DAILY GK : 10, 11 JUNE
1.
NHAI SETS NEW GUINNESS WORLD RECORD
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NHAI created a new
world record in laying 75 kms of bituminous concrete in a single lane on NH53
between Amravati to Akola Districts in 105 hours and 33 minutes.
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The corridor connects
major cities like Kolkata, Raipur, Nagpur and Surat.
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Union Minister for Road
Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari announced the target of constructing
60 kilometres of highway per day.
2.
QS WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS 2023
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According to the
Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings 2023, Indian Institute of
Science (IISc), Bengaluru, Karnataka, ranked 155 and emerged as the fastest
rising South Asian university among the top 200 universities followed by IIT Bombay
(172nd) and IIT Delhi (174th).
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The ranking was
topped by the United States(US)’s Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT) followed by the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom(UK) and
Stanford University(US).
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41 Indian institutes
featured in the ranking
3.
RBI’S 2ND BI-MONTHLY MONETARY POLICY OF 2022-23
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The Reserve Bank of
India’s (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) in June 6 released the
RBI’s 2nd bi-monthly monetary policy of FY23 which retained India’s
real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth at 7.2% for the FY23
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The MPC raised the
repo rate by 50 basis points to 4.90% which is biggest in more than a
decade.
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RBI allowed
Financially Sound and Well Managed (FSWM) Urban Co-operative Banks (UCBs) to
provide Doorstep Banking (DSB) services to their customers on a voluntary
basis, at par with Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs).
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RBI enhanced the
limit for e-mandates/ standing instructions on credit/debit cards and
prepaid payment instruments (PPIs) for recurring transactions to Rs 15,000
from Rs 5,000.
4.
INDIA’S 1ST HUMAN SPACE MISSION & 1ST HUMAN OCEAN MISSION
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India is set to
simultaneously launch the first Human Space Mission “Gaganyaan” as well as the first manned Human Ocean Mission in 2023.
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The government is set
to unveil the Blue Economy Policy and more than 40 million people will be
employed by ocean-based industries by 2030.
5.
INDIA FINALISES DEALS FOR CHEETAHS FROM SOUTH AFRICA AND
NAMIBIA
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The Indian government
has finalised deals with South Africa and Namibia to get the planet’s fastest
animals, cheetahs that became extinct in India and will be released into the
wild at Kuno Palpur, Madhya Pradesh, by the end of 2022.
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There will be 12
cheetahs from South Africa and 8 from Namibia and more will be followed in
subsequent years.
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According to CITES
,a multilateral treaty to protect endangered plants and animals,
sustainable use of biodiversity means to contribute to tangible benefits for
local people.
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CITES –
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and
Flora, (also known as the Washington Convention)
6.
NEW NON-PERMANENT MEMBERS OF UNSC
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The United Nations
General Assembly (UNGA) elected Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique, and
Switzerland to serve as non-permanent members of the United Nations
Security Council (UNSC) for a two-year term beginning January 01, 2023.
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The newly elected
countries will replace India, Ireland, Kenya, Mexico, and Norway,
which will vacate their seats at the end of 2022.
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Abdulla Shahid, the
President of the United Nations General Assembly, announced the result.
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A total of 15
countries make up the United Nations Security Council. China, France,
Russia, the United Kingdom (UK), and the United States (US) are the five
permanent members (Permanent Five (P5) members), with veto power.
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The UN General
Assembly, which is made up of all 193 UN
Member States, elects the 10 non-permanent members, who are elected for
two-year terms.
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Even if they run
unopposed, countries must win a two-thirds majority, or 128 votes, to secure a
seat on the UNSC.
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The five newly-elected
countries will join Albania, Brazil, Gabon, Ghana and the United Arab Emirates
(UAE) around the Security Council’s signature horseshoe table.
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UN Secretary-General – Antonio Guterres,Establishment
– 1945,Headquarters – New York, USA
7.
RBI CANCELS THE LICENSE OF MUDHOL CO-OPERATIVE BANK,
KARNATAKA
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The RBI has cancelled
the license of Mudhol Co-operative Bank Limited in Bagalkot, Karnataka,
preventing it from conducting banking operations, with effect from the close of
business on June 08, 2022.
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The bank is prohibited
from doing “banking” operations,
which includes, the acceptance and repayment of deposits as defined in Section
5(b) read with Section 56 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, with immediate
effect.
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On liquidation, every
depositor would be entitled to receive deposit insurance claim amount of
his/her deposits up to a monetary ceiling of Rs.5,00,000/- (Rupees Five Lakh
only) from the Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC)
subject to the provisions of the DICGC Act, 1961.
8.
Logo & Mascot of 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad 2022
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Tamil Nadu(TN) Chief
Minister (CM) MK Stalin, launched the official logo and mascot named ‘Thambi’
(which means younger brother in Tamil) for 44th International Chess Federation
(FIDE-Fédération Internationale des Échecs) Chess Olympiad which is
scheduled to be held from 28th July to 10th August 2022 in at Mamallapuram,
Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
