DAILY
GK 16 APRIL
1.
PM
MODI INAUGURATES ‘PRADHANMANTRI SANGRAHALAYA’
● Prime
Minister (PM) Narendra Modi inaugurated the PradhanmantriSangrahalaya, or Prime
Ministers’ Museum, in New Delhi (Delhi), to honour the efforts of all 14 Indian
Prime Ministers since independence, regardless of ideology or duration in
office.
● It
is constructed on the site of Teen Murti Estate, which served as the home of
India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, for 16 years until being
converted into the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML) following his
death.
2.
NATIONAL
TIME RELEASE STUDY 2022
● VivekJohri,
Chairman of Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has released The
National Time Release Study (NTRS) 2022, which is a performance measurement
tool for assessing the cargo clearance process of International Trade.
● The
NTRS is implemented as a part of World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Trade Facilitation
Agreement (TFA) and the World Customs Organisation (WCO).
● The
NTRS in order to access the cargo clearance process adopts cargo release time,
i.e. the time taken from the arrival of the cargo at the customs station to its
eventual release for imports and exports.
● The
NTRS 2022 study has reported Sea cargo cleared via Seaports and Inland
Container Depot (ICDs)- improved by 12 percent and Air Cargo Complexes (ACCs)
improved significantly to 16 percent.
● While
Integrated Check Posts (ICPs) by 2 percent.
3.
4TH
INDIA-U.S. 2+2 MINISTERIAL DIALOGUE 2022
● Union
Minister Rajnath Singh, Ministry of Defence (MoD), and Union Minister S
Jaishankar, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) paid a visit to the United States
(US) to attend the 4th India-US 2+2 ministerial dialogue 2022 on April 11 in
Washington DC, US.
● India and the US have signed a troika of
foundational pacts for deep military cooperation viz. Logistics Exchange
Memorandum of Agreement (LEMOA) in 2016,Communications Compatibility and
Security Agreement (COMCASA) in 2018,Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement
(BECA) in 2020
● India and the US conduct regular bilateral
and multilateral exercises, including the MALABAR exercise with inclusion of Australia, the tri-service TIGER TRIUMPH exercise, the
multilateral MILAN naval exercise, the bilateral YUDH ABHYAS and VAJRA PRAHAR
Army exercises, the bilateral COPE India air exercise, and Indian
participation in RED FLAG.
4.
WORLD
BANK LOWERS INDIA’S GDP FORECAST
● The
World Bank in its report titled ‘Reshaping norms: A new way forward – South
Asia Economy Focus-Spring 2022, which primarily focuses on South Asian economy,
has downgraded India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) prediction for the
financial year 2022–23 (FY23),
● Its
growth forecast for India has been cut to 8% from 8.7% for FY23.
● India’s
GDP growth for 2021-22 has been forecast at 8.3%. The projected growth rate for
2023-24 is 7.1%.
● The
World Bank increased Sri Lanka’s growth prediction for 2022 from 2.1% to 2.4%,
and raised Pakistan’s growth prediction for the current fiscal year, to 4.3%
from 3.4%
5.
INTERNATIONAL
GANDHI AWARD FOR LEPROSY 2021
● The
International Gandhi Award for Leprosy, 2021 is conferred to Dr.Bhushan Kumar
of Chandigarh under the Indian nomination (individual) category and Sahyog
KushthaYagna Trust, Gujarat, under the institutional category
● The
Annual Award was instituted by Gandhi Memorial Leprosy Foundation.
● India
has achieved a level of less than one case per thousand population in leprosy
eradication.India accounts for 51% of the new cases detected globally
(2020–2021).
● Sahyog Kushtha Yagna Trust means Grace
of God. It was established in 1988 with 20 Leprosy Afflicted Persons and 06
Children.Founder and Trustee – Suresh
Soni
6.
ISRAEL
TEST FIRED LASER MISSILE DEFENCE SYSTEM “IRON BEAM”
● Israel
has successfully test fired a first of its kind laser missile defence system
called as “Iron Beam”,the world’s first energy-based weapons system.
● The
Iron Beam is developed by the Rafael Advanced Defence Systems.
● Iron
Beam works on a fibre laser system to destroy any airborne object.It ranges up
to 7 km, which is often considered too close for the Iron Dome system to
intercept projectiles effectively.
● The
Iron Beam is the world’s first energy-based weapons system that uses a laser to
shoot down incoming aerial objects such as missiles, rockets, mortars,
anti-tank missiles, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and drones.
● Israel Prime Minister – Naftali
Bennett,Currency – Israeli Shekel
7.
2022
THAILAND OPEN INTERNATIONAL BOXING TOURNAMENT
● Indian
boxers bagged 10 medals at the 2022 Thailand Open International Boxing
Tournament, which took place in Angsana Convention And Exhibition Space (ACES),
Phuket, Thailand
● Indian Gold Medal Winners are Govind
Sahani (men’s 48kg), Ananta Pralhad Chopde (men’s 54kg) and Sumit Kundu (men’s
75kg) were the three gold medal winners.
8.
LOGO
OF MEN’S 2023 HOCKEY WORLD CUP
● The
Chief Minister (CM) of Odisha, Naveen Pattnaik revealed the logo of 15th
edition of International Hockey Federation (FIH) Senior Men’s Hockey World Cup
2023 at Kalinga Stadium.
● Odisha
will organise the tournament both in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela.
36.
WORLD
ART DAY – APRIL 15 2022
● World
Art Day, an International Celebration of Art created by the International
Association of Art (IAA/AIAP) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific,
and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
● The
city of Los Angeles has declared April 15, the birthday of Leonardo da Vinci, as
World Art Day in Los Angeles.
