Daily Current Affairs Quiz: August 02, 2023

ANSWER: A

ANSWER: B

ANSWER: C

ANSWER: A

• Open AI CEO Sam Altman along with two co-founders launched the Worldcoin crypto project to grant users a verified digital identity and access to a financial project.
  • OpenAi was the company behind the AI chatbot ChatGPT.
• It is intended to be the world’s largest identity and financial public network, open to everyone regardless of their country, background or economic status.
• WorldCoin wants to offer users an account that only “real humans” can get, through what it calls a “World ID”.
• For this, a customer has to sign up and do an in-person eye scan at particular locations, where their irises would be scanned through a ball-like object called an ‘orb’.
  • Once the orb’s iris scan verifies the person is a real human, it creates a World ID for them.

ANSWER: C

• The logo, slogan-Jan Jan Sakshar and mobile application of ULLAS was launched recently.
• ULLAS mobile application marks a significant milestone in harnessing the potential of technology to facilitate widespread access to basic literacy.
• The app is available both on android and iOS.
• It will serve as a digital gateway for learners to engage in diverse learning resources through the DIKSHA portal of NCERT.
• The app can be used for registration of learners and volunteers either through self-registration or by surveyors.
• It also fosters a culture of continuous learning and knowledge-sharing in communities across India.

ABOUT ULLAS INITIATIVE

• The ULLAS (Understanding Lifelong Learning for All in Society) initiative is poised to revolutionise education and literacy across the nation, by fostering a learning ecosystem that reaches every individual, bridging the gaps in basic literacy and critical lifeskills.
• It imparts basic education, digital and financial literacy and critical life skills to citizens aged 15 and above who lost on the opportunity to go to school.
• It is being implemented through volunteerism.
• Slogan of the Initiative: ULLAS: Nav Bharat Saksharta Karyakram.

ANSWER: D

• World Wide Web Day, observed on August 1^st annually, recognizes the birth of one of the most transformative inventions of modern history— the World Wide Web (WWW).
• Created by English computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee in 1989 while working at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN), the WWW has revolutionised how we communicate, learn, and interact.
• It was on this day in 1991 that Berners-Lee posted a groundbreaking proposal for the World Wide Web on the hypertext newsgroup.
• He developed the fundamental principles of the web—HTTP, HTML, the WorldWideWeb browser, a server, and the first website.

ANSWER: B

• Every year World Lung Cancer Day is observed on August 1^st to raise awareness about the severe condition of lung cancer and foster further research, aiming to dispel any misconceptions associated with the disease.
• The two major classifications of lung cancer are small-cell lung cancer and non-small-cell lung cancer, with small-cell lung cancer being more aggressive in its spread.
• People must look out for symptoms like persistent cough, breathlessness, and chest pain for timely diagnosis.
• Certain individuals are more prone to developing lung cancer, including smokers, those with a family history, and individuals exposed to occupational hazards.

ANSWER: A

• Max Verstappen from Red Bull won the Belgian Grand Prix
• His teammate Sergio Perez came in second.
• Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc finished in third spot.

ANSWER: A

• Himachal Pradesh’s State bird – Western Tragopan (Tragopan-melanocephalus) – has been facing habitat loss in parts of the country.
• But because of authorities’ efforts, there has been a gradual increase in the population of this rare species at the State’s Sarahan pheasantry, the conservation breeding centre, bringing a glimmer of hope for its survival and growth.
• Distribution– In the northwest Himalayas from north Pakistan (Indus-Kohistan district) to India, including Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh, and the western parts of Uttarakhand.
• The Sarahan pheasantry in Shimla has over the years seen successful captive breeding of western tragopan.
  • According to Himachal Pradesh Wildlife Wing’s latest report, “Western Tragopan Biannual Report 2020-2022”, the population of the bird, which was two in 2002, reached 45 individuals in 2022. Currently, it is 47.
  • Birdlife International (2020) projects the global population to be around 3,000 individuals.
• Western Tragopan, being a habitat specialist, is threatened by habitat loss and anthropogenic disturbances, which includes livestock grazing, minor forest produce collection like medicinal herbs etc, besides the change in land-use practices.
• Protection status
  • IUCN Red list status- Vulnerable
  • CITES- Appendix I.
  • Schedule – I of wildlife (Protection) act, 1972.