DAILY GK 12 APRIL

 

DAILY GK 12 APRIL

1.       ASIA’S LARGEST SEWERAGE TREATMENT PLANT AT OKHLA

●     This STP aims to remove contaminants from sewage to produce an effluent that is suitable for discharge to the surrounding environment or an intended reuse application

●     According to the Ministry of Jal Shakti, the total sanction cost of the Okhla STP project is Rs 665.78 crore.

 

2.       ECUADOR – FIRST COUNTRY TO GIVE LEGAL RIGHTS TO WILD ANIMALS

●     The South American Country – Ecuador became the First country in the world to give legal rights to wild animals.

●     Ecuador capital – Quito,President – Guillermo Lasso

 

3.       PRESIDENT OF INDIA VISITS TURKMENISTAN AND NETHERLANDS

●     Ram NathKovind becomes the first ever Indian President to visit Turkmenistan

●     Documents were signed along with Memorandum of Understanding (MoU’s) at the Oguzhar (Presidential) palace Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.

●     The President of India visited the Kingdom of Netherlands and met King Willem Alexander and Queen Maxima.

●     During the visit, the President will hold discussions with His Royal Majesties and Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of the Netherlands.

 

4.       SARASWATI SAMMAN 2021

●     India’s noted poet and litterateur Professor Ramdarash Mishra has been selected as the recipient of the SaraswatiSamman 2021 for his Hindi Poetry collection titled “Mein to Yahan Hun”.

●     SaraswatiSamman, one of India’s most prestigious literary awards, was instituted in 1991 by KK Birla Foundation.

●     The award is annually presented to outstanding literary work written in any Indian language by an Indian citizen and published within the last 10 years.

 

5.       CHIEF COORDINATOR OF  G20 SUMMIT 2023

●     Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla has been appointed as the Chief Coordinator of the G20 Summit, which will be hosted by India in 2023.

●     India will hold the Presidency of the G20 from 1 December 2022 to 30 November 2023 and will host the G20 Leaders’ Summit for the first time in 2023.

●     The G20 Summit 2023 will be India’s largest international event in recent years, bringing together the five P5 (US, Russia, China, the United Kingdom, and France) representatives in India at the same time.

●     Union Minister of Commerce & Industry Piyush Goyal will remain the G20 sherpa.

●     G20 Bali Summit 2022:It is the 17th meeting of G20 Heads of State and Government Summit which is scheduled to take place in Bali, Indonesia from November 15-16, 2022 under the Presidency of Indonesia with the overall theme of “Recover Together Recover Stronger”.

●     About G20:  It is a strategic multilateral platform connecting the world’s major developed and emerging economies. India is a founding member of the G20 Group.

●     Members – 19 world’s major economies and the European Union (EU).

 

6.       TUVALU NEGOTIATOR IAN FRY APPOINTED AS CLIMATE CHANGE EXPERT BY UNHRC

●     As a part to the 49th session, The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has appointed Tuvalu negotiator Dr Ian Fry for the post of United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change.

●     Ian Fry is the world’s 1st independent expert for human rights and climate change. He has been appointed for a period of three years.

●     Ian Fry, who holds both Australian and Tuvaluan nationality, will be the first to hold the post.

 

7.       PAKISTAN CONDUCTS TEST FLIGHT OF BALLISTIC MISSILE SHAHEEN-III

●     The Pakistan Army has conducted a successful flight test of the surface-to-surface medium-range ballistic missile Shaheen-III, which was intended to revalidate various design and technical characteristics of the weapon system.

●     Shaheen-III is a 2,750-kilometer-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile

●     The missile is capable of carrying nuclear and conventional warheads.

 

8.       WORLD HOMOEOPATHY DAY 2022 – 10TH APRIL

●     The day also marks the birth anniversary of German physician Dr Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann, the founding father of Homeopathy, a branch of medicine.

●     Sarbananda Sonowal, Union Minister of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy (AYUSH), inaugurated a two-day scientific convention,  in New Delhi, Delhi.

●     The theme of the Scientific Convention on WHD 2022 is “Homoeopathy: People’s Choice for Wellness”.

 

9.       NATIONAL SAFE MOTHERHOOD DAY 2022 – APRIL 11

●     The day also marks the birth anniversary of Kasturba Gandhi, an Indian political activist and wife of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.

●     The National Safe Motherhood Day is an initiative undertaken by the White Ribbon Alliance (WRAI), an alliance of more than 1800 Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO)

●     According to the special bulletin on Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) released by the Registrar General of India on 14th March 2022, India’s MMR has improved to 103 in 2017-19, from 113 in 2016-18.