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Daily Current Affairs 23 February 2022
Israel successfully tests new naval air defence system ‘C-Dome’
Israel successfully tested a new naval air defense system “C-Dome,” to be used on the Israeli Navy’s Sa’ar 6-class corvettes, intercepting a series of threats in what officials called a key layer of protection against Iran and its proxies in the region.
The “C-Dome” system is a naval version of the Iron Dome, which has been used to shoot down rockets fired from the Gaza Strip for the past decade. The C-Dome is being installed on Israel’s latest-generation corvette warships, which protect Israel’s coastline and offshore natural gas assets in the Mediterranean. The successful test further strengthens the missile defense systems of the Israeli Navy to safeguard the maritime assets of the State of Israel.
Himachal Pradesh gets 1st Biodiversity Park at Mandi
Himachal Pradesh gets the first biodiversity park to make its contribution towards the conservation of endangered Himalayan herbs. This park is set to come up at Mandi’s Bhulah valley.
With the cost of Rs 1 crore, the biodiversity park is set up under the National Mission on Himalayan Studies (NMHS) by HP’s forest department.
The aim of the park is to link tourism activities along with extending new opportunities for researchers to conduct in-depth exploration of various medicinal herbs found in the Himalayas that are on the verge of extinction.
Lavender designated as brand product of J&K’s Doda district, the birthplace of Purple Revolution
Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh chaired the District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee (DISHA) meeting for Doda and Kishtwar districts in Jammu & Kashmir recently. Addressing the meeting, he said Lavender has been designated as Doda brand product, while Kishtwar’s Rattle Hydropower Project has been revived after over eight years.
A key decision taken during the meeting was to designate Lavender as Doda brand product, to promote lavender under ‘One District, One Product’ initiative of the Modi Government. Doda district in J&K is the birthplace of India’s Purple Revolution, or the cultivation of Lavender. Though, Lavender cultivation is practiced in almost all the 20 districts of Jammu & Kashmir.
Takuya Tsumura appointed as new President and CEO of Honda Cars India
Japanese auto major Honda Motor Co. Ltd. announced the appointment of Takuya Tsumura as the new President & CEO of Honda Cars India Ltd (HCIL) with effect from 1 April 2022. The appointment comes as part of the management changes announced annually by the company. Tsumura, 54, will take over from Gaku Nakanishi, with effect from April 1, 2022.
Nakanishi has been appointed as General Manager, Automobile Business of Asian Honda (Regional office-Bangkok, Thailand), which coordinates Honda operations in Asia and Oceania region.
Author Jimmy Soni pens ‘The Founders’, a History of PayPal
A new book titled ‘’The Founders: The Story of Paypal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley ’’, authored by Jimmy Soni and published by Simon & Schuster released on February 22, 2022.
It highlights the story of multinational digital-payments company PayPal and how it covered the journey of a start-up that turned into one of the most successful companies of all time, worth over USD 70 billion. It also offers colourful anecdotes about famous people like Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and Reid Hoffman.
The book explores the origin of PayPal and its founding team, including Elon Musk, Amy Rowe Klement, Peter Thiel, Julie Anderson, Max Levchin, Reid Hoffman, and many others whose stories have never been shared. PayPal is a US-based multinational financial technology company, which operates an online payments system globally.
Madhya Pradesh: 48th Khajuraho Dance Festival begins
Madhya Pradesh Governor, Mangu Bhai Patel has inaugurated the 48th ‘Khajuraho Dance Festival-2022’ at world-famous tourist destination Khajuraho on the occasion of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’.
The event will be organized till 26 February. This year a 5-km ‘Dil Khel Ke Ghoomo’ marathon was also organized under the banner of ‘Safe Tourism Project for Women’ at the event. It aims to create a sense of security among women in tourist destinations with the slogan ‘Hindustan Ke Dil Mein Aap Safe Hain’.
The Khajuraho dance festival was started in 1975 from the temple premises itself. It was not allowed to be performed in the temple premises only after two-three years, as a result, this ceremony was performed outside the temple premises.
Centre organise week-long ‘Vigyan Sarvatra Pujyate’ Science exhibition at 75 locations across country
The Government of India has organised a week-long science exhibition titled ‘Vigyan Sarvatra Pujyate’ (विज्ञान सर्वत्र पुज्यते) from February 22 to 28, 2022, as part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav commemoration. It will be conducted simultaneously at 75 locations across the country through a hybrid mode. The programme will be held from Leh and Srinagar to Port Blair and Kavaratti Islands in Lakshadweep from north to south and from Ahmedabad and Daman to Itanagar, Kohima, and Aizawl from west to east, apart from the national capital Delhi. The inaugural programme will be held at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi on 22nd of February.
