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Question. What is the Limit of FDI in Defence industry through Automatic Route ?
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Question. Which bank has signed a corporate agency agreement with Shriram General
Insurance to distribute the latter’s insurance products through its network of branches
across the country?
ककस बैंक िे श्रीराम जिरि इिंश्योरें स के साथ दे ि भर में अपिी िाखाओिं के िेटवकु के माध्यम से बाद के बीमा
उत्पादों को ववतररत करिे के शिए एक कॉपोरे ट एजेंसी समझौते पर हस्ताक्षर ककए हैं?
(a) Kotak Mahindra Bank
(b) YES Bank
(c) Federal Bank
(d) Bandhan Bank
(e) City Union Bank
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Question. Which bank has signed a corporate agency agreement with Shriram General
Insurance to distribute the latter’s insurance products through its network of branches
across the country?
(a) Kotak Mahindra Bank
(b) YES Bank
(c) Federal Bank
(d) Bandhan Bank
(e) City Union Bank
▪ City Union Bank (CUB) has signed a corporate agency agreement with Shriram General
Insurance to distribute the latter’s insurance products through its network of branches
across the country.
▪ Under this agreement, Shriram General Insurance will offer personal lines of insurance
products such as motor, accident, home and travel insurance along with commercial lines
of insurance products such as property, marine and engineering insurance to the bank’s
customers.
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▪ City Union Bank will raise Rs 500 crore from qualified institutional players.
▪ City Union Bank (CUB), in collaboration with National Payments Corporation of India
(NPCI) and its manufacturing partner Seshaasai, has announced the launch of RuPay On-
the-Go contactless wearable keychain for its debit card customers.
▪ City Union Bank (CUB) has signed a corporate agency agreement with Shriram General
Insurance to distribute the latter’s insurance products through its network of branches
across the country.
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Question. Which Insurance Company Limited has launched Smart Capital Guarantee
Solution?
ककस इिंश्योरें स किंपिी शिशमटे ि िे स्माटु कैवपटि गारिं टी सॉ्यूिि िॉन्च ककया है ?
(a) Life Insurance Corporation of India
(b) HDFC Standard Life Insurance Co. Ltd.
(c) Max Life Insurance Co. Ltd.
(d) ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co. Ltd.
(e) Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance Co. Ltd.
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Question. Which Insurance Company Limited has launched Smart Capital Guarantee
Solution?
ककस इिंश्योरें स किंपिी शिशमटे ि िे स्माटु कैवपटि गारिं टी सॉ्यूिि िॉन्च ककया है ?
(a) Life Insurance Corporation of India
(b) HDFC Standard Life Insurance Co. Ltd.
(c) Max Life Insurance Co. Ltd.
(d) ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co. Ltd.
(e) Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance Co. Ltd.
▪ Max Life Insurance Company Limited has launched Smart Capital Guarantee Solution, a
life insurance product solution that merges two benefits.
▪ Merging the benefits of ‘Max Life Smart Wealth Plan’ and ‘Max Life Flexi Wealth
Advantage Plan’.
▪ According to the latest India Protection Quotient survey, over 46% of consumers prefer
financial products as a mix of guaranteed and market-linked instruments.
▪ CEO: Prashant Tripathy
▪ Founded: 2001
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Question. Who among the following has become the second Indian to get featured on the
“wall of former chief economists” of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)?
निम्िशिखखत में से कौि अिंतराुष्ट्रीय मुद्रा कोष (IMF) के “पूवु मुख्य अथुिालस्ियों की दीवार” पर चचत्रित होिे वािा
दसू रा भारतीय बि गया है ?
(a) Raghuram Rajan
(b) Gita Gopinath
(c) V Anantha Nageswaran
(d) Poonam Gupta
(e) Anshula Kant
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Question. Who among the following has become the second Indian to get featured on the
“wall of former chief economists” of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)?
निम्िशिखखत में से कौि अिंतराुष्ट्रीय मुद्रा कोष (IMF) के “पूवु मुख्य अथुिालस्ियों की दीवार” पर चचत्रित होिे वािा
दसू रा भारतीय बि गया है ?
