Current Affairs

07^th July 2022

World Chocolate Day 2022: 7th July

World Chocolate Day is celebrated on July 7 every year to commemorate the invention of chocolate. This special day allows people around the world to indulge in their favourite treat without any guilt.

Rashtriya Raksha University, DroneAcharya tie up to set Remote Pilot Training Centre

Rashtriya Raksha University at Gandhinagar has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with DroneAcharya Aerial Innovations Private Limited for setting up a Remote Pilot Training Centre for imparting drone flying skills. To read more, click here.

IRDAI and NHA to develop National Health Claims Exchange to settle claims

IRDAI and National Health Authority (NHA) will develop a National Health Claims Exchange as a digital platform to settle health claims. To read more, click here.

Points to remember:

IRDAI Founded: 1999

IRDAI Headquarters: Hyderabad

IRDAI Chairperson: Debasish Panda

Parshottam Rupala inaugurates India’s first ever Animal Health Summit

Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Parshottam Rupala inaugurating First India Animal Health Summit 2022, he called for greater use of Ayurveda for ensuring better animal health. To read more, click here.

Indian-American Billionaire on Forbes’ List of America’s Richest Self-Made Women

Indian-American Jayshree Ullal, CEO of Arista Networks, an American computer networking company, and a member of the board of directors of Snowflake, was ranked near the top of 8th annual Forbes’ America’s Richest Self-Made Women, with a net worth of $1.7 billion as of May 2022. To read more, click here.

India’s first autonomous navigation facility “TiHAN” launched at IIT Hyderabad

India’s first Autonomous Navigation facility, TiHAN inaugurated by Union Minister of State for Science & Technology, Jitendra Singh at the IIT Hyderabad campus. To read more, click here.