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CURRENT AFFAIRS: NATIONAL NEWS
Shri Amit Shah inaugurates the new building of the National Tribal Research Institute in New Delhi:
- Union Home and Cooperation Minister Shri Amit Shah have inaugurated the National Tribal Research Institute (NTRI) in Delhi.
- It is being established for 10 crore rupees.
- The NTRI will be the premier national institute for the promotion and preservation of tribal heritage and culture and the nerve center of tribal research issues and matters in academic, executive, and legislative fields.
- The institute will collaborate and network with reputed research institutes, universities, and organizations as well as academic bodies and resource Centres.
About the Tribal Research Institute (TRI):
- Tribal Research Institute (TRI) is the studies frame of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs on the national level.
- There are 26 Tribal Research Institutes (TRIs) supported via way of means by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
- It will collaborate and community with reputed studies institutes, universities, and groups in addition to instructional our bodies and aid centers.
- It will reveal the tasks of Tribal Research Institutes, Centres of Excellence, and installation norms for development withinside the first-rate studies and training.
Mr. Dharmendra Pradhan urges Students to be Nurtured as Future Entrepreneurs:
- Union Education Minister Mr. Dharmendra Pradhan stated that the technology of incremental extrude is over and entreated better instructional establishments to recognition on exponential improvement to expand future-prepared workers.
- India has confirmed its technical functionality in lots of programs which includes UPI, Direct Benefit Transfer, and Aadhar, and that we should construct in this electricity and create a future-prepared team of workers to just accept the modifications on account of Industrial Revolution 4.0.
Key Points:
- The developing range of unicorns withinside the state is proof of a wholesome entrepreneurial environment, and he encouraged college students to be organized to be process vendors instead of process seekers.
- The government`s virtual training plans, emphasize the want of harnessing generation to similarly decolonize training.
- A more potent alumni community and greater participation in tries to internationalize Indian training, inclusive of the Study in India program.
- The convention become commenced via way of means of India`s President, Ram Nath Kovind.
Presidential Election 2022 to be held on 18 July:
- The Presidential election 2022 will be held on July 18 and the counting of votes, if required, will be conducted on July 21, the Election Commission announced.
- The last date of nomination has been set for June 29, the poll panel said at a press conference held at 3 pm to announce the schedule.
- The term of President Ram Nath Kovind ends on July 24 and an election for the next president is to be held before that day.
- The new president has to be sworn in by July 25.
- Ram Nath Kovind received over 65% of the votes in 2017.
- The electoral college for President’s Election comprises 776 MPs and 4033 MLAs, a Total of 4809.
Presidential Election 2022: Full Schedule
- Last date for nomination: June 29
- Last date for withdrawal of candidature: July 02
- Date of election: July 18
- A total of 4,809 electors to vote in the Presidential elections in 2022.
- No political party can issue a whip to its member Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar
- Commission has also directed to ensure the use of eco-friendly and biodegradable materials and eliminate the use of prohibited plastic/materials, as a part of its endeavor to make elections eco-friendly.
About Election Commission:
- Formed: 25 January 1950
- Headquarters: New Delhi
- Chief Election Commissioner: Rajiv Kumar
Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya launched a new Logo for ‘Ayurveda Aahar’:
- The “Ayurveda Aahar” Logo become released with the aid of using Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, at the event World Food Safety Day.
- The Ayurveda Aahar Logo will permit smooth identification.
- Thus, it’ll assist in growing a unique Identity of “Ayurveda Aahar”.
- The Logo may even improve the best of Ayurvedic products.
- As consistent with the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), Ayurveda Aahar is meals organized consistent with the recipes or components or strategies given withinside the authoritative books of Ayurveda.
Key Points:
- According to FSSAI, the layout of the Ayurveda Aahar brand is such that it consists of preliminary letters of phrases Ayurveda and Aahar in English and Devanagari.
- In this brand, the Hindi letter Aa, and English letter `A` had been merged in a manner that they appear like unmarried forms.
- It consists of symbolic five leaves, that represent 5 factors namely; ether, water, air, fire, and Earth.