(a) Raghuram Rajan
(b) Gita Gopinath
(c) V Anantha Nageswaran
(d) Poonam Gupta
(e) Anshula Kant
• India origin Gita Gopinath has become the first woman and second Indian to feature on
the ‘wall of former chief economists’ of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
• Gopinath was appointed as IMF Chief Economist in October 2018 and was later promoted
as the IMF’s First Deputy Managing Director in December last year.
• She had served as the first female chief economist of the IMF for three years.
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Appointment
▪ Raghuram Rajan was the first Indian who was featured on the IMF’s wall of former chief
economics.
▪ He served as IMF’s Chief Economist and Director of Research between 2003 and 2006.
Question. Who among the following has been elected as the President Designate of the
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for 2022-23?
निम्िशिखखत में से ककसे 2022-23 के शिए भारतीय उद्योग पररसिंघ (CII) के िाशमत अध्यक्ष के रूप में चुिा गया
है ?
(a) Sanjiv Puri
(b) Uday Kotak
(c) Vikram S. Kirloskar
(d) R Dinesh
(e) TV Narendran
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Question. Who among the following has been elected as the President Designate of the
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for 2022-23?
निम्िशिखखत में से ककसे 2022-23 के शिए भारतीय उद्योग पररसिंघ (CII) के िाशमत अध्यक्ष के रूप में चुिा गया
है ?
(a) Sanjiv Puri
(b) Uday Kotak
(c) Vikram S. Kirloskar
(d) R Dinesh
(e) TV Narendran
• R Dinesh (Executive Vice-Chairman of TVS Supply Chain Solutions) has been elected
President Designate of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for 2022-23.
• He has been the Chairman of CII Southern Region during 2018-19.
• Sanjiv Puri (Chairman & MD of ITC) will continue as the Vice-President of CII.
• Sanjiv Bajaj (Chairman & MD of Bajaj FinServ Ltd.) continues to be the President of CII for
2022-23.
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Appointment
▪ R Dinesh (Executive Vice-Chairman of TVS Supply Chain Solutions) has been elected
President Designate of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for 2022-23.
▪ He has been the Chairman of CII Southern Region during 2018-19.
▪ Sanjiv Puri (Chairman & MD of ITC) will continue as the Vice-President of CII.
▪ Sanjiv Bajaj (Chairman & MD of Bajaj FinServ Ltd.) continues to be the President of CII for
2022-23.
Question. Who among the following has become the full-time Sherpa of G20 after replacing
Minister for Commerce & Industry and Consumer Affairs, Piyush Goyal?
वाखिज्य और उद्योग और उपभोक्ता मामिों के मिंिी पीयूष गोयि की जगह िेिे के बाद निम्िशिखखत में से
कौि जी20 का पूिकु ाशिक िेरपा बि गया है?
(a) Jai Shah
(b) Rajiv Kumar
(c) Suman Bery
(d) Arvind Panagariya
(e) Amitabh Kant
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Question. Who among the following has become the full-time Sherpa of G20 after replacing
Minister for Commerce & Industry and Consumer Affairs, Piyush Goyal?
(a) Jai Shah
(b) Rajiv Kumar
(c) Suman Bery
(d) Arvind Panagariya
(e) Amitabh Kant
▪ Former NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant has been appointed as India’s new Sherpa for the G-
20.
▪ Kant will replace Piyush Goyal (Minister for Commerce & Industry and Consumer Affairs)
who was appointed as the G-20 Sherpa in September last year.
▪ India will hold the G20 presidency from December 1, 2022 to November 30, 2023, and the
need for a full-time Sherpa for this duration is being cited as one of the reasons for the
change.
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Appointment
▪ G20 is a grouping of 19 major developed and emerging economies and the European
Union.
▪ Its members account for more than 80% of global GDP, 75% of global trade, and 60% of the
global population.
▪ India will take over G20 presidency from Indonesia on December 2.
NITI Aayog
▪ Parameswaren Iyer has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of NITI Aayog.
▪ NITI Aayog launched National Data and Analytics Platform NDAP for free public use.
▪ All datasets are standardised to the same schema, making it simple to combine them and
do cross-sectoral analysis.
