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AFFAIRSCLOUD TODAY
Current Affairs 19&20 June 2022 : Headlines

1. India’s 1st Government MLD Desalination Plant for Industrial Use inaugurated in Dahej, Gujarat
2. GoI Reconstitutes Committee to Examine the Representation of Officials Sacked for Alleged
Corruption
3. Indian Navy & NCMRWF Inks MoU for Cooperation on Numerical Model-Based Applications in
Meteorology and Oceanology
4. Delhi airport introduces RFID-enabled tag to track check-in luggage
5. WTO’s 12th Ministerial Conference held in Geneva, Switzerland; Co-hosted by Kazakhstan
6. EU Recommends Candidate Status for Ukraine & Moldova
7. Kotak General Insurance partners with PhonePe to offer motor insurance
8. WPI inflation rises to Record High of 15.88% in May 2022: NSO Data
9. Airtel launches Xstream multiplex: India’s 1st multiplex in the Metaverse
10. Shreyas G. Hosur becomes the first Indian Railways officer to complete the gruelling ‘Ironman’
Triathlon
11. Ramkrishna Mukkavilli becomes first Indian to be recognised as Global SDG pioneer by UNGC
12. ESFB Receives RBI Approval to Re-Appoint Vasudevan P N as MD & CEO
13. Rubber Board’s electronic trading platform ‘mRube’ goes live
14. US, Canada, & Mexico To Host FIFA world Cup 2026;1st time to be Hosted by 3 Countries
15. Sustainable Gastronomy Day: June 18, 2022
16. TN CM M.K. Stalin Flags Off Luxury Tourism Cruise Ship “Empress” In Chennai Port

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NATIONAL AFFAIRS
India’s 1st Government MLD Desalination Plant for Industrial Use inaugurated in Dahej,
Gujarat
On June 16, 2022, India’s first government desalination plant only for industrial use was inaugurated at Dahej
in Bharuch (Gujarat) by the Chief Minister (CM) of Gujarat, Bhupendra Patel. It was set up with an outlay of ~Rs
881.19 crore.

Developers:
Its construction work was awarded to the joint venture company of Larsen & Toubro and Tecton. A special
purpose vehicle (SPV), Dahej Desal Foundation, has been constituted by the Gujarat Industrial Development
Corporation (GIDC), and the beneficiary industrial units for operation and maintenance of the plant.
Need behind this Plant:
The daily requirement of water for industries in Dahej is around 200 MLD (Million Per Day), which is currently
fetched from the Narmada river. The industries will now get treated sea water for their use.
• Now, through this plant, 100 MLD treated sea water will be delivered daily to the industries at
Dahej.
• The price of 1,000 litres of treated water will be Rs 26.
Key Points:
i.GIDC allocated around 25 acres of land in Dahej for the plant, which will treat sea (salt) water through extra
reverse osmosis.
ii.The former Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani had laid the foundation for the plant at Dahej in 2019, due to the
increased demand for water in industries.
iii.Of the total four PCPIR (petroleum, chemicals and petrochemicals investment regions) in the country, Dahej
PCPIR is the only functional one.

GoI Reconstitutes Committee to Examine the Representation of Officials Sacked for Alleged
Corruption
The three-member panel of the committee to examine the representation of officials sacked for alleged
inefficiency or corruption in the government service has been reconstituted by the Ministry of Personnel,
Public Grievances and Pensions of the Government of India (GoI).
Members of the Panel
i. Arti Ahuja, Secretary, Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, has
been appointed in place of Leena Nandan, Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change.
ii. Puneet Kansal, Joint Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat, has been appointed in place of Ashutosh Jindal,
Additional Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat.
iii. One member of the panel will be nominated by the cadre controlling authority (under whose administrative
control the alleged corrupt officials come).

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Key Points:
i. The committee examines the representation of employees sacked in accordance with Fundamental Rule (FR)
56 (J), (I), and Rule 48 of the Central Civil Services (CCS) Pension Rules, 1972.
• Under these rules, the government has the absolute right to fire government officials for lack of
integrity or ineffectiveness in the public interest and allow the government to examine these cases.
ii. The objective of Fundamental Rules (FR) 56 (J), (I), and Rule 48 of the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 is to
enhance the administrative machinery by fostering responsible and efficient administration at all levels and to
achieve efficiency, economy, and speed in the disposition of government responsibilities.

