Daily & Latest Current Affairs in 2025

Correct Answer :   February 15

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The world celebrates International Childhood Cancer Day (ICCD) every year on February 15. The Childhood Cancer International, a federation of numerous parent-founded child cancer support groups, was established that day.

International Childhood Cancer Day Theme 2023 : The International Childhood Cancer Day campaign will run for three years, starting in 2021 and ending in 2023.

* The theme for the three-year campaign is ‘Better Survival’.

* The campaign is a component of the attempt to meet the WHO Global Childhood Cancer Initiative's objective goal of at least 60% of children diagnosed with cancer worldwide surviving by 2030.

International Childhood Cancer Day History : In 1994, Childhood Cancer International was founded. It is the world's biggest organisation for pediatric cancer patient support. The organisation is made up of more than 170 different groups, including parent organisations, associations for children with cancer survivors, support groups for children with cancer, and cancer societies. Childhood Cancer International established International Childhood Cancer Day as a yearly celebration in 2002.

International Childhood Cancer Day Significance : The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 400 000 children and teenagers are diagnosed with cancer each year. International Childhood Cancer Day is marked to increase awareness of the disease and offer support for the families of those children who have cancer. This is also a day to honour all the kids whose lives were taken by cancer.

Organizations and people join forces on this day to raise awareness of the value of early detection. One of the best strategies to lower the death rate from children's cancer is early diagnosis..

Source : India Today

Correct Answer :   Kerala

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The monthly stipend scheme mandating payment of Rs. 3000 per month for junior lawyers in "Kerala" was inaugurated by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday (11th Feb 2023).

* The scheme promises a monthly stipend of Rs. 3,000 for junior lawyers in the State.

* Lawyers below 30 years of age with less than three year of practice and an annual income less than Rs. 1 lakh are eligible for the stipend.

* The event was organised by the Bar Council of Kerala and the Kerala Advocates' Welfare Fund Trust Committee. Justice S. Manikumar, Kerala High Court Chief Justice, was the Chief Guest of the event.

* The Kerala Government had declared the stipend scheme in a government order issued on 24.06.2022.

* The order was issued considering the Kerala Advocates' Stipend Rules notified by the State Bar Council in 2021 which stipulate that the stipend to lawyers may be disbursed from the Fund by the Trustee Committee on a monthly basis or at such intervals as decided by the Trustee Committee and shall be paid into the bank account of the applicant.

* Section 9 of the Kerala Advocates Welfare Fund Act, 1980 enables the Trustee Committee to provide monthly stipends to junior lawyers. The stipend is to be disbursed out of the Advocates Welfare Fund constituted under the Act...

Source : Livelaw

Correct Answer :   ₹22,500 cr

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Government of India has further approved Namami Gange Mission-II with a budgetary outlay of Rs.22,500 crore till 2026 interalia including projects for existing liabilities (Rs.11,225 Cr) and new projects/interventions (Rs.11,275 crore).

* Namami Gange Programme was launched in June 2014 for a period up to 31st March, 2021 to rejuvenate River Ganga and its tributaries with a budgetary outlay of Rs.20,000 crore.

* A total of Rs.14,084.72 crore has been released by the Government of India to the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), from Financial Year (FY) 2014-15 till 31st January 2023, out of which Rs.13,607.18 crore have been released by NMCG to State Governments, State Missions for Clean Ganga and other agencies for implementation of projects related to Ganga rejuvenation.

* There is no State-wise allocation under the Namami Gange Programme. However, the amount released by NMCG to various agencies for implementation of projects, compiled State-wise, from 2014-15 up till 31 January 2023, is as under:

Correct Answer :   220

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United States President Joe Biden on Tuesday (14th Feb 2023) hailed Air India's decision to purchase over 220 aircraft from Boeing and called it a "historic agreement between Tata-owned airlines and Boeing.

* This purchase will support over one million American jobs across 44 states, and many will not require a four-year college degree.

* This announcement also reflects the strength of US-India economic partnership, Joe Biden said in an official statement released by The White House.

* Biden also asserted that together with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he was looking forward to deepen the ties between India and the US.

* According to reports, Air India will purchase as many as 220 planes from Boeing for USD 34 billion, with an option to buy 70 more aircraft that could take the total transaction value to USD 45.9 billion.

* The Air India order is Boeing's third biggest sale ever in dollar value and second in terms of number of planes...

Source : India Today

Correct Answer :   Egypt

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Students from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Indore, India, won AED 1 million by winning the gold medal at the World Government Summit in Dubai on Monday (13th Feb 2023).

* Niyati Totala and Neel Kalpeshkumar Parikh of The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Indore, were awarded the prestigious medal by Egyptian President Abel Fattah Al-Sisi.

