DAILY GK 22-24 DEC
1.
2022 SOCIAL PROGRESS INDEX:
INDIA RANKS 110TH
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The Institute for Competitiveness released
the annual 2022 Social Progress Index (SPI) which was published by Social
Progress Imperative.
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India secured a global rank of 110 with score
of 60.19 in Tier 4 countries.
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The index is topped by Norway with a score of 90.74 in Tier-1 countries i.e.
high income countries.
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The SPI 2022 for States and
Districts made by the Institute for Competitiveness and Social
Progress Imperative was submitted to Economic Advisory Council- Prime
Minister (EAC-PM).
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Puducherry got
the highest SPI score of 65.99 due to its remarkable
performance across components like personal freedom and choice, shelter, and
water and sanitation.
2.
TENTATIVE LIST OF UNESCO
WORLD HERITAGE SITES
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According to the Archaeological Survey of
India (ASI), 3 new Cultural Sites in India have been
added to the provisional list of United Nations Educational, Scientific, and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World
Heritage sites.
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They are as Sun Temple, Modhera, Gujarat and its adjoining monuments,Vadnagar – A multi-layered Historic town,
Gujarat,Rock-cut Sculptures and Reliefs
of the Unakoti, Unakoti Range, Unakoti District, Tripura
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With this addition, India currently has 52
sites on the UNESCO Tentative List.
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There are 40 sites
in India that have been designated as UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
3.
THE STATUS OF CENTRES OF
EXCELLENCE SCHEME ‘AYURSWASTHYA YOJANA’
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the Ministry of Ayush (Ayurveda, Yoga and
Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy) issued a notification regarding the
status of the centres of excellence scheme ‘AYURSWASTHYA Yojana‘.
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AYURSWASTHYA
Yojana, a Central Sector Scheme under the Ministry of Ayush is
currently run with 2 components – AYUSH and Public Health (PHI) & Centre of Excellence (CoE) from the
Financial Year (FY) 2021-2022 by merging two erstwhile schemes of AYUSH
Ministry.
4.
INDIA’S FIRST GREEN STEEL
BRAND – “KALYANI FERRESTA”
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This was manufactured by a Saarloha Advanced
Materials (Saarloha) Pune-based Kalyanigroup company, by using renewable energy
resources, leaving zero carbon footprints in the environment.
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India
is presently leading the countries which have committed to achieving carbon
neutrality, with ongoing green steel manufacturing.
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Sweden
was the 1st country in the world to manufacture fossil-free steel which is also
known as green steel.
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Green
steel is manufactured using low-carbon energy sources such as hydrogen, coal
gasification and electricity rather than using coking coal.
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India
is the world’s second-largest producer of crude steel after China.
5.
UI GREEN METRIC WORLD
UNIVERSITY RANKINGS 2022
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According to the UI Green Metric World University
Rankings 2022 released by
The Universitas Indonesia (UI) on the Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE),
Manipal (town within Udupi), Karnataka is ranked No. 1 in India and 121st
worldwide for being the most sustainable university.
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MAHE is
followed by Mangalore University,
Mangaluru, Karnataka, and S R M University (Institute of Science and
Technology) Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu are ranked 2nd & 3rd in India.
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Wageningen University & Research of
Netherlands topped the list
followed by the United Kingdom(UK)’s Nottingham Trent University and the University
of Nottingham in 2nd and 3rd place respectively.
6.
DIGITAL INDIA AWARDS 2022
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The Smart Cities Mission of the Ministry of
Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has won the Platinum icon
award in the Digital India Awards (DIA) 2022 under the Data Sharing and Use for
Socio Economic Development category for their initiative “DataSmart Cities:
Empowering Cities through Data”.
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Digital India Awards (DIA) are instituted
under the aegis of National Portal of India to
honour and encourage innovative digital solutions by government entities at all
levels(Centre, State & local bodies) to fulfil the Digital India vision.
7.
BRITISH MAGAZINE’S LIST OF
50 GREATEST ACTORS
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Indian Actor and Bollywood superstar, Shah
Rukh Khan has become the only Indian to be named on the 50 Greatest Actors Of All Time List of Empire Magazine, a British monthly film magazine.
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The list also features
Hollywood giants like Denzel Washington, Tom Hanks, Anthony Marlon Brando,
Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson and many others.
8.
INDIAN NAVY GETS 5TH SCORPENE CLASS
SUBMARINE ‘VAGIR’
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The fifth Scorpene-class conventional
submarine, “Vagir”(S25), of “Project 75”,
Kalvari Class submarines, Yard 11879, was delivered to the Indian Navy by
Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) Mumbai, Maharashtra.
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It will
be commissioned into the Indian Navy in January 2023 as “Indian
Naval Ship (INS) Vagir,” a fully combat-worthy submarine
capable of operation in all modes and deployment regimes.
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Six Scorpene-class
submarines are to be built indigenously under Project-75.
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The
first submarine, “INS Kalvari,” was
commissioned in December 2017, followed by 2nd submarine “INS Khanderi“ in
September 2019, 3rd submarine “INS Karanj” in
March 2021, and 4th submarine “INS Vela” in November
2021.
9.
INDIAN NAVY LAUNCHES ITS
FIRST ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE SHIP “INS ARNALA”
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The Indian Navy launched the Indian
Naval Ship (INS) “Arnala,” the first of eight indigenously
built Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW-SWC) [Yard
3029], at shipbuilding
facility of Larsen & Toubro (L&T) in Kattupalli, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
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It is
built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd. (GRSE), Kolkata, West
Bengal.
10.
