DAILYGK 11-12 JUNE 2024
1.
BRICS FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING IN RUSSIA
·
India participated in the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China
and South Africa) Foreign Ministers meeting hosted by Russia, the current chair of BRICS,
in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.
·
The meeting was chaired by
Sergey Lavrov, Foreign Minister, Russia.
·
The Indian delegation at the
BRICS Foreign Ministers meeting was led by Dammu Ravi, Secretary (Economic Relations), Ministry of External
Affairs (MEA).
·
This also mark’s India’s first Foreign policy assignment
under the historic 3rd consecutive term of Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi.
2.
IEA’S WORLD INVESTMENT REPORT 2024
·
According to the annual
report “World Energy Investment
Report 2024” released by the International Energy Agency (IEA), global investment in clean
energy technology and infrastructure is expected to achieve USD 2 trillion in 2024 which
is twice the amount going to fossil fuels.
·
The report projected that
total energy investment will breach the mark of USD 3 billion for the 1st time in 2024.
·
The report underlined the clean energy technologies that will
receive investments from pool of USD 2 trillion are: renewable, electric vehicles, nuclear power, grids, storage,
low-emission fuels, among others and the remaining part of investment
will be directed towards gas,
oil and coal.
·
According to the World
Economic Forum (WEF’s) Technology
Pioneers 2024 list, Pixxel, Sarvam AI,
·
Niramai Health Analytix are among the 10 Indian
startups which are featured in the list.
·
Majority of these Indian
startups are Artificial Intelligence (AI) focused.
·
The list comprises 9 space companies which
include Pixxel from
India, 4- neurotechnology technology startups
and 4 startups in clean
technology sector including AmpereHour Energy and International Battery
Company from India.
·
The list featured total 100 leading tech startups
from 23 countries. About 33% (1/3rd) of these companies
were led by Women Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
·
WEF Founder- Prof. Klaus Schwab
·
Headquarers– Cologyny, Geneva
Canton, Switzerland
·
Established in- 1971
4.
RBI FORMS COMMITTEE TO SET UP DIGITAL PAYMENTS INTELLIGENCE
PLATFORM
·
The Reserve Bank of India
(RBI) has formed a committee under the chairmanship of Abhaya Prasad Hota, former
Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).
·
The committee is formed to examine various aspects related to the setting up a digital public infrastructure
for Digital Payments
Intelligence platform which is proposed by RBI.
5.
EY WORLD ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR 2024
·
Vellayan Subbiah, Executive
Vice-Chairman of Tube Investments of
India (TII) and Chairman of Cholamandalam (Chola) Investment and Finance
Company Limited has been named as the Ernst & Young (EY) World Entrepreneur of the Year 2024 at an award ceremony held in Salle des Etoiles, Monaco.
·
It marks the fourth time, an entrepreneur from India has won this global title in this award’s
24 - year history and also makes India the only
country among EY regions to win the global
entrepreneurship award four times.
6.
CM OF SIKKIM
·
Prem Singh Tamang, President
of Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM), took oath as the Chief Minister (CM) of Sikkim for the second consecutive term.
·
Lakshman Prasad Acharya,
the Governor of Sikkim administered the oath of
office and secrecy to Prem Singh Tamang
·
Sikkim Krantikari Morcha won the 2024 Sikkim assembly elections by 31 out of the 32 seats while the opposition Sikkim
Democratic Front (SDF) secured only one seat.
7.
VIDYUT RAKSHAK -
INTEGRATED GENERATOR MONITORING
·
The Vice Chief of the Army
Staff (VCOAS) of the Indian Army, Lieutenant
General Upendra Dwivedi has launched ‘Vidyut Rakshak’ and was developed
by Major Rajprasad R S of
the Army Design Bureau (ADB).
·
Vidyut Rakshak is an Internet of Things (IOT) enabled integrated generator monitoring, protection
and control system.
·
The Indian Army is observing 2024 as the ‘Year of Tech Absorption’
8.
UN INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR DIALOGUE AMONG CIVILIZATIONS – 10
JUNE 2024
·
The first ever United Nations (UN)’s International Day
for Dialogue among Civilizations was observed on 10th June 2024 to raise awareness of the value of the
diversity of civilizations and promote dialogue, mutual respect, tolerance,
and global solidarity.
