Current Affairs is the most important area in all competitive exams. But the difficulty level is very high. That’s why; many aspirants get confused, how to select Current Affairs for Preparation of Competitive Examination? In this Post, Daily Current Affairs 8 November 2022, we have tried to cover each and every point and also included all important facts from National/ International news that are useful for upcoming competitive examinations such as UPSC, SSC, Railway, State Govt. etc.
Current Affairs for Competitive Exam – 8 November 2022
World Radiography Day 2022: Theme, Significance and History
World Radiography Day 2022: Theme, Significance and History– The discovery of X-radiation, or X-rays, is celebrated annually on November 8 as World Radiography Day. This day in 1895 saw the completion of German scientist Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen’s discovery of X-radiation, or X-rays. He awarded the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901 for this accomplishment. This year, we will be celebrating the 11th International Day of Radiology on 11 November and this is observed by all the medical imaging professionals from across the world.
World Radiography Day 2022: Theme
“Radiographers in the Forefront of Patient Safety” is the theme of the 2022 International Day of Radiology. This theme aims to encourage all radiologists, radiographers, radiological technologists, and professionals to recognize and promote the essential role of radiology in the treatment of a patient.
World Radiography Day 2022: Significance
World Radiography Day celebrates the anniversary of the discovery of Xrays in 1895 and is used as a platform to raise public awareness of radiographic imaging and therapy. The discovery of X-ray has been one of the most important breakthroughs in science. It is able to help people identify several ailments and issues. This is especially important since x-rays are not an invasive procedure and are quite quick when compared to other diagnostic scans like MRI or CT scan. World Radiography Day marks the anniversary of his medical marvel. It also aims to help raise awareness about getting regular medical check-ups done without it giving you a scare. These medical check-ups can be easy, quick, and non-invasive as x-rays.
ISRRT also commemorates the day to recognize and acknowledge the knowledge, skills, and expertise of radiographers and radiologists around the globe. They aim to extend their gratitude for these medical professionals, who make efforts every day to support and care for their patients.
World Radiography Day: History
According to many sources, the first World Radiography Day was observed in 2007 by the International Society of Radiographers and Radiological Technologists on November 8. However, the European Society of Radiology (ESR), Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), and American College of Radiology (ACR) joined forces in 2012 to arrange the first significant commemoration of the day. The 11th anniversary of International Day of Radiology will be celebrated this year.
X-rays were discovered accidentally in the year 1895 by Professor Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen while he was working with a cathode-ray tube in his laboratory. He noticed a fluorescent glow of crystals on a table near his tube, which contained a bulb with negative and positive electrodes. When the air from the tube was evacuated, a high voltage was applied, and the tube produced a fluorescent glow. When the tube was covered with black paper and that material was placed a few feet away from the tube, it generated a green fluorescent light.
About the Radiology:
Radiology is the medical discipline that uses medical imaging to diagnose and treat diseases within the bodies of animals and humans. A variety of imaging techniques such as X-ray radiography, ultrasound, computed tomography (CT), nuclear medicine including positron emission tomography (PET), fluoroscopy, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are used to diagnose or treat diseases. Interventional radiology is the performance of usually minimally invasive medical procedures with the guidance of imaging technologies such as those mentioned above.
Virat Kohli and Nida Dar named as ICC Player of the Month award for October 2022
Virat Kohli and Nida Dar named as ICC Player of the Month award for October 2022: The winners of the ICC Player of the Month awards for October 2022 were announced by the International Cricket Council (ICC). India veteran batter Virat Kohli has been named as the ICC men’s Player of the Month for October. Meanwhile, Pakistan’s veteran all-rounder Nida Dar has been selected as ICC Women’s Player of the Month, thanks to her sensational form in the Women’s Asia Cup.
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Following a global vote among media representatives, ICC Hall of Famers, former international players, and fans registered at icc-cricket.com, both Kohli and Dar were chosen as the winners.
ICC Men’s Player of the month award for October: Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli has been in phenomenal touch this past month, delivering brilliant performances throughout the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup and has been an integral part of India’s semifinal qualification. In October, the 34-year-old played four innings and had 205 in the kitty, including a match-winning 53-ball 82 against Pakistan in India’s Super-12 opener.
Zimbabwe’s Sikandar Raza and South Africa’s David Miller were the other nominees for the award along with Kohli, but the Indian batter beat them to claim the title.
ICC Women’s Player of the month award for October: Nida Dar
For her key contributions to Pakistan’s semi-final surge in the Women’s Asia Cup in Bangladesh, Nida Dar takes home the ICC Women’s Player of the Month award for October.
The influential all-rounder scored 145 valuable runs at an average of 72.50 during the month, taking eight crucial wickets, underscoring his importance to Pakistan’s cause despite falling short in the knockout stages.
