1.United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution brought with India’s support on multilingualism, Hindi language was mentioned for the first time
The resolution brought with India ‘s support on multilingualism in the United Nations General Assembly has been passed. Hindi language is mentioned for the first time in this proposal.has been done. The passed resolution urges the United Nations to disseminate important communications and messages in all official and unauthorized languages, including Hindi. India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations TS Trimurti said that multilingualism has been accepted as a fundamental principle of the United Nations. He thanked the Secretary-General of the United Nations for his support of multilingualism. Shri Trimurti said that Hindi language has been mentioned for the first time in such a proposal. Apart from this, Bengali and Urdu languages have also been mentioned for the first time in the proposal. Shri Trimurti said that since 2018 the United Nations has been providing additional budgetary contribution to the Department of Global Communications for the promotion of multi-media content and communication in Hindi language. As part of these efforts, the Hindi at the Rate UN project was launched in 2018.
2.WTO’s 12th Ministerial Conference to begin in Geneva-Switzerland from tomorrow
The 12th Ministerial Conference of the WTO-WTO will begin in Geneva, Switzerland . This conference is being held after a gap of about five years. Important deliberations of this year’s conference will include WTO’s action against the pandemic, agriculture related issues including fisheries, subsidy negotiations and public stockholding for food security. The Indian delegation will be led by Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal . India has a major role to play in protecting the interests of all the stakeholders in the country and the developing and poor countries.
3.Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman inaugurates National Customs and Goods and Services Tax Museum ‘Dharohar’ in Goa
The Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitaraman dedicated the National Customs and GST Museum – Heritage to the nation in Panaji , the capital of Goa . This event has been organized by the Ministry of Finance as a special week under the Amrit Mahotsav of Azadi . On this occasion, the Finance Minister removed the golden sand from the single rock art installed in the centuries old heritage building. The two-storey ‘ Blue Building ‘, formerly known as Alfandega during the Portuguese rule in Goawas known as, has stood on the banks of the Mandovi river in Panaji for more than 400 years. Heritage is a one of its kind museum in the country which not only displays the artifacts confiscated by the Indian Customs but also showcases various aspects of the work done by the Customs Department. There are 8 galleries in ‘Dharhar’.
4.In Tamil Nadu, Stalin constitutes a 4-member committee for an ordinance banning online rummy games
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has constituted a four-member committee to assist the state government in formulating an ordinance banning online rummy games . Retired Judge of Madras High Court Chandru Committeewill be the chairman. Tamil Nadu had banned online games in November 2020, but the Madras High Court in August 2021 found it not appropriate and quashed it. Neighboring states had made similar laws, but they were also struck down by the court. Many people recently lost lakhs of rupees by playing online rummy and got addicted to this game. An estimated 22 people lost their lives due to online rummy addiction after the ban was lifted from the judiciary. There was a lot of panic among the political parties about this matter and they demanded a ban on it. This ordinance will be legally framed in such a way that the judiciary cannot find any deficiency in it. That is why the State Government has constituted Justice Chandru Committee.
5.Indian diplomat Amandeep Singh Gill appointed technology representative to UN Secretary General
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed senior Indian diplomat Amandeep Singh Gill as his technology envoy . He will coordinate programs in international digital cooperation. The announcement was made by Mr. Guterres’ spokesman Stephen Dujarric. He said that Mr. Gill is very thoughtful about digital technology and has a solid knowledge of how to take advantage of digital technology. Amandeep Singh Gill was India’s Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva from 2016 to 2018. He is currently CEO of the International Digital Health and Artificial Intelligence Research Project at the Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies in Geneva.
6.’Little Pari’ program launched by North-West Delhi District Administration
Recently ‘ Nanhi Pari ‘ ( Nanhi Pari ) by the North-West Delhi District Administration) program was started. The ‘Little Pari’ program is a scheme to provide a one stop solution to the parents by eliminating the need of going to different offices to get the documents. The objective of this program is to fulfill essential services like providing birth certificate, Aadhar card registration and account opening in case of girls born in government hospitals of the district before discharge of mother and child from the hospital. Its other objectives include Sukanya Samriddhi Account Scheme for girls and mothers, For schemes like Ladli Yojana and Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana, registration in the hospital itself is also included. The basic objective of most of these schemes is to protect the life of the girl child and to provide a safe environment and education facilities for them. Apart from ensuring that the schemes reach the target beneficiaries and protect the interests of the girl child, the program also aims to promote institutional delivery.
