20th July, 2023 Current Affairs

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NATIONAL
Monsoon Session of Parliament begins

On the first day of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, Lok Sabha was adjourned till 2 PM and the Rajya Sabha till 12 Noon after paying tributes to sitting MPs and former MPs who passed away recently.
In the Lok Sabha, when the House met this morning, Speaker Om Birla administered oath to newly elected Aam Aadmi Party MP from Jalandhar Sushil Kumar Rinku. Later, the House paid tribute to two sitting MPs Ratan Lal Kataria and Balubhau Suresh Narayan Dhanorkar and 11 former members.
In the Rajya Sabha, the House paid tributes to one sitting MP Hardwar Dubey and three former MPs. Both the Houses observed two minute as a mark of respect to the departed soul.

India to host ASEAN Countries Conference on Traditional Medicines in New Delhi

India will host the ASEAN Countries Conference on Traditional Medicines in New Delhi today. The India-ASEAN conference is being held after almost a decade, and 10 ASEAN countries including Cambodia, and Vietnam will participate in it. The Conference aims to strengthen the platform between India and ASEAN countries to share their best practices and draw a roadmap for future cooperation in the field of Traditional Medicines.
AYUSH has unprecedented potential for expansion of ‘Act East Policy’ in traditional systems of medicine. The Ayush sector has grown multi-fold in the last nine years since 2014 when Prime Minister Narendra Modi elevated the then Department of Ayush under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to an independent Ministry of Ayush.
The Ministry is engaged with many top class International organizations from UK, US, Japan, Brazil, and Germany as well as National organizations like CSIR, DST, DBT, and IITs to undertake high quality research on Ayush systems in various Non Communicable disease conditions like Diabetes Mellitus, Cancer, Mental Health as well as infectious diseases like COVID. The ASEAN conference will provide a platform to share the research outcomes of various projects implemented by the Ministry of AYUSH.

Centre slashes price of Tomato sold by NCCF, NAFED from today

The Centre has further slashed the price of Tomato and it will be sold at 70 rupees per kilogram by NCCF and NAFED from today. Department of Consumer Affairs has directed NCCF and NAFED to sell Tomatoes at retail price of 70 rupees per kg rate in view of the declining trend in Tomato prices. The Tomatoes procured by NCCF and NAFED had been retailed at 90 rupees per kg initially and then reduced to 80 rupees per kg from 16th July.
The reduction to 70 rupees per kg will further benefit the consumers. On the direction of Department of Consumer Affairs, NCCF and NAFED had commenced the procurement of Tomato from mandis in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra for disposal in major consumption centres where retails prices have recorded maximum increase in last one month. The retail sale of Tomatoes in Delhi-NCR had started from 14th July.

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INTERNATIONAL
Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend BRICS summit by mutual agreement: South Africa

South Africa’s presidency said on Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the summit of the BRICS group of nations in South Africa in August by mutual agreement.
South Africa faced a dilemma in hosting the summit because a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant for Putin in March for alleged war crimes. It would theoretically be required to arrest him if he were to attend.
The dilemma led to intense debate in South Africa and the West about whether the warrant would be executed, given South Africa’s stance of neutrality on the war in Ukraine and Pretoria’s historic ties to the Kremlin.
BRICS, a bloc of emerging economic powers comprising Brazil, Russia, India and China was formed in 2019 as BRIC. South Africa joined the following year after an invitation from China, expanding the group.

Parliament Suspends Pita Limjaroenrat Bid to become PM

The battle to name Thailand’s next prime minister took a major turn Wednesday as Parliament voted to deny Pita Limjaroenrat, who’s progressive Move Forward Party won a surprise victory in May’s election, a second chance to be confirmed for the post.
Pita had assembled a coalition of parties holding a majority in the House of Representatives. But his nomination for prime minister was defeated in a joint vote of the House and Senate last week, with conservative military-appointed senators mostly refusing their support.
The battle to name Thailand’s next prime minister took a major turn Wednesday as Parliament voted to deny Pita Limjaroenrat, who’s progressive Move Forward Party won a surprise victory in May’s election, a second chance to be confirmed for the post.
Pita had assembled a coalition of parties holding a majority in the House of Representatives. But his nomination for prime minister was defeated in a joint vote of the House and Senate last week, with conservative military-appointed senators mostly refusing their support.

AWARDS
Prof Thalappil Pradeep wins the prestigious International Eni Award

Prof. Thalappil Pradeep from the Department of Chemistry at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras has been honored with the prestigious ‘Eni Award,’ a highly regarded global recognition for scientific research in the fields of energy and environment. Established in 2007, this is the 15th edition of the Eni Award. The President of Italy is expected to present him with the award in the near future. Prof. T. Pradeep’s exceptional work revolves around developing affordable and clean water solutions through the use of advanced materials.
His groundbreaking research led to the discovery of sustainable and cost-effective nanoscale materials that effectively remove toxic contaminants from water. These technologies have been successfully implemented as drinking water solutions, benefiting a remarkable 1.3 million people in India on a daily basis.

SPORTS
ISSF Junior World C’ships: Harmehar Singh Lally, Sanjana Sood win silver medal in skeet mixed team event

India bagged one silver to stay in the second position of the medal tally on Day 4 of the ISSF Junior World Championships, in Changwon, Korea yesterday. Indian pair of Harmehar Singh Lally and Sanjana Sood won a silver medal in the skeet mixed team event. Harmehar and Sanjana had to endure a gruelling 52-shot shoot-off, which they won 26-24 eventually, enroute to the final, where they lost 38-43 to the Italian duo of Andrea Galardini and Sara Bongini.
India stayed in second place on the medals table with four gold, four silver and three bronze medals.

Published date : 20 Jul 2023 06:16PM