Daily Current Affairs- 10 February

Today's Current Affairs 10th February 2023

INTERNATIONAL

Google Doodle celebrates PK Rosy, the first female lead in Malayalam film.                                          

Google dedicated a doodle to PK Rosy, Malayalam cinema's first lead female actor, on her 120th birthday. A page dedicated to her on Google mentions that she was born on February 10, 1903, in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.  

South Africa declares ‘State of Disaster’ over electricity crisis..

In order to speed up the government’s reaction to an ongoing energy crisis, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa proclaimed a state of Disaster. He also promised to designate a minister in his office who will concentrate on increasing the supply of power.

NATIONAL

PM Narendra Modi Addresses UP Global Investors Summit, Hails Uttar Pradesh For Good Governance.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Uttar Pradesh Global Investors Summit 2023 in Lucknow Today in the presence of UP Governor Anandiben Patel, CM Yogi Adityanath and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and addressed the gathering present there. Speaking at the occasion the Prime Minister praised the Uttar pradesh government for "good governance" and "stability" in the state.

2 More Judges Appointed To Supreme Court, Top Court Gets Full Bench Strength Of 34 Judges.

Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday announced that President Droupadi Murmu appointed Chief Justices of Gujarat and Allahabad High Courts as Judges of the Supreme Court. With this, the top court now has full bench strength of 34 judges. Rajesh Bindal, the Chief Justice of Allahabad HC, and Aravind Kumar, the Chief Justice of Gujarat HC, have been appointed to the apex court.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurates Dawoodi Bohra Community's Arabic Academy In Mumbai's Marol.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 10^th Feb inaugurated a new campus of an educational institute by the Dawoodi Bohra community during in Mumbai, The new campus of Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah, or the Saifee Academy, the primary educational college of the Dawoodi Bohra community, is in Marol, a suburb of Mumbai.

PM Narendra Modi flags off two Vande Bharat trains from Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in Mumbai.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday flagged off two Vande Bharat trains, one between Mumbai and Solapur and another between Mumbai and Shirdi. The inauguration ceremony was held in Mumbai, with Union Railways minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde and deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis in attendance

 SPORTS

Indian Golfer Aditi Ashok Won Kenya Ladies Open Title 2023.

Indian Olympian Aditi Ashok won the 2023 Magical Kenya Ladies Open Title with a final-round score of 74. This is the fourth Ladies’ European championship of Aditi Ashok overall. Her first LET title comes after winning the Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Open in Abu Dhabi in 2017. She finished with a score of 12-under 280 at the Vipingo Ridges after shooting a final round of 67-70-69-74.

Ravichandran Ashwin becomes the fastest Indian to take 450 Test wickets.

Ravichandran Ashwin picked up his 450th Test wicket during the first Border-Gavaskar Trophy game between India and Australia at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur. He achieved the feat when he bowled Alex Carey in the 54th over. He also became the fastest Indian to scale the landmark, going past former leg-spinner Anil Kumble. Ashwin took 89 Tests to reach the milestone as compared to Anil Kumble who took 93 Tests.

BANKING AD ECONOMY

Reliance To Invest Rs 75,000 Crore In UP In 4 Years. 

At UP Global Investor Summit 2023 in Lucknow, Mukesh Ambani said, "Reliance to invest Rs 75,000 crore in next four years in UP across telecom, retail and new energy business…Reliance will set up 10 GW of renewable capacity in Uttar Pradesh, start bio-energy business in state.”

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Space Dust, Including That From Moon, Could Protect Earth From Climate Change,

Space dust, including that launched from the Moon, can protect the Earth from climate change by acting as a sunshield, a new study suggests. Greenhouse gases emitted due to various human activities form a blanket around Earth, and trap the Sun's energy. This increases Earth's temperature gradually, and is one of the reasons behind global warming. In order to avoid the trapping of heat by greenhouse gases, a fraction of the sunlight must be intercepted before it reaches Earth, according to the study.

Quad Nations begins Public Campaign To Improve Cyber Security.

The commencement of a public campaign to strengthen cyber security in these four countries has been announced by The Quad, a plurilateral structure made up of India, Australia, Japan, and the US.

ISRO launches SSLV-D2 rocket with 3 satellites lifts off from Sriharikota .

ISRO launches Small Satellite Launch Vehicle-SSLV-D2- from Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota to put three satellites EOS-07, Janus-1 & AzaadiSAT-2 satellites into a 450 km circular orbit.

NASA to launch ‘Mars mission’ on Blue Origin’s New Glenn.

Jeff Bezos-led Blue Origin scored a big contract from the American space agency, Nasa, to launch a mission to Mars. The private space company was given its first interplanetary NASA contract to launch the mission to study the magnetic field around the Red Planet. The expected launch date for the mission is 2024.

 IMPORTANT DAYS

National Deworming Day  : India   

The National Deworming Day is being observed on 10 February across the country. Children and adolescents in the age group of 1 to 19 years are being administered a single dose of a safe medicine Albendazole in all states and Union Territories on the occasion.

The objective of the day is to deworm children and adolescents to reduce the prevalence of parasitic worms in the intestine. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare initiated the observation of the National Deworming Day. The first National Deworming Day in India was observed on 10 February 2015.

 World Pulses Day.  

World Pulses Day is observed on 10th February. It is organized to create awareness among people to get nutritional food including pulses.

 It is a global event and is celebrated on 10 February to highlight the importance of pulses as a worldwide food. The day recognizes the significant role that pulses play in achieving the comprehensive, far-reaching, and people-centred set of universal and transformative goals.