DAILY GK : 3,4 JUNE
1. TRW’S ROAD ACCIDENTS IN INDIA 2020
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As per report ‘Road accidents in India — 2020’, prepared by
Transport Research Wing (TRW) of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
(MoRTH), the number of road accidents has been on decline since 2016 except for
a marginal increase of 0.46 per cent in 2018.
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Traffic accidents declined by 18.46% on average, deaths
decreased by 12.84%, and injuries decreased by 22.84% in 2020.
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A decline in the number of fatal accidents, i.e., accidents
involving at least one death. A total of 1, 20,806 fatal accidents were
reported in 2020, which is 12.23 per cent lower than the 2019 figure of 1,
37,689.
2. RBI’S ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2021-2022
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its ‘Annual report for
2021-2022’ has cautioned commercial banks of the risk of increased slippages on advances that were restructured during
the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Slippages are when a bank’s assets become a non-performing
asset (NPA) owing to the borrower not paying interest for over 90 days.
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As per the Annual Report Data, RBIs balance sheet has increased by Rs 4,82,633.14 crore, i.e,
8.46% from Rs 57,07,669.13 crore as on March 31, 2021 to Rs 61,90,302.27 crore
as on March 31, 2022.
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The total number of Fake
Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) of all denominations detected in the banking
sector increased to 2,30,971 pieces from 2,08,625 pieces in the previous
fiscal.
3. FORTUNE 500 WORLD’S TOP 10 HIGHEST-PAID CEOS IN 2021
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Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of Tesla and SpaceX
has topped the Fortune 500’s list of the World’s top 10 highest paid CEO in
2021.
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Elon Musk is followed by Tim Cook, CEO of Apple(USD 770.5
million) ranked 2nd
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SatyaNadella, CEO of Microsoft, who received a salary of USD
309.4 million in 2021, has secured the 7th rank on the list. He is the only
Indian origin person to feature on the list.
4. RAJESH GERA APPOINTED DG OF NATIONAL INFORMATICS CENTRE (NIC)
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Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the
appointment of the Senior Scientist Rakesh Gera as the Director General,
National Informatics Centre (NIC) under Ministry of Electronics &
Information Technology (MeitY).
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ACC approved the appointment of Kimbuong Kipgen as Secretary,
Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB)
5. GOI PLANS TO LAUNCH ‘JAN SAMARTH’, A COMMON PORTAL TO IMPROVE
THE EASE OF LIVING
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The government of India(GoI) is set to launch a ‘Jan Samarth’
portal to improve the ease of living for the common man.
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This is a common portal for the delivery of various schemes
run by different ministries and departments.
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Initially, the new portal plans to onboard 15 credit-linked government schemes, as
a part of GoI’s vision of Minimum Government Maximum Governance.
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The portal aims to bring
together several schemes on a single platform and enable the beneficiaries
to access them without any hassle.
6. GUJARAT TITANS – WINNERS OF IPL 2022
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Gujarat Titans (GT) led by Captain Hardik Himanshu
Pandya won the 15th edition of TATA sponsored Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022
by defeating Rajasthan Royals (RR) at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad,
Gujarat.
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Ashish Nehra becomes the first Indian Head coach (Gujarat
Titans) to win an IPL trophy.
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Women’s T20 Challenge (2022) took place in India, in
which a total of 3 teams participated. Supernovas women (Supernovas) won the
Women’s T20 Challenge 2022, defeating Velocity which was held at Maharashtra
Cricket Association Stadium, Pune, Maharashtra.
7. MEN’S ASIA CUP HOCKEY
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India beat Japan and won the bronze medal at 2022 Hero Men’s
Hockey Asia Cup which was held at the
GBK Sports Complex in Jakarta,Indonesia
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South Korea won the gold medal by grabbing the 5th
Men’s Hockey Asia Cup title.
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Malaysia was second and won the silver medal.
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The top three teams not already qualified will qualify for
the 2023 Men’s FIH Hockey World Cup.
