Daily Current Affairs Quiz 4 June 2023

d) It is the only elementary particle with a spin

It is one of the 17 elementary particles that make up the Standard Model of particle physics, which is scientists’ best theory about the behaviors of the universe’s most basic building blocks. Higgs boson plays such a fundamental role in subatomic physics that it is sometimes referred to as the “God particle
The Higgs boson has a mass of 125 billion electron volts —  meaning it is 130 times more massive than a proton , according to CERN.
The Higgs Boson is the only elementary particle with no spin.
It is a “force carrier” particle that comes into play when particles interact with each other, with a boson exchanged during this interaction.
Scientists at CERN found the first evidence of the rare process by which the Higgs boson decays into a Z boson and a photon.

c) 1988

The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) is the largest public health initiative in history. It was founded in 1988.
Recently Cameroon, Chad and Niger have initiated Africa’s largest polio vaccination campaign since 2020 with the support from WHO via the GPEI.

b) Norway

A Submarine mud volcano is an underwater geological structure that was formed after the constant expulsion of gas or fluids like methane from the seabed.
Scientists have recently spotted a submarine mud volcano close to Norway’s Bear Island in Barents Sea. Bear Island is the southernmost island of the Norwegian Svalbard archipelago.

a) RBI

The Reserve Bank of India has conceptualized a lightweight payment and settlements system that operates independently of conventional technologies, ensuring uninterrupted transactions in extreme situations.
It can be operated from anywhere is minimum staff during times of war or natural calamities.

c) China

China recently launched the Shenzhou-16 mission. As part of this mission, three astronauts lifted off atop a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi Desert in northwest China.
The astronauts aboard Shenzhou-16 spacecraft will stay in the Tiangong space station for the next five months. This is the country’s fifth manned mission to a fully functional space station since 2021.