11 March 2023 Current Affairs – The Day’s Top News | GKSERIES

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Current Affairs for Competitive Exam – 11 March 2023

Nepal elects Ram Chandra Paudel as its next president

Nepal elects Ram Chandra Paudel as its next president: Ram Chandra Paudel has been elected as Nepal’s new president. He received 33,800 electoral votes, while his opponent, Subash Chandra Nembwang, received 15,500 votes, according to the Nepalese Election Commission. Ram Chandra Paudel received votes from 352 members of provincial assemblies and 214 members of parliament.

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The president is chosen by an electoral college comprised of representatives from the federal parliament and the provincial assemblies. Nepal’s presidential election has 882 electors, including 550 representatives from each of the country’s seven provincial assemblies and 332 members of parliament. As Nepal’s new president, he will take over from Bidya Devi Bhandari.

About Ram Chandra Paudel

• In addition, he held the positions of President of Nepal, Cabinet Minister, and Deputy Prime Minister.
• He served as general secretary of the Nepali Congress Tanhu District Committee from 2005 to 2007, vice president from 2007 to 2015, and acting president from 1980 to 2005.
• Ram Chandra Paudel served as Speaker from December 1994 to March 1999, Minister of Local Development from May 1991 to May 1992, and Minister of Agriculture from May 1992 to May 1991.

About Nepal

• The Shah dynasty created the kingdom of Nepal;
• Prime Minister: Pushpa Kamal Dahal;
• Capital: Kathmandu;
• Currency: Nepalese Rupee.

Colombia opens military service to women for first time in 25 years

Colombia opens military service to women for first time in 25 years: Colombia has opened military service to women for the first time in 25 years. A cohort of 1,296 women have been enlisted in Colombia’s Army in the month of February.

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More About the recent recruits by the Colombian Army:

Recruits must live on military bases for several months and are paid only about $75 per month, but some of the women in the new programme hope it will help them build a career in the armed forces. They see it as a chance for a stable job and educational opportunities.

Colombia has long had compulsory military service for men ages 18 to 24. The army relies heavily on those young recruits to staff bases, protect infrastructure and carry out administrative tasks, while its professional soldiers confront drug trafficking gangs and rebel groups. This year, officials allowed females in the same age range to voluntarily join the military, as part of an effort to strengthen the role of women in its ranks, according to the army.

Composition of the Colombian army:

• Colombia’s army has around 200,000 soldiers. Around 1% are women, who until now joined after attending military universities or applying for administrative jobs.
• Every year, around 50,000 men are drafted into the South American country’s armed forces for a year of mandatory military service.

Colombia’s New Push Enlist Females in its Army:

The new push to allow females to enlist comes as Colombia’s congress debates a bill that would eliminate compulsory military service and enable young men to replace it with internships in educational programs, environmental projects or human rights initiatives.

Military officers in Colombia have opposed this legislation, saying it would diminish the army’s capabilities.

Colombia: FAST FACTS:

• OFFICIAL NAME: Republic of Colombia
• FORM OF GOVERNMENT: Republic
• CAPITAL: Bogotá
• POPULATION: 48,168,996
• OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: Spanish
• CURRENCY: Peso
• PRESIDENT: Gustavo Francisco Petro
• AREA: 439,619 square miles (1,138,910 square kilometers)
• MAJOR MOUNTAIN RANGES: Andes, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
• MAJOR RIVERS: Magdalena, Cauca, Atrato, Sinú.

B Gopkumar named as Axis Mutual Fund’s MD and CEO

B Gopkumar named as Axis Mutual Fund’s MD and CEO: B Gopkumar, the managing director and CEO of Axis Securities, has been named the new CEO of renowned fund house Axis Mutual Fund by Axis Asset Management Company. Gopkumar succeeds Chandresh Nigam as CEO of the company. Nigam oversaw the fund house for two stints totaling ten years, beginning as head of equities in July 2009 and becoming MD & CEO in May 2013.

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Gopkumar has more than 28 years of experience working in the financial services sector. He has a masters degree in business management and is an enthusiastic marathon runner, reader, and fitness fanatic.

Another event is the hiring of Ashish Gupta as Chief Investment Officers (CIO) of the mutual fund at Axis AMC. Gupta headed the stock research for India at Credit Suisse. He has been conducting equities research for more than 25 years.

Australia, India agree on strengthening economic, defence ties

Australia, India agree on strengthening economic, defence ties: Australia and India have agreed to accelerate a broader economic partnership and to boost their defence ties, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said in New Delhi.

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Progress in Economic ties between India & Australia:

• Last year, the two countries signed the Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA), India’s first free trade agreement with a developed country in a decade.
• However, a much larger Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) has been stuck in negotiations for over a decade.
• Talks between the countries resumed in 2011, but were suspended in 2016 due to gridlock. Negotiations resumed in 2021, but a deal has yet to be reached.

