DAILY GK: 9, 10 JAN 2022

 DAILY GK: 9, 10 JAN 2022

1.       GURUGRAM TO GET INDIA’S 1ST HELI-HUB WITH MANY AVIATION FACILITIES

·         The government of Haryana in collaboration with the Ministry of Civil Aviation is set to establish India’s first-ever Heli Hub in Gurugram. The first of its kind heli-hub in Gurugram is designed to all the facilities in one place for Helicopters.

·         The hub will have several aviation facilities like Heliport, Hangars, repairs and other related services.

·         This is one of the 10 helicopter hubs and corridors proposed under the new Helicopter Policy of the Civil Aviation Ministry.

 

2.       WORLDS’ FIVE POWERFUL NATIONS ISSUE PLEDGE TO PREVENT SPREAD OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS 

·         In January 2022, the 5 most powerful nations of the world, viz China, France, Russia, the UK (United Kingdom) and the US (United States) have agreed and signed a pledge (a joint statement) to prevent atomic weapons from spreading and to ensure a nuclear war is never fought.

·         The 5 nations were the nuclear weapons states recognised by the 1968 Treaty of the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and they were also the 5 permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. They are known as the P5 or the N5.

·         Treaty of the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) is an international treaty to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology, to promote cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and to achieve complete nuclear disarmament.

·         The treaty was opened for signature in 1968, and later entered into force in 1970. A total of 191 States have joined the Treaty, including the five nuclear-weapon States.

·         4 UN member states that have never signed the treaty were India, Israel, Pakistan, and South Sudan.

·         North Korea is the only country to withdraw from the treaty.

 

3.       NPCI SETS STANDARDIZED LIMITS FOR CASH WITHDRAWALS AND MINI STATEMENTS

·         In order to make Aadhaar enabled Payments Systems (AePS) more standardized, the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has introduced limits for cash withdrawals and mini statements which needs to implement by the acquiring banks by January 15, 2022.

·         As per the guidelines, the acquiring banks will have to implement a maximum limit of five approved cash withdrawal transactions per customer per terminal per day.

·         Cash withdrawal from micro ATMs (Automated teller machine) of AePS has a limit of Rs 10,000 per transaction.

·         Issuers will implement a standardised limit of a minimum of five approved cash withdrawal transactions per month for every customer.

·         Further, issuers will also implement a standardised limit of a minimum of five mini statement transactions per customer per month.

·         There will also be Two-factor authentication for login of business correspondents (BC), agents and merchants at least once a day with one of the factors as Aadhaar based biometric authentication.

·         National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) It is an umbrella organization for operating retail payments and settlement systems in India.Headquarter– Mumbai, Maharashtra

 

4.       INDIA’S GDP GROWTH RATE STOOD AT 9.2% IN FY22 : NSO

·         The First Advance Estimates (FAE) of National Income at both Constant (2011-12) and Current Prices, for the financial year 2021-22 (FY22) released by National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of statistics and planning implementation (MOSPI).

·         In accordance with the estimates the growth in real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) or GDP at Constant Prices (2011-12) for FY22 stood at 9.2% as compared to the contraction of 7.3% (-7.3%) in 2020-21. It is 1.3% over the pre-Covid levels of FY20.

·         This estimate is lower than the 9.5% GDP growth projection of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in December 2021.

·         Per capita net national income in real terms is estimated to be Rs 1,06,975 crore in FY22, lower than Rs 1,07,589 crore in FY20.

 

5.       INDIA TO OVERTAKE JAPAN AS ASIA’S SECOND LARGEST ECONOMY BY 2030

·         In accordance with IHS Markit Ltd report, India will overtake Japan as Asia’s second-largest economy by 2030.

·         India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is also projected to surpass that of Germany and the United Kingdom (UK) to rank as world’s No.3.

·         Currently, India is the sixth-largest economy in the world, behind the United States (US), China, Japan, Germany and the UK.

·         India’s nominal GDP measured in USD terms projected an increase from $2.7 trillion in 2021 to $8.4 trillion by 2030.

·         India’s consumption expenditure will double from $1.5 trillion in 2020 to $3 trillion by 2030

·         For FY22 (April 2021 to March 2022), India’s real GDP growth rate is projected to be 8.2%, rebounding from the severe contraction of 7.3% year-on-year in 2020-21

·         The Indian economy will continue to grow in the 2022-23(FY23), at a pace of 6.7%.

·         By 2030, 1.1 billion Indians will have internet access, more than doubling from the estimated 500 million internet users in 2020.

 

6.       NATIONAL WATER AWARDS-2020. 

·         Uttar Pradesh (UP) has been awarded first prize in the Best State category, followed by Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu.

·         Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh received the best district award in the northern zone followed by Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar in Punjab.

·         India’s current water requirement is estimated to be around 1,100 billion cubic meters per year which are projected to rise up to 1,447 billion cubic meters by 2050.

·         Ministry of Jal Shakti  was formed in  2019 by integrating with other existing ministries, such as water resources and the ministry of drinking water and sanitation to address all water issues in India.Union Minister – Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

 

7.       ‘KERALA ARTS & CRAFTS VILLAGE’ WINS ‘INTERNATIONAL CRAFT AWARD FOR 2021

·         The Kerala Arts and Crafts Village Organization (KACV) from Kovalam was awarded with the ‘International Craft Award for 2021’ for the best craft village in the world by the World Crafts Council International.

·         It is the only award India received in the non-individual category.

·         The KACV was established by the Uralungal Labour Contract Cooperative Society (UL CCS) for the State Tourism Department of Kerala.

·         In 2020, the Village of the Year award was won by ‘Kraf Komuniti Ku’ in Malaysia.

 

8.       1ST WORLD DEAF T20 CRICKET CHAMPIONSHIP TO BE HELD AT KERALA IN 2023

·         The International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (ICSD) gave the approval to All India Sports Council of the Deaf  (AISCD) to host the 1st World Deaf T20 Cricket Championship in Kerala from January 10 to 20, 2023.

·         The World Deaf T20 cricket championship will be organized in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, where it is expected to see participants from 8 countries.

·         International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (ICSD) is the only international federation recognized as the governing body of deaf sports including – Deaflympics & World Deaf Championships.

·         Headquarters- Lausanne, Switzerland

 

9.       SIDNEY POITIER FIRST BLACK ACTOR TO WIN BEST ACTOR OSCAR AWARD PASSED AWAY 

·         Sidney Poitier is a Bahamian-American actor, the first black actor and the first Bahamian to win the Oscar Award for Best Actor Award, has passed away at his residence in Los Angeles, United States of America.

·         Until his death, he was the oldest surviving male Academy Award winner.

·         He is well known for his films like The Defiant Ones, A Raisin in the Sun, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, and In the Heat of the Night.

·         He published his autobiography titled “ The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography” in 2000.

·         Sidney Poitier received an Academy Award for Best Actor for Lilies of the Field (1963) and an  Honorary Award presented in 2001.

·         He has also received a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II in the 1960s.

·         In 2009, then President of America, Barack Obama, honoured Poitier with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honour of the USA, for his artistic and humanitarian achievements.