nov '22 HR pt 1 Flashcards
—th edition of the India-Sweden Innovation Day was observed, on — in —–.
1st ed held in?
Accelerating Green Transition-India Sweden Innovation Partnership” is the theme for this year’s event
9th ed
oct 27
stockholdm
1st - 2013
-th and – st ASEAN summits were held in nov 2022. chair of 2022 is?
prez of the nation?
host city?
40th, and 41st
cambodia
Prime Minister Hun Sen
Phnom Penh- city
The India Sweden innovation collaborations are guided by the India Sweden Innovation Partnership and the Joint Action Plan (JAP).
In —, the JAP was signed to include smart cities, innovation, and next generation transport.
In addition, the Department of Biotechnology is already engaged with Swedish Partners on Incubator Connect, Digital Health Care and Global Bio India programmes.
2018
Diplomatic relations bw sweden and india were established in 1948 and steadily strengthened over the decades.
The first India-Nordic Summit (India, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland and Denmark) took place in the year — (yr of JAP) in —.
Sweden also participated in the First India Nordic Baltic (including Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) Conclave co-chaired by India in November —.
name all noridc countries? 7AREAS/NATIONS
DINSA F 2 times
dab id nutty seam and fudge 2 times
1948
1st - 2018- sweden
2020-1st ndia noridc conclave
It includes the sovereign states of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden; the autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland; and the autonomous region of Åland
Recently, the Vice President of India attended the —th ASEAN-India Summit in Phnom Penh, —.
ASEAN and India adopted a joint statement announcing the elevation of the existing Strategic Partnership to Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
ASEAN est in – by how many founding nations?
19th
Cambodia.
ets in 1967 by bangkok declaration by 5 founding nations: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand., now has 10 ppl
The ASEAN-India dialogue relations started with the establishment of a sectoral partnership in —.
This graduated to full dialogue partnership in December — and summit-level partnership in —.
ASEAN is India’s —th largest trading partner.
India signed FTA (Free Trade Agreement) in goods in – and an FTA in services and investments in – with ASEAN.
Commodity trade between India and ASEAN region has reached USD — billion in the period April 2021- February 2022.
1992, 1995 and 2002
4th largest
2009
2014
98.39 bn
Joint Naval and Military exercises are conducted between India and most ASEAN countries.
The maiden Asean-India Maritime Exercise will be held in —.
‘—-’ Military Exercise held in 2016.
ndia has been undertaking several connectivity projects like India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral (IMT) Highway and the Kaladan Multimodal Project. he Kaladan Road Project is a US$484 million project connecting the eastern Indian seaport of — with — seaport in Rakhine State, Myanmar by sea.
India is also trying to establish a Maritime Transportation Agreement with ASEAN and also Plans for a Railway link between New Delhi in India to Hanoi in Vietnam.
2023
Watershed ex - 2016
kolkata to Sittwe seaport in Rakhine State, Myanmar
India is going to contribute half a million dollars to the United Nations’ efforts to counter global terrorism at a time when new and emerging technologies used by terror groups are posing fresh threats to governments around the world, the foreign minister said. The announcement was made during the plenary session of the UN Security Council special meeting of the Counter Terrorism Committee (CTC) in —.
This will be the first such meeting of the UNSC-CTC in India since its establishment in —. The Permanent Representative of India (Ruchira Kamboj) to the UN (United Nations) serves as the Chair of the CTC for 2022.
Theme: Countering the use of new and emerging technologies for terrorist purposes.
n delhi
2001
UNSC-CTC:
It was established by Security Council resolution —- which was adopted unanimously on 28th September — in the wake of the 9/11 terror attacks in the US.
The Committee comprises all 15 Security Council member. Five permanent members: China, France, Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and ten non-permanent members elected for —-year terms by the General Assembly.
he Committee was tasked with monitoring implementation of resolution — which requested countries to implement a number of measures aimed at enhancing their legal and institutional ability to counter terrorist activities at home and around the world
1373 resokution
2001
2 yr terms
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated India’s second Rashtriya Adarsh Veda Vidyalaya (RAVV) in —. The Rashtriya Adarsh Veda Vidyalaya has been launched to spread knowledge of the Vedas among people. Rastriya Adarsh Veda Vidyalaya which is also called the National Model Vedic School.