Indian Navy & NCMRWF Inks MoU for Cooperation on Numerical Model-Based Applications in
Meteorology and Oceanology
The Indian Navy and the National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF) of the
Ministry of Earth Sciences(MoES), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for “Cooperation on
Numerical Model-Based Applications in Meteorology and Oceanology.”

The MoU was signed during a ceremony at NCMRWF in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, by Dr. Ashis K. Mitra, Head of
NCMRWF, and Commodore G. Rambabu, Head of the Indian Navy’s Directorate of Naval Oceanology and
Meteorology (DNOM), Integrated Headquarters, Ministry of Defence (Navy).
Significance
Under this collaboration, the Indian Navy and NCMRWF will share expertise in the domains of weather and
ocean modelling, coupled modelling, data assimilation, ensemble forecasting, and satellite data utilisation, with
the intent of keeping both organisations up to date with rapid development.
• This would also promote meaningful interactions that leverage on the professional strengths of both
organisations.
Features of the MoU:
i. The NCMRWF, with its highly skilled scientists and cutting-edge facilities, would render support to two of the
Indian Navy’s premier establishments in Kochi, Kerala:
• The Naval Operations Data Processing and Analysis Centre (NODPAC), and
• The Indian Naval Meteorological Analysis Centre (INMAC)
ii. This will help develop advanced numerical weather prediction systems, including coupled models, that will
have greater reliability and accuracy over the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) and global regions.

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iii. The MoU would benefit both NCMRWF and the Indian Navy in the future by fostering meaningful
interactions and professional exchanges.

Delhi airport introduces RFID-enabled tag to track check-in luggage

In a first in India, the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi introduced radio-frequency
identification (RFID) enabled baggage tags which will give passengers real-time information about the location
of their luggage. The RFID technology will be personalised and help arriving passengers keep track of their
check-in luggage.
i.The bag tags will be called ‘Bagg Trax’, and It will not only help domestic and international arrival passengers
but also those in transit to track their checked-in baggage.
ii.The tag is a blue-yellow card with a QR code on it. To avail the facility, the passenger will have to register by
scanning the QR code or visit “bag.hoi.in” on their phones. After this, they will receive a message confirming the
registration of the tag. Flyers will receive real-time SMS alerts with details of baggage on their phone.

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
WTO’s 12th Ministerial Conference held in Geneva, Switzerland; Co-hosted by Kazakhstan
The World Trade Organization’s (WTO) 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) was co-hosted by Switzerland, and
Kazakhstan at WTO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland after a gap of almost five years from June 12-June 17,
2022. It was attended by the Trade ministers of 164 nations.

• It was chaired by Timur Suleimenov, First Deputy Chief of Staff of Kazakhstan’s President.
• Kazakhstan was originally scheduled to host MC12 in June 2020 but the conference was postponed
due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Focus of WTO MC12:
i.To review the functioning of the multilateral trading system, to make general statements and to take action on
the future work of the WTO.
ii.To negotiate deals.
iii.The key areas of discussions and negotiations this year’s conference include WTO’s response to the
pandemic, Fisheries subsidies negotiations, Agriculture issues including Public Stockholding for Food security,
WTO Reforms and Moratorium on Custom Duties on Electronic Transmission.
WTO agrees Fishing, Food and Covid-19 Vaccine Deals:
The WTO members agreed on tackling the following food insecurity concerns, curbing harmful fishing
subsidies, temporarily waiving intellectual property (IP) obligations concerning COVID-19 vaccines, deals on e-
commerce, responding to pandemics and reforming the organisation itself.
i.The agreement on harmful fisheries subsidies is in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development
Goal 14.6 (UN SDG).
• It prohibits subsidies contributing to Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing with
unprecedented transparency provisions.
• It also includes an absolute prohibition of subsidies for fishing on the unregulated high seas.

