Current Affairs One-Liner: 4th March 2023

• Jal Shakti Abhiyan –Catch the Rain 2023: This campaign is launched by President Draupadi Murmu in New Delhi. This campaign is to encourage conservation of water.
• Theme: “Source Sustainability for Drinking Water”
• Shailesh Pathak: He is appointed as the new Secretary General of FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry). He will be in effect from 1st March 2023.

• India ranks 108th in the Electoral Democracy Index of the V-dem Democracy report 2023.
• RBL Bank and Export-Import bank of India has made an agreement under the Trade Assistance program (TAP). It will support cross-border transactions.
• MoU between NSDC and Switzerland: The national skill development corporation (NSDC) under the ministry of Skill development and entrepreneurship signed a Memorandum of understanding with Switzerland based Hotel and Tourism Management Institute. It will provide apprenticeship training in India.
• Rajesh Malhotra: He is elected as the principal director general of Press Information Bureau. He replaced the former director, Satyendra Prakash.
• World bank and government of India has signed two loans under Public Health Systems for Pandemic Preparedness Program (PHSPP) and Enhanced Health Service Delivery Program (EHSDP). Both the programmes are signed for USD 500 million each. By combined finance of a total of 1 billion. The World Bank will enhance the Pradhan Mantri - Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission.
• The EHSDP program will provide assistance to 7 states namely- Andhra Pradesh, Kerela, Meghalaya, Odisha, Punjab, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh.
• Both the loans have a maturity of 18.5 years with an extra of 5 years.
• ICICI STACK for Capital Markets and Custody: ICICI has launched a suite, ICICI STACK for Capital Markets and Custody for solutions to participants of Indian Capital market and other clients.
• Services provided include
• 3-in-1 facility for brokers
• Digital payments
• A self service portal
• HDFC and Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation limited (IRCTC) has signed a MoU to launch a credit card, ‘IRCTC HDFC Bank credit Card’. It will only be a single variant.
• According to the data released by Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), the unemployment rate of India has increased to 7.45% in February 2023. The rate was at 7.14% in January 2023.
• Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan: Department of Social justice and empowerment has Signed MOU with Prajapati Brahama Kumari Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya to spread awareness through this campaign among the youth.
• FIFA Winners:

• Lionel Messi: Best FIFA men’s player
• Alexia Putellas: Best FIFA women’s player
• Marcin oleksy: FIFA Puskas award
• Luka Lochoshvili: FIFA Fair Play award
• Important Days and Themes: 
• 3rd March, 2023: World Wildlife day
• Theme 2023: “Partnerships for wildlife conservation”
• Obituaries:
• Chandrashekhar Dasgupta: He was an Indian diplomat and a Padma Bhushan recipient.
• Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi: He was a former Chief Justice of India. He was the 26th chief justice of India.
• Books and authors: 
• Title of the book : “Pt. Deendayal Upadhaya : Dispersions of Thought”
• Author: R N Ravi
• Title of the book:” India’s vaccine Growth story”
• Author: Sajjan singh Dev

• Awards and recognitions:
• NTPC Limited: It won the CPIB award 2022 for outstanding contribution in power generation.
• Vinod kumar shukla: He won the 2023 PEN/Nabokov award for Achievement in International Literature.

Question: 

Q.1 Who won the CPIB award for power generation?
a. ONGC

b. OIL India
c. NTPC
d. POSOCO

Q.2 Who won the FIFA puskas award?
a. R N Ravi
b. Sajjan singh Dev
c. Marcin oleksy
d. Lionel Messi
Q.3 HDFC has collaborated with which organization for providing single variant credit card?
a. Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation limited (IRCTC)
b. NTPC
c. BOB
d. SBI
Q.4 Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan is related to which of the departments?
a. Department of Social justice and empowerment
b. Ministry of minority affairs
c. Ministry of External affairs
d. Ministry of Skill development
Q.5 Enhanced Health Service Delivery Program (EHSDP) will be in effect on how many states of India?
a. 2
b. 3

c. 7
d. 1