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Current Affairs for Competitive Exam – 15 February 2023
International Childhood Cancer Day 2023 observed on 15th February
International Childhood Cancer Day 2023: The date of International Childhood Cancer Day (ICCD) is always February 15. The Childhood Cancer International, a federation of numerous parent-founded child cancer support groups, commemorated the day. The day is dedicated to raising awareness and showing support for children and adolescents suffering from cancer. Despite all the advancements in science, childhood cancer remains the leading cause of death by disease among children.
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International Childhood Cancer Day 2023: Theme
The three-year campaign for International Childhood Cancer Day began in 2021 and will conclude in 2023. Better Survival is the theme for the three-year campaign. The campaign is part of the effort to reach the target goal of the WHO Global Childhood Cancer Initiative to achieve at least 60 percent survival for all children diagnosed with cancer around the world by 2030.
International Childhood Cancer Day: Significance
Every year, an estimated 400 000 children and adolescents are diagnosed with cancer. International Childhood Cancer Day is observed to raise awareness and show support for these children with cancer as well as their families. This is also a day to honour all the children whose lives were taken by cancer. On this day, organisations and individuals come together to spread awareness about the importance of early detection. Early diagnosis is one of the most effective ways to reduce mortality from childhood cancer.
International Childhood Cancer Day: History
Childhood Cancer International was established in 1994. It is the largest patient-support organisation for childhood cancer in the world. The organisation consists of more than 170 different groups, including parent organisations, childhood cancer survivor associations, childhood cancer support groups, and cancer societies. International Childhood Cancer Day was created as an annual event in 2002 by Childhood Cancer International.
TV show Nukkad’s Veteran actor Javed Khan Amrohi passes away
TV show Nukkad’s Veteran actor Javed Khan Amrohi passes away: Javed Khan Amrohi, a seasoned theatre and cinema actor best known for his parts in the well-liked DD series Nukkad and movies like Lagaan and Chak De! India, went suddenly at the age of 70. After graduating from the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Amrohi appeared in smaller yet pivotal roles in over 150 films and close to a dozen TV shows. He is best known for playing the barber Karim in the late 1980s TV show Nukkad; Anand Akela, one of the suitors of Raveena Tandon’s character in Andaz Apna Apna; the cricket commentator in Lagaan, and a support staff of the Indian Women’s Hockey team in Chak De! India.
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Other significant works by Amrohi include the popular 1990s movies Hum Hain Rahi Pyaar Ke, Laadla, and Ishq, as well as the 1988 TV series Mirza Ghalib. His last reported film credit was Sadak 2 (2020), in which he reprised his role of Pakya from the 1991 original Sadak. He appeared in famous TV shows from the 80s and 90s such as Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi (1984), Nukkad (1986), Mirza Ghalib (1988), Kuch Bhi Ho Sakta Hai (1995), Ghar Jamai (1997), Powder, Kirdaar, Vishnu Puran and even the iconic show Shaktimaan.
Bihar and Chattisgarh among States that allocated more towards education
Bihar and Chattisgarh among States that allocated more towards education: Among the big States in the country, Chhattisgarh and Bihar allocated the most proportion of their budget towards education in FY23. Bihar allocated 18.3% of its expected net budgetary expenditures to education, compared to Chhattisgarh’s 18.82%.
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The States/UTs that have spent a higher portion of their budget expenditure on education are Delhi, Assam, and Himachal Pradesh, which allocated 22 per cent, 20 per cent and 19 per cent, respectively, of their budgets on education this fiscal year.
Chhattisgarh and Bihar’s Spending and Outcome:
While Chhattisgarh and Bihar are spending more on education, they do not fare too well on literacy. According to the National Sample Survey 2018, Bihar has one of the lowest literacy rates in the nation at 70.9%, compared to Chattisgarh’s score of 77.9%.
States That Allocated Less on Education:
Even in terms of absolute numbers, Telangana’s expenditure towards education was a mere ₹16,043 crore in FY23. As per the Budget for FY24, even though the state has allocated ₹19,093 crore for education, it is just 6.57 per cent of the net budget expenditure. Telangana is among the few states that have presented the budget for the upcoming financial year.
Allocations by the States on Education:
For education, Maharashtra allotted Rs 80,437. Rs 75,165 crores were allotted to UP. West Bengal allocated Rs 43,466 crores. Tamil Nadu received Rs 43,799 crores while Rajasthan received Rs 49,627 crores. The Central Government allocated Rs 44,094 crores on education, that is, 16.51% of the total budget. This is 8% higher than the previous year. In 2022-23, the union government allocated Rs 40,828 crores.