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• The deal bans subsidies for illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, with a two-year exemption
for developing countries within their exclusive economic zones, or 200 nautical miles.
ii.Ministers also committed to undertake a major reform of the WTO looking into all aspects of its activities.
iii.Ministers agreed on a Declaration on the WTO response to the pandemic and preparedness for future
pandemics which affirms their commitment to transparency, timely and comprehensive information sharing,
and restraint on imposing export restrictions.
iv.Ministers agreed on a waiver of certain procedural obligations under the Trade-Related Aspects of
Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement which allow for the swift manufacture and export of COVID-
19 vaccines without the consent of the patent owner. It also maintains a functioning intellectual property
framework with incentives for investment, research and transfer of technology.
• The TRIPS waiver was proposed by India and South Africa, which were later joined by 63 more
developing nations.
• The agreement on TRIPS came into effect in January 1995. It is a multilateral agreement on IP rights
such as copyright, industrial designs, patents and protection of undisclosed information or trade
secrets.
v.In a joint Declaration on Food Security, WTO members committed to avoiding unjustified export restrictions
on food and improving transparency on any export restrictions that do occur.
vi.The moratorium on customs duties on electronic transmissions (the ‘e-commerce moratorium’) was
extended until MC13.
vii.The EU (European Union), Ecuador, Kenya and New Zealand agreed to work jointly to forge an inclusive
Coalition of Trade Ministers on Climate.
viii.The negotiated outcomes on a series of key trade initiatives are referred to as “Geneva Package”.
Note – The eleventh Ministerial Conference took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in December 2017.
Click Here for Official Documents
Union Minister Piyush Goyal represented India at the WTO MC12 & G-33 Ministerial Meeting
The Union Minister Piyush Goyal, Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) represented India at the WTO’s
MC12 during the Thematic Session on Agriculture.
• India pitched for protecting the interests of the developing and under-developed countries at WTO
by retaining the Special and Differential Treatment (S&DT) provisions, global inequities in COVID
vaccination and Public Stockholding of food grains.
• This will be the first Ministerial Conference when India sets the agenda.

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G-33 Ministerial Meeting at the WTO MC12:

The Union Minister Piyush Goyal also attended the ministerial meeting of G33, a coalition of developing
countries of which India is a key member. The minister held extensive talks with his counterparts from
developing and least developed nations.
• Established prior to the Cancun Ministerial in 2003, the G-33 grouping with 44 members now works
as a pressure group within WTO on agriculture-related issues
• Indonesia has organized the G-33 Virtual Informal Ministerial Meeting at the very start of the MC-12
in September 2021.
Key Points:
i.Indian side stressed the decision related to the public stockholding and special safeguard mechanism that are
the key areas of concern for the developing nations.
ii.The Union Minister met the Trade Representative of the United States of America (USA), Katherine Tai.
iii.He also held a meeting with South Africa Trade Minister Ebrahim Patel in Geneva.
About WTO Ministerial Conference:
Ministers from across the world use this event to review the functioning of the multilateral trading system,
make general statements and to take action on the future work of the WTO.
WTO is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations.
Recent Related News:
i.Union Minister Piyush Goyal Chaired a Meeting on Revamping Department of Commerce To Achieve $2
Trillion Export Target by 2027 and to become a future ready establishment of the Government by utilizing new
age capabilities.
ii.Union Minister PiyushGoyal signed the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) with the
delegation from the UAE led by Abdulla bin Touq Al-Marri, Minister of Economy, and Thani bin Ahmed Al
Zeyoudi, Minister of State for Foreign Trade, at the bilateral meeting held on 18th February 2022.
About World Trade Organization (WTO):
Director-General– Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Headquarters– Geneva, Switzerland
Establishment– 1995
The WTO has 164 members (including European Union)

EU Recommends Candidate Status for Ukraine & Moldova

The European Commission has made a historic step in recommending that Ukraine and Moldova be granted
European Union (EU) candidate status, paving the way for them to progress from former Soviet republics to
developed economies in the world’s largest trade bloc, the EU.

On June 17, 2022, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced the recommendation.
Backdrop
i. The European Commission’s unprecedented announcement is made in the wake of Russia’s invasion of
Ukraine on February 24, 2022, which killed many people and caused huge material destruction.
ii. Since 2014, when protesters in Kyiv, capital of Ukraine, deposed an unpopular pro-Russian president,

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Ukraine has sought EU candidate status.

