3rd May, 2023 Current Affairs

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NATIONAL
Centre asks States and UTs to curb outdoor advertisements of betting and gambling platforms

Centre has requested all States and Union Territories to take appropriate action to curb outdoor advertisements of betting and gambling platforms.
Betting and gambling is illegal in most parts of the country as they pose financial and social economic risk for consumers, especially youth and children.
Advertisements of online betting websites and platforms have been largely curbed in mainstream print, electronic and digital media, but it has now come to the notice that some betting and gambling platforms have started using outdoor media.
They are now using hoardings, posters, banners, and auto rickshaw branding to promote their websites and apps in the country.
Such advertisements were prima facie observed to be misleading, and not in strict conformity with the Consumer Protection Act.

INTERNATIONAL
World Bank to provide 2.25 billion dollars to Bangladesh to support development projects

The World Bank (WB) will provide 2.25 billion dollars to Bangladesh to support projects related to growth, regional connectivity and disaster preparedness.
The agreement was signed in Washington yesterday to celebrate 50 years of partnership between the World Bank and Bangladesh. The financial agreement includes support for five projects in Bangladesh.
The World Bank will provide 743.45 million dollars to improve regional trade under its ‘Accelerating Transport and Trade connectivity in Eastern South Asia (ACCESS) programme, phase-1. Under the Resilient Infrastructure for Adaptation and Vulnerability Reduction (RIVER) project, Bangladesh will receive 500 million dollars to support its Delta Plan 2100 to improve disaster preparedness against inland flooding.
The First Green and Climate Resilient Development Credit project of 500 million dollars will help the country’s transition to green and climate-resilient development. The 250 million dollar Sustainable Microenterprise and Resilient Transformation (SMART) project will help transform the micro-enterprise sector into a more dynamic, less-polluting, resource-efficient, and climate-resilient growth sector. The fifth one, Bangladesh Environmental Sustainability and Transformation (BEST) Project, will help Bangladesh strengthen environment management and promote private sector participation in green investment.

India, Israel sign MoU on Industrial Research and Development Cooperation with focus on several key technology areas

India and Israel today signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Industrial Research and Development Cooperation with focus on several key technology areas. These are aerospace, Electronics Instrumentation, Civil, Infrastructure and Engineering, Environment, Mining, Chemicals, and Petrochemicals and Agriculture.
The Multi-Sectoral Agreement was signed between Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, CSIR and Directorate of Defense Research and Development, Ministry of Defense of Israel in New Delhi.
This agreement will open a new phase in India-Israel partnership in areas like Innovation, Technology, and StartUps.
2023 is a very important year for the country as India is holding the G20 presidency.
It is also the year when India and Israel are celebrating 30 years of successful diplomatic relations.

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. meets US top leaders

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said his meetings with the United States’ top leaders provided a very attractive opportunity for his country to strengthen its ties with one of the most powerful nations.
During a meeting with US Vice President Kamala Harris in Washington D.C last night, Marcos thanked her as she laid the groundwork for his meeting with US President Joe Biden.

Uzbek Constitutional Referendum

Recently, an overwhelming majority of Uzbekistan’s electorate voted in favor of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s proposal to revise the country’s Constitution, which pledged to provide more rights to the citizens of the ex-Soviet republic and may allow the President to exceed his present two-term cap. 90.21% of the voters supported the changes, while 9.35% voted ‘No’, with a turnout of 84.54%.
The proposed changes in the Constitution include extending the presidential term to seven years with a two-term limit, introducing language discouraging the state from harming the rights and freedoms of people and citizens, adding rights/protections for the accused, making all laws exempting or mitigating punishment for an offense retroactive, and more.
President Mirziyoyev is currently serving his second term, which would expire in 2026. However, the new Constitution would reset his terms so that he can contest again for two more terms (14 years in total), which means he could theoretically stay in power until 2040.

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Peeking Into the Cosmic Cradle: Webb Telescope Unveils a Massive Protocluster’s Baby Photos

The seven galaxies highlighted in this James Webb Space Telescope image have been confirmed to be at a distance that astronomers refer to as redshift 7.9, which correlates to 650 million years after the big bang. This makes them the earliest galaxies yet to be spectroscopically confirmed as part of a developing cluster.
Astronomers used the telescope’s Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) instrument to precisely measure the distances and determine that the galaxies are part of a developing cluster. Galaxy YD4, previously estimated to be at a further distance based on imaging data alone, was able to be more accurately placed at the same redshift as the other galaxies. Before Webb, astronomers did not have high-resolution imaging or spectral infrared data available to do this type of science.
At extreme distances, astronomers use the redshift reference to account for the fact that, as the universe expands, wavelengths of light are stretched and “shifted” to redder wavelengths, which are longer. Shorter wavelengths, for example ultraviolet and X-ray, are toward the bluer end of the electromagnetic spectrum. So extreme distances in the early universe are referenced by how much the light emitted there has been shifted as it traveled through space to be detected by a telescope.

SPORTS
Cristiano Ronaldo tops Forbes' 2023 highest-paid athletes list after Saudi move

Cristiano Ronaldo became the world's highest-paid athlete after his move to Saudi Arabian side Al-Nassr nearly doubled his annual playing salary while Paris St Germain duo Lionel Messi and KylianMbappe round off the top three, according to Forbes.
Ronaldo, who joined the Saudi soccer club on a deal until 2025 after leaving Manchester United last year, earned $136 million with Forbes saying his annual playing salary went up to an estimated $75 million.

Published date : 03 May 2023 06:34PM