·
7th June 2024, the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly
(UNGA) adopted the resolution
A/78/L.75 by consensus, declaring 10th
June of every year as the International
Day for Dialogue among Civilizations.
9. INDIA RECEIVED INDIGENOUS
MAN PORTABLE COUNTER DRONE SYSTEM
·
The Indian Army received indigenously developed first-of-its-kind
Man Portable Counter Drone System (MPCDS)
designed and manufactured by Bengaluru based AXISCADES Technologies Limited under the agreement worth Rs 100 crore from the Indian
Army.
·
It is unique in terms of
its portability as it has
ability to operate on both battery and
mains power.
·
It covers wide range of
frequency spectrums such as: Command
& Control and Navigation.
·
It is capable to detect and
jam different types of drones within a range of up to 5 Kilometres (Kms).
10. TENNIS: FRENCH OPEN 2024
·
Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz (21 years old) won
the Men’s singles title at
the French Open 2024 (also
known as Roland-Garros) by defeating Alexander Zverev of Germany
in the finals held at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France.
·
World No. 1 Iga Swiatek of Poland won the Women’s singles title at the 2024
French Open defeating Jasmine Paolini of
Italy.
·
El Salvador’s Marcelo Arevalo and Croatia’s Mate Pavic secured the Men’s Doubles
title after defeating Italian pair Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori.
This is the first Grand Slam title of the pair.
·
Coco Gauff (USA) and Katerina Siniakova (Czech Republic) won the French
Open’s women’s doubles title by defeating the Italian pair Jasmine Paolini
and Sara Errani.
·
Germany’s Laura Siegemund and France’s Edouard Roger-Vasselin won the mixed doubles
title after defeating the two-time Wimbledon Champions Desirae Krawczyk (USA)
and Neal Skupski (Britain).
11. ISSF WORLD CUP 2024
·
India won 2 medals (1 gold and 1 bronze) and
finished 3rd on the medal tally of the International
Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup 2024 (Rifle/Pistol) held
in Munich, Germany.
·
Indian shooter Sarabjot Singh won the gold medal in the men’s 10m air pistol category and Indian
shooter Sift Kaur Samra won
a bronze medal in
the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions
category.
·
China topped the medal tally
with 11 medals (4 gold, 4
Silver and 3 Bronze) followed by Norway at
2nd place with 3 medals (1 gold, 1 silver and 1 Bronze) and India and France at 3rd place with 2 medals
each.
·
ISSF is the governing body of the Olympic shooting events in rifle,
pistol and shotgun (clay target) disciplines, and of several non-Olympic
shooting sports events.
·
President– Luciano Rossi
·
Headquarters– Munich, Germany
12. BILL GATES’ MEMOIR
“SOURCE CODE: MY BEGINNINGS”
·
“Source Code: My Beginnings”, a
memoir of Bill Gates, the
co-founder of Microsoft, is set to be published by Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin
Random House.
·
This memoir will focus on his
early life, from childhood through the creation of Microsoft with Paul Allen in
1975.
13. FIRST-EVER UN
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PLAY – 11 JUNE 2024
·
The first-ever United Nations (UN) International Day
Of Play (IDOP) was observed on 11 June 2024 to celebrate the power of play.
·
The day aims to preserve,
promote, and prioritise the essential role of play in human development and
well-being, especially for children.
·
According
to UNICEF’s new estimates
nearly 400 million children under 5 (6 in 10
children) regularly undergo psychological or physical
punishment at home globally.
·
About 330
million of these children face physical punishment.
14. WORLD
DAY AGAINST CHILD LABOUR 2024 – JUNE 12
·
The United Nations (UN) World Day Against Child Labour is annually observed
across the globe on 12 June to increase awareness about the need to focus on
the global extent of child labour and the efforts needed to eliminate it.
