DALY GK 29,30 SEP

 DALY GK 29,30 SEP

1.             ICAO SIGNS MOU WITH INTERNATIONAL SOLAR ALLIANCE

·               A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the International Solar Alliance (ISA) headquartered at Haryana, India and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) during the the 42nd Session of the ICAO Assembly in Montreal, Canada.

·               Objective of MoU is to check the growth of CO2 emissions in the aviaton sector and also to reduce carbon emissions.

·               India sets Net Zero Carbon goal in 2070 in COP 26.

·               India also set a target of installing 175 GW of renewable energy of which 100 GW will be solar energy by 2022 and reduction in emission intensity by 33-35% by 2030.

 

2.             INS SUNAYNA PARTICIPATES IN COMBINED MARITIME FORCES AT SEYCHELLES

·               The Indian Naval Ship (INS) Sunayna participated in the capacity-building exercise Operation Southern Readiness conducted by Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) at Seychelles

·               INS Sunayna is a 2^nd Saryu-class Naval Offshore Patrol Vessel (NOPV) that was commissioned by vice admiral SathishSoni, flag officer commanding in chief for southern naval command at Kochi in  2013.

·               Seychelles President  Wavel Ramkalawan,Capital – Victoria

 

3.             LATA MANGESHKAR AWARD

·               Shailendra Singh is honoured with the Lata Mangeshkar Award for 2019

·               Anand-Milind is honoured with the LataMangeshkar Award for 2020

·               Kumar Sanu is honoured with the Lata Mangeshkar Award for 2021

·               It is a National-level award instituted to honour works in the field of music.

·               The State Government of Madhya Pradesh started this award in 1984, which consists of a certificate of merit and a cash prize.

 

4.             MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN NAMED AS PRIME MINISTER OF SAUDI ARABIA

·               Mohammed bin Salman, a powerful Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia and son of King Salman bin Abdulaziz has been named Prime Minister  (PM) of the Kingdom by royal decree.

·               Saudi Arabia Capital- Riyadh     

 

5.             JALDOOT APP FOR MONITORING OF GROUND WATER TABLES ACROSS INDIA LAUNCHED

·               The Union Minister of State (MoS) Faggan Singh Kulaste, Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) launched the ‘JALDOOT App and JALDOOT App e-brochure’ during a function in New Delhi, Delhi.

·               This app will be used across India for the monitoring of ground water tables by capturing the water level of selected 2-3 wells in a village.

·               It is developed by MoRD and Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR).

 

6.             DRDO SUCCESSFULLY TESTED VERY SHORT RANGE AIR DEFENCE SYSTEM MISSILE

·               the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully conducted the two flight tests of the Very Short Range Air Defence System (VSHORADS) missile from a ground based portable launcher at the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur, off the coast of Odisha.

·               This Man Portable Air Defence System (MANPAD) will be used for neutralising low altitude aerial threats at short ranges.

·               It is designed and developed indigenously by Hyderabad (Telangana)-based Research Centre Imarat (RCI) of the DRDO in collaboration with other DRDO laboratories and Indian Industry Partners.

 

7.             NAVIC, INDIA’S HOME-GROWN ALTERNATIVE TO THE GPS SYSTEM

·               Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC) is an indigenous independent stand-alone navigation satellite system developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and controlled by India.

·               NavIC was originally approved in 2006 at a cost of USD 174 million and became operational in 2018.

·               Currently, NavIC’s use in India is limited to public vehicle tracking, for providing emergency warning alerts to deep sea fishermen with no terrestrial network connectivity, and for tracking information related to natural disasters.

·               NavIC is currently for use in India and its boundaries while other satellites such as GPS from the United States (US), Galileo from the European Union, GLONASS from Russia, QZSS, operated by Japan and Beidou from China caters to users across the globe for regional navigation.

 

8.             WORLD RABIES DAY 2022 – SEPTEMBER 28

·               World Rabies Day 2022 is annually observed across the globe on 28th of September to celebrate rabies prevention efforts and unite against rabies.

·               The theme of World Rabies Day 2022 is “Rabies: One Health, Zero Death”, which highlights the relation between the environment with both people and animals.

 

9.              ‘IIFL WEALTH HURUN INDIA 40 & UNDER SELF-MADE RICH LIST 2022

·               Zerodha’s co-founder Nikhil Kamath topped the ‘IIFL Wealth Hurun India 40 & Under Self-Made Rich List 2022’ with a net worth of Rs 17,500 crore.