Significance of the Economic ties between India & Australia:

• This transformational deal will realise the full potential of the bilateral economic relationship, creating new employment opportunities and raising living standards for the people of both Australia and India.
• Bilateral trade between the countries was $27.5 billion in 2021, with India claiming that under the ECTA, trade could nearly double to $50 billion in five years.

Defence ties between India & Australia:

• India and Australia are security partners through the Quad group, which also includes the United States and Japan.
• Security cooperation is an important pillar in the comprehensive strategic partnership between India and Australia,” PM Modi said at a joint press briefing after a private meeting.
• Australia and India made “significant and ambitious” progress in strengthening defence and security ties and also discussed climate change issues, Albanese said.

‘Mundaka Upanishad: The Gateway to Eternity’, written by former MP Dr. Karan Singh, is released

The release of the book “Mundaka Upanishad: The Gateway to Eternity” was announced by Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar. The book was written at Upa-Rashtrapati Nivas in New Delhi by Dr. Karan Singh, a former member of parliament. He is a philosopher and politician from India.

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About the book

Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan initially released this book in 1987. But, the current edition is unique since it includes Dr. Kamal Kishor Mishra’s Hindi translation of Dr. Karan Singh’s texts, who also transliterated the Sanskrit text in accordance with international standards. Six antiquated manuscripts have also been added from the large collection at the Sri Ranbir Sanskrit Research Center, Sri Raghunath Temple in Jammu. These documents, which include the primary text as well as the Bhasya, Bhasya-tippanam, and Dipika-comments by Adi Shankaracharya and Pandita Naraina, show that this important Upanisad was written down for centuries in both the old and new Kashmiri types of Devanagari script.

About the Dr. Karan Singh

Dr. Karan Singh is well recognised as an intellectual and a patron of scholarship and artistic endeavours in addition to his extraordinary record of 70 years in public life, which began at the age of 18 when he was named Regent of Jammu & Kashmir by his father Maharaja Hari Singh. His most recent novels are Shiva: King of the Cosmic Dance (Speaking Tiger) and Reflections, which are among his more than 20 published works (Shubhi Publications). He formerly served as chancellor of the Jawaharlal Nehru University, Banaras Hindu University, and the Jammu & Kashmir University.

Manipur’s Yaoshang festival begins

Manipur’s Yaoshang festival begins: Yaoshang, Manipur‘s version of Holi, which lasts for five days, has begun. On the full moon of Lamta (February–March) in the Meitei lunar calendar, the event is observed annually. Yaosang, also known as the Burning of the Straw Hut, begins shortly after dusk and is immediately followed by Yaoshang. In a practise known as “nakatheng,” children solicit financial gifts from their neighbours.

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Manipur celebrates Yaoshang differently than Holi, with a traditional touch. Manipur comes to life throughout the course of these five days with traditional “thabal chongba” dance in the evening and sporting events during the day. A typical Meitei dance called the thabal chongba involves boys and girls dancing in a circle on an open field. However, the Thabal Chongba is now performed throughout the Lamta month. Yaoshang halts all business operations and public transportation. There will be a complete closure of all public and private educational institutions.

Important takeaways for all competitive exams:

• Manipur Capital: Imphal (Executive Branch);
• Manipur Official animal: Sangai;
• Manipur Official flower: Lilium mackliniae;
• Manipur Official tree: Phoebe hainesiana.

Chief Minister of Nagaland and NDPP leader Neiphiu Rio takes the oath of office

Chief Minister of Nagaland and NDPP leader Neiphiu Rio takes the oath of office: Neiphiu Rio, the leader of the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP), was sworn in as Nagaland’s fifth Chief Minister. Governor La Ganesan administered the oath of secrecy to the 72-year-old lawmaker. Mr. Rio is serving his fifth term and second consecutive term as the NDPP’s leader. The deputy chief ministers of Nagaland, Taditui Rangkau Zeliang and Yanthungo Patton took the oath at Kohima among other Rio Cabinet members. Neiphiu Rio is contesting from home constituency Northern Angami-II.

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The BJP president J.P. Nadda, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Federal Home Minister Amit Shah, Nagaland Governor La Ganesan, and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma were all present at the oath-taking event in Kohima. In the recently concluded Nagaland elections, the NDPP-BJP alliance won 37 seats in the Assembly, which has 60 members.

There are a total of 37 MLAs in the NDPP-BJP alliance in Nagaland, but there is hardly any opposition in the 60-member House because almost all of the remaining 23 MLAs from different parties and Independents have endorsed the government. In Nagaland, seven NDPP and five BJP MLAs received cabinet positions. Mr. Rio’s alliance then received letters of support from all other parties in the state. Mr. Rio has been positioned as the NDPP and BJP’s chief ministerial candidate since the beginning of the election campaign.

