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Daily G.K. - Top Stories

12 Sep 2023

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

EC Arun Goel on Visit to Maldives to Observe Presidential Election

  • Election Commissioner Arun Goel led a three-member delegation to the Maldives to observe the Presidential polls conducted there. As per the Election Commission of India (ECI), he went to observe at the invitation of the Election Commission of Maldives.
  • The team visited 22 polling booths located in Male and Hulhumale and observed the system and procedure of voter registration and identification and the arrangements of booths for polling. Observers representing other countries also participated in the election observation programme.
  • The Goel-led delegation includes Deputy Election Commissioner Ajay Bhadoo and Principal Secretary Pramod Kumar Sharma.
  • The Presidential poll was conducted according to the Constitution of Maldives, 2008, Election (General) Act, 2008, Presidential Elections Act, 2008 and Presidential Elections Rules and Regulations, 2008.

Israeli Delegation Makes First Open Visit to Saudi Arabia

  • An Israeli delegation attended a UNESCO meeting in Riyadh, marking the country's first publicly announced visit to Saudi Arabia as speculation grows about a potential normalisation of ties.
  • Three Israeli officials were seen sitting at Israel's chairs of the 45th session of UNESCO's World Heritage Committee.
  • The delegation comprised of the Foreign Ministry's deputy director-general for international organisations and the ambassador to international organisations in Paris.

United States Marks 22 Years since 9/11

  • From Ground Zero to small towns, Americans looked back on 9/11 with moments of silence, tearful words and appeals to teach younger generations about the deadly terror attacks that struck the nation exactly 22 years before (on September 11, 2001).
  • Joe Biden spoke at a military base in Anchorage, Alaska. The President's visit, en route to Washington from a trip to India and Vietnam, was a reminder that the impact of 9/11 was felt in every corner of the nation, however remote.
  • At Ground Zero in New York, Kamala Harris, the vice-president, joined other dignitaries at the ceremony on the National September 11 Memorial plaza. Instead of remarks from political figures, the event features victims reading the names of the dead and delivering brief personal messages.
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ENVIRONMENT

World's Largest Asteroid Impact Crater Found in Australia

  • Researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) might have found the world's largest asteroid impact crater in Australia. The researchers believe that this site in the town of Deniliquin is evidence of the oldest asteroid impact buried in the world. They also said that this crater could have helped trigger a major glaciation event that killed 85 per cent of the world's species.
  • The newly-found impact crater is named as Deniliquin structure.
  • UNSW adjunct professor and asteroid impact researcher, Andrew Glikson believed the crater is 323 miles in diameter, which is nearly double the size of the current record-holding crarter, the Vredefort impact structure in South Africa.
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BUSINESS AND ECONOMY

RBI Approves Reappointment of Sandeep Bakhshi as ICICI Bank MD & CEO

  • ICICI Bank received the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)'s approval for reappointment of Sandeep Bakhshi as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (MD and CEO) of the bank.
  • RBI approved Sandeep Bakhshi's reappointment as the bank's MD and CEO with effect from October 4, 2023 till October 3, 2026.
  • Bakhshi has been holding the position in the bank since October 15, 2018. Prior to his appointment, he was Whole time Director and the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the bank.
  • Bakhshi has been with the ICICI Group for 36 years and has handled various assignments across the group in ICICI Limited, ICICI Lombard General Insurance, ICICI Bank and ICICI Prudential Life Insurance.

Saudi Arabia Plans Sovereign Wealth Fund Office in Gujarat's GIFT City

  • Saudi Arabia is considering setting up an office of its sovereign wealth fund at GIFT City in Gandhinagar.
  • The country's Investment Minister Khalid A. Al Falih said that within the next few weeks, he would send a delegation to GIFT City to explore opportunities.
  • Public Investment Fund (PIF) is Saudi's sovereign wealth fund with assets under management of around $700 billion.
  • Gift City is India's tax-neutral financial services centre conceptualised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It is a global financial hub and India's first operational smart city.
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Next is Samudrayaan: Union Minister Rijiju Shares Pictures of Submersible Matsya 6000

  • Union Minister Kiren Rijiju shared pictures of 'Matsya 6000', a submersible which is in preparation for exploring the deep oceans as part of India's 'Samudrayaan Mission' being developed by the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) in Chennai, under the Ministry of Earth Sciences. After achieving a successful 'soft-landing' on the Moon's south pole, India is now aiming to send three humans to a depth of 6 km into the ocean for deep-sea exploration and biodiversity assessments.
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SPORTS

SAFF U16 Championship Final: India Crowned Champions after Beating Bangladesh

  • India secured the championship title by triumphing over Bangladesh with a 2-0 victory in the final match of the SAFF U-16 Championship 2023, which took place at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu, Bhutan.
  • Under the guidance of head coach Ishfaq Ahmed, the Blue Colts claimed the top position in Group A. They secured hard-fought 1-0 victories against Bangladesh and Nepal, followed by a commanding performance that saw them net eight goals against the Maldives in the semi-finals. Remarkably, the team achieved this remarkable feat without allowing a single goal against them throughout the entire tournament.