The festival will celebrate science and technology (S&T) and display the country’s scientific legacy and technology prowess. The festival will culminate on February 28, 2022, which coincide with the National Science Day, commemorated in remembrance of Nobel Laureate Sir C.V. Raman’s path-breaking discovery of the Raman Effect in 1930.
UK closes ‘golden visa’ route for investors over security concerns
The UK on Thursday closed Tier 1 Investor visa route to all new applicants from all nationalities with immediate effect over security concerns. The route had allowed entry and stay in the UK for individuals if they had invested funds in share capital or loan capital in active and trading UK registered companies.
The announcement was made by UK Home Secretary Priti Patel. The UK Investment Visa is a Tier 1 visa offered to wealthy individuals willing to invest a minimum of £2 million in the UK. In another event, Bahrain has launched the creation of long-term visas for foreigners in an effort to “boost the economy”. It will be known as the “golden residence” Visa.
India’s teen prodigy R Praggnanandhaa becomes youngest player to beat World No 1 Magnus Carlsen
India’s teenage chess grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa has won praise for a stunning victory over world number one Magnus Carlsen in an online championship. The 16-year-old Pragg achieved the feat in the eighth round of the Airthings Masters, an online rapid chess tournament, in 39 moves with black pieces.
Pragg is also only the third Indian grandmaster to win against Magnus Carlsen apart from Viswanathan Anand and Pentala Harikrishna.
Emma Terho re−elected as Chair of IOC Athletes’ Commission
Meeting in Beijing following the election of two new members, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Athletes’ Commission (AC) re-elected Emma Terho (Finland, ice hockey) as its Chair and Seung Min Ryu (Republic of Korea, table tennis) as first Vice-Chair, and elected Sarah Walker (New Zealand, cycling) as second Vice-Chair of the Commission. Emma is a double Olympic bronze medallist and former captain of the Finland women’s ice hockey team.
Elected to the AC at PyeongChang 2018, Emma Terho took the lead of the Commission after the elections held during the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Apart from this, Seung Min Ryu (Republic of Korea, table tennis) has been re-elected as first Vice-Chair of the Commission. Sarah Walker (New Zealand, cycling) has been elected as IOC AC’s second Vice-Chair, a position created in December 2021.
Former Sri Lankan Airlines CEO Vipula Gunatilleka roped in as Jet Airways CFO
Former Sri Lankan Airlines CEO Vipula Gunatilleka has been named as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Jet Airways by the new promoters Jalan Kalrock Consortium.
Gunatilleka was the CEO of SriLankan Airlines until January 2022. He will join Jet Airways with effect from March 1, 2022.
India and France sign Roadmap on Blue Economy and Ocean Governance
External affairs minister S Jaishankar held talks with his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian on Sunday in Paris and the two countries committed to adopting a roadmap on the blue economy and ocean governance to enhance partnership for the exploitation and preservation of marine resources through economic, infrastructure and scientific cooperation.
The partnership will help to explore the potential for collaboration in marine science research for a better understanding of oceans, and ensure that the ocean remains a global common, a space of freedom and trade, based on the rule of law. The agreement on ‘Roadmap on Blue Economy and Ocean Governance’ was signed between India’s External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar’s and his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian.
Dr. S Jaishankar is on three-day visit to France, from February 20 to 22, 2022, to attend EU Ministerial Forum for Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific scheduled for February 22.
Assam Govt Launches India’s First Night Navigation Mobile App In Rivers
Chief Minister of Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma has launched India’s first Night Navigation mobile application for ferry services on the Brahmaputra River in Guwahati, Assam. The night navigation mobile application was developed by the transport department in association with K Raju, the principal scientist of IIT Madras and will survey the draft of the rivers, the spokesperson said. The first night journey of the IWT (Inland Water Transport) ferry between Guwahati and North Guwahati was started on 19 February 2022.
The Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma also launched ten Aadhar-based contactless services of the State Transport Department to make public service delivery time-efficient and budget-friendly. The Chief Minister also launched e-ticketing system for Dhubri and Silchar ferry services at the same programme. An MoU was also signed between the Common Service Centres (CSCs) under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and the State Transport Department to provide online services at the panchayat level.
Gurugram sisters chosen as ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ brand ambassadors
International chess player woman FIDE master, a high ranking chess title Tanishka Kotia and her sister Riddhika Kotia have been announced as brand ambassadors from Gurugram for the centre’s ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ scheme. Tanishka Kotia won the Limca Book of Records for being the youngest chess player in 2008. They belong to the Haryana state.
Tanishka Kotia ranks 2nd in the country in the under-16 category, World Chess Federation rankings released in 2019. She won a gold medal at the ASEAN Chess Championship in 2013 and silver at the Commonwealth Chess Championship In 2014 in Scotland. Riddhika Kotia represented India at several prestigious international events, including the World Junior Chess Championship 2020.
