DAILY GK 3 SEPT
1.
CMIE: INDIA’S AUGUST UNEMPLOYMENT HIGHEST IN LAST
ONE YEAR AT 8.3%
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According to the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy Pvt. Ltd (CMIE),
India’s unemployment rate surged to a one-year high of 8.3% in August 2022 as employment
sequentially fell by 2 million to 394.6 million.
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This is the highest unemployment rate since August
2021.
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In August the urban unemployment rate shot up to
9.6% and rural unemployment rate also increased to 7.7%.
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The unemployment rate in rural India rose from 6.1%
in July to 7.7% in August and the employment rate fell from 37.6% to 37.3%.
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In August 2022, Haryana recorded the highest
unemployment rate (37.3%) followed by Jammu & Kashmir(J&K) 32.8%,
Rajasthan 31.4%, Jharkhand 17.3% and Tripura 16.3%.
2.
EXERCISE VOSTOK-2022 IN RUSSIA
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The Indian Army contingent, made up of personnel
from the 7/8 Gorkha Rifles, is participating in the multinational strategic and
command Exercise(Ex)
Vostok-2022(East 2022), which is taking place at the training grounds of
Russia’s Eastern Military District.
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The military exercise involves troops from Russia,
China, India, Laos, Mongolia, Nicaragua, Syria, and other ex-Soviet countries
such as Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan.
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Japan has expressed opposition to Russia holding
the maritime component of Vostok 2022 close to the Southern Kuril Island, which
is claimed by both Russia & Japan.
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India has opted not to participate in the marine
component in Russia due to Japan’s concerns.
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The India-Japan 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue 2022 will
take place later in September 2022, and both countries are represented in the
QUAD (United States of America (USA), India, Australia & Japan).
3.
SEBI RECONSTRUCTS PANEL ON CYBER SECURITY
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Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has restructured its 4
members, high-level panel on cyber security that suggests measures to safeguard
the capital markets from cyber attacks.
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The committee has now expanded to six members, which will be chaired by Navin Kumar Singh,
Director General (DG), National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection
Centre (NCIIPC).
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In May 2017, SEBI
had set up the panel, which was headed by the then whole-time member Madhabi Puri Buch, who is currently
the chairperson of SEBI.
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The committee oversees and provides guidance on
cyber security initiatives for SEBI as well as the entire capital market.
4.
64TH MAGSAYSAY AWARDS 2022
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The 2022 Ramon Magsaysay Awardees are Sotheara
Chhim (Cambodia), Bernadette Madrid (Philippines), Tadashi
Hattori (Japan) and Gary Bencheghib (Indonesia).
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The theme of 2022
Awards is “Greatness of Spirit, Beyond Borders”.
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The Ramon Magsaysay Award, established in
1957, is Asia’s greatest honour and distinction.
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It is named after Ramon Magsaysay, the third
president of the Philippines.
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The award is regarded around the world as ‘’Asia’s
Nobel Prize’’.
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The prize is annually presented in a ceremonial
ceremony in Manila, Philippines on August 31.
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Ravish Kumar, an Indian journalist,
received the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2019 for “using journalism to give voice
to the voiceless.”
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Vinoba Bhave(India), was one of the inaugural
recipients of the Ramon Magsaysay Award (1958).
5.
KALYAN CHAUBEY BECOMES NEW AIFF PRESIDENT
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The former Indian Footballer and Indian Politician
(BJP), Kalyan Chaubey from
West Bengal defeated former Indian Professional Footballer Bhaichung Bhutia from
Sikkim to become new President of
All India Football Federation (AIFF).
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In AIFFs 85-year history, Chaubey is the 1st Indian player (former)
to chair as President in the football federation.
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Chaubey is a graduate of Tata Football Academy in
1995 and became a professional football player.
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He played as a goalkeeper and won the award “Indian
Goalkeeper of the Year” in 1997-98 and 2001-02
6.
ANA BRNABIC APPOINTED SERBIAN PM
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Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic nominated Ana Brnabic to serve another term
as prime minister (PM), to
lead the government through a time of war in Europe, global energy and
inflation crises and tensions with Kosovo.
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Ana Brnabic (46years) became Serbia’s first female and an openly gay premier in
2020.
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Serbia is almost entirely dependent on Russian gas
and has also bought weapons from Russia, while China is a major investor for
Serbia.
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Serbia Capital – Belgrade,Currency
– Serbian dinar
7.
INDIA’S FIRST INDIGENOUSLY-DEVELOPED VACCINE TO
PREVENT CERVICAL CANCER LAUNCHED
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India had launched its First indigenously-developed
quadrivalent Human Papilloma Virus (qHPV) vaccine
on 1 September, 2022 against Cervical Cancer.
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This vaccine was developed by the Serum Institute
of India (SII) and the
Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and
the market was granted by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI), which was
recommended by the Subject Expert Committee (SEC).
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In India, Cervical Cancer ranks 2nd most frequent cancer among
women between 15 and 44 years
of age.
