Daily Current Affairs October 26

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October 26| Daily Current Affairs 2023

Important Days – Daily Current Affairs October 26

1. In which date will the 62nd Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Raising Day be observed?
A) October 24
B) October 25
C) October 23
D) October 26
E) October 27
Answer: A) October 24

• The 62nd Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Raising Day will be observed on October 24, 2023, in honour of the services and achievements of troops, who guard the frontiers of India from Kashmir to Arunachal Pradesh.
• At the ITBP Raising Day ceremony, the awards include the Best ANO (Associate NCC Officer) Battalion Trophy, the Best Non-Border Battalion Trophy, the Best Border Battalion Trophy, the Swachhta Trophy for exceptional cleanliness and sanitation efforts, and the Best Training Centre Trophy.
• In addition, the coveted Director General’s Banner for Best Border Battalion will be presented during this commemorative event.

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Appointments – Daily Current Affairs October 26

2. Who has been appointed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to its strategic and technical advisory group for tuberculosis?
A) Prof. Sarang Deo
B) Prof. John Smith
C) Prof. Maria Garcia
D) Prof. Ahmed Khan
E) Prof. Anna Johnson
Answer: A) Prof. Sarang Deo

• The World Health Organisation has appointed Indian School of Business’ Prof. Sarang Deo to its the strategic and technical advisory group for tuberculosis.
• He is operations management professor and deputy dean of faculty and research at the ISB.
• Prof. Deo will be part of a 15-member group of global experts who will provide the WHO Director-General with an independent evaluation of the strategic, scientific, and technical aspects of the organisation’s work on eradicating TB.
• The group is chaired by Ethel Leonor Maciel, from the Brazilian health ministry, and includes Dr Anurag Bhargava, Prof. of Medicine, Yenepoya Medical College from India.

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3. Who has been promoted to the position of Vice Chairman by Mirae Asset Financial Group of South Korea?
A) Swarup Mohanty
B) Kim Jong-un
C) Lee Jae-yong
D) Park Geun-hye
E) Moon Jae-in
Answer: A) Swarup Mohanty

• Mirae Asset Financial Group, South Korea’s leading financial conglomerate, promoted Swarup Mohanty, the head of its Indian asset management subsidiary, to vice chairman to expand its business in Asia’s third-largest economy.
• Mohanty, chief executive officer of Mirae Asset Investment Managers Pvt., became the first non-Korean to take the No. 2 post in the group, which had nine non-Korean CEOs, but now has eight such CEOs with Mohanty’s promotion.
• Mohanty, who joined Mirae Asset Global Investments in India as head of sales in July 2011, has been leading Mirae Asset Investment Managers in the South Asian country since February 2016.
• Mirae Asset Financial Group’s Indian business is considered a major success of the South Korean financial industry’s overseas expansion. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. opened its Mumbai office in 2006.

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4. Who was appointed as Slovakia’s prime minister?
A) Robert Fico
B) Andrej Kiska
C) Zuzana Čaputová
D) Igor Matovič
E) Peter Pellegrini
Answer: A) Robert Fico

• Leftist leader Robert Fico was appointed Slovakia’s prime minister for the fourth time, after pledging in his election campaign to end military support for Ukraine and criticising sanctions on Russia.
• President Zuzana Caputova appointed Fico and his cabinet after his SMER-SSD party won the Sept. 30 election and formed a coalition with the centre-left HLAS and nationalist SNS parties.
• Fico quit as prime minister in 2018 amid mass public protests against corruption after a journalist was murdered.

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5. Who has been holding the additional charge as the Chairman-cum-Managing Director of NMDC (National Mineral Development Corporation)?
A) Amitava Mukherjee
B) Rakesh Singh
C) Sunil Kumar
D) Rajesh Sharma
E) Sanjay Gupta
Answer: A) Amitava Mukherjee

• NMDC’s Director Finance Amitava Mukherjee who has been holding additional charge as the Chairman-cum-Managing Director since March this year will continue to hold the additional responsibility with the Centre issuing another extension
• The additional charge, of the post of CMD, to Mr.Mukherjee is being extended for a period of one year from November 20 or until further orders
• This follows the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) on October 18 approving a Steel Ministry proposal for extending the additional charge for a one more year, upto November 19, 2024 or till a regular incumbent joins the post or until further orders, whichever is earliest.
• A 1995 batch Indian Railway Accounts Service officer, Mr.Mukherjee prior to joining NMDC was General Manager (Finance) in Rail Vikas Nigam (RVNL). He was appointed Director (Finance) of the mining major for five years from November 20, 2018, which in August this year has been was extended till February, 2028.
• Mr.Mukherjee got the additional charge after CMD Sumit Deb attained the age of superannuation on February 28 this year. Thereafter, he got an extension upto August and subsequently till November 19th this year, the original date of completion of his tenure as Director (Finance).
• The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) in March this year had recommended Telangana IAS officer and CMD of Singareni Collieries Company N. Sridhar as NMDC CMD.