- The green color stands for natural, biotic, wholesome, natural, and herbal.
About FSSAI:
- Founded: August 2011
- Headquarters: New Delhi
NHAI set a Guinness World Record for constructing a 75-kilometer motorway in 105 hours:
- State-owned NHAI has created a Guinness World Record for the longest continuously laid bituminous lane of 75 kilometers in 105 hours and 33 minutes on the national highway between Amravati and Akola districts in Maharashtra.
- The total length of the 75 kilometers of single-lane continuous bituminous concrete road is equivalent to 37.5 kilometers of two-lane paved shoulder and the work started on June 3 and was completed on June 7.
- The previous Guinness World Record for the longest continuously laid bituminous was for building 25.275 kilometers of the road which was achieved in Doha, Qatar in February 2019, and that task was completed in 10 days.
- Gadkari commended NHAI and Raj Path Infracon Pvt Ltd engineers, contractors, consultants, and workers for the project’s efficient execution, which contributed to the world record’s successful completion.
CURRENT AFFAIRS: INTERNATIONAL NEWS
New York in US Passes World’s First Electronics Right to Repair Law for Digital Electronics
- The New York State Legislature in the United States has passed the world’s first ‘Right to Repair’ law that will allow digital electronics manufacturers to make parts, tools, information, and software available to consumers and independent repair shops.
About Digital Fair Repair Act :
- The “Digital Fair Repair Act” passed by New York would require manufacturers of digital electronics like cellphones and computers to make diagnostic and repair information and parts available for sale to independent repairers.
- This will prevent manufacturers from creating a monopoly on repair services and forcing consumers to pay, often inflated prices.
- This bill covers most products containing electronics but has some notable carve-outs.
- It does not include motor vehicles, home appliances, medical devices, public safety communications equipment like police radios, agricultural equipment, and off-road equipment.
About the US :
- President: Joe Biden
- Capital: Washington, D.C.
- Currency: United States Dollar
CURRENT AFFAIRS: STATE NEWS
Assam celebrates the Baikho festival for good rain and harvest
- People in India’s northeastern state of Assam celebrated the Baikho festival which is called the gateway to northeast India.
- The Baikho festival is celebrated by the Rabha tribes in India.
About Baikho festival :
- The Baikho festival is annually celebrated to bring in an auspicious harvest season filled with abundant crops and good health.
- This is a celebration of a good harvest.
- The tribe smear their faces with rice flour and pour rice beer stored in earthen pots for others.
Who are the Rabhas?
- Rabhas are a Tibeto-Burman community who reside majorly in Lower Assam, Garo Hills, and West Bengal’s Dooar region.
- They are among the plains tribe in Assam.
- They are an agriculture-based community who have distinctive culture and celebrations.
About Assam :
- Governor: Jagadish Mukhi
- Chief minister: Himanta Biswa Sarma
- Capital: Dispur
CURRENT AFFAIRS: BANKING & FINANCE
CoinSwitch Launches India’s First Crypto Rupee Index CRE8
- India’s largest crypto investing app, CoinSwitch, launched the Crypto Rupee Index (CRE8), which is the country’s first benchmark index to measure the performance of the rupee-based crypto market.
- It is owned and administered by CoinSwitch.
About CRE8 :
- CRE8 tracks the performance of 8 crypto assets that represent over 85% of the total market capitalization of cryptos traded in the Indian rupee.
- The index constituents are Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Binance Coin (BNB), Ripple (XRP), Cardano (ADA), Solana (SOL), Polkadot (DOT), and Dogecoin (DOGE).
- It is available at coin switch. co/crypto-index is based on real trades on the CoinSwitch app that has 18 million registered users.
- The CRE8 index is calculated on the weighted market capitalization (square root) methodology.
- It is indicative of the total market value of all the crypto assets relative to a certain base period (1 October 2020) and base value ( ₹1,000).
- The coins in the index are decided based on the fulfillment of the following criteria:
- Listed and Trading: The crypto asset must have traded for at least six months on CoinSwitch’s platform.
- Currency: They must be available for trading in INR on the CoinSwitch platform.
