Daily Current Affairs Quiz 10 April 2023

b) 3167

By the year 2022, the population of tigers in India has increased to 3167 which is 200 more than the last released data. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has presented this data while releasing the figures of the 5th cycle of India’s tiger census. The number of tigers in India was 1,411 in the year 2006, which increased to 1,706 by 2010. By the year 2014, this number had increased to 2,226. PM Modi was on a tour of Mysore in Karnataka on the occasion of the completion of 50 years of Project Tiger and also visited Bandipur Tiger Reserve. On April 1, 1973, the Government of India launched Project Tiger with the aim of providing protection to tigers in India.

c) Women’s Safety

During an event organized at the Gauhati High Court in Assam, President Draupadi Murmu launched the ‘Bhoroxa’ (Trust) App for women’s safety. In case of distress, women will be able to send SOS messages to emergency contact numbers with geolocation and make calls by shaking the phone. Internet connectivity is not mandatory to use this app. The Chief Justice of India also unveiled two apps on the website of the e-Seva Kendra for Assam.

d) New Delhi

The 5th International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure is being organized this year in New Delhi.
The theme for this event is ‘Delivering Resilient and Inclusive Infrastructure: Pathways for Risk Informed Systems, Practices and Investments’. The 50-million-dollar Infrastructure Resilience Accelerator Fund was announced last year.

c) C. Radhakrishna Rao

Renowned Indian-American mathematician and statistician, Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao has been awarded the 2023 International Prize in Statistics. This award is considered the Nobel Prize in the field of Mathematics. This award has been given for the important contribution made by Rao in the field of Statistics. The International Prize in Statistics Foundation proclaimed that 75 years ago, Rao made the biggest contribution that continues to be influential in science today. He will be presented with this award at the biennial International Statistical Institute World Statistics Congress to be held in Canada this July.

a) 1 only

National Mission for Cultural Mapping was launched in 2017 by the Union Ministry of Culture. It aims to develop a comprehensive database of art forms, artists and other resources across the country. Hence, statement 1 is correct.

In this cultural asset mapping, villages have been broadly divided into seven-eight categories based on whether they are important ecologically, developmentally or scholastically, if they produce a famous textile or product, and if they are connected to some historical or mythological events such as the Independence struggle or epics like the Mahabharata. The Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA) has undertaken the cultural asset mapping of these villages through field surveys. Hence, statement 2 is incorrect.

The detailed dossiers of the villages covered under the Mera Gaon Meri Dharohar programme of the National Mission for Cultural Mapping will be made available from May on a web portal.