Maharishi Sandipani Rashtriya Ved Vidya Pratisthan is the first such school in ??
puri
ujjain, mp
India presented the second tranche of aid of USD—– to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) for the financial year 2022-2023.
2.5 mn
Union Cabinet has given its approval for the naming of the new Greenfield Airport at Hollongi, Itanagar, the State Capital of Arunachal Pradesh as “—- Airport, Itanagar”. In January 2019, the Government of India had given its “in-principle” approval for the construction of the Hollongi Greenfield Airport. The airport is being developed by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) with assistance from the Central Government and the State Government of Arunachal Pradesh
Donyi Polo at arunachal
Union minister —– launched the biggest-ever coal mine auction of – mines that are expected to benefit twelve states directly. During the launch, the finance minister said that a fast-growing economy like India needs greater investment in coal production and gasification projects.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
141 mines
Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared — a National Monument in the Banswara District, —. PM Modi mentioned that India’s past, present, and future are not complete without the tribal community. it is a symbol of tenacity and sacrifices of tribals and added that this is the common heritage of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Madhya Prades
Mangarh Dham
rajasthan
The Indian Railways said it completed the electrification of — per cent of its broad gauge network. The national transporter said it achieved —- route km of electrification in the 2022-23 financial year till October 2022, as compared to 895 route km (RKMs) during the corresponding period of FY 2021-22
Indian Railways plans to become Net Zero Carbon Emitter by —.
82%
1223 km
2030
The Department of — , Government of India has launched a Nation-wide Campaign for Promoting Digital Life Certificates for Central Government Pensioners.
minister o this ministry is ?
Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension
pm modi
The year — has been declared as the ASEAN-India Friendship year, as ASEAN and India commemorate — years of partnership. A series of events has been planned to celebrate the occasion throughout the year. As a part of this programme, Indian media delegation is on a visit to Singapore and Cambodia under the ASEAN-INDIA Media exchange programme from 8th November to 13th November
2022
30 yrs
The government is set to launch the world’s longest luxury river cruise from — to Dibrugarh via — next year. The world’s longest luxury river cruise aims to give a push to Indian inland waterways development. The 50 days cruise will set sail from — and pass-through Kolkata and Dhaka before reaching Bogibeel in the Dibrugarh district of —. The cruise will sail on 10th January 2023 and will cover a distance of — km
varanasi to dibrugarh
via bangalesh
dibrugrah in assam
4000 km
Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled a — feet tall bronze statue of Sri Nadaprabhu Kempegowda in —. The ‘Statue of Prosperity’ is made to commemorate the contribution of Nadaprabhu Kempegowda who is the founder of Bengaluru. The statue was conceptualized and sculpted by —, who also curated the Statue of Unity. The ‘Statue of Prosperity’ is made with 98 tonnes of bronze and 120 tonnes of steel
108 ft
bangalore
ram v sutar
The —st edition of the India International Trade Fair (IITF) has started at Pragati Maidan in —–i
. Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal inaugurated the fair. The fair will continue till the 27th of this month. During the inauguration ceremony, Minister of State for Commerce and Trade Anupriya Patel and Som Parkash were also present. This year the theme of the trade fair is Vocal For Local, Local to Global
41st ed of IITF
n delhi
According to a report by Knight Frank, Indian cities, namely – ; –, — and — have emerged as three of the top data centre markets in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. - 3 of them
Hyderabad, Chennai and New Delhi,
– has emerged as the second-largest producer of crude steel by replacing Japan. The biggest steel producing country is currently —-, which accounted for 57% of world steel production.
india ( dfeated japan)
china
India (UIDAI) presented the brand-new AI/ML chatbot —- in order to facilitate citizens’ usage of the services. Both Hindi and English are available for the chatbot. For the purpose of teaching viewers, it also offers the option of viewing related videos on specific themes.
