Current Affairs - August 3, 2023 Current Affairs

The Ministry of Education has selected Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to modernize the national education technology platform Digital Infrastructure for Knowledge Sharing (DIKSHA).

The torrential downpour in Beijing was triggered by the remnants of Typhoon Doksuri.

The assistance amount provided to the families of deceased unorganised workers has been increased from Rs. 2 lakhs to Rs. 4 lakhs.

Aadi Perukku is celebrated on the 18th day of the Tamil month of Aadi, which falls on August 3rd.

The primary objective of the Expert Panel formed by the Union Education Ministry is to revise anti-discrimination guidelines with respect to the Scheduled caste, ST, OBC, persons with disabilities, and other minorities in higher educational institutions. The main purpose of revising anti-discrimination guidelines in educational institutions is to ensure that colleges and universities uphold principles of fairness, respect, and understanding, and to address incidents of discrimination, harassment, and bias.

Veteran journalist Neerja Chowdhury's book 'How Prime Ministers Decide' sheds light on how key political decisions taken during the tenure of six prime ministers affected the course of India's political history.

The Bill allows private entities to explore and mine minerals like lithium, beryllium, and niobium, among others.

IIT-Kanpur, along with other institutes, developed the indigenous 5G solution and testbed.

The indigenous 5G solution and testbed were developed by a consortium of eight institutes, including IIT-Kanpur, SAMEER, IIT-Bombay, CEWiT, and IIT-Madras, as part of the indigenous 5G testbed project funded by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT).

The systemic insecticide and acaricide administered to the remaining cheetahs at Kuno National Park is Fluralaner.

The GST Council has decided to impose a 28% tax on online gaming, and will be implemented from 1st October.

The government plans to offer scholarships ranging from Rs. 75,000 to Rs. 1,25,000 per year to class 9-12 meritorious students through the PM YASASVI Scholarship test.

One of the ambitious goals is to make India a $5 trillion economy, involving various strategies such as promoting the digital economy, technology-enabled development, and energy transition.

The primary objective of the initiative is to enhance Assam's forest cover and combat climate change by planting a large number of saplings.

UPI transactions grew by 44% year-on-year (YoY) in July 2023. UPI transactions reached a value of ₹15.34 lakh crore in July 2023. UPI payments are expected to account for an impressive 90% of total transaction volumes in the retail digital payments landscape over the next five years.

The National Deep Tech Startup Policy (NDTSP) aims to foster a conducive ecosystem for deep tech startups in India by providing various policy instruments and initiatives to address their unique challenges.

Reliance Industries ranked at number 88 in the Fortune Global 500 list, achieving its highest-ever ranking.

The scholarship entrance examination under the YASASVI scheme aims to offer scholarships to meritorious students in classes 9-12.

In the first phase, categories like street vendors, small traders, domestic workers, rickshaw pullers, auto drivers, cobblers, agricultural workers, forest workers, newspaper hawkers, and sanitation workers were registered under the Odisha Unorganised Worker’s Social Security Board.

The Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, has launched the scheme, “Vivad se Vishwas II – (Contractual Disputes), to effectively settle the pending contractual disputes of government and government undertakings. The scheme was announced in the Union Budget 2023-24 by the Union Finance Minister.