4 May 2023 - Daily Current Affairs for UPSC Exams

4th May 2023 – Daily Current Affairs Questions for UPSC Prelims Exams

Ans: IIT Madras

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras have developed a machine learning-based computational tool called GBMDriver.
The tool is freely accessible and was developed to identify driver mutations and passenger mutations in glioblastoma.
9386 driver mutations and 8728 passenger mutations were screened in this study.
In the development of the web server, several steps such as the characteristics of amino acids, D- and tri-peptide motifs, conservation scores and position specific scoring matrix (PSSM) were taken into consideration.
Researchers have achieved the ability to detect driver mutations in GBM driver glioblastoma with an accuracy of 81.99%.
Study identifies key amino acid characteristics that differentiate cancer-causing mutations.

Ans: NPCIL

National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) signed subsidiary joint venture agreement with NPCIL for development of nuclear power projects.
The focus will be on developing two Pressurized Heavy-Water Reactor (PHWR) projects: Chutka Madhya Pradesh Atom Power Project (2×700MW) and Mahi Banswara Rajasthan Atom Power Project (4×700MW).

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Answer: Kasumi Ishikawa

Kasumi Ishikawa announced her retirement.
Ishikawa has won medals in the women’s team at three consecutive Olympic Games for three consecutive years.
She has also won five national women’s singles championships.
Japanese women’s team won silver medal at London 2012.
Ishikawa helped Japan win the women’s bronze medal at Rio 2016 and the silver medal at Tokyo 2020.
Ishikawa was born on February 23, 1993 in Yamaguchi, Japan.
She started playing table tennis when she was just three years old and made her professional debut at the age of 15.
Ishikawa is considered one of the best female table tennis players in the world.
He has won several international titles including the World Table Tennis Championships and gold medals at the Asian Games.

Ans: April

National Payments Corporation of India’s ‘UPI Monthly Product Statistics’ has reported a decline in the volume and value of UPI transactions in April 2023.
The company’s transaction volume declined by 7.96% to Rs 796.29 crore.
UPI transaction volume also declined by 9.51% to Rs 12.71 lakh crore.
UPI is a single mobile application.
Allows users to access different bank accounts and perform different transactions.
The features of the platform include instant money transfers, utility bill payments, over-the-counter payments and QR code-based payments through mobile devices.

Answer: second

Indian sailor Commander Abhilash Tomy participated in the Golden Globe Race (GGR) 2022.
It is one of the toughest solo non-stop races in the world.
Tommy finishes the race after 236 days.
The first place went to South African sailor Kirsten Neuschäfer.
Tommy was in contact with race control in France through messages.
Tommy also represented India by participating in the Golden Globe Race 2018.
Tommy was on board a sailing vessel named Thuria, which is indigenously built.

Answer: Russia

Maria Stepanova has won the Leipzig Book Prize in 2023.
His novel ‘In Memory of Memory’ is based on the themes of Stalinism and the end of the Soviet Union.
Her poetry collection ‘Girls Without Clothes’ has also won the award.
Violence against women is dealt with sensitively in this collection.
The award ceremony was held on 25 April at the opening of the Leipzig Book Fair.
Journalist Masha Gessen also won the award in 2019 for her book ‘The future is history’.
The award has been presented since 1994 for the ‘progress of reconciliation’ in Europe.