DAILY GK 13,14 JULY

 DAILY GK 13,14 JULY 

1.       10TH WORLD PEACE FORUM ORGANIZED IN BEIJING

·         The Tenth edition of the World Peace Forum 2022 was organised by Tsinghua University, in Beijing, China under the theme“Preserving International Stability: Commonality, Comprehensiveness and Cooperation”.

·         India’s ambassador to China Pradeep Kumar Rawat was also a participant in the Forum.

 

2.       AMITABH KANT BECOMES INDIA’S NEW G20 SHERPA

·         The former National Institute for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Amitabh Kant is appointed as India’s new Sherpa for the Group of Twenty (G20) by replacing PiyushGoyal, a Union minister of commerce and Industry.

·         India assumes the presidency from 1st December 2022 and the appointment of Amitabh Kant will also be effective from the same date and lasts till 30th November 2023.

·         Current president of G20 is Indonesia.

·         Amitabh Kant will now be the personal representative for Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi at the G20 summit and will also be responsible for pre-summit meetings and negotiations.

·         India has been a member of the G20 since 1999 and for the first time India will host the G20 leaders summit in 2023.

·         Members of G20 – Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union. Spain is also invited as a permanent guest.

 

3.       BORIS JOHNSON RESIGNED AS UK PRIME MINISTER 

·         United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister (PM), Boris Johnson  announced his resignation as Prime Minister of UK after he was abandoned by ministers and own party’s lawmakers.

·         He also step down from Conservative Party leader.

·         However he would serve as the PM until his successor was elected. 

 

4.       CROATIA TO BECOME 20TH COUNTRY TO ADOPT EURO AS CURRENCY

·         Croatia will become the 20th member of the eurozone to adopt Euro currency from 1 January 2023, replacing the current currency Croatian Kuna.

·         Croatia’s currency Kuna has comparatively low inflation and low-interest rates, a stable currency regime.

·         In 2015, Lithuania joined the European single-currency regime.

 

5.       THE WIMBLEDON TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2022

·         In 135th edition Novak Djokovic (Serbia) won 2022 men’s Singles title against Nick Kyrgios (Australia)

·         Wimbledon usually takes place in Grass Outdoor Courts and every player must follow the dress-code of Whites.

·         Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) won 2022 women’s singles final Wimbledon. She defeated OnsJabeur (Tunisia).

·         Nadal stands 1st with 22 Grand Slams, Djokovic Stands 2nd with 21 Grand Slams and Roger Federer stands 3rd with 20 Grand Slams.