- Liquidity: The crypto asset should have a minimum daily trading value of Rs 5 lakh for each day during the last 3 months.
Note :
- In March 2022, CryptoWire launched India’s first crypto index, IC15, which tracks the market capitalization and liquidity of the top 15 global digital currencies in dollar terms.
About CoinSwitch :
- Founded: 2017
- Co-founder and chief executive officer: Ashish Singhal
- It is a single-window platform to trade in cryptocurrency.
- It expanded into rupee-based crypto trading in 2020.
OECD Slashes India Growth Forecast To 6.9% In FY23
- According to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)’s latest report, it has forecast India’s GDP progress at 6.9 percent for FY23 & which is 120 basis points lower than the 8.1 percent projection made in December 2021.
- It is due to the Indian financial system is progressively dropping momentum as inflationary expectations stay elevated due to rising international vitality and meals costs, financial coverage normalizes, and international circumstances deteriorate
- Russia’s war in Ukraine is also adversely impacting India’s growth prospects as the country is a major importer of energy, fertilizers, and edible oils.
- The RBI hiked the key repo rate by 50 basis points (bps) to 4.9% in a bid to tame soaring inflation in the country.
- In 2021-22, India’s Gross domestic product (GDP) was 8.7%, which made India the fastest-growing major economy worldwide.
- OECD expects the policy rate to rise to 5.3% by the end of 2022 and remain there in 2023.
Forecast for various nations by OECD (FY 22-23) :
- Saudi Arabia– 7.8 percent
- India – 6.9 percent
- China – 4.4 percent
- United States – 2.5 percent
- United Kingdom – 3.6 percent
Other Projections in India’s GDP :
- The World Bank estimates, in its recent report, that India’s GDP will grow by 7.5% in 2022-23.
- The Reserve Bank of India, in its monetary policy announcement also retained its GDP growth forecast at 7.2% for FY23.
- International organizations like the International Monetary Fund and the United Nations had projected India’s GDP FY23 growth at 8.2% and 6.4%, respectively.
About OECD :
- Established: 16 April 1948
- Headquarters: Paris, France
- Secretary-General: Mathias Cormann
- Membership: 38 countries
CURRENT AFFAIRS: BUSINESS NEWS
WhatsApp launched SMBSaathi Utsav to support small businesses:
- WhatsApp India announced SMBSaathi Utsav – an initiative that aims to support small businesses by helping them adopt digital mediums such as the WhatsApp Business App to run their business.
- SMBSaathi Utsav has kicked off with a pilot in Jaipur’s Johri Bazaar and Bapu Bazaar where over 500 small businesses are being trained on various aspects of running their business online.
- The SMBSaathi Utsav is the second phase of the SMBSaathi campaign.
- Launched in collaboration with Josh Talks this initiative intends to educate and help small businesses unlock the potential of their business through WhatsApp.
About WhatsApp
- Founded: 2009
- CEO: Will Cathcart
- Headquarters: California, United States
- Acquisition date: 19 February 2014
- Founders: Jan Koum, Brian Acton
- Parent organization: Facebook
CURRENT AFFAIRS: APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNATIONS
Former registrar of MSU Mr. N J Ojha appointed MGNERGS ombudsman
- The former in-charge registrar and university engineer for MS University, Mr. N J Ojha has been appointed as ombudsman under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNERGS) for a 2-year term.
- An ombudsman has the power to receive complaints from MGNREGA workers, consider such complaints, pass awards within 30 days from the date of receipt of the complaint, and issue directions for conducting a spot investigation.
- Based on the recommendation of the ombudsman state selection committee, the state government approved Ojha’s appointment for Vadodara district, Sajjansinh Amarsinh Padwal’s appointment for neighboring Panchmahal district, as well as Dr. Ranjitsinh Nayak and Bhargav Trivedi for Dahod and Chhota Udepur districts of Central Gujarat.
About MGNERGS :
- National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 or NREGA was later renamed as the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act or MGNREGA in 2009.