* These students were the creators of the 'Blockbill' app.Blockbill is a blockchain-based receipt generation app that generates digital receipts for all of its users' transactions.

* This app solves multiple problems, which aids the transition away from the production of thermal papers for printing receipts.

* Thermal papers which are ubiquitous and found in most retail locations cannot be recycled because of the chemicals that are used to create it. Blockbill is conceptualised to solve this issue.

* The “M-Gov Award” and the “GovTech Award” are annual awards organized by the UAE government as part of the World Government Summit.

* These awards are designed to encourage pioneering students, researchers, government agencies & institutions, private sector companies and startups to develop innovative solutions using the latest technologies in order to address evolving local and global challenges and explore new opportunities for a better future for humanity..

Source : AIR

Correct Answer :   Ministry of Shipping

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The Shipping Ministry has formed a committee to draft revised Guidelines for operationalization of Roll on-Roll off (Ro-Ro) and Roll on-Passenger (Ro-Pax) ferry service.

* This committee, headed by the Chairman, Deendayal Port Authority, would also draft the Model Concession Agreement for Ro-Ro or Ro-Pax Terminal Operator and Model License Agreement for Operation of the ferry services in the country.

* This move is in line with efforts to promote coastal shipping through the Public Private Partnership (PPP) route spelled out in the union budget 2023-24.

* The Committee shall delve into the ground realities such as safety standards of vessels, control mechanism on excess boarding of passengers/cargo, online ticketing system, revenue accounting and revenue sharing mechanism among others...

Source : Economic Times

Correct Answer :   Khanan Prahari

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The government has launched a mobile app 'Khanan Prahari' and a web app Coal Mine Surveillance and Management System (CMSMS) for reporting unauthorized coal mining activities so that monitoring and taking suitable action on it can be done by concerned Law and Order enforcing authority.

* Minister of Coal, and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi informed in Rajya Sabha, that 462 cases have been reported on the Apps till January 2023.

* The Minister said that CMSMS has been developed to curb illegal mining and take transparent action as an e-Governance initiative of the government on the use of Space Technology.

* The objective of the CMSMS application was to detect citizens' participation against illegal mining by receipt of citizen’s complaints through mobile app and take action on any kind of illegal coal mining activity being carried out within the leasehold boundaries of any Coal Mining Project in the Coalfield Areas...

Source : AIR

Correct Answer :   Mohammad Shahabuddin Chuppu

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Mohammad Shahabuddin Chuppu, a former judge and freedom fighter, was elected unopposed as Bangladesh's 22nd President.

* According to the country's Chief Election Commission, 74-year-old Chuppu will replace President Mohammad Abdul Hamid.

* The development came after the Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal scrutinised nomination papers and declared Chuppu, a member of the Awami League Advisory Council and the party's nominee, the President-elect of Bangladesh, unopposed.

* A gazette was issued on Monday (13th Feb 2023) on the appointment of the new Bangladesh President by the Chief Election Commissioner.

* The tenure of incumbent Hamid, the longest-serving president of Bangladesh, will end on April 23, and according to the Constitution, he cannot hold a third term.

* Senior Awami League leader and seven-time lawmaker Hamid was elected Bangladesh president in the last two elections.

* He was sworn in for his second term on April 24, 2018...

Source : India Today

Correct Answer :   13th February 2023

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Acclaimed Indian painter and printmaker, Lalitha Lajmi passed away on Monday (13th February 2023) at the age of 90 due to age-related ailments.

* She was born to a poet father and a poly-linguist writer-mother in Kolkata on October 17 in 1932.

* She was the sister of legendary filmmaker Guru Dutt and mother to director Kalpana Lajmi.

* Her works are held in the collection of the National Gallery of Modern Art, the British Museum, and CSMVS Museum Bombay...

Source : Indian Express

Correct Answer :   39th

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The Post Graduate Programme (PGP) from the Indian School of Business (ISB) continues to be ranked the first in India in the Financial Times (FT) Global MBA Ranking 2023.

* As per the rankings released on Monday (13th Feb 2023), ISB which has campuses in Hyderabad and Mohali, is the only Indian B-school in the top 50 worldwide.

* Indai Rank is 1st

* Global Rank is 39th.

* Asia Rank is 6th.

* ISB is also ranked the first in India and 61 globally for research, reinforcing its vision of being a research-led management institution.

* This ranking also demonstrates the quality of research output generated by its faculty year on year.

* Alumni from the PGP Class of 2019 were surveyed on a multitude of criteria for this year’s ranking.

* The ranking saw ISB perform well on aspects such as salary percentage increase (#2), alumni network (#12), career progress (#28), and career services (#29)...

Source : The Hindu Businessline