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Daily G.K. - Top Stories

08 Jul 2022

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

India Elected to UNESCO Panel on Intangible Cultural Heritage

  • India was elected to the Intergovernmental Committee of UNESCO's 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) for the 2022-2026 cycle.
  • India has served as a member of the ICH Committee twice, from 2006 to 2010 and from 2014 to 2018.
  • Union Culture and Tourism Minister G. Kishan Reddy said that as the nation celebrates Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, India will be a part of two prominent Committees of UNESCO — Intangible Cultural Heritage (2022-2026) and World Heritage (2021-2025).
  • India received 110 votes from the 155 State Parties that were present and voting.

UK PM Boris Johnson Steps Down after Series of Ministerial Exits

  • British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his resignation as Conservative Party leader after he was abandoned by his close allies in the wake of a series of scandals that rocked his government, triggering a leadership election for a new Tory leader.
  • Johnson would remain in charge at 10, Downing Street, until the process of electing a new leader is completed, expected in October when the Conservative Party conference is scheduled.
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ENVIRONMENT

India Includes 540 Species to its Faunal Database

  • In 2021, India's faunal database gained 540 new species, bringing the overall number of animal species to 1,03,258. Additionally, in 2021, 315 taxa were added to the Indian flora, bringing the total number of floral taxa in the nation to 55,048. Of the 540 species of fauna, 134 are new records for India, while 406 are new finds. Also in 2021, thirteen new genera were found. One mammal species, 35 reptile species, and 19 species of fish are among the newly identified species.
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BUSINESS AND ECONOMY

SoftBank's Rajeev Misra to Step Down From Executive Role

  • Rajeev Misra, CEO, SB Investment Advisers, which manages SoftBank Vision Fund, will step back from his executive role at the technology fund, as per a communication sent by SoftBank's founder Masayoshi Son, in what is being seen as a major rejig at the Japanese conglomerate.
  • This marks the exit of one of the key architects of the Japanese conglomerate's sometimes chaotic evolution into the world's largest technology investor.
  • A key lieutenant of the SoftBank founder, Misra will retain a senior position with the group's first $100 billion Vision Fund, but relinquish other roles.
  • Misra will move from CEO of SoftBank Global Advisers, which manages the second fund, to vice chairman while SoftBank's founder and CEO, Masayoshi Son, will take a more direct leadership role.

NTPC and GACL Ink MoU to Produce Green Ammonia and Green Methanol

  • NTPC REL signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals (GACL) to mutually explore the opportunities for setting up India's first commercial-scale green ammonia and green methanol project.
  • NTPC REL is a subsidiary of state-run power Genco NTPC, while GACL, a Gujarat government PSU, is engaged in the production of industrial chemical products.
  • The MoU envisages to collaborate in the field of Renewable Energy, green ammonia and green methanol project and mutually explore opportunities for supply of 100 megawatt (MW) RE-RTC (Round The Clock) power and synthesising 75 tonnes per day (TPD) green methanol and 35 TPD green ammonia for captive use for production of various chemicals by GACL at its Vadodara and Dahej complex in Gujarat.

MoD Allows 3 Private Sector Banks to Provide Financial Services in Overseas Procurement

  • The Defence Ministry allowed three private sector banks to provide financial services to it for overseas procurement of military hardware.
  • The banks are HDFC Bank Ltd, ICICI Bank and Axis Bank.
  • Till now, only authorised public sector banks were utilised to provide services like issuance of letter of credit and direct bank transfers to the ministry for overseas procurement.
  • The selected banks may be allocated with LC business of Rs. 2,000 crore, each on the capital and revenue side, for a period of one year on concurrent basis.
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

It is Raining Diamonds on Neptune and Uranus

  • NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is set to explore the worlds of Uranus and Neptune--two of the most mysterious objects in the universe due to the fact that the planets have been experiencing diamond rain. Or so astronomers and physicists have suspected for years.
  • Uranus and Neptune are known for their blue colour. The blue colour is due to the presence of methane in their atmosphere.
  • Methane has carbon in it. When this carbon is subjected to extreme temperature and pressure conditions on these planets, diamonds are formed.
  • The accumulated diamonds become heavy and rain down in the atmosphere.
  • The idea of diamond rain was first introduced by Marvin Ross in 1981 in an article titled "The Ice Layer of Uranus and Neptune—Diamonds in the Sky?"
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SPORTS

India Names 215-athlete Contingent for 2022 CWG

  • India announced a 215-athlete contingent across 16 disciplines for the Commonwealth Games (CWG), which begin in Birmingham on July 28.
  • On the sidelines of the send-off ceremony for the CWG-bound athletes, IOA acting president Anil Khanna called it a 'gender-neutral contingent', with 108 men and 107 women being part of the touring party.
  • The overall contingent count stands at 322, which includes 72 team officials, 26 extra officials, nine contingent staff, including three general managers.
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NATIONAL AFFAIRS

Kejriwal Govt. Launches 'Mission Kushal Karmi' Programme

  • Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia launched 'Mission Kushal Karmi' to upgrade the skills of construction workers. The Delhi government launched this programme with the help of Delhi Skill and Entrepreneurship University (DSEU) and Delhi Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board.
  • Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said that this skill development programme by DSEU, along with Simplex, NAREDCO and India Vision Foundation to make construction workers skilled, is very special. Under this 15 days special training programme, workers will undergo upskilling which will boost their incomes in future.
  • This will help in increasing the income of workers up to Rs. 8,000. The government aims to train 2 lakh workers in a year under this programme.
  • To compensate for the loss of wages during the training, all the construction workers will be provided with an amount of Rs. 4,200 each.

