Daily Current Affairs Today MCQ : 05 and 06 February 2023 Quiz

Nagaland government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Patanjali Foods Limited for development and area expansion under palm oil cultivation and processing for Zone-II (Mokokchung, Longleng, and Mon districts) of Nagaland under the National Mission on Edible Oils-Oil Palm (NMEO-OP).

The MoU was signed by the Director of Agriculture, Nagaland, M Ben Yanthan, and Patanjali Foods Ltd Head-NE Region, Oil Palm Subhas Bhattacharjee at the Directorate of Agriculture, Kohima.

Patanjali Ayurveda is an Indian multinational conglomerate holding company based in Haridwar, India.

Patanjali is founded by Ramdev and Balkrishna in 2006.

Ramdev and Balkrishna established Patanjali Ayurveda in 2006.

Patanjali Food and Herbal Park in Haridwar is the company’s main production facility.

The company manufactures cosmetics, ayurvedic medicine, personal care, and food production.

New India Assurance (NIA) has launched a ’Pay as You Drive’ (PAYD) policy, which offers a comprehensive motor insurance policy that charges a premium based on the usage of the vehicle. The policy has two components- Third Party cover and own-damage cover.

Key Points -

For instance, the customer can save money through discounts on renewal premiums, provided the vehicle runs within the specified kilometers.

The discount applied for the ’Pay as You Drive’ is basic own damage premium.

About New India Assurance -

The New India Assurance Co Ltd is a central public sector undertaking under the ownership of the Ministry of Finance, Government of India.

It is based in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

It is the largest nationalized general insurance company in India based on gross premium collection inclusive of foreign operations.

It was founded by Sir Dorabji Tata in 1919 and was nationalized in 1973.

The International Day of Human Fraternity was established by the United Nations General Assembly on December 21, 2020.

The International Day of Human Fraternity has been observed every year on February 4.

This day falls in the middle of the International Interfaith Harmony Week which is recognised by one of the world’s leading transnational organisations the United Nations General Assembly.

The motto is "harmony in difference".

In 2023, the day will be marked in the backdrop of multiple conflicts whether on grounds of political ideology, territorial disputes, religious differences, or economic inequities.

They mark a sorry human condition, marked by many divides and a lack of peace and harmony.

Google has invested around 300 million dollar in Anthropic, an artificial intelligence startup whose technology is said to rival OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT.

According to the deal, Anthropic has agreed to purchase some of Google’s services to support its technology.

The terms of the deal, through which Google will take a stake of about 10 per cent, requires Anthropic to use the money to buy computing resources from the search company’s cloud computing division.

The partnership is designed so that the companies can co-develop AI computing systems.

Anthropic will leverage Google Cloud’s cutting-edge GPU and TPU clusters to train, scale, and deploy its AI systems.

Anthropic -

Anthropic was founded in 2021 by OpenAI former leaders at OpenAI, including Daniela and Dario Amodei.

Since its founding, Anthropic has published 14 research papers showing how to build language models that are reliable and controllable.

In January, Anthropic began deploying its technology publicly, starting off with a language model assistant named "Claude".

The Secretary of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Alkesh Kumar Sharma inaugurated the G20 Cyber Security Exercise and Drill for more than 400 domestic and international participants under India’s G20 presidency.

The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) conducted the Cyber Security Exercise and drill in hybrid mode (Physical and Virtual) where international participants from more than 12 countries joined through online mode.

Alkesh Kumar Sharma highlighted the fact that cyber incidents are increasingly becoming sophisticated & disrupting affecting not only a nation but having a transnational impact and there is an urgent need to work collectively to build joint resilience to counter cyber-attacks.

The second Tabletop Exercise, an Operational Drill was designed for CISO and Mid-management on the theme “Building Collective Cyber Resilience”.

The exercise was successful in meeting its objectives and provided insights on enhancing and improving Crisis Management, Crisis Communication, Incident Response, and global coordination & cooperation.

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) announced that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) won the hosting of the 2027 Asian Nations Cup, for the first time in its history, since its inception in 1956.

This came during the work of the 33rd Congress of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), February 1, in the Bahraini capital, Manama.

Saudi Arabia was the only bid presented at the Congress in Manama after India’s withdrawal in December 2022.

The Saudi Arabia 2027 committee concerned with the Saudi file to host the 2027 Asian Nations Cup revealed the new and developed stadiums that will be worked on to host the tournament.

It is noteworthy that Qatar will host the next edition of the Asian Football Cup, from June 26 to July 16, 2023.

February 4th, is World Cancer Day 2023, which is being observed to create a cancer-free world.

Cancer is any of a wide range of illnesses characterized by the growth of abnormal cells with the capacity to invade and damage healthy bodily tissue while dividing uncontrollably.

The World Health Organization, on their initiative, established the inaugural Cancer Day in 1933 in Geneva, Switzerland.

The goal of World Cancer Day is to increase public awareness of the risks associated with cancer, as well as its symptoms and prevention.

World Cancer Day was established in 2000 during the first World Summit Against Cancer.

Theme -

"Close The Care Gap" has been the theme for World Cancer Day for the past three years (2022, 2023, and 2024).

Blue and Orange are the official colours for the world cancer day 2023.

Minister of Tourism G. Kishan Reddy launched the Visit India Year – 2023 initiative and unveiled the logo in New Delhi.

Minister of Tourism G Kishan Reddy kicked off the year of grand plans and activities for promoting tourism in the country.

Minister of Tourism G. Kishan Reddy noted that the launch of the Visit India Year 2023 logo is taking place in this important year as India is heading G20.

He also informed that more than one lakh foreign delegates will visit India this year and they will be showcased the entire gamut of India’s culture, including monuments and festivals.

IBM has partnered with NASA to gain new findings on Earth’s climate through the power of AI technology.

The two organizations will use AI tech developed by IBM together with the large amounts of Earth observation and geospatial data that NASA has available to share.

Earth observation is the gathering of information about Earth’s physical, chemical, and biological systems, usually through the use of satellite imaging.

Key Points -

IBM informed that the goal of the partnership is to provide an easier way for researchers to analyze and draw insights from these large data sets.

The company plans to apply its foundation AI models – which are trained on broad sets of data – to speed up the analysis of this data.

By analyzing the satellite data, it is hoped this foundational model will identify changes in natural disasters, crop yields, and wildlife habitats to help researchers analyze the Earth’s environmental systems.

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval launched the US-India initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies laong with his American counterpart Jake Sullivan.

In May 2022, US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced iCET to expand their strategic technology partnership and defense industrial cooperation between the governments, businesses, and academic institutions.

iCET Initiative -

The iCET initiative was launched by India and the US in May 2022, and is being run by the National Security Councils of both countries.

Under iCET, the both countries have identified six areas of cooperation which would include co-development and co-production, that would gradually be expanded to QUAD, then to NATO, followed by Europe and the rest of the world.

Under iCET, India is ready to share its core technologies with the US and expects Washington to do the same.