Daily GK Update- 2nd Jun, 2024

 

NATIONAL UPDATES:

 

1. First Successful Pig Liver Transplant in Cancer Patient: A man with advanced liver cancer who is 71 years old is the first person in history to receive a liver donation from a genetically modified pig. This is a huge step forward in medicine. Doctors at Anhui Medical University’s ..

 

2. AI Helps Search for Endangered Plant’s Female Partner: Artificial intelligence (AI) is used to help researchers find a female partner for E. woodii, also known as the “world’s loneliest plant.” This project aims to naturally spread the species, which is now extinct in the wild and can only

 

3. Reliance, Tata, SII in TIME’s 100 Most Influential Companies 2024: The Tata Group, Adar Poonawalla’s Serum Institute of India (SII), and Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) were named by TIME magazine as some of the most important companies in the world in 2024. This recognition shows how important these.

 

 

INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:

 

1. BFI agrees to become a member of World Boxing: The Boxing Federation of India (BFI) has agreed to become a member of World Boxing, the International Federation established to ensure boxing remains at the heart of the Olympic Movement. The membership application has been approved by the BFI’s General Assembly, and will be ratified by World Boxing’s Executive Board.

World Boxing was launched in April 2023 and aims to ensure that boxing remains at the heart of the Olympic movement. The BFI president, Ajay Singh, recently met with World Boxing’s President and Secretary General to discuss ways in which India can support the International Federation in growing its member base in Asia where FBI is one of the largest National Federation.

 

2. Zelenskyy Secures Military Pacts With Sweden, Norway: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine recently signed long-term security agreements with Sweden and Norway. These agreements show that Western countries are committed to helping Ukraine in its ongoing war with Russia. At the time of this event, Western partners were.

 

3. Mangroves in South India, Sri Lanka Labeled ‘Critically Endangered: Coastal mangroves in Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives were recently rated as “critically endangered” by the International Union for Nature Conservation (IUCN). According to the IUCN’s first global assessment of mangrove ecosystems, this scary classification shows that these ..

 

 

OTHER UPDATES:

DEFENCE

 

1. Agnikul Cosmos Launches First 3D Printed Rocket Engine: A company called Agnikul Cosmos, which was started at IIT Madras, made history on May 30, 2024, by safely launching “Agnibaan – SOrTeD,” the world’s first rocket powered by a fully 3D-printed engine. This important event happened at Sriharikota from ..

 

SPORTS

 

1. Bernadine Bezuidenhout retires from international cricket: New Zealand cricketer Bernadine Bezuidenhout announced her retirement from international cricket. The 30-year-old appeared in 4 ODIs, and 7 T20Is for South Africa after that she switched to New Zealand. Bezuidenhout played 16 ODIs and 22 T20Is for the Kiwis in the international cricket. Bezuidenhout played her maiden international cricket in 2014 for the Proteas. In 2015, she relocated to Christchurch and was picked in New Zealand’s squad in 2018 after her end of a two-year residential stand-down in August 2017.

 

2. Indian-American Bruhat Soma wins Scripps National Spelling Bee: Bruhat Soma, a 12-year-old Indian-American seventh-grade student from Florida, has won the Scripps National Spelling Bee after he spelt 29 words correctly in the tiebreaker, maintaining the dominance of the children from the small ethnic community in the prestigious competition. Bruhat emerged victorious in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, earning more than $50,000 in cash and other prizes. This year’s contest came down to a tiebreaker in which Bruhat spelt 29 words correctly in 90 seconds, beating Faizan Zaki, who managed to correctly spell 20 words in the lightning round.

 

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

 

1. OSIRIS-APEX Safely Navigates Close Sun Approach: The OSIRIS-APEX project has changed since its start as OSIRIS-REx, which successfully took samples from the asteroid Bennu. The spacecraft is now on a longer mission that includes a move to visit the asteroid Apophis. In this new phase, the.

 

BANKING AND FINANCE

 

1. RBI cancels 10-year green bond auction for first time: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cancelled the auction of 10-year green bonds as traders refused to pay greenium. Greenium signifies the premium investors are willing to pay for green bonds because of their sustainability impact. Funds generated via the sale of green bonds will be allocated to public-sector projects aimed at decreasing the carbon footprint of the economy. Diverging from the pattern of issuing green bonds in the latter half, the government plans to issue green bonds worth Rs 12,000 crore in the first half of the current financial year.

 

2. RBI imposes monetary penalty on SBM Bank (India): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a penalty of Rs 88.70 lakh on SBM Bank (India) for non-compliance with certain regulatory norms. The central banks said the penalty has been imposed for non-compliance with licensing conditions imposed by the RBI, and specific directions to stop undertaking Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS) transactions with immediate effect. The RBI said the bank was engaged business correspondents for establishing account-based relationship with customers from certain regions, despite its request being not acceded to by RBI.

 

3. India’s GDP grows 8.2% in FY24 against 7% in FY23: According to the provisional estimate of the National Statistical Organization (NSO), the Indian Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 8.2 per cent in the financial year 2023-24. The Indian GDP growth rate in 2022-23 was 7 percent. This is the ninth time since 1960-61 the Indian GDP has grown by 8 per cent or more in a financial year. According to the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, real GDP or GDP at constant prices is estimated to attain a level of over 173 lakh crore rupees in the year 2023-24.

 

AWARDS AND HONOURS

 

1. NIMHANS Wins Nelson Mandela Health Promotion Award 2024: The World Health Organization (WHO) has given the Nelson Mandela Award for Health Promotion for 2024 to the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) in Bengaluru. NIMHANS is known as India’s top mental health center.