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Daily Current Affairs 19 April 2022
World Bank Report States Extreme Poverty in India Decline by 12.3% between 2011-2019
Extreme poverty has gone down by 12.3 percentage points between 2011-2019, a rate significantly lower than that of the 2004-2011 period. Poverty headcount rate dropped from 22.5 per cent in 2011 to 10.2 per cent in 2019 with more pronounced deductions in rural areas compared to urban areas, according to a recent World Bank working paper.
The decline in rural areas was much higher than in urban areas. While the reduction in rural poverty dropped by 14.7 percentage points, the poverty in urban areas dropped by 7.9 percentage points.
The paper titled ‘Poverty has Declined over the last decade But Not As Much As Previously Thought’ was jointly authored by economists Sutirtha Sinha Roy and Roy van der Weide.
New Zealand Pace Bowler Hamish Bennett announces retirement from all forms of cricket
New Zealand pacer Hamish Bennett has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket ending his 17-year old career.
The 35-year-old Bennett has made 31 appearances for New Zealand across all three formats and took 43 wickets and most recently he featured in the T20Is versus Bangladesh last September. He was also selected in the Blackcaps’ squad for the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup in India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.
India Elected to Four UN ECOSOC Bodies
India has been elected to four key United Nations Economic and Social Council (UN-ECOSOC) Bodies in April 2022. To the Committee for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Ambassador Preeti Saran has been re-elected. In 2018, she was first elected to the Asia Pacific seat on the UN’s Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights. On 1st January 2019, her first four-year term began.
These bodies include:
- Commission for Social Development,
- Committee on NGOs,
- Commission on Science & Technology for Development
- Ambassador Preeti Saran has been re-elected to Committee for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Apart from this, India has contributed US$ 200,000 to UN Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes by Da’esh/ ISIL (UNITAD). The contribution will be used to support the two areas of UNITAD’s investigations, which are: Development and use of chemical and biological weapons by ISIL and ISIL crimes against cultural heritage in Iraq.
BRO to construct world’s highest tunnel at Shinku La Pass connecting Himachal Pradesh to Ladakh
The Border Roads Organisation will construct the world’s highest tunnel at Shinku La Pass at 16,580 feet to connect Himachal Pradesh to Ladakh, BRO Director General Lieutenant General Rajeev Chaudhary said here on Saturday.
BRO will execute this ambitious project under ‘Project Yojak’. This tunnel is proposed to be completed by 2025.
Lt Gen Manoj Pande named as India’s next Chief of Army Staff
Lieutenant General Manoj Pande was appointed the new Chief of Army Staff. He will succeed General M M Naravane on May 1. Lt Gen Pande is the incumbent Vice-Chief of the Army. He will take over from General MM Naravane, who is set to retire on April 30, 2022.
Lt Gen Manoj Pande is the first-ever officer from the Corps of Engineer to be appointed as Army Chief.
Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi steps down as President of Yemen
Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi stepped down under pressure from Saudi Arabia and is now under de-facto house arrest, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Hadi has also handed over his power to the newly created presidential council, which consists of eight political leaders led by Rashad al-Alimi. He had served as the president of Yemen from 2012 until 2022.
International Day For Monuments and Sites 2022: 18 April
Every year on April 18, the United Nations commemorates World Heritage Day. The Day is observed to preserve the human heritage and recognize the efforts of the organizations working for it. Monuments and ancient buildings are an asset to the world. They make for the rich heritage of the nation.
The International Day for Monuments and Sites was proposed by the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) on 18 April 1982 and approved by the General Assembly of UNESCO in 1983.
This year, the theme is entitled Heritage and Climate.
World Liver Day 2022: 19 April
World Liver Day is celebrated on 19 April to raise awareness about liver and liver-related diseases. The liver is the most complex and largest organ of the body after the brain. It plays a significant role in the process of detoxification and digestion.
The liver is the second largest and the second most complex organ in the body, after the brain.
Noted Odia singer and musician Prafulla Kar passes away at 83
Eminent Odia musician and Padma Shri awardee Prafulla Kar passed away on Sunday night. He was 83.
Kar was an eminent musician, singer, lyricist, writer and columnist. He received the prestigious Padma Shri award in 2015.
Table Tennis Player Vishwa Deenadayalan dies
Tamil Nadu table tennis player Vishwa Deenadayalan died in a road accident while travelling from Guwahati to Shillong.
He was travelling with three teammates for the 83rd Senior National and Inter-State Table Tennis Championships, which is scheduled to begin.
Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala offer his condolence on his death and announced Rs 5 lakh as compensation for his family.
All three teammates have been declared stable by the doctors.
PM Modi to begin 3-day visit to Gujarat
PM Modi has begun his three-day visit to Gujarat. He will visit the Command and Control Centre for Schools in Gandhinagar.
He will lay the WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine in Jamnagar in the presence of Mauritius PM Pravind Kumar Jugnauth and DG of WHO Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus.
He will dedicate the Banas Community Radio Station, to provide farmers key scientific information related to agriculture and animal husbandry.
Amends FEMA rules to allow 20% FDI in LIC
The government has amended the rules of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) to open the way for up to 20% Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC).
The government is also planning to dilute its stake in LIC through the Initial Public Offering (IPO).
SEBI has also given approval to the draft papers and the insurer is in the process of filing a request for a proposal with changes.
PhonePe partners with Extreme IX to adopt internet exchange
PhonePe comes in a partnership internet exchange point, Extreme IX to enable faster digital payments. This partnership helps PhonePe to decrease the latency for its users irrespective of their location or ISP in India.
PhonePe has become the first digital payments platform to participate in an Internet Exchange in India.
Executive Director of Extreme IX– Raunak Maheshwari
Phone pe CEO– Sameer Nigam; Headquarters – Bengaluru, Karnataka.
Trishakti Corps organized EX KRIPAN SHAKTI
The Trishakti Corps has organized EX KRIPAN SHAKTI at Teesta Field Firing Ranges (TFFR) near Siliguri in West Bengal.
Aim: Orchestrating and synergizing the capabilities of the Indian Army and the Central Armed Police Forces (CRPF) to fight an integrated battle.
The units of the Trishakti Corps have demonstrated their abilities to hit hard and swiftly with precision during the exercise.
The firing involved employment and weapon systems and firing of all arms.
K N Vyas gets one-year extension as Atomic Energy Commission Chairman
The Appointment Committee of the Cabinet has granted one year extension to Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Kamlesh Nilkanth Vyas.
The extension in service to Vyas for a period of one year beyond May 3, 2022 or “until further orders”.
This is the second extension for Vyas, he was first appointed to the post in September 2018.
Awards: The Indian Nuclear Society Outstanding Service Award 2011; The Homi Bhabha Science and Technology Award 2006, and DAE Award 2007.
Twitter adopts limited-term shareholder rights
Twitter’s board of directors has recently adopted a limited-term shareholder rights plan to prevent anyone from having more than 15% stake in company, the plan is also called a ‘poison pill’.
This will make it harder for Elon Musk to acquire the social media company.
Currently, Elon Musk has around 9% of Twitter’s shares and he has offered to acquire all the shares in Twitter he does not own for 54.20 dollar per share, valuing the company at 41.4 billion dollar.