·               Ola co-founder Bhavish Agarwal came second (Rs 11,700 crore) and DivyankTurakhia of Media.net came third place (11,200 crore).

·               The Hurun India rich list has 53 entrepreneurs under 40 years of age.

·               The founder of Zepto, Kaivalya Vohra (19 year old) became the youngest self-made entrepreneur on the list.

 

10.          ‘Changemaker’ award at UN SDG Action Awards

·               A women’s rights activist from India, Srishti Bakshi has won the ‘Changemaker‘ award at the UN SDG (United Nations Sustainable Development Goals) Action Awards held at a ceremony in Bonn, Germany.

·               The award is given to recognise the efforts of Srishti Bakshi to raise awareness of gender-based violence and inequality.

·               Srishti Bakshi, a marketer-turned-women’s-rights-activist and founder of the Cross Bow Miles movement, started on an on-foot pilgrimage of 3,800 Km through 12 Indian states from Kanyakumari to Kashmir.

 

11.          LT GEN ANIL CHAUHAN (RETIRED) APPOINTED AS INDIA’S 2ND CHIEF DEFENCE STAFF

·               The Government of India(GoI) appointed Lieutenant (Lt.) General (Gen.) Anil Chauhan, the military adviser to the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) and a former Eastern Army Commander, as the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of India.

·               He is the 2nd person to hold the post of CDS after General Bipin Rawat, who died in a chopper crash in December 2021 in Tamil Nadu.

·               General Anil Chauhan will also function as Secretary of the Department of Military Affairs, GoI with effect from the date of his assumption of charge and until further orders.

·               Gen. Anil Chauhan retired in May 2022 and is currently the military advisor to national security advisor Ajit Doval.

·               Following the appointment as CDS, Lt. Gen. Anil Chauhan will automatically become a 4-star officer .

·               In June 2022, the amended service rules of the armed forces made all serving and recently retired 3-star officers, Lt General, Air Marshal and Vice Admiral who are under the age of 62 eligible for the post.

·               According to the new rules, all 3-star and 4-star officers from the tri services, including the retired officers from June 2020, are eligible for consideration for the post.

·               He has authored a book “Aftermath of a Nuclear Attack”

 

12.          R. VENKATARAMANI BECOMES THE NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR INDIA

·               Droupadi Murmu, President of India, has appointed  senior advocate R. Venkataramani  (72-years old) as the Attorney General (AG) for India for a period of 3 years succeeding K. K. Venugopal

·               Attorney General for India is the first law officer of the Government of India.

·               AG is appointed by the President of India at the instance of the Union Cabinet under Article 76(1) of the Constitution.

·               According to the article 76(4), There is no fixed tenure for the AG, he/she shall hold the office during the pleasure of the President and shall receive such remuneration as the President may determine.

·               According to Article 76(2) of the Indian Constitution, the duty of the AG is to give advice to the GoI upon such legal matters and also to perform such other legal duties that are assigned by the President of India.

·               Under Article 88, the AG shall have the right to speak and take part in all the proceedings of Loksabha and Rajyasabha including joint sitting of the Houses, and any committee of Parliament for which he is added as a member.

·               He is not subjected to vote.

 

13.          RAJENDRA KUMAR APPOINTED AS DIRECTOR GENERAL OF ESIC

·               IAS officer Rajendra Kumar is appointed as the Director General of the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC)

·               ESIC is two main statutory social security bodies under the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India.

·               The other one is Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation(EPFO).

·               ESIC Headquarters- New Delhi,Delhi

 

14.          WORLD HEART DAY 2022- SEPTEMBER 29

·               World Heart Day 2022 is annually observed across the globe on 29 September to raise awareness about the rising concerns of heart health and cardiovascular diseases (CVD).

·               The theme for World Heart Day 2022 is “Use Heart For Every Heart’’.

·               It is based on the three key beneficiaries i.e Use heart for humanity, Use Heart for Nature, and Use heart for you.

·               The idea of World Heart Day was proposed by Antoni Bayés de Luna, former President of the World Heart Federation (WHF) (1997-1999).

·               In 1999, the WHF and the World Health Organization (WHO) collaborated to the establishment of World Heart Day and proclaimed the last Sunday of September as World Heart Day.