7.Uttar Pradesh Defense Industrial Corridor
Uttar Pradesh Expressway Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) has recently signed MoU with some banks to promote investment in the UP Defense Industrial Corridor . Those banks include State Bank of India (SBI) , Punjab National Bank (PNB) , Bank of Baroda (BoB) , and Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)., As per this MoU, these banks will provide financial assistance to investors as a part of ease of doing business. Banks will provide customized financial assistance to the investors on case to case basis. UPEIDA has signed an MoU with IIT Kanpur Research and Technology Park Foundation to address the growing opportunities and R&D needs for collaboration of IIT Kanpur with the domestic aerospace and defense ecosystem. UP DIC is an ambitious project that seeks to reduce the foreign dependence of the Indian aerospace and defense sector. The project was launched on 11, August 2018 with the announcement of an investment of Rs 3700 crore in defense production. Uttar Pradesh Expressway Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) is the nodal agency for implementing this project in collaboration with various other state agencies. There are 6 nodes planned for this project: Lucknow, Jhansi, Kanpur, Chitrakoot, Agra and Aligarh. The project was started with an aim to make Uttar Pradesh one of the largest and advanced defense manufacturing hubs and put it on the global map.
8.Kerala told the Center – it should be given exemption for wildlife sanctuaries, national parks and tiger sanctuaries
The Kerala government has urged the state to give relaxation at the time of declaration of one kilometer buffer zone around the protected areas as ecologically sensitive areas . The state government has asked the Center to give exemption to Kerala for wildlife sanctuaries , national parks and tiger sanctuaries . There are 24 regions of this category in the state. The state government had earlier also urged the Ministry of Environment and Forests to exempt populated areas from restrictions implemented in buffer zones around protected areas.
9.Four sacred relics of Lord Buddha being taken from India to Mongolia on the occasion of Mongolian Buddha Purnima
Four sacred relics of Lord Buddha are being taken from India to Mongolia to commemorate the Mongolian Buddha Purnima celebrated on June 14 . A 25-member delegation led by Union Law and Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju will leave for Mongolia tomorrow. These holy relics will be displayed at the Batsgaon temple located in the premises of Gandan Math . These sacred Buddha relics were found in 1898 at a site in Bihar and are known as Kapilvastu relics . These ‘Kapilavastu relics’ are currently kept in the National Museum.
10.’Gaganyaan’ India’s first manned space mission to be launched in 2023
The Minister of Space and Earth Sciences says that by 2023, India will achieve the distinction of launching the first manned space mission Gaganyaan as well as the first manned ocean mission . World Oceans Day in DelhiAddressing the function, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said that the space and maritime manned mission has reached its final stage, it is expected that by the middle of 2023, the country will be able to achieve a feat. A 500-metre shallow-water version of the manned submarine is expected to be tested in early 2023, followed by a deep-water manned submarine Matsya 6000 ready for testing by the second quarter of 2024. Similarly, in the case of Gaganyaan, the first unmanned mission is scheduled in the second half of 2022 to check the performance of the crew escape system. This will be followed by a second unmanned mission at the end of 2022. In this a human robot developed by ISRO will be sent. And finally on 2023, the first manned mission Gangayaan will start.
11.World’s first ‘right to repair’ law for digital electronics passed by New York Legislature
The New York (NY) state legislature in the United States (US) has passed the world’s first ‘ right to repair ‘ law that allows digital electronics manufacturers to make parts, equipment, information and software available to consumers and independent repair shops. gives. The Digital Fair Repair Act would require manufacturers of digital electronics such as cellphones and computers to make available diagnostic and repair information and parts for sale to independent repairmen. It does not include motor vehicles, home appliances, medical equipment, public safety communication equipment such as police radios, agricultural equipment and off-road equipment.
12.Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram Doraiswamy inaugurates Women’s Hostel in Sylhet
India’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram Doraiswamy inaugurated a five-storey women’s hostel in Sylhet . The Umesh Chandra-Nirmalbala Hostel at Chalibandar, Sylhet has been constructed with the financial assistance given by the Government of India. It will be run by the Umesh Chandra-Nirmalbala Hostel Trust on a non-profit basis. In this, accommodation has been made for 160 girl students. On the occasion, Mr. Doraiswamy jointly inaugurated three more projects with the Ministers of Bangladesh. The Sylhet Municipal Corporation has constructed these projects with the financial assistance of the Government of India. These three projects have been designed with the aim of improving the standard of living of the local community.
13.Union Minister of Labor and Employment Shri Bhupendra Yadav attended the World Work Summit in Geneva
Union Minister of Labor and Employment Shri Bhupendra Yadav participated in a high level panel discussion in Geneva . It was organized by the ILO as part of the World Work Summit on the sidelines of the ILC meeting . The topic of discussion was “Tackling Multiple Global Crisis: Promoting Human Centered Recovery and Resilience”. The discussion mainly focused on the many challenges that the world of work is facing such as the widening gap of inequalities, demographic realities, uneven technological progress, informality, climate change.