·
The 2024 theme of World
Day Against Child Labour is, “Let’s act on our commitments: End Child Labour!“
·
ILO Director-General– Gilbert
Fossoun Houngbo
·
Headquarters– Geneva, Switzerland
·
Founded in 1919
15. UN DECLARES 2025
INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF QUANTUM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
·
The United Nations (UN) has officially declared 2025 to be the International Year of Quantum Science and
Technology (IYQ) to increase public awareness globally about the
significance of quantum science and its applications.
·
This UN-declared IYQ unites
national scientific societies to commemorate 100 years of modern quantum mechanics.
·
The IYQ is a global initiative that aims to strengthen national
capacities in the basic sciences and science
education.
·
Quantum Science is a pivotal scientific discipline of the 21st
century. It underpins various fields
such as Physics, Chemistry, Material Science, Biology, Information Science,
etc.
·
At its core, it helps us understand
the physical world, from the tiniest particles to the universe’s structure.
16. WEF’S GLOBAL GENDER GAP
INDEX 2024
·
According to the World Economic Forum(WEF)’s Global Gender Gap Report 2024,
India closed 64.1% of its gender gap in
2024 with a population of over 1.4
billion and secured the 129th rank
among 146 countries in the Global Gender Gap Index 2024.
·
Iceland has topped the 2024 Index followed by Finland and Norway in
2nd and 3rd positions respectively.
17. JIMEX 24: 8TH JAPAN-INDIA
MARITIME EXERCISE COMMENCED IN JAPAN
·
Japan–India Maritime Exercise
2024 (JIMEX-24), the 8th edition of bilateral exercise
between the Indian Navy (IN) and
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force(JMSDF),
commenced at Yokosuka, Japan.
·
Veer Guardian– between Indian Air
Force (IAF) and the Japan
Air Self-Defence Force (JASDF).
·
Japan Capital- Tokyo
·
Prime Minister (PM)– Fumio
Kishida
·
Currency- Japanese Yen (JPY)
18. 18TH CM OF ANDHRA
PRADESH
·
Nara Chandrababu Naidu, the
President of Telugu Desam Party (TDP), officially
sworn-in as the 18th Chief
Minister (CM) of Andhra Pradesh (AP).
·
He became the CM of AP for
the 4th time and 2nd time after the bifurcation of AP in 2014.
·
Renowned Telugu actor and Janasena Party (JnP) President, Pawan
Kalyan took oath as the Deputy CM of AP.
·
Andhra Pradesh Governor- S.Abdul
Nazeer
·
TDP contested in the 2024 AP assembly election and 2024 Parliamentary elections in alliance with Bhartiya Janta
Party (BJP) and JnP under National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
·
The NDA won 2024 AP assembly
elections by securing 164 out of 175
seats.
·
TDP emerged as the single
largest party with 135 seats while, its alliance partners JnP and BJP secured
21 and 8 seats respectively.
·
It has defeated the ruling
YSRCP which secured 11 seats.
·
N.Chandrababu Naidu won the
elections from the Kuppam constituency.
·
He became the CM of AP for 1st time in 1995 by
replacing NT Rama Rao, Founder of TDP, and remained at this post until 2004. He
holds the record of longest continuous
term as AP CM which is 8 years and 256 days.
·
He was also the first CM of AP post the bifurcation of
Telangana in 2014. He held the post till 2019.
·
Pawan Kalyan won from the Pithapuram constituency in East
Godavari.
19. MOHAN CHARAN MAJHI SWORN
IN AS ODISHA’S CM
·
Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)‘s Mohan Charan Majhi a tribal leader and a 4-time Member of the Legislative Assembly
(MLA), took oath as the 15th Chief Minister (CM) of Odisha
·
Odisha Governor Raghubar Das
administered the oath and Mohan Majhi became the first BJP CM of Odisha.
·
Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo and Pravati Parida,
were also sworn in as the deputy
CMs
·
Pravati Parida became 1st woman Deputy CM of
Odisha.
·
Former CM Naveen Patnaik is
the 2nd longest-served CM of India
after Pawan Kumar Chamling, the 5-time
CM of Sikkim(1994-2019), who served for 24 years and 165 days.
·
The BJP won a majority of 78 seats in the 2024 Odisha Assembly
elections.
·
Majhi secured victory in the Keonjhar Assembly constituency in Odisha.
