Daily Current Affairs Quiz: December 06 2023

Ans (D)
Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar reconstituted the eight-member panel of Deputy Speakers with the presence of 50 percent women MPs.
The eight-member panel now has four women members, including Congress MP Phulo Devi Netam, and Bharatiya Janata Party MPs Phangnon Konyak, Darshana Singh and Sonal Mansingh.
In the absence of the Chairman or Deputy Chairman, the Deputy Chairman is eligible to preside over the House.
Article 64: The Vice-President shall be ex officio Chairman of the Council of States and shall not hold any other office of profit.
Article 89 of the Constitution provides provision for the Chairman (Vice-President of India) and the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.

Ans (B)
The world’s first portable hospital indigenously built “Arogya Maitri cube” has been inaugurated in Gurugram, Haryana.
It can be installed at the emergency site within an hour.
It can be used in any emergency area or disaster affected area.
It has the capacity to treat up to 200 patients.
It was initiated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and jointly developed by the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Defence, and the National Security Council.
The ‘Aarogya Maitri’ project is a continuum of India’s growing role as a global healthcare leader.
The portable hospital includes various cubes and these cubes can be converted into a surgical station that has all the facilities where small operating procedures can also be performed.

Ans (A)
Banwarilal Purohit, Governor of Punjab and Administrator of Chandigarh inaugurated the DeepTech Startup Promotion Campaign to promote innovation in agriculture and water technology.
This deeptech startup promotion named “Samriddhi Conclave” has been started at IIT Ropar.
It was organized by Technology and Innovation Center iHub AwaDH.
SAMRIDHI – Strategic Acceleration for Market, Research, Innovation & Development is a Holistic Initiative for ICPS Startups

Ans (D)
India has once again been elected to the International Maritime Organization with the highest number of votes.
This biennial term of India is for 2024-25.
India comes in the category of 10 nations with ‘most interest in international maritime trade’.
India’s re-election falls under the Category of 10 states with “the largest interest in international seaborne trade”, alongside Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that regulates shipping, its headquarters is in London.

Ans (D)
Telangana State Government has issued orders to post Anti-Corruption Bureau Director General Ravi Gupta as Director General of Police and Chief of Police Force with full additional charge with immediate effect.
On the instructions of the Election Commission of India, the state government had suspended Anjani Kumar.
The DGP is appointed by the cabinet and holds a three-star rank.
The Director General of Police of States (State Police Chief) is appointed by the state government in consultation with the UPSC.
The national emblem over crossed sword and baton is the rank insignia of a DGP.
In Delhi, the DGP is known as the Commissioner of Police.

Ans (C)
President Droupadi Murmu conferred the National Awards for the empowerment of Divyangjan 2023 on the occasion of International Day of Persons with Disabilities in New Delhi.
A total of 30 awards were given away to individuals, institutions, organizations, state and district for their outstanding achievements and work towards the empowerment of Divyangjan.
International Day of Persons with Disabilities (December 3) is an international observance promoted by the United Nations since 1992.

Ans (B)
President Droupadi Murmu pays floral tributes to former President R. Venkataraman on his 113th birth anniversary.
R.Venkataraman was born in Rajamadam village near Tanjore district in Tamil Nadu 4 Dec 1910.
Ramaswamy Venkataraman was an Indian lawyer, Indian independence activist and politician who served as a Union Minister and as the eighth president of India.
He was born in Rajamadam village in Tanjore district, Madras Presidency.
He was an activist of the Indian independence movement and participated in the Quit India Movement.
He also served as Union Finance Minister and Defence Minister.

Ans (C)
The Internet Governance Forum is holding its hybrid event, the India Internet Governance Forum 2023 in New Delhi.
The theme is “Moving Forward – Calibrating Bharat’s Digital Agenda”, focusing on diverse topics including cyber security, innovation and leadership in global digital governance.
It is a multi-stakeholder platform for discussing internet-related public policies.

Ans (E)
Artist-curator Bose Krishnamacharya, co-founder of Kochi Biennale, has been named amongst the world’s most influential art personalities in the ‘Power 100’ list by Art Review, a renowned international magazine.
Krishnamacharya, ranked 38th, is noted for his distinctive approach in driving the Kochi Biennale that integrates global art with regional synthesis.

Ans (D)
Kanchan Devi, a 1991-batch Indian Forest Service officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre, has been appointed Director General of the Indian Council of Forestry Research Education (ICFRE).
Kanchan Devi has become the first woman officer to hold this post.
Indian Council of Forestry Research Education is functioning under the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.