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Awards – Daily Current Affairs October 26

6. Who will confer the ANUBHAV AWARDS 2023?
A) Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh
B) Prime Minister Narendra Modi
C) Former President Ram Nath Kovind
D) Union Minister Amit Shah
E) Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal
Answer: A) Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh

• The Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare will be holding the Anubhav Awards 2023 Ceremony in Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi to felicitate the awardees for their write-ups for the year 2023. Union Minister for Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Dr Jitendra Singh will confer the Awards.
• DoPPW had launched Anubhav Portal at the behest of the Hon’ble Prime Minister, March 2015. The portal provides an online system for the retiring/retired employees to submit and showcase their commendable work done; to share their experiences of working in the Government and to give suggestions for improvement in governance. 96 Ministries/ Departments/ Organizations have registered on Anubhav Portal of this Department and more than 10000 write-ups have been published so far.
• It has been decided to confer 4 Anubhav awards and 9 Jury Certificates. The awardees are from 8 different Ministries/Departments/Organisations. It is worthwhile to mention that for the first time, 9 Jury Certificates are also being conferred upon to encourage wider participation in the process.
• The Anubhav Awardees will be felicitated with a Medal, a Certificate and a cash prize of Rs.10,000/-. The Jury Certificate winners will be conferred with a Medal and a Certificate.
• DoPPW is also organising Pre-Retirement Counselling (PRC) Workshop for the benefit of retiring employees of the Government of India which is a revolutionary step in direction of ‘Ease of Living’ of the pensioners. In the workshop, soon to be retiring employees, will be provided relevant information related to the retirement benefits and sanction process.
• Now, Punjab National Bank and Bank of Baroda have also integrated their pension portals with Integrated Pensioners Portal. 4 facilities viz. Monthly Pension Slip, Status of Life Certificate, Submission Form16 of the Pensioner and Due & Drawn Statement of pension arrears are being provided by these Banks. In the ceremony, Union Minister MoS (PP) will launch the Integrated Pensioners’ Portal with Punjab National Bank and Bank of Baroda.
• Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare will be organizing Nation-wide Digital Life Certificate campaign 2.0 in month of November, 2023 to enable 70 lakh Central Government pensioners to submit life certificate. DLC camps will be organized in 500 locations in 100 cities across India in collaboration of 17 banks. Union Minister MOS will be launching National DLC Portal in Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi for monitoring of this campaign.

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Science and Technology – Daily Current Affairs October 26

7. Which country successfully conducted the training launch of the Ghauri Weapon System?
A) Pakistan
B) India
C) China
D) United States
E) Russia
Answer: A) Pakistan

• Pakistan successfully conducted a training launch of the Ghauri Weapon System
• The training launch was conducted a week after holding the flight test of the ballistic missile Ababeel Weapon System.
• Range: 1300 to 1500 Km
• The purpose of the launch is aimed at testing the operational and technical readiness of
• Army Strategic Forces Command (ASFC)
  Earlier on October 18, Pakistan had successfully conducted the flight test of the Ababeel
• Weapon System to further strengthen its deterrence. That test of the ballistic missile system

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8.Where was the Indian Army’s first vertical wind tunnel installed?
A) Special Forces Training School in Himachal Pradesh
B) Indian Military Academy in Uttarakhand
C) National Defence Academy in Maharashtra
D) Officers Training Academy in Tamil Nadu
E) Defence Services Staff College in West Bengal
Answer: A) Special Forces Training School in Himachal Pradesh