- It is a demand-driven wage employment scheme under the Ministry of Rural Development
- Women are guaranteed one-third of the jobs made available under the MGNREGA
Indian national Mr. Krishna Srinivasan appointed as director of IMF’s Asia-Pacific department
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Mr. Kristalina Georgieva has appointed Indian national Krishna Srinivasan as Director of the Asia and Pacific Department (APD) from June 22, 2022.
- He will succeed Mr. Changyong Rhee.
About Mr. Krishna Srinivasan :
- Mr. Srinivasan holds a Ph.D. (Honors) in Economics from Indiana University, a Master’s in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics, and a Bachelor’s (Honors) in Economics from the University of Delhi.
- He was an Assistant Professor of Economics and International Finance at Indiana-Purdue University and a consultant at the World Bank in DC and the Center for Policy Research and Planning Commission in New Delhi.
- His wide research on Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, climate, and other economic and development issues has appeared in books, academic journals, and media publications.
- He has more than 27 years of Fund experience, starting in 1994 in the Economist Program.
- Currently, he is a Deputy Director in APD where he oversees the department’s surveillance work on some large and systemically important countries such as China and Korea, and smaller states in the Pacific such as Fiji and Vanuatu.
About IMF :
- Established: 27 December 1945
- Headquarters: Washington, D.C., U.S
- MD : Kristalina Georgieva
- Membership: 190 countries (189 UN countries and Kosovo)
Doordarshan’s DG Mr. Mayank Agrawal appointed as CEO of Prasar Bharti
- The director-general of Doordarshan & Doordarshan News, Mr. Mayank Kumar Agrawal, has been given additional charge as the CEO of the public broadcaster Prasar Bharati.
- He succeeded Mr. Shashi Shekhar Vempati, who stepped down as CEO following a five-year tenure.
About Mr. Mayank Kumar Agrawal :
- Mr. Mayank Kumar Agrawal is a 1989-batch Indian Information Service (IIS) officer.
- He has over a three-decade-long experience in the field of public communication with broadcast and digital media being his strong suits.
- He was appointed as CEO of the public broadcaster in June 2017, on the recommendation of a three-member committee headed by the then Vice-President.
Note :
- Mr. Vempati was the youngest and first non-bureaucrat to hold the Prasar Bharti public office since its creation in 1997.
About Prasar Bharti :
- Established: 23 November 1997
- Headquarters: New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Prasar Bharati is India’s public broadcaster & It is a statutory autonomous body set up by an Act of Parliament and comprises the Doordarshan Television Network and All India Radio
Mr. AR Rahman appointed as ambassador of India-UK culture platform
- Legendary musician Mr. A R Rahman has been appointed as the ambassador of the British Council’s ‘India-UK Together Season of Culture, which marks the 75th anniversary of India’s independence.
- It was officially launched by Britain’s Deputy High Commissioner to India Jan Thomson and Director (India) of the British Council Barbara Wickham.
About Season of Culture’ :
Aim :
- To build on the British Council’s work in India and strengthen India-UK collaboration in the areas of arts, English, and education.
- Over 1,400 artists will showcase their collaborations to millions of audiences across India, Britain, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, through a variety of arts such as theatre, dance, visual arts, literature, music, architecture, design, fashion, tech-art, and new media art.
CURRENT AFFAIRS: AWARDS & HONORS
Mr. Ramkrishna Mukkavilli becomes First Indian to be recognized as a Global SDG Pioneer by UNGC
- Mr. Ramkrishna Mukkavilli has become the first Indian to be recognized as the Global Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Pioneer for water stewardship by the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC).
- The United Nations Global Compact has announced 10 new SDG Pioneers business leaders who are doing an exceptional job to advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through the implementation of the UN Global Compact 10 Principles on human rights, environment, labor, and anti-corruption.
- The 2022 SDG Pioneers were announced during the UN Global Compact Leaders Summit 2022.
Role of Ramkrishna Mukkavilli’s firm in water stewardship :
- Ramkrishna Mukkavilli’s company’s unique solution- Meghdoot, is based on an alternative water concept which is known as Atmospheric Water Generation
- This concept taps into a vast, renewable water resource- AIR, which contains six times as much fresh water as all the rivers on the planet combined.
