Daily GK Update: 10th April 2023

Honours & Awards

An Indian-American mathematician and statistician, Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao (102) will be awarded the 2023 International Prize in Statistics in July 2023.
Reason: For his monumental work 75 years ago that revolutionized statistical thinking.
He is currently a professor emeritus at Pennsylvania State University and Research Professor at University at Buffalo.
He will receive the prize, with an $80,000 award.
It is awarded every two years to an individual or team.

National Affairs

PM Narendra Modi has released the latest Tiger census data, which shows the country's big-cat count increased by 200 in four years to 3,167 from 2,967 in 2018.
This report revealed that the Western Ghats showed a significant decline in numbers from 981 in 2018 to 824 in 2022.
While the Sundarbans is threatened by the effects of climate change and the rise of sea levels.
India hosts some 75% of the global tiger population living in forests.

National Affairs

PM Narendra Modi has launched a 97-nation International Big Cats Alliance (IBCA) in Karnataka on April 9, 2023.
Aim: To focus on the protection and conservation of seven big cat species in the wild.
Seven big cat species are tiger, leopard, jaguar, lion, snow leopard, puma, and cheetah.
The launch of the alliance follows the clarion call given by the Prime Minister in July 2019.
He also visited Bandipur Tiger Reserve in Karnataka.

National Affairs

Home Minister Amit Shah has launched the ‘Vibrant Villages Programme’ in Kibithoo, a border village in the Anjaw district of Arunachal Pradesh.
He has also inaugurated nine Micro Hydel Projects of the AP government constructed under the “Golden Jubilee Border Illumination Programme” in Kibithoo.
These electricity projects will empower people living in border villages.
In the first phase, 662 villages have been identified for priority coverage.

National Affairs

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar has inaugurated the scientific convention on the occasion of World Homoeopathy Day on April 10, 2023, in New Delhi.
The Convention has been organised by the Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy under the Ministry of AYUSH.
This year, the theme is "One Health, One Family."
It aims to promote homoeopathic treatment among the people through the neighbourhood family physicians.

International Affairs

The first Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Emine Dzhaparova is on a four-day visit to India from April 9, 2023.
During the visit, she will hold talks with Sanjay Verma, Secretary (West) in the Ministry of External Affairs.
Both sides are expected to discuss bilateral relations.
They will also exchange views on the current situation in Ukraine and global issues of mutual interest.
Both shares warm and friendly relations and multifaceted cooperation.

Honours & Awards

Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh has stunned former world rapid champion Nodirbek Abdusattorov of Uzbekistan in the final to win the World Chess Armageddon Asia & Oceania event.
Gukesh emerged winner in a topsy-turvy summit clash.
The first game of the ‘new’ match was a draw after a perpetual check from Gukesh.
An Armageddon game is a variant of blitz chess to determine a winner after a series of a drawn game.
A drawn game in Armageddon is counted as a win for Black.

National Affairs

India’s first post office will be constructed using 3D printing technology in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
The project at Cambridge Layout in Ulsoor is being implemented by Larsen & Toubro, which has experience in constructing 3D-printed buildings.
The 1,100 sqft building is expected to cost 30-40% less than conventional buildings because of technological intervention.
The post office is being built at a cost of Rs 23 lakh.

International Affairs

Bangladesh, Japan, and India will hold a meeting in Tripura on 11-12 April, 2023, for connectivity initiatives to harness the commercial potential of the region.
The event will be organized by Asian Confluence, a think tank based out of North East India, in collaboration with India's foreign ministry.
It will be attended by deputy foreign ministers of Bangladesh and India along with the chief minister of Tripura and the Japanese envoy to India

International Affairs

EAM Dr. S. Jaishankar will be on official visits to Uganda and Mozambique from 11-15 April 2023.
In the first leg, he will visit Uganda and is expected to hold delegation-level talks with his counterpart Foreign Minister of Uganda General Jeje Odongo.
He will also inaugurate the transit campus of the National Forensic Science University in Jinja.
Later, he will visit Mozambique and co-chair the 5th Joint Commission Meeting with Foreign Minister Ms. Veronica Macamo.