Daily Current Affairs Quiz: September 09, 2023

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• Indian Railways’ Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya and Airbus inked a pact to collaborate in the fields of research, teaching, and training of students to deepen understanding of scientific, technological, and management topics pertaining to the aerospace sector.

ABOUT GATI SHAKTI VISHWAVIDYALAYA

• Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya (GSV) is a Central University, located in Vadodara, Gujarat and established through an Act of Parliament in 2022.
• It is India’s first University in the Transportation and Logistics sectors.
• It subsumes the previously-existing National Rail and Transportation Institute (NRTI).
• Mandate: To create best in class manpower and talent for the entire transportation and logistics sectors.
• Sponsored by: Ministry of Railways, Govt. of India.
• Union Minister of Railways is the Chancellor.

ANSWER: B

• Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Virology scientists, have for the first time in the country, found the presence of Clade 9 variant of varicella zoster virus (VZV).
• So far the clade 9 is the most common strain in circulation in countries such as Germany, UK and USA.

ABOUT VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS (VZV)

• According to the World Health Organisation, Varicella-zoster is a herpes virus that causes chickenpox, a common childhood illness.
  • Herpes zoster (HZ), commonly known as shingles, is caused by the reactivation of the varicella zoster virus (VZV).

ABOUT CHICKENPOX

• Chickenpox is also known as varicella.
• It is an infectious, viral disease characterized by itchy red blisters that appear all over the body.
• It is a highly contagious infectious disease, mainly caused by the varicella-zoster virus, which spreads in a similar way to cold and other flu–
  • Coming in contact with someone who has chickenpox.
  • Breathing air from an infected person who sneezes or coughs.
  • Coming in contact with fluids from an infected child’s eyes, nose or mouth.
• The incubation period is 10 to 21 days.

ANSWER: C

• Indian Navy’s INS Sumedha reached at Port Alexandria, Egypt, to take part in ‘Exercise Bright Star-23.’
  • India is participating in this exercise for the first time.
• This multinational Tri-Services military exercise marks a historic occasion, with 34 countries participating, making it the largest joint military exercise ever held in the Middle East and North Africa region.
• It comprises of 2 phases– harbor phase and sea phase.

ANSWER: D

• The first ever Africa Climate Summit ended with a call for world leaders to back global taxes to fund climate action.
• The “Nairobi declaration” also calls for financial reforms to help African countries.
• The declaration calls on the world’s biggest emitters of greenhouse gases and its richest countries to keep their promises — noting in particular an unfilled pledge of $100 billion in annual climate finance to developing nations, made 14 years ago — and for today’s world leaders to rally behind a global carbon tax on fossil fuels, aviation and maritime transport.

ANSWER: C

• Salem Sago from Tamil Nadu has received GI Tag.
• Salem Sago or Sabudana, locally known as Javvarisi, is derived from the wet starch powder extracted from tapioca roots.
• Indian tapioca roots are known to contain approximately 30-35% starch content.
• Currently, over 80% of sago in India is produced in the Salem region.

ANSWER: B

• World Physical Therapy Day or World Physiotherapy Day 2023 is observed on September 8^th every year.
• Its purpose is to raise awareness of the vital contribution physical therapists make to people’s health and wellbeing.
• The theme for World Physiotherapy Day 2023 is “Prevention and Management of Osteoarthritis”.