DAILY CA 13,14 SEP

 DAILY CA 13,14 SEP

1.              BANGLADESH PM SHEIKH HASINA VISIT TO INDIA

·                In September 2022, the Prime Minister (PM) of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina was on a four-day visit to India and held bilateral talks with Indian PM Narendra Modi to review and further strengthen the relationship between both countries.

·                Both sides looked forward to the early launch of the jointly-produced film on Bangabandhu (Mujib: the Making of a Nation).

·                During the meeting Seven Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) were signed between India and Bangladesh in the areas of railways, science and technology, space technology and broadcasting.

·                Both nations decided to open north east border for trade, and transit.

·                This will not only boost north eastern states in India, but also benefits Bangladesh by providing a gateway to South East Asia.

 

2.              RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP FOR AYURVEDA – SPARK

·                The Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), will offer research fellowship to young undergraduate (UG) students enrolled in recognized ayurveda colleges across India under the ‘Studentship Program for Ayurveda Research Ken’ (SPARK) initiative.

·                The SPARK Program will support the innovative ideas of young UG students and will promote evidence based scientific research in the field of Traditional Medicine.

·                The selected fellows will be offered a financial support of Rs 50,000 under the fellowship for 100 students initially.

 

3.              PRESIDENT OF ANGOLA REELECTED

·                Angola’s incumbent President Joao Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço won a second term as the President of Angola after his party, the People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) party, was declared the winner of Angola’s general election.

·                MPLA won 51.17 % of the ballots against 43.95 % for the main challenger, the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA).

·                Angola Capital-Luanda,Currency- Angolan kwanza

 

4.              TARAGIRI - 5^TH STEALTH FRIGATE OF PROJECT 17A LAUNCHED

·                The 5^th stealth frigate of the Indian Navy’s (IN) Project 17A namely ‘Taragiri’ was launched in Mumbai, Maharashtra by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd. (MDL).  

·                It is named after a hill range in the Himalayas located in Garhwal, Uttarakhand.

·                It was designed by the Indian Navy’s in-house design organisation Directorate of Naval Design (DND) in New Delhi (Delhi), while its detailed design and construction was overseen by the MDL, along with Warship Overseeing Team (Mumbai).

·                Taragiri will have state-of-the-art weapons, sensors, an advanced action information system,

·                It is fitted with a supersonic surface-to-surface missile system .

·                P17A Ships are guided-missile frigates, which are follow-on classes of the P17 (Shivalik Class) Frigates with improved stealth features, advanced weapons and sensors and platform management systems.

·                The total value of Project 17A is around Rs 50,000 Crore.

·                Under this, Seven P17A Frigates are being built- 4 at MDL and 3 at Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE). These are named as Nilgiri, Himgiri, Udaygiri, Dunagiri, Taragiri, Vindhyagiri and Mahendragir i e. after the names of hill ranges in India.

 

5.              MAX VERSTAPPEN WIN ITALIAN GRAND PRIX

·                Red Bull’s Max Verstappen has won the Italian Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Pirelli Gran Premiod’Italia 2022) held at Monza Circuit in Monza, Italy

·                Charles Leclerc(Ferrari) finished second.

 

6.              MOUNTAIN BICYCLE WORLD CUP 2022 HELD IN LEH

·                Ladakh Police in collaboration with the Administration of Union Territory of Ladakh and Cycling Association of India organized the first ever Mountain Bicycle (MTB) World Cup- UCI MTB Eliminator World Cup 2022 in Leh, Ladakh. T

·                The event took place at the height of over 12 thousand feet to sea level.

·                Twenty international, 55 national and local cyclists participated in this world cup competition.

·                German cyclists stood first in both men and women categories.

 

7.              NATIONAL FOREST MARTYRS DAY 2022 – SEPTEMBER 11

·                The National Forest Martyrs Day is annually observed across India on 11th September to honour people who gave their lives to preserve India’s forests and wildlife.

·                The day is celebrated to commemorate the anniversary of the Khejarli Massacre in 1730.

 

8.              WORLD FIRST AID DAY 2022: SEPTEMBER 10

·                World First Aid Day is observed every year on the second Saturday of September across the globe.

·                For the year 2022, World First Aid Day 2022 falls on 10 September 2022.

·                The theme for World First Aid Day 2022 is ”Lifelong First Aid Learning”.

·                The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the world’s largest humanitarian network.

·                IFRC Headquarters- Geneva, Switzerland

·                IFRC President-Francesco Rocca

 

9.              IIT-MADRAS BECOMES 1ST INDIAN INSTITUTION TO JOIN NY-BASED IBM QUANTUM NETWORK

·                The Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, has become the 1st Indian educational institution to join the New York (NY)-based International Business Machines (IBM) Quantum Network to promote and advance quantum computing skills development and research in India.

·                IIT-M is to join a network total of 180 global members in the IBM Quantum Network.

·                The network includes about 53 academic institutes from across the world.

·                 IIT-M will receive cloud-based access to IBM’s advanced quantum computing systems and IBM’s quantum expertise.

 

10.           JIMEX 2022: INDIA AND JAPAN JOINT NAVAL EXERCISE

·                The sixth edition of Japan India Maritime Exercise 2022 (JIMEX 22) was hosted by the Indian Navy and it commenced in the Bay of Bengal.

