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Daily G.K. - Top Stories

25 Jun 2022

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

India Re-establishes Diplomatic Presence in Kabul

  • India resumed its diplomatic presence in Kabul as it deployed a team in its embassy in the Afghan capital, over 10 months after it pulled out its officials from the mission following the Taliban's capture of power. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), in a statement, said an Indian technical team has reached Kabul and was deployed in the embassy there.
  • The reopening of the embassy came three weeks after an Indian team led by JP Singh, MEA's point person for Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran, visited Kabul and met acting Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi and some other members of the Taliban dispensation.
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ENVIRONMENT

Four New Corals Recorded from Indian Waters

  • Scientists recorded four species of azooxanthellate corals for the first time from Indian waters. These new corals were found from the waters of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Azooxanthellate corals are a group of corals that do not contain zooxanthellae and derive nourishment not from the sun but from capturing different forms of plankton. These groups of corals are deep-sea representatives, with the majority of species reporting from between 200 m to 1000 m. Their occurrences are also reported from shallow coastal waters.
  • Tamal Mondal, the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) scientist behind these new records, said that all the four groups of corals are from the same family Flabellidae.
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BUSINESS AND ECONOMY

Karnataka Bank Launches "V-CIP" for Account Opening

  • Karnataka Bank launched online savings bank (SB) account opening facility through 'Video-based Customer Identification Process (V-CIP)'. The facility enabled in the corporate website of the bank, empowers prospective customers to open an SB account through online process and complete KYC (know your customer) verification through a video call at their place of convenience.
  • The end-to-end paperless digital process leverages the bank's API (Application Programming Interface) that auto fills the account opening form, validates PAN/Aadhaar number instantly and completes the KYC process through a video call. Online SB Account opening facility through V-CIP will take the customers experience to a new high as it reduces the turnaround time of account opening by eliminating the need of customer's physical presence at the branch to complete Know Your Customer (KYC) process."

P. Udayakumar Assumes Office as Chairman-cum-Managing Director, NSIC

  • P. Udayakumar, Director (Plng & Mktg), NSIC assumed additional charge of CMD NSIC. He is a mechanical engineer from College of Engg, Guindy with post-graduation from IIM Bangalore with 12 years of Board experience. He is an expert in the MSME domain.
  • He was part of many initiatives of Ministry of MSME and NSIC's growth story over 12 years. He is also an Investment Committee member of the PE growth fund namely SRI Fund, the Fund of Fund of Ministry of MSME. He will also be Chairman of NSIC Venture capital fund Ltd. He writes on MSME development issues.
  • National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC), is an ISO 9001-2015 certified Government of India Enterprise under the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME). NSIC has been working to promote, aid and foster the growth of micro, small and medium enterprises in the country. NSIC operates through countrywide network of offices and Technical Centres in the Country. In addition, NSIC has set up Training cum Incubation Centre managed by professional manpower.

World Bank Approves Project to Promote Rain-fed Farming in Uttarakhand

  • The World Bank approved a project worth Rs. 1,000 crore for taking rain-fed farming to new heights in the hilly regions of Uttarakhand.
  • The project named Uttarakhand Climate Responsive Rain-fed Farming Project will be implemented by the watershed department.
  • The State government had proposed the project which is aimed at reducing green house gas emissions for funding by the World Bank.
  • The project will also help in springshed management, boosting agricultural productivity, controlling migration and promoting cluster based agriculture.
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Union Minister Unveiled Seismology Observatory in Udhampur

  • Dr. Jitendra Singh, Union Minister for Jammu and Kashmir, officially opened the Seismology Observatory in the Dandayal neighbourhood of the Udhampur district. The Ministry of Earth Sciences spent Rs. 20 lakh to establish the third such Center in J&K.
  • The observatory will compile a comprehensive seismic record of Udhampur, Doda, Kishtwar, Ramban, and many more districts.
  • According to Dr. Jitendra Singh, the central government plans to open 152 earthquake observatories over the next four months, including three more in the Kashmir division.
  • 100 additional seismological centres of this type will emerge nationwide over the next five years to enhance real-time data collection and monitoring.
  • India is getting closer to being a key player in the development and knowledge of seismology. The J&K, particularly South and North Kashmir, are in the seismic zone and have such observatories set up.
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SPORTS

Rumeli Dhar Retires from All Forms of International Cricket

  • Rumeli Dhar, the India seam-bowling allrounder, announced her retirement from international cricket, at the age of 38. Dhar played her last international match in the tri-nation women's T20I series between India, Australia and England, at Brabourne in 2018. In all, she featured in four Tests, 78 ODIs, and 18 T20Is, scoring 1328 runs and taking 84 wickets across formats. She was also part of the India team that had reached the 2005 World Cup final in South Africa.
  • Having made her international debut in 2003, against England in Lincoln, Dhar made an unlikely comeback, to the Indian team at the age of 34, when she was called up to India's T20 squad for their tour of South Africa in February 2018.

