DAILY GK: 9 JULY 2022
1.
KARNATAKA BECOMES THE FIRST STATE IN INDIA TO
HAVE AN R & D POLICY
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Karnataka
is slated to be the first state in India to establish an exclusive Research and
Development (R & D) policy.
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A Task
Force has been formed to ensure its effective implementation.
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To
support the implementation of the proposed policy, a state-level R&D
council and foundation will be established. The policy would be approved
following a discussion in the state cabinet.
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The
policy might aim to dedicate at least 0.1% of the state’s Gross State Domestic
Product (GSDP)to R&D and innovation, which would likely benefit the state
by bringing more development.
2.
RBI CANCELS LICENCE OF SHRI ANAND
CO-OPERATIVE BANK DUE TO LACK OF CAPITAL
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Reserve
Bank of India (RBI) cancelled the licence of Shri Anand Co-operative Bank
Limited, Chinchwad, Pune as the lender does not have enough capital to pay
present depositors in full.
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The
Commissioner for Cooperation and Registrar of Cooperative Societies,
Maharashtra has also been requested to issue an order for winding up the bank
and appoint a liquidator for the bank.
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On liquidation,
every depositor would be entitled to receive deposit insurance claim amount of
deposits up to Rs 5,00,000 from Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee
Corporation (DICGC) subject to the provisions of DICGC
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RBI Governor – Shaktikanta Das,Deputy Governor – T. Rabi Sankar, M. Rajeshwar Rao, M.D.
Patra, M.K. Jain,Establishment – 1st
April 1935,Headquarters – Mumbai, Maharashtra
3.
GOOGLE ANNOUNCES STARTUP SCHOOL INDIA
INITIATIVE FOR SMALL-CITY ENTREPRENEURS
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Google
has announced an initiative, Startup School India, to organise accumulated
knowledge into a structured curriculum to enable startups in small cities to
overcome various challenges.
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The
initiative will help 10,000 startups in tier 2 and tier 3 cities.
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India is
the third-largest base for startups in the world with nearly 70,000
startups, after the United States (US) and China.
4.
GITA GOPINATH FEATURE ON IMF’S ‘WALL OF FORMER
CHIEF ECONOMISTS’
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Indian-American
Gita Gopinath was featured on the ‘Wall of Former Chief Economists’ of
the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
·
She
became the first woman and second
Indian to get this achievement.
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The first
Indian was Raghuram Rajan
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She
served as the first female Chief Economist of IMF between 2019 and 2022.
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In 2021
She was promoted as the IMF’s First Deputy Managing Director, (Appointed by
IMF’s managing director Kristalina Georgieva).
5.
INDIA ELECTED TO THE IGC OF UNESCO’S 2003
CONVENTION FOR SAFEGUARDING OF INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE
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The Union
Minister GangapuramKishan Reddy, Ministry of Culture ,Tourism and Development
of North Eastern Region has announced the election of India as a State Member
of the Intergovernmental Committee (IGC) of UNESCO’s (United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) 2003 Convention for the
Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage for a period of 2022-2026 i.e.
4 years.
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The
elections for the same were held during the 9th General Assembly of
the 2003 Convention at UNESCO headquarters, Paris (France)
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There
were four seats vacant within the Asia-Pacific group, six countries, namely,
India, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, and Thailand had presented
their candidature where India received 110 votes from the 155 State Parties
that were present and voting.
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India’s
vision for 2022-2026 is the protection and promotion of the intangible cultural
heritage of humanity.
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India is
also a member of the World Heritage committee of UNESCO (2021-2025).
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IGC of the 2003 Convention consists of 24 members and is elected in the
General Assembly of the Convention as per equitable geographical representation
and rotation.
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States
Members to the Committee are elected for a term of four years after a voting
system.
6.
CII ELECTS R. DINESH AS THE PRESIDENT DESIGNATE
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CII President -Sanjiv Bajaj,Headquarters- New Delhi, Delhi
7.
JAPAN’S FORMER PM SHINZO ABE PASSED AWAY
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Japan’s
longest-serving leader and former Prime Minister (PM) Shinzo Abe passed away at
the age of 67, after being shot, in the city of Nara in Japan.
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Shinzo
Abe was assassinated (shot) while campaigning for the parliamentary election in
Nara, Japan.
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He was
shot twice by Tetsuya Yamagami (41-year-old resident of Nara), the identified
suspect of the assassination.
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In
January 2022, He was awarded Netaji Award 2022 by Netaji Research Bureau on the
125th Birth Anniversary of NetajiSubhas Chandra Bose.
