DAILY DOSE 29TH JUNE CURRENT AFFAIRS
1) UN Ocean Conference begins in Lisbon
- A five-day UN Ocean Conference kicked off on 27 June 2022 with Kenya and Portugal being the co-hosts.
- Leaders from over 130 countries from across the world will deliberate for five days to find an international agreement on protecting the world’s oceans, seas, and marine resources.
- Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh is leading the Indian delegation.
2) Olympic medallist hockey player Varinder Singh passes away
- Legendary Indian hockey player Varinder Singh, an Olympic and world championships medallist, passed away on 27 June 2022.
- He was part of the gold medal-winning Indian team at the 1975 men’s Hockey World Cup in Kuala Lumpur.
- He was also part of the bronze medal-winning team at the 1972 Munich Olympics.
- In 2007, he was conferred with the prestigious Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award.
3) Ministry of Steel onboards itself on National portal for GatiShakti
- The Ministry of Steel has onboarded itself on PM GatiShakti Portal (National Master Plan portal).
- It has been done with the help of Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geo-informatics (BISAG-N).
- BISAG-N has created an application through which the Ministry is planning to upload the Geo location of more than 2000 steel units functioning in the country.
4) Tata Power commissions India’s largest floating solar power project
- Tata Power Solar Systems Limited has commissioned India’s largest floating solar power project in Kerala.
- The new project located at Kayamkulam, Kerala, is spread on a 350-acre water body, backwaters area, having an installed capacity of 101.6 Megawatt Peak.
- This project is the first one in the Floating Solar Photovoltaic (FSPV) through Power Purchase Agreement category.
5) Ashwini Vaishnaw launches e-learning portal ‘Dak Karmayogi’
- ‘Dak Karmayogi, an e-learning portal of the Department of Post was launched by Communications Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in New Delhi on 28 June 2022.
- This portal will enhance the competencies of about four lakh Gramin Dak Sevaks and departmental employees.
- It will enable all the trainees to access the uniform standardized training content online or in blended campus mode.
6) West African nations Gabon and Togo join Commonwealth
- Two West African nations Gabon and Togo joined the Commonwealth on 25 June 2022.
- They joined the group as its 55th and 56th member at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2022, held in Rwanda, from June 20 to June 25, 2022.
- Rwanda was the last country to join the Commonwealth in 2009,
- Commonwealth of Nations Head – Queen Elizabeth II
7) DRDO & Indian Army successfully test indigenously-developed ATGM
- Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) & the Indian Army successfully tested indigenously-developed anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) at KK range in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, on 28 June 2022.
- The missile was successfully test-fired from the Arjun battle tank.
- DRDO founded in – 1958
- DRDO Chairman – Dr G. Satheesh Reddy
- Indian Army, Chief of the Army Staff – General Manoj Pande
8) NITI Aayog launches report on India’s Gig and Platform Economy
- NITI Aayog launched a report titled ‘India’s Booming Gig and Platform Economy, on 27 June 2022.
- It is a first-of-its-kind study that presents comprehensive perspectives and recommendations on the gig-platform economy in India.
- The report provides a scientific methodological approach to estimate the current size and job-generation potential of the sector.
9) NASA successfully launches rocket from Australia
- NASA has successfully launched a rocket from Australia’s Northern Territory, making history as the agency’s first commercial spaceport launch outside the United States.
- The rocket blasted off on 27 June 2022 from the Arnhem Space Centre.
- It will travel more than 300 km into space on its mission to observe the Alpha Centauri ‘A’ and ‘B’ constellations, the nearest star systems to the Earth.
10) Justice Satish Chandra sworn in as Chief Justice of Delhi High Court
- Justice Satish Chandra Sharma on 28 June 2022 took oath as the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court.
- He was sworn in by Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena at a ceremony in the Raj Niwas.
- Justice Sharma had earlier served as the Chief Justice of the Telangana High Court.
- Justice Ujjal Bhuyan took oath as the Chief Justice of Telangana High Court on 28 June 2022.
11) Indian Coast Guard commissions ALH MK III squadron at Porbandar
- The Indian Coast Guard on 28 June 2022 commissioned a made-in-India Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) MK III squadron at Porbandar, Gujarat.
- It was commissioned by VS Pathania, Director-General, Indian Coast Guard.
- The ALH MK III helicopters have been indigenously manufactured by Hindustan. Aeronautics Limited (HAL).
- So far, 13 ALH MK-III aircraft have been inducted in the Indian Coast Guard.
12) Khushi Patel from United Kingdom wins Miss India Worldwide 2022
- Khushi Patel, a biomedical student from the United Kingdom, has been declared the winner of the Miss India Worldwide 2022.
- Vaidehi Dongre from the US was declared the first runner up while Shrutika Mane was adjudged the second runner-up.
- It is the longest-running Indian pageant outside of India and is organised by India Festival Committee (IFC).
- It was the 29th edition of the pageant.
13) Income Inequality in India declined significantly since 2017
- Inequality of income in India has declined significantly since Financial Year 2017, according to the latest SBI Ecowrap research report.
- It also says that the income inequality in the country has also declined during the Covid-19.
- India’s poverty ratio has also declined to 17.9 percent in 2020-21 from 21.9 percent in 2011-12.
14) Wimbledon Championship kicks off in London from 27 June 2022
- The Wimbledon Championship began on 27 June 2022 at the All England Lawn Tennis Club in London.
- Novak Djokovic opened his campaign against 75th-ranked Kwon Soon-woo of South Korea in the first match.
- Carlos Alcaraz will open his campaign against Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff.
- No players of Russian or Belarusian nationality are allowed to play in the tournament.
15) Centre to roll out “One Nation, One Dialysis” programme
- Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandavia has informed that the Centre will roll out the “One Nation, One Dialysis” programme.
- It will help patients undergoing dialysis get the procedure done anywhere in the country at any time.
- He informed this while laying the foundation stone for the Central Government Health Scheme wellness centre at Avadi, a Chennai suburb.
16) International Day of the Tropics: 29 June
- International Day of the Tropics is observed annually on June 29.
- Its main goal is to raise awareness across all nations of the world, on the issues faced by tropical areas, and to highlight the important role they play in our lives.
- On June 14, 2016, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution designating June 29 as International Day of the Tropics.
17) National Statistics Day: 29 June
- National Statistics Day is celebrated on June 29 on the birth anniversary of late Professor Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis.
- He founded the Indian Statistical Institute & contributed to the design of large-scale sample surveys.
- For his contributions, Mahalnobis has been considered the Father of modern statistics in India
- The theme of Statistics Day, 2022 is ‘Data for Sustainable Development!
18) Deepak Punia wins bronze in U23 Asian wrestling championships
- Tokyo Olympian Deepak Punia won a bronze medal after defeating Maksat Satybaldy in the 86kg freestyle weight category at the U23 Asian wrestling championships 2022 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
- In the opening two rounds, he lost to gold medallist Azizbek Fayzullaev of Uzbekistan and Nurtilek Karypbaev of Kyrgyzstan.
- India won 25 medals in all in the U23 meet in the event, including 10 gold medals.
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