2nd April 2023 Current Affairs | Daily Five Current Affairs
(1) Who has been selected as the new head of the New Development Bank (NDB)?
(A) Marcus Troyjo
(B) Dilma Rousseff
(C) Marcos Prado Troyjo
(D) Amitabh Kant
(B) Dilma Rousseff
The New Development Bank (NDB), which is also known as the BRICS Development Bank and is a multilateral financial institution created by Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, has announced that former Brazilian President Dilma Vana Rousseff has been elected as its new President.
New Development Bank (NDB) Formation :- July 2014 (Treaty signed) || July 2015 (Treaty in force)
New Development Bank (NDB) HQ :- Shanghai, China
Dilma Vana Rousseff is a Brazilian economist and politician who served as the 36th president of Brazil, holding the position from 2011 until her impeachment and removal from office on 31 August 2016.
(2) Which team has won the Women's Premier League 2023 title?
(A) Delhi Capitals
(B) UP Warriors
(C) Mumbai Indians
(D) Royal Challengers Bangalore
(C) Mumbai Indians
Mumbai Indians win the match by 7 wickets and with that they become the first-ever Women's Premier League champions.
Harmanpreet Kaur-led Mumbai Indians.
Additionally, the Most Valuable Player of the tournament award was given to Hayley Matthews, while the Orange Cap went to "Meg Lanning" and Purple Cap Award to "Hayley Matthews". India's Yastika Bhatia was given the Emerging Player of the Season award.
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(3) Which city is the host of the second edition of "The Africa-India Field Training Exercise" AFINDEX-2023?
(A) Pune
(B) Chandigarh
(C) Madhya Pradesh
(D) Uttar Pradesh
The second edition of 10 days Africa-India Field Training Exercise (AFINDEX 2023) started in Pune.
The first AFINDEX was held in Pune in March 2019 which saw the participation of 20 African nations.
(4) New India Literacy Programme’ will be implemented as which type of scheme?
(A) Union territory Sector Scheme
(B) Centrally Sponsored Scheme
(C) State Sponsored Scheme
(D) Both Centrally & State Sponsored Scheme
(B) Centrally sponsored Scheme
New India Literacy Programme launched to cover a target of 5.00 crore non-literates in the age group of 15 years and above
Government has launched a new Centrally Sponsored Scheme namely, “New India Literacy Programme” (NILP) for implementation during five years from the FYs 2022-23 to 2026-27 with financial outlay of Rs.1037.90 crore out of which Rs.700.00 crore is Central share and Rs.337.90 crore is State share. The scheme aims to cover a target of 5.00 crore non-literates in the age group of 15 years and above.
The Scheme has five components :-
(i) Foundational Literacy and Numeracy,
(ii) Critical Life Skills,
(iii) Vocational Skills Development,
(iv) Basic Education and
(v) Continuing Education.
The beneficiaries under the scheme are identified through door to door survey on Mobile App by the surveyors in the States/UTs. The non-literate can also avail the benefit of the scheme through direct registration from any place through mobile app. The scheme is mainly based on volunteerism for teaching and learning. Volunteers can also register through mobile app for this purpose.
The scheme is based on technology and implemented predominantly through online mode. The teaching learning material and resources have been made available on DIKSHA platform of NCERT and can be accessed through the mobile-apps. Further, other modes like TV, Radio, Samajik Chetna Kendra etc. are also to be used for dissemination of Foundational Literacy and Numeracy. All the non-literate above 15 years of age can avail the benefits of the scheme.
The information was given by the Minister of State for Education, Smt. Annpurna Devi in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
(5) When was the first International Zero Waste Day observed?
(A) 30th March
(B) 31st March
(C) 1st April
(D) 2nd April
(A) 30th March
Established through a UN General Assembly resolution that followed other resolutions on waste, including the 2 March 2022 UN Environment Assembly’s commitment to advance a global agreement to end plastic pollution, the International Day of Zero Waste is jointly facilitated by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat).
Without urgent action, municipal solid waste will double to almost 4 billion tons each year by 2050.
Promoting zero-waste initiatives can help advance all the goals and targets in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including Sustainable Development Goal 11 on making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable and Sustainable Development Goal 12 on ensuring sustainable consumption and production patterns.
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