DAILY GK: 8,9 JUNE

 DAILY GK: 8,9 JUNE

1.       MULTINATIONAL JOINT EXERCISE ‘EX KHAAN QUEST 2022′

·         Annual Multinational Peacekeeping Military Exercise ‘Ex Khaan Quest (KQ) 2022’ has commenced which is hosting by Mongolia at its Five Hills Training Area, near Ulaanbaatar.

·         Military contingents from 16 countries are being participating in this exercise.

·         Indian Army (IA) is represented by a contingent from the Ladakh Scouts.

 

2.       ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE INDEX 2022

·         According to the biennial Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2022 released which was  analysed by the researchers at the Earth Institute of Yale and Columbia University, India has been ranked 180 which is at the bottom amongst other countries with a total score of 18.9.

·         Denmark tops the index of emerging as the most sustainable country in the 2022 rankings.

·         India’s neighbouring nations have shown better rankings including Pakistan which ranked 176 and Bangladesh ranked 177.

 

3.       SBI APPOINTS ALOK KUMAR CHOUDHARY AS NEW MD

·         SBI Deputy Managing Director (DMD) Alok Kumar Choudhary is appointed as Managing Director (MD) for a period of 2 years

·         He will be handling the Retail Business & Operations of the lender in SBI.

·         SBI will have 4 MD’s headed by the Chairman.

·         The three other MDs – CS Setty (MD in charge of retail banking), Swaminathan Janakiraman (MD in charge of Stressed Assets, Risk and Compliance) and Ashwini Kumar Tiwari (MD in charge of international banking).

·         SBI Chairman – Dinesh Kumar Khara

 

4.       SEBI RESTRUCTURED ITS ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON MUTUAL FUNDS

·         The Securities and Exchange Board of India(SEBI) has restructured its Advisory Committee on Mutual Funds which advises the SEBI on issues related to the regulation of mutual funds for ensuring investor Protection.

·         The 25-member advisory committee will be chaired by Usha Thorat, former Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

·         SEBI was constituted as a non-statutory body on 12th April 1988 and later it was established as a statutory body in 1992.

·         Chairperson– Madhabi Puri Buch

·         Headquarters– Mumbai, Maharashtra

 

5.       INDIA SUCCESSFULLY TEST FIRES NUCLEAR-CAPABLE IRBM AGNI-IV

·         India successfully carried out a night launch of the nuclear-capable Agni-4(“Fire”)Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM) from the APJ Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha

·         It is a two stage Surface to Surface missile with range of around 3500-4,000 kilometres.

·         It can carry a 1,000-kg payload and can go as high as 900 km, and is 4th in the Agni series of missiles which was earlier known as Agni II prime.

·         Agni-1 to 5 missiles are designed & developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and inducted into services to act as deterrence & meet India’s security requirements.

·         The tri-Service SFC already has the Prithvi-II (350-km), Agni-I (700-km), Agni-II (2,000-km), Agni-III (3,000-km) and Agni-IV missile units, while the induction of the country’s first intercontinental ballistic missile Agni-V (over 5,000-km) is currently in an advanced stage.

 

6.       WORLD FOOD SAFETY DAY 2022 – JUNE 7

·         The United Nations(UN)’s World Food Safety Day is annually observed across the globe on 7th June to create awareness about the importance of improving food safety.

·         The annual observance of World Food Safety Day is jointly led by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

·         The theme of World Food Safety Day 2022 is “Safer food, better health”.

·         The World Food Safety Day 2022 is observed under the slogan “Food safety, everyone’s business”.

 

7.       4TH STATE FOOD SAFETY INDEX 2021-22

·         On the occasion of World Food Safety Day which was held on the theme ‘Safer food, better health’, the Union Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoH&FW) released 4th State Food Safety Index (SFSI) for 2021-2022 by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).

·         Among larger states, Tamil Nadu (TN) was the top ranking state, followed by Gujarat and Maharashtra.

·         Among the smaller states, Goa stood first followed by Manipur and Sikkim.

·         Among UTs, Jammu & Kashmir (J&K), Delhi and Chandigarh secured first, second and third ranks.

 

8.       WORLD BANK CUTS INDIA’S GROWTH FORECAST TO 7.5% FOR FY23

·         The World Bank (WB) in its latest Global Economic Prospects June 2022 Report has reduced its FY23 real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth forecast for India to 7.5%, from 8%(April 2022,forecast), amid inflationary pressures, supply-chain disruptions, and geopolitical tensions.

·         India’s Growth is also expected to slow further to 7.1% in 2023-24.

·         It also lowered its global growth forecast for calendar year 2022 to 2.9% from 4.1%( January,2022 forecast ).

·         A rise in prices across all items from fuel to vegetables and cooking oil pushed WPI or Wholesale Price-Based Inflation to a record high of 15.08% in April 2022 and retail inflation to a near 8-year high of 7.79%.

India’s growth cut by other Agencies:

·         RBI - 7.2% for FY23, S&P - 7.3% for FY23,Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 7.5%,

·         World bank 7.5% IMF - 8.2,Fitch - 8.5%, for FY23, Moody’s -8.8% for 2022

 

9.       CHINA’S TIANGONG SPACE STATION- SHENZHOU-14 CREWED MISSION

·         China successfully launched the 3 astronauts (including 1 woman astronaut) on a 6-month mission to complete the construction of China’s Tiangong Space Station, a space station being built by the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) in the Low Earth Orbit(LEO).

·         Following the completion of Space Station construction, China will become the only country to own a space station.

·         The International Space Station (ISS) of Russia is a collaboration project involving 5 space agencies (countries), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (United States of America), Roscosmos (Russia), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) (Japan), European Space Agency, and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) (Canada).

 

10.    FRENCH OPEN TENNIS -ROLAND-GARROS 2022

·         Rafael Nadal Parera ‘Rafa’, Spanish tennis player clinched his 22nd Grand Slam title (Men’s singles category) in ROLAND-GARROS (French Open) 2022, held at Court Philippe-Chatrier, Paris, France.

·         Nadal defeated Casper Ruud (Norway) in the final and added his 14th ROLAND-GARROS 2022 trophy to his cabinet

·         The French Open 2022 was played on clay courts.

·         In Women category Iga Swiatek of Poland (Rank 1) defeated Coco Gauff of United States (US) (Rank 13) to win second career Grand Slam title at French open 2022.

 

11.    MITHALI RAJ RETIRES FROM ALL FORMS OF INTERNATIONAL CRICKET

·         Indian women’s cricket team captain, Mithali Raj (39 years old), hailing from Jodhpur, Rajasthan, announced her retirement from all forms of international cricket.

·         Previously in September 2019, she retired from twenty 20 International (T20Is) but continued to play One Day Internationals(ODIs) and Test cricket.

·         She is the only female cricketer to reach the 7,000-run mark.

·         She holds the record for most runs in Women’s ODI.

·         She has scored a tally of 10,868 runs across all three formats and became the “leading run-scorer of all-time in women’s international cricket”.

 

12.    WORLD OCEANS DAY 2022 – JUNE 8

·         The United Nations(UN)’s World Oceans Day is annually observed across the globe on 8th June to create awareness about the importance of the Oceans as the major source of food and medicine and a critical part of the biosphere.

·         The theme of World Oceans Day 2022 is “Revitalization: collective action for the ocean”.