iii. Pro-Russian and pro-EU politicians have fought for control of Ukraine and Moldova since their
independence in 1991.
iv. Russia also has forces stationed in Transnistria, a breakaway, Russian-speaking province on Moldova’s
eastern side.
Ukraine’s Scenario
i. If the European Commission’s decision is ratified as expected in the European Summit, it will be a morale
boost for Ukraine.
ii. Ukraine and Moldova’s path to full membership in the EU, a 27-nation union, might take years due to the
need for reforms to meet democratic and anti-corruption standards.
• Transparency International ranks Ukraine as one of the world’s most corrupt countries, ranking 122
out of 180 governments.
iii. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s ambition to join EU was backed by France, Germany, Italy and
Romania.
• Despite having a free trade agreement (FTA) with the EU, he applied to join EU just days after Russia
invaded. Moldova and Georgia immediately followed the suit.
What’s Next?
Leaders of the EU will discuss Ukraine’s, Georgia’s, and Moldova’s bids for EU membership in light of the
European Commission’s opinions at the European Council on June 23 and 24, 2022, in Brussels, Belgium.
• The commencement of accession talks requires unanimous approval from all member countries.
Georgia’s Scenario
i. Due to a domestic political crisis, the Commission imposed conditions on Georgia’s candidacy for
membership.
ii. Russia waged a brief war with Georgia in 2008 and still has military bases in two of the country’s disputed
regions.
Note: Since 2018, EU enlargement as a policy has been stalled. Member states cannot agree on whether to
admit Albania, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Turkey as official candidates.
About Republic of Moldova:
President – Maia Sandu
Capital – Chisinau
Currency – Moldovan Leu (MDL)

BANKING & FINANCE

Kotak General Insurance partners with PhonePe to offer motor insurance
Kotak Mahindra General Insurance Company Limited (Kotak General Insurance) has partnered with PhonePe
Insurance Broking Services Pvt. Ltd (PhonePe), a digital payments platform, to offer motor insurance to 380
million customers on the PhonePe platform.
• Through PhonePe, Kotak General Insurance will provide quick and seamless car and two-wheeler
insurance policies to its customers.
• This Partnership will empower PhonePe customers to buy car and two-wheeler insurance end-to-
end online in just a few clicks from the comfort of their smart phones.

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ECONOMY & BUSINESS

WPI inflation rises to Record High of 15.88% in May 2022: NSO Data
In accordance with the data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Commerce and
Industry (MoCI), the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) inflation rose to a record high of 15.88% in May 2022 from

15.08% in April 2022.

• This is the highest WPI in the 2011-12 series.
• The WPI based inflation was 13.11% in May 2021.
Reason behind this rise:
The high rate of inflation in May, 2022 is primarily due to rise in prices of vegetables, fruits, milk,
manufacturing, fuel, power, mineral oils, crude petroleum & natural gas, basic metals, chemicals & chemical
products and food products etc.
Key Points:
i.Inflation in food articles in May 2022 was 12.34%, as prices of vegetables, wheat, fruits and potato witnessed
sharp as compared to May 2021.
ii.The rate of price rise in vegetables was 56.36%, while in wheat it was 10.55% and in egg, meat and fish,
inflation was 7.78% in May 2022.
iii.In the fuel and power basket, inflation was 40.62%, while in manufactured products and oil seeds, it was
10.11 per cent and 7.08 per cent, respectively in May 2022.
iv.Inflation in crude petroleum and natural gas was 79.50% in May 2022.
Retail inflation
Retail inflation in May 2022 was 7.04%, remaining above the Reserve Bank’s upper tolerance level of 6% for
the fifth consecutive month.
• Combined food price inflation eased to 7.97% in May 2022 from 8.31 % in April 2022 but was up
from 5.01 % in May 2021.
• Rural inflation was recorded at 7.01% in May 2022 against 8.38% in April 2022.
• Urban inflation was 7.08% in May 2022 as compared to 7.09% in April 2022.
• The highest inflation rate was recorded by Telangana at 9.45% , followed by Maharashtra at
8.52% and Andhra Pradesh at 8.49%.

Airtel launches Xstream multiplex: India’s 1st multiplex in the Metaverse

Bharti Airtel (Airtel), has launched Xstream multiplex, India’s first multiplex in the metaverse on the
Partynite Metaverse platform. The Xstream multiplex is an extension of Airtel’s Xstream Premium offering.
i.Xstream is a 20-screen platform with access to content portfolios from leading (Over-The-Top) OTT partners
available on its application.
ii.Xstream multiplex with multiple engagement layers allows the users to interact on Partynite Metaverse.
iii.The idea of the multiplex was initiated by Essence, the integrated media agency of record of Airtel and
developed by Gamitronics, creator of Partynite, a blockchain-powered digital parallel universe.

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AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

Shreyas G. Hosur becomes the first Indian Railways officer to complete the gruelling ‘Ironman’
Triathlon
Shreyas G. Hosur became the first officer from the Indian Railways to complete the gruelling ‘Ironman’
Triathlon, considered to be the toughest single-day sports event in the world. This event includes 3.8 km of
swimming, 180 km of cycling and 42.2 km of running.
• Shreyas G. Hosur also became first officer from the non-uniformed Civil Services to complete the
event. He completed the event in 13 hours and 26 minutes in Hamburg, Germany.
• Shreyas G. Hosur, is an Indian Railway Accounts Service (IRAS) officer of the 2012 Batch. He is
returned from deputation to National Technical Research Organization (NTRO), Delhi and he is
currently serving as Dy. FA&CAO in Construction/SWR.

