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3 April 2023 – Daily Current Affairs for UPSC Exams

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3rd April 2023 – Daily Current Affairs Questions for UPSC Prelims Exams

GS Team published here 3 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.

Rajib K Mishra has taken over as the CMD of?

Ans: PTC India
Note:

1. Rajib Kumar Mishra is the executive chairman of PTC India
2. facing regulatory issues related to their subsidiary PTC India Financial Services Limited
3. Mishra has wide experience in power sector
4. He has a Doctorate in Business Management from Aligarh Muslim University
5. He was awarded Visiting Scholar status by the University of Texas, Austin in 2008
6. Mishra did his electrical engineering graduation from NIT Durgapur
7. He completed his post graduate education by NTNU, Norway under NORAD Fellowship

India has inaugurated a space design lab for start-ups in which city?

Answer: Ahmedabad
Note:

1. India inaugurates state-of-the-art design lab in Ahmedabad.
2. The lab aims to enable space sector start-ups to rapidly convert their innovative ideas into implementable models.
3. The Space Systems Design Lab of the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Center (IN-SPACe) was inaugurated earlier this week.
4. This lab includes high end analysis and simulation software for mission simulation, modelling, visualizing, payload and optimization of spacecraft, ground station and launch vehicle avionics.
5. In-Space (IN-SPACe) President Pawan Goenka has inaugurated this lab.
6. ISRO chairman S Somnath inaugurated the lab at Bopal in Ahmedabad.

Which state of India has become the first state in India to have 100% electrified railway network?

Answer: Haryana
Note:

1. Indian Railways completely electrified the railway network of the state of Haryana.
2. Haryana has become the first state in the country to achieve 100% electrification of its railway network.
3. Seven Zonal Railways broad gauge routes have achieved 100% electrification.
4. The achievement is an important step towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions and promoting the developing transport in the country.
5. The Indian Railways aims to achieve 100% electrification of its broad gauge routes by December 2023.
6. This feat has been achieved by seven Zonal Railways.
7. This milestone achieved by these seven Zonal Railways is a significant step towards achieving the target.

Which country has become the 31st NATO member after Turkey’s approval?

Answer: Finland
Note:

1. The Secretary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has announced that Finland’s Tabbe has become the 31st member of the Union.
2. Finland shares a long border of over 1,300 kilometers with Russia.
3. Finland was motivated by security problems following Russia’s concerns over the rise of Ukraine.
4. Sweden’s application to join NATO has been rejected.
5. Some say Finland’s membership will help strengthen Finland’s defense capabilities.

Kangra tea from which Indian state has got the European GI tag?

Answer: Himachal Pradesh
Note:

1. The European Commission has granted PGI status to tea grown in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh.
2. The effective date of PGI will be from 11th April, 2023.
3. EC has delayed granting similar status to basmati rice as well.
4. India applied for recognition of basmati rice in 2018.
5. EU wants India and Pakistan to hold talks.
6. Basmati rice from Pakistan is not meeting the necessary requirements to be recognized.