6th October, 2023 Current Affairs

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NATIONAL
Arunachal Pradesh’s Yak Churpi’ Receives GI Tag

Slightly sour and salty churpi, a naturally fermented cheese prepared from the milk of Arunachali yak, nurtured in the high-altitude areas of Arunachal Pradesh, has recently received the prestigious Geographical Indication (GI) tag. This recognition not only celebrates the culinary heritage of the region but also plays a vital role in the conservation of the yak population in the Himalayan region. Churpi, rich in protein, has been a lifeline for tribal yak herders in the harsh, vegetation-starved, cold, and hilly mountainous regions of the state.
Churpi, a traditional cheese made from yak milk, has been a staple food for tribal communities in Arunachal Pradesh. Its nutritional profile, rich in protein, makes it a vital dietary source, especially in regions where fresh vegetables are scarce. The yak herders, belonging mainly to the Brokpa and Monpa tribes in West Kameng and Tawang districts, rely on churpi as a substitute for vegetables in their diet. Its versatility allows it to be incorporated into various dishes, including vegetable or meat curries, and served with rice, serving as a crucial component of the daily tribal diet.

INTERNATIONAL
India and UAE sign strategic partnership agreement for developing and launching of UAE’s payment card scheme based on RuPay card

Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal is on a two-day visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). On the first day of his visit, the minister co-chaired the 11th meeting of the India-UAE High-level Task Force on Investments (HLTFI) with the Managing Director of Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. During the meeting, the two leaders reviewed the existing bilateral investments by companies from both countries investing in the UAE and India and also explored bilateral investments in a number of key sectors with the potential for future joint trade and investment cooperation.
The two leaders also witnessed the signing of a strategic partnership agreement between National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and Al Etihad Payments (AEP), a subsidiary of the Central Bank of the UAE for Domestic Card Scheme Implementation in UAE. As per the agreement, NPCI and AEP will work together to build, implement, and operationalize UAE's national domestic card scheme modelled on India’s RuPay card.

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SPORTS
Asian Games 2023, Overall Medal Tally 06th OCT

The Asian Games medal tally 2023 is a table that shows the number of medals won by each country at the 19th Asian Games, which are being held in Hangzhou, China from September 23 to October 8.
India’s medal winners at the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, represent a diverse range of sports and backgrounds. Here is a brief introduction to some of the most notable medalists:

