DAILY GK 31 MARCH 2022

 

DAILY GK  31 MARCH 2022

1. INDIA TB REPORT 2022; DELHI TOPS IN TB PREVALENCE

·         According to the India TB Report 2022 – Coming Together to End TB Altogether, India has recorded a 19% increase in Tuberculosis(TB) cases in 2021 over 2020

·         As per ‘National TB Prevalence Survey in India 2019-2021’ Report, Delhi has topped the TB Prevalence in India (among the population aged above 15 years and among all age groups) with 534 cases per 1 lakh population and 747 per 1 Lakh population (highest in India) respectively.

 

2. JAL SHAKTI ABHIYAN: CATCH THE RAIN CAMPAIGN 2022

·         Ram NathKovind, President of India,  launched the Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain (JSA: CTR) campaign – 2022

·         For the year 2022, The Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain Campaign 2022 will focus on springshed development, catchment area augmentation, and gender mainstreaming. 

·         On the occasion of World Water Day 2021(March 22), Prime Minister(PM) of India, Narendra Modi, launched the ‘Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain’ (JSA: CTR) campaign, which was taken up in all districts in rural and urban areas of India during the pre-monsoon and monsoon period (i.e., from March 2021 up to 30th November 2021).

·         The theme of JSA: CTR was “Catch the rain, Where it Falls When it Falls” 

·         3rd National Water Awards 2020:In January 2022, Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh ShekhawatAnnounced the winners of the 3rd NWA 2020. 

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

 

3. SPICEJET, BOEING, CSIR-IIP PARTNERS FOR ECO-FRIENDLY AVIATION FUEL

·         SpiceJet, Boeing and Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)-Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP) are working together to explore opportunities for the use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) in the Indian aviation industry

·         SAF can reduce CO2 emissions by as much as 65% over the life-cycle of fuel with the potential to reach 100% in the future.

·         In 2021, Boeing had committed to delivering commercial aeroplanes, capable and certified to fly on 100% SAF by 2030.

 

4. HDFC ERGO LAUNCHES VAULT, AN INDUSTRY’S FIRST DIGITALLY-ENABLED REWARDS BASED PROGRAM

·         HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company launched its  VAULT program. It is India’s first industry based  digital customer engagement and rewards program.

·         This program is an experiment to test a new idea under the Regulatory Sandbox of IRDAI (Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India )

·         VAULT program: is a customer engagement-based membership program.Under the program,eligible customers will be incentivized by way of reward points on meeting the specified criteria or actions

·         Maximum customer enrolments under this program will be 10,000. This reward program will cover Optima Restore health insurance customers.

 

5. GOOGLE PAY & PINE LABS COLLABORATES TO LAUNCH TAP TO PAY FOR UPI

·         Google Pay, payment platform of Google, has partnered with Pine Labs to launch Tap to Pay for UPI (Unified Payments Interface) – a functionality that aims to bring the seamless convenience of Tap to Pay to UPI.

·         With this new feature, users can just tap their phones on the Point of Sales (POS) terminal and authenticate transactions on their phones using their UPI PIN. 

·         Reliance Retail was the first to test this new feature, and it is now available at other significant retailers such as Future Retail and Starbucks.

 

6. 9TH CENTRAL BANKING AWARDS 2022 

·       Mario Marcel Cullell (Mario Marcel), the Governor of  Banco Central de Chile(BCCh – Central Bank of Chile) has won the Governor of the year Award 2022 at the 9th edition of the Central Banking Awards 2022.

·       The annual Central Banking Awards 2022 is made up of 17 central bank categories and 14 partner and service provider categories.

 

7. NATO EXTENDS JENS STOLTENBERG’S TERM AS SECRETARY-GENERAL UNTIL 2023

·       The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) extended the term of its  Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg by one year until 30 September, 2023.

·       After the NATO summit in Brussels, Belgium the United States of America (USA) President Joe Biden and other NATO leaders decided to extend the tenure of Jens Stoltenberg.

·       Jens Stoltenberg, a former Prime Minister of Norway, took the office of Secretary General in October 2014.

·       NATO: It  is a military alliance established by the North Atlantic Treaty ,also called the Washington Treaty in 1949, by the US, Canada, and other Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union.

·       In 2020, North Macedonia joined NATO.

·       India is not a member of NATO.

·       Members- 30 states (as of 2022) ,Headquarters– Brussels, Belgium.

 

8. VISHWAS PATEL RE-ELECTED AS THE CHAIRMAN OF PAYMENTS COUNCIL OF INDIA

·         Vishwas Patel has been re-elected as the Chairman of Payments Council of India (PCI) for the second time in 2022

·         PCI is a payments ecosystem industry body, and is a part of the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI). PCI aims to promote cashless transaction society and visions to grow digital payment in India.

 

9. ASSAM CM HIMANTABISWASARMA RE-ELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF BAI 

·         Himanta Biswa Sarma, Chief Minister(CM) of Assam was re-elected as the President of the Badminton Association of India(BAI) for a period of 4 years from 2022 to 2026 during the General Body Meeting held Guwahati, Assam.

·         Former junior national coach Sanjay Mishra was elected as the new general secretary

 

10. INDIA WINS 3RD EDITION OF THE SAFF U-18 WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP 2022 IN JHARKHAND

·         Indian Women wins 3rd edition of South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Under – 18 (U-18) Championship 2022 by defeating Bangladesh women’s football U-18 team, which took place in JRD Tata Sports Complex, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. 

·         India lost to Bangladesh in the final match for (0-1).

·         Because India and Bangladesh topped the table with 9 points respectively, the Winner was decided by the superior goal difference in which India scored +11 goals and Bangladesh scored +3 goals.

·         SAFF U-18 Championship 2022 is a three-nation tournament consists of India, Bangladesh and Nepal.

 

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