Daily Current Affairs Quiz 27 April 2023

a) Moths

Piarosoma arunachalensis is a moth species belonging to the genus Piarosoma. The moth is a Burnet moth and is largely day-flying. It belongs to the family Zygaenidae, which includes Forester and Burnet moths.

Researchers from Titli Trust, National Centre for Biological Sciences and others have discovered a new moth from Tale Wildlife Sanctuary in Arunachal Pradesh. The study was published in the Zootaxa journal.

d) Greece

Exercise INIOCHOS-23 is a multinational air exercise that will be hosted by the Hellenic Air Force, at the Andravida Air Base in Greece.
India’s air force is participating for the first time in the multinational air drill Iniochos 23. The exercise includes elements from Greece, France, the US, Italy, Saudi Arabia, India, Spain, Jordan, Slovenia, and Cyprus.

b) Kerala

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the country’s first water metro service in Kochi, Kerala. Under this, the travel of people to Kochi and 10 nearby islands will become convenient. This water metro project has been started with the funding of the Kerala government and the German agency KFW with an investment of Rs 100 crore. This will connect 10 islands of Kochi, as well as it will cover a distance of 78 kilometres, 78 electric boats have been added to this metro. 38 terminals have also been built for its operation.

c) Karnataka

‘Vote from Home’ Initiative was introduced for the first time in the Karnataka Assembly Elections by the Election Commission of India.
This procedure was chosen by around 8,900 persons who are above 80 years old or people with disabilities in Bengaluru.

b) Australia

The Government of Australia has conferred the ‘Order of Australia’, the country’s highest civilian honour on Ratan Tata, the Chairman Emeritus of Tata Sons. Ratan Tata has been a supporter of the India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement, which was to be finalized in 2022. Australia’s High Commissioner in India Barry O’Farrell has given this information.