13th April 2023 Current Affairs | Daily Five Current Affairs
(1) In which city was the first underwater metro train trial run in India? भारत में पहली बार अंडरवाटर मेट्रो ट्रेन का परीक्षण किस शहर में चलाया गया था?
(A) Kolkata
(B) Tamil Nadu
(C) Goa
(D) Chandigarh
(A) Kolkata
Kolkata, India's first underwater metro route completes maiden run. Kolkata Metro rake runs through a tunnel under the Hooghly river in Kolkata on April 12, 2023.
Kolkata was the first city in India to have a metro system.
Infrastructure is a major national initiative under the leadership of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
For the first time in Kolkata, India, a metro rail test was successfully operated underwater. During this trial, the metro rail was operated from a 520-meter tunnel under the Hooghly River. It marked India's metro history when a metro train was operated underwater. The occasion has come almost 40 years after the launch of the Kolkata Metro. With this historic operation of the metro, India's Kolkata city has joined cities like London, Paris, New York, Shanghai and Cairo where this type of metro is used.
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(2) According to the ADR report, who is the Chief Minister with the most assets in the country? एडीआर रिपोर्ट के अनुसार देश में सबसे अधिक संपत्ति वाला मुख्यमंत्री कौन है?
(A) Arvind Kejriwal
(B) Jagan Mohan Reddy
(C) Bhupendrabhai Patel
(D) Manohar Lal Khattar
(B) Jagan Mohan Reddy
Twenty-nine of the 30 incumbent chief ministers are crorepatis with Andhra Pradesh's Jagan Mohan Reddy having the highest assets totalling Rs 510 crore, according to poll affidavits analysed by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).
While West Bengal's Mamata Banerjee is the only CM who is not a crorepati, Association or Democratic Reforms (ADR), a watch group which works for political and electoral reforms, said in its latest report.
Twenty-nine of the 30 incumbent Chief Ministers are crorepatis.
There are 28 State Chief Ministers and two union territories — Delhi and Puducherry — also have Chief Ministers. The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir does not have a Chief Minister currently.
The top three Chief Ministers in terms of assets are Andhra Pradesh's Jagan Mohan Reddy (over ₹510 crore), Arunanchal Pradesh's Pema Khandu (over ₹163 crore), and Odisha's Naveen Pattnaik (over ₹63 crore), according to the ADR.
The three CMs with the lowest declared assets are — West Bengal's Mamata Banerjee (over ₹15 lakh), Kerala's Pinarayi Vijayan (over ₹1 crore) and Haryana's Manohar Lal (over ₹1 crore), the ADR said.
Both Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Delhi's Arvind Kejriwal own assets worth over ₹3 crore, the report said.
(3) How many total medals India has won in the Women's Asian Wrestling Championship? महिला एशियाई कुश्ती चैंपियनशिप में भारत ने कुल कितने पदक जीते हैं
(A) Five
(B) Six
(C) Eight
(D) Seven
(D) Seven
Indian women wrestlers have won a total of 7 medals in the Women's Asian Wrestling Championship held in Astana, Kazakhstan. It includes two silver and five bronze medals. India secured 3rd position in this competition. Last season, India won 5 medals in this competition and finished fourth in the points table. Panghal won a silver medal in the 53 kg category while Nisha Dahiya in the 68 kg category.
Panghal won silver in the 53-kg category. Nisha Dahiya also claimed silver in the 68-kg category. Anshu Malik, Sonam Malik, Manisha, and Reetika bagged bronze medals.
(4) Which company has recently been given the Miniratna Category-I status?
(A) Indian Energy Corporation
(B) Solar Energy Corporation of India
(C) International Solar Agency
(D) International Solar Alliance
(B) Solar Energy Corporation of India
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has granted Miniratna Category-I Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE) status to the state-owned Solar Energy Corporation of India Ltd (SECI), according to a statement. SECI, which was established in 2011, is the primary implementing agency for renewable energy schemes/projects of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy aimed at fulfilling India’s international commitments.
Till date, SECI has awarded Renewable Energy (RE) project capacities of over 56 GW.
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(5) Who has been appointed as the next Chief Justice of Tripura High Court recently?
(A) Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh
(B) Justice PK Batra
(C) Justice Nitin Sharma
(D) Justice Priyanka Dubey
(A) Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh
Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh has been appointed as the new chief justice of the Tripura High Court, replacing Justice Jaswant Singh who recently retired. The Department of Justice in the Law Ministry issued a notification stating that President, under the powers conferred by Article 217 of the Constitution of India, has appointed Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh, who is a judge at the Jharkhand High Court, to assume the position of the Chief Justice of the Tripura High Court with effect from the date he takes charge of the office. Justice Singh was born on July 7, 1965, and started his career as an advocate in 1990.
The Tripura High Court is the High Court of the state of Tripura. It was established on March 23, 2013. The present Governor of Tripura State is Satyadev Narayan Arya and Chief Minister is Manik Saha.
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