INDIA’S FIRST ‘BALIKA PANCHAYAT’ CONSTITUTED IN FIVE VILLAGES OF GUJARAT
- The country’s first-ever, ‘Balika Panchayat’, has started in five villages of Gujarat’s Kutch district. The initiative aims to promote the social and political development of the girls and ensure their active participation in politics.
- The Panchayat has started in Kunaria, Maska, Motagua, and Vadsar villages of the Kutch district.
- This initiative has been taken by the Women and Child Development Welfare Department of the Gujarat Government under the ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ campaign.
‘SINGLE-USE PLASTIC’ USE TO BANNED BY UNION GOVT. FROM 1ST JULY, 2022
- ‘Single-Use Plastic’ use to be outflow from July 1st, 2022 by the Union government. Single-use plastics, particularly those made of polystyrene and expanded polystyrene, will be illegal to produce, import, stock, distribute, sell, and use starting on July 1, 2022, nationwide.
- Earbuds, plastic balloon sticks, flags, candy sticks, ice-cream sticks, polystyrene (thermocol), plates, cups, glasses, forks, spoons, knives, straws, trays, wrapping or packaging films around sweets boxes, invitation cards, cigarette packets, plastic or PVC banners less than 100 micron, and banners made of less than 100 micron thick are among the 19 items identified as SUP.
SRI LANKA REVISES MINIMUM AGE FOR MIGRANT DOMESTIC WORKERS
- In Sri Lanka, the government has amended the minimum age limit for women leaving for foreign employment as domestic aides to 21 years of age. The decision was announced at the weekly Cabinet meeting.
- However, the minimum age limit for Saudi Arab has been set at 25 years, and 23 years for the other countries in the Middle East. The minimum age limit announced as 21 for the rest of the Middle East countries other than Saudi Arabia.
MONGOLIA’S KHUVSGUL LAKE ADDED TO UNESCO WORLD NETWORK OF BIOSPHERE RESERVES
- Khuvsul Lake National Park of Mangolia has been added to the World Network of Biosphere Reserve of UNESCO.
- The decision was made during the 34th session of the International Co-ordinating Council of the Man and the Biosphere Programme taking place in Paris, France.
- Khuvsgul Lake is located in the northern Mongolian province of Khuvsgul near the Russian border, holding nearly 70 per cent of Mongolia’s fresh water, or 0.4 per cent of the world’s total.
- The lake is 1,645 meters above sea level, 136 km long and 262 meters deep.
WHITE HOUSE: THE US PRIORITISES ITS BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH INDIA
- The US prioritises its bilateral relationship with New Delhi and views India as a “very crucial” strategic ally in the strategically significant Indo-Pacific region, according to the White House, which also noted that each country must make its own choices about Russia.
- Because Russia began a “special military operation” in the neighbouring Ukraine, the US-led Western nations have imposed punishing sanctions on it.
- India is a “very important strategic partner in the Indo-Pacific region.”
- Industry data show that as refiners buy Russian crude available at a significant discount as a result of the conflict in Ukraine, Russia has surpassed Saudi Arabia to become India’s second-largest oil supplier after Iraq.
ASSAM BECOMES 36TH STATE/UT TO IMPLEMENT ONE NATION ONE RATION CARD
- Assam has become the 36th State to implement the One Nation One Ration Card (ONORC) scheme. With this, the ONORC plan is successfully implemented in all 36 states, and Union Territories, making food security portable throughout the country.
UNION MINISTER BISHWESWAR TUDU INAUGURATES 20TH FOLK FAIR IN ODISHA’S PURI
- Minister of State for Tribal Affairs and Jal Shakti, Bishweswar Tudu inaugurated the 20th Folk Fair (National tribal/folk song & dance festival) and 13th Krishi Fair 2022 at Saradhabali in Puri, Odisha.
- The two fairs which aimed at preserving tribal culture and promoting innovation in agriculture respectively will continue for five days and conclude on 24th June.
TAMIL NADU BECAME THE LARGEST STATE IN OUTSTANDING MICROFINANCE LOAN
- Tamil Nadu replaced Bihar and West Bengal to become the largest state in terms of outstanding portfolio of microfinance loans.
