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Daily Current Affairs – 07 April 2023
This post contains the current affairs for 07 April 2023. These current affairs are important for banking exams, insurance exams and other competitive exams like IBPS PO and Clerk, SBI PO and Clerk, RBI Assistant and Grade B, etc. You can also attempt our Current Affairs Quiz after reading our daily current affairs.
Ranking
Shah Rukh Khan tops 2023 TIME100 poll for most influential people
- Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan has achieved the top spot on 2023 TIME100 poll, the TIME magazine’s annual list of the most influential people.
- Out of the 1.2 million votes cast, 4% of them went to Shah Rukh.
- The Iranian women who are protesting for their rights stood second in the list, with 3% of the votes.
- The healthcare workers who’ve been at the frontlines of the pandemic since 2020, stood third with 2% of the overall votes.
- Third position was shared by Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex.
- Fourth place went to Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex.
- Fifth spot was gained by Lionel Messi
Mumbai is only Indian city on list of world’s best cities for public transport
- India’s financial capital Mumbai is the only Indian city among the list of the world’s 19 best cities for public transport, as per the report by Time Out.
- Mumbai claimed the last spot, that means 19th spot on the list for great public transit, due to its wide-reaching suburban rail network.
- More than 20,000 people in 50 cities across the world were surveyed for the rankings.
- The Time Out’s world’s best city for public transport went to Berlin in Germany.
- Second position went to Prague in Czech Republic while Tokyo in Japan ranked third.
- List of world’s best 19 cities for public transport
National
India’s Forest cover increases by 1,540 sqkm between ISFR 2019 and ISFR 2021: FSI Report
- As per latest India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2021, the total forest cover in the country is 7,13,789 square kilometer. This is 21.71% of the geographical area of India.
- The ISFR report is released by the Forest Survey of India (FSI), Dehradun, biennially, since 1987 based on forest cover.
- The last survey was done in 2019.
- As per the report, between ISFR 2019 and ISFR 2021, the forest cover has increased by 1,540 square kilometer.
- FSI is an organisation under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, founded in June 1981.
- It conducts forest surveys, studies and researches to monitor the changing situations of land and forest resources and present the data for national planning, conservation and sustainable management of environmental protection as well for the implementation of social forestry projects.
Union Cabinet approves Indian Space Policy, 2023 to increase private sector participation in space sector
- The Cabinet Committee on Security chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the Indian Space Policy 2023 on April 06, 2023.
- The policy seeks to institutionalise the private sector participation in the space sector, and channelise the focus of ISRO on research and development of advanced space technologies.
- The private sector will be able to take part in end-to-end space activities including building satellites, rockets and launch vehicles, data collection and dissemination.
- The roles and responsibilities of ISRO, space sector PSU NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) and Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Center (IN-SPACe) have also been specified in the new policy.
- AS per the policy, ISRO will not do any operational and production work for the space sector. It shall focus on developing new technologies, new systems and research and development.
- The strategic activities related to the space sector will be carried out by NSIL.
- The INSPACe will be the interface between ISRO and non-governmental entities
‘Yoga Mahotsav’ – 75 Days countdown to International Day of Yoga 2023 organized at Dibrugarh, Assam
- The 75 days to International Day of Yoga 2023 – “Yoga Mahotsav” has been organised at the Dibrugarh University campus, Dibrugarh, Assam on April 07, 2023 by the Ministry of AYUSH.
- Union Minister for Ayush and Ports, Shipping & Waterways – Shri Sarbananda Sonowal.
- International Yoga is marked on June 21 every year.
International
NASA Launches High-Resolution Air Quality Control Instrument TEMPO onboard SpaceX rocket
- The US space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched an air-quality monitor called TEMPO (Tropospheric Emissions Monitoring of Pollution instrument) on April 07, 2023, in collaboration with Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
- TEMPO was launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
- It will be the first space-based instrument to measure air quality over North America hourly during the daytime and at spatial regions of four square miles, far better than existing limits of about 100 square miles in the U.S.
- TEMPO is merely the size of a dishwasher.
- TEMPO slogan is ‘It’s about time,’. It signifies at TEMPO’s ability to provide hourly air pollution data, to help improve life on Earth by revolutionizing the way scientists observe air quality from space.
Economy News
Finance Ministry forms panel to suggest changes to NPS; head- Finance Secretary T.V. Somanathan
- The Ministry of Finance has set up of a four-member committee to review the National Pension Scheme (NPS) and suggest any changes in it, keeping in mind the interest of government employees.
- The committee will be headed by Finance Secretary T.V. Somanathan.
- The other members of the committee will comprise of Secretary, Personnel, Special Secretary, Personnel, and Chairman of the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA).
- The panel will suggest ways for higher pensionary benefits to the government employees covered under the NPS, amid growing demand for the old pension system (OPS) with assured benefits without contribution.
IMF projects global growth rate at 3% in 2023
- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has estimated that the global economic growth is projected to grow at a slow pace of below 3% in 2023.
- Global GDP rate is also projected to remain around 3% for the next five years, as per IMF.
- This outlook for global economic growth is the weakest in more than three decades, that is since 1990.
- The headquarters of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is in Washington, D.C., U.S
Important Days
World Health Day: 07 April
- The World Health Day is celebrated every year on April 7 since 1950.
- The day commemorates the establishment of World Health Organisation (WHO) on 7 April 1948.
- World Health Day is a global health awareness day to draw worldwide attention to a specific subject of major importance to global health.
- The Theme of 2023 World Health Day is ‘Health For All.’
International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide : 07 April
- The International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda is commemorated by UNESCO on April 07, every year.
- The year 2022 marks the 28th anniversary of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
- The day was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2003.
- The day commemorates the beginning of the genocide perpetrated against members of the Tutsi minority by the Hutu extremist-led government. Within just over 100 days, more than 1 million Tutsi were systematically murdered. Moderate Hutu and others who opposed the massacres were also killed during this period.