Daily GK Update: 10th June 2023

 Sports

1. Japanese Tokito Oda becomes Youngest Grand Slam Wheelchair Champion 2023

• Japan's Tokito Oda (17) has defeated top-ranked Alfie Hewett from Britain 6-1, 6-4 to win the 2023 French Open wheelchair Men's singles title.
• With this win, he also become the sport's youngest Grand Slam champion.
• While Diede de Groot from Netherlands has secured the 2023 French Open – Wheelchair women's singles.
• Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid (Britain) won the Men's Double title, and Yui Kamiji and Kgothatso Montjane won the Women's Double title.

 National & International Organizations

2. Microsoft launched voice chat feature to AI-powered Bing Chat

• Microsoft has launched a new 'voice chat' feature to its AI-powered Bing Chat on the desktop.
• Aim: It will help users to talk to the AI chatbot by clicking on the microphone icon in the Bing Chat box
• Currently, the voice chat feature supports five languages- English, Japanese, French, German, and Mandarin.
• More languages will be added soon.
• Bing Chat supports text-to-speech answers, which will respond to your questions in its own voice.

 National Affairs

3. Minister Sarbananda Sonowal launches ‘SAGAR SAMRIDDHI’

• Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways (MoPSW), Sarbananda Sonowal launched ‘SAGAR SAMRIDDHI’, an online dredging monitoring system.
• Aim: To accelerate ‘Waste to Wealth’ initiative of the Ministry
• This system has been developed by National Technology Centre for Ports, Waterways and Coasts (NTCPWC) the technological arm of MoPSW.
• The new technology brings in marked improvement against the old system of Draft & Loading Monitor (DLM) system.

 Agreement

4. ICAR signs a MOU with Amazon Kisan to empower farmers

• ICAR has signed a MoU with Amazon Kisan to combine strengths and create synergy between the two organizations.
• Aim: To guide the farmers on scientific cultivation of different crops for optimum yield and income
• ICAR will provide technological backstopping to the farmers through Amazon’s network
• It will improve farmers’ livelihood and boost crop yield.
• This MoU will help ensuring access to high quality fresh produce for consumers across India.

 Schemes

5. Madhya Pradesh govt launched ‘Ladli Bahna’ scheme

• MP government has launched ‘Ladli Bahna’ scheme to make women financially independent.
• In this scheme, each woman will be given 1000 rupees per month.
• MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan has deposited the first month's amount of this scheme in the bank accounts of about 1.25 crore women at a State-level function in Jabalpur.
• The State government has also issued a phone number 181 for the help of women.
• Ladli Bahna Army also formed for women empowerment and security.

 Agreement

6. IICA and RRU sign MoU for academic and research collaboration

• Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA) and Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU) signed an MoU for academic and research collaboration.
• Aim: To synergise the professional capabilities towards capacity building, education, research and consulting in the domain of Internal Security, Financial Crimes, Law Enforcement, Corporate Frauds and other subject matters common to their mandate and objectives
• It provides for exchange of knowledge and resources

 Banking & Finance

7. RBI notifies 4 key measures to strengthen 1,514 Urban Co-operative Banks

• RBI has notified four key measures to strengthen 1,514 Urban Co-operative Banks (UCBs) in the country.
• UCBs can now open new branches up to 10% of the number of branches in the previous financial year without prior approval of RBI in their approved area of operation.
• UCBs have to get the policy approved by their board and comply with the Financially Sound and Well Managed Norms.
• The deadline to achieve PSL target of 60% also extended to March 31, 2024.

 Banking & Finance

8. RBI notifies 4 key measures to strengthen 1,514 Urban Co-operative Banks

• RBI has notified four key measures to strengthen 1,514 Urban Co-operative Banks (UCBs) in the country.
• UCBs can now open new branches up to 10% of the number of branches in the previous financial year without prior approval of RBI in their approved area of operation.
• UCBs have to get the policy approved by their board and comply with the Financially Sound and Well Managed Norms.
• The deadline to achieve PSL target of 60% also extended to March 31, 2024.

 International Affairs

9. WHO report highlights significant impact of 'Har Ghar Jal' Programme

• The  World Health Organisation (WHO) report has highlighted significant impacts of 'Har Ghar Jal' Programme on public health and economic savings.
• The report on ‘Har Ghar Jal’ estimates that ensuring safely managed drinking water for all households in the country.
• The ‘Har Ghar Jal’ report focuses on diarrheal diseases as they contribute significantly to the overall disease burden related to water, sanitation, and hygiene issues.

 International Affairs

10. US, UK back new 'Atlantic Declaration' for economic cooperation

• Britain and the United States have backed a new "Atlantic Declaration" or greater cooperation on pressing economic challenges in areas like clean energy, critical minerals and artificial intelligence.
• The joint declaration described the partnership covering the broad spectrum of the two countries' economic, technological, commercial and trade relations.
• They will strengthen their supply chains, develop technologies of the future and invest in one another's industries.

 International Affairs

11. WHO, Global Fund announce commitment for enhanced collaboration

• The WHO and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria signed a new Strategic Framework.
• Reason: For Collaboration to build stronger and more resilient health systems and maximize collaboration and impact in support of country, regional and global responses to major communicable diseases.
• The new five-year framework builds on the previous agreement signed in 2018.
• It aligns with the 2023-2028 Global Fund Strategy and the WHO General Programme of Work.