Daily Current Affairs 30 March 2024, UPPSC Exam Current Affairs

Daily Current Affairs for UPPSC Exam

23 Violent Breeds of Dogs are Banned

• The Central Government had recently directed the states to ban the sale and breeding of 23 breeds of ferocious dogs in view of the increasing incidents of deaths of people due to attacks by pet dogs.
• In this sequence, following the instructions of the central government, the Uttar Pradesh government took a big decision. On March 26, the UP government issued an order to ban these 23 dangerous dog breeds in the state after the suggestion and instructions of the Center. According to the order, now there will be a ban on the import, breeding and sale of these breeds.
• The corporation board had banned three dog breeds - Rottweiler Dogo, Argentino and Pitbull - in October 2022 , terming them more "aggressive" than others. After this, the authorities had given the owners of the three breeds a last chance to register their pets by December 31, 2022.
• Among the ferocious mixed and crossbreed dogs, dogs of breeds like Rottweiler, Pitbull Terrier, Wolf, Tosa Inu, American Stafford, Fila Brasileiro, Dogo Argentino, American Bulldog, Borvel, Kangal, Central Asian Shepherd (Ovcharka), Caucasian Shepherd (Ovcharka), South Russian Shepherd (Ovcharka), Tarn Jack, Sarplaninac, Japanese Tosa and Akita, Mastiff (Borbulls), Terriers, Rhodesian, Ridgeback, Canaries, Akbash Dog, Moscow Guard, Cane Corso etc. are included in the banned list.

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Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA)

• The government has increased the wages given to workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA). The Center has increased wages by 4 to 10% in many states. The revised wage rates will come into effect from April 1. According to the notification, the highest wage increase of Rs 34 has been made in Goa.
• Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand have increased the amount by Rs 7 which is the lowest and now a worker will get Rs 237 per day for working under MNREGA.
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Famous Personalities

Nidhu Saxena

• The central government appointed Nidhu Saxena as the Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Bank of Maharashtra. Nidhu was earlier working as the Executive Director of the public sector Union Bank.
  • The MD and CEO of a public sector bank is appointed by the Financial Services Institutions Bureau (FSIB) under the Union Finance Ministry.

Mariam Mammen Mathew

• Manorama Online Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mariam Mammen Mathew has been appointed as the President of the Digital News Publishers Association (DNPA) for two years. Mathew will take charge as DNPA President from April 1, 2024. She will replace Amar Ujala MD Tanmay Maheshwari.

Miscellaneous Current Affairs for UPPSC Exam 2024

• India's first private space technology company Skyroot Aerospace successfully tested the second stage of the Vikram-1 rocket. The company conducted this test at the Satish Dhawan Space Center of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) located in Sriharikota. According to the company's statement, the second stage of the Vikram-1 rocket has been named Kalam-250.
  • Kalam-250 is a high power carbon composite rocket motor. It will take the rocket from the atmospheric stage to the vacuum of outer space. Kalam-250 was successfully tested from the Satish Dhawan Space Center of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. The test lasted for 85 seconds.

• Adani Group's company 'Kutch Copper' has started production at the Mundra-based greenfield copper refinery project. The company has also sent the first batch of cathode from this refinery to the customers. With this, the group has also taken its first step in the metal industry.

• Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries has bought 26% stake in Madhya Pradesh Power Project from Gautam Adani's Adani Power. Along with this, Reliance Industries has signed an agreement to use 500 MW of electricity from the plant itself (captive use). This is the first time that any kind of partnership has taken place between two competing industrialists.