Dar claims her inaugural ICC Women’s Player of the Month win by edging out Indian duo Rodrigues and Deepti Sharma, who each produced impressive displays during their winning Women’s Asia Cup triumph.
ICC Men’s Player of the Previous Month:
- January 2022: Keegan Petersen (South Africa)
- February 2022: Shreyas Iyer (India)
- March 2022: Babar Azam (Pakistan)
- April 2022: Keshav Maharaj (South Africa)
- May 2022: Angelo Mathews (Sri Lanka)
- June 2022: Jonny Bairstow (England)
- July 2022: Prabath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka)
- August 2022: Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe)
- September 2022: Mohammad Rizwan (Pakistan)
ICC Women’s Player of the Previous Month:
- January 2022: Heather Knight (England)
- February 2022: Amelia Kerr (New Zealand)
- March 2022: Rachael Haynes (Australia)
- April 2022: Alyssa Healy (Australia)
- May 2022: Tuba Hassan (Pakistan)
- June 2022: Marizanne Kapp (South Africa)
- July 2022: Emma Lamb (England)
- August 2022: Tahlia McGrath (Australia)
- September 2022: Harmanpreet Kaur (India)
Infant Protection Day 2022: History and Significance
Infant Protection Day 2022: History and Significance– Infant Protection Day is observed on November 7 each year. This day is celebrated with the sole purpose of raising awareness about the safety of newborn lives and giving them proper care. The topic of today’s discussion will be how to effectively protect and nurture young children through one of their most critical and vulnerable developmental phases.
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An infant’s development is crucial in the first three months after birth, as their hearing, vision, motor movement, and communication improve at this stage only. They also start bonding with their parents at this time. According to a report by the World Health Organization, in 2019 over 2.4 million infants died in their first month of life. Every day more than 7000 children die, putting child mortality of those aged 5 and under at 47 percent.
Infant Protection Day 2022: Significance
The main reason behind the commemoration of Infant’s Protection Day is to take steps to protect the lives of infants. On this day, the government hopes to raise awareness about the protection and nurturing that infants require. This day also seeks to provide every child with the strong health and immunity they deserve.
While highlighting the need of improving immunological support, this day also emphasises the measures that the government should take into account in order to promote effective healthcare systems.
Infant Protection Day 2022: Infant Mortality Rate In India
According to the data from the Sample Registration System (SRS) Bulletin of Registrar General of India (RGI), the Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) has reduced from 37 per 1000 live births in 2015 to 30 per 1,000 live births in 2019 at National Level.
According to data released on September 22, 2022, the country’s infant mortality rate has declined compared to the previous year. The government has repeatedly taken several significant steps to reduce infant mortality. The government should develop an effective health care system to prevent future increase in child mortality.
Infant Protection Day 2022: A Brief History
In 1990, nearly 5 million infants died due to a lack of awareness of the protection of Infants. This prompted many countries to take the necessary steps for better child health care and to reduce Infant Mortality Rate (IMR). Europe was the first to start a campaign in this regard, and therefore, established Infant Protection Day to raise awareness among the people about Child Care Services and to reduce Infant Mortality Rate. As a result of this, the Infant Mortality Rate has decreased from 100 to 10 deaths per 1000 births. Later, America joined in this as well.
Russia Becomes India’s Top Oil Supplier In October
Russia Becomes India’s Top Oil Supplier In October: Russia, which met India’s minimal oil requirements till March this year, emerged as the country’s biggest oil supplier in October surpassing traditional sellers Saudi Arabia and Iraq, India’s private news network. This comes amid an ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine that has also seen many Western nations issue sanctions against Russian Federation.
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About The Trend:
According to the data, Russia supplied India with 935,556 barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil in October, which was a record high. In the year ending March 31, 2022, Russia accounted for just 0.2% of all the oil that India imported. Russia now supplies almost 22% of India’s total crude imports, ahead of Iraq’s 20.5 per cent and Saudi Arabia’s 16 per cent.
About The Time-Line:
India’s appetite for Russian oil swelled ever since it started trading on discount as the West shunned it to punish Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine.
In December 2021, India purchased 36,255 barrels per day of crude oil from Russia, compared to 1.05 million barrels per day from Iraq and 952,625 bpd per day from Saudi Arabia. There were no imports from Russia in the following two months but they resumed in March, soon after the Ukraine war broke out in late February. India imported 68,600 bpd of Russian oil in March while it increased to 266,617 bpd in the following month and peaked to 942,694 bpd in June. But in June, Iraq was India’s top supplier with 1.04 million bpd of oil. Russia in that month became India’s second biggest supplier.
Imports dipped marginally in the following two months. They stood at 876,396 bpd in September before rising to 835,556 bpd in October.