S No.	Athletes	Sport	Event	Medal
1	Ashi Chouksey, Mehuli Ghosh, Ramita Jindal	Shooting	Women’s 10m air rifle team	Silver
2	Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh	Rowing	Men’s lightweight double sculls	Silver
3	Babu Lal Yadav and Lekh Ram	Rowing	Men’s pair	Bronze
4	Neeraj, Naresh Kalwaniya, Neetesh Kumar, Charanjeet Singh, Jaswinder Singh, Bheem Singh, Punit Kumar, Ashish, DU Pande	Rowing	Men’s eight	Silver
5	Ramita Jindal	Shooting	Women’s 10m air rifle	Bronze
6	Rudrankksh Patil, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Divyansh Singh Panwar	Shooting	Men’s 10m air rifle team	Gold
7	Jaswinder Singh, Bheem Singh, Punit Kumar, Ashish	Rowing	Men’s four	Bronze
8	Parminder Singh, Satnam Singh, Jakar Khan, Sukhmeet Singh	Rowing	Men’s quadruple	Bronze
9	Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar	Shooting	Men’s 10m air rifle	Bronze
10	Vijayveer Sidhu, Adarsh Singh, Anish Bhanwala	Shooting	Men’s 25m rapid file pistol team	Bronze
11	Indian cricket team	Cricket	Women’s T20 cricket	Gold
12	Neha Thakur	Sailing	Girl’s Dinghy – ILCA4	Silver
13	Eabad Ali	Sailing	Men’s Windsurfer – RS:X	Bronze
14	Hriday Chheda, Anush Agarwalla, Divyakriti Singh, Sudipti Hajela	Equestrian	Dressage Team	Gold
15	Ashi Chouksey, Manini Kaushik, Sift Kaur Samra	Shooting	Women’s 50m rifle 3 positions team	Silver
16	Manu Bhaker, Rhythm Sangwan, Esha Singh	Shooting	Women’s 25m pistol team	Gold
17	Sift Kaur Samra	Shooting	Women’s 50m rifle 3 positions	Gold
18	Ashi Chouksey	Shooting	Women’s 50m rifle 3 positions	Bronze
19	Team India	Shooting	Men’s skeet team	Bronze
20	Vishnu Saravanan	Sailing	Men’s dinghy ICLA7	Bronze
21	Esha Singh	Shooting	Women’s 25m pistol	Silver
22	Anantjeet Singh Naruka	Shooting	Men’s skeet	Silver
23	Naorem Roshibina Devi	Wushu	Women’s 60kg sanda	Silver
24	Arjun Cheema, Sarabjot Singh, Shiva Narwal (Team India)	Shooting	Men’s 10m air pistol team	Gold
25	Anush Agarwalla	Equestrian	Dressage individual	Bronze
26	Esha Singh, Palak, and Divya TS (Team India)	Shooting	Women’s 10m air pistol team	Silver
27	Swapnil Kusale, Aishwarya Pratap and Akhil Sheoran (Team India)	Shooting	Men’s 50m rifle 3 positions team	Gold
28	Saketh Myneni, Ramkumar Ramanathan (Team India)	Tennis	Men’s doubles	Silver
29	Esha Singh	Shooting	Women’s 10m air pistol	Silver
30	Palak Gulia	Shooting	Women’s 10m air pistol	Gold
31	Joshna Chinappa, Anahat Singh, Tanvi Khanna, Dipika Pallikal (Team India)	Squash	Women’s team	Bronze
32	Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar	Shooting	Men’s 50m rifle 3 positions	Silver
33	Kiran Baliyan	Athletics	Women’s shot put	Bronze
34	Sarabjot Singh, Divya TS	Shooting	10m air pistol mixed team	Silver
35	Rohan Bopanna, Rutuja Bhosale	Tennis	Mixed doubles tennis team	Gold
36	Saurav Ghosal, Abhay Singh, Harinder Pal Singh, Mahesh Mangaonkar	Squash	Men’s squash team	Gold
37	Karthik Kumar	Athletics	Men’s 10,000m	Silver
38	Gulveer Singh	Athletics	Men’s 10,000m	Bronze
39	Aditi Ashok	Golf	Women’s golf	Silver
40	Manisha Keer, Preeti Rajak, Rajeshwari Kumari	Shooting	Women’s trap team	Silver
41	Kynan Chenai, Zoravar Singh Sandhu, Prithviraj Tondaiman	Shooting	Men’s trap team	Gold
42	Kynan Chenai	Shooting	Men’s trap	Bronze
43	Nikhat Zareen	Boxing	Women’s 50kg	Bronze
44	Avinash Sable	Athletics	Men’s 3000m steeplechase	Gold
45	Tajinderpal Singh Toor	Athletics	Men’s shot put	Gold
46	Harmilan Bains	Athletics	Women’s 1500m	Silver
47	Ajay Kumar Saroj	Athletics	Men’s 1500m	Silver
48	Jinson Johnson	Athletics	Men’s 1500m	Bronze
49	Nandini Agasara	Athletics	Women’s heptathlon	Bronze
50	Murali Sreeshankar	Athletics	Men’s long jump	Silver
51	Seema Punia	Athletics	Women’s discus throw	Bronze
52	Jyothi Yarraji	Athletics	Women’s 100m hurdles	Silver
53	Kidambi Srikanth, Lakshya Sen, Chirag Shetty, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, MR Arjun, Dhruva Kapila, HS Prannoy, Mithun Manjunath, Sai Pratheek, Rohan Kapoor	Badminton	Men’s team	Silver
54	Karthika Jagadeeswaran, Heeral Sadhu, Aarathy Kasturi Raj	Roller skating	Women’s speed skating 3000m relay	Bronze
55	Vikram Rajendra Ingale, Siddhant Rahul Kamble, Anandkumar Velkumar	Roller skating	Men’s speed skating 3000m relay	Bronze
56	Ayhika Mukherjee, Sutirtha Mukherjee	Table tennis	Women’s doubles	Bronze
57	Parul Chaudhary	Athletics	Women’s 3000m steeplechase	Silver
58	Priti Lamba	Athletics	Women’s 3000m steeplechase	Bronze
59	Ancy Sojan	Athletics	Women’s long jump	Silver
60	Muhammad Ajmal, Vithya Ramraj, Rajesh Ramesh, Subha Venkatesan	Athletics	Mixed 4x400m relay	Silver
61	Arjun Singh, Sunil Singh Salam	Canoe Sprint	Men’s canoe double 1000m	Bronze
62	Preeti	Women’s 54kg	Women’s 54kg	Bronze
62	Preeti Pawar	Boxing	Women’s 54kg	Bronze
63	Vithya Ramraj	Athletics	Women’s 400m hurdles	Bronze
64	Parul Chaudhary	Athletics	Women’s 5000m	Gold
65	Mohammed Afsal	Athletics	Men’s 800m	Silver
66	Praveen Chithravel	Athletics	Men’s triple jump	Bronze
67	Tejaswin Shankar	Athletics	Men’s decathlon	Silver
68	Annu Rani	Athletics	Women’s javelin throw	Gold
69	Narender Berwal	Boxing	Men’s +92kg	Bronze
70	Manju Rani, Ram Baboo	Athletics	Mixed team race walk	Bronze
71	Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Ojas Pravin Deotale	Archery	Mixed team compound	Gold
72	Team India	Squash	Mixed team	Bronze
73	Parveen Hooda	Boxing	Women’s 57kg	Bronze
74	Lovlina Borgohain	Boxing	Women’s 75kg	Silver
75	Sunil Kumar	Wrestling	Greco-Roman 87kg	Bronze
76	Harmilan Bains	Athletics	Women’s 800m	Silver
77	Avinash Sable	Athletics	Men’s 5000m	Silver
78	Vithya Ramraj, Aishwarya Kailash Mishra, Prachi, Subha Venkatesan	Athletics	Women’s 4x400m relay	Silver
79	Neeraj Chopra	Athletics	Men’s javelin throw	Gold
80	Kishore Jena	Athletics	Men’s javelin throw	Silver
81	Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Amoj Jacob, Muhammed Ajmal Variyathodi, Rajesh Ramesh	Athletics	Men’s 4x400m relay	Gold
82	Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Aditi Swami, Parneet Kaur	Archery	Women’s compound team	Gold
83	Dipika Pallikal, Harinder Pal Sandhu	Squash	Mixed doubles	Gold
84	Abhishek Verma, Ojas Pravin Deotale, Prathamesh Jawkar	Archery	Men’s compound team	Gold
85	Saurav Ghosal	Squash	Men’s singles	Silver
86	Antim Panghal	Wrestling	Women’s 53kg	Bronze
87	Ankita Bhakat, Bhajan Kaur, Simranjeet Kaur	Archery	Women’s recurve team	Bronze
88	HS Prannoy	Badminton	Men’s singles	Bronze

