Current Affairs 28 March 2023

ANS : C 

• NDTV has appointed former Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Chairman Upendra Kumar Sinha as an independent Director and non-executive Chairperson of the NDTV board of Directors.
• Sinha served as the Chairman of SEBI for over six years between 2011 and 2017.
• NDTV also appointed Welspun India’s Chief Executive Officer Dipali Goenka as an independent Director on the board. 

ANS : B 

• Ramnagar in the Nainital district of Uttarakhand is hosting the first G20 summit in Uttarakhand from 28-30 March 2023.
• Around 70 foreign delegates discussed four agendas including the One Health opportunity to tackle the pandemic and disease control, and coordination in global efforts enhancing reach to scientific knowledge.
• The culture of Uttarakhand has been carved on the walls along the roads.
• The murals also depict the lifestyle and musical instruments of Uttarakhand.
• The delegates will be taken to Safari in Jim Corbett national park on the 30th of March, the last day of the Summit.

ANS : D 

• In Ladakh, Lieutenant Governor Brig. (DR) BD Mishra (Rtd) inaugurated the 3rd edition of the Ladakh Literary Conference at Syed Mehdi Memorial Hall Kargil.
• During the inaugural session, two papers were presented.
• One was by Purgi Scholar Issa Sabiri on the Development of Purgi Language and Script and another by Gen Tubstan Paldan (State Awardee) on Ladakh Language and Literature-An Insight.
• LG Mishra distributed Exam Warriors Book by the Prime Minister to students of different schools. 

ANS : A 

• Russia‘s navy fired supersonic anti-ship missiles at a mock target in the Sea of Japan, in March 2023.
• The P-270 Moskit missile, which has the NATO reporting name or SS-N-22 Sunburn, is a medium-range supersonic cruise missile of Soviet origin.
• It is capable of destroying a ship within a range of up to 120 km (75 miles).

ANS : D 

• New Development Bank (NDB) has announced that former Brazilian President Dilma Vana Rousseff has been elected as the new President of the Bank.
• She will replace Marcus Troyjo.
• NDB, also known as BRICS bank, is a multilateral financial institution set up by the five BRICS countries including Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa.

ANS : B 

• IIT Madras researchers have developed a three-dimensional (3D) paper-based portable device that can detect adulteration in milk within 30 seconds.
• The test could be even performed at home.
• It can detect multiple substances commonly used as adulterating agents including Urea, detergents, soap, starch, hydrogen peroxide, sodium-hydrogen-carbonate, and salt, among others.
• Unlike conventional laboratory-based methods to test the purity of milk, which are both expensive and time-consuming, this new technology is affordable and could also be used to test other liquids such as water, fresh juice, and milkshake for traces of adulteration.
• Only a millilitre is needed for the test.
• The research was led by Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Madras, along with research scholars Subhashis Patari and Priyankan Datta.
• They co-authored a research paper that has been published in the prestigious peer-review journal Nature. 

ANS : D 

• The 1st joint conference of army chiefs of India and African countries was held in Pune on 28 March 2023.
• Defense Minister Rajnath Singh attended the conference as the chief guest.
• This was the first-ever conference of Army Chiefs of these countries.
• Army chiefs of 10 countries along with 31 representatives of African nations are present in this conference.
• A defence exhibition was also held under the Atmanirbhar Bharat campaign and the aim of the exhibition is to target African countries as a market for defence products. 

ANS : B 

• The Guinness World Record holder for oldest drag queen performer, Darcelle XV, passed away on 27 March 2023, at the age of 92.
• Her real name was Walter W. Cole.
• She was crowned the oldest drag queen by Guinness World Records in 2016.
• Walter Cole is described as an author, playwright, actor, costume designer, owner and headliner of the Darcelle XV Showplace, which is “the West Coast’s longest-running drag show” as per Guinness.
• She authored her autobiography “Just Call Me Darcelle”.

ANS : D 

• Its fourth edition will be played in Pune from July 13 to 30, 2023.
• The fourth edition to be played at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex will see five of the six previous franchises continuing from where they left in the last edition in 2019. 
• They are U Mumba TT, Puneri Paltan Table Tennis, Goa Challengers, Dabang Delhi TTC and RPSG Mavericks Kolkata.
• Pune-based Punit Balan Group has acquired Bengaluru Smashers, the new addition to the UTT family for the fourth edition.
• UTT is the latest foray of the group, which owns a franchise each in Ultimate Kho-Kho, Tennis Premier League and the Premier Handball League.

ANS : C 

• Pakistani origin Humza Yousaf on 27 March 2023 won the race to become Scotland’s new leader, the youngest and first from a minority ethnicity.
• Humza Yousaf succeeds Nicola Sturgeon as leader of the governing Scottish National Party (SNP).
• He will take over as head of the semi-autonomous government once he wins an approval vote in the Scottish parliament.
• The first minister of Scotland is the head of the Scottish Government and keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland.
  • The first minister chairs the Scottish Cabinet and is primarily responsible for the formulation, development and presentation of Scottish Government policy.
• Humza Yusuf became a member of the Scottish Parliament for the first time in 2011 at the age of 26.
  • He has also been served as Minister of Transport and Minister of Justice in the Scottish Cabinet.