▪ NITI Aayog has released a draft battery swapping policy, under which all metropolitan
cities with a population above 40 lakh will be prioritized for the development of a battery
swapping network.
▪ Niti Ayog is a government-run organisation. Rajiv Kumar, the Vice Chairperson, has
resigned due to a government order.
▪ The latest report on the State of India's Children: Status and Trends in Multidimensional
Child Development will be jointly developed and launched by NITI Aayog and UNICEF
India.
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NITI Aayog
▪ In May, the NITI Aayog plans to launch the National Data and Analytics Platform (NDAP),
which would give government data in a user-friendly manner.
▪ A report titled "India's Booming Gig and Platform Economy" was released by NITI Aayog.
The study offers in-depth viewpoints and suggestions on the gig-platform economy in
India.
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Question. Which company has announced the launch of Startup School India (SSI) as part of
its Startups initiative?
ककस किंपिी िे अपिी स्टाटु अप पहि के दहस्से के रूप में स्टाटु अप स्कूि इिंडिया (एसएसआई) को िॉन्च करिे की घोषिा की
है ?
(a) Flipkart
(b) Facebook
(c) Google
(d) Microsoft
(e) Adobe
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Question. Which company has announced the launch of Startup School India (SSI) as part of
its Startups initiative?
ककस किंपिी िे अपिी स्टाटु अप पहि के दहस्से के रूप में स्टाटु अप स्कूि इिंडिया (एसएसआई) को िॉन्च करिे की घोषिा की
है ?
(a) Flipkart
(b) Facebook
(c) Google
(d) Microsoft
(e) Adobe
• Google has announced a Startup School India aimed at enabling 10,000 startups in tier 2
and tier 3 cities understand the dynamics of entrepreneurship.
• The nine-week programme, delivered virtually, will have fireside chats between Google
leaders and collaborators from across the startup ecosystem, spanning fintech, business-
to-business and business-to-consumer e-commerce, language, social media and
networking, job search and other areas.
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Google
▪ Mastercard and Google announced a tokenization method that enables Google Pay
users to safely transact using their Mastercard credit cards and debit cards.
▪ RBL Bank and Google announced a strategic collaboration to fuel the Bank’s customer
experience strategy.
▪ SIDBI and Google tied-up to Support MSMEs. The collaboration brings a corpus of $15
million (about Rs. 110 crores) to micro-enterprises as a crisis response related to Covid-19
▪ Google Pay tied up with SBI General Insurance to offer Health Insurance
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Google
▪ Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), and Google have partnered to
launch ‘Appscale Academy’, a growth and development programme, to train early to mid-
stage startups across India.
▪ Google Pay joined hands with a small businesses-focused online lending platform Indifi
Technologies to provide instant loans to eligible medium, small and micro enterprises
(MSMEs) merchants on the Google Pay platform.
Question. India has been elected as a member of the Intergovernmental Committee of the
2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, UNESCO for which
cycle?
भारत को अमूतु सािंस्कृनतक ववरासत, यूिेस्को की सुरक्षा के शिए 2003 के कन्वेंिि की अिंतर सरकारी सशमनत के सदस्य के
रूप में ककस चक्र के शिए चुिा गया है ?
(a) 2022-2027
(b) 2023-2028
(c) 2024-2029
(d) 2023-2026
(e) 2023-2027
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Question. India has been elected as a member of the Intergovernmental Committee of the
2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, UNESCO for which
cycle?
भारत को अमूतु सािंस्कृनतक ववरासत, यूिेस्को की सुरक्षा के शिए 2003 के कन्वेंिि की अिंतर सरकारी सशमनत के सदस्य के
रूप में ककस चक्र के शिए चुिा गया है ?
(a) 2022-2027
(b) 2023-2028
(c) 2024-2029
(d) 2023-2026
(e) 2023-2027
• India has served as a member of the ICH Committee twice — from 2006 to 2010 and from
2014 to 2018.
• India received 110 votes from the 155 State Parties that were present and voting.
• For its 2022-2026 term, India has formulated a clear vision for the protection and
promotion of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity.
Today’s News
➢ Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has liberalised the norms further in order to increase foreign
exchange inflows.
