10th March, 2023 Current Affairs

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NATIONAL
PM Modi and his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese hold talks in New Delhi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese held a delegation level bilateral talks in New Delhi.
During the first India-Australia Annual Summit, both the countries shared their commitment towards further deepening of Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. Both the nations exchanged MoU for cooperation in sports and audio-visual co-production.
The Indian and Australian side also exchanged Terms of Reference for India-Australia Solar Task Force, Letter of Intent between Atal Innovation Mission and Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization.
India and Australia held extensive deliberations to further strengthen their cooperation. Security cooperation is an important pillar of Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
Both countries also held discussions on further strengthening their security and defence cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region. India and Australia are both members of the Quad and he will travel to Australia for the Quad Leaders summit in May this year.
The Prime Minister said that India and Australia also talked about developing credible and robust global supply chains.
Terming renewable energy a key priority area for cooperation, both the countries are working together in the field of clean hydrogen and solar.

India and US agree to launch Strategic Trade Dialogue

India and US have agreed to launch a Strategic Trade Dialogue. It was decided during the meeting of External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar and US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo in New Delhi yesterday.
The India-US Strategic Trade Dialogue will be led by Foreign Secretary from Ministry of External Affairs of India and Under Secretary, Bureau of Industry and Security in US Department of Commerce.
The Strategic Trade Dialogue will address export controls, explore ways of enhancing high-technology commerce and facilitate technology transfer between the two countries.
Ministry of External Affairs said, both Ministers had a productive discussion about the India-US strategic partnership and ongoing efforts to deepen the economic and commercial engagement between the two countries including through the initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology (iCET) and the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF).
They also concurred on the need for increased bilateral strategic and high-technology trade given the shared priorities of both countries in building resilient and trusted global supply chains.

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INTERNATIONAL
India and US sign MoU on semiconductor Supply Chain and Innovation Partnership

India and the United States have signed an MoU on semiconductor Supply Chain and Innovation Partnership following the Commercial Dialogue 2023.
It was signed between Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo in New Delhi today.

The MoU seeks to establish a collaborative mechanism between the two governments on Semiconductor Supply chain resiliency and diversification in view of the US’s CHIPS and Science Act and India’s Semiconductor Mission.
The India-US Commercial Dialogue was also re-launched today to discuss cooperation for unlocking new trade and investment opportunities between the two countries.

Xi Jinping elected China’s President for unprecedented third term

Chinese leader Xi Jinping formally secured an unprecedented third term as China’s president on Friday as he embarked on a fresh five-year tenure, becoming country's most powerful leader since Mao Zedong. In a largely ceremonial display on expected lines, nearly 3000 members of China’s rubber-stamp parliament – the National People’s Congress (NPC) voted unanimously for Xi, 69 who was the only candidate in fray.
Xi, who leads the ruling Communist Party, was also reappointed head of the national Central Military Commission. He was already the head of an identical party body overseeing the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA).
Xi’s trusted allies will be appointed to key government roles over the next two days as the first session of the 14th NPC will come to an end.

Bangladesh calls for early implementation of BIMSTEC FTA

Bangladesh has called for early implementation of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Free Trade Agreement (FTA) by finalising the legal instruments relating to it.
The meeting approved the 'Rules of Procedure' for all the BIMSTEC mechanisms, including several administrative and financial matters of the BIMSTEC Secretariat for adoption at the Sixth BIMSTEC Summit proposed to be held later this year.
The Meeting approved the draft text of the ‘Agreement on Maritime Transport Cooperation’ as well as the ‘BIMSTEC Bangkok Vision 2030’.
The inclusion of Blue Economy, Mountain Economy and Poverty Alleviation under the purview of the reconstituted sectors/subsectors of BIMSTEC cooperation was approved by the meeting. The cooperation in the Blue Economy will be led by Bangladesh.

Senior Nepali Congress leader Ram Chandra Paudel elected as new President of Nepal

Nepali Congress senior leader Ram Chandra Paudel has been elected the new President of Nepal. In the voting that took place for the third Head of State of the country, Poudel was elected to the post with 33,802 votes.
Paudel defeated CPN-UML Vice-chair Subash Chandra Nembang, who got 15,518 votes.
The President is elected by an Electoral College consisting of the members of the Federal Parliament (House of Representatives and the National Assembly) and the Provincial Assembly.

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Astronomers Discover Missing Link: Water on Earth Is Even Older Than Our Sun

Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have detected gaseous water in the planet-forming disc around the star V883 Orionis. This water carries a chemical signature that explains the journey of water from star-forming gas clouds to planets, and supports the idea that water on Earth is even older than our Sun.
This discovery was made by studying the composition of water in V883 Orionis, a planet-forming disc about 1300 light-years away from Earth. When a cloud of gas and dust collapses it forms a star at its center.
Around the star, material from the cloud also forms a disc. Over the course of a few million years, the matter in the disc clumps together to form comets, asteroids, and eventually planets. Tobin and his team used ALMA, in which the European Southern Observatory (ESO) is a partner, to measure chemical signatures of the water and its path from the star-forming cloud to planets.

SPORTS
Sports Minister Anurag Singh Thakur inaugurates Khelo India Dus Ka Dum Tournament

Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Anurag Singh Thakur inaugurated the Khelo India Dus Ka Dum Tournament in New Delhi this morning.
Sports is one area where women have performed exceptionally well when it comes to women empowerment. He also expressed his pride at the country's daughters who have done the work of showing their mettle all over the world.
The objective of this tournament is to provide a platform to the women athletes who were unable to participate in national or state-level competitions. It is also aimed at ensuring that competitive sports reach untapped geographical areas.

Published date : 10 Mar 2023 06:08PM