Daily Current Affairs MCQs : 3 March 2024 - Humanities/Arts MCQ

The pilot project for the "World's Largest Grain Storage Plan in Cooperative Sector" covers 11 states. This project aims to integrate PACS (Primary Agricultural Credit Societies) godowns into the food grain supply chain, thereby enhancing food security and fostering economic development.

Dvara Money, a leading fintech company, has partnered with Jana Small Finance Bank Limited (Jana SFB) to enhance digital banking services. This collaboration aims to integrate third-party application providers and a Unified Payments Interface (UPI) solution into the Spark Money platform, revolutionizing digital banking standards.

Pankaj Kumar Chatterjee won the Romain Rolland Book Prize for translating "Le Divan de Staline" into Bengali, titled "Staliner Divan." This recognition highlights the linguistic prowess and fidelity of Chatterjee's translation, marking the second time a Bengali translation has received this prestigious award.

Genie AI is the new model introduced by Google DeepMind for generating interactive video games from text or image prompts. This breakthrough allows for the creation of diverse playable environments from various inputs, marking significant progress in AI research.

Researchers from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) have identified a new species of head-shield sea slug, Melanochlamys Droupadi, along the coasts of Odisha and West Bengal. Measuring up to 7 mm, it’s a small invertebrate with a brownish-black body and a distinctive ruby red spot. Inhabiting wet sandy beaches, the hermaphroditic slug forms a protective mucus sheath, leaving a trail like a turtle as it moves beneath the sand. Sea slugs, mollusks found in various marine environments, include 18 known species globally.

150 railway stations and 6 metro stations have earned the coveted “Eat Right Station” certification, a part of the Eat Right India movement by FSSAI. Led by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, the initiative mandates stringent food safety, hygiene, and nutrition standards for all vendors at certified stations.

Brian Mulroney, the ex-Canadian Prime Minister, passed away at 84. He led the Progressive Conservatives to a historic 1984 win, defeating Pierre Trudeau. Mulroney’s nine-year term saw impactful policies, notably the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement negotiation, shaping his transformative legacy.

The Global Waste Management Outlook 2024, co-published by UNEP and ISWA, highlights key trends. Predictions indicate municipal solid waste will surge from 2.3 to 3.8 billion tonnes by 2050. The direct cost of global waste management, at USD 252 billion in 2020, is projected to nearly double by 2050 without immediate intervention. Barriers include insufficient urgency recognition, incomplete data, and climate impact underestimation, as well as gendered aspects, informal sector undervaluation, and inadequate legislation.

The Prime Minister inaugurated the Vikramaditya Vedic Clock at Jantar Mantar, Ujjain. A world-first ‘Vedic Clock,’ it displays time using the traditional Indian Panchang. Positioned on an 85-foot tower, it also provides planetary positions, Muhurat, astrological calculations, IST, and GMT. Developed by Lucknow-based Sanstha Arohan, it connects to the internet via a mobile app. Ujjain, with its rich timekeeping heritage, is an ideal location due to its historical role in determining India’s time zones and its location at the interaction point of the zero meridian and Tropic of Cancer.

Reuven Azar has been appointed as Israel's Ambassador to India and will concurrently serve as the non-resident Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Bhutan, expanding his diplomatic role.