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Daily Current Affairs 18 February 2022
SIDBI launches ‘waste to wealth creation’ programme 2022
Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has launched the ‘Waste to Wealth Creation’ programme for women in the Sundarbans in West Bengal. In this, the women will make ornaments and showpieces from the fish scales. SIDBI will extend benefits to 50 women indirectly generating revenues from alternate livelihoods.
Under this programme, Later, these women are expected to become a trainer for replicating and disseminating the knowledge among other aspirants. This is a part of mission Swavalamban of SIDBI that aims to support artisans to become sustainable.
US-Bangladesh to conduct joint air exercise ‘Cope South 22’
The air forces of Bangladesh and the United States will conduct a joint tactical airlift exercise ‘Cope South 22’ from February 20, 2022. The six day long Pacific Air Forces-sponsored, bilateral tactical airlift exercise ‘Cope South 22’ will be conducted at BAF Kurmitola Cantonment, Dhaka, and Operating Location-Alpha, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
The goal of the exercise is bolstering bilateral ties between the two countries through tactical airlift sorties and subject-matter expert exchanges.
NPCI International partners with Gateway Payment Service and Manam Infotech to deploy UPI solution in Nepal
NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL) has partnered with Gateway Payments Service Pvt Ltd and Manam Infotech Private Limited to deploy Unified Payments Interface(UPI) in Nepal. Nepal will be the first country to adopt India’s UPI system, which will play a pivotal role in transforming the digital economy of the neighbouring country.
Gateway Payments Service Pvt Ltd is an authorized Payment System Operators in Nepal. The collaboration will serve the larger digital public good in Nepal and bolster interoperable real-time person-to-person (P2P) and person-to-merchant (P2M) transactions in the neighbouring country, NPCI said in a statement. Nepal shall be the first country outside of India to adopt UPI as the payments platform driving the digitalization of cash transactions.
Twitter partners with Paytm to boost its ‘Tips’ feature in India
Twitter Inc said on Wednesday that it partnered with Paytm’s payment gateway to ramp up the support for its ‘Tips’ feature in India.
What is Tips feature of Twitter? Using the Tips feature, users can send payments to their favourite content creators on twitter. Tips is available since November to all Twitter users above 18 years of age in India on the iOS and Android platforms. It is available in Indian languages including Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi and Tamil.
With this partnership, Twitter users will be able to use the payments facility of Paytm, including its Paytm digital wallet, Paytm Postpaid (buy-now-pay-later service), debit and credit cards, and net banking.
A book titled ‘Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War’ released
A new book titled “Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War” authored by Samuel Moyn was released. Samuel Moyn is the Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School and a professor of History at Yale University.
This provocative book argues about the endless wars the USA created in the past including Vietnam War (1955-1975), Korean War (1950-1953), World War II (1939-1945) etc and this development might not represent progress at all.
The book highlights the United States of America (USA) strategy on fighting wars and how armed combat was transformed from an imperfect tool for resolving disputes into an integral component of the modern condition.
FAITH releases India tourism vision document envisaging goals and benchmarks for tourism till 2035
FAITH, the policy federation of all the national associations representing the complete tourism, travel and hospitality industry of India such as FHRAI, HAI and IATO has released an India tourism vision with a vision statement, goals and an execution path for the country commemorating the 75th year of Indian independence.
FAITH is the policy federation of all the national associations representing the complete tourism, travel and hospitality industry of India. Nakul Anand is the chairman of FAITH.
Government approves ‘New India Literacy Programme’ for Education of adults; Outlay- Rs.1037.90 crore
Government approved a new scheme “New India Literacy Programme (नव भारत साक्षरता कार्यक्रम) for the period FYs 2022-2027 to cover all the aspects of Adult Education to align with National Education Policy 2020 and Budget Announcements 2021-22. The National Education Policy 2020 has recommendations for Adult Education and Lifelong Learning.
Outlay: The estimated total outlay of “New India Literacy Programme” is Rs.1037.90 crore which includes Central share of Rs.700 crore and State share of Rs.337.90 crore respectively for the FYs 2022 -27.
Who will be covered: The scheme will cover non-literates of the age of 15 years and above in all state/UTs in the country.
Government has now replaced the term “Adult Education (प्रौढ़ शिक्षा)” as ‘Education for All’ in the country.
Census data: As per Census 2011, the absolute number of non-literates of the country in 15 years and above age group is 25.76 crore (Male 9.08 crore, Female 16.68 crore).
PM Narendra Modi delivers inaugural address at TERI’s World Sustainable Development Summit 2022
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will deliver the inaugural address at The Energy and Resources Institute’s (TERI) World Sustainable Development Summit at around 6 PM on 16th February, 2022 via video message.
The World Sustainable Development Summit is the annual flagship event of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). The three day Summit will culminate on February 18, 2022.
The theme for this year’s Summit is ‘Towards a Resilient Planet: Ensuring a Sustainable and Equitable Future’. The Summit will discuss a wide range of issues including climate change, sustainable production, energy transitions, global commons and resource security.
Haryana Men’s Team & Kerala Women’s Team wins Senior National Volleyball Championship 2021-22
Haryana defeated the Indian Railway 3-0, to win the Men’s title in Senior National Volleyball Championship 2021-22. Similarly, in women’s category, Kerala defeated the Indian Railway 3-1, to lift the trophy.
The 70th Senior National Volleyball (Men & Women) Championship 2021-22 was held at the Biju Patnaik Indoor Stadium, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar from February 07 to 13, 2022.
Bihar ropes in Manoj Tiwari as brand ambassador for Khadi
Bhojpuri singer and BJP MP, Manoj Tiwari will be the brand ambassador of Khadi and other handicrafts of Bihar. He will be the “brand ambassador” for Khadi and other handicrafts of Bihar, state minister Syed Shahnawaz Hussain announced.
Manoj Tiwari will promote the use of Khadi fabric, which was popularized by Mahatma Gandhi during India’s Independence movement. Tiwari, who has lent his voice to innumerable foot-tapping numbers, including the “Gangs of Wasseypur” chartbuster “Jiya ho Bihar ke lala”.
Edelweiss Asset Management launches mobile app eInvest for investors
Edelweiss Asset Management on Tuesday said it has launched mutual fund investing mobile application eInvest to help investors perform all financial transactions on the go. EInvest is an easy-to-use app for investors to give them a smooth investing experience where they can perform all financial transactions and access their investment from anywhere at any time with speed and ease.
Chelsea beat Palmeiras to win 2021 FIFA Club World Cup Champions
English club Chelsea defeated Brazilian club Palmeiras, 2-1, to win the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup final, held on February 12, 2022. Chelsea has won the FIFA Club World Cup for the first time. The decisive goal was scored by Kai Havertz with 3 minutes of extra time to go. Kai Havertz’ nerveless 117th-minute penalty settled a gruelling Club World Cup final. The final was held at Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi.
Noted Kannada writer and poet Chennaveera Kanavi passes away
Noted Kannada writer and poet Chennaveera Kanavi died at 94 – Kannada writer and poet Dr Chennaveera Kanavi has passed away at the age of 94 due to age-related illnesses on 16th February 2022 at a private hospital in Dharwad.
He was often referred to as ‘Samanvaya Kavi’ (Poet of Reconciliation). Kanavi received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1981 for his work Jeeva Dhwani (Poetry).
