Daily Current Affairs Quiz: March 4 2024

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South American country Peru has declared a health emergency in view of the rapidly increasing cases of dengue fever.
A health emergency has been declared in 20 of Peru’s 25 regions. Peru is a country in western South America.
Its capital is ‘Lima’.
Dengue is caused by the Dengue virus.
The dengue virus is transmitted by female mosquitoes called – Aedes aegypti.
These dengue mosquitos are found everywhere (Both inside and outside the house) and generally bite during the daytime.
These mosquitos are found to be at the peak of their activeness at dawn and dusk.
The symptoms of the disease can develop only after 6 to 10 days after being bitten by an infected mosquito.
Symptoms include high fever, headache, rash, and muscle, and joint pain.

Ans (D)
World Wildlife Day-March 3
This is one of the most crucial days observed by the United Nations.
On December 20, 2013, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) proclaimed March 3, as World Wildlife Day.
This day is dedicated to celebrating and raising awareness of the world’s wild fauna and flora.
According to the UN, between 200 and 350 million people live within or adjacent to forested areas around the world.
Roughly 28% of the world’s land surface is currently being managed by indigenous peoples
theme – “Exploring Digital Innovation in Wildlife Conservation”

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New moons discovered around Uranus and Neptune
The solar system has three new moons, one orbiting Uranus and two orbiting Neptune.
These moons were spotted several years ago and recently confirmed by the International Astronomical Union’s (IAU) Minor Planet Center.
This brings Uranus’ total moon count to 28.
Neptune now has 16 known moons.

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Amazon Pay gets final approval from RBI to operate as a payment gateway.
Amazon Pay has received a payment aggregator license from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
This month, two fintech startups, Decentro and Juspay, an enterprise software-as-a-service (SaaS) firm Zoho have received final authorization from the RBI for payment aggregator (PA) licenses.
Zomato and fintech firms Stripe and Tata Pay were among the companies to have bagged the license in January.

Ans (D)
Cabinet approves India’s first semiconductor fab by Tata Group.
The Union Cabinet approved the country’s first semiconductor fab to be made by the Tata Group in collaboration with Powerchip Taiwan.
The semiconductor fab will come up in Dholera with a capacity of 50,000 wafers per month.
A net investment of Rs 27,000 crore will go into the fab. 48 million chips per day will be produced from the unit, once the full capacity is reached.

Ans (C)
The monthly salary of Anganwadi workers has been raised from Rs 7,500 to Rs 10,000, and that of Mini Anganwadi workers from Rs 5,378 to Rs 7,250 and Anganwadi Sahayikas from Rs 3,750 to Rs 5,000
At least 1,48,000 Anganwadi workers, Mini Anganwadi workers, and Anganwadi Sahayikas will benefit from the decision which will cost the state exchequer an additional Rs 350 crore annually.

Ans (B)
India’s economic growth has upgraded to 8.4% in the third quarter of 2023-24.
The National Statistics Office has given India’s GDP growth estimates for this year to 7.6% from 7.3% estimated in early January, even as it scaled down its 7.2% growth estimate for 2022-23 to 7%.
The NSO, in its advance estimate, said that the Gross Value Added to the economy is estimated to rise 6.9% this year

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Earth Sciences co-chairs the 1st ‘Blue Talks’ meeting on Ocean.
The Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), hosted the 1st ‘Blue Talks’ meeting in New Delhi.
The meeting was co-partnered by the Embassy of France and the Embassy of Costa Rica in India.
The core aim of the 1st Blue Talks meeting was to exchange good practices and successful experiences on topics related to the governance and health of the ocean.

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The Odisha government decided to establish a State Water Informatics Centre (SWIC) for the coordination, collection, and dissemination of water resources data.
The state Cabinet headed by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik approved a total of eight proposals, including the establishment of the SWIC.
This will be done with the support and guidance of the National Water Informatics Centre (NWIC).

Ans (C)
The Cabinet approved the establishment of the International Big Cat Alliance with headquarters in India with a one-time budgetary support of Rs 150 crore till 2027-28.
The Alliance ensures sustainable use of natural resources and mitigates challenges emanating from climate change.
Seven big cats Tiger, Lion, Leopard, Snow Leopard, Puma, Jaguar, and Cheetah are found in India.