Daily Current Affairs Today MCQ : 23 March 2023 Quiz

The board of Invest India has appointed Manmeet K Nanda as the MD and CEO of the investment promotion and facilitation body under the Ministry of Commerce.

Nanda succeeds Deepak Bagla, who resigned from the post last week.

Nanda will also continue serving in her current role as Joint Secretary, DPIIT.

The Indian Space Research Organisation ISRO will launch OneWeb India-2 mission from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on March 26.

Under a commercial agreement with NewSpace India Limited, ISRO will launch 72 satellites of the UK-based Network Access Associates Limited and place them in low Earth orbits.

The Indian Army has put in motion the process for installation of a Green Hydrogen based Micro Grid Power Plant project in the forward areas along the Northern borders which are not connected by National and State Grid.

Indian Army and National Thermal Power Corporation Renewable Energy Limited signed an MoU in this regard in New Delhi.

Indian Army is providing requisite land on lease for 25 years with a commitment to purchase generated power through a Power Purchase Agreement.

The second edition of the Africa-India Field Training Exercise (AFINDEX) 2023 has begun at the Foreign Training Node in Pune.

The exercise is being conducted between India and over 20 nations of the African continent.

The 10-day exercise will focus on Humanitarian Mine Assistance and United Nations Peacekeeping Operations.

The multinational military drill will promote the idea of Africa-India Militaries for Regional Unity (AMRUT) and will focus on incorporating the current dynamics of UN Peacekeeping Forces (UNPKF) through practical and comprehensive discussions and tactical exercises.

Paris Saint-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe has reportedly been named France captain to succeed now-retired goalkeeper Hugo Lloris.

Meanwhile, Antoine Griezmann has reportedly been named vice-captain after Manchester United centre-back Raphael Varane retired.

Mbappe has been capped 66 times and played a key role in their successful 2018 World Cup campaign as well as their runners-up finish in 2022.

Asia’s largest four-metre International Liquid Mirror Telescope was inaugurated at the Devasthal observatory in Uttarakhand.

The inauguration of the instrument was done by Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh

The telescope is situated at an altitude of 2450 metres at the observatory, which lies at the campus of Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), an autonomous institute under the Department of Science and Technology (DST) in Nainital.

Indian Navy launched another Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASWSWC) — the second in a series of eight indigenous ships built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) at a Kidderpore yard.

INS Androth is about 77.6 metres long and 10.5 metres wide, and requires a draught of only 2.7 metres.

Propelled by three diesel-driven water jets, these ships can attain a maximum speed of 25 knots.

The Tamil Nadu Government will notify Thanthai Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary, spread over 80,567 hectares in the forest areas of Anthiyur and Gobichettipalayam taluks in Erode district, as the 18th wildlife sanctuary in the state.

It will include reserve forest areas in Anthiyur, Bargur, Thattakarai and Chennampatti.

Axis Bank, India’s third largest private sector bank and Autotrac Finance Limited Ltd (AFL), a Gurgaon based Non-Banking Financial Company, announced its strategic partnership under the co-lending model through the Yubi Co.Lend platform.

Through this partnership, both lenders will offer ’New Tractor Loans’ for the Agricultural and Allied activities to cater the financial needs of the rural segment in the country.

Every year World Water Day is celebrated globally on 22 March. The main purpose of celebrating this day is to ensure the availability of pure water and sanitation for all by 2030 through the ’Sustainable Development Goal’.

This year’s theme is ’Accelerating Change to Solve Water and Sanitation Crises’. The initiative to celebrate World Water Day was started by the United Nations General Assembly on 22 December 1992. Hence, March 22 was declared World Water Day, and since then this day is being celebrated. The first World Water Day was celebrated in the year 1993.