Daily Current Affairs Quiz: March 13, 2024

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• Indian writer Amitav Ghosh is the winner of this year’s Erasmus Prize, for his writings on the planetary crisis and climate change.
• Many of Ghosh’s works including The Great Derangement and The Nutmeg’s Curse dwell on the ongoing planetary crisis and are interlinked with the impacts of climate change.

ABOUT THE AWARD

• The Praemium Erasmianum Foundation in the Netherlands awards the prize annually for an organisation or individual’s “exceptional contributions” in the fields of the humanities, social sciences or arts in Europe and the rest of the world.

Launched in 1958, the Erasmus Prize consists of a cash prize of 150,000 Euros

ANSWER: D

• The Karnataka government has banned use of food coloring agents in Gobi Manchurian and cotton candy across the state over health concerns, primarily because eateries use food colouring agents like Rhodamine-B and Carmoisine, which studies have shown to be toxic.
  • Rhodamine B (RhB) is a chemical compound commonly employed in synthetic dyes for colouring silk, jute, leather, cotton, and wool, as well as in the cosmetics and plastics industries. Its low cost, however, also makes it a popular choice for food colouring.
• Of the 171 samples collected from eateries across the state, 107 were prepared using unsafe chemicals like Tartrazine, Sunset Yellow, Rhodamine-B and Carmoisine.
• The permitted synthetic colouring agents, as per FSSAI, are-
  • Red – Ponceau 4R, Carmoisine, Erythrosine
  • Yellow – Tartrazine, Sunset Yellow FCF
  • Blue – Indigo Carmine, Brilliant Blue FCF
  • Green – Fast Green FCF

ANSWER: A

• The Tamil Nadu State government launched the Neengal Nalama Scheme with the aim of improving the health index and social well-being of all citizens and making them aware of the Tamil Nadu government schemes.
• This scheme involves government officials reaching out to beneficiaries across the state to inquire about any challenges or difficulties they may have faced while availing themselves of various Tamil Nadu government schemes.
• This scheme will be monitored by the welfare department of Tamil Nadu, which will ensure that it solves the problems of Tamil Nadu citizens regarding various schemes.

ANSWER: D

• Nayab Singh Saini has been appointed the new Chief Minister of Haryana, hours after his predecessor, senior BJP leader Manohar Lal Khattar, and the entire cabinet – including three members of Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala’s JJP – stepped down.
• An influential figure within the OBC, or Other Backward Classes, community, Nayab Saini is the BJP’s Lok Sabha MP from Kurukshetra.

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• INS Tir, the lead ship of First Training Squadron (1TS) of the Indian Navy, participated in Exercise Cutlass Express 2024 in Seychelles.
• As part of Exercise Cutlass Express, the Indian Navy actively engaged with participants from 16 friendly foreign countries.
• About the exercise
  • Cutlass Express is an exercise conducted in East African coastal regions and the West Indian Ocean to counter malign influence, aggression and activity along overlapping command seams and maritime regions.
  • Cutlass Express is a premier multinational maritime exercise sponsored by U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) and led by U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. Sixth Fleet.

ANSWER: B

• Shoolini University researchers claimed to have achieved the landmark of being granted 100 patents by the Indian Patent Office, which looks after the intellectual property under the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade.
• The departments of chemistry and physics secured 23 and 29 patents, respectively.
• The engineering and pharmacy departments have also made significant strides with 15 and 12 patents, respectively.

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• Ambar Mahajan, has been appointed the Director of the Board of Directors of Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (HPTDC).