DAILY GK: 23 , 24 JAN 2022
1. NITI AAYOG RELEASE REPORT ‘BANKING ON ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN INDIA’
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NITI (National Institution for Transforming India) Aayog in
collaboration with Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), and RMI India released a
report titled ‘Banking on Electric Vehicles in India- A Blueprint for Inclusion
of EVs in Priority Sector Lending Guidelines’.
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It has proposed the government to include Electric Vehicle (EVs) in the
Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) priority-sector lending (PSL) guidelines to boost
retail lending for EVs and to support the decarbonization of road transport.
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NITI Aayog CEO–
Amitabh Kant
2.
MOU FOR CONSTRUCTION OF ADI BADRI DAM TO REVIVE
SARASWATI RIVER
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The governments of Himachal Pradesh (HP) and Haryana signed a
memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the construction of a Adi Badri dam on 77
acres in HP near the Adi Badri area of Yamunanagar, Haryana for the revival of
the Saraswati river.
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The area will also get developed as a pilgrimage site.
3.
G20 PEOPLE’S CLIMATE VOTE 2021 REPORT
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The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and University of Oxford
has released the ‘G20 People’s Climate Vote 2021 report’, which reveals that in
India around 67 percent of the young population under the age of 18 years
considers climate change a global emergency, compared to about 58 percent
adults.
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UNDP India announced their partnership with the leading content creator
and actress Prajakta Koli, and appointed her as UNDP India’s 1st Youth Climate
Champion.
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UNDP Headquarters – New York, United States
(US)
4.
WEF’S VIRTUAL DAVOS AGENDA SUMMIT 2022
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The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) online Davos Agenda summit 2022 was
held in January 2022. The summit is being convened on the theme of ‘The State
of the World’.
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The WEF has stated ‘Davos Agenda 2022’ to be the 1st global platform for
key world leaders to share their visions for 2022.
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PM Narendra Modi addressed the Davos Agenda virtually and stated about
COVID-19, climate change, cryptocurrency.
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PM Modi introduced the ‘P3 (Pro-Planet People) movement’ that underlines
India’s climate change commitments at WEF’s Davos Agenda 2022.
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The P3 movement will help India achieve its sustainable environmental
goals.
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As per the report of Oxfam titled ‘Inequality Kills’ released on the
WEF’s Davos Agenda 2022 summit, inequality is contributing to the death of at
least 21,000 people each day, or one person every 4 seconds.
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World Economic Forum (WEF):Headquarters –
Cologny, Geneva, Switzerland
5.
4TH ASIA MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE ON TIGER
CONSERVATION
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The 4th Asia Ministerial Conference (AMC) on tiger conservation held in hybrid
mode which was organized by the Government of Malaysia and coordinated by the
Global Tiger Forum (GTF).
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India was represented by Union Minister Bhupender Yadav, Ministry for
Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC).
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The AMC adopted the Kuala Lumpur Joint Statement which listed 14
commitments.
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India has achieved the remarkable feat of doubling the tiger population
in 2018 itself, 4 years ahead of the targeted year 2022.
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India will also facilitate Tiger Range Countries towards finalization of
New Delhi declaration for the Global Tiger Summit 2022 to be held at
Vladivostok, Russia.
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In India, the budgetary allocation for tiger conservation has increased
from Rs 185 crore in 2014 to Rs 300 crore in 2022.
6.
PRAJAKTA KOLI NAMED AS UNDP INDIA’S 1ST YOUTH
CLIMATE CHAMPION
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The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) India named famous
Indian Youtuber and actor Prajakta Koli as India’s first ever ‘Youth Climate
Champion’.
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Prajakta Koli is famously known for her YouTube channel – ‘MostlySane’.
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UNDP Headquarters- New York, United States,Members
– 105 members
7.
1ST INDIAN TO COMPLETE NASA’S INTERNATIONAL AIR
AND SPACE PROGRAM
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Jahnavi Dangeti(19 years old), an Engineering Student, from Palakollu,
West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh (AP), has become the first Indian to
undergo and complete the International Air and Space Program(IASP) at the
NASA(National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Launch Operations’ Kennedy
Space Centre in Alabama, in the United States of America(USA).
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She is the vice-president of Space Magica, a new astronaut training
facility for kids and the public.
8.
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS DECLARES “ANXIETY” AS
CHILDREN’S WORD OF THE YEAR 2021.
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As a part of its annual “Oxford Children’s Language Report 2021: the
language of wellbeing in the wake of a global pandemic”, the Oxford University
Press (OUP), has declared ‘Anxiety’ as the Children’s Word of the Year 2021.
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The annual report focus on children’s engagement with topics ranging
from politics, climate change, and natural disasters to books, films, music,
technology, and their favourite sports and celebrities.
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Previous OPU’s Children’s Word of the Year includes coronavirus (2020),
Brexit (2019), plastic (2018), Trump (2017), and refugee (2016).
9.
CHINA BUILDS AN ‘ARTIFICIAL MOON’ IN XUZHOU FOR
GRAVITY EXPERIMENT
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Chinese scientists have built a research facility, “artificial moon”,
located in the city of Xuzhou, Jiangsu province, which will enable them to
simulate low-gravity environments using magnetism.
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The facility will use powerful magnetic fields inside a 2-foot-diameter
(60 centimeters) vacuum chamber to make gravity “disappear.”
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It will be officially launched in 2022.
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The chamber, filled with rocks and dust to imitate the lunar surface, is
the “first of its kind in the world”.
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The idea of the artificial moon research facility was inspired by the
experiment of making a frog float with a magnet.
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The levitation trick in the artificial-moon chamber comes from an effect
called diamagnetic levitation.
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China has also declared that it will establish a lunar research station
on the moon’s south pole by 2029.
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The gravity on the moon is one-sixth as powerful as the gravity on Earth
due to the Magnetic Field.
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In 2022, china developed an ‘artificial sun’ to replicate the nuclear
fusion of the sun to provide infinite clean energy.
10. ‘YOGYATA’ APP TO PROVIDE SKILL-BASED VOCATIONAL EDUCATION TO RURAL YOUTH
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Common Services Centers (CSC) launched the “Yogyata” mobile application,
which will provide vocational education and skill enhancement
opportunities to youth and citizens living in rural areas.
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The Yogyata app will reach the rural and remote areas of India to
provide opportunities to access courses on skill development to increase
employability of the youth.
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The Yogyata App will help in providing industry-based skills to youth in
rural areas.
11. 9TH NATIONAL WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP 2022
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The Ladakh women’s ice hockey team has won the 9th National women’s
ice hockey championship in 2022. The championship organised by the Ice Hockey
Association of India was held in the Kaza in tribal districts Lahaul and Spiti
in Himachal Pradesh from 15th to 21st January 2022.
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Chandigarh has been adjudged as the runner of the 2022 championship.
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Participants: Delhi, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh,
Telangana and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police.
