DAILY DOSE 30TH JUNE CURRENT AFFAIRS
1) T-Hub 2.0, world’s largest innovation centre inaugurated in Hyderabad
- Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on 28 June 2022 inaugurated Phase 2 of T-Hub (Technology Hub) in Hyderabad.
- The facility will support over 2,000 startups under one roof, with a total built-up area of 5.82 lakh square feet, making it the world’s largest innovation campus.
- The first T-Hub was launched in 2015 on the campus of IIT, Hyderabad, under the name of Catalyst.
2) Nitin Gadkari presented National Highway excellent award 2021
- Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla along with Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari gave away National Highways Excellence Awards-2021.
- Awards were given to the stakeholders and companies engaged in the highway construction and maintenance of road assets in New Delhi.
- These Excellence Awards were constituted in 2018.
- Awards were given away in nine categories.
3) Union Cabinet approves computerisation of PACS
- The Union Cabinet on 29 June 2022 approved the computerisation of 63 thousand functional Primary Agriculture Credit Societies (PACS) with an overall budget outlay of 2516 crore rupees.
- The move will benefit 13 crore farmers.
- It will help in improving the outreach of the PACS as outlets for banking activities as well as non-Banking activities apart from improving digitalisation in rural areas.
4) Iran & Argentina apply to join BRICS group of emerging countries
- Two new countries – Iran and Argentina – have applied to join the influential BRICS – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – grouping.
- Both the countries applied for membership after the recent 14th BRICS Summit which was held from 23 to 24 June 2022 under the Chairship of President Xi Jinping of China.
- 1st BRIC summit: 16 June 2009, Russia
- South Africa joined the group in 2010.
5) Winners of First ‘Kempegowda International Awards’ announced
- SM Krishna, NR Narayana Murthy and Prakash Padukone have been selected for the first edition of the Kempegowda International Award.
- The award has been instituted by the Karnataka govt beginning in 2022.
- Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai presented the awards on 27 June 2022 to mark the 513th Kempegowda Jayanti.
- The award carries a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh.
6) International Asteroid Day: 30 June
- International Asteroid Day is an annual UN-sanctioned global awareness campaign. event observed on June 30.
- It is observed on the anniversary of the Tunguska event in 1908 when an asteroid levelled about 2,150 square kilometres of forest in Siberia.
- International Asteroid Day aims to raise public awareness about the asteroid impact hazard.
- The theme for 2022 is “small is beautiful.”
7) KK Venugopal to continue as Attorney General for three more months
- Senior advocate KK Venugopal has agreed to continue as the Attorney General for India for three more months. His present tenure was to end on June 30.
- Mr Venugopal was appointed by the President of India as Attorney General for India in July 2017.
- He was subsequently reappointed to the post.
- He had replaced Mukul Rohatgi.
8) Govt approves deregulation of sale of domestically produced crude oil
- The Union Cabinet on 29 June 2022 approved the deregulation of the sale of domestically produced crude oil.
- This decision will be applicable from 1 October 2022.
- All Exploration and Production (E&P) companies will now be free to sell crude oil from their fields in the domestic market.
9) PADMA – the Centralised Pay System for Indian Coast Guard launched
- Pay Roll Automation for Disbursement of Monthly Allowances (PADMA), an automated Pay & Allowances module for the Indian Coast Guard was launched.
- PADMA will provide seamless and timely disbursal of Pay & Allowances to around 15,000 Indian Coast Guard personnel.
- It is developed under the aegis of Defense Accounts Department and will be operated by Pay Accounts Office Coast Guard, Noida.
10) 4th Synergy Conference held
- Fourth Synergy Conference between Indian Army and Defence Accounts Department (DAD) was held in New Delhi on June 28, 2022.
- The day-long conference was co-chaired by Vice Chief of Army Staff (VCOAS) Lt Gen BS Raju & Controller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA) Shri Rajnish Kumar.
- The primary agenda of the conference included deliberations on AGNIPATH scheme.
11) 4 Indian cities among top 20 sustainable cities in Asia Pacific
- 4 Indian cities – Bengaluru, Delhi, Hyderabad and Mumbai – made it to the list of top 20 sustainable cities in the Asia Pacific region, according to a latest report.
- The report, titled Active Capital Asia-Pacific (APAC) -Rising Capital in Uncertain Times has been released by property consultant Knight Frank.
- Singapore, Sydney, Wellington, Perth and Melbourne are the top 5 green-rated cities.
12) India successfully tests High Speed Expendable Aerial Target ‘ABHYAS’
- India on 29 June 2022 successfully tested the indigenously-designed ABHYAS – a High-speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT).
- The test was carried out by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) from the Integrated Test Range in Odisha’s Chandipur.
- ABHYAS is developed by Aeronautical Development Establishment, DRDO.
- The aircraft is programmed for a fully autonomous flight.
13) Airtel Payments Bank partners Axis Bank to digitise cash collection
- Airtel Payments Bank has partnered Axis Bank to digitise the cash collection system in the country’s tier III cities and semi-urban regions.
- Airtel Payments Bank will leverage the extensive reach of its digital-led neighbourhood banking model to support Axis Bank with the digitisation of last-mile cash collections.
- It would also speed up the payment cycle.
14) Busan University of Foreign Studies establishes India Centre
- Busan University of Foreign Studies established India Centre for the promotion of India-focused activities in the university.
- The Centre will act as a nodal point for India-related events in Busan.
- MoU to promote cooperation in the field of education & cultural exchange was also signed between Busan University of Foreign Studies & Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre, Embassy of India in Seoul.
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