GIXI: IGX LAUNCHES
INDIA’S FIRST GAS PRICE INDEX
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The Indian Gas Exchange (IGX) launched GIXI,
the first ever, nationwide price index to reflect benchmark natural gas prices
for India. This launch is on the lines with international benchmarks such as
JKM (Japan Korea Marker), HH (Henry Hub), WIM (West India Marker), TTF (Dutch).
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IGX Price Index is calculated for
various hubs and delivery points with IGX prices being discovered based on
actual deliveries making it reflective of the true market situation.
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IGX is Promoted
by the Indian Energy Exchange (IEX), it is India’s first automated national
level Gas Exchange.
Managing Director & CEO– Rajesh Kumar Mediratta
11.
SCO-IBC MEETING HELD AT NEW
DELHI
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The 19th meeting of
the Experts and Coordinators of the Shanghai Cooperation
Organization Interbank Consortium (SCO-IBC), the first to be held
under India’s presidency, came to an end in New Delhi, Delhi.
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The SCO
IBC will be led by India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited (IIFCL) from
October 26 to October 25, 2023.
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Recently,
Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi attended the 22nd SCO Summit,
which took place on September 15-16, 2022, in Samarkand,
Uzbekistan.
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The SCO
Presidency for the upcoming years 2022–2023 was
transferred from Uzbekistan to India during
the summit.
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The SCO
is an eight-nation group composed of India,
Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
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In
July 2005, India was
granted ‘observer status’ in the SCO during
the Astana Summit held in Astana, capital of
Kazakhstan.
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India became a full member of the SCO during the SCO summit in Astana
in June 2017.
12.
HEMANT GUPTA APPOINTED AS
CHIEF OF NDIAC
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The Appointments Committee of the
Cabinet (ACC) has appointed Justice
Hemant Gupta, retired Supreme Court Judge, as the Chairperson of
the New Delhi International Arbitration Centre (NDIAC) and Ganesh
Chandru and Anant Vijay Palli as part-time members of NDIAC.
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He has delivered several important judgments,
including the verdict in the Karnataka Hijab ban case
13.
NATIONAL MATHEMATICS DAY
2022 – DECEMBER 22
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National Mathematics Day is
annually celebrated across India on December 22 to mark the birth anniversary
of renowned Indian Mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, who
was born on 22nd December 1887 in Erode, Madras Presidency, British India (now
Tamil Nadu, India).
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22nd December 2022 marks the 135th birth
anniversary of Srinivasa Ramanujan.
14.
SANIA MIRZA TO BECOME
INDIA’S 1ST MUSLIM WOMAN FIGHTER PILOT
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Sania Mirza
from Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh, who cleared the National Defence Academy (NDA)
exam and secured 149th rank, is set to become India’s 1st Muslim female fighter
pilot in the Indian Air Force (IAF) and UP’s 1st IAF pilot.
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The NDA exam was held to fill 400 seats, 19
of which were reserved for women candidates. 2 of these 19 seats were reserved
for fighter pilots.
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In 2016, the IAF commissioned 3 women as
fighter pilots. Avani Chaturvedi, Bhawana Kanth, and Mohana Singh created
history by becoming the 1st female combat pilots in the IAF.
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The 1st female Rafale fighter pilot is Flight
Lieutenant Shivangi Singh, who was commissioned in 2017.
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Captain Abhilasha Barak is the 1st woman
Combat Aviator in the Indian Army.
15.
WINNERS OF SAHITYA AKADEMI
AWARDS 2022
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The Sahitya Akademi announced
the winners of Sahitya Akademi Awards 2022, the
annual awards that recognises the literature works in 24 Indian
languages (including English).
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Novelist
Anuradha Roy, Tamil author M. Rajendran, Telugu writer Madhuranthakam Narendra
and Sanskrit Poet Janardan Prasad Pandey ‘Mani’ were among 23 litterateurs
awarded the Sahitya Akademi Awards for 2022.
16.
UIDAI HQ BUILDING WINS TOP
GREEN BUILDING AWARD
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The Unique Identification Authority of India
(UIDAI) Headquarter in New Delhi (Delhi) has won the prestigious GRIHA
Exemplary Performance Award 2022, a top national level Green Building Award.
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GRIHA (Green Rating for Integrated Habitat
Assessment) is a national rating system for green buildings in India.
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PGIMER satellite centre at
Sangrur, Punjab has balso een declared winner in the GRIHA Exemplary
Performance competition in the category of energy management.
17.
2022 IWF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
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Indian weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu won
the Silver medal, under 49 kg Women category, at the 2022 IWF World
Championships held in Bogota, Colombia
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Jiang
Huihua of China took home the gold medal with a combined weight of 206 kg.
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Saikhom
Mirabai Chanu was born at Nongpok Kakching, Imphal, Manipur.
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She was
the 1st Indian Weightlifter to win a Silver at the Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020
and the 2nd Indian Weightlifter after KarnamMalleswari to win an Olympic medal.
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Hidilyn Diaz, a Filipino weightlifter (Philippines),
has won 3 gold medals under
the 55Kg Women’s category at the 2022 IWF World Championships in Bogota,
Colombia.
18.
FIFA RANKING: BRAZIL RANKED
NO.1
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FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football
Association) officially announced the 2022 world rankings, and Brazil hold
on to their No. 1 spot and 22nd FIFA Men’s
World Cup 2022 Champions Argentina ranked 2nd.
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Morocco
has improved from 22nd to 11th
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France
is at 3rd place
19.
KISAN DIWAS OR NATIONAL
FARMERS DAY 2022 – DECEMBER 23
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Kisan Diwas, also known as National
Farmers Day, is annually observed across India on December 23 to
recognise and honour the major role of farmers in the growth and development of
India.
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The day also marks the birth
anniversary of Chaudhary Charan Singh, a farmers’ leader who became India’s
5th Prime Minister (PM) (1979-1980).
