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 28 January 2023, 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 – 28 January 2022
Data Privacy Day observed on 28 January 2023
Data Protection Day, or Data Privacy Day 2023: January 28 is recognised as Data Protection Day or Data Privacy Day. The objective is to raise awareness of both the right to data protection and the numerous means by which people can increase the security of their data. Let’s first understand the history and significance. The world is slowly but steadily moving towards digitisation, but this also means our data is becoming more vulnerable. Leading companies are expected to make significant investments this year on upgrading more stringent cybersecurity policies and procedures, enabling security automation, and monitoring attack surfaces.
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This year’s theme is “Think Privacy First.” Prioritizing data privacy in this digital age is practical for both individuals and businesses.
History and Significance of Data Protection Day
January 28 is declared as Data Privacy Day to promote understanding of the importance of online privacy, which has been designated a fundamental right of every citizen. The Council of Europe on April 26, 2006, decided to coin a Data Protection Day and announced that it will be observed each year on January 28, the day on which the Council of Europe’s data protection convention, known as “Convention 108,” was opened. Outside of Europe, Data Protection Day is now a global holiday known as Privacy Day. This day is now celebrated globally to raise one of the most important issues of the digitally advancing world. The main goal of the day is to educate people on the challenges and inform them of their rights to privacy.
10 Ways to Protect Your Personal Information and Data
- Always use storage with data protection with built-in disk clustering and redundancy.
- Always create copies of data and store them separately, to be able to restore data in case of loss or modification.
- Always review data privacy settings on digital, and social media accounts and apps you use.
- Use passwords longer than 10 characters with complex combinations, and change them frequently to stave off hackers.
- Ensure that only computers running the most recent firewall and antivirus software are used.
- Turn off Bluetooth devices when not in use as Bluetooth devices can also leave personal data vulnerable which could be accessed by hackers in several ways.
- Always keep your operating system updated to ensure that they have the latest performance and security updates.
- Avoid using unsecured public networks as they may be vulnerable to breach and in some cases, they may be imposter networks waiting to steal your data.
- Always secure personal info offline on a device that doesn’t connect to the internet to make sure it is safe and away from the reach of hackers.
- Don’t forget to enable Two-Factor Authentication on all of your email and financial accounts.
Naresh Lalwani takes charge as General Manager of Central Railway
Naresh Lalwani takes charge as General Manager of Central Railway: The new General Manager of Central Railway is Naresh Lalwani. He is a senior officer from the 1985 batch of the Indian Railway Engineering Service. Before taking over as General Manager, Central Railway, he was working as Senior Deputy General Manager and Chief Vigilance Officer of Western Railway. He succeeds Ashok Kumar Misra, general manager of Western Railway, who also had additional responsibility for Central Railway.
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Career of Naresh Lalwani
- He was serving as Senior Deputy General Manager and Chief Vigilance Officer for Western Railway before to taking over as General Manager of Central Railway.
- Lalwani graduated from Shri Govindram Saxeria Institute of Technology and Science, Indore in 1985.
- He has vast experience of working in various important positions in Indian Railways.
- He began his career in Lumding, Assam, and spent ten years working for the Northeast Frontier Railway.
- Thereafter, he worked in various positions in the Ahmedabad and Mumbai divisions of Western Railway.
- He has also worked as a professor in Indian Railway Institute of Civil Engineering, Pune imparting knowledge to Railway officers.
India & Japan concludes “Veer Guardian 2023” Air exercise
Veer Guardian 2023: The first edition of the 16-day bilateral air exercise between the Japan Air Self-Defense Force and the Indian Air Force has come to an end in Japan. The exercise, known as “Veer Guardian 2023,” required careful planning and skillful execution by both air forces. The JASDF participated in the exercise with its F-2 and F-15 aircraft, while the IAF contingent participated with the Su-30 MKI aircraft. Two C-17 Globemaster strategic airlift transport aircraft and one IL-78 flight refuelling aircraft were added to the IAF fighter contingent.
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During the joint training spanning 16 days:
- • In several simulated operational scenarios, the two Air Forces conducted extensive and intricate aerial manoeuvres. Exercise ‘Veer Guardian 2023’ provided the two Air Forces with an opportunity to enhance mutual understanding. The exercise also witnessed numerous ground interactions between IAF and JASDF personnel wherein various aspects were discussed by both sides.
- This enabled the participating contingents to obtain an invaluable insight into each other’s best practices and learn from each other’s unique capabilities. Aircrew of the two participating Air Forces also flew in each other’s fighter aircraft to gain a deeper understanding of each other’s operating philosophies.
- The “Veer Guardian 2023” exercise gave the two Air Forces a chance to improve their understanding of one another. The exercise also witnessed numerous ground interactions between IAF and JASDF personnel wherein various aspects were discussed by both sides. This enabled the participating continIndia & Japan concludes “Veer Guardian 2023” Air exercisegents to obtain an invaluable insight into each other’s best practices and learn from each other’s unique capabilities.
