Daily Gk Update 1 | | All ixamBee Mock Tests are Free Please visit www.ixamBee.com Contact us at 920055 24028 (SMS/WhatsApp/call) or [email protected] Daily Gk Update 23th February Current Affairs Government & Polity Jharkhand government launches Rs 100-crore Sweet Revolution scheme Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das launched the first phase of the Rs 100-crore Sweet Revolution Scheme under which 1,207 farmers will be given Rs 1 lakh for bee keeping. Of the amount, Rs 80,000 is in the form of grant. Farmers can earn Rs 1.30 lakh every year by just investing Rs 20,000. Jharkhand government will also launch Pradhanmantri Krishi Samman Yojna in Ranchi on February 24 under which Rs 2,000 will be deposited in the account of the farmers through direct transfer. Shrimati Droupadi Murmu is the governor of Jharkhand. Ranchi is the capital of Jharkhand. Life science BioAsia meet in Hyderabad BioAsia, the annual global life sciences conference hosted by the Telangana government will be held on February 25-27. The 16th edition of the meet will deliberate on the disruption required in life sciences, healthcare and biotech industries. The theme for this edition is Life Sciences 4.0 – Disrupt the Disruption, which will focus on healthcare being reimagined as a result of technological disruption. BioAsia has helped attract investments to the tune of about Rs15, 000 crore and organised around 16,000 business meetings during the event. This year’s edition has South Korea as the partner country with South Africa and Spain as international partners. Four other States Karnataka, Odisha, Assam and Gujarat have joined hands with Telangana in organizing the meet. PM Modi awarded the Seoul Peace Prize 2018 Prime Minister Narendra Modi was awarded the Seoul Peace Prize 2018 for his “contribution to international cooperation and fostering global economic growth”. Modi, who is the fourteenth recipient of the award, received an honorarium cash prize of $200,000 that he gave away to the Namami Gange Programme (National Mission for Clean Ganga). Previous winners of the award include former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and international relief organisations like Doctors without Borders and Oxfam. The prize has been awarded to those who have made their mark through contributions to the harmony of mankind, reconciliation between nations and to world peace. Established in 1990, the Seoul Peace Prize was an effort to crystallise the Korean people’s yearning for peace on the Korean Peninsula and in the rest of the world. It was initially established to commemorate the success of the 24th Olympic Games held in Seoul, Republic of Korea – an event in which 160 nations from across the world took part, creating harmony and friendship and a worldwide atmosphere of peace and reconciliation. States 2 | | All ixamBee Mock Tests are Free Please visit www.ixamBee.com Contact us at 920055 24028 (SMS/WhatsApp/call) or [email protected] Daily Gk Update Smriti Irani launches Integrated Large Scale Eri Farming in Arunachal Pradesh under NERTPS Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani launched the Integrated Large Scale Eri Farming in Arunachal Pradesh under North East Region Textile Promotion Scheme (NERTPS) in Itanagar. Initially, the Project will cover five districts of the state that are: Papumpare, East Kameng, Siang, East Siang and West Siang. One thousand acres land will be covered for Eri Farming in the chosen districts of the state. Government has decided to provide financial assistance to 4000 (four thousand) beneficiaries under NERTPS. Skill training will be imparted to Eri silk farmers and weavers under the Samarth Scheme. Appointment Former ISRO chief nominated as chairperson at IIT Kanpur The former Chairman, ISRO and one of the prime drivers of the Mars Mission (Mangalyan) & Chandrayan-1 (Moon Mission), K Radhakrishnan, has been nominated as the chairperson of the Board of Governors (BoG), IIT Kanpur. The nomination by the President of India in his capacity as Visitor of the IIT is for a period of three years starting on February 19. Radhakrishnan had retired as ISRO Chairman (2009-14) in December 2014. India's Mushtaque Ahmad elected as Vice-President of AHF India's Mohd Mushtaque Ahmad and Asima Ali were elected as the Vice-President and Executive Committee member of the Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) for a four-year term in Gifu, Japan. Mushtaque Ahmad is currently serving as the President of Hockey India, while Ali is the Vice- President of the national federation. The AHF Executive Board manages the affairs of the continental federation, implements the decisions of the AHF Congress, supervises over the AHF CEO and professional staff, as well as appoints the AHF Committees. Banking and Economy CBDT sets up panel to help bring down tax litigation The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has formed a four-member committee, headed by income tax commissioner Sanjeev Sharma, to look into the matter to address taxation-related pain points and cut down the number of tax litigations, while focusing on some of the major issues that may lead to revenue generation and submit its final report and recommendations by mid- March. The committee is looking to tackle the issue in a two-prong way addressing some current pain points and recommending some steps borrowed from international best practices. 3 | | All ixamBee Mock Tests are Free Please visit www.ixamBee.com Contact us at 920055 24028 (SMS/WhatsApp/call) or [email protected] .