Performance on Literacy Front:
Kerala has the highest literacy percentage in the country at 96.2%, compared to Tamil Nadu’s 82.9%. The literacy rate of UP is 67.68%. The literacy rate of Bihar is 61.8%. The literacy rate of Chhattisgarh is 70.28%. The literacy rate of west Bengal is 76.26%. Rajasthan: 66.11%. So the overall observation says that TN is planning on increasing its literacy rates further though it is already higher.
India’s WPI inflation eases to 24-month low of 4.73% in January
India’s wholesale price index: According to preliminary figures from the Commerce Ministry, India’s wholesale pricing index (WPI)-based inflation decreased from 4.95 percent in December to 4.73 percent in January. The month-on-month change in WPI index for January witnessed an increase of 0.13 per cent as against a contraction of 1.12 per cent in the preceding month.
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The WPI is one of the two indices that measure inflation in India. The other is Consumer Price Inflation (CPI). The WPI captures prices at the level of production or manufacturing, taking into account goods traded between companies, as against the CPI that measures prices at the retail consumer level. Food items, which constitute a major part of the CPI, drive retail inflation, while for the WPI, it’s manufactured goods.
Key points
- Inflation in food articles, however, rose to 2.38 per cent in January, from (-) 1.25 per cent in December 2022. In fuel and power, the inflation was 15.15 per cent during January 2023. Inflation in manufactured products was 2.99 per cent during the month, according to the latest data from the commerce and industry ministry.
- Inflation in pulses was 2.41 per cent, while in vegetables was (-) 26.48 per cent. Inflation in oil seeds was (-) 4.22 per cent in January, 2023. Fuel and power basket inflation eased to 15.15 per cent, from 18.09 per cent in December 2022. In Manufactured products it was 2.99 per cent, against 3.37 per cent in December, 2022.
- However, in contrast to this, according to the latest CPI data released on Monday, the country’s retail inflation jumped to a three-month high of 6.52 per cent in January 2023, mainly due to costlier food and fuel. The inflation rate measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) had decreased to 5.72 percent in December 2022. In November 2022, it had fallen to 5.88 per cent. The retail inflation came under the RBI’s 2-6 per cent band in November with 5.88 per cent rate after remaining beyond it for 10 months consecutively.
England’s World Cup-winning captain, Eoin Morgan announces retirement from Cricket
England’s World Cup-winning captain, Eoin Morgan: Eoin Morgan, who guided England to their first-ever ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup victory in 2019, has announced his immediate retirement from the game of cricket. Morgan’s last appearance came for the Paarl Royals in the semi-final of the recently concluded SA20 League. Following a 16-year-long career that had begun with Ireland, before he moved to England. He continued to play in various global franchise leagues across the world thereafter.
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Career of Eoin Morgan
- In a professional career that began in 2006, Morgan amassed 5,042 runs in first-class cricket, 11,654 in List A, and 7,780 in T20s. One of England’s white-ball greats, Morgan remains England’s leading run-scorer – 6957 runs in 225 ODIs with 13 hundreds – and the most successful captain in ODIs, with 76 wins from 126 matches he led in.
- As for T20Is, he aggregated 2458 runs in 115 matches at a strike-rate of 136.18 with 14 fifties. An integral part of England’s first ICC Men’s T20 World Cup triumph in the West Indies in 2010, Morgan led the side to a runners-up finish in the 2016 edition in India. Overall, he led England to 42 T20I wins from 72 matches.
India’s First AC Double Decker Electric Bus Introduced in Mumbai
India’s First AC Double Decker Electric Bus Introduced in Mumbai: India’s first air-conditioned double-decker electric bus was inducted into the fleet of BEST- the civic transport public body in Mumbai. Before it is made available to the general public, the wet-leased e-bus will be registered with the Regional Transport Office. This air-conditioned double-decker electric bus is likely to ply on the routes in suburbs where conventional double-decker buses that run on diesel are currently operated.
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Lokesh Chandra, general manager of the Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) Undertaking, informed that they are scheduled to receive 4-5 more double-decker air-conditioned e-buses in the next 8-10 days and a total of 20 such buses before March end from Switch Mobility, a subsidiary of automobile manufacture Ashok Leyland. The number of double-decker e-buses will reach 200 by this year-end.
India’s First AC Double Decker Electric Bus Introduced in Mumbai :
Mumbai’s iconic double-decker bus has been introduced in public service in a new electric double-decker form. The new e-bus has two doors and an equal number of staircases for accessing the upper decks. The new buses will be equipped with facilities like digital ticketing, CCTV cameras, live tracking, digital display, and a panic button for emergencies, among others.
