DAILY
GK 12 APRIL
1.
ASIA’S
LARGEST SEWERAGE TREATMENT PLANT AT OKHLA
● This
STP aims to remove contaminants from sewage to produce an effluent that is
suitable for discharge to the surrounding environment or an intended reuse
application
● According
to the Ministry of Jal Shakti, the total sanction cost of the Okhla STP project
is Rs 665.78 crore.
2.
ECUADOR
– FIRST COUNTRY TO GIVE LEGAL RIGHTS TO WILD ANIMALS
● The
South American Country – Ecuador became the First country in the world to give
legal rights to wild animals.
● Ecuador capital – Quito,President –
Guillermo Lasso
3.
PRESIDENT
OF INDIA VISITS TURKMENISTAN AND NETHERLANDS
● Ram
NathKovind becomes the first ever Indian President to visit Turkmenistan
● Documents
were signed along with Memorandum of Understanding (MoU’s) at the Oguzhar
(Presidential) palace Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.
● The
President of India visited the Kingdom of Netherlands and met King Willem
Alexander and Queen Maxima.
● During
the visit, the President will hold discussions with His Royal Majesties and
Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of the Netherlands.
4.
SARASWATI
SAMMAN 2021
● India’s
noted poet and litterateur Professor Ramdarash Mishra has been selected as the
recipient of the SaraswatiSamman 2021 for his Hindi Poetry collection titled “Mein to Yahan Hun”.
● SaraswatiSamman,
one of India’s most prestigious literary awards, was instituted in 1991 by KK Birla Foundation.
● The
award is annually presented to outstanding literary work written in any Indian
language by an Indian citizen and published within the last 10 years.
5.
CHIEF
COORDINATOR OF G20 SUMMIT 2023
● Foreign
Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla has been appointed as the Chief Coordinator of
the G20 Summit, which will be hosted by India in 2023.
● India will hold the Presidency of the G20
from 1 December 2022 to 30 November 2023 and will host the G20 Leaders’ Summit
for the first time in 2023.
● The
G20 Summit 2023 will be India’s
largest international event in recent years, bringing together the five P5 (US,
Russia, China, the United Kingdom, and France) representatives in India at the
same time.
● Union
Minister of Commerce & Industry Piyush
Goyal will remain the G20 sherpa.
● G20 Bali Summit 2022:It is the 17th
meeting of G20 Heads of State and Government Summit which is scheduled to take
place in Bali, Indonesia from November 15-16, 2022 under the Presidency of
Indonesia with the overall theme of “Recover Together Recover Stronger”.
● About G20: It is a strategic multilateral platform
connecting the world’s major developed and emerging economies. India is a
founding member of the G20 Group.
● Members – 19 world’s major economies and
the European Union (EU).
6.
TUVALU
NEGOTIATOR IAN FRY APPOINTED AS CLIMATE CHANGE EXPERT BY UNHRC
● As
a part to the 49th session, The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has
appointed Tuvalu negotiator Dr Ian Fry for the post of United Nations (UN)
Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the
context of climate change.
● Ian
Fry is the world’s 1st independent expert for human rights and climate change.
He has been appointed for a period of three years.
● Ian
Fry, who holds both Australian and Tuvaluan nationality, will be the first to
hold the post.
7.
PAKISTAN
CONDUCTS TEST FLIGHT OF BALLISTIC MISSILE SHAHEEN-III
● The
Pakistan Army has conducted a successful flight test of the surface-to-surface medium-range ballistic
missile Shaheen-III, which was intended to revalidate various design and
technical characteristics of the weapon system.
● Shaheen-III is a 2,750-kilometer-range
surface-to-surface ballistic missile
● The
missile is capable of carrying nuclear and conventional warheads.
8.
WORLD
HOMOEOPATHY DAY 2022 – 10TH APRIL
● The
day also marks the birth anniversary of German physician Dr Christian Friedrich
Samuel Hahnemann, the founding father of Homeopathy, a branch of medicine.
● Sarbananda
Sonowal, Union Minister of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homeopathy (AYUSH), inaugurated a two-day scientific convention, in New Delhi, Delhi.
● The theme of the Scientific Convention on
WHD 2022 is “Homoeopathy: People’s Choice for Wellness”.
9.
NATIONAL
SAFE MOTHERHOOD DAY 2022 – APRIL 11
● The
day also marks the birth anniversary of Kasturba Gandhi, an Indian political
activist and wife of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.
● The
National Safe Motherhood Day is an initiative undertaken by the White Ribbon Alliance (WRAI), an
alliance of more than 1800 Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO)
● According
to the special bulletin on Maternal
Mortality Ratio (MMR) released by the Registrar General of India on 14th
March 2022, India’s MMR has improved
to 103 in 2017-19, from 113 in 2016-18.