▪ The central bank has also increased the borrowing limit for ECB under automatic route by
two times.
▪ This decision was taken amid falling value of rupees against US dollars. Rupee has
depreciated by 4.1% so far against US dollar in current financial year.
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➢ Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has liberalised the norms further in order to increase foreign
exchange inflows.
➢ Exemption from CRR and SLR on NRE Term Deposits and Incremental FCNR(B)
▪ Currently, banks are mandated to include all Foreign Currency Non-Resident (Bank)
[FCNR(B)] as well as Non-Resident (External) Rupee (NRE) deposit liabilities for the
purpose of computation of Net Demand & Time Liabilities (NDTL) in order to maintain the
cash reserve ratio (CRR) and statutory liquidity ration (SLR).
▪ Now RBI has exempted the incremental FCNR(B) and NRE deposits from maintenance of
CRR and SLR.
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➢ Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has liberalised the norms further in order to increase foreign
exchange inflows.
➢ Exemption from CRR and SLR on NRE Term Deposits and Incremental FCNR(B)
▪ Currently, banks are mandated to include all Foreign Currency Non-Resident (Bank)
[FCNR(B)] as well as Non-Resident (External) Rupee (NRE) deposit liabilities for the
purpose of computation of Net Demand & Time Liabilities (NDTL) in order to maintain the
cash reserve ratio (CRR) and statutory liquidity ration (SLR).
▪ Now RBI has exempted the incremental FCNR(B) and NRE deposits from maintenance of
CRR and SLR.
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➢ Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has liberalised the norms further in order to increase foreign
exchange inflows.
➢ Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has liberalised the norms further in order to increase foreign
exchange inflows.
▪ The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has partnered with Jamnalal Bajaj
Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS) to co-create a master’s programme in
management studies in digital payments for its employees.
▪ The degree has been launched under NPCI’s “Learn while you Earn” higher education
program.
▪ The company will co-sponsor 75 per cent of the program fee and other related costs for
the participating employees.
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NPCI
▪ The Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) has declared the IT resources of ICICI Bank,
HDFC Bank and UPI managing entity NPCI.
▪ National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) designed the “UPI Lite – On-Device wallet”
(“UPI Lite”) functionality for UPI users for small value transactions.
▪ NPCI and the UPI ecosystem will observe February 1-7 as ‘UPI Safety and Awareness Week’
and the whole of February as ‘UPI Safety and Awareness Month’.
➢ Axis Bank signed an MoU with Indian Air Force to manage salary accounts
➢ वेति खातों के प्रबिंधि के शिए एलक्सस बैंक िे भारतीय वायु सेिा के साथ एक समझौता ज्ञापि पर हस्ताक्षर
ककए
▪ Private sector lender Axis Bank has signed an MoU with the Indian Air Force (IAF) to
manage salary accounts of the defense personnel.
▪ The company has offered to incorporate best-in-class benefits and features under its
‘Power Salute’ initiative for defence personnel.
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▪ The salary account offered by Axis Bank will have benefits such as personal accidental
cover of up to Rs 56 lakh, total permanent disability cover benefit of Rs 46 lakh, air
accident cover of Rs 1 crore among others.
▪ It will also offer additional zero balance accounts for 3 family members with no charges.
Axis Bank
▪ Defence ministry gave three private sector banks permission to offer financial support to
it for the purchase of military equipment abroad.
▪ These banks include ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, and HDFC Bank Ltd.
▪ For services like the issuance of letters of credit and direct bank transfers to the ministry
for overseas purchase, only authorised public sector banks have been used up until now.
▪ Axis Bank, a private lender, has announced the introduction of Dining Delights for bank
clients in collaboration with EazyDiner, a top platform for restaurants.
Axis Bank
▪ In order to digitise the cash collection mechanism in India's Tier III cities and semi-urban
areas, Airtel Payments Bank has teamed with Axis Bank.
▪ The Reserve Bank of India announced on Friday that it has fined Axis Bank Rs 93 lakh for
a variety of infractions, including those connected to KYC standards.
▪ Citigroup has announced that Axis Bank will be acquiring Citibank’s India consumer
business for an amount of USD 1.6 billion (Rs 12,325 crores) in an all-cash deal.