Swimming World Championships: Ledecky Extends Record Medal Haul to 21

  • Katie Ledecky extended her record haul of medals from the world championships to 21, two more than any other female swimmer managed before. All but three of them are gold.
  • Ledecky claimed her 18th gold at a worlds as the United States won the women's 4x200 freestyle relay final, clocking the fastest split – 1:53.67 – to help the Americans triumph in a championship record 7:41.45.
  • Claire Weinstein, Leah Smith, Ledecky and Bella Sims finished 2.41 seconds ahead of the Australian team and 3.31 ahead of the Canadians.
  • Ledecky had already won gold medals in the 1500 freestyle and 400 freestyle to add to the 15 gold she had coming into the competition in Budapest.
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NATIONAL AFFAIRS

Suspend Fencing: Manipur to Centre after Protests on Myanmar Border Demarcation

  • The Manipur government asked the Union Home Ministry to suspend the border fencing project on a stretch of the Indo-Myanmar border after fresh protests near Kangla Fort in state capital Imphal over the boundary demarcation between border pillars (BP) 81 and 82.
  • He also asked the Centre to depute a team of officials from the home ministry and Survey of India to hold a thorough discussion regarding position of the disputed BPs while border fencing continues in other undisputed areas.

Rajasthan Takes Pole Position for Health Insurance Coverage

  • The Rajasthan government's focus on the health sector took the state to top position in the country in regard to health insurance coverage.
  • The National Family Health Survey-5 (2019-21) states 88 per cent of the households have at least one member covered by a health scheme or health insurance in Rajasthan. The national figure is 41 per cent.
  • In NFHS-4 (2015-16), the health insurance coverage of households in Rajasthan was 19 per cent while it was 29 per cent for India.
  • This happened mainly due to the initiative of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, whose priority is to ensure all citizens of the state can avail themselves of free treatment at a hospital near them. He launched a health insurance scheme called Mukhyamantri Chiranjeevi Swasthya Bima Yojna on May 1, 2021.

J&K to Host G-20 Meeting in 2023

  • In a significant development, Jammu and Kashmir will be hosting the 2023 meetings of G-20, an influential grouping that brings together the world's major economies, with the Union Territory government setting up a five-member high level committee for overall coordination.
  • This will be the first major international summit to be held in Jammu and Kashmir after the erstwhile state's special status guaranteed under Article 370 of the Constitution was withdrawn and it was divided into two union territories in August 2019.
  • India will hold the G20 presidency from December 1, 2022, and will convene the G20 leaders' summit in 2023 for the first time.
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DEFENCE

DGP Dinkar Gupta Appointed as New NIA Director-General

  • Former Punjab DGP and senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Dinkar Gupta was appointed as the new Director-General of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), a central anti-terror probe agency under the Ministry of Home Affairs. The 1987 batch IPS officer, Gupta, has been given the charge up to March 31, 2024 - the date of his superannuation - or till further orders whichever take place.
  • Gupta was removed as the state police chief by the Congress government under Charanjit Singh Channi in October 2021 and was posted as chairman of Punjab Police Housing Corporation (PPHC).
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GENDER/ HEALTH/ EDUCATION

WHO Considers Declaring Monkeypox a Global Health Emergency

  • As the World Health Organisation convenes its emergency committee to consider if the spiraling outbreak of monkeypox warrants being declared a global emergency, some experts say WHO's decision to act only after the disease spilled into the West could entrench the grotesque inequities that arose between rich and poor countries during the coronavirus pandemic.
  • Declaring monkeypox to be a global emergency would mean the UN health agency considers the outbreak to be an extraordinary event and that the disease is at risk of spreading across even more borders. It would also give monkeypox the same distinction as the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing effort to eradicate polio.
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ART AND CULTURE

Over 150 Heritage Sites Destroyed By Russia in Ukraine

  • UN experts have confirmed the full or partial destruction of 152 cultural and historic heritage sites in Ukraine since Russia invaded the country.
  • They include museums and monuments, churches and other religious buildings, and libraries and other exceptional buildings, UNESCO said it in update of its efforts to assist Ukraine authorities in documenting the damage.
  • The agency has been helping Ukraine authorities to mark landmarks with the distinctive "blue shield," meaning they are protected under the 1954 Hague convention on culture in armed conflicts, of which both Russia and Ukraine are signatories.
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LAW AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS

Jharkhand HC Slams State Govt. on Deteriorating Law and Order Situation

  • The Jharkhand High Court slammed the Hemant Soren's government over the deteriorating law and order situation and sought a report from the state government over the killing of a criminal at the Deoghar court's premises.
  • A division bench of Chief Justice Dr. Ravi Ranjan and Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad, while taking the suo moto cognisance of a letter by District and Session Judge, Deoghar over the killing of a criminal at the court's premises, observed that the law and order situation was deteriorating in the state and sought a report from the state government over the matter.
  • The High Court also directed a security audit of the Deoghar Civil Court premises to assess the lapses in its premises that led to the shootout and killing.
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