Artificial Synapse for Brain-Like Computing Developed by Indian & Australian Scientists
Artificial Synapse for Brain-Like Computing Developed by Indian & Australian Scientists: In order to create hardware for neuromorphic computing, a group of scientists at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), an independent organisation of the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, in Bengaluru, used their expertise in nitride-based materials. They used ScN to develop a device mimicking a synapse that controls the signal transmission as well as remembers the signal.
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Scandium nitride (ScN), a semiconducting material with exceptional stability and CMOS compatibility, has been employed by researchers to create brain-like computing. This invention can provide a new material for stable, CMOS-compatible optoelectronic synaptic functionalities at a relatively lower energy cost and hence has the potential to be translated into an industrial product.
Artificial Synapse for Brain-Like Computing Developed by Indian & Australian Scientists- Background
- Traditional computers have physically separated memory storage and processing units. As a result, it takes enormous energy and time to transfer data between these units during an operation.
- In contrast, the synapse (the junction between two neurons) in the human brain serves as both a processor and a memory storage device, making it a superior biological computer that is both smaller and more effective.
- In the current era of artificial intelligence, the brain-like computing approach can help meet the escalating computational demands.
- The development of neuromorphic hardware aims at mimicking a biological synapse that monitors and remembers the signal generated by the stimuli.
- Scientists have been trying to create an artificial synaptic device that does not suffer from RC delays, exhibits large bandwidth, consumes low energy, and is stable, scalable, and CMOS-compatible.
Artificial Synapse for Brain-Like Computing Developed by Indian & Australian Scientists- Roles
This work by Dheemahi Rao and team demonstrates an artificial optoelectronic synapse with ScN thin films that can mimic synaptic functionalities like short-term memory, long-term memory, the transition from short-term to long-term memory, learning–forgetting, frequency selective optical filtering, frequency-dependent potentiation and depression, Hebbian learning, and logic-gate operations.
Veteran Telugu actor J Jamuna passes away at the age of 86
Veteran Telugu actor J Jamuna passes away at the age of 86: J Jamuna, a veteran Telugu movie actor and former lawmaker, went away at the age of 86. She was born on August 30, 1936, in Hampi. Jamuna had her acting debut in Puttillu (1952), directed by Garikapati Raja Rao of the Praja Natya Mandali, the cultural wing of the Communist Party of India, when she was 16 years old (CPI). Before that she acted in several stage plays on behalf of Indian People’s Theatre Association floated by Raja Rao.
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About J JAMUNA
Jamuna was an actress, director and politician. She made her acting debut when she was 16 years old. Her claim to fame was LV Prasad’s Missamma, which was released in 1955. Missamma is one of the iconic films in the history of Tollywood. While she predominantly acted in Telugu films, she had also acted in Tamil, Kannada and Hindi. She was also a Member of Parliament in the 9th Lok Sabha and represented Rajahmundry. Some of Jamuna’s films include Tenali Ramakrishna, Muddu Bidda, Gundamma Katha, Ramudu Bheemudu and Poola Rangadu, among others.
India to get more than 100 Cheetahs from South Africa
India to get more than 100 Cheetahs from South Africa: In an ambitious attempt to reintroduce the spotted cats in the south Asian nation, South Africa announced that it has achieved an agreement to transport more than 100 cheetahs to India. The environment ministry said an initial batch of 12 cheetahs would be flown to India next month, after eight cheetahs arrived from Namibia last September.
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The goal is to develop a “viable and secure cheetah population” by translocating an additional 12 animals per year for the following eight to ten years, according to the ministry.
Reintroducing of Cheetah in India:
India was once home to the Asiatic cheetah but the animal was declared extinct there by 1952, primarily because of habitat loss and deaths at the hands of hunters seeking their distinctive spotted hides.
Efforts to reintroduce the animals gathered pace in 2020 when India’s Supreme Court ruled that African cheetahs, a different subspecies, could be brought into the country at a “carefully chosen location” on an experimental basis.
The negotiations for the deal with South Africa took a long time, and the first cheetahs were initially expected to be flown to India in August of last. They have been living in quarantine in the meantime. Officials said the previous transfer from Namibia marked the first intercontinental relocation of cheetahs, the planet’s fastest land animal.
Sabir Ali, Iron Man of India, passes away at the age of 67
Sabir Ali, Iron Man of India, passes away at the age of 67: Sabir Ali, known as the “Ironman of India,” died after winning the decathlon gold medal at the Asian Athletics Championships in Tokyo in 1981. He was 67. Ali, who retired from Railways, won the title in the Japanese capital with a tally of 7,253 points beating Japan’s Nobuya Saito (7,078) and China’s Zu Qilin (7,074). At the South Asian Federation Games in Kathmandu and Dhaka, he also won two silver medals.