- The proven technology has already met the requirements of the domestic consumers in water-scarce locations, top Fortune 500 companies, large-public sector companies, schools, hospitals, under-served communities, and many others.
- To date, Maithri Aquatech has generated over 100 million liters of fresh water from the air and has saved an estimated 200 million liters of crucial groundwater resources from exploitation.
About Ramkrishna Mukkavilli :
- Ramkrishna Mukkavilli is the founder and the Managing Director of Maithri Aquatech, a Make-in-India company.
- He has been recognized for his work in building water security with nature-based water solutions across India and 27 countries spanning the Middle East, South East Asia, and Africa.
- Also, he was recognized as one of the 10 new SDG pioneers for 2022.
- He has more than 28 years of experience in sales, marketing, and product development, & also runs GrowthMode and Kistler-Morse Automation, sister companies to Maithri Aquatech.
About UNGC :
- Established: 26 July 2000
- CEO & Executive Director : Sanda Ojiambo
- Headquarters: New York, US
CURRENT AFFAIRS: DEFENCE NEWS
Shri Rajnath approves funding under DRDO’s TDF scheme to Rs 50 crore for MSMEs, startups
- Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh has approved the enhancement of funding under the Technology Development Fund (TDF) scheme of the Ministry of Defence to Rs 50 crore per project from Rs 10 crore.
- The TDF scheme, executed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), supports the indigenous development of components, products, systems, and technologies by MSMEs and start-ups.
About TDF Scheme :
Aim :
- To provide a major fillip to the defense manufacturing sector by encouraging the industry to innovate and develop defense technologies to place India on the self-reliance trajectory.
- The scheme facilitates up to 90 percent of the total project cost and allows the industry to work in consortium with another industry/academia.
- The enhanced funding is in line with the budget announcement and it will further boost the vision of ‘Atma Nirbharta in defense.
- To date, 56 projects have been sanctioned under the TDF scheme.
Additional Info :
- In the Union Budget for 2022-23, the government had set aside 25 percent of the defense R&D budget for private industry, start-ups, and academia.
About Ministry of Defence :
- Defence Minister: Rajnath Singh
- Minister of State: Ajay Bhatt
- Defence Secretary: Dr. Ajay Kumar
CURRENT AFFAIRS: SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
China successfully launches a crewed mission to build the Tiangong Space Station
- The China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) announced China successfully launched the Shenzhou 14 crewed mission to the Tiangong space station, where the 3 astronauts went on a 6-month mission to complete its construction.
- The astronauts lifted off on the Shenzhou 14 spacecraft propelled by a Long March 2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre located in the Gobi Desert of Inner Mongolia in northwest China.
Name of the 3 Astronauts :
| Crew Member | Position |
| Chen Dong, PLAAC
Second spaceflight |
Commander |
| Liu Yang, PLAAC
Second spaceflight (first Chinese woman in space) |
Operator |
| Cai Xuzhe, PLAAC
First spaceflight |
System Operator |
Shenzhou 14 crewed mission marks the ninth crewed Chinese spaceflight and the fourteenth flight of the Shenzhou program.
- China began constructing its three-module space station in April 2021 with the launch of Tianhe, the first and biggest of the station’s three modules.
- The 3-member mission will cooperate with the ground team to complete the assembly and construction of the Tiangong space station, developing it from a single-module structure into a national space laboratory with three modules: the core module, Tianhe, and two lab modules Wentian and Mengtian.
Note :
- Once completion of space station construction, China will be the only country to own a space station.
About Tiangong space station :
- Tiangong space station was constructed by China in low Earth orbit between 340 and 450 km (210 and 280 mi) above the surface.
- The construction of the station is based on the experience gained from its precursors, Tiangong-1 and Tiangong-2.
- The first module, the Tianhe (“Harmony of the Heavens”) core module, was launched on 29 April 2021.
NASA launches DAVINCI Mission in 2029
- NASA is set to launch a mission called Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry and Imaging Mission (DAVINCI Mission) to Venus is scheduled for launch in 2029.
- DAVINCI is set to enter the Venusian atmosphere in June 2031.