Other Peers Place:
Iraq slipped to No.2 slot with 888,079 bpd of supplies in October, followed by Saudi Arabia at 746,947 bpd.
What Is The Govt Instance:
The Indian government has been vehemently defending its trade with Russia, saying it has to source oil from where it is cheapest. On being asked if India faces a moral conflict due to import from Russia amid the latter’s conflict with Ukraine, he had stated: “Absolutely none. There is no moral conflict. We don’t buy from X or Y. We buy whatever is available. Government does not buy, it’s the oil companies which do the buying.”
India has also remained non-committal on a plan proposed by the G7 group of nations (UK, US, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan) to fix the price of oil purchased from Russia as a way of limiting Moscow’s revenues.
Indian batter Suryakumar Yadav becomes 1st Indian player to score 1,000 T20 runs
Indian batter Suryakumar Yadav becomes 1st Indian player to score 1,000 T20 runs: Star Indian batsman Suryakumar Yadav has become the first Indian player to score 1,000 Twenty20 International runs in a calendar year. The batsman achieved the feat in the final match of the Super 12 stage against Zimbabwe at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in Australia. In the match, Suryakumar put his perfect finishing touches to make sure India finished their innings on a high. He scored 61 not out of just 25 balls, consisting of six fours and four sixes. In 28 innings this year, Suryakumar has scored 1,026 runs at an average of 44.60.
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Suryakumar Yadav has now joined Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan on the elite list of batters who have scored more than 1000 T20I runs in a calendar year. Rizwan, who has 924 runs in 23 T20Is this year, scored a total of 1326 runs in 29 matches in 2021. Surya is only the second player in Twenty20 history to score more than 1,000 runs in a calendar year. He has scored 1,026 runs in 28 Twenty20 matches this year.
Surya made his T20I debut for India against England in March last year, and since then he has been on a roll. He has played a total of 39 T20I matches in total for India, in which he has scored 1270 runs.
Law Commission Constituted After 4 Years; Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi Appointed As Chairperson
Law Commission Constituted After 4 Years; Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi Appointed As Chairperson: The Union Government appointed the Chairman and members of the Law Commission more than two and a half years after its formation Retired Karnataka High Court Chief Justice Rituraj Awasthi has been appointed as the chairman of the commission.
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22nd Law Commission:
The Law Commission is constituted for three years and the 22nd Law Commission was notified on February 24, 2020. The law panel has been lying vacant since the retirement of former Supreme Court judge Justice BS Chauhan in 2018.
An Important Issue To Take On:
The government has said the issue related to the Uniform Civil Code might be taken up by the 22nd law panel.
Other Members:
Former Kerala High Court judges Justice K T Shankaran, Prof Anand Paliwal, Prof DP Verma, Prof Raka Arya and M Karunanithi have been appointed as members of the commission.
About The Chair-person:
Justice Rituraj Awasthi was a judge of the Allahabad High Court and retired in July this year as the Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court. He had headed the HC bench which upheld the ban on wearing hijab by Muslim girls in government colleges in Karnataka.
Rituraj Awasthi graduated in law from Lucknow University in 1986. He practised in civil, service and educational matters at the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court and has also worked as the Assistant Solicitor General of India.
What Is Law Commission Of India:
- Law Commission of India is neither a constitutional body nor a statutory body, it is an executive body established by an order of the Government of India. Its major function is to work for legal reforms.
- The Commission is constituted for a fixed term and acts as an advisory body to the Ministry of Law and Justice.
- Its membership primarily comprises legal experts.
What are the Functions of the Law Commission:
- The Law Commission, on a reference made to it by the Central Government or suo-motu, undertakes research in law and review of existing laws in India for making reforms therein and enacting new legislations.
- It also undertakes studies and research for bringing reforms in the justice delivery systems for elimination of delay in procedures, speedy disposal of cases, reduction in the cost of litigation etc.
ISRO plans to return to Mars and work with Japan to examine the moon’s dark side
ISRO plans to return to Mars and work with Japan to examine the moon’s dark side: ISRO plans to return to Mars: The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is turning its attention to Venus and after visiting the moon and Mars, it is collaborating with Japan to examine the dark side of the moon. ISRO‘s next mission at the Akash Tattva conference here was that the space agency also intended to send a probe to Mars.
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ISRO plans to return to Mars:
Japanese rockets will send the ISRO-built lunar lander and rover into orbit with a planned landing site near the moon’s South Pole. “The rover will then move to the area of the moon that is always in shadow and never receives sunlight.”
