Here is the Daily GK Update of the
10th September 2022 covering the following news headlines: NITI Aayog, UN human
rights chief, CHHATA, Fortune India Rich List 2022,Meritorious Service Medal,
World Suicide Prevention Day.
NITI Aayog and World Resources
Institute (WRI), launched India’s first National Electric Freight Platform-
E-FAST India (Electric Freight Accelerator for Sustainable Transport-India).
The National Electric Freight Platform
brings different stakeholders together with the support of the World Economic
Forum, CALSTART, and RMI India.
The platform aims to raise awareness
of freight electrification bolstered by an on-ground demonstration pilot and
evidence-based research.
It will support scalable pilots and
inform policies aimed at accelerating freight electrification in India.
The launch of E-Fast India has
witnessed participation from major automobile industries, logistics companies,
development banks, and fin-tech companies.
The United Nations (UN) General
Assembly approved Volker Türk of Austria to be the global body’s Human Rights
Chief by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Volker Turk replaces Verónica
Michelle Bachelet Jeria, a Chilean politician who served at the office of the
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) from 2018 to 2022.
Turk, currently serving as assistant
secretary-general for policy. Previously, Volker Türk served as the Assistant
High Commissioner for Protection at UN refugees, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR),
Geneva. He had a long and successful career in the advancement of human rights
globally.
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Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh,
Bhupesh Baghel inaugurated the 32nd and 33rd districts of the State.
Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur and Sakti were announced as the 32nd and 33rd
districts of Chhattisgarh.
Sakti is carved out from
Janjgir-Champa, and Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur is carved out from the
Koriya district.
The Chattisgarh Chief Minister said
that people have been demanding the creation of the Manendragarh district for a
very long time and it has been a long-term struggle to create Manendragarh as a
district.
Odisha government has launched a
rainwater harvesting scheme named ‘Community Harnessing and Harvesting
Rainwater Artificially from Terrace to Aquifer (CHHATA). The new scheme was
approved by the Cabinet last month. It will be implemented for a period of five
years.
The State sector scheme will work
towards conserving rainwater and improving water quality in urban local bodies
(ULBs) and water scarce blocks.
As per the feasibility based on a
groundwater resource assessment conducted in 2020, rainwater harvesting
structures will be constructed on the roofs of 29,500 private buildings and
1,925 government buildings covering 52 water-stressed blocks and 27 urban local
bodies.
Bihar Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar has
inaugurated India’s longest rubber dam ‘Gayaji Dam’ on the Falgu River in Gaya.
The dam has been built at an estimated cost of Rs 324 crore. Experts from IIT
(Roorkee) were involved with the project.
There will be enough water in the dam
round the year for the convenience of pilgrims. With its construction, now at
least two feet of water will be available in the Falgu River near Vishnupad
Ghat throughout the year for the devotees who come here to do Pind Daan.
As growth in major global economies
slows as a result of high inflation, exacerbated by the Ukraine war, many
economists are hoping that China will again come to the world’s rescue.
But this is not 2008, when China’s
then rapidly expanding economy and a huge stimulus unleashed by the Beijing
government, helped Western countries to recover much faster from the financial
crisis.
This time, China’s economic woes run
deep. The government has all but given up on this year’s target of 5.5% GDP
growth and Premier Li Keqiang warned last month there was little appetite right
now for more expansionary policymaking.
Passenger vehicle wholesales in India
witnessed a 21 per cent annual growth in August, riding on improved supplies of
semiconductors and festive demand, according to the Society of Indian
Automobile Manufacturers.
As per the latest data released by
industry body Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), passenger vehicle
(PV) dispatches to dealers stood at 2,81,210 units last month, against 2,32,224
units in August 2021. Passenger car wholesales were up 23 per cent at 1,33,477
units last month, as against 1,08,508 units in the year-ago period, SIAM said.
Lord’s Mark Insurance recieves
insurance licence: The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India
(IRDAI) has given Lord’s Mark Insurance Brokerage Private Limited, the insurance
division of Lord’s Mark Industries, a direct insurance broking licence to
market life and general insurance products. With this direct broking licence,
Lord’s Mark Insurance Industries lays the groundwork for its entry into the
insurance sector.
Insurance from Lord’s Mark Insurance
In order to formalise relationships for the launch of life and general
insurance products on its Policy King platform, broking is already in talks
with a few top insurance providers.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
imposes fine on three entities: Three organisations, including Industrial Bank
of Korea, have received fines from the Reserve Bank for breaking regulations.
The Reserve bank of India announced
that Industrial Bank of Korea has been fined Rs 36 lakh for failing to follow
several Know Your Customer (KYC) guidelines.