• A state-of-the-art wind tunnel, a first-of-its-kind in the Indian Army, that offers a controlled environment to enable military trainees to enhance their skills by simulating real-life free fall conditions, has been inaugurated at a training school in Himachal Pradesh.
• Army Chief Gen Manoj Pande virtually inaugurated “Indian Army’s first Vertical Wind Tunnel (VWT)”
• The wind tunnel at the Special Forces Training School (SFTS) at Bakloh is set to refine the Combat Free Fall (CFF) skills of armed forces personnel
• Functioning as a free fall simulator, the VWT creates a column of air at specific velocities, orchestrating different CFF conditions. The system offers a controlled environment, enabling trainees to enhance their skills by simulating real-life freefall conditions
• The VWT’s integration into the CFF training curriculum at SFTS brings forth numerous pay-offs. The system simulates varied free fall scenarios which is crucial in assessing individual reactions to  numerous situations in an airborne operating environment

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9. Which country recently launched the Shenzhou-17 manned spaceship for new challenging work in space station?
A) China
B) United States
C) Russia
D) India
E) Japan
Answer: A) China

• China launched the Shenzhou-17 manned spaceship, and the three astronauts aboard will stay in orbit for about six months on a space station mission.
• The spaceship, atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket, blasted off at 11:14 a.m. (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China
• About 10 minutes after the launch, the Shenzhou-17 spaceship separated from the rocket and entered its designated orbit.
• This is China’s sixth manned mission to its space station since 2021.
• The crew members, consisting of Tang Hongbo, Tang Shengjie and Jiang Xinlin, are in good shape and the launch is a complete success
• The Shenzhou-17 crew has the youngest lineup since the construction of China’s Tiangong space station started.
• Tang Hongbo, born in 1975, is the mission commander and a veteran astronaut once launched into orbit on the Shenzhou-12 mission in June 2021.
• Tang Shengjie, born in 1989, is a new face and also the youngest astronaut to enter China’s space station. Jiang Xinlin, born in 1988, is also a newcomer to space.

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10. Which organization has awarded the Second Type Certificate to Paras Aerospace Private Limited for its Agri Drone – “Paras-Agricopter V2.1”?
A) Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)
B) Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
C) Ministry of Defence, India
D) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
E) Drone Directorate, Govt. of India
Answer: A) Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)

• Paras Aerospace Private Limited (‘Paras Aerospace’), subsidiary of Paras Defence and Space Technologies Limited has received Second Type Certificate from DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation), Drone Directorate, Govt. of India, for it’s Agri Drone – “Paras-Agricopter V2.1”.
• This can also be seen on Digital Sky Website of DGCA.
• This certification will enable execution of existing contracts of Paras Aerospace for “Paras-Agricopter V2.1” and will further unlock new prospects in the Agricultural Drone Industry.
• The certification is received for MEDIUM Drone Category, where Paras Aerospace’s high-quality and cost-efficient Drone meets all the DGCA criteria’s and enhances its suitability for various applications.
• The DGCA Type Certification is granted following an extensive evaluation and certification procedure for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), validating the drone’s design and quality. Paras Aerospace believes that this is one of the biggest milestones in their journey of offering World Class, Made in India Agri Drones.

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International Affairs – Daily Current Affairs October 26

11. Where did India and the European Union (EU) conduct their maiden naval exercise?
A) Gulf of Guinea
B) Arabian Sea
C) South China Sea
D) Mediterranean Sea
E) Bay of Bengal
Answer: A) Gulf of Guinea

• India and the European Union (EU) carried out their maiden naval exercise in the Gulf of Guinea off the west African coast to boost maritime security cooperation
• The exercise followed the third meeting of the EU-India Maritime Security Dialogue in Brussels.
• Four warships took part in the drills.
• During the exercise, INS Sumedha, an offshore patrol vessel, was joined by three EU member states’ ships– Italian Navy Ship ITS Foscari, French Navy Ship FS Ventôse, and Spanish Navy Ship Tornado.
• The four ships practiced a series of tactical manoeuvres in international waters off the coast of Ghana, including a boarding exercise, a flying exercise using the helicopters embarked on Ventôse and Sumedha, and transfer of personnel between ships
• The exercise was followed by a knowledge sharing session in Accra, Ghana, which built on the joint experience at sea to improve operational know-how.

