Rapid Fire Current Affairs | 28 Oct 2023

India Mobile Congress (IMC 7th Edition) 2023 and 100 5G labs Initiative

  • The Prime Minister of India inaugurated the 7th Edition of the India Mobile Congress 2023 in New Delhi.
    • India Mobile Congress (IMC) is the largest telecom, media, and technology forum in Asia to be held from 27th to 29th October 2023.
    • Theme of IMC: ‘Global Digital Innovation’.
    • The IMC 2023 aims to strengthen India’s position as a developer, manufacturer, and exporter of key cutting-edge technologies.
    • The Prime Minister awarded 100 ‘5G Use Case Labs’ to educational institutions across the country.
    • The ‘100 5G labs initiative’, is an endeavor to realize the opportunities associated with 5G technology by encouraging the development of 5G applications.
    • The rollout of 5G has been completed, with plans to extend coverage nationwide by March 2024.

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Dark Patterns Buster Hackathon 2023

  • The Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India in collaboration with IIT (BHU), launched Dark Patterns Buster Hackathon 2023.
    • The deliverables of the Hackathon will be to design & prototype innovative apps or software based solutions such as browser extensions, plugins, add-ons, mobile applications.
    • It can detect the use, type and scale of dark patterns for e-Commerce platforms.
    • The winners will be rewarded with a Certificate of Achievement.
    • The objective of the initiative is to provide protection to consumers from all types of unfair trade practices.

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World Polio Day

  • World Polio Day is celebrated every year on October 24 to create awareness around the importance of polio vaccination to protect children.
    • Polio is a very infectious illness that has been around since ancient times, is a life threatening and disabling disease that can spread from person to person and can cause paralysis or may cause weakness in arms or legs.
    • Polio virus can live in an infected a person’s throat and intestines and can be contracted by food and water in unhygienic conditions.
    • It can spread through a snooze or feces of an infected person.
    • Oral polio vaccine (OPV):
      • It produces antibodies in the blood to protect the individual against polio paralysis by preventing the spread of poliovirus to the nervous system.
    • Inactivated polio vaccine (IPV):
      • It is an injectable three dose vaccine and can be either administered alone or along with other vaccines (e.g., diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, hepatitis B, and haemophilus influenzae).

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