- According to MFIN Micrometer Q4 FY21-22, a quarterly report published by Microfinance Institutions Network (MFIN), the gross loan portfolio (GLP) of Tamil Nadu as of March 31, 2022 stood at ₹36,806 crore. It was followed by Bihar (₹35,941 crore) and West Bengal (₹34,016 crore).
RUCHIRA KAMBOJ NAMED AS NEXT PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF INDIA TO THE UN
- Senior Diplomat Ruchira Kamboj, currently Indian ambassador to Bhutan, has been appointed as the next Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations at New York.
- She will succeed TS Tirumurti as the Indian ambassador to the United Nation. Ministry of External Affairs said, Ruchira Kamboj is expected to take up the assignment shortly.
SHANAN DHAKA SECURED 1ST RANK TO THE FIRST WOMEN’S NDA BATCH
- Shanan Dhaka, daughter of Sundana village of Rohtak, has secured the first rank in the examination for admission to the country’s first women’s NDA batch. Shanan has secured 10th position in Boys’ examination and first position in Girls’ examination across the country.
- Selected for lieutenant, Shanan Dhaka, inspired by grandfather Subedar Chandrabhan Dhaka and father Nayak Subedar Vijay Kumar Dhaka, joined the army and chose to serve the country.
INDIAN WOMEN’S WRESTLING TEAM WINS UNDER-17 ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIP
- Indian women’s Wrestling team has won five medals to claim Under-17 Asian Championship title with a total of eight gold at Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
- India lifted the title with a total of 235 points from eight golds, one silver and one bronze. Japan had to be content with the runners-up trophy with 143 points and Mongolia finished third with 138 points.
INDIA COMES THIRD IN RENEWABLE ENERGY INSTALLATIONS IN 2021
- India ranked third globally for total renewable power capacity additions in 2021 with 15.4 GW, behind only China (136 GW) and the US (43 GW). According to a report, despite the Covid-19 pandemic’s promise of a global green recovery, this historic opportunity has been lost.
- The world is unlikely to be able to achieve important climate goals this decade, according to REN21’s Renewables 2022 Global Status Report (GSR 2022). This is because the global clean energy transition is not taking place.
RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR IMPACT ON THE RENEWABLE ENERGY:
- By the end of the year, gas prices had tripled in the US and reached levels that were roughly ten times higher than those of 2020 in Europe and Asia.
- This caused a rise in wholesale electricity prices in many major markets by the end of 2021.
- The ongoing energy problem was significantly exacerbated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which also shook the more than 136 nations that depend on importing fossil fuels and caused an unprecedented commodity shockwave.
HARYANA CM RELEASES A BOOK ‘ASHTANG YOGA’ BY DR SONU PHOGAT
- Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal khattar on the eve of 8th International Yoga Day released a book titled Ashtang Yoga authored by Dr Sonu Phogat. Manohar Lal khattar said that every person should have a resolution for Yoga and he has to connect himself with the resolution.
‘SHABASH MITHU’: A BIOPIC ON FORMER INDIAN WOMEN’S CRICKET TEAM CAPTAIN MITHALI RAJ
- Filmmaker Srijit Mukherji has dropped the trailer of “Shabaash Mithu”, a Taapsee Pannu-starrer biopic on former India women’s cricket team captain Mithali Raj. The film is set to hit theatres on July 15.
- The film has been written by Priyan Aven who makes her debut as a screenplay writer with Shabaash Mithu. Amit Trivedi has provided music for the film with lyrics by Swanand Kirkire, Kausar Munir and Raghav M. Kumar, and sound designed by Academy Award winner Rasool Pookutty.
HUGE STINGRAY BREAKS THE RECORD FOR THE BIGGEST FRESHWATER FISH
- The enormous stingray Moul Thun had snagged on the end of his line was larger than any fish he had ever seen, the hunter was aware. The 42-year-old fisherman from Kaoh Preah, an isolated island in the Mekong River, in northern Cambodia, didn’t realise was that the ray would eventually be designated the largest documented freshwater fish in the world.
- Fishermen in Cambodia initially informed Dr. Hogan and his colleagues at the Wonders of the Mekong Project, which is funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development and seeks to preserve the aquatic variety of the Southeast Asian river, that they had caught a stingray that was the largest ever seen.
- The finding was made less than a month after a 400-pound huge stingray was also captured and released close by. This year has also seen the capture of two other huge rays.
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