13 July 2022 : Latest Current Affairs 13th July
Important Current Affairs 13th July 2022
In this article, we will discuss all the Current Affairs of 13th July about national, international, banking, finance, sports, awards, and many others. So if you are interested to know about the latest 13th July 2022 current affairs then read this article till the end.
Current Affairs of 13th July – National News
1. The Delhi Government and UNICEF collaborated to provide job possibilities for youngsters.
◉ To provide job prospects for Delhi Skill and Entrepreneurship University students, the Delhi government has partnered with UNICEF (DSEU).
◉ To facilitate access to employment prospects, UNICEF’s YuWaah (Generation Unlimited India) and Delhi’s Skill Varsity have teamed.
◉ The “YuWaah Step Up – Bano work ready” pillar is a second pillar that DSEU students will participate in as part of a six-month pilot project being run by Flywheel Digital Solutions Pvt.
2. By 2023, India’s first elevated urban expressway, “Dwarka,” will be in use.
◉ According to Nitin Gadkari, the Minister for Road Transport and Highways, the Dwarka Expressway, which is being built as India’s first elevated urban expressway, will open to traffic in 2023.
◉ Dwarka Expressway would relieve pressure from commuters from West Delhi on the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway (a portion of the Delhi-Jaipur-Ahmedabad-Mumbai arm of the Golden Quadrilateral) and arterial highways that encounter heavy traffic congestion.
A minimum three-lane service road will be provided on both sides of the 16-lane access-controlled roadway.
3. The Tripura government introduced the “Earn with Learn” Program.
◉ The Tripura government has introduced a new program called “Earn with Learn” to re-engage students who had left the classroom after the Covid-19 outbreak.
◉ The “Vidyalaya Chalo Abhiyan” (Let’s go to school) includes this program.
◉ The Vidyalaya Chalo Abhiyan, which was first launched in 2009, was an attempt by the government to bring dropouts back in 2020 but was unsuccessful due to the pandemic.
4. PM opened Deoghar Airport and various other construction initiatives.
◉ In Deoghar, the cornerstone for several construction projects worth more than 16,800 crores of rupees was laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
◉ The prime minister stated that the government supports religious institutions in order to preserve our culture and faith for future generations during a public ceremony held on the premises of Deoghar College.
◉ The premier was pleased with the start of flights to Ranchi, Delhi, and Patna as well as the voyage from Deoghar to Kolkata. He disclosed that Bokaro and Dumka airports were still being constructed.
5. Prasar Bharati’s new logo is unveiled by the I&B Ministry on its Silver Jubilee.
◉ In celebration of its silver jubilee year, India’s public broadcaster Prasar Bharati launched a new logo on July 11, 2022.
◉ In front of Mayank Kumar Agrawal, CEO of Prasar Bharati, DPS Negi, Member (Finance), Prasar Bharati officers, and others, the new logo was unveiled by Apurva Chandra, Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I&B).
International News
6. A global naming competition for China’s newest solar observatory has begun.
◉ A new solar observatory stationed in space will be launched by China to investigate the connection between the solar magnetic field, solar flares, and coronal mass ejections (CMEs).
◉ The Chinese Academy of Sciences is now naming the observatory, which is scheduled to launch in October (CAS).
◉ The first vehicle to carry three payloads would be the Advanced Space-Based Solar Observatory (ASO-S), which weighs about 888 kg.
Appointment
7. Advent International appoints Pratik Pota as CEO of Eureka Forbes
◉ To lead Eureka Forbes, one of its portfolio businesses, Advent International, a PE firm, selected Pratik Pota. Pratik will work as the managing director and CEO of Eureka Forbes.
◉ Pratik will direct the management team as they continue to expand the business and create cutting-edge products. On August 16, Pratik will begin working at Eureka Forbes.
◉ Pratik served as the CEO of Jubilant Foodworks Ltd. Under his leadership, the JFL expanded into other nations, such as Bangladesh and Turkey.
8. The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has chosen Brajesh Kumar Upadhyay to serve as Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL).
◉ Upadhyay is the GSL’s Director (Operations) at the moment.
◉ In 1991, he became a trainee manager with GSL.