14.EASE 5.0 ‘Common Reforms Agenda’ launched by Nirmala Sitharaman
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that banks need to adopt a customer centric approach by understanding their needs and requirements. Speaking at the launch of ‘ Enhanced Access and Service Excellence-EASE 5.0 ‘, he said that technology initiatives and strong security mechanisms should be developed. ‘Enhanced Access and Service Excellence – EASE 5.0’ is a common reform agenda for public sector banks, aimed at promoting clean and smart banking. The Finance Minister said that the ‘EZNext’ reforms should make it easier for the customers as well as the employees.
15.Fitch cuts India’s growth forecast to 7.8 percent, calls outlook stable
Rating agency Fitch Ratings has reduced India’s economic growth forecast for 2022-23 from 8.5 per cent to 7.8 per cent . However, Fitch Ratings has upgraded India’s outlook from negative to stable and has given a rating of BBB-. In June 2020, Fitch Ratings had turned India’s outlook negative due to the lockdown. Earlier, the World Bank had also reduced the estimate of India’s economic growth rate in 2022-23. According to the World Bank, the economic growth rate can be 7.5 percent in the current financial year. Earlier it had projected a growth rate of 8.7 per cent.
16.Cabinet hikes MSP for Kharif crops for the 2022-23 season
Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting and Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur said that the Union Cabinet has authorized an increase in the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for several Kharif (summer) crops for the year 2022-23 . The MSP of Kharif crops for the crop year 2022-23 will now increase. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has authorized an increase in the MSP for all mandatory Kharif crops for the crop year 2022-23.
17.Doordarshan DG Mayank Kumar Agarwal got additional charge of Prasar Bharati
Mayank Kumar Agarwal , Director General of Doordarshan and Doordarshan Samachar , has been given additional responsibility as Chief Executive Officer of Prasar Bharati . Agarwal replaced Shashi Shekhar Vempati, who served as the state broadcaster’s CEO for five years. Following the permission of Minister of Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur, it was decided to give additional charge to the 1989 batch Indian Information Service officer until further orders or regular appointment to the post.
18.India’s Krishna Srinivasan to head IMF’s Asia-Pacific department
Indian economics expert Krishna Srinivasan has been appointed as the director of the Asia-Pacific region of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) . Krishna, who studied at Delhi University and Delhi School of Economics, has been an advisor to the Planning Commission in India. Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, IMF, announced the appointment of Krishna Srinivasan. He will replace Changyeong Ri, who announced his resignation in March.
19.a R. Rahman named ambassador of India-UK cultural platform
Composer A. R. Rahman has been named as the ambassador of the British Council’s ‘ India-UK Together Culture Season ‘, which aims to foster relationships between emerging artists. British Council (India) Director Barbara Wickham officially started the ‘Season of Culture’ to mark the 75th anniversary of India’s independence.
20.Assam celebrates Baikho festival
Baikho festival is celebrated in the state of Assam , which is called the gateway of Northeast India . It is celebrated by the Rabha tribes of India. The Baiko festival is celebrated annually. It is celebrated to bring in the auspicious harvest season and to fill it with abundant crops and good health. It is a festival of good harvest. This is an ancient tradition. It is mainly celebrated by the Rabha tribe. However, people from other communities also harmonize the celebration.
21.Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand secured 3rd position in Norway Chess Tournament
Former world champion Viswanath Anand ended his campaign in the Norwegian chess tournament with a ninth and third place win over Aryan Tari in the final round . He finished third with 14.5 points behind Carlsen (16.5 points) and Azerbaijan ‘s Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (15.5) . World number one player Magnus Carlsen became its winner.
22.R Pragyanand wins Norway Chess Group A title
India’s grandmaster and top seeded chess player R Pragyanand has won the Norwegian Chess Group A title. Pragyanand won the competition with seven and a half points in nine rounds. The 16-year-old Indian Grandmaster remained undefeated in all nine rounds. He won this title by defeating Praneeth of India. Earlier Pragyanand defeated Viktor Mikhalevs Key, Vitaly Kunin, Mukhammed Zokhid Suyarov, Semen Mutusov and Mathias Uneland.
23.A court in Bolivia sentenced former President Jeanine Anez Chavez to ten years in prison
A court in Bolivia convicted former President Jeanine Anez Chavez of a coup in 2019 and sentenced her to ten years in prison . He was found guilty of taking decisions against the Constitution and dereliction of duty. Prosecutors said Chávez violated rules that guaranteed constitutional and democratic order after Bolivia’s 2019 presidential election. Chavez was held in custody from March 2021 on charges of terrorism, sedition and conspiracy. He was also not allowed to appear in person during the hearing.