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National Affairs – Daily Current Affairs October 26

12. Which city hosted the Green Tourism Conclave for Responsible Tourism in Northeast?
A) Shillong
B) Guwahati
C) Kolkata
D) Mumbai
E) Chennai
Answer: A) Shillong

• A green tourism conclave was held in Shillong, a groundbreaking initiative of Indian Express Online Media, focused on the promotion of green and responsible tourism in India, with a particular emphasis on the Northeastern region and Odisha.
• The Green Tourism India conclave, which was held on October 19 in Shillong’s state convention centre, saw the partnership of Meghalaya Tourism, Incredible India, Odisha Tourism and Arunachal Tourism.
• It also witnessed guests, delegates and participants engaging in discussions and presentations, followed by a cultural performance.
• Meghalaya’s Tourism Minister Bah Paul Lyngdoh was the chief guest, while other attendees included Cyril Diengdoh, Director of Tourism, Government of Meghalaya and Managing Director of the Meghalaya Tourism Development Corporation; Sachin Ramchandra Jadhav, Director Tourism, Government of Odisha, and Sanjay Sindhwani, CEO, Indian Express Online Media.

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13. What new facilities has the All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) recently acquired?
A) Molecular biology lab for advanced research
B) Manuscript Unit
C) Center of Excellence Dakshya
D) Both A and B
E) All of the above
Answer: E) All of the above

• Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal during the sixth foundation day event of All India Institute of Ayurveda in New Delhi.
• The All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) has got a new molecular biology lab for advanced research, Manuscript Unit and Center of Excellence Dakshya.
• The new facility is aimed at creating a new path of success in research advancement of AIIA
• AIIA celebrated its sixth foundation day on October 26
• Six MoUs have been signed between AIIA and different well-known institutions like Hindustan Salt, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Heartfulness Institute.
• AIIA was established on October 17, 2017 for the promotion and advancement of the knowledge and practice of Ayurveda, an ancient Indian system of medicine. Over the past six years, the institution has made tremendous strides in this field, becoming a hub for Ayurvedic education and research not only in India but on global scale
• Recently, the institute is accredited with A++ grade by NAAC, which is the first institute under Ministry of Ayush to achieve such status in the first cycle. On this occasion, A++ certificate of NAAC was handed over to the Director of the institute Prof. (Dr) Tanuja Nesari by Union minister Sonowal
• The institute signed six MoUs with different prestigious institutions like Hindustan Salts Ltd, National Institute of Health & Family Welfare and others
• A statue of the late Padma Vibhushan Vaidya Bṛihaspati Dev Triguna was unveiled by Sonowal at the newly christened “Vaidya Bṛihaspati Dev Triguna Auditorium.”
• Vaidya Bṛihaspati Dev Triguna was a legendary figure in the world of Ayurveda. His lifelong dedication to the practice and promotion of Ayurveda made him to earn the prestigious Padma Vibhushan award, one of the highest civilian honors in India

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14. Who launched the logo, website, and brochure of the newly established National Cooperative Exports Limited (NCEL)?
A) Union Home Minister Amit Shah
B) Prime Minister Narendra Modi
C) Former President Ram Nath Kovind
D) Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh
E) Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal
Answer: A) Union Home Minister Amit Shah

• Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched the logo, website, and brochure of the newly established National Cooperative Exports Limited (NCEL).
• The Union Cooperation Minister distributed membership certificates to NCEL members at the National Symposium on Cooperative Exports organised by the body in New Delhi.
• The NCEL was set up by Shah stating that their is a need to establish a national-level multi-state cooperative society to act as an umbrella organisation for exports by the cooperative sector
• NCEL has an authorised share capital of Rs 2,000 crore and the body will provide membership to all cooperative societies at all levels if they are interested in exports.
• The cooperative body intends to focus on exporting the additional products available in the Indian cooperative sector by accessing wider global markets

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15. Which organization has become a member of the steering group of the International Competition Network (ICN)?
A) Competition Commission of India (CCI)
B) Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
C) Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
D) Ministry of Corporate Affairs, India
E) National Stock Exchange of India (NSE)
Answer: A) Competition Commission of India (CCI)

• Competition Commission of India (CCI) has become a member of the steering group of the International Competition Network (ICN).
• The ICN comprises 140 competition agencies from 130 countries.
• ICN consists of 140 competition agencies and is guided by its apex body — Steering Group of 18 members
• This is the first time that the CCI has become a member of the ICN’s steering group and the membership is for two years
• The ICN provides competition authorities with a specialised yet informal venue for maintaining regular contacts and addressing practical competition concerns
• Last month, India hosted the bi-annual conference of the competition regulators of the BRICS grouping after a decade to deliberate on new dimensions of antitrust regulations, among others

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