Ramkrishna Mukkavilli becomes first Indian to be recognised as Global SDG pioneer by UNGC
Ramkrishna Mukkavilli has become the first Indian to be recognised as the Global Sustainable Development
Goal (SDG) Pioneer for water stewardship by the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC). It is for the first
time that an Indian has been recognised for the position.
i.The UNGC has also named ten new SDG Pioneers, who are corporate leaders who are excelling in advancing
the SDGs by implementing the UN Global Compact Ten Principles on human rights, environment, labour, and
anti-corruption.
ii.Ramkrishna Mukkavilli, the Founder and Managing Director of Maithri Aquatech, a Make-In-India company,
was previously selected as India’s SDG Pioneer by the UN Global Compact Network India (GCNI) earlier in 2022,
for his work in building water security with nature-based water solutions across India and 27 countries.
Following this, he was recognized as one of the 10 new SDG Pioneers for 2022.

APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNATIONS

ESFB Receives RBI Approval to Re-Appoint Vasudevan P N as MD & CEO
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has approved the proposal to reappoint Vasudevan Pathangi
Narasimhan (Vasudevan P N) as the Managing Director (MD) & Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Equitas
Small Finance Bank (ESFB), for a period of one year with effect from July 23, 2022.

• Vasudevan P N, the founder and CEO of ESFB, had urged the lender to choose his successor in May
2022 because of his plan to step down.
• ESFB is a small-cap company with a market capitalization of Rs. 4,833 crore.
Note: Small-cap companies have a market capitalization of less than Rs 5,000 crore. These are smaller
enterprises with great development potential.

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About Vasudevan Pathangi Narasimhan:

i. He is a qualified company secretary from the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. He is also the MD of
Equitas, which started out as a microfinance firm in 2007 before becoming ESFB in 2016.
ii. He was the MD of Equitas Holding (EHL) before joining ESFB.
iii. He had been the Executive Vice President and Head of Consumer Banking Group at Development Credit
Bank Limited for more than one and half years.
iv. He also spent nearly two decades with Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company Limited, a part of
Murugappa Group, where he started as a management trainee and rose through the ranks to vice president and
head of vehicle finance.
v. He was also the Chairman of the Managing Committee of The South India Hire Purchase Association for Fiscal
2006.
vi. Vasudevan and his wife established the Varshini Illam Trust, a public charitable trust to provide quality
medical and therapy treatment to children aged 0 to 3 years in rural and semi-urban areas.
About Equitas Small Finance Bank Limited (ESFB):
It is the first Private Sector Bank from Tamil Nadu to commence operations post Indian Independence.
MD & CEO – Vasudevan Pathangi Narasimhan
Commencement of Operation – September 5, 2016
Headquarters – Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Tagline – “It’s Fun Banking”

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Rubber Board’s electronic trading platform ‘mRube’ goes live
mRube, the electronic trading platform promoted by Rubber Board went Live on June 8 2022.
The board intends to complement the existing trade system for rubber by introducing more transparency
coupled with quality assurance and payment security through mRube. The technology partner for developing
the mRube is Ahmedabad(Gujarat)-based i– Sourcing Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
• KN Raghavan, Executive Director of the Rubber Board, launched the beta version of the electronic
platform at a function in the presence of the Rubber Producer Society and other industry
representatives.
• Rubber Board is a statutory body under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India.
It was constituted as per the Rubber Act, 1947 and Rubber Rules 1955, for the overall development
of the rubber industry in India. Rubber Board Founded on 18 April 1947 and Head Office is located
in Kottayam, Kerala.

SPORTS
US, Canada, & Mexico To Host FIFA World Cup 2026;1st time to be Hosted by 3 Countries
Federation Internationale de Football Association(FIFA -International Federation of Association Football)
announced that the FIFA World Cup 2026 will be jointly hosted by the United States (US),
Canada, and Mexico. for the first time in the history of FIFA world Cup the event will be hosted by 3
countries. FIFA has selected 16 cities from these countries through a bid.
• Los Angeles (US), Toronto (Canada) and Mexico City (Mexico) are among the host cities for the
tournament.
• This will be the first World Cup hosted by more than one nation since 2002. Japan and South Korea
jointly hosted the 2002 World Cup.

