Daily Current Affairs and GK | 1 July 2022

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Topic: National Appointments

1. K.K. Venugopal has been re-appointed as Attorney General for three months.

  • He was appointed by the President as Attorney General of India in July 2017. His present tenure ended on June 30.
  • He is not willing to continue in the constitutional post due to "personal reasons”.
  • He has appeared in many cases related to Constitutional and corporate law.
  • Attorney General of India:
    • He is the chief legal advisor of the government.
    • He is appointed by President under the Article 76 of the Indian Constitution.
    • He has the right to participate in the proceedings of both the house but he cannot vote in the parliament.
    • M. C. Setalvad was the first Attorney General of India.

Topic: Indian Economy

2. Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade released the Index of Eight Core Industries (ICI) for May 2022 on 30 June 2022.

  • The combined ICI increased at 18.1% (provisional) in May 2022 as compared to the Index of May 2021. In May 2022, the Index stood at 148.1.
  • Core industries output recorded growth of 18.1% in May 2022 against 16.4% in the corresponding month of previous year (May 2021).
  • The final growth rate of ICI for February 2022 has been revised to 5.9% from its provisional level of 5.8%.
  • In May 2022, the cement industry recorded the highest growth of 26.3%.
  • Index of Eight Core Industries (ICI):
    • It measures combined and individual performance of production in selected eight core industries.
    • The eight core industries are Coal, Crude Oil, Natural Gas, Refinery Products, Fertilizers, Steel, Cement and Electricity.
    • The Eight Core Industries comprise 40.27% of the weight of items included in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP).

Topic: Sports

3. Neeraj Chopra won silver medal at Diamond League meet in Stockholm.

  • He won his first-ever medal at Diamond League meet in Stockholm.
  • He broke his own national record for the second time in a month.
  • He finished second with a throw of 89.94 meter. World champion Anderson Peters won the event with a throw of 90.31 meters. 
  • Neeraj Chopra broke the record of 89.30 meters. He set this record at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku earlier this month.
  • Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra is the first Indian who won a gold medal in athletics at the Olympics.

Diamond League meet in Stockholm

(Source: News on AIR)

Topic: Reports and Indices

4. Four Indian cities are included in the list of top 20 sustainable cities according to Asia Pacific Sustainability Index 2021.

  • These cities are Bengaluru, Delhi, Hyderabad and Mumbai.
  • Bengaluru was ranked 14th in the APAC region. It is the only Indian city to achieve the ‘Gold’ standard category.
  • Delhi ranked second amongst the Indian cities (ranked 17th in the APAC region).
  • Hyderabad ranked third among the Indian cities and 18th in the APAC region. Mumbai is in the 20th position in the APAC region.
  • India is the sixth-largest country in APAC based on the total amount of green bonds issued in 2021.
  • According to statistics provided by the Climate Bonds Initiative, China issued the largest amount of green bonds in APAC in 2021.
  • Global property consultant, Knight Frank’s APAC Sustainably Led Cities Index rated 36 cities on the basis of four parameters.
  • These parameters are urbanisation pressure, climate risk, carbon emissions and government initiatives.
  • Top five green-rated cities in commercial real estate in the Asia-Pacific region are Singapore, Sydney, Wellington, Perth, and Melbourne.

Topic: State News/Maharashtra

5. Eknath Shinde sworn in as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra.

  • Devendra Fadnavis took oath as Deputy Chief Minister.
  • On 29 June, Uddhav Thackeray stepped down as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
  • The Governor of Maharashtra has asked Chief Minister Shinde to prove the majority of his government in the state assembly on July 2.
  • On July 2, the assembly's Speaker will also be elected.
  • Shinde was serving as the Urban Development Minister in the previous Maha Vikas Aghadi government.
  • Chief Minister:
    • Chief Minister is the elected head of the government of a state.
    • Article 164 states that the Chief Minister shall be appointed by the Governor and the other ministers shall be appointed on the advice of the Chief Minister.
    • He advises the Governor regarding the appointment of other Ministers and decides the portfolios for them.

Chief Minister of Maharashtra

(Source: News on AIR)

Topic: Important Days

6. International Asteroid Day 2022: 30 June

  • Every year on June 30, World Asteroid Day is celebrated across the world.
  • The purpose of World Asteroid Day is to increase public awareness about the dangers posed by asteroids.
  • The theme of International Asteroid Day 2022 is “Small is beautiful.”
  • It is celebrated on the anniversary of the 1908 Tunguska incident in Siberia.
  • The UN declared June 30 as World Asteroid Day in December 2016.
  • Asteroids are small rock-like structures that revolve around the Sun. These are found orbiting around the Sun between Mars and Jupiter.
  • Two organizations were founded in 2013 and 2014 related to asteroids: 
    • Space Mission Planning Advisory Group (SMPAG): It assists nations in evaluating the potential effects of an asteroid impact and developing mitigating strategies.
    • International Asteroid Warning Network (IAWN): It assists in determining the technology required for deflecting Near-Earth object.
 
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Topic: Important Days

7. GST Day: 1 July

  • Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated celebrations of the 5th GST Day on 01 July 2022 in New Delhi.
  • A booklet, GST@5 was also released during the event.
  • GST Day commemorates the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST).
  • GST replaced the old indirect tax regime. It was launched on the intervening night of 30th June and 1st July, 2017.
  • It was launched with the idea of One Nation- One Market- One Tax. It is an indirect consumption-based tax system.
  • GST was brought to bring uniformity of tax rates, remove the cascading of taxes, improve competitiveness and for facilitating manufacturers and exporters.

Topic: Reports and Indices/Ranking

8. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman released an assessment report of States/UTs based on the implementation of BRAP 2020.