▪ HDFC Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, and Axis Bank have each purchased a 7.84 percent
stake in ONDC, an open public digital infrastructure framework business.
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Axis Bank
▪ India's third-largest private sector bank, Axis Bank has been awarded IFR Asia's Asian
Bank of The Year, for its breadth of coverage and depth of expertise in the Asian
investment banking space.
▪ Axis Bank has launched the 'HouseWorkIsWork' project, which provides possibilities for
those who want to return to the workforce.
▪ Axis Bank and Bharti Airtel have entered into a strategic partnership to strengthen the
growth of the digital ecosystem in India, through a range of financial solutions.
Appointment
Appointment
▪ Part XV of the Indian constitution deals with elections, and establishes a commission for
these matters.
▪ The Election Commission was established in accordance with the Constitution on 25th
January 1950.
▪ Article 324 to 329 of the constitution deals with powers, function, tenure, eligibility, etc of
the commission and the member.
▪ Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners have a fixed tenure of six years,
or up to the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier.
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National News
▪ Billionaire investor Rakesh Juhunjhunwala-owned Akasa Air has been cleared for take-off.
▪ The no-frills airline received its air operator certificate (AOC) from the Directorate
General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
▪ The airline will start its operations from the end of July.
▪ Akasa Air, whose airline code is QP, received its first 737 MAX on June 21.
▪ Mr Arun Kumar. Director General. Directorate General of Civil Aviation.
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National News
▪ The airline will commence operations with two aircraft, subsequently adding to its fleet,
every month.
▪ By the end of the fiscal year 2022-23, the airline will have inducted 18 aircraft and
thereafter 12-14 aircraft every 12 months, which will make up its order of 72 delivered
over five years.
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National News
▪ Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the Akshaya Patra mid-day meal kitchen
in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
▪ Managed by the Akshaya Patra Foundation (APF), which also runs one of the world’s
largest school feeding programmes in collaboration with the government’s Pradhan
Mantri Poshan Shakti Nirman (PM POSHAN) scheme, the kitchen will feed over one lakh
children in a bid to ensure that they don’t miss out on education due to poverty.
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National News
▪ This centralized kitchen will enable to APF to serve over 1 lakh children in 282 schools in
Varanasi.
▪ It is Akshaya Patra’s 62nd kitchen in the country and 5th in UP.
▪ APF is a non-profit trust of international Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON),
Bangalore.
National News
▪ Uttar Pradesh has become the first state in the country to have 13 expressways.
▪ Of the total 13, six are operational while the rest are under construction. (total length of
3,200 kilometers)
▪ Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 296-km-long Bundelkhand Expressway
on July 16 and with its inauguration Bundelkhand will be directly connected to Delhi.
▪ Also, the foundation stone of the 594 km long Ganga Expressway has been laid by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi.
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National News
▪ This expressway will not only reduce the distance between East and West but will also
serve to connect people.
▪ The Bundelkhand Expressway will connect people with Delhi and other states as well.
▪ This will benefit the people of Chitrakoot, Banda, Mahoba, Hamirpur, Jalaun, Auraiya and
Etawah districts.
▪ People will get the benefit of connecting Bundelkhand with Delhi directly and
Bundelkhand will be free from the stain of backwardness.
▪ Apart from this, Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway, Bundelkhand Expressway, Gorakhpur Link
Expressway, Ghazipur-Ballia-Manjhighat Expressway and Delhi-Dehradun Expressway are
being constructed.
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➢ Sikkim and West Bengal signed an agreement to ease travel for tourists
➢ शसलक्कम और पलश्चम बिंगाि िे पयुटकों के शिए यािा को आसाि बिािे के शिए एक समझौते पर हस्ताक्षर
ककए
▪ The governments of West Bengal and Sikkim have signed an agreement to help tourists
travel between the two neighboring states with ease in a bid to boost tourism.
▪ The agreement will allow West Bengal-registered commercial vehicles to drop tourists at
their hotels in different destinations of Sikkim.
▪ After getting down at Bagdogra airport or New Jalpaiguri railway station in West Bengal,
people earlier had to take Sikkim-registered vehicles to reach the state.