VVS Laxman and Hrishikesh Kanitkar Named Coaches for India's Men's and Women's Teams at Asian Games 2023

  • VVS Laxman and Hrishikesh Kanitkar will go to the 2023 Asian Games, which will be held in Hangzhou, China, as the men's and women's teams' head coaches, respectively. The men's team bowling coach is Sairaj Bahutule, while their fielding coach is Munish Bali. Rajib Dutta is the bowling coach for the women's team, and Subhadeep Ghosh the fielding coach.
  • Ruturaj Gaikwad and Harmanpreet Kaur are the captains of Indian men's and women's teams.
  • Both India's men's and women's teams will enter the Asian Games 2023 at the quarter-finals stage.

Basketball Germany Beat Serbia to Win World Cup for First Time

  • Germany beat Serbia 83-77 and lifted basketball's 2023 FIBA World Cup. Germany went 8-0 in the tournament, becoming the fifth consecutive World Cup champion to go unbeaten. The tournament most valuable player Dennis Schroder carried Germany with a game-high 28 points, way above his average of 17.9 points per game, and added two rebounds and two assists.
  • The 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the 19th tournament of the FIBA Basketball World Cup for men's national basketball teams. The tournament was the second to feature 32 teams and was hosted by multiple nations for the first time in its history—the Philippines, Japan, and Indonesia—from 25 August to 10 September 2023.
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NATIONAL AFFAIRS

G20 Summit: StartUp Bridge between India and Saudi Arabia Announced

  • Following the announcement of a Saudi Arabian investment facilitation centre in India, Prince Fahad Bin Mansour Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia spoke about a StartUp Bridge initiative between the two nations.
  • After congratulating India for successfully hosting the 2023 G20 Summit, Prince Fahad Bin Mansour spoke about the initiative that aims to foster entrepreneurship ecosystems in both nations and foster a climate of collaboration and innovation that StartUp India and Invest Saudi would facilitate.
  • The StartUp Bridge, a joint endeavour between the two countries, is expected to pave the way for numerous initiatives to solve pressing issues.

Rajasthan Congress Leaders Jyoti Mirdha, Sawai Singh Choudhary Join BJP

  • Rajasthan Congress leaders Jyoti Mirdha and Sawai Singh Chaudhary switched to the BJP ahead of assembly elections due later this year.
  • While the BJP claimed that the development reflected a wave in its favour in Rajasthan, the Congress downplayed it saying leaders leaving or joining any party is a usual occurrence before any election and the departure of the two will not impact the ruling party in the state.
  • Mirdha, a former MP from Nagaur in Rajasthan, and Chaudhary joined the BJP in the presence of senior leaders including Rajasthan BJP chief C. P. Joshi at the party headquarters in Delhi.
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DEFENCE

Indian Coast Guard Participates in Asian Maritime Security Meet in Istanbul

  • The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) participated in the 19th Heads of Asian Coast Guard Agencies Meeting (HACGAM) in Turkey's Istanbul that took place in September. Director General Rakesh Pal led the ICG delegation, which consists of four members.
  • As per information, during the three-day meet, a series of vital issues, including, maritime law enforcement, safety and security of life at sea, marine environment protection, illicit trafficking of drugs, weapons, and humans at sea etc were discussed.
  • The HACGAM is an annual event hosted by one of its member nations on a rotational basis. In 2022, the 18th edition of the meeting was hosted by the ICG in New Delhi.
  • The forum, which has 23-member coast guard agencies and two associate members - Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP) and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) - was initiated by Japan to promote cooperation among regional coast guards.
  • It was established in 2004.

Armenia Holds Drills with US amid Rift with Russia

  • Joint military drills between Armenian and US forces, 'Exercise Eagle Partner's' kicked off, the latest sign of Yerevan drifting from Moscow's orbit as Russia's invasion of Ukraine reshapes post-Soviet relations.
  • The exercises came amid mounting frustration in Armenia over what it sees as Russia's failure to act as a security guarantor amid mounting tensions with its historic rival Azerbaijan.
  • As per Armenia's defence ministry, the exercises aimed to increase the level of interoperability with US forces in international peacekeeping missions.
  • The exercise would conclude on September 20.
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PERSONS IN NEWS

Dennis Austin, Creator of PowerPoint, Passes Away

  • Dennis Austin, one of the two creators of Microsoft PowerPoint, passed away at the age of 76. Austin created PowerPoint with Robert Gaskins and released it in 1987. The pair of software developers was part of software company Forethought, which was acquired by Microsoft for $14m months after PowerPoint, then called Presenter was launched.
  • Dennis R. Austin was the principal software developer for PowerPoint from 1985 to 1996, particularly its versions for Apple Macintosh computers. Austin first encountered computers in high school at a summer program at the Carnegie Institute of Technology. His interest in programming languages and compilers deepened during his undergraduate engineering studies at the University of Virginia in the late 1960s.
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DAYS AND EVENTS

