all received orders to the tune of ₹8,091 crore till now in the financial year 2023-24.

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12. Where was the 17th Indian Cooperative Congress (ICC) inaugurated by the Prime Minister?
A) Mumbai
B) Kolkata
C) Bengaluru
D) Chennai
E) New Delhi
Answer: E) New Delhi

• The Prime Minister inaugurated the 17th Indian Cooperative Congress (ICC) in New Delhi.
• National Cooperative Union of India (NCUI) is organizing the two-day event with the theme of AmritKaal: Prosperity through Cooperation for a Vibrant India.
• It will be chaired by the Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah.
• The PM also launch an ecommerce platform NCUI Haat for cooperative products. The electronic platform for trade is expected to facilitate capacity-building support in registration, branding and promotion of products free of cost.

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13. Where did India’s first indigenously developed 700 MW nuclear power reactor start commercial operations?
A) Tarapur Atomic Power Station, Maharashtra
B) Kaiga Atomic Power Station, Karnataka
C) Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, Tamil Nadu
D) Kakrapar Atomic Power Project, Gujarat
E) Rajasthan Atomic Power Station, Rajasthan
Answer: D) Kakrapar Atomic Power Project, Gujarat

• India’s first indigenously developed 700 MW nuclear power reactor at the Kakrapar Atomic Power Project (KAPP) in Gujarat started commercial operations.
• The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) is building two 700 MW pressurised heavy water reactors (PHWRs) at Kakrapar, which is also home to two 220 MW power plants.
• Construction of 700 MW nuclear power plants is underway at Rawatbhata in Rajasthan (RAPS 7 and 8) and at Gorakhpur in Haryana (GHAVP 1 and 2).
• The government has sanctioned building of 10 indigenously developed PHWRs in fleet mode at four locations — Gorakhpur in Haryana, Chutka in Madhya Pradesh, Mahi Banswara in Rajasthan and Kaiga in Karnataka.

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14. Who launched the ‘Akshar River Cruise’ on Sabarmati Riverfront, developed by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation and Sabarmati Riverfront Development Corporation Limited?
A) Prime Minister Narendra Modi
B) President Ram NathKovind
C) Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar
D) Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah
E) Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman
Answer: D) Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah

• Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah launched -Made in India ‘Akshar River Cruise’ on Sabarmati Riverfront developed by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation and Sabarmati Riverfront Development Corporation Limited through video conferencing.
• This cruise is developed under Public Private Partnership by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation and Sabarmati Riverfront Development Corporation Limited.
• This cruise is the first passenger catamaran built in India under Make in India at a cost of ₹15 crore with twin engines and it can safely travel for one and a half hours.
• This 30-meter cruise would emerge as a centre of attraction for all the citizens of Ahmedabad and the country visiting the city.
• The cruise has a capacity of 165 passengers and also has a restaurant which will definitely attract the people.

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