Daily Current Affairs Quiz: June 8, 2023

Solution: option c.)

World Brain Tumour Day is an annual global healthcare event commemorated every year on the 8th of June to increase public awareness about brain tumors.
The events on this health awareness day are organized in collaboration with several international and local governing bodies.
World Brain Tumour Day events center on educating people about the seriousness, early detection, and prevention of brain tumors.

World Brain Tumor Day 2023 Theme
This year, 2023, World Brain Tumour Day is “Protect yourself – keep away from stress”.
The theme emphasizes the importance of developing stress management techniques to prevent brain tumors. Chronic stress triggers the sympathetic nervous system and neuroendocrine system.

Solution: option d.)

District Forest Officer (DFO) of Ramanathapuram district, Jagdish Bakan has won the 2023 Michel Batisse Award for Biosphere Reserve Management from UNESCO.
The 2017 batch officer of the IFS is currently the director of the Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve.
The USD 12,000 award is given in memory of Dr. Michel Batisse for outstanding achievement in the management of biosphere reserves.
He will receive the award from UNESCO in Paris on June 14, 2023.

Solution: option b.)

Nirmala Laxman has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Board of Directors of The Hindu Group Publishing Private Limited (THGPPL) for three years.
He succeeds Malini Parthasarathy, who stepped down after completing her three-year term at the June 5, 2023 board meeting.
Nirmala Laxman During her time as joint editor of The Hindu, she was instrumental in re-launching and setting up new feature sections, including ‘The Hindu Literary Review’, ‘Young World’ and ‘The Hindu in School’. played an important role. Nirmala Laxman is the founder and curator of Lit for Life, a literary festival organized by The Hindu.

The Hindu Group Publishing Private Limited (THGPPL) is a media company.
It is the publisher of The Hindu, a national daily newspaper, as well as other publications including Frontline, Sportstar and Hindu BusinessLine. The company was founded in 1878 by G. Subramania Iyer as The Hindu Religious and Public Trust, which focused on religious and educational material.

Solution: option d.)

Uttar Pradesh has launched the Nand Baba Milk Mission scheme for Rs 1,000 crore.
Aim: To provide milk producers with the facility of selling their milk at a reasonable price in villages through dairy cooperative societies.
Under this mission, it is proposed to form a Dairy farmer producer organization (Dairy FPO) to facilitate the sale of milk in producers’ villages itself. UP is a leading state in the field of milk development and milk production.

Uttar Pradesh CM: Yogi Adityanath
Uttar Pradesh Governor: Anadiben Patel
Uttar Pradesh Capital: Lucknow

Solution: option a.)

Indian Navy divers and Marine Commandos are in the Maldives for the sixth edition of Exercise Ekatha.
Exercise Ekatha is an annual exercise conducted between the navies of India and the Maldives.
The objective is to enhance interoperability in diving and special operations.
The location of the Maldives, at the intersection of commercial sea lanes running through the Indian Ocean, makes it strategically important for India, particularly in light of China’s growing aggression in the region.
India was among the first to recognize Maldives after its independence in 1965 and to establish diplomatic relations with the country.
Maldives Capital: Male
Maldives Currency: Rufiyaa
Maldives President: Ibrahim Mohamed Solih

Solution: option c.)

Algeria, Guyana, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone and Slovenia were elected non-permanent members of the UN Security Council on 6 June for a two-year term.
The newly elected members will take up their new responsibilities on January 1, 2024, and serve till December 31, 2025.
These new members will replace Albania, Brazil, Gabon, Ghana, and the United Arab Emirates at present when their two-year term ends on 31 December 2023.
Election of non-permanent members In all, 192 countries voted to fill five seats on the council allocated to the Africa and Asia-Pacific groups, and one each to Eastern Europe, America, and the Caribbean.

Law was established in 1945 by the United Nations Charter. It is one of the six major organs of the United Nations.
The other 5 organs of the United Nations are – the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), the Trusteeship Council, the Economic and Social Council, the International Court of Justice, and the Secretariat.
It has five permanent members – China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, collectively known as the P5.

Solution: option c.)

