Current Affairs One-Liner : 10th April 2023

• India becomes the first in world to develop model for TB estimation.
• Reliance Industries acquired Campa Cola brand last year for Rs. 22 crore, and is launching the fizzy, carbonated drink in three flavours initially — Campa Cola, Campa Lemon and Campa Orange.
• IIT Kanpur institute hosted the Youth 20 consultation under G20 Presidency of India.
• DBS Bank India has launched a new investment solution called ‘Digi Portfolio’.

• India to become world’s second largest solar manufacturer by 2026.
• Kenichi Umeda takes over as MD of Suzuki Motorcycle India.
• Dr. Nitya Abraham Indian- American honoured with young urologist of the year award.
• President of India Draupadi Murmu boarded a Sukhoi 30 MKI fighter jet for a flight from the strategic Tezpur Airforce station in Assam.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the International Big Cats Alliance in Karnataka.
• India, Bangladesh and Japan will be having a connectivity meet in Tripura between April 11-12 in India.
• Union Minister of AYUSH Sarbananda Sonowal has inaugurated the International Yoga Mahotsav at the Dibrugarh university to mark the International Day of Yoga 2023.
• World’s first Asian King Vulture conservation and breeding centre to be inaugurated in Uttar Pradesh.
• 10th April is observed as the World’s Homeopathy Day. The theme of the day is ‘One Health, One Family’. The day marks the birth anniversary of Dr. Samuel Hahnemann who is regarded as the founder of homeopathy.
• Home Minister launched the ‘Vibrant Villages’ program at village Kibithu in Arunachal Pradesh.
• France holds its largest ever military exercise for war with Russia. Rafale fighter jets of the Indian Air Force will participate in a military exercise in France. This will be the first overseas tour for the Indian Rafale jets. The Golden Arrows squadron, which is part of the Western Air Command, will participate in the exercise.
• Film Actor Shah Rukh Khan has topped the list of 100 most influential people of 2023 conducted by Time magazine.In the poll conducted by the Time’s magazine, totally 1.2 million users casted their votes and among the votes casted, Shah Rukh Khan received 4%votes.
• The Central Government approved a new gas pricing formula to cap the prices of Piped Natural Gas (PNG) and Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) based on the recommendations of the Kirit Parikh Committee on Natural Gas.
• Banking:
• Singapore-based sovereign wealth fund Temasek said that it is acquiring an additional 41 per cent stake in Manipal Health Enterprises from investors including TPG, boosting its stake in one of the country's largest hospital chains to 59 percent.
• Asian Development Bank commits Rs 150 cr to Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd. Multilateral funding agency ADB proposes to subscribe non-convertible debentures worth Rs 150 crore of Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd (TPDDL), to enhance Delhi's power distribution through grid enhancements.
• To support the functioning and make payments more efficient, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) launched UPI Lite to simplify and accelerate low-value transactions on the UPI platform. UPI Lite is a wallet stored in your UPI BHIM App and a customer doesn’t need to go online for every transaction. UPI Lite is a solution that ensures small-value transactions below Rs 200 happen directly from this on-phone wallet and helps underwhelm the infrastructure. That has been the driving reason behind the launch of UPI Lite.

Question:

Q.1 World’s Homeopathy Day is observed on which day?
a. April 9
b. April 10
c. April 11
d. April 12
Q.2 With which country will India participate in the exercise 'Orion-23'”.
a. China
b. Japan
c. France
d. Russia
Q.3 Which film star has won the 2023 Time 100 Reader Poll.
a. Shah Rukh Khan
b. Amir Khan
c. Salman Khan
d. Ranbir kapoor

Q.4 By how much percentage the PNG or cooking gas will be cheaper based on the Kirit Parikh Committee on Natural Gas.

a. 11%

b. 9%

c. 10%

d. 8%