28-29-05-23 Daily-Tamilnadu-TNPSC Current Affairs

Chief ministerM K Stalin urged Japanese corporation Komatsu to expand its plant in Oragadam and invited its representatives to participate in the global investors meet (GIM) to be held inTamil Naduin January next year.
As part of his nine-day business tour,Stalinvisited the Komatsu plant in Osaka, Japan, on Friday and witnessed the manufacturing processes. He then interacted with the representatives of the company and asked them to expand their Oragadam plant, which was inaugurated by Stalin himself in 2007. The company representatives informed Stalin that they would undertake studies and then plan for the expansion.

Komatsu is involved in the manufacture of equipment for construction, mining, Forestry, and heavy industries. The company executives led byTakayuki Furukoshiand Go Kamada explained to Stalin, through a power-point presentation, about the functioning of the plant and their equipment meeting international standards. Finally, Stalin invited them for GIM.

The Army today commemorated the 75th International Day of UN Peacekeepers by paying homage to the fallen soldiers at the National War Memorial.

India is one of the largest contributors of troops. It has sent over 2,75,000 troops to peacekeeping missions

5,900 currently deployed in 12 UN missions. 159 Indian Army soldiers have died on peace missions across the globe

On this day in 1948, the first UN peacekeeping mission, UN Truce Supervision Organisation (UNTSO), began operations in Palestine.

Erstwhile Mysuru ruler Tipu Sultan’s ‘Bedchamber Sword’ had sold for more than 14 million pounds ($17 million) at an auction in London.

Described as “one of the world’s rare artefacts”, the sword’s sale was conducted by Bonhams — a privately owned international auction house in London — on Tuesday, achieving 14,080,900 pounds against an estimate of 1.5 million to 2 million pounds.

The auction house said the sword was found in Tipu Sultan’s private quarters of his palace after he was killed by British forces on May 4, 1799.

The auction house said that the sword’s “extremely rare calligraphic hilt is a masterpiece of late-18th century Indian manufacture, intricately inlaid in gold with fine calligraphic invocations to God”.

While differences prevented the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) from issuing a joint statement recently, the latest economic bloc Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) managed to reach an agreement on supply chains, which is one of the four pillars of this grouping.

The proposed IPEF Supply Chain Agreement will have three new IPEF supply chain bodies to facilitate cooperation on supply chain issues. The IPEF Supply Chain Council will establish a mechanism to develop sector-specific action plans for critical sectors and key goods to enhance the resilience of IPEF partners supply chains. The IPEF Supply Chain Crisis Response Network would establish an emergency communications channel to seek support during a supply chain disruption. The IPEF Labour Rights Advisory Board will consist of government, workers and employer representatives on labour rights and sustainable trade and .

Vito officials have held meetings with Ayodhya administration officials and organised a workshop for the Ayodhya officials.

The company will use the corporations material recovery facility for waste segregation before setting up its own facility.