United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation

  • Every year, the United Nations marks September 12 as the UN Day for South-South Cooperation. The International Labour Organization (ILO) plays a pivotal role in championing workers' rights on a global scale, and in an increasingly interconnected world it recognizes the significance of South-South and triangular cooperation as a key avenue for achieving its mission. The ILO has also helped to establish the role of South-South collaboration in supporting countries to meet their development goals, and in the achievement of the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
  • Cooperation among nations has been a fundamental principle of the United Nations (UN) since its inception. The focus on South-South cooperation has grown in significance due to increasing disparities in income, GDP, and human development between countries from different regions. The primary objective of this initiative is to foster collaboration among developing nations. This led to the establishment of the United Nations Development Program in 1965 and, in 1974, the creation of the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation as a key UN body responsible for coordinating various cooperation efforts.
  • The theme for 2023 is 'Solidarity, Equity and Partnership: Unlocking South-South Cooperation to Achieve the SDGs'.
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AWARDS AND HONOURS

Rajnish Kumar Gets Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize

  • An Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) professor Rajnish Kumar received the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. Professor Kumar was awarded for his contributions to fundamental understanding of the nucleation and growth of clathrate hydrates, CO2 sequestration in solid hydrates and methane recovery from marine gas hydrates.
  • The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (SSB) is a science award in India presented annually by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for notable and outstanding research, applied or fundamental, in biology, chemistry, environmental science, engineering, mathematics, medicine and physics. It is the most coveted award in multidisciplinary science in India. The award is named after the founder Director of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar. It was first awarded in 1958.
  • The prize comprises a citation, a plaque, and a cash award of Rs. 5 lakh (US$6,300).
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GENDER/ HEALTH/ EDUCATION

NMC Releases List of 1200+ Approved Medical Collges after Fake Approval Scam

  • The National Medical Commission (NMC) released a list of over 1200 medical colleges along with the number of approved MBBS and PG seats each institution holds. The proactive measure was prompted by a recent scam involving fake approval letters for various medical colleges.
  • The NMC-issued listing includes in-depth details about the approved Medical Colleges for the academic year 2023-24. The document contains the name of the college, state, course, application type, and the number of approved undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) seats as sanctioned by the Medical Assessment and Rating Board (MARB).

Kerala Compiles Deleted NCERT Portions in New Textbooks

  • The Kerala government said that it was the only state in the country to compile all the portions removed by the NCERT from school textbooks and create a new textbook for students to study and appear for exams.
  • As per State General Education Minister V. Sivankutty, the government took such a stand in accordance with Kerala's exemplary educational background.
  • Sivankutty said that the policy was not completely accepted in the country as Tamil Nadu had rejected it in its entirety and Karnataka has only agreed to implement some portions of it.

SPJIMR Top-ranked B-School in India, IIM-Ahmedabad Next

  • The SP Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR) was placed among the top Indian business schools in the Financial Times Masters in Management (MiM) global rankings for 2023. The Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's SPJIMR was ranked in the 40th position globally and obtained the top position among India's management institutes for its two-year full-time postgraduate diploma in management (PGDM) with IIM Ahmedabad following at the 43rd spot.
  • This is the fourth consecutive year in which SPJIMR was ranked among the world's top 50 business schools.
  • As many as 11 Indian institutions including SPJIMR, IIM Ahmedabad (43rd), IIM Calcutta (60th) and IIM Lucknow (72nd) bagged a spot in the FT Masters in Management rankings 2023. HEC Paris, University of St Gallen Switzerland and London Business School UK were placed in the top three positions in the FT Masters in Management Rankings 2023. The top ranks were dominated by the European institutions from countries including France, Spain and Italy.
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ART AND CULTURE

Researchers Discover 24,000 Years Old Palaeolithic Cave Art in Spain

  • Archaeologists made a significant discovery of Palaeolithic cave art in 'Cova Dones' or 'Cueva Dones', a cave site in Spain.
  • With over 100 ancient paintings and engravings believed to be at least 24,000 years old, this discovery can arguably be considered one of the most important finds on the Eastern Iberian Coast in Europe.
  • The 500 meters long cave located in near Valencia is an often visited site for locals, hikers, and explorers. Despite this, the existence of Palaeolithic paintings remained unnoticed until researchers made this remarkable discovery.
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LAW AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS

Allahabad High Court Permits Parties, Advocates to Argue Cases through Video Conference

  • In a noteworthy development, the Allahabad High Court put in place facilities to enable parties and advocates to present and argue their cases before through videoconference with effect from September 12.
  • A press release was issued by the Registrar General of the High Court conveying the information.
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