Current Affairs for Competitive Exam by Gkseries – 1 June 2022
Current Affairs is the most important area in all competitive exams. But the difficulty level is very high. That’s why; many aspirants get confused, how to select Current Affairs for Preparation of Competitive Examination? In this Post, Daily Current Affairs 1 June 2022, we have tried to cover each and every point and also included all important facts from National/ International news that are useful for upcoming competitive examinations such as UPSC, SSC, Railway, State Govt. etc.
Current Affairs for Competitive Exam – 1 June 2022
Global Day of Parents 2022 Celebrates on 1st June
The Global Day of Parents is annually celebrated on 1 June as a mark of appreciation for the commitment of parents towards their children. As the United Nation states, the global observance is an opportunity to hail parents all over the globe for their ‘selfless commitment to children and their lifelong sacrifice towards nurturing this relationship.’ It also aims to raise awareness about the importance of quality parenting and family life.
What is the theme of the International Global Day of Parents 2022?
The theme for Global Parent Day 2022 is ‘Family Awareness’, awareness internationally. Being conscious of one’s own and one’s family’s emotional and physical well-being might be critical. Being able to track and discuss one’s mental and physical health with one’s family members, as well as being there for one another and assisting one another through tough times, is incredibly vital for humans everywhere.
History of the Global Day of Parents?
The United Nations started focusing on issues related to families during the 1980s. The Commission for Social Development, in 1983, urged the UN Secretary-General to enhance awareness, among the public and lawmakers, about the problems and needs of the family as well as the effective ways of meeting those needs.
In December 1989, the UN General Assembly proclaimed 1994 as the International Year of the Family under resolution 44/82. The global body later decided to observe 15 May each year as the International Day of Families. Under its mission of drawing attention to the importance of families in society, the UNGA announced that 1 June will be observed as the Global Day of Parents to honour parents all over the world.
PARAM ANANTA Supercomputer commissioned at IIT, Gandhinagar
PARAM ANANTA, a state-of the-art supercomputer at IIT Gandhinagar dedicated to the nation under the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM), a joint initiative of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and Department of Science and Technology (DST), was commissioned on Monday, May 30, by Sunita Verma, Group Coordinator and Scientist ‘G’, MeitY. This indigenous software stack is developed by C-DAC and is a Make in India initiative.
About the MoU:
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between IIT Gandhinagar and the Centre for Development in Advanced Computing (C-DAC) on October 12, 2020, to establish this 838 TeraFlops Supercomputing Facility under NSM. The system is equipped with a mix of CPU nodes, GPU nodes, high memory nodes, high throughput storage, and high-performance Infiniband interconnect to cater to the computing needs of various scientific and engineering applications.
Former Albania President Bujar Nishani Passes Away
Former Albanian President Bujar Nishani, who was often criticized for his center-right political affiliation from the leftist coalition, died following a serious health problem, the country’s presidential office said Saturday. He was 55.
President Bujar Nishani born on 29 September 1966 in Durrës, Albania, was well known for his centre-right political affiliation with the leftist coalition. He served as president from 2012 until 2017. At 45, he was elected as the youngest and sixth president in post-communist Albania, supported only by lawmakers from the centre-right Democratic party of then-Prime Minister Sali Berisha.
RJ Umar receives Immunisation Champion award by UNICEF
A Radio Jockey from south Kashmir, Umar Nisar, also known as RJ Umar, has been awarded the ’01 Best Content Award’ and the Immunisation Champion award by UNICEF at the annual Radio4Child 2022 Awards in Mumbai. The Radio4Child felicitated radio professionals from All India Radio and private FM channels across India for their work during COVID-19 and for routine vaccination.
The award to RJ Umar Nisar was presented by Multi-Grammy Award winning music composer, environmentalist, and UNICEF Celebrity Supporter Ricky Kej, OIC UNICEF, UP. Dr Zafrin Chowdhury, chief of communications and advocacy and partnerships, UNICEF India; Dr Sachin Desai, State Immunization Officer, Government of Maharashtra; Dr Sachin Desai, State Immunization Officer, Government of Maharashtra.
The award has been conferred to Umar for his work of providing awareness and countering rumours to reach audiences during the pandemic. The Radio4Child felicitated radio professionals from private FM and All India Radio from across the country for their commendable work during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as for routine vaccination. These radio professionals highlighted the importance of routine vaccination among people.
Sanjit Narwekar conferred with V Shantaram Lifetime achievement award at MIFF 2022
17th edition of the Mumbai International Film Festival of India (MIFF 2022) confers Dr. V. Shantaram Lifetime Achievement Award on noted author and documentary filmmaker Shri Sanjit Narwekar to commemorate his exquisitely deep, remarkably diverse and inspiring body of work.
Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution and Textiles Piyush Goyal presented the award to Sanjit Narwekar along with a cash prize of Rs 10 lakhs (Rs 1 million), Golden Conch and a citation.