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National News
➢ About Sikkim
• Capital – Gangtok
• Chief Minister – Prem Singh Tamang
• Governor – Ganga Prasad
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National News
▪ The Ministry of Mines has organized the 6th National Conclave on Mines and Minerals in
New Delhi.
▪ Union Home Minister Amit Shah was the chief guest of the conclave to be organized at
the Dr. Ambedkar International Centre in New Delhi.
▪ As part of the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav iconic week celebrations, the one-day conclave
has witnessed the conferring of several awards including the Rashtriya Khanij Vikas
Puraskar to the best performing States in the field of mining.
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National News
▪ Ministry of Mines introduced the concept of National Mining Conclave in 2016 with the
aim to provide a platform for interaction among different stakeholders like Central
Government officers who are policy makers, state government officers, the real executors
in the auction regime, industry and the industry associations.
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State in News
▪ Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma has announced Government that government
has earmarked Rs 300 crore from the externally aided projects to make investment in
early childhood education programmes.
▪ An estimated amount of Rs 8.33 crore has been spent on the construction of the
Directorate of Educational Research and Training.
▪ The state and has come up with a road map to invest in early childhood education
programmes.
About Meghalaya
• Capital – Shillong
• Chief Minister – Conrad Kongkal Sangma
• Governor – Satya Pal Malik
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State in News
State in News
▪ With colorful marquees, illuminations, religious rites and chanting of mantras amid drum
beats, the festival features 14 deities – Shiva, Durga, Vishnu, Laxmi, Saraswati, Kartik,
Ganesha, Brahma, Abadhi (God of water), Chandra, Ganga, Agni, Kamdev and Himadri
(Himalaya).
▪ Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has inaugurated the first-ever ‘Artificial Intelligence in
Defence’ (AIDef) symposium and exhibition, organized by the Department of Defence
Production, Ministry of Defence at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi.
▪ It is a big event where 75 newly-developed AI products/technologies, having applications
in defence has been launched as part of the celebrations marking 75 years of
Independence ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ and to promote ‘Aatmanirbharta’ initiative in
Defence.
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▪ The event has also witness panel discussions on ‘Deploying AI in Defence’, ‘GenNext AI
solutions’ and ‘AI in Defence – Industry Perspective’, with active participation from the
Services, academia, students, and research organizations and Industry.
▪ Indian Defence exports have crossed the highest ever figure of Rs 13,000 crore in Financial
Year 2021-22, with 70 per cent contribution coming from the private sector and the
remaining 30 per cent from the public sector.
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▪ Union Minister of State for External Affairs and Culture Meenakshi Lekhi has launched a
book in Gujarati commemorating the contributions of freedom fighters at a function.
▪ The book, ‘Swadhinata Sangram Na Surviro’, celebrates 75 freedom fighters and shares
the stories of the sacrifices made by them for the country.
▪ The book is a part of the “Swadhinta Ka Amrit Mahotsav” to mark the 75th year of the
country’s Independence.
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Sports
▪ Gujarat state will host the 36th edition of the National Games from September 27 to
October 10.
▪ This is for the first time that Gujarat will be hosting this prestigious event.
▪ After a gap of seven years, the event will be held in six cities – Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar,
Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot and Bhavnagar.
▪ The last edition of the National Games was organized in Kerala in 2015.
▪ Due to various reasons, including the pandemic, the games are now being organized after
a gap of seven years.
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▪ More than 7,000 top sportspersons of the country are expected to showcase their might
in over 34 disciplines including indoor and outdoor sports such as athletics, hockey,
football, volleyball, lawn tennis, table tennis, judo, wrestling, kabaddi and kho-kho.
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Gujarat
▪ Gujarat and Karnataka emerged the “best performers” in the third edition of States’
Start-up ranking, 2021, while Meghalaya bagged the top honour among Northeastern (NE)
states.
▪ In Gujarat, the Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has launched the 17th ‘Shala
Praveshotsav’, the drive to enrol students in primary schools in the state.
▪ The country's first-ever, ‘Balika Panchayat’, has started in five villages of Gujarat's Kutch
district.
▪ PM Modi unveiled the renovated Shree Kalika Mata temple at Pavagadh Hill in Gujarat's
Panchmahal. At the temple, he also conducted Puja with customary customs.