- The mission has been named after the Renaissance artist and scientist Leonardo da Vinci
- NASA scientists and engineers revealed new details about the mission in a paper recently published in The Planetary Science Journal.
Aim of the mission :
- To unravel long-standing mysteries around Venus, especially whether it had water and was habitable like Earth.
About DAVINCI Mission :
- The DAVINCI Mission will be the first mission to study the origin, evolution, and present state of Venus using both spacecraft flybys and a descent probe.
- The mission will be able to grab measurements of undiscovered gases, which will hopefully reveal the history of water on the planet, either as oceans or steam.
- The spacecraft will first conduct two gravity assist flybys, during which the mission will study the cloud tops in ultraviolet light and also examine the heat emanating from the Venus surface on the planet’s night side
- It will be looking for geological clues of the planet’s mysterious past by exploring the top of Venus’s atmosphere and the composition of a mountainous region known as the Alpha Region.
- The DAVINCI spacecraft will thereafter act as a telecommunications hub and will relay information from the probe to the Earth.
- It will also use its two onboard instruments to study Venusian clouds and map its highland areas as it flies by the planet.
CURRENT AFFAIRS: RANKING & INDEX
QS World University Rankings 2023: IISc Bengaluru Fastest Rising South Asian University, 4 IITs In Top 200
- The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru has emerged as the highest-ranked Indian institute with the rank of 155 rising 31 places since the 2022 ranking and also the fastest rising South Asian University in the 2023 edition of the QS World University rankings.
Top 10 Universities :
| Rank | Name of University | Overall Score |
| 1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),
Cambridge, United States (for the 11th consecutive year) |
100 |
| 2 | University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom |
98.8 |
| 3 | Stanford University
Stanford, United States |
98.5 |
| 4 | University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom |
98.4 |
| 5 | Harvard University
Cambridge, United States |
97.6 |
| 6 | California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Pasadena, United States |
97 |
| 6 | Imperial College London
London, United Kingdom |
97 |
| 8 | UCL, London, United Kingdom | 95 |
| 9 | ETH Zurich
Zürich, Switzerland |
93.6 |
| 10 | University of Chicago
Chicago, United States |
93.2 |
India’s Position in QS World University Rankings 2023:
- According to the rankings, 13 Indian universities have improved their research impact relative to global competitors, seeing a rise in the Citations per Faculty (CpF) score.
- A total of 41 universities from India have been ranked & of these, 12 improve, 12 remain stable, 10 declines, and 7 are new entries.
- Among the 8 public IoEs, 5 (IISc, IIT-B, IIT-D, IIT-Madras, and IIT-Kharagpur) improved their rankings, while the University of Delhi and University of Hyderabad slipped & Banaras Hindu University, the only other public IoE, has been ranked outside the top 1,000, in the 1,001-1,200 band.
- 30 of India’s 41 ranked universities have suffered declines in QS’ Faculty and Student Ratio (FSR) indicator, with only four recording improvements
- IISc Bengaluru is the world’s top research university, achieving a perfect score of 100/100 for this metric.
- IIT Guwahati (37th for CpF), IIT Roorkee (47th for CpF), and the new entry University of Madras (48th for CpF) are also global top-50 research institutions.
- The number of Indian institutes among the top 1,000 globally has risen to 27 from 22.
- OP Jindal Global University is the highest-ranked private university for the third year.
- IIT Bombay and IIT Delhi are the only two national universities to feature among the world’s top-100 in this crucial metric, ranking 59th and 72nd respectively.
Top Indian Universities in QS World University Rankings 2023:
| Name of University | QS World Ranking 2023 |
| IISc Bangalore, Karnataka | 155 |
| IIT Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra | 172 |
| IIT Delhi, New Delhi, Delhi | 174 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM), Chennai, Tamil Nadu | 250 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK), Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh | 264 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT-KGP), Kharagpur, West Bengal | 270 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR), Roorkee, Uttarakhand | 369 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG), Guwahati, Assam | 384 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Indore (IIT Indore), Indore, Madhya Pradesh | 396 |
About QS World University Rankings 2023:
- Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), the London-based global higher education analyst, released the 19th edition of the world’s most consulted international university ranking.
