Daily Current Affairs Quiz: May 01, 2024

ANSWER: A

• International Labour Day or Workers Day is celebrated on 1^st May every year.
  • It is also called May Day.
• It stands as a testament to the enduring legacy of workers’ struggles for justice and dignity.
• Every year, it is celebrated with a theme decided by the International Labour Organization.
  • This year, the focus is on ensuring safety and health at work in a changing climate.
• ILO focuses on different labour problems and bringing awareness to the world.
• Origin–
  • It originated from the Haymarket affair in 1886, it commemorates the sacrifices of those who fought for fundamental labour rights, including the eight-hour workday.
  • May 1st was declared International Labour Day by the Second International in 1889 to commemorate the struggle for labour rights and to remember the events that occurred in Chicago.
  • In India, the first Labour Day or May Day was celebrated in Madras by the Labour Kisan Party of Hindustan on May 1, 1923.

ANSWER: A

• Pakistan has appointed its foreign minister, Ishaq Dar, as its first deputy prime minister in over a decade.
• The 73-year-old, who has served as finance minister four times, is expected to pay particular attention to the state of the South Asian nation’s economy.

ANSWER: B

• Shane Watson, the talented Australian all-rounder, has recently launched the book titled “The Winner’s Mindset”.
• While the book is not an autobiography in the traditional sense, it serves as a powerful self-help guide, offering readers a glimpse into the mindset that propels individuals to success.

ANSWER: C

• Renowned journalist, Vinay Vir, Publisher and Editor of Daily Hindi Milap, who raised the flag of Hindi in the South, passed away
  • He was 72-years-old.
• Vinay Vir was born in the family of a freedom fighter Yudhvir and Sita Yudhvir.

ANSWER: A

• May 1^st holds special importance for two Indian states, Maharashtra and Gujarat, as they commemorate the establishment of their respective states, which is celebrated as Maharashtra Day and Gujarat Day.
• The state of Gujarat was established on 1 May 1960.
  • On the same day, Maharashtra was also formed.
• These two states were carved out of Bombay State by the Bombay Reorganization Act in 1960, due to the demands of the Gujarati and Marathi-speaking people.

ANSWER: B

• Researchers have found the world’s deepest blue hole in the Latin American country of Mexico.
• They have reached 1,380 feet or 420 meters below sea level, but it is not the end of the hole.
• According to the study published in the journal ‘Frontiers in Marine Science’, the “deepest known blue hole” Taam Ja’ Blue Hole (TJBH), is located in Chetumal Bay off the Yucatan Peninsula.
• Taam Ja’ Blue Hole is 480 feet deeper than what scientists documented in 2021.
• It is also 390 feet or 119 meters deeper than the previous record holder — the 990-foot-deep Sansha Yongle Blue Hole, also known as the Dragon Hole, located in the South China Sea.

ABOUT BLUE HOLE

• Blue holes are water-filled vertical caverns, found in coastal regions where the bedrock is made of soluble material, such as limestone, marble, or gypsum.
• Blue holes typically contain tidally influenced water of fresh, marine, or mixed chemistry.
• They extend below sea level for most of their depth and may provide access to submerged cave passages.
• Examples include
  • the Dragon Hole in the South China Sea.
  • the Great Blue Hole and Dean’s Blue Hole in the Caribbean.
  • the Dahab Blue Hole in Egypt and
  • the Great Blue Hole in Belize.

ANSWER: A

• Google’s DeepMind has introduced TacticAI: an AI system that can provide experts with tactical insights, particularly on corner kicks, through predictive and generative AI.
• DeepMind developed and evaluated TacticAI in a multi-year research collaboration with experts from Liverpool Football Club.
• TacticAI has incorporated both a predictive and generative component to allow coaches to effectively sample and explore alternative player setups for each corner kick, and to select those with the highest predicted likelihood of success.

ANSWER: B

• Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has appointed A Ganesh Kumar and Debasis Kundu as members of the National Statistical Commission, which is mandated to strengthen the country’s statistical system and firm up surveys to be undertaken to provide administrative statistics.
• The appointments will take the panel’s strength to the mandated five, including its chairman.
  • The Commission has a part-time Chairperson, four part-time Members and an ex-officio Member.
• The National Statistical Commission was set up in 2005 on the recommendations of a panel headed by former RBI governor C Rangarajan, with an objective to provide “strategic direction and leadership to the national statistical system in MoSPI, line ministries and state governments”.
• The commission’s purpose is to serve as the country’s nodal body for core statistical activities, suggest standards for statistical surveys and ensure coordination with other departments.

ANSWER: A

• Supersonic Missile-Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART) system was successfully flight-tested recently from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha.
• SMART is a next-generation missile-based light-weight torpedo delivery system, designed and developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to enhance the anti-submarine warfare capability of the Indian Navy far beyond the conventional range of lightweight torpedo.
• The missile was launched from the ground mobile launcher. Several state-of-the-art mechanisms such as symmetric separation, ejection and velocity control have been validated in this test.
• The canister-based missile system consists of several advanced sub-systems, namely two-stage solid propulsion system, electromechanical actuator system, precision inertial navigation system etc.
• The system carries advanced light-weight torpedo as payload along with parachute-based release system.

ANSWER: D

• Atul Verma was recently appointed the new Himachal Pradesh Director General of Police.
• Verma–the 1991-batch IPS officer–will replace Sanjay Kundu, who has retired.
• Atul Verma is currently posted as the Director General of the Himachal Pradesh CID