▪ Sadhguru, the Founder and Spiritual Leader of Isha Outreach, and Gujarat Chief Minister
Shri Bhupendra Patel signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Ahmedabad.
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Gujarat
▪ Gujarat will host the two-day National Education Ministers' Conference. It will be
attended by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, and other union ministers.
▪ Tata Passenger Electric Mobility Limited (TPEML), a subsidiary of Tata Motors Ltd, and
Ford India Private Limited (FIPL) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
with the Government of Gujarat.
▪ The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 ended with Gujarat Titans (GT) lifting the trophy by
defeating inaugural champions Rajasthan Royals (RR).
▪ The Indian Premier League is one of the largest cricket game events which are organized
annually in India. IPL (Indian Premier League) was founded in 2007 by the BCCI
committee.
▪ World Bank has approved USD 350 million as financial aid for the Systems Reform
Endeavors for Transformed Health Achievement in Gujarat (SRESTHA-G) project.
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Gujarat
▪ Nexcharge, a joint venture between India's Exide Industries Limited and Switzerland's
Leclanché SA, has started mass production of lithium-ion battery packs.
▪ Maharashtra and Gujarat celebrated their statehood day on 1st May 2022.
▪ Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone and inaugurated the various
projects worth 22,000 crore rupees at a function organized at Dahod in Gujarat.
▪ The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi has unveiled a 108 ft statue of Lord Hanuman
ji in Morbi, Gujarat.
▪ World Bank and AIIB stated that the Gujarat government's Mission School of Excellence
project, aimed to improve education quality in the state, will receive a loan of Rs 7,500
crore.
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Gujarat
▪ Surat, Gujarat, features a road created entirely of steel waste, which is one of the best
instances of sustainable development.
▪ Gujarat topped Niti Aayog's Export Preparedness Index 2021, followed by Maharashtra
and Karnataka in second and third place, respectively.
▪ Prime Minister Narendra Modi has dedicated to the nation a new campus building
complex of the Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU) at Lavad village near Gandhinagar,
Gujarat.
▪ Gujarat Titans is the official name of the new Ahmedabad franchise owned by CVC Capital
as Hardik Pandya.
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▪ Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel launched Student Start-ups and Innovation Policy 2.0
▪ Chief Minister of Gujarat, Bhupendra Patel has announced a new IT/ITeS policy for the
next five years.
▪ The Khijadiya Bird Sanctuary near Jamnagar in Gujarat and Bakhira Wildlife Sanctuary in
Uttar Pradesh have been listed as by the Ramsar Convention.
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Sports
▪ Ferrari racer Charles Leclerc has won the Austrian F1 Grand Prix.
▪ Red Bull driver Max Verstappen came second while Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton
finished third.
▪ This was Leclerc’s third win of 2022.
▪ Leclerc had earlier won the Bahrain GP and the Australian GP in 2022 respectively.
▪ Overall, Leclerc has five race wins in his career, besides getting 18 podium finishes.
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Sports
▪ Serbia’s Novak Djokovic has won his seventh Wimbledon title after coming from a set
down to beat Nick Kyrgios 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (3) in the men’s final.
▪ It is Djokovic’s 21st Grand Slam title overall, putting him one behind record-holder Rafael
Nadal. Only Roger Federer has won more Wimbledon titles, with eight. Kyrgios was
playing in his first Grand Slam final.
▪ Kazakhstani Elena Rybakina has won the women’s title at Wimbledon by beating Ons
Jabeur 3-6, 6-2, 6-2.
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▪ Rybakina is the first player representing Kazakhstan to win a Grand Slam singles title.
▪ She was born in Russia but switched nationalities in 2018.
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Important Days
Obituary
▪ Former President of Angolan, Jose Eduardo dos Santos has passed away at the age of 79.
▪ He was one of Africa’s longest-serving heads of state, who ruled for almost four decades
as president of Angola.
▪ He stepped down from the president’s post in 2017.
▪ He had also fought for the continent’s longest civil war and turned his country into a
major oil producer.
About Angola
• Capital: Luanda
• Currency: Kwanza