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Between 1979 and 1985, Ali competed in the demanding competition and won eight consecutive Open National titles. The Railways star was unbeatable at the Inter-State meets too – he represented Haryana — which he won twice in 1979 and 1981. The javelin throw was his favourite sport. Ali received the Arjuna Award in 1981 in addition to winning bronze and silver at the World Railway Meets in 1981 and 1985. Ali, who grew up in Delhi, is survived by his wife, son and daughter.
RBI Approves Appointment of Prabdev Singh as New CEO of JP Morgan Chase
RBI Approves Appointment of Prabdev Singh as New CEO of JP Morgan Chase: JP Morgan Chase & Co. has received permission from the Central Bank of India to name Prabdev Singh as the lender’s Chief Executive Officer in the nation. The Reserve Bank of India approved a three-year term for Prabdev Singh last week.
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RBI Approves Appointment of Prabdev Singh as New CEO of JP Morgan Chase – Key Points
- Prabdev Singh has been JPMorgan’s interim CEO since November.
- He took over for Madhav Kalyan, who was appointed to lead payments in the Asia Pacific region. The Wall Street firm, JPMorgan, traces its presence in India back to 1922 and started commercial banking operations in the country about 15 years ago.
- JPMorgan has four commercial bank branches in the country.
- Prabdev Singh is a trained engineer and has worked for a decade at HSBC Holdings Plc before joining JPMorgan in 2010.
About JPMorgan Chase
JPMorgan Chase & Co. is a Delaware-incorporated American global financial services corporation with its corporate headquarters in New York City. It is the largest bank in the United States and the world’s largest bank by market capitalization. As the largest of the Big Four banks, the firm is considered systemically important by the Financial Stability Board.
Its size and scale have led to enhanced regulatory oversight as well as the maintenance of an internal “Fortress Balance Sheet” and liquidity reserves. The firm is headquartered on 383 Madison Avenue in Midtown Manhattan and is set to move into the under-construction JPMorgan Chase Building in 2025.
EPFO launches ‘Nidhi Aapke Nikat’ massive outreach programme
Nidhi Aapke Nikat program: Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has launched a massive district outreach program in all the districts of the country through a revamped Nidhi Aapke Nikat program. This program’s goal is to reach every district in the nation on the same day, or the 27th of each month. In 685 of the country’s districts, EPFO organised camps.
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Bhavishya Nidhi Adalat was renamed Nidhi Aapke Nikat in the year 2015, and in the year 2019, trade union membership helped the Nidhi Aapke Nikat Program’s outreach even more. In the year 2021, for grievances redressal of pensioners, an exclusive platform monthly Pension Adalat was initiated.
The program was e-launched by Ms Arti Ahuja,Secretary (Ministry of Labour & Employment) from the EPFO Headquarters, in the presence of Central Provident Fund Commissioner (CPFC) and officers of EPFO. The event was attended online by more than 850 participants including members of Parliament, members of Legislative Assemblies, CBT Members, Regional Committee members, District Collectors, officials from state and district administration, representatives from industrial bodies and officers from the field offices.
About the Nidhi Aapke Nikat programme:
The Nidhi Aapke Nikat 2.0 will not be only grievance redressal platform and information exchange network for the employers and the employees but also a platform for exchange of information with the district level authorities of various State and Central Government departments. In this programme, a help desk will be created where members will get the online services like filing of online claim etc. Grievance redressal of the members will be done on the spot and in case any grievance could not be redressed on the spot, it will be registered on the grievance portal of EPFO and will be resolved on priority.
The Nidhi Aapke Nikat is a programme where EPFO stakeholders come to the EPFO field offices for grievance redressal, under the Nidhi Aapke Nikat 2.0, EPFO will reach out to the stakeholders, thereby increasing accessibility and visibility of the organisation, in all the districts of the country.
Canada to Commercialise World’s First Photonic-based Quantum Computer
Canada to Commercialise World’s First Photonic-based Quantum Computer: The first photonic-based, fault-tolerant quantum computer in the world will be developed and commercialised, according to a new federal investment announced by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. According to a news release from the Prime Minster’s website, the investment of 40 million Canadian dollars ($32 million) will enable Xanadu Quantum Technologies Inc, a Toronto-based Canadian quantum computing company, to develop the quantum computer which will have the potential to provide world leading capabilities to help solve complex data problems and could be used in a variety of sectors such as finance, transportation, environmental modelling, and health.
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According to a press release, this 177.8 million Canadian dollar ($142 million) project, funded by the government’s Strategic Innovation Fund, will result in the creation of 530 new, highly skilled positions in the high-tech and quantum computing fields.
Canada’s National Quantum Strategy:
Earlier this month, Canada launched its National Quantum Strategy, which invests an additional 360 million Canadian dollars ($288 million) to help solidify Canada as a global leader in quantum technologies.
Founded in 2016, Xanadu, with the mission to build quantum computers that are useful and available to people everywhere, leads the development of PennyLane, an open-source software library for quantum computing and application development.
