Daily Current Affairs Quiz 11th December 2023

“Notes: the central government has approved the first urban flood mitigation project of rs 561.29 crore for ‘integrated urban flood management’ activities for the chennai basin project, as per union home minister amit shah. this is the first in a series of urban flood mitigation efforts and will help develop a broader framework for urban flood management.”

“Notes: Notes:a c-17 transport aircraft of the indian air force airdropped in a military zone in agra an indigenously developed heavy platform that can carry a maximum load of 16 tonnes. it is for the first time that a platform having a dimension of 24 feet by eight feet with 16 tonnes load capacity was airdropped from an iaf plane. an indian air force c-17 airdropped an adrde-developed type v platform (24 ft), for the first time. the aerial delivery research and development establishment (adrde) is a premier defence research laboratory.”

“Notes: tiriyani block of kumuram bheem asifabad district, telangana secured the top position in the first delta rankings of aspirational blocks programme (abp) announced by niti aayog. the second position was bagged by kaushambi block of kaushambi district, uttar pradesh. the rankings were announced in a virtual event at niti aayog. the ranking of the blocks has been calculated on the basis of performance of blocks and progress achieved in the key performance indicators (kpis) in the month of june, 2023.”

“Notes: Notes:bharat bill payments (bbps), the platform built by the national payments corporation of india (npci) to digitise the country’s large utility bill payments market, is increasingly being used for loan repayments and clearing credit card dues. the way utility bills get generated for consumers every month, emi (equated monthly instalment) gets generated every month on a specific date for borrowers. the customer can use any mode of payment to clear the emi due, and this is where the bbps platform is fast emerging as a popular tool.”

Notes: The european union has begun monitoring its imports of steel with an intention to disuade products that are the result of processes that result in high carbon emissions the move is expected to hit indian steel exporters who have been reliant on polluting coking coal as feedstock to keep their furnace

Notes: The two countries announced a 250 million loan to kenya for modernisation of its agricultural sector as they agreed to strengthen bilateral ties in areas of defense trade energy digital public infrastructure and healthcarethe two sides signed five pacts providing for cooperation in a range of areas including sports education and digital solution and

“Notes: Notes:india saw a rise of 24 per cent in cybercrimes registered in 2022 compared to 2021, whereas other categories of crime – including economic offences (11%), crimes against senior citizens (9%), against women (4%), too recorded an increase, as per the latest data released by the national crime records bureau (ncrb). according to the report ‘crime in india’, 65,893 cases were registered under cybercrime, showing an increase of 24.4 per cent compared to 52,974 cases in 2021. according to the ncrb data, a total of 1,93,385 cases were registered under economic offences, showing an increase of 11.1 per cent compared to 1,74,013 cases in 2021.”

“Notes: Notes:in order to encourage the spatial planning by the gram panchayat, ministry of panchayati raj had launched the geographic information system (gis) application “gram manchitra”. this application facilitates and supports gram panchayats to perform planning at gram panchayat level using geo-spatial technology. it provides a unified geo spatial platform to better visualize the various developmental works to be taken up across the different sectors and provide a decision support system for gram panchayat development plan (gpdp). ministry has launched mactionsoft, a mobile based solution to help in capturing photos with geo-tags (gps coordinates) for the works which have asset as an output. geo-tagging of the assets is done in all three stages.”

“Notes: Notes:to assess and measure the progress made by grassroots level institutions in achieving localized sdgs and thereby attaining sdg 2030, ministry has released a report on panchayat development index (pdi). panchayat development index would play a significant role for performance evaluation and progress assessment in achieving the lsdgs in rural area. under the revamped rgsa, ministry has been incentivizing best performing panchayats through national panchayats award (npa) by assessing their performance in the attainment of sdgs to generate positive competition among panchayats.”

“Notes: Notes:on the occasion of international day of persons with disabilities (pwd) on 3rd december, 2023, a new accessibility widget was launched at the igot karmayogi platform. the widget currently offers user-friendly features such as: screen reader, smart contrast, text spacing, dyslexia friendly, saturation, pause animations, and page structure. igot’s accessibility widget seeks to create an inclusive and equitable learning experience for all. igot karmayogi is a comprehensive online learning portal to guide government officials in their capacity-building journey.”