CURRENT AFFAIRS
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1. India's first "Amrit Sarovar" was inaugurated by the Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi at Patwai, Rampur in Uttar Pradesh.
▪️Uttar Pradesh :-
Governor - Smt. Anandiben Patel
➨Chandraprabha Wildlife Sanctuary
➨Dudhwa National Park
➨National Chambal Sanctuary
➨Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar Lake
➨Kashi Vishwanath Temple
2. An international team of astronomers unveiled the first image of a supermassive black hole at the centre of our own Milky Way galaxy, a cosmic body known as Sagittarius A*.
3. Padma Shri Dr Rama Kant Shukla, a profound Sanskrit and Hindi Scholar, passed away in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh(UP).
➨ The Government of India(GoI) honoured him with Padma Shri in 2013 for literature and education.
➨ In 2009, He was honoured with the President’s Award under the Sanskrit category.
4. American Theoretical physicist and author, Dr Frank Wilczek, who won the Nobel Prize (in Physics) in 2004, has been awarded the Templeton Prize 2022, the world's largest individual lifetime achievement award.
5. GAIL (India) has awarded a contract to set up one of the largest Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) Electrolyser in India.
➨The project would be installed at GAIL's Vijaipur Complex, in Guna District of Madhya Pradesh, and would be based on renewable power.
6. Yuri Averbakh, a Russian chess grandmaster who was among the world’s best players for a decade, passed away in Moscow. He was 100 — the first grandmaster to reach that age.
7. Actress Deepika Padukone has been named as the brand ambassador for French luxury brand Louis Vuitton. She became the first-ever Indian to be signed on by the brand.
8. The Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs & Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Hardeep S Puri launched the BHARAT TAP initiative at the ‘Plumbex India’ exhibition.
➨ This exhibition is aimed for products and services related to the plumbing, water and sanitation industry.
9. Haryana government launched the ‘Chaara-Bijaee Yojana’ to encourage farmers to grow fodder and help gaushalas, which have been grappling with fodder shortage amid a rise in the stray cattle population.
▪️ Haryana :-
➠Governor - Bandaru Dattatreya
➠Chief Minister - Manohar Lal Khattar
➠ Sultanpur National Park
➠Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary
10. Tata Sons announced the appointment of Campbell Wilson as chief executive officer (CEO) and managing director (MD) of Air India. Wilson, 50, has 26 years of aviation industry expertise across both full service and low-cost airlines.
11. The Indian Air Force (IAF) has successfully test-fired an extended-range version of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from a Sukhoi fighter jet in the Bay of Bengal.
▪️Indian Air Force:-
➨Founded - 8 October 1932
➨Headquarters - New Delhi
➨Commander-in-Chief - President Ram Nath Kovind
➨Chief of the Air Staff - Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari
12. HDFC Bank has launched ‘Xpress Car Loans’ – an end-to-end digital new car loan journey for existing customers as well as non-customers.
13. Indian pistol pairs Esha Singh and Saurabh Chaudhary clinched the mixed team pistol gold at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Cup in Suhl, Germany.
14. Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated Madhya Pradesh's 'Startup Policy and Implementation Plan-2022'.
▪️Madhya Pradesh
➨CM - Shivraj Singh Chouhan
➨Governor - Mangubhai Chhaganbhai
➨Bhimbetka Caves
➨Buddhist Monument at Sanchi
➨Khajuraho Temple
15. Union Bank of India has launched Trade nxt, a cross border trade finance service for Indian exporters and importers.
➨The platform will enable enterprises to conduct all export/import transactions, including entry and processing of letters of credit, bank guarantees.
16. Sanjiv Bajaj, Chairman and Managing Director of Bajaj Finserv Ltd has assumed office as the President of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for 2022-23.
➨ He takes over from T V Narendran, CEO & Managing Director of Tata Steel Ltd.
17. The government of Arunachal Pradesh signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Creduce and Hydel Consultants Private Limited (HCPL) for the cultivation and development of bamboo resources in the state.
◾️Arunachal Pradesh :-
➨CM :- Pema Khandu
➨Governor :- B. D. Mishra
➨Namdapha Tiger Reserve
➨ Kamlang Tiger Reserve
➨Mouling National Park