The examination of the area was fascinating since anything that had persisted in the PSR zone was analogous to something that had been frozen for aeons. Aditya L-1 will be a special mission, deploying a 400kg-class satellite carrying payloads in orbit around the sun to constantly view the star from a location known as Lagrange Point L-1. 5 million kilometres would separate the orbit from Earth, and it would study coronal heating, solar wind acceleration, the beginning of coronal mass ejections, flares, and near-Earth space weather. The Aditya L-1 and Chandrayaan-3 missions would be prioritised, as early as next year, the missions to Venus and the moon with JAXA were expected to follow. The lunar rover on board Chandrayaan-3 needed to be successful because it will be used again on a mission with JAXA.
‘Aadhaar Mitra,’ a new chatbot launched by UIDAI
Aadhaar Mitra: The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) presented a brand new AI/ML chatbot Aadhaar Mitra to make it easier for citizens to access these services. Available for both Hindi and English chatbots. For the purpose of teaching viewers, it also offers the option of viewing related videos on specific themes.
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Aadhaar Mitra: Key Points
- Features of the new chatbot, Aadhaar Mitra include the ability to monitor the status of the Aadhaar PVC card and confirm the Aadhaar enrollment/upgrade status.The bot can be used by locals to file complaints and follow up on them.
- The organisation is committed to strengthening its grievance redressal mechanism while also providing ease of life. A cutting-edge and futuristic open-source CRM solution is being gradually rolled out by UIDAI.
- To improve residents’ access to UIDAI services, a new Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system has been created with cutting-edge capabilities.
- In order to effectively file, follow up on, and resolve complaints, the new CRM solution may handle a variety of channels, including phone call, email, chatbot, web portal, social media, letter, and walk-in.
- To effectively file, track and resolve complaints, the new CRM solution can handle a variety of channels including phone calls, email, chatbots, web portals, social media, letters, and walk-in.
- Using this coordinated, resident-focused approach, UIDAI is able to resolve 92% of CRM complaints within a week.
Aadhaar Mitra: About UIDAI Chatbot
UIDAI chatbot is a chat tool that provides instant, automated responses about Aadhaar and related features.It can be accessed from the UIDAI website’s home page and the resident portal. Users can start a conversation with the chatbot by clicking on the blue “Ask Aadhaar” icon.
Aadhaar Mitra: Benefits for the Customers
The Aadhaar Chatbot is informed about every aspect of Aadhaar, including its features and services.The resident only needs to type their question into the chatbot to receive the appropriate responses right away.
Asian Hockey Federation CEO Tayyab Ikram elected as new FIH president
Asian Hockey Federation CEO Tayyab Ikram elected as new FIH president: Asian Hockey Federation CEO, Macau’s Mohamed Tayyab Ikram was elected as the new president of the International Hockey Federation (FIH), succeeding India’s Narinder Batra as its full-time head. Ikram defeated Marc Caudron of Belgium 79-47 at the virtually 48th FIH Congress. Out of 129 national associations, 126 casted valid votes. The duration of Ikram’s term will be for two years, in order to complete the mandate of the previous chief, Batra, who resigned on July 18.
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Saif Ahmed was the acting president of FIH after Batra resigned from the top post after the Delhi High Court asked him to stop working as the head of the Indian Olympic Association. Batra, who became the FIH president in 2016, resigned from the post in July. He also gave up his International Olympic Committee (IOC) membership which was directly linked with his IOA position.
The FIH Executive Board consists of a president; eight ordinary members – four female and four male – one half being renewed every two years; an athletes’ representative; Presidents of the Continental Federations; CEO; any (non-voting) member co-opted onto the Executive Board pursuant to Article 7.1 (c) of the FIH Statutes.
Important takeaways for all competitive exams:
- International Hockey Federation Headquarters: Lausanne, Switzerland;
- International Hockey Federation CEO: Thierry Weil (Apr 2018–);
- International Hockey Federation Founded: 7 January 1924, Paris, France;
- International Hockey Federation Founder: Paul Léautey;
- International Hockey Federation Motto: FairPlay Friendship Forever.
GoI appointed non-executive Chairman in four Public Sector Banks
GoI appointed non-executive Chairman in four Public Sector Banks: Four banks have named non-executive chairman to their boards- Canara Bank, Punjab National Bank, Union Bank of India, and Punjab & Sind Bank. The approval is given by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC).
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Name the new chairman’s:
For a period of three years, Vijay Srirangam has been appointed as a part-time non-official director and non-executive chairman of Canara Bank. For a three-year tenure, K G Ananthakrishnan has been appointed as the non-executive chairman and non-official director of Punjab National Bank.
Srinivasan Varadarajan has been appointed as part-time Non-Official Director as well as Non-Executive Chairman of Union Bank of India for a term of three years, according to an order issued by the Department of Personnel & Training. The Centre has also appointed Charan Singh as a part-time Non-Official Director as well as Non-Executive Chairman of Punjab & Sind Bank for a term of two years.