Aadhaar Mitra
Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the first Vande Bharat Express Train in SOUTH INDIA on the —- to Chennai route at Krantiveera Sangolli Railway station in —. Prime Minister Narendra Modi also flagged off the ‘Bharat Gaurav Kashi Darshan’ train which is operated by Karnataka’s Muzrai Department under the ‘Bharat Gaurav’ train policy of Railways.
Mysuru to chennai
bangalore
The Ministry of Education announced that this year India will celebrate ‘Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas’ in a grand manner in schools, and higher education institutions on – November 2022. The Janjatiya Gaurav Divas was a name given on 15 November 2021 by the Union Cabinet of the Government of India to remember the contribution of tribal freedom fighters, as part of the year-long celebration of the 75th anniversary of Indian independence. (
15 nov
India’s first National Repository for Life Science data was unveiled by Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh in —–. The National Repository for Life Science data was generated from publicly-funded research in India. The ‘Indian Biological Data Centre’ (IBDC) was established at the Regional Biotechnology Center. It has a storage capacity of four petabytes and is also home to the ‘—’ High-Performance Computing facility
faridabad, haryana
Brahm
Ministry of —– is organizing Ganga Utsav- The River Festivals 2022 on 4th November 2022 at the Major Dhyan Chand Stadium in — in two separate sessions. this yr is –nd ed
The Ganga Utsav- The River Festivals 2022 is being organized by the collaboration of The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), the Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, and the Ministry of Jal Shakti.
min of jal shakti
6th ed
n delhi
Aiming to guard customers from fake online reviews of products, the —– on released a comprehensive set of guidelines which would come into effect from November 25 and would be voluntary in nature.
Union government
Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways — announced India’s first National Centre of Excellence for Green Port & Shipping (NCoEGPS) a major initiative by the Ministry of Ports, Shipping towards providing greener solutions.
Maritime Vision Document —- was released by the Indian Government. It is a 10-day roadmap to achieve India’s vision of sustainable growth of the maritime sector and blue economy. how mnay thrmes
Sarbananda Sonowal
2030
10 themes
Recently, India’s first National Centre of Excellence for Green Port & Shipping (NCoEGPS) was launched at “INMARCO 2022” held in —.
The INMARCO is a quadrennial International Maritime Conference and Exhibition, hosted by the Institute of Marine Engineers (India).
What is NCoEGPS?
It is a major initiative by the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MOPSW) towards providing greener solutions.
The NCoEGPS will be working under the framework of the —- programme of the MoPSW.
The —- is the knowledge and implementation partner for this project.
India has been selected as the first country under the IMO’s Green Voyage — project to conduct a pilot project related to Green Shipping.
The ports have also aimed to reduce Carbon emissions per ton of cargo handled by —% by 2030
mumbai
sagarmala programme
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
2050
30%
green voyage 2050 project:
is a partnership project between the Government of —- and I— (IMO) launched in May —- aiming to transform the shipping industry towards a lower carbon future. basically, india was sleceted as the 1st country under here.
The global partnership is supporting developing countries, including Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) and Least Developed Countries (LDCs), in meeting their commitment towards relevant climate change and energy efficiency goals, for international shipping, through supporting the Initial IMO Green House Gas (GHG) Strategy.
One of the important aims of GreenVoyage2050 is to spur global efforts to demonstrate and test technology solutions.
norway
IMO - nternational Maritime Organisation
2019
he Sagarmala Programme was approved by the Union Cabinet in — which aims at holistic port infrastructure development along the —- -km long coastline through modernisation, mechanisation and computerisation. basically port improvement. could boost India’s merchandise exports to USD 110 billion by 2025.
in may 2022: (Minister oPSW) chaired the meeting of the National Sagarmala Apex Committee (NSAC) at Vigyan Bhawan, in —-. NSAC is the apex body for port led development-Sagarmala projects and reviews its implementation. It was constituted in May, — by the Union Cabinet. in meeting, sagartat Samriddhi Yojana’ discussed.
sagartat Samriddhi Yojana launched by pm uring the release of “Maritime India Vision 2030” in March —-. has – eky areas
2015
7516 km
New Delhi
2015.