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India will host the 2023 Men’s FIH Hockey World Cup or 15th
edition of the Men’s FIH Hockey World Cup.
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Top scorer of the tournament: Razie Rahim of Malaysia
who scored 13 goals.
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Best Goalkeeper of the
Tournament:
Takashi Yoshikawa of Japan
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Rising Star of the
Tournament:
India’s Uttam Singh
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Hero Best Player of the
Tournament:
Jang Jonghyun of Korea
8. UN AGREES TO CHANGE TURKEY’S OFFICIAL NAME TO ‘TÜRKIYE’
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The United Nations (UN) has approved to recognise the
Republic of Turkey as ‘Türkiye’, pronounced “tur-key-YAY”, following the request from the government of Turkey.
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“Türkiye” will now be used in all foreign languages and the
country’s full official name will be “Republic
of Türkiye”.
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Türkiye President–
Recep Tayyip Erdogan,Capital– Ankara,Currency- Turkish lira
9. RBI’S FIRST GLOBAL HACKATHON
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ToneTag, a brand of Naffa
Innovations Pvt Ltd, has been named the winner of two categories in the Reserve
Bank of India’s (RBI) first global
hackathon, HARBINGER 2021.
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In November 2021, the RBI launched its first global
hackathon, “HARBINGER 2021-Innovation
for Transformation,” with the theme
“Smarter Digital Payments.”
10. INDIA INX &LUXSE SIGNS AGREEMENT TO STRENGTHEN
COOPERATION
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The Luxembourg Stock
Exchange (LuxSE) and the India International Exchange
(IFSC) Limited (India INX) signed a cooperation agreement in the Gujarat
International Finance Tec (GIFT) City in Gujarat.
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During the occasion, the admission of a green bond issued by
the Indian company Power Finance Corporation Limited to LuxSE was announced.
11. TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION (THE) AWARDS ASIA 2022
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Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences
in Solan, Himachal Pradesh has been highly commended under the “Outstanding Support for Students”
category of the Times Higher Education (THE) Awards Asia 2022.3 Indian
institutes were recognised in THE Awards Asia 2022
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Taylor’s University,
Malaysia
was declared a winner under the Outstanding Support for Students
category.
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Savitriba Phule Pune
University,
Pune, Maharashtra has won the ‘THE Awards Asia 2022’ under the “THE Datapoints Research Improvement Award”
category.
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Amity University-Online, India’s first university
recognized by University Grants Commission(UGC) to offer Online Degree, Diploma
& Certification programs has won the award under the “Student Recruitment Campaign of the Year” category.
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THE Awards, dubbed as “Oscars of Higher Education” offer an
important international platform to recognise and applaud outstanding
leadership and institutional performance.
12. FORBES: LEBRON JAMES BECAME THE 1ST ACTIVE NBA PLAYER TO
BECOME BILLIONAIRE
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According to the Forbes estimation, LeBron Raymone James Sr.,
an American professional basketball player representing the Los Angeles Lakers
of the National Basketball Association (NBA), has officially become a
billionaire with a net worth of USD 1 billion.
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Michael Jordan became the first NBA player
to become a billionaire in 2014, almost 11 years after he retired as a player.
13. SANTOOR MAESTRO PADMA SHRI PANDIT BHAJANSOPORI PASSES AWAY
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Santoor Maestro and Padma Shri awardee Shri Pandit BhajanSapori
passed away.He often referred to as the ‘saint
of santoor’ and ‘king of strings’
for his mastery over the instrument.
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He was born in Sopore in Kashmir Valley in 1948 and belonged
to the Sufiana gharana of Indian classical music.
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Each bridge has four strings, for a total of 100.
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It is a traditional instrument from ancient times in Jammu
and Kashmir.
14. WORLD BICYCLE DAY 2022 – JUNE 3RD
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The United Nations (UN)’s World Bicycle Day is annually
observed across the globe on 3rd June to create awareness about the social,
economic and environmental benefits of cycling.
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On 3rd June 2022, The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
organised World Bicycle Day 2022 as a part of the celebration of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav-India@75.
