Daily Current Affairs Quiz 28 March 2023

a) Liberation of Hyderabad

Gorata village in Bidar district of Karnataka was then a part of the Nizam-ruled Hyderabad State. The Hyderabad rulers opposed the erstwhile princely state’s unification with India after India’s independence. Razakar commander Shamshuddin had attacked Gorata village where the locals had hoisted a 2.5-ft tall National Flag. The villagers had retaliated and killed Shamshuddin. Following this, on May 9, 1948 at Gorata village more than 200 people have been massacred by the Razakars of Nizam. The Hyderabad state was liberated from Nizam’s rule on September 17, 1948.

The Union Home Minister inaugurates Gorata Martyr Memorial and hoisted the 103 feet high tricolor at Gorata Maidan in Bidar, Karnataka.

c) USA

Hopi are a Native American ethnic group who primarily live on the Hopi Reservation in north-eastern Arizona, United States.
The Water and Heritage Shield was conferred recently by the International Committee On Monuments and Sites International Science Committee to Black Mesa Trust (BMT) – a Hopi grassroots organization.

d) Nikhat Zareen

India’s women boxers have won four golds while performing brilliantly in the IBA Women’s World Boxing Championship-2023. The country’s top boxer Nikhat Zareen has won gold in her respective category and Neetu Ghanghas won India’s first gold medal by defeating Mongolia’s Lutsekhan Altansetseg in the final of the 45-48 kg category. Apart from these, India’s Sweety Boora and Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist Lovlina Borgohain also won gold for India. Nikhat Zareen has become the second Indian to win more than one gold medal in the World Boxing Championships. Earlier, this feat was done by India’s veteran Mary Kom.

b) NALCO

In a collaboration with Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), NALCO has developed a bauxite-certified reference material (CRM) named BARC B1201.
This is the first-of-its-kind CRM in India and the fifth in the world. The National Centre for Compositional Characterisation of Materials (NCCCM) of BARC has helped NALCO develop the material.

d) Both 1 and 2

Biotransformation technology is a process that alters the state of plastics and make them biodegradable. The technology would digest the plastic packaging waste naturally with the help of microbes without leaving behind any microplastics. Hence, statement 1 is correct.

Plastics made using this technology are given a pre-programmed time during which it looks and functions like conventional plastics. After expiry and exposure to the external environment, it self-destructs and biotransforms into bioavailable wax. This wax is then consumed by microorganisms, converting waste into water, CO2, and biomass. Hence, statement 2 is correct.

A UK-based startup claims to have developed Biotransformation technology that can alter the state of plastics and make them biodegradable without leaving behind any microplastics.