Shri Narwekar is a National award-winning film historian, author, publisher and documentary filmmaker with more than four decades of cross-media experience in Journalism, Public Relations, Publishing and Filmmaking. Shri Narwekar has rendered a seminal contribution for the enrichment of documentary cinema and its literature. Through his lifelong and passionate engagement with the past, present and future of films, Shri Narwekar has touched many hearts across ages.
Winner of the National Award for the Best Book on Cinema in 1996, Shri Narwekar’s passion for film history has manifested in writing and editing more than 20 books on cinema, including Marathi cinema ‘In Retrospect’, which won him the Swarna Kamal.
Forbes Magazine: 7th Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list 2022 Released
Forbes magazine has released the 7th edition of the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia List 2022, featuring 10 categories each honouring 30 individuals under the age of 30. The list was edited by Rana Wehbe Watson.
The honourees on the list represent 22 countries and territories across the Asia-Pacific region. India tops the list in terms of the number of entries with 61, followed by Singapore (34), Japan (33), Australia (32), Indonesia (30) and China (28). The average age of the 2022 list is 26.8 and the youngest honouree on the list is 14-year old Japanese Olympics skateboarding gold-medalist Momiji Nishiya.
Public Sector Banks doubled their Net Profit to almost Rs 66,500 crore in FY22
Public sector banks (PSBs) more than quadrupled their net profit in the fiscal year 2021-2022. During the financial year 2021-22, the aggregate profit of 12 state-owned banks was Rs 66,539 crore, up 110 percent from Rs 31,816 crore in the previous year. For the first time in years, all 12 state-owned banks made a profit. This was also a significant improvement over FY18, when just two of the 21 PSBs declared a profit.
Only two PSBs (Central Bank and Punjab & Sind Bank) declared losses in FY21, dragging down the overall net profit. Profitability has increased as a result of the conclusion of the bad loan clean-up and economies of scale gained through the merger of ten state-owned banks. Other factors include the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) cheap liquidity and growth categories such as retail lending.
LIC Launches Savings Life Insurance Plan Bima Ratna
The Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), India’s largest insurer, has launched “Bima Ratna” – a non-linked, non-participating, individual, savings life insurance plan. The new plan, which is aimed at the domestic market, provides both protection and savings.
Bima Ratna can be purchased through Corporate Agents, Insurance Marketing Firms (IMF), Brokers, CPSC-SPV, and POSP-LI employed by these intermediaries namely Corporate Agents, Insurance Marketing Firms (IMF), and Brokers
The key features of the plan include Death benefits, Survival benefits, Maturity benefits, Guaranteed Additions, Settlement Options, Grace Period and Revival solutions among other things. The Bima Ratna plan from LIC provides financial assistance to the policyholder’s family in the case of the policyholder’s untimely death during the policy term. It offers for periodic payments for the policyholder’s survival at specified intervals to address various financial demands.
The plan also addresses liquidity requirements through a loan facility. Premiums can be paid on a yearly, half-yearly, quarterly, or monthly basis (monthly premiums can only be paid through the National Automated Clearing House (NACH)) or by deductions from salary.
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai Launched AAYU App
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has launched a new health and wellness app AAYU to address and help heal chronic diseases and lifestyle disorders through yoga.
Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (S-VYASA) collaborated to develop the App with RESET TECH, an AI-driven integrated health-tech platform that aims to deal with chronic diseases and lifestyle conditions through yoga and meditation. The App would provide users with personalised wellness solutions and offer doctor consultations based on an individual’s personal history and monitor its progress enabling them to accelerate healing and recovery.
The app would provide users with customised wellness solutions and doctor consultations based on their specific histories, as well as track their progress, allowing them to heal and recover faster. The App is accessible in various languages and aims to reach and impact over five million chronic disease patients within the next five years.
The App addresses the root cause of the diseases goes beyond temporary care and helps restore lost health. Also, aims to cure diseases borne out of lifestyle disorders that have plagued people over the past decades.
World Milk Day 2022 observed on 1st June
World Milk Day is celebrated every year on June 1. It is an international day established by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations to recognize the importance of milk as a global food. The day is marked to recognise milk as global food and to celebrate the dairy industry. The day is intended to provide an opportunity to bring attention to activities that are connected with the dairy sector. The day has been observed on June 1 each year since 2001.
Significance of the World Milk Day 2022:
The main of World Milk Day is to raise public awareness about the value of milk in people’s lives. It is the first meal consumed by a kid after birth, and it may be the only food consumed throughout life. The idea of World Milk Day is to celebrate the contributions of the milk and dairy sector to the world.
The theme of World Milk Day 2022:
The theme of World Milk Day 2022 is to bring attention to the climate change crisis and how the dairy sector can reduce its impact on the planet. The aim is to achieve ‘Dairy Net Zero’ by reducing greenhouse gas emissions over the next 30 years and improving waste management in order to make the dairy sector sustainable.