- This year’s QS World University Rankings is the largest ever, with 1,418 institutions across one hundred locations, up from 1,300 the previous year.
- QS uses 6 parameters to rank institutions which include
- Academic Reputation (40%)
- Employer Reputation (10%)
- Faculty/Student Ratio (20%)
- Citations per faculty (20%)
- International Faculty Ratio (5%)
- International Student Ratio (5%).
CURRENT AFFAIRS: SPORTS NEWS
Virat Kohli Becomes the 1st Indian to Reach 200 million followers on Instagram:
- Indian cricketer Virat Kohli has crossed the 200 million followers mark on the social media site Instagram.
- Former India and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captain entered the 200m club.
- With this, he became the first Indian to have 200 million followers on Instagram.
- Kohli is also the third most followed sportsperson on Instagram.
- The 33-year-old is only the third athlete to touch the 200 million followers mark on Instagram after Lionel Messi (334 million) and Cristiano Ronaldo (451 million), who has the most followers on the app.
About Kholi:
- Kohli has been the most successful Test captain India has ever produced.
- After taking over the reins from MS Dhoni, he has led India in 68 Test matches and secured 40 wins at a win percentage of 58.82.
- Kohli has 27 centuries in Test matches and 43 tons in ODI cricket.
Mithali Raj announces retirement from international cricket:
- Mithali Raj, captain of India women’s ODI and Test teams, announced her retirement from all forms of international cricket
- Raj is regarded as one of the top Indian players of the sport.
About Mithali Raj:
- She made her international debut in 1999 and has played prolific cricket across all formats.
- In March 2021, she became the first Indian woman cricketer and second internationally to complete 10,000 runs across all formats.
- Earlier this year, she led the Indian squad at the ODI World Cup in New Zealand.
- The team missed out on qualifying for the semi-finals by just one point.
- In the 2017 edition of the Women’s World Cup, the team lost to England in the final by nine runs and finished second in the competition.
- Bollywood actor Taapsee Pannu will be seen portraying Raj in Shabaash Mithu, a biopic based on the cricketer.
- The movie is set to be released in July 2022.
Awards:
- The government of India (GoI) honored her with Arjuna Award in 2003 for her outstanding achievement in cricket and the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award in 2021.
- GoI honored her with Padma Shri in 2015 for her contribution to sports
Avani Lekhara wins gold with the world record in Para Shooting World Cup:
- Tokyo Paralympics champion Avani Lekhara won gold at the Para Shooting World Cup with a world record score of 250.6 in women’s 10m air rifle standing SH1 in Chateauroux, France.
- The 20-year-old shooter broke her world record of 249.6 to secure her a spot at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.
- Poland’s Emilia Babska bagged the silver medal with a total of 247.6, while the bronze went to Anna Normann of Sweden after she shot 225.6.
- SH1 category is for athletes with lower limb impairment for competition in rifle events.
- In August last year, Lekhara bagged a gold in the 10m air rifle standing event in the SH1 category at the Tokyo Paralympics.
- She followed it up with a bronze in the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions SH1 event, making her the first Indian woman to win multiple medals at the Paralympics.
CURRENT AFFAIRS: BOOKS AND AUTHOR
IISM Launches India’s first Sports Marketing book “The Winning Formula for Success” author by Mr. Vinit Karnik:
- India’s leading sports and Management institute, the International Institute of Sports & Management (IISM) has launched India’s first-ever Sports Academic book ‘Business of Sports- The Winning Formula for Success’ by Vinit Karnik.
- Karnik is Head of Sports, Esports & Entertainment at GroupM South Asia.
- Karnik has over 25 years of experience handling affairs in Media, Entertainment, and Sports Management.
- This book is published by Popular Prakashan
Launchers:
- The book is launched in June 2022 in the esteemed hands of Bhagat Singh Koshyari Ji, Governor of Maharashtra and ((ex-officio) Chancellor of the University of Mumbai, at Raj Bhavan in the presence of Mr. Nilesh Kulkarni, Founder Director- IISM, the book’s author Mr. Vinit Karnik, Mr. Harsha Bhatkal, Publisher at Popular Prakashan and other marketing heads & academicians from top B-schools of Mumbai.