IAS Tina Dabi Takes Charge as Jaisalmer Collector

  • Indian Administrative Service officer Tina Dabi took charge as the Collector of Jaisalmer district in Rajasthan. Before this, Ms. Dabi was posted in Jaipur.
  • Tina Dabi secured the top rank in the civil service exams in 2015. Tina Dabi is the first Dalit to top the civil services exam.
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DEFENCE

Native AI-based Software Created to Safeguard Defence Land from Encroachment

  • The Directorate General Defence Estates (DGDE) developed an Artificial Intelligence-based Change Detection Software that can automatically detect unauthorised constructions and encroachments on the defence land using Satellite Imagery, demonstrating once again how technology has benefited the country's defense-related issues. For efficient land management and urban planning, the Institute makes use of the most recent surveying technology, including satellite photography, drone imaging, and geospatial tools.
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PERSONS IN NEWS

Gita Gopinath Becomes 1st Woman to Feature on IMF's 'Wall of Former Chief Economists'

  • India-born Gita Gopinath became the first woman and second Indian to feature on the 'Wall of Former Chief Economists' of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The first Indian to achieve the honour was Raghuram Rajan who was Chief Economist and Director of Research of IMF between 2003 and 2006. Gopinath was appointed as IMF Chief Economist in October 2018 and was later promoted as the IMF's First Deputy Managing Director in December last year.

Shinzo Abe, former Japan PM, Dies

  • Former Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated in Nara while campaigning for the upcoming election.
  • Abe was making a campaign speech on a street outside the train station ahead of election to the upper house of Japan's parliament.
  • Current Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (as in 2022), widely considered Abe's protege, termed the attack barbaric.
  • Shinzo Abe was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 2020. He was the longest-serving Prime Minister in Japanese history.
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GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND SCHEMES

Ministry of Women and Child Development Issues Guidelines for Mission Vatsalya Scheme

  • The Ministry of Women and Child Development is implementing a Centrally Sponsored Scheme "Mission Vatsalya" erstwhile Child Protection Services (CPS) Scheme, since 2009-10 for the welfare and rehabilitation of children. The objective of Mission Vatsalya is to secure a healthy and happy childhood for each and every child in India, ensure opportunities to enable them to discover their full potential and assist them in flourishing in all respects, in a sustained manner, foster a sensitive, supportive and synchronized ecosystem for development of children, assist States/UTs in delivering the mandate of the Juvenile Justice Act 2015 and achieve the SDG goals. Mission Vatsalya promotes family-based non-institutional care of children in difficult circumstances based on the principle of institutionalization of children as a measure of last resort.
  • Components under Mission Vatsalya include- Improve functioning of statutory bodies; Strengthen service delivery structures; Upscale institutional care/services; Encourage non-institutional community-based care; emergency outreach services; Training and capacity building.
  • All the States/UTs have signed the Memorandum of Undertaking with the Ministry for implementation of the Scheme.
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GENDER/ HEALTH/ EDUCATION

PM Modi Inaugurates 3-day Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Samagam in Varanasi

  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a three-day Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Samagam in Varanasi, organised by the Ministry of Education in association with University Grants Commission (UGC) and Banaras Hindu University.
  • The three-day seminars brought together over 300 Vice-Chancellors and Directors from public and private universities, educationists, policymakers, as also industry representatives to deliberate on how the implementation of National Education Policy 2020 can be taken further across the country after successful implementation of several initiatives in the last two years.
  • The Summit provided a platform for leading Indian Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) to discuss, deliberate and share insights on strategies, success stories and best practices in implementing the National Education Policy, 2020.
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ART AND CULTURE

Mangarh Hill to be Declared Monument of National Importance

  • The Modi government is exploring the possibility of declaring Mangarh Hill as a monument of national importance. National Monument Authority chairman Tarun Vijay submitted a report to Union Minister of Culture Arjun Ram Meghwal at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA) on the matter, and said doing so, will be a tribute to the tribal freedom fighters who lost their lives.
  • The Hill, situated at the Gujarat-Rajasthan border, is a site of a tribal uprising where a massacre of over 1500 Bhil tribal freedom fighters took place in 1913. The place is also known as the Adivasi Jallianwala, and there has been a demand to demand to build a memorial.
  • On November 17, 1913, British forces opened fire on tribals gathered at the site who were holding a meeting in protest, led by a leader from the community Govind Guru, killing over 1,500.
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TOURISM AND HOTEL INDUSTRY AWARENESS

Akasa Air Gets Air Operator Certificate

  • Akasa Air received the Air Operator Certificate (AOC) from aviation regulator DGCA and will start commercial operations later this month.
  • The grant of the AOC marks the satisfactory completion of all regulatory and compliance requirements for the airline's operational readiness.
  • Following the government's initiative to usher in a new era of digitisation, Akasa Air is the first airline whose end-to-end AOC process was conducted using the government's progressive eGCA digital platform.
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