DAILY GK: 9 JULY 2022

 

DAILY GK:  9 JULY 2022

1.       KARNATAKA BECOMES THE FIRST STATE IN INDIA TO HAVE AN R & D POLICY

·         Karnataka is slated to be the first state in India to establish an exclusive Research and Development (R & D) policy.

·         A Task Force has been formed to ensure its effective implementation.

·         To support the implementation of the proposed policy, a state-level R&D council and foundation will be established. The policy would be approved following a discussion in the state cabinet.

·         The policy might aim to dedicate at least 0.1% of the state’s Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP)to R&D and innovation, which would likely benefit the state by bringing more development.

 

2.       RBI CANCELS LICENCE OF SHRI ANAND CO-OPERATIVE BANK DUE TO LACK OF CAPITAL

·         Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cancelled the licence of Shri Anand Co-operative Bank Limited, Chinchwad, Pune as the lender does not have enough capital to pay present depositors in full.

·         The Commissioner for Cooperation and Registrar of Cooperative Societies, Maharashtra has also been requested to issue an order for winding up the bank and appoint a liquidator for the bank.

·         On liquidation, every depositor would be entitled to receive deposit insurance claim amount of deposits up to Rs 5,00,000 from Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC) subject to the provisions of DICGC

·         RBI Governor – Shaktikanta Das,Deputy Governor – T. Rabi Sankar, M. Rajeshwar Rao, M.D. Patra, M.K. Jain,Establishment – 1st April 1935,Headquarters – Mumbai, Maharashtra

 

3.       GOOGLE ANNOUNCES STARTUP SCHOOL INDIA INITIATIVE FOR SMALL-CITY ENTREPRENEURS

·         Google has announced an initiative, Startup School India, to organise accumulated knowledge into a structured curriculum to enable startups in small cities to overcome various challenges.

·         The initiative will help 10,000 startups in tier 2 and tier 3 cities.

·         India is the third-largest base for startups in the world with nearly 70,000 startups, after the United States (US) and China.

 

4.       GITA GOPINATH FEATURE ON IMF’S ‘WALL OF FORMER CHIEF ECONOMISTS’

·         Indian-American Gita Gopinath was featured on the ‘Wall of Former Chief Economists’  of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). 

·         She became the first woman and second Indian to get this achievement. 

·         The first Indian was Raghuram Rajan

·         She served as the first female Chief Economist of IMF between 2019 and 2022. 

·         In 2021 She was promoted as the IMF’s First Deputy Managing Director, (Appointed by IMF’s managing director Kristalina Georgieva).

 

5.       INDIA ELECTED TO THE IGC OF UNESCO’S 2003 CONVENTION FOR SAFEGUARDING OF INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE

·         The Union Minister GangapuramKishan Reddy, Ministry of Culture ,Tourism and Development of North Eastern Region has announced the election of India as a State Member of the Intergovernmental Committee (IGC) of UNESCO’s (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage for a period of 2022-2026 i.e. 4 years.

·         The elections for the same were held during the 9th General Assembly of the 2003 Convention at UNESCO headquarters, Paris (France)

·         There were four seats vacant within the Asia-Pacific group, six countries, namely, India, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, and Thailand had presented their candidature where India received 110 votes from the 155 State Parties that were present and voting.

·         India’s vision for 2022-2026 is the protection and promotion of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity.

·         There are India’s 14 inscriptions on the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

In 2021, Durga Puja was added to inscription list. Now, India submitted the nomination for Garba of Gujarat for discussion in 2023.

·         India is also a member of the World Heritage committee of UNESCO (2021-2025).

·         IGC of the 2003 Convention consists of 24 members and is elected in the General Assembly of the Convention as per equitable geographical representation and rotation.

·         States Members to the Committee are elected for a term of four years after a voting system.

 

6.       CII ELECTS R. DINESH AS THE PRESIDENT DESIGNATE

·         The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) elected R. Dinesh as its President designate for 2022-2023.

The CII also elected Sanjiv Puri, chairman and managing director of ITC Ltd as the Vice President.

·         CII President -Sanjiv Bajaj,Headquarters- New Delhi, Delhi

 

7.       JAPAN’S FORMER PM SHINZO ABE PASSED AWAY

·         Japan’s longest-serving leader and former Prime Minister (PM) Shinzo Abe passed away at the age of 67, after being shot, in the city of Nara in Japan.

·         Shinzo Abe was assassinated (shot) while campaigning for the parliamentary election in Nara, Japan.

·         He was shot twice by Tetsuya Yamagami (41-year-old resident of Nara), the identified suspect of the assassination.

·         In January 2022, He was awarded Netaji Award 2022 by Netaji Research Bureau on the 125th Birth Anniversary of NetajiSubhas Chandra Bose.