22nd September, 2022 Current Affairs

22nd September, 2022 Current Affairs

NATIONAL
PM CARES Fund: Govt appoints Industrialist Ratan Tata as Trustee

• According to the prime minister’s office, Veteran industrialist Ratan Tata, former Supreme Court judge KT Thomas, and former deputy LokSabha speaker KariyaMunda have been nominated as trustees of the PM CARES Fund.
• Prime Minister NarendraModi chaired a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the PM CARES Fund, which was attended by Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Union Finance Minister NirmalaSitharaman.
• Both Shah and Sitharaman are the Trustees of PM Cares Fund. During the meeting, Ratan Tata, Chairman Emeritus, Tata Sons; Justice KT Thomas, former SC judge, and KariyaMunda, former Deputy speaker appointed as the newly nominated trustees of the PM CARES Fund.

Cabinet Approves An Additional PLI Plan For Solar Cells

• The Union cabinet approved the second tranche of the Performance Linked incentive (PLI) scheme on ‘National programme on High Efficiency Solar PV Modules’ for achieving manufacturing capacity of Giga Watt (GW) scale to boost manufacturing of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules in India
• The government has also set a target of 500GW of installed electricity capacity from non-fossil sources by 2030 would roughly mean a capacity of 280-300GW of solar energy.

MoU signed between NSIC and AP Medtech Zone Limited for cooperation in health sector

• The MoU was signed by Shri Gaurang Dixit, CMD, NSIC and Dr. Jitendra Sharma, MD & CEO, AMTZ.
• Union Minister for MSME Shri Narayan Rane graced the occasion of MoU signing between the National Small Industries Corporation Ltd. (NSIC), a Public Sector Enterprise of Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India, and Andhra Pradesh Medtech Zone Limited (AMTZ), on cooperation in the healthcare sector .
• Shri Narayan Rane, mentioned that the signing of this MoU between NSIC and AMTZ will be a significant step for enhancing the competitiveness of MSMEs in healthcare sector.
• He also stated that both organizations can leverage their expertise and create excellent opportunities for MSMEs in healthcare sector to form global alliances and get access to latest medical technologies along with creating skilled manpower for this sector.

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INTERNATIONAL
India bags UN award for its initiative to control and prevent hypertension under National Health Mission

• In a significant achievement and recognition to country’s efforts against hypertension, India has won a UN award for its initiative to control and prevent hypertension under the government's National Health Mission.
• The India Hypertension Control Initiative (IHCI) which is a large-scale hypertension intervention under National Health Mission, has been recognized for its exceptional work within India’s existing primary healthcare system.
• The award recognizes the outstanding commitment and action of India to prevent and control Non-Communicable Diseases and deliver integrated people-centric primary care.

10th IBSA Trilateral Ministerial Commission meeting held in New York

• The 10th India-Brazil-South Africa Dialogue Forum (IBSA) Trilateral Ministerial Commission meeting was held in New York .
• Discussions on mutual interests including cooperation in multilateral organizations, South-South cooperation, UNSC reform, 2030 agenda, Sustainable Development Goals, climate change, countering terrorism, and financing for developmental activities. They also held discussions on regional issues like African Union, the Middle East peace process, and the situation in Ukraine.
• The Ministers supported the aspiration of African countries to have a permanent presence in the United Nations Security Council.

• They also supported India and Brazil's efforts to get permanent seats in the Security Council. India will host the 6th IBSA Summit on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in November this year.

ECONOMY
RBI Governor Launches 3 key Gigital Payment Initiatives at Global Fintech Fest 2022

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor, Shaktikanta Das, launched three key digital payment initiatives at the Global Fintech Fest 2022. The three digital payment initiatives that were launched by the RBI are RuPay Credit Card on Unified Payments Interface (UPI), UPI Lite, and Bharat BillPay Cross-Border Bill Payments.
• UPI Lite will provide users with a convenient solution for faster and simpler low-value transactions, the National Payments Corp Of India (NPCI) said in a statement. Currently, India has been using the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) for low-value payments with 50 per cent of transactions through UPI below ₹200.

Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report 2022: Global wealth up 9.8% YoY at $463.6 trillion in 2021

• Global wealth totalled $463.6tn at the end of 2021, a rise of $41.4tn (9.8%),  the report said. Wealth per adult grew by $6,800 (8.4%) during the course of the year to reach $87,489, close to three times the level recorded at the turn of the century.
• The ranks of the global “ultra high net worth” (UHNW) individuals swelled by 46,000 last year to a record 218,200 as the world’s richest people benefited from “almost an explosion of wealth” during the recovery from the pandemic. The number of UHNW people – those with assets of more than $50m (£43.7m) – jumped in 2021 as the super-rich benefited from soaring house prices and booming stock markets, according to a report by investment bank Credit Suisse.
•  The number of people in the UHNW bracket has increased by more than 50% over the past two years. The huge increase in wealth of the richest 0.004% of the world’s adult population comes as billions of low- and middle-income people – many of whom saw their savings wiped out during the pandemic – struggle to cope with soaring food and energy prices.

AWARDS
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Honours Four Leaders With 2022 Goalkeepers Global Goals Awards

• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation honoured 4 changemakers, with the 2022 Goalkeepers Global Goals Awards as a part of its annual Goalkeepers campaign. The award recognises their efforts to advance progress towards the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in their communities and around the world.
• The Gates Foundation’s sixth annual Goalkeepers Report, “The Future of Progress,” was released. It was co­authored by foundation co­chairs Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates.

Name of the Award	Presented by	Awardee	Country
2022 Global Goalkeeper Award	Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates	Ursula von der Leyen	Germany
2022 Campaign Award	MalalaYousafzai	Vanessa Nakate	Uganda
2022 Changemaker Award	Angelina Jolie	Zahra Joya	Afghanistan
2022 Progress Award	Lilly Singh	Dr.RadhikaBatra	India

ENVIRONMENT
World Rhino Day 2022 observed on 22 September

• World Rhino Day is observed on 22nd September to spread awareness about the different Rhinoceros species and the dangers they face. This day also celebrates all five rhino species namely the Sumatran, Black, Greater One-horned, Javan, and White rhino species. This year’s World Rhino Day will be observed under the theme “Five Rhino Species Forever”.
• The day offers NGOs, zoos, and the general public a chance to honour rhinos in their own special ways. This day aims to spread the importance of protecting these animals, as Rhinoceros have become critically endangered in the wild due to ongoing poaching and habitat loss over many years.
• The day’s announcement was done in 2010 by WWF-South Africa. When Lisa Jane Campbell, the founder of Annamitici and owner of the Chishakwe Ranch in Zimbabwe, teamed up with RhishjaCota, the event’s creative director in 2011 to raise awareness about the need to preserve or protect all five species of rhinos from extinction. The annual celebration gained recognition on a global scale. World Rhino Day was first observed in 2011, and every year since then, it has been observed worldwide.

SPORTS
Czech Republic’s Linda Fruhvirtova won Chennai Open 2022 title

• Czech Republic’s 17-year-old, Linda Fruhvirtova scripted a brilliant comeback to win the Chennai Open 2022 WTA 250 tennis singles. The teenager beat Magda Linette of Poland, the third seed, in the final.
• At 17 years and 141 days old, she is the youngest titlist of the season on the WTA Tour so far. She is the youngest singles champion on tour since Coco Gauff won Parma last year at 17 years, 70 days old.
• In doubles, the top-seeded pair of Brazil’s Luisa Stefani and Canada’s Gabriela Dabrowski defeated Russian Tennis Federation’s Anna Blinkova and Georgia’s NatelaDzalamidze 6-2, 6-1 in the one-sided final.

OBITUARY
Sanskrit scholar PadmashreeAcharyaRamayatnaShukla passes away

• Padma Shri awardee, Prof Acharya Ram YatnaShukla, a Sanskrit scholar and former President of KashiVidwatParishad, passed away at the age of 90 years. He is popularly called as “Abhinav Panini” due to his contribution towards inventing new methods of Sanskrit Grammar and Vedanta teaching and modernisation.
• He was honoured with more than 25 awards including the Keshav award, Vachaspati Award, and Vishwabharti award. He has been conferred the title of “Mahamahopadhye”. He was awarded Padma Shri in 2021 for his immense contribution in social work. He has authored several books and research papers. One of his key publications is “VyakaranDarshneShristiPrakriyaVimarsha”.

Published date : 22 Sep 2022 06:14PM