India is set to remain the United Arab Emirates (UAE) largest export destination by 2030, according to a new report by Standard Chartered. The report, titled “Future of Trade: New opportunities in high-growth corridors”, forecasts that the UAE’s exports will reach around USD 543 billion by 2030, showcasing a robust annual growth rate of 5.5 percent.

The report also highlights that trade corridors anchored in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East are expected to outpace the global trade growth rate by almost four percentage points, propelling the combined trade volume in these regions to an astounding USD14.4 trillion, accounting for 44 percent of global trade by 2030.

Solution: option b.)

Tamil Nadu Minister for Sports Development and Youth Welfare Udhayanidhi Stalin Tuesday felicitated N Muthamizh Selvi, the first woman from Tamil Nadu to scale Mount Everest.
The 34-year-old woman from Johilpatti, Virudhunagar, reached the summit of Mount Everest on May 23, after 56 days of strenuous journey.

Solution: option c.)

Around 750 passengers sailed on a cruise from Chennai to Sri Lanka on a five-day voyage after Union Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal flagged off India’s first international cruise vessel on Monday.
The MV Empress cruise can accommodate 3,000 passengers and was flagged off from Chennai port that will connect three ports— Triconmalle, Hambantota, and Jaffna—in Sri Lanka.

Solution: option c.)

President Droupadi Murmu has been conferred with Suriname’s highest civilian award by her counterpart Chandrikapersad Santokhi to honor the deep-rooted bilateral ties.
Murmu arrived in Suriname on Sunday on a three-day state visit – her first since assuming office in July last year.

Suriname Capital: Paramaribo
Suriname Currency: Surinamese dollar
Suriname President: Chandrikapersad “Chan” Santokhi

Solution: option d.)

▪ The initiative is the brainchild of Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Social Welfare Aseem Arun, who earlier headed the emergency helpline 112.
▪ The objective of the helpline is to rescue destitute old persons and provide them shelter in old age homes.
▪ ‘Elder Line’ 14567 services have been activated, actively responding to distress related to older persons.

Uttar Pradesh CM: Yogi Adityanath
Uttar Pradesh Governor: Anadiben Patel
Uttar Pradesh Capital: Lucknow

Solution: option d.)
▪ Bank of Baroda has launched a new service called Interoperable Cardless Cash Withdrawal (ICCW), which allows customers to withdraw cash using UPI (Unified Payments Interface) from the bank’s ATMs.
▪ This makes the Bank of Baroda the first public sector bank to introduce this service. With this, customers can avail two transactions a day per account with a withdrawal limit of Rs 5,000 per transaction.
▪ Bank of Baroda customers as well as customers of other participating issuer banks that use BHIM UPI, BoB World UPI, or any other UPI application enabled for ICCW on their mobile phone can withdraw cash from a Bank of Baroda ATM without using their debit card.

Solution: option b.)

▪ Colonel Shuchita Shekhar has become the first woman officer to command a Communication Zone Mechanical Transport Battalion in the Indian Army Service Corps.

▪ She is responsible for the maintenance of the Supply Chain of the fully operational Northern Command.
▪ This is a significant milestone in the history of the Indian Army and a great step towards gender equality.

Solution: option a.)

▪ The Pinarayi Vijayan-led Kerala government officially launched the Kerala Fiber Optical Network (KFON).
▪ Kerala is the first state to declare the right to the Internet as a fundamental right.
▪ The main objective of KFON is to bridge the digital divide and ensure high-speed broadband internet access to all households and government offices in Kerala.
▪ KFON uses fibre optic technology to provide fast and reliable internet connection.
▪ The Government of Kerala aims to bridge the digital divide and promote digital inclusion through the implementation of KFON.

Kerala Capital: Thiruvananthapuram
Kerala Governor: Arif Mohammad

Solution: option b.)

MISHTI (Mangrove Initiative for Shoreline Habitats and Tangible Incomes)
▪ The scheme was first announced by the Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the 2023-24 Union budget.
▪ This will facilitate mangrove plantation on salt lands along the sea coast of India.
▪ The scheme will operate through “convergence between MGNREGS,
Campa Fund and other sources”.
▪ It aims at the intensive afforestation of coastal mangrove forests.