15 July 2022 : Latest Current Affairs 15th July
Important Current Affairs 15th July 2022
In this article, we will discuss all the Current Affairs of 15th July about national, international, banking, finance, sports, awards, and many others. So if you are interested to know about the latest 15th July 2022 current affairs then read this article till the end.
Current Affairs of 15th July – National News
1. To encourage agricultural trade, Union Minister Narendra Tomar inaugurated the e-NAM Platform.
◉ The National Agriculture Market’s Platform of Platforms (POP) has been introduced by Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar (e-NAM).
◉ It was introduced in Bengaluru, Karnataka, concurrently with the State Agriculture and Horticulture Ministers’ Conference.
◉ A total of 1,018 Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) have received equity grants totaling more than Rs 37 crore, which will assist around 3.5 lakh farmers.
2. Union Minister Piyush Goyal and Haryana Chief Minister Khattar opened the NIFT campus in Panchkula.
◉ The 17th campus of the National Institute of Fashion Technology in Panchkula was officially opened by Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and Union Minister Piyush Goyal. They described it as the “fulcrum of development of the textile sector in the state.”
◉ According to NIFT rules, 20% of seats at this institute will be allotted to people from Haryana.
◉ The campus’s foundation stone was placed on December 29, 2016, by Smriti Irani, who was the Union Textiles Minister at the time.
3. UAE would spend USD 2 billion on the construction of integrated food parks throughout India.
◉ A number of integrated food parks will be built across India with $2 billion in funding from the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
◉ This choice was made during the inaugural virtual summit of the “12U2” group (India, Israel, the US, and the UAE), which was held online.
◉ During their discussion, the group addressed creative approaches to assure longer-term, more diversified food production and food distribution networks that can better manage global food shocks. They also focused on the food security dilemma and clean energy.
4. Kerala announced the nation’s first case of monkeypox.
◉ Following the development of symptoms in a person who had just returned to Kerala from the UAE, India verified its first case of monkeypox.
◉ His samples were forwarded to the National Virology Institute in Pune, where the illness was verified.
◉ In 1958, it was initially discovered in monkeys.
5. The Industrial Production Index increased to 19.6% in May.
◉ The National Statistical Office has reported that the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) increased 19.6% in May of this year compared to the preceding month.
◉ In May of this year, the production of the manufacturing sector increased by 20.6 percent, that of the mining sector increased by 10.9 percent, and that of the electricity sector increased by 23.5 percent.
5. Google received 1.2 percent of Bharti Airtel’s equity shares for USD $1 billion.
◉ Internet giant Google has received more than 7.1 crore equity shares from telecom provider Bharti Airtel, each worth Rs 734.
◉ The allocation is a component of Google’s USD 1 billion investment pledge to Airtel, which also includes an equity investment in the company for USD 700 million (about Rs 5,224 crore).
◉ Currently, Google owns 1.2 percent of India’s second-largest telecom company.
Banking
6. Indian GDP is projected by Nomura to grow by 4.7 percent in 2023.
◉ On account of the downturn in the global economy, high inflation, and rising interest rates, Nomura significantly cut India’s projected gross domestic product (GDP) growth for 2023 from 5.4 percent to 4.7 percent.
◉ Reason: Higher inflation, tighter monetary policy, stagnant private Capex growth, electricity shortage, and slowing global growth.
Appointment
7. India has selected Sudhakar Dalela as its new ambassador to Bhutan.
◉ The position of India’s next ambassador to the Royal Kingdom of Bhutan has been given to Sudhakar Dalela, who is currently acting as deputy chief of mission at the Indian Embassy in Washington.
◉ Dalela, an IFS official from the 1993 graduating class, has been named India’s ambassador to Bhutan.
8. For three months, Madhulika Bhaskar would be paid extra to serve as the NIACL CMD.
◉ With immediate effect, Madhulika Bhaskar, general manager of The New India Assurance Company Ltd (NIACL), has been granted additional charge as CMD for a period of three months or until a regular appointment to the job is made.
◉ She has taken over for Atul Sahai, whose position was terminated on February 28, 2022, due to his retirement.
Awards
9. British Parliament honored Sourav Ganguly, the president of the BCCI.
◉ The British Parliament honored former India captain and BCCI President Sourav Ganguly.
◉ Exactly 20 years after leading India to victory in the Natwest final in 2002, the Indian cricket icon was honored on the same day, July 13, in the same place.
◉ In 2019, he was chosen to lead the BCCI.
Sports
10. India won the most medals at the ISSF Shooting World Cup 2022.
◉ At the present ISSF Shooting World Cup in Changwon, South Korea, India won the most medals.
◉ India won 8 medals overall, including 3 gold, 4 silver, and 1 bronze, to win the competition.
◉ India has far more medals than the host nation Korea and Serbia combined.
Book and Author
11. Rajendra Arlekar, governor of Himachal Pradesh, wrote a book titled “The McMahon line.”
◉ Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, the governor of Himachal Pradesh, has published a book titled “The McMahon line: A century of strife.”
◉ General JJ Singh, a former chief of the army staff and the former governor of Arunachal Pradesh, wrote this book (Retd).
◉ The experiences and research used to create the book are related to the India-China boundary issue.
Important day
12. World Youth Skills Day is on July 15.
◉ Every year on July 15, people worldwide commemorate World Youth Skills Day.
◉ Goal – This day’s sole objective is to teach young people all across the world the crucial skills they need to get jobs.
◉ The United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution designating July 15 as World Youth Skills Day in December 2014.
Obituary
13. Barry Sinclair, a former captain of the New Zealand cricket team, died.
◉ Barry Sinclair, a former captain and batsman for New Zealand in cricket, passed away at the age of 85.
◉ After Bert Sutcliffe and John R. Reid, he was the third New Zealander batsman to reach 1,000 runs in a Test match.
◉ Between 1963 and 1968, he participated in 21 Test matches for New Zealand, making 1148 runs, including three centuries against South Africa, Pakistan, and England.
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