DAILY DOSE 27TH JULY CURRENT AFFAIRS
1) Banks can look at having paperless branches: RBI discussion paper
- A discussion paper on ‘Climate Risk and Sustainable Finance’ was released by RBI.
- In discussion paper, RBI said it intends to prepare a strategy based on the global best practices on mitigating the adverse impacts of climate change.
- RBI suggested that banks and other financial. institutions could consider eliminating the use of paper at their branches as well as introduce. e-receipts at ATMs.
2) World Hepatitis Day: 28 July
- World Hepatitis Day is observed each year on 28 July.
- It is observed to raise awareness about viral hepatitis, which causes inflammation of the liver that leads to severe disease and liver cancer.
- The hepatitis virus has five primary strains: types A, B, C, D and E.
- The first World Hepatitis Day was observed in 2008.
- The theme for 2022 is ‘Bringing hepatitis care closer to you!
3) 83rd Raising Day of CRPF: 27 July 2022
- 27 July 2022 was observed as the 83rd Raising Day of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).
- CRPF, the India’s largest central armed police force came into existence on this day in 1939.
- Soon after India’s independence, CRPF got its name with the enactment of the CRPF Act on 28th December in 1949.
- It officially works under the Ministry of Home Affairs.
4) Lulo Rose: Largest pink diamond in 300 years found in Angola
- A rare pure pink diamond, believed to be the largest found in 300 years, has been unearthed in Angola, a country in Central Africa.
- It is a 170-carat pink diamond & has been named ‘The Lulo Rose.’
- It weighs 34 grams.
- Miners in Angola discovered it at the Lulo mine in Angola’s diamond-rich northeast.
- The Lulo Rose is a type 2a diamond, meaning it has few or no impurities.
5) HCL Tech’s Roshni Nadar Malhotra is the wealthiest woman in India
- Roshni Nadar Malhotra, the chairperson of HCL Technologies, is the richest woman in India with a wealth of 84,330 cr.
- She retained the position for the second year in a row, as per the 3rd ‘Kotak Private Banking Hurun – Leading Wealthy Women List!
- Falguni Nayar of Nykaa overtook Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw of Biocon to become the richest self-made woman in India with a wealth of ₹57,520 cr.
6) Japan’s Sakurajima volcano erupts
- Japan’s Sakurajima volcano, located on the island of Kyushu, erupted, prompting evacuations in the region.
- The authorities have raised the alert level to the highest level of 5.
- Earlier this year, on January 15, The Hunga Tonga volcano eruption destroyed the uninhabited island of Hunga Tonga Ha’apai.
- It is now officially the largest explosive eruption of the 21st century.
7) PV Sindhu & Manpreet Singh named India’s flagbearers for CWG 2022
- Indian men’s hockey team captain Manpreet Singh & shuttler PV Sindhu have been named as India’s flag-bearers for the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2022.
- Sindhu was also the flagbearer at the 2018 CWG in Gold Coast.
- A total of 215 athletes from India will be taking part in the CWG 2022 taking place in Birmingham, England from 28 July to 8 August 2022.
8) RBI launches awareness campaign for Unclaimed deposits
- RBI has launched a national campaign with a focus on the eight states that have maximum amount of unclaimed deposits.
- Unclaimed deposits in banks jumped to Rs 48,262 crore in FY22 from Rs 39,264 crore in FY21.
- Balances in savings/current accounts not operated for 10 years, or term deposits not claimed within 10 years from the date of maturity, are classified as “unclaimed deposits”.
9) Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam’s 7th death anniversary: 27 July 2022
- 27 July 2022 marked 7th death anniversary of former President and Bharat Ratna Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.
- He was also popularly known as the Missile Man of India.
- He made significant contribution as Project Director to develop India’s first indigenous Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV-III) which successfully injected the Rohini satellite in the near earth orbit in July 1980.
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