ALL EXAM QUIZ 13.09.2023

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• The Border Roads Organization (BRO) is building the world's highest combat airfield at Nyoma in Ladakh.
• Defense Minister Rajnath Singh will lay the foundation stone of this project at Devak Bridge in Jammu on September 12, 2023.
• Nyoma, a major village in southern Ladakh, already hosts an Indian Air Force base and an Advanced Landing Ground (ALG), established in 1962.
• The altitude of Nyoma reaches an impressive 4,180 meters (13,710 ft) above sea level, making it one of the highest altitudes in the region.

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• Iraq won the 49th Annual King’s Cup Football Tournament 2023 popularly known as King’s Cup. It defeated the host Thailand in the final played at the 700th Anniversary Stadium, Chiang Mai, Thailand on 10 September 2023.
• At the end of the regulation time both teams scored 2-2. In the ensuing penalty shoot out Iraq won 5-4 .
• World no 70 ranked Iraq is the highest ranked team in the tournament followed by India ranked World no 99, followed by Lebanon( 100) and Thailand (113).
• Annual King's Cup Football Tournament or Kings Cup is an annual 4 nation men’s football championship. It is organised by the Football Association of Thailand . It was started in1968.

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• Kurukshetra University will confer the Goyal Peace Prize 2021-22 on ISRO Chairman S Somanath for his contributions to space technology.
• Dr Bindeshwar Pathak, the founder of Sulabh International, was the first recipient of the Goyal Peace Prize in 2015.
• Dr K Kasturirangan, a former ISRO chairman, received a Goyal Award in 1998.
• The Goyal Prizes were instituted by a philanthropist Late Mr.Ram S. Goyal, a non-resident Indian settled in the USA, to honor Indian scientists and social activists working towards the service of our country.
• For various activities related to these prizes, a Trust named Goyal Foundation was established in 1991 with Prof. S.P. Singh (a close friend of Mr. Goyal) as Convener of the Advisory Board.

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• India’s second largest public sector bank, Bank of Baroda has become the first public sector bank to launch UPI(Unified Payment Interface ) enabled ATM(Automated Teller Machine).
• Earlier ,Hitachi Payment Services launched India’s first UPI enabled ATM under its brand name Hitachi Money Spot ATM.
• The banks in which the government of India holds 51% or more equity shares are called public sector banks in India .SBI is the largest public sector bank in India .In a statement issued on 8 September 2023,Bank of Baroda said that it has enabled the UPI ATM facility at over 6,000 ATMs across the country.
• Bank of Baroda has launched the UPI enabled ATM in coordination with the National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI).
• The Unified Payment Interface (UPI) has been developed by NPCI and went live in 2016. It is a mobile based 24x7 fast payment system to send and receive funds instantly using a Virtual Payment Address (VPA) set by the user itself.

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• England player Moeen Ali has become the third spinner of England to complete 100 wickets in ODI cricket.
• Moeen achieved this milestone during England's second ODI against New Zealand in Southampton.
• Moeen Ali has taken 101 wickets in ODIs at an average of 49.20.
• Fast bowler James Anderson, who took 269 wickets in 194 matches, is England's most successful ODI bowler so far.

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• India's star batsman Virat Kohli has become the fastest batsman to complete 13000 runs in One Day International cricket.
• Kohli achieved this milestone in just 267 innings. Kohli has become the fifth batsman in the world to score 13,000 ODI runs.
• Along with this, Virat Kohli also scored his 47th ODI century. Kohli is just two centuries away from equaling Sachin's record of ODI centuries.
• Before this, Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, Sanath Jayasuriya and Mahela Jayawardene had achieved this position.

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• NTPC Green Energy Limited, a subsidiary of NTPC Limited, has signed an MoU with downstream energy company Nayara Energy.
• The objective of this agreement is to explore opportunities in the green hydrogen and green energy sector. This agreement is in line with PM Modi's vision of self-reliant India.
• Nayara Energy is an international downstream company with strong capabilities in hydrocarbons from refining to retail.

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• Science and Technology Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh launched One Week One Lab program in New Delhi.
• Under this program, the achievements of 37 Council of Scientific and Industrial Research laboratories spread across the country will be showcased.
• Council of Scientific and Industrial Research is India's largest science and technology research and development institute.
• Its financial management is done by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the Government of India, yet it is an autonomous institution. Its registration has been done under Indian Society Registration Section 1860.

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• NABARD has partnered with UNDP India to promote data-driven innovation in agriculture.
• NABARD and United Nations Development Program (UNDP) announced this in a joint statement.
• It aims to improve the livelihoods of small farmers by sharing open-source data.
• NABARD is an apex body for overall regulation of regional rural banks and apex co-operative banks in India.
• It was established in 1982.
• The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is a global development program of the United Nations.

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• Indian badminton player Kiran George has won the men's singles title in Indonesia Masters 2023.
• Kiran George, ranked 50th in badminton rankings, defeated Ku Takahashi of Japan.
• Kiran George had won the Odisha Open title last year by defeating Priyanshu Rawat in the final.
• Kiran George was the only Indian to reach the final of Indonesia Masters 2023.