Objectives:
- The objective of publishing this book in the Indian context of sports management domain is to guide students on the right path wishing to pursue a career in sports management.
- This book explores the business side of sports and the various verticals of the industry and poses exciting new challenges for both customers and marketers.
Daily CA on June 11 :
- Union Home and Cooperation Minister Shri Amit Shah have inaugurated the National Tribal Research Institute (NTRI) in Delhi.
- Union Education Minister Mr. Dharmendra Pradhan stated that the technology of incremental extrude is over and entreated better instructional establishments to recognition on exponential improvement to expand future-prepared workers.
- The Presidential election 2022 will be held on July 18 and the counting of votes, if required, will be conducted on July 21, the Election Commission announced.
- The “Ayurveda Aahar” Logo become released with the aid of using Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, at the event World Food Safety Day.
- State-owned NHAI has created a Guinness World Record for the longest continuously laid bituminous lane of 75 kilometers in 105 hours and 33 minutes on the national highway between Amravati and Akola districts in Maharashtra.
- The New York State Legislature in the United States has passed the world’s first ‘Right to Repair’ law that will allow digital electronics manufacturers to make parts, tools, information, and software available to consumers and independent repair shops.
- People in India’s northeastern state of Assam celebrated the Baikho festival which is called the gateway to northeast India.
- India’s largest crypto investing app, CoinSwitch, launched the Crypto Rupee Index (CRE8), which is the country’s first benchmark index to measure the performance of the rupee-based crypto market.
- According to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)’s latest report, it has forecast India’s GDP progress at 6.9 percent for FY23 & which is 120 basis points lower than the 8.1 percent projection made in December 2021.
- WhatsApp India announced SMBSaathi Utsav – an initiative that aims to support small businesses by helping them adopt digital mediums such as the WhatsApp Business App to run their business.
- The former in-charge registrar and university engineer for MS University, Mr. N J Ojha has been appointed as ombudsman under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNERGS) for a 2-year term.
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Mr. Kristalina Georgieva has appointed Indian national Krishna Srinivasan as Director of the Asia and Pacific Department (APD) from June 22, 2022, & he will succeed Mr. Changyong Rhee.
- The director-general of Doordarshan & Doordarshan News, Mr. Mayank Kumar Agrawal, has been given additional charge as the CEO of the public broadcaster Prasar Bharati & he succeeded Mr. Shashi Shekhar Vempati.
- Legendary musician Mr. A R Rahman has been appointed as the ambassador of the British Council’s ‘India-UK Together Season of Culture, which marks the 75th anniversary of India’s independence.
- Mr. Ramkrishna Mukkavilli has become the first Indian to be recognized as the Global Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Pioneer for water stewardship by the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC).
- Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh has approved the enhancement of funding under the Technology Development Fund (TDF) scheme of the Ministry of Defence to Rs 50 crore per project from Rs 10 crore.
- The China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) announced China successfully launched the Shenzhou 14 crewed mission to the Tiangong space station, where the 3 astronauts went on a 6-month mission to complete its construction.
- NASA is set to launch a mission called Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry and Imaging Mission (DAVINCI Mission) to Venus is scheduled for launch in 2029.
- The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru has emerged as the highest-ranked Indian institute with the rank of 155 rising 31 places since the 2022 ranking and also the fastest rising South Asian University in the 2023 edition of the QS World University rankings.
- Indian cricketer Virat Kohli has crossed the 200 million followers mark on the social media site Instagram.
- Mithali Raj, captain of India women’s ODI and Test teams, announced her retirement from all forms of international cricket
- Tokyo Paralympics champion Avani Lekhara won gold at the Para Shooting World Cup with a world record score of 250.6 in women’s 10m air rifle standing SH1 in Chateauroux, France.
- International Institute of Sports & Management (IISM) has launched India’s first-ever Sports Academic book ‘Business of Sports- The Winning Formula for Success’ by Mr. Vinit Karnik.