  • In the report, seven states are listed as top achievers in the best performers category.
  • These states are Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, and Punjab.
  • This year, the report classifies states/UTs into four categories. These categories are Top Achievers, Achievers, Aspirers, and Emerging Business Ecosystems.

Category

States/UTs included in the category

Top Achievers category

7 states (Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka and Punjab)

Achievers category

6 states (Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh)

Aspirers category

7 States (Assam, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Jharkhand, Kerala, Rajasthan, and West Bengal)

Emerging Business Ecosystems category

11 states and UTs (Andaman & Nicobar, Bihar, Chandigarh, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Puducherry, and Tripura)

 

  • Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has been releasing BRAP since 2014.
  • So far 4 editions of the assessment of States/UTs have been released. The latest edition is the assessment of BRAP 2020.
  • About Business Reforms Action Plan (BRAP) 2020:
    • It includes 301 reform points. They cover 15 business regulatory areas such as Access to Information, Single Window System, Labour, Environment, Sectoral Reforms and other reforms.
    • Sectoral reforms have been introduced for the first time in BRAP 2020 with 72 reforms across 9 key sectors.

Topic: State News/ Telangana

9. Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao inaugurated the world’s largest innovation centre in Hyderabad.

  • T-Hub 2.0, the world’s largest innovation centre, has been inaugurated to incubate the next generation of startups.
  • It is phase 2 of the T-Hub, which will support 2,000 startups in a total built-up area of 5,82,689 square feet.
  • T-Hub will help young Indians to launch their startups with a collaborative innovation ecosystem.
  • Telangana’s startup ecosystem is among the top10 global ecosystem in affordable talent and it is in the top 15 in Asia in terms of attracting funds.
  • Hyderabad-based startups are providing valuable contributions in IT, life sciences, aerospace, etc.

Topic: Reports and Indices/Ranking

10. India’s urban population will reach 675 mn in 2035: United Nations-Habitat’s World Cities Report 2022.

  • According to the United Nations-Habitat’s World Cities Report 2022, the global urban population will grow by 2.2 billion people by 2050.
  • It states that rapid urbanization had temporarily stalled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • India’s urban population is projected to reach from 483,099,000 in 2020 to 675,456,000 in 2035. By 2035, India’s urban population percentage will be 43.2.
  • China’s urban population is projected to reach 1.05 billion by 2035.
  • The urban population in Asia will be 2.99 billion in 2035 and in South Asia, it will be 987,592,000.
  • The report said that urban poverty and inequality will remain the key challenge for cities.
  • Climate change challenges like warm climates, floods, and air pollution are the main challenges to the cities in the world.

Topic: National News

11. PM Narendra Modi addressed Udyami Bharat Programme in New Delhi.

  • PM Narendra Modi also launched several schemes and programmes and distributed National MSME Awards.
  • He launched the Raising and Accelerating MSME Performance (RAMP) Scheme and Capacity Building of First-Time MSME Exporters Scheme and the new features of the 'Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme' (PMEGP).
  • He announced the results of the MSME Idea Hackathon 2022 and distribute National MSME Awards 2022.
  • He also issued Digital Equity Certificates to 75 MSMEs in Self Reliant India (SRI) Fund.
  • The government had launched several initiatives for MSMEs like MUDRA Yojana, Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme, and Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries (SFURTI) etc.
  • MSMEs’ share in India’s exports is around 48 per cent over the last few years. MSMEs contribute around one-third to India’s GDP.
  • Note:
    • The Raising and Accelerating MSME Performance (RAMP) program is a World Bank-supported central sector scheme. It will help the MSME sector in becoming more resilient, competitive, and efficient.
    • ‘Capacity Building of First-Time MSME Exporters’ (CBFTE) scheme has been launched to improve the quality of MSME products at par with international standards.

Topic: State News/ Maharashtra

12. Aurangabad renamed as Sambhajinagar and Osmanabad as Dharashiv.

  • Maharashtra government has cleared a proposal to rename Aurangabad as Sambhajinagar and Osmanabad as Dharashiv.
  • The state government has also approved the proposal of the naming upcoming Navi Mumbai international airport after D B Patil.
  • In 1653, Aurangzeb renamed Fatehnagar as Aurangabad. He shifted his court from Delhi to Aurangabad in 1681 to conduct his military campaigns in the Deccan.
  • ‘Sambhajinagar’ is kept after Sambhaji Bhosale, the second Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire.
  • Osmanabad derives its name from the Mir Osman Ali Khan, the last ruler of Hyderabad. It is the seventh-largest city in Marathwada.

Topic: National Appointments

13. Sandeep Kumar Gupta to be the next chairman of GAIL.

  • Sandeep Kumar Gupta has been selected as the new chairman and managing director of GAIL.
  • He will take the place of Manoj Jain, who is scheduled to retire on August 31.
  • The Public Enterprises Selection Board has recommended the name of Sandeep Kumar Gupta.
  • He is currently serving as the Director for Finance at Indian Oil Corporation.
  • The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet will approve the appointment after the go-ahead by CVC and CBI
  • GAIL:
    • It is India's largest gas transmission and gas marketing company.
    • It has a 14,502-kilometre gas pipeline network and a capacity of 206 million standard cubic meters a day.

Topic: International Appointments

14. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. takes oath as 17th President of the Philippines.

  • Ferdinand Marcos Jr. had won the elections in May by receiving 31.6 million votes.
  • Marcos Jr. is popularly known as “Bongbong”. He took the oath at the National Museum of Fine Arts in Manila.
  • Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will serve as President until 2028. Sara Duterte Carpio becomes the new Vice President.
  • Ferdinand Marcos has taken place of Rodrigo Duterte, who served as the President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022.
  • The President heads the executive branch of the Philippines government. President is directly elected by the people.
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