JULY CURRENT AFFAIRS

1. India Animal Health Summit 2022?

 Recently, the Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying
inaugurated the First India Animal Health Summit 2022 in New Delhi.
 Its India’s first-ever Animal health Summit organized by the Indian Chamber of Food
and Agriculture (ICFA) and the Agriculture Today Group.

NOTE: Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying –

Union Minister - Shri Parshottam Rupala

Secretary - Shri Atul Chaturvedi

Minister of State - Shri Sanjeev Kumar Balyan

Minister of State - Dr. L. Murugan

2. Mission Vatsalya?

 Mission Vatsalya is related to child protection scheme.

Name in different years

2010 - Integrated Child Protection Scheme.

2017 - Child Protection Services Scheme,

2021-2022 - Mission Vatsalya.

Launched by - Ministry of women and child development.

Minister - Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani

Secretary - Shri Indevar Pandey

3. What are the Initiatives to Promote Apprenticeships?

 Scheme for Higher Education Youth in Apprenticeship and Skills (SHREYAS)

 Skills Strengthening for Industrial Value Enhancement Scheme
 YuWaah Youth Skilling Initiative

 Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana.

4. PARIMAN Portal?

 Geo-Portal for NCR known as ‘PARIMAN’, launched in August 2021 by the National
Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) and Union Minister for Housing & Urban
Affairs, has been made open to the public of NCR.

Union Minister for Housing & Urban Affairs - Shri Hardeep Singh Puri

5. Digital India Week 2022?

 Recently, the Prime Minister has inaugurated the Digital India Week 2022 under the
Digital India Programme, with the aim to strengthen Ease of Doing Business and Ease
of Living.
Theme: ‘Catalyzing New India’s Techade’.
Date: 4 July 2022
Location: Gandhinagar Gujarat.

6. G-20 Foreign Ministers Meeting

 Recently, the External Affairs Minister of India met with the US Secretary of State and Russian
Foreign Minister and other counter parts in Bali (Indonesia) on the sidelines of the G20 Foreign
Ministers Meeting.

THEME - Building a more peaceful, stable, and prosperous world together

7. The African Union at 20

 The African Union is celebrating its 20th Anniversary on 9th of July 2022.
8. Plastic Waste Minimisation: NITI Aayog

 Recently, NITI Aayog has releases a report titled ‘Alternative Products and Technologies to
Plastics and their Applications’ to encourage use of alternatives of plastics.

9. Red Panda

 Recently, the Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park has started an ambitious programme
to release 20 Red Pandas in about five years to the forests.

 The Singalila National Park, the highest protected area in West Bengal, will soon get new
denizens.

10. India’s Largest Floating Solar Power Project

 Recently, the final 20 MW of the 100 MW Ramagundam floating solar PV project’s

commercial operation date was recently announced.

 With this, the 100 MW Ramagundam floating solar PV project in Telangana is declared
operational from 1st July 2022.

 It is the largest project of its kind in India.

11. NFSA Ranking 2022

 Recently, the first edition of the State Ranking Index for National Food Security Act (NFSA),
2013 was released,
General Category States: € Odisha is ranked first followed by Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh
in second and third position.
Special Category States: € Tripura ranks top among the special category states (the North-
eastern States, Himalayan States, and Island States). € Himachal Pradesh and Sikkim are in
second and third place, respectively.
Worst Performers: € Punjab, Haryana and Delhi are among the states at the bottom five.
12. Global Gender Gap Index 2022

 Recently, the World Economic Forum (WEF) ranked India at 135 out of 146 countries in its
Global Gender Gap (GGG) Index for 2022.

13. Declaring Mangarh Hillock as a Monument of National Importance

14. National Statistics Day

 India observes National Statistics Day on 29th June every year to honour the work and
contribution of late Professor and Scientist Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis in the field of
Statistics and economic planning.

15. Kai Chutney: Odisha

16. Fields Medals 2022

 Recently, Ukrainian mathematician Maryna Viazovska along with other three mathematicians
received the prestigious Fields Medals.