AWARDS
Nobel Peace Prize 2023 awarded to Narges Mohammadi

Narges Mohammadi “for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all”.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2023 to to Narges Mohammadi for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all. Her brave struggle has come with tremendous personal costs.
Altogether, the regime has arrested her 13 times, convicted her five times, and sentenced her to a total of 31 years in prison and 154 lashes.
This year’s peace prize also recognizes the hundreds of thousands of people who, in the preceding year, have demonstrated against Iran’s theocratic regime’s policies of discrimination and oppression targeting women. The motto adopted by the demonstrators – “Woman – Life – Freedom” – suitably expresses the dedication and work of Narges Mohammadi.

Prof. Dr Joyeeta Gupta received the Spinoza Prize in the field of climate change

Indian-origin professor Dr Joyeeta Gupta has received the Spinoza Prize, the highest distinction in Dutch science for her work in the field of climate change at a ceremony in the Netherlands. The prize was presented to her by the Netherlands' Minister for Education, Science, and Culture, Robert Dijkgraaf at The Hague.
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) prize is worth 1.5 million euros which Gupta intends to spend on scientific research and activities related to knowledge utilization. Joyeeta Gupta is a Dutch environmental scientist who is a professor of Environment and Development in the Global South at the University of Amsterdam.

TELANGANA
Sarakka Central Tribal University approved for Telangana

On October 4th, the Union Cabinet approved the establishment of a tribal university in Telangana, named The Sarakka Central Tribal University. This university, with a budget of Rs 889 crore, will be located in Mulugu district.
The initiative was a commitment made by the Central government as a part of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, which aimed to support both Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in establishing tribal universities.
Mulugu hosts a biennial festival called the Sammakka Saralamma Jatara, one of the largest gatherings of tribal people globally.
This event commemorates the bravery of the 13th-century mother-daughter duo in their struggle against tax imposition on the Koya people.

Published date : 07 Oct 2023 10:36AM