Woori Bank was fined Rs 59.10 lakh for
failing to follow RBI guidelines regarding the “Creation of a Central
Repository of Large Common Exposures – Across Banks.”
Indiabulls Commercial Credit Limited,
New Delhi, has been fined Rs. 12.35 lakh for failing to follow some KYC
directives.
The Reserve Bank did emphasise that
the purpose of penalties is not to judge the legality of any transaction or
arrangement entered into by the firms with their clients but rather to reflect
weaknesses in regulatory compliance.
According to Fortune India’s list of
‘India’s Richest’ for 2022, the wealth of 142 billionaires based in India is
collectively worth USD 832 billion (Rs 66.36 trillion). The maiden list, made
in collaboration with the wealth management firm, Waterfield Advisors, is
primarily based on the wealth of entrepreneurs of listed firms.
According to Forbes realtime
billionaires list, Asia’s richest man Gautam Adani has overtaken Amazon founder
Jeff Bezos to become the 3rd richest person in the world. He became India’s
richest man with a net worth of USD 129.16 billion (Rs. 10.29 trillion)
Meanwhile, Reliance Industries
chairman Mukesh Ambani’s net worth stands at USD 94 billion becoming the 8th
richest in the world and the 2nd richest in India.
Defense Research and Development
Organization (DRDO) and the Indian Army completed six flight tests of the Quick
Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QRSAM) system from Integrated Test Range
(ITR), Chandipur, on the Odisha Coast, as part of evaluation trials.
QRSAM is a short-range Surface Air
Missile (SAM) system, which is designed and developed by the DRDO.
The QRSAM aims to provide a protective
shield to the moving armored columns of the Army from aerial attacks.
The six flight tests were carried out
against high-speed aerial targets mimicking various types of threats to
evaluate the capability of the QRSAM as a short-range Surface Air Missile (SAM)
system.
Former India Chief of Naval Staff,
Admiral Sunil Lanba has been conferred Singapore’s prestigious military award,
the Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Tentera) or Meritorious Service Medal (Military)
(MSM(M)), by President Halimah Yacob.
Admiral Lanba has been conferred the
award for his outstanding contributions in enhancing the strong and
long-standing bilateral defence relationship between the Indian Navy and the
Republic of Singapore Navy.
Both navies concluded the Bilateral
Agreement for Navy Cooperation in November 2017 and the Implementing
Arrangement for Mutual Coordination, Logistics and Services Support in June
2018, which established the framework for greater Navy-to-Navy interactions and
expanded collaboration in areas of mutual interest such as submarine rescues,
maritime-security information-sharing and logistics support.
Aaron Finch, Australia’s captain
announced his retirement from one-day international cricket after Australia’s
third and final ODI against New Zealand.
Finch will continue to be the captain
of the Australian cricket team for T20 and will lead it in defense of its world
title in the T20 World Cup which is going to be held in October and November in
Australia.
Finch is known as one of the most
damaging opening batters in the world, Finch has scored 5,401 runs in the ODI
format with an average of close to 40, and 17 centuries.
A senior journalist Pavan C Lall has
authored a new book ‘Forging Mettle: Nrupender Rao and the Pennar Story’, which
is set to be released in September 2022. The book will be published by
HarperCollins Publishers India.
The book is focused on how a business
is built into a large organisation on the foundations of values and
sustainability. Forging Mettle is a story of Nrupender Rao, Chairman of the
Board at Pennar Industries Limited and his entrepreneurial journey.
The story gives a unique philosophy
for a company, recommended to striving entrepreneurs to understand how to
construct a principled and ethical institution. It’s also the story of how a
business built with ethics and social and environmental concern at the core of
its values can indeed be profitable and sustainable.
World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD),
celebrated annually on 10 September, is organized by the International
Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) and endorsed by the World Health
Organization (WHO).
The overall goal of this day is to
raise awareness about suicide prevention worldwide. Objectives include
promoting stakeholder collaboration and self-empowerment to address self-harm
and suicide through preventative action.
The theme of WSPD 2022, “Creating hope
through action,” reflects the need for collective, action to address this
urgent public health issue. This has been the triennial theme for World Suicide
Prevention Day from 2021 to 2023.
World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD)
was established in 2003 by the International Association for Suicide Prevention
in conjunction with the World Health Organization (WHO).
The National Mission for Clean Ganga
organized Himalayan Diwas on September 09, in association with Naula
Foundation. The day is celebrated with an aim to preserve the Himalayan
ecosystem and region.
This day is celebrated to mark the
importance of the Himalayas. The Himalayan hill cities face many challenges due
to poor building planning and design, poor infrastructures like toads, water
supply, sewage etc. and unprecedented felling of trees.
Himalaya Day 2022 was observed under the theme ‘Himalayas will be safe only when the interests of its residents are protected.
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