Exam Related Current Affairs with Static Gk : 04 July 2023 #E | Railway RRB NTPC, JE, ALP, Group D, Technician
Exam Related Current Affairs with Static Gk : 04 July 2023
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1) Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated tourism facilities at the historic lighthouses of Dwarka, Gopnath and Veraval in Gujarat.
Gujarat:-
➨CM - Bhupendra Patel
➨Nageshwar Temple
➨Somnath Temple
➠ Marine( Gulf of Kachchh) WLS
➠Nal Sarovar Bird Santuary
➠ Kakrapar Nuclear Power Plant
➠ Narayan Sarovar wildlife sanctuary
➠ Sardar Sarovar Hydro Electric Power Plant
➠Porbandar Lake wildlife sanctuary
2) Senior IPS officer Ajay Bhatnagar has been appointed as Special Director in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
➨Bhatnagar, a 1989 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of Jharkhand cadre, is currently Additional Director in the federal probe agency.
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) :-
➨The CBI headquarter is located in CGO Complex, near Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi.
➨Formed - 1942 as the Special Police Establishment
➨Headquarters - New Delhi, India
➨Motto - Industry, Impartiality, Integrity
3) India has been ranked 40th on the latest world competitiveness ranking released by the International Institute for Management Development (IMD).
4) The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, approved the introduction of the National Research Foundation (NRF) Bill, 2023 in the Parliament.
➨ The approved Bill will pave the way to establish NRF that will seed, grow and promote Research and Development (R&D).
5) United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced the appointment of Haoliang Xu of China as Under-Secretary-General and Associate Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
6) The Government of India is organizing an International Conference on Green Hydrogen (ICGH-2023) during 5th – 7th July 2023 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, to bring together the global scientific and industrial community to discuss recent advances and emerging technologies in the entire green hydrogen value chain.
7) Shriram Finance Ltd, has partnered with leading payments and financial services firm Paytm to offer digital loans to small merchant partners and entrepreneurs.
8) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has announced a groundbreaking infrastructural development project for the state — the construction of Assam's first-ever underwater tunnel.
Assam
CM - Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma
➨Dibru Saikhowa National Park
➨ Akashiganga Waterfalls
➨ Kakochang Waterfall
➨ Chapanala Waterfalls
➨Kaziranga National Park
➨Nameri National Park
➨Manas National Park
9) Union Minister of Mines, Pralhad Joshi, has unveiled India's first-ever report on Critical Minerals for India.
➨ The report identifies 30 critical minerals essential for sectors including defense, agriculture, energy, pharmaceuticals, and telecom.
10) A new book titled "The Yoga Sutras for Children" by Indian author Roopa Pai was published by Hachette India.
➨It aims to bring out the best in children by connecting yoga to their everyday experiences.
11) Writer Priya AS won Kendra Sahitya Akademi’s Bal Sahitya Puraksar for the year 2023.
➨ The novel, Perumazhayathe Kunjithalukal, written by her in 2018, won her the prize.
➨ She had earlier won the Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award for translating Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things.
12) The government extended the tenure of Brajendra Navnit as Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to the World Trade Organization (WTO) by nine months till March 31, 2024.
12) US-based Micron Technology Inc signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Gujarat government to set up a Rs 22,500-crore semiconductor unit at Sanand near Ahmedabad.
14) Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra clinched the prestigious Diamond League title for the second consecutive time by throwing his spear to 87.66m.
