11 April 2023 – Daily Current Affairs for UPSC Exams
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11th April 2023 – Daily Current Affairs Questions for UPSC Prelims Exams
GS Team published here 11 April 2023 Current Affairs Quiz for UPSC Prelims Exams. These will be helpful for the upcoming UPSC All exams. These current affairs make daily analysis and related India, World, Technology, and all govt news.
India, Bangladesh, Japan to hold connectivity meet in which state of the country?
Answer: Tripura
Note:
- Bangladesh, India, and Japan are preparing to hold a connectivity event in Tripura, India on 11-12 April.
- The objective of the event is to explore connectivity initiatives and utilize the commercial potential of the region.
- The event is being organized by the Asian Conclave, a think tank based in Northeast India, with support from the Indian Ministry of External Affairs.
- Bangladesh will be represented by State Minister Md. Shahriar Alam for foreign affairs, while Japan’s envoy to India and India’s Deputy Foreign Minister will also be present.
The world’s first Asian King Vulture Conservation Center has been set up in Maharajganj of which state?
Answer: Uttar Pradesh
Note:
- The world’s first Jatayu Asian King Vulture conservation and breeding center has been established in Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh, to protect the rapidly disappearing species of vultures.
- The Jatayu Conservation and Breeding Center is primarily established for the protection of vultures.
- The work of the Jatayu Conservation and Breeding Center in Maharajganj has been completed.
- Soon, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will inaugurate the conservation and breeding center.
- The Asian King Vulture is a species that is rapidly disappearing.
- Its conservation is done under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.
- Under this Act, no person is allowed to intentionally break, damage, uproot, collect, sell, or transport any living or dead plant from any area designated by the central government or the state forest department.
Which of the following space agency has launched a high-resolution air quality control instrument?
Answer: NASA
Note:
- NASA’s Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) instrument has been successfully launched, which is a significant step in monitoring major air pollutants.
- This instrument can provide scientists with unprecedented resolution, allowing them to see air quality from space with an accuracy of four square miles.
- The goal of the TEMPO mission is to bring revolutionary changes in monitoring air quality, which will help improve life on Earth.
- The instrument was launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
- The payload was carried by the Intelsat 40e satellite, which separated from the rocket about 32 minutes after launch, and signal acquisition occurred at 1:14 pm.
- TEMPO commissioning activities are expected to begin at the end of May or the beginning of June.
Which Indian-American statistician has been awarded the International Prize in Statistics 2023?
Answer: Kalyampudi Radhakrishna Rao
Note:
- Kalyanmoy Deb, an Indian-American statistician, has been awarded the 2023 International Statistical Prize, considered the equivalent of the Nobel Prize in statistics.
- The prize, established in 2016, is awarded every two years to an individual or team who has made significant contributions to science, technology, and human welfare through the use of statistics.
- The prize is given with the collaboration of five major international statistical organizations and recognizes significant achievements by an individual or team.
- Kalyanmoy Deb will receive the prize, which includes a cash award of $80,000, at the World Statistics Congress of the International Statistical Institute in Ottawa, Canada, in July.
Which company making Corona vaccine has got award in World Vaccine Congress 2023?
Ans: Bharat Biotech
Note:
- Biocon, headquartered in Hyderabad, was honored with the Vaccine Industry Excellence (ViE) award for Best Production/Process Development at the World Vaccine Congress 2023 held in Washington, USA from April 3-6.
- Biocon was the only Indian company among the candidates for the ViE award in various categories such as the Best Clinical Trial Company, Best Clinical Trial Network, Best Central/Specialty Laboratory, Best Contract Research Organization, and Best Production/Process Development, among others.
- Biocon is known for developing the world’s first indigenously developed COVID-19 vaccine, COVAXIN, and its intranasal vaccine, which is being used in India’s public vaccination program and has also been exported.