According to BEST, the double-decker bus passenger carrying capacity is almost double compared to their single-decker counterparts. The new buses have a seating capacity of 65 and including standing passengers, they can carry 90 to 100 passengers. When BEST declared that double-decker e-buses would be introduced in public service in October 2022 after completing the certification and registration process, Union minister Nitin Gadakari unveiled the country’s prototype air-conditioned e-bus on August 17, 2022, in Mumbai. Switch Mobility executives informed that the certification was delayed mainly due to the revised certification process of the Centre.
As the certificate was received from the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI), line production of the double-decker e-buses will be undertaken at a workshop in Patalganga in the Raigad district of Maharashtra.
Jean-Eric Vergne Won Formula E-Prix Hyderabad, India
Jean-Eric Vergne Won Formula E-Prix Hyderabad, India: DS Penske’s Jean-Eric Vergne won Formula E’s first race in India as Porsche’s Pascal Wehrlein extended his championship lead with fourth place in Hyderabad. The win was Vergne’s 11th in Formula E but first in two years and the double champion needed an energy-saving defensive drive to hold off New Zealander Cassidy in the closing laps near the Hussain Sagar Lake.
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Jean-Eric Vergne Won Formula E-Prix Hyderabad, India – Key Points
- Nick Cassidy was second for Envision Racing with Porsche’s Antonio Felix da Costa promoted to third in his 100th race after Envision’s Sebastien Buemi was handed a 17-second post-race penalty for an overpower infringement.
- The first-ever Formula E race in India was hosted in Hyderabad, the race that also happens to be the first FIA-organised event in India in a decade.
- The Season 9 opening race in Mexico City and two events in Diriyah precede the Hyderabad E-Prix, which is the fourth race on the Formula E 2023 season (Saudi Arabia).
- The race itself was an action-packed affair, with the qualifying session and the main race producing some close results.
- Unlike Formula 1 which uses a more traditional qualifying session to decide the starting grid of the ace (consisting of three elimination-style rounds of racing, and more recently a Sprint race).
- Formula E uses what it considers a more thrilling approach to qualifying that consists of four rounds of racing and employs a dueling format for the Quarter Finals, Semi Final, and Finals rounds.
Ladakh to host India’s first frozen-lake marathon at Pangong Tso
Ladakh to host India’s first frozen-lake marathon at Pangong Tso: Ladakh will play host to the Pangong Frozen Lake Marathon, according to officials. The 21-kilometre marathon is India’s first of its kind. The marathon, which will occur at a height of 13,862 feet, will be the first of its kind to ever take place in the globe at this altitude.
India’s first “frozen-lake marathon” will be organized at the Pangong Tso, Ladakh on February 20, 2023. The Indian army and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police have been roped in to implement a “proper action plan” for the event.
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“On 20th February Adventure Sports foundation of Ladakh (ASFL) in collaboration with Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council Leh and Ladakh Tourism Department is going to organise India’s first 21 km long Pangong Frozen Lake Marathon. It would be an attempt to make a Guinness world record for the world’s highest frozen lake marathon,” Chief Executive Councilor LAHDC Leh Advocate Tashi Gyalson said. The event will be participated by 75 selected athletes from India and abroad. The marathon is being called the “Last Run” to highlight the issue of climate change
Eminent Indian painter Lalitha Lajmi passes away
Eminent Indian painter Lalitha Lajmi passes away: Eminent Indian painter and late filmmaker Guru Dutt’s sister Lalitha Lajmi died on Monday at the age of 90.
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Announcing the demise of Lalitha Lajmi, the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) on Twitter wrote, “With Profound grief and sorrow NGMA, Mumbai, Ministry of Culture, Government of India shares the news of demise of veteran artist and printmaker Smt. Lalitha Lajmi who left for heavenly abode this morning(13.02.2023). Our Deepest Condolences. RIP.”
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.
Air India to buy 220 Boeing planes for $34 billion
Air India to buy 220 Boeing planes for $34 billion: Joe Biden, the president of the United States, praised Air India for choosing to buy more than 220 aircraft from Boeing and referred to the decision as “an 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.
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More About The Tata and Boeing Deal:
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.
Air India’s Push Towards a Greater Scale:
Air India has agreed to buy 250 jets from Airbus, part of a mammoth deal for 470 planes that is also expected to include 220 Boeing jets, as the airline heralds a decades-long transformation under its new owners, Tata Group. The combined 470-jet order is the largest by a single airline. Coupled with roughly 25 more Airbus jets that Air India plans to lease to meet its immediate needs, it touches the 500-mark.
