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Monday, July 25, 2022

DAILY GK 17,18 JULY

 DAILY GK 17,18 JULY

1.       7TH EDITION OF NATIONAL INSTITUTIONAL RANKING FRAMEWORK (NIRF) RANKINGS 2022.

·         The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) is provided by Ministry of Human resource development.

·         Ministry has launched the NIRF on September 29, 2015.

·         It provides a methodology for providing rank to institutions across India in different categories.

·         In year 2022, rankings were announced in 11 categories viz., Engineering, Colleges, Universities, Management, Overall, Medical, Law, Architecture, Research, Dental, and Pharmacy.

·         In Engineering institutes category, IIT Madras has been ranked at first position.

·         In Medical college category, AIIMS New Delhi has been ranked as best.

·         Savitha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai was ranked best in dental college category.

·         Miranda House was tagged as best college, followed by Hindu college and Presidency college.

·         IIM Ahmedabad was ranked as best B-school in India, in management category

·         Overall Category-Indian Institute of Technology Madras

·         Pharmacy Colleges Jamia Hamdard

·         University: IISc, Bengaluru tops the category.

·         Research Institution: IISc, Bengaluru is ranked the best research institution followed by IIT Madras.

·         Architecture: IIT Roorkee takes the top slot for the second time in Architecture subject.

·         Law: National Law School of India University, Bengaluru retains its first position in Law for the fifth consecutive year.

 

2.       INDIA’S FIRST-EVER UNDERWATER METRO TRAIN TO BE SET UP IN KOLKATA

·         In early 2023, India will get its first-ever underwater train with Kolkata’s futuristic metro covering a distance of 16.34 km east-west corridor that ends under the river Hooghly.

·         Out of 16.34 Km length, 10. 8km is underground and 520-metre will be the underwater tunnel.

·         This initiative is India’s version of Eurostar train that travels between London and Paris.

·         The underwater rail will connect Howrah to BBD Bagh (Dalhousie Square) in Kolkata.

 

3.       PM NARENDRA MODI INAUGURATES 296 KM LONG BUNDELKHAND EXPRESSWAY IN UP

·         Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi  inaugurated the 296 km long Bundelkhand Expressway at Kaitheri village in Orai tehsil of Jalaun, Uttar Pradesh (UP).

·         It  passes through seven districts of UP and was constructed at a cost of around Rs 14,850 crore.

·         It was  developed by UPEIDA (Uttar Pradesh Expressway Industrial Development Authority).

 

4.       VARANASI DESIGNATED FIRST ‘CULTURAL AND TOURISM CAPITAL’ OF SCO FOR 2022-23

·         Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh (UP), has been named the first “Cultural & Tourism Capital of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)” under a new rotating initiative to promote people-to-people contacts and tourism among the member states.

·         In accordance with a new rotating initiative, the title will be awarded during India’s SCO Presidency from September 2022 to September 2023.

·         The SCO Secretariat, headed by Secretary-General, Zhang Ming of China, announced this at a press conference in Beijing, China.

·         The SCO is an intergovernmental organization founded in Shanghai, China, on 15 June 2001. Its Secretariat, based in Beijing, China, is the main permanent executive body of the SCO.

·         The SCO currently comprises eight Member States: China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

·         India will take over as SCO chair from Uzbekistan at the Samarkand Summit 2022, which will be held in Uzbekistan on September 15-16, 2022.

·         Later, Samarkand will be transformed into “SCO Park.”

 

5.       DBS NAMED ‘WORLD’S BEST SME BANK 2022’ BY EUROMONEY

·         DBS Bank was recognised as the ‘World’s Best SME Bank’ by Euromoney for the second time (the first time in 2018).

·         Euromoney magazine has named Bank of America the World’s Best Bank for 2022.

·         Goldman Sachs has been named the World’s best investment bank 2022. 

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