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The 16 selected cities are:

i.US– Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Kansas City, Dallas, Atlanta, Houston, Boston, Philadelphia, Miami and
New York/New Jersey.
ii.Mexico– Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey
iii.Canada– Vancouver and Toronto.
Key Points:
i.It will also be the first time that 48 teams will feature in the tournament, an increase from the 32 that will
contest in FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 from November 21 – December 18.
ii.60 matches will take place in the US, including all matches from the quarter-finals onward, while Canada and
Mexico will host 10 games each.
iii.Mexico also hosted the FIFA World Cup in 1970 and 1986.
iv.US will be the second-time host (following 1994). this will be Canada’s first men’s FIFA World Cup, having
hosted the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2015.
About FIFA World Cup:
The FIFA World Cup is an international football competition contested by the senior men’s national teams of
the members of the FIFA, the sport’s global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four
years.
• The 2018 world cup was hosted by Russia & France won the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

IMPORTANT DAYS
Sustainable Gastronomy Day: June 18, 2022
Sustainable Gastronomy Day is celebrated across the world every year on June 18th to raise public
awareness of gastronomy’s role in sustainable development.

• The objective of this day is to recognize the practices involved with sustainable food consumption,
particularly the art of collecting and preparing the food we eat.
The three dimensions of sustainable development—people, planet, and profit—are all considered in the
celebrations on this important day.

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What is Sustainable Gastronomy?

Sustainable Gastronomy refers to cuisine that considers where the ingredients come from, how the food is
cultivated, and how it gets to our markets and, ultimately, our plates.
• Gastronomy is often known as the “art of food.” It relates to regional cuisine and food.
• Sustainability refers to the concept of doing something (such as agriculture, fishing, or even food
preparation) in a way that does not waste natural resources and can be continued in the future
without harming our environment or health.
Significance
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic across the world, sustainable gastronomy, which is celebrating seasonal
ingredients and producers, safeguarding wildlife and culinary traditions, proves to be more important than
ever.
As the food system changes due to environmental changes, Sustainable Gastronomy Day serves as a reminder
to the human race to change and adapt in order to protect our planet.
Background
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted resolution A/RES/71/246 on December 21, 2016,
designating June 18 as Sustainable Gastronomy Day as an international observance.
• The decision acknowledges gastronomy as a form of cultural expression linked to the natural and
cultural diversity of the world.
Work of UN System for a Sustainable Gastronomy
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO) and the UN General Assembly work to facilitate the observance of Sustainable Gastronomy
Day, in collaboration with Member States, UN organizations and other international and regional bodies, as well
as civil society.
Some of UNESCO’s initiatives include:
i. Launching the UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN), created in 2004 with the goal of sharing best
practices and encouraging collaboration in seven creative fields: crafts and folk arts, media arts, film, design,
gastronomy, literature, and music.
• 36 cities have been designated as Creative Cities of Gastronomy as of 2021.
• In 2019, the UCCN designated Hyderabad, Telangana, as a UCCN city in the gastronomy category.
ii. Using clean energy in local restaurants (using gas and electricity instead of coal, using natural gas rather than
carbon).
iii. Raising public awareness of sustainable gastronomy through television (TV) food channels and gastronomy
shows and through food cultural exhibitions, intended for the food industry and farmers.
iv. The FAO promotes green culture diets that are not only healthy, but sustainable and suggests that countries
that already have dietary guidelines should begin to consider a process of incorporating sustainability into
them.
Note: Other Indian cities on the UCCN list are: Srinagar – Crafts and Folk Arts (2021); Mumbai – Film (2019);
Chennai – Creative city of Music (2017); Jaipur – Crafts and Folk Arts (2015); Varanasi – Creative city of Music
(2015).

STATE NEWS
TN CM M.K. Stalin Flags Off Luxury Tourism Cruise Ship “Empress” In Chennai Port
Tamil Nadu(TN) Chief Minister(CM) Muthuvel Karunanidhi(M.K.) Stalin flagged off the luxury
tourism cruise Ship “Empress” from Chennai port, Tamil Nadu.The cruise is being
operated by Cordelia Cruises.
• This is the first luxury cruise liner to be operated from Tamil Nadu.
• The 11-storey tourist vessel can accommodate up to 2000 passengers and about 800 crew members.

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• The ship will go to the high seas from chennai port and will also anchor at Pondicherry and
Visakhapatnam harbours.

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