·                The Indian Navy was represented by three indigenously designed and built warships; INS Sahyadri, a multi-purpose stealth frigate and Anti-Submarine Warfare Corvettes INS Kadmatt and INS Kavaratti.

·                JIMEX 22 exercise involves 2 Phases that includes one at sea and another is the harbour phase at Visakhapatnam.

 

11.           INDIA TO HOLD G20 PRESIDENCY FOR 1 YEAR

·                India will assume the Presidency of the Group of Twenty (G20) for a span of 1 year with effect from December 1, 2022, to November 30, 2023.

·                India will host the G20 Leaders’ Summit in New Delhi on 09 and 10 September 2023.

·                The G20 is an intergovernmental forum (IGF) of the world’s major developed and developing economies which comprises 19 countries and the European Union (EU).

·                Currently, India is a part of the G20 Troika (current, previous and incoming G20 Presidencies) comprising Indonesia, Italy and India.

 

12.           ILO REPORT: MODERN SLAVERY ON THE RISE

·                According to the “Global Estimates of Modern Slavery-Forced Labour and Forced Marriage,” released by the International Labour Organization (ILO), there were approximately 50 million (49.6 million) people living in modern slavery on any given day in 2021, up from 40 million in 2016 and a 25% increase over the last 5 years.

·                Of these people, 22 million were trapped in forced marriages and nearly 28 million (27.6 million) were subjected to forced labour.

·                Modern Slavery refers to a set of specific legal concepts, such as forced labour, concepts related to forced labour (such as debt bondage, slavery, and slavery like practices and human trafficking), and forced marriage.

·                Upper-Middle Income or High-Income countries account for more than half (52%) of all forced labour and a quarter of all forced marriages.

·                The number of people who are forced to work has increased by 2.7 million between 2016 and 2021.

 

13.           INDIA & MADAGASCAR SIGNED MOU ON TRAINING OF DIPLOMATS

·                India and Madagascar signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the training of diplomats between India and Madagascar.

·                The agreement was signed between the Sushma Swaraj Institute of Foreign Service (SSIFS) under the Ministry of External Affairs(MEA)  of India and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs(MOFA) of Madagascar.

·                The agreement helps in enhancing cooperation between India and Madagascar to facilitate better training of diplomats.

·                The Sushma Swaraj Institute of Foreign Service (SSIFS) is the civil service training institute where Indian Foreign Service officers are trained.

·                The institute functions under the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Government of India.

·                It is Located in New Delhi

 

14.           INDIA TO BECOME 3RD LARGEST ECONOMY BY 2029: SBI ECOWRAP REPORT

·                As per the report by the State Bank of India (SBI) Research Ecowrap, India is set to become the world’s 3rd largest economy by 2029.

·                The report was released by SBI’s Economic Research Department (ERD).

·                It is likely to surpass Germany in 2027 and Japan by 2029 at the current growth rate.

·                The report is authored by Soumya Kanti Ghosh, Group Chief Economic Adviser, SBI.

·                In Q1 FY23, India registered GDP (Gross Domestic Product) growth at 13.5%. 

·                At this rate India is likely to be the fastest growing economy in FY23.

·                India has already surpassed the size of the United Kingdom (UK) economy in December 2021 to become the 5^th largest economy globally.

 

15.           QIMINGXING-50: CHINA’S 1^ST SOLAR-POWERED DRONE CUM SATELLITE

·                China has successfully tested its first fully solar-powered Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)/drone namely ‘Qimingxing-50′ or Morning star-50 which can fly uninterrupted for months and can function even as a satellite if required.

·                 It is also referred to as a ‘High Altitude Platform Stations’ or a pseudo satellite.

·                It is China’s first large-sized UAV powered only by solar energy.

·                It can fly continuously for long periods at an altitude of 20 km above the earth’s surface.

·                The United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK) are among the nations that have built solar-powered drones that can fly as high as 20 km up in the sky. In July, 2022, the US army tested a solar-powered, near-space Airbus Zephyr S drone that set a new record by being airborne for 64 days.

 

16.           US OPEN TENNIS 2022

·                The Spanish teen Carlos Alcaraz Garcia defeated Norway’s Casper Ruud in the 142nd edition of US Open-2022 Men’s singles final to claim his maiden Grand Slam (GS) title.

·                Alcaraz also became World number 1 in The Pepperstone Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world rankings.

·                IgaSwiatek of Poland has defeated Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur to win the women’s singles category.

 

17.           BOOK “WILL POWER” BY SJOERD MARIJNE

·                Sjoerd Marijne, former Dutch field hockey player and former Indian Women’s Hockey  authored a new book titled “Will Power : The Inside Story of the Incredible Turnaround in Indian Women’s Hockey”.

·                Sjoerd Marijne was appointed the chief coach of the Indian Women’s Hockey Team in 2017 and later, he was given charge of the Men’s Hockey Team in September 2017.

·                In May 2018, he was again appointed as the Coach of the Women’s Hockey and he guided the team to a fourth-place finish at the Tokyo Olympics 2020.