01-04-23 Daily-Gujarat-GPSC Current Affairs

The recently published ‘Women and Men in India 2022′ report by National Statistical Office (NSO) of Government of India indicated that for the April to June 2022 period, the pay disparity between male and female casual labourers was 25% in urban areas and 26% in rural areas ofGujarat.

According to the report, based on (PLFS) of NSO, male workers were paid Rs 390 and female workers Rs 312 in urban areas, whereas the figures were Rs 304 and Rs 242 respectively for rural areas.

The report stated that the pay for women in both rural and urban areas of the state was less than the national Average of Rs 265 and Rs 333 respectively.

The report highlighted that in Gujarat, 71% of the demonstrators or tutors were women, but when it came to associate professor or reader levels, the figure dropped to 33%; for the level of professor, it dropped to 28%. Pathak said that women get relatively few opportunities when it comes to the highest positions in academia.

The impact of Covid on Education was also chronicled – the number of females receiving education dropped from 40.7% in 2019-20 to 39.3% in 2021-22. On the other hand, male students increased from 60.9% to 62.6% in the same period.

The two spacecraft forming the European Space Agencys Proba-3 mission are ready with instruments and sensors allowing them to maneuver to a millimeter-scale precision relative to one another. The spacecraft will fly into space on India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) in 2024.

The spacecraft is set to go into the testing phase where engineers will subject them to a simulated space Environment. The spacecraft has been designed to demonstrate precision formation flying in space, where they will fly together maintaining a fixed configuration as a large rigid structure.

In a sudden announcement, OPEC members, such as Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Iraq, Kuwait, and Algeria, have declared voluntary oil production cuts of more than one million barrels per day from May to December. They have stated that this is a preventive action to support the stability of the oil market

The group, which consists of 23 oil-producing countries, had reduced its collective output by two million barrels per day in the previous year and is expected to maintain the agreed-upon production levels at their upcoming virtual meeting

Jens Stoltenberg, the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), has announced that Finland has become the 31st member of the alliance, thanks to Turkeys unanimous vote. Despite Russias opposition to Finlands membership, Turkeys approval has allowed the extension of NATO. Finland a long border of over 1,300 kilometers with Russia, and its decision to join NATO was prompted by security concerns following Russias invasion of Ukraine in 2022. However, Swedens application to join NATO has been declined by Turkey and Hungary.

NATO, or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is an intergovernmental military alliance established in 1949. It was formed as a collective defense pact between North American and European nations to deter Soviet expansion and protect member states from potential Soviet aggression during the Cold War