Important takeaways for all competitive exams:

    Nagaland Capital: Kohima (Executive Branch);

    Nagaland Official flower: Rhododendron arboreum;

    Nagaland Official bird: Blyth’s tragopan;

    Nagaland Official tree: Alnus nepalensis.

In Ladakh, Colonel Geeta Rana is the first woman to command an army battalion

In Ladakh, Colonel Geeta Rana is the first woman to command an army battalion: Colonel Geeta Rana of the Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers has taken over command of an independent field workshop in the Eastern Ladakh region with China after the Indian Army recently approved women officers for command posts. She is the first female officer to hold this position. Colonel Geeta Rana of the Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers is the first female officer to take command of an Independent Field Workshop in a remote and forward area of Eastern Ladakh.

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After the Army’s clearance of 108 positions for female officers to assume command of independent units in the Corps of Engineers, Ordnance, EME, and other branches, the officer has assumed control of the independent workshop for the EME. The female officers who passed the exams would be awarded leadership positions and might also be given consideration for future promotions to higher ranks in the military. The Army is now sending women soldiers on peacekeeping operations and joint training exercises with friendly foreign nations.

Women officers and troops should be given every opportunity, according to Army Chief Gen Manoj Pande, and their admittance into artillery regiments is anticipated to be approved shortly.

Reliance Life Sciences receives a gene therapy technology licence from IIT Kanpur

Reliance Life Sciences receives a gene therapy technology: The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur has granted Reliance Life Sciences Pvt Ltd a licence for a gene therapy method that has the potential to treat a variety of genetic eye ailments. Reliance Life Sciences will further develop IIT Kanpur’s gene treatment technology into a native product. The science of molecular medicine has recently seen the emergence of gene therapy employing viral vectors as a powerful tool.

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The patented technology was created by Jayandharan Giridhara Rao and Shubham Maurya from the Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering (BSBE), IIT Kanpur, to treat a genetic illness by altering an organism’s gene.

According to IIT Kanpur, this is the first time a gene therapy-related technology has been developed and licenced to a business in India. To meet unmet therapeutic requirements, Reliance Life Sciences is creating a number of different gene treatments. Also, the company is working on a variety of mRNA products and vaccines for both human and animal health.

What is gene therapy?

Human gene therapy aims to change a gene’s expression or the biological characteristics of living cells for therapeutic purposes. Gene therapy is a method of treating or curing disease that involves altering a person’s DNA. Gene treatments can function in a variety of ways:

• Replacing a disease-causing gene with a healthy copy of the gene
• Inactivating a disease-causing gene that is not functioning properly
• Introducing a new or modified gene into the body to help treat a disease

Products utilising gene therapy are being investigated for the treatment of diseases like cancer, genetic disorders, and infectious diseases.

There are a variety of types of gene therapy products, including:

• Plasmid DNA: Circular DNA molecules can be genetically modified to deliver therapeutic genes into human cells.
• Viral vectors: Some gene therapy items are made from viruses because they naturally possess the potential to introduce genetic material into cells. These modified viruses can be employed as vectors (vehicles) to transport therapeutic genes into human cells once viruses have been altered to reduce their capacity to spread infectious disease.
• Bacterial vectors can be modified to prevent the spread of infectious diseases, and then used as vehicles to deliver therapeutic genes into human tissues.
• Technology for human gene editing: The purpose of gene editing is to replace damaged or dangerous genes.
• Cells are extracted from the patient, genetically altered (typically using a viral vector), and then returned to the patient to create patient-derived cellular gene therapy products.

Defence Ministry inks contract with HAL to procure 6 Dornier aircraft

Defence Ministry inks contract with HAL to procure 6 Dornier aircraft: The defence ministry signed an agreement with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to purchase six Dornier aircraft for the Indian Air Force at a cost of Rs 667 crore. The addition of the six aircraft will further bolster the operational capability of the IAF in remote areas, the defence ministry said announcing the contract.

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More About This Contract:

The aircraft was used by IAF for route transport roles and communication duties. Subsequently, it has also been used for training of transport pilots of the IAF.

The aircraft is ideal for short-haul flights from semi-prepared and short runways in India’s North East and island chains.

About The Dornier-228 aircraft:

• The Dornier-228 is a multi-purpose light transport aircraft with a high degree of versatility.
• It has been developed specifically to meet the manifold requirements of utility and commuter transport as well as for maritime surveillance.
• The aircraft will have an upgraded fuel-efficient engine coupled with a five-bladed composite propeller, the ministry said.

Indian Air Force and HAL:

The Dornier order for HAL follows a defence ministry contract for 70 HTT-40 basic trainer aircraft worth Rs. 6,838 crore. The new trainer aircraft, a longstanding need, will provide a boost to the ab initio training of air force pilots. Basic trainers figure on the long list of weapons and systems that India has imposed an import ban on during the last 30 months. HAL will supply the IAF with Hindustan Turbo Trainer-40 (HTT-40) planes over a six-year period.