DAILY GK 17,18 JULY
1.
7TH
EDITION OF NATIONAL INSTITUTIONAL RANKING FRAMEWORK (NIRF) RANKINGS 2022.
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The National
Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) is provided by Ministry of Human
resource development.
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Ministry has launched
the NIRF on September 29, 2015.
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It provides a
methodology for providing rank to institutions across India in different
categories.
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In
year 2022, rankings were announced in 11 categories viz., Engineering,
Colleges, Universities, Management, Overall, Medical, Law, Architecture,
Research, Dental, and Pharmacy.
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In Engineering institutes category, IIT Madras has been ranked at first position.
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In Medical college category, AIIMS New Delhi has been ranked as
best.
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Savitha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai was
ranked best in dental college
category.
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Miranda House was tagged as best college, followed by Hindu college and Presidency college.
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IIM Ahmedabad was ranked as best B-school in India, in management category
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Overall
Category-Indian Institute of Technology Madras
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Pharmacy
Colleges Jamia
Hamdard
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University: IISc, Bengaluru tops the
category.
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Research
Institution: IISc,
Bengaluru is ranked the best research institution followed by IIT Madras.
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Architecture: IIT Roorkee takes the top
slot for the second time in Architecture subject.
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Law: National Law School of India
University, Bengaluru retains its first position in Law for the fifth
consecutive year.
2.
INDIA’S FIRST-EVER UNDERWATER METRO TRAIN TO BE SET UP IN
KOLKATA
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In early 2023, India
will get its first-ever underwater train with Kolkata’s futuristic metro
covering a distance of 16.34 km east-west corridor that ends under the river
Hooghly.
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Out of 16.34 Km length,
10. 8km is underground and 520-metre will be the underwater tunnel.
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This initiative is
India’s version of Eurostar train that travels between London and Paris.
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The underwater rail
will connect Howrah to BBD Bagh (Dalhousie Square) in Kolkata.
3.
PM NARENDRA MODI INAUGURATES 296 KM LONG BUNDELKHAND
EXPRESSWAY IN UP
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Prime Minister (PM)
Narendra Modi inaugurated the 296 km long Bundelkhand Expressway at
Kaitheri village in Orai tehsil of Jalaun, Uttar Pradesh (UP).
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It passes through
seven districts of UP and was constructed at a cost of around Rs 14,850 crore.
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It was developed
by UPEIDA (Uttar Pradesh Expressway Industrial Development Authority).
4.
VARANASI DESIGNATED FIRST ‘CULTURAL AND TOURISM CAPITAL’ OF
SCO FOR 2022-23
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Varanasi in Uttar
Pradesh (UP), has been named the first “Cultural & Tourism Capital of the
Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)” under a new rotating initiative to
promote people-to-people contacts and tourism among the member states.
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In accordance with a
new rotating initiative, the title will be awarded during India’s SCO
Presidency from September 2022 to September 2023.
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The SCO Secretariat,
headed by Secretary-General, Zhang Ming
of China, announced this at a press conference in Beijing, China.
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The SCO is an
intergovernmental organization founded
in Shanghai, China, on 15 June 2001. Its Secretariat, based in
Beijing, China, is the main permanent executive body of the SCO.
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The SCO currently comprises eight Member States: China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Pakistan,
Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
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India will take over as SCO chair from Uzbekistan at the Samarkand
Summit 2022, which will be held in Uzbekistan on September 15-16, 2022.
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Later, Samarkand will
be transformed into “SCO Park.”
5.
DBS NAMED ‘WORLD’S BEST SME BANK 2022’ BY EUROMONEY
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DBS Bank was recognised
as the ‘World’s Best SME Bank’ by Euromoney for the second time (the first time
in 2018).
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Euromoney magazine has
named Bank of America the World’s Best
Bank for 2022.
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Goldman Sachs has
been named the World’s best investment
bank 2022.