2021-sagartat.
4 key areas
— will take over the chair of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence for 2022-23 at a meeting of the body in —, the Ministry of Electronics and IT said. This development comes on the heels of assuming the Presidency of the G20, a league of the world’s largest economies.
india
tokyo
Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Youth Affairs & Sports Anurag Singh Thakur has inaugurated ’53 Hours Challenge’ for ‘75 Creative Minds Tomorrow’. This is the —- edition of 75 Creative Minds of Tomorrow
2nd ed
Union Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Shri Giriraj inaugurated the “SARAS AAJEEVIKA MELA, 2022” at —–i. Shri Singh informed that the Ministry of Rural Development has received over 60,000 applications from 3 states for start-up ventures in niche products and crafts areas.
Pragati Maidan, New Delhi
—– austhority is the anti-profiteering watchdog of GST and it is all set to be subsumed into the Competition Commission of India (CCI). NAA’s investigation arm will continue to function in some form under CCI. The official said that the move will reduce the multiplicity of regulators as CCI can handle cases independently. The plan is to transfer cases to CCI after NAA’s term ends.
National Anti-profiteering Authority(NAA) i
The —- institute of Unani medicine in the Northeast region of India was inaugurated in — town of —-. The Unani medicine institute inaugurated by Union Ayush minister Sarbananda Sonowal
1st in NE
silchar town
assam
The —- institute of Unani medicine in the Northeast region of India was inaugurated in — town of —-. The Unani medicine institute inaugurated by Union Ayush minister Sarbananda Sonowal
1st in NE
silchar town
assam
— schools from across the country have been awarded the Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar for the 2021-22 academic session. Minister of State for Education Dr Subhash Sarkar conferred National Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar 2021-22 in —-
39 schools
n delhi
– wins the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Vice Presidency and Strategic Management Board (SMB) Chair for the 2023-25 term. Shri —- will be the IEC Vice President representing India
india
vImal Mahendru
The railways is looking at becoming a major exporter of Vande Bharat trains by 2025 to — to markets in Europe, South America and East Asia, a senior official said, adding that the latest version of the indigenous trains with sleeper coaches will be operational by the first quarter of 202-
2026
2024 q1
The railways is looking at becoming a major exporter of Vande Bharat trains by 2025 to — to markets in Europe, South America and East Asia, a senior official said, adding that the latest version of the indigenous trains with sleeper coaches will be operational by the first quarter of 202-
2026
2024 q1
Union Education & Skill Development Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan released the book ‘India: The Mother of Democracy’ prepared and published by Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) in —
N DELH
India has invited —– President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi as the chief guest for the Republic Day in 2023, reflecting New Delhi’s continuing focus on the Arab world as it prepares for a year of high-profile diplomatic engagements.
EgyptiaN
Parliamentary Affairs Minister—-virtually launched portals for Online reading of the preamble and quiz on the Constitution of India. The portal was launched on the occasion of National Constitution Day/ nat alaw day on —-
prahlad joshi
26 nov
KVIC Chairman—- inaugurated the ambitious Reducing Human Attacks using Honey Bees (Re-Hab) Project. Re-Hab Project was inaugurated under the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (Ministry of —
Shri Manoj Kumar
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises, Government of India
nat milk day =
As part of the National Milk Day celebrations, Animal Quarantine Certification Services was organized in —- by the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, and Dairying. Department of Animal Husbandry, Ministry of Fisheries Animal Husbandry and Dairying celebrated National Milk Day
26 nob
Bengaluru
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Home Minister Devendra Fadnavis informed that a dedicated cyber intelligence unit will be set up in Maharashtra to curb cyber and financial crimes. The meeting was held under the Chairmanship of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. It was a two-day contemplation camp of Home Ministers and Director Generals of Police of various states across the country organized at ———.
cybe runit = maha
Surajkund in Haryana.