Awards
9. Japan awarded Sanmar Group Vice Chairman with the “Order of the Rising Sun”
◉ Narayanan Kumar, vice chairman of the Sanmar Group, has received the “Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star” honor from the Japanese government.
◉ He was given this honor in recognition of his efforts to improve trade ties between India and Japan.
◉ Taga Masayuki, the Japanese consul general in Chennai, presented Narayanan Kumar with the Award.
Science
10. The AATC names Jahnavi Dangeti as its newest analog astronaut.
◉ The youngest individual to complete the Analog Astronaut program at the Analog Astronaut Training Centre (AATC) in Poland is 19-year-old Jahnavi Dangeti of Andhra Pradesh.
◉ She was one of the six people chosen for the program from all across the world.
◉ In June 2022, she finished the two-week training at AATC.
◉ A private organization called AATC was founded to conduct research into space travel.
11. The first Webb Telescope image shows the first galaxies to form following the Big Bang.
◉ At a sneak peeks ceremony at the White House in Washington, US President Joe Biden unveiled one of the first photographs from the James Webb Space Telescope.
◉ The deepest and cleanest infrared image of the distant universe has been captured to date in this first image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.
Sports
12. The fastest Indian to 150 ODI wickets is Mohammed Shami.
◉ Mohammed Shami, an Indian pacer, has taken 150 ODI wickets in the shortest time in history.
◉ At the Kennington Oval, Shami accomplished this accomplishment during the opening One-Day International of the three-match series against England. Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, and Craig Overton were three of the wickets the pacer claimed.
◉ He beat the previous record held by veteran Indian pacer Ajit Agarkar, who needed 97 matches, by taking 150 wickets in a total of 80 matches.
13. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has revealed the recipients of the ICC Player of the Month honors for June 2022: Jonny Bairstow and Marizanne Kapp.
◉ Jonny Bairstow of England won the Men’s Player of the Month award for his strong play, and Marizanne Kapp of South Africa was named the Women’s Player of the Month.
14. At the Asian U-20 Wrestling Championships, India won 22 medals. Bahrain’s Manama
◉ In Manama, Bahrain, for the Asian U-20 Wrestling Championships, India won 22 medals, including four gold ones.
◉ In addition to the four gold medals, India also won nine silver and nine bronze in the competition.
◉ The women’s team took home 10 of the 22 medals, including 3 gold ones thanks to Priyanka, Arju, and Antrim.
15. Gijon Chess Masters was won by Indian Grand Master D Gukesh.
◉ The Gijon Chess Masters was won by D. Gukesh of India with eight points after nine games.
◉ International Master Pedro Antonio Gines of Spain came in third with six points, followed by Alexandr Fier of Brazil in second place with 6.5 points. Gukesh and Martinez Duany of Cuba are drawn in the ninth and final round.
Important day
16. World Paper Bag Day 2022 will be celebrated on July 12.
◉ World Paper Bag Day is commemorated annually on July 12 to promote the value of using paper bags rather than plastic bags.
◉ The purpose of this day is to raise awareness of the negative impacts of plastic on the environment.
◉ Paper bags are a simple substitute for single-use plastic bags that take hundreds of years to break down in landfills since they are not biodegradable.
“If You’re Fantastic, Do Something Dramatic To Cut The Plastic, Use Paper Bags,” is the theme for this year’s Paper Bag Day.
Obituary
17. Barry Sinclair, a former captain of the New Zealand cricket team, has died.
◉ Barry Sinclair, a former New Zealand cricket captain, and hitter passed away at the age of 85. After John R. Reid and Bert Sutcliffe, the former captain was the third New Zealander to achieve 1,000 runs in a Test match.
◉ Between 1963 and 1968, Sinclair participated in 21 Test matches for New Zealand, scoring 1148 runs at a 29.43 average, including three hundred — against South Africa, Pakistan, and England.
18. Enamul Haque, a well-known archaeologist, passes and died.
◉ Dr. Enamul Haque, a renowned historian, and archaeologist died at the age of 85 in Dhaka.
◉ He took over as the museum’s director in 1973, and from 1983 to 1991, he was the director general of the National Museum.
◉ For his contributions to terracotta art and Bengal’s iconography, he received the Padma Shri award in 2020.
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