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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 17 – 18 April 2022
e-DAR Portal
- Ministry of Roads, Transport and Highways (MoRTH) developed the portal named ‘e-DAR’ (e-Detailed Accident Report).
- The portal provides instant information on road accidents and helps accelerate accident compensation claims, bringing relief to victims’ families.
- Road safety continues to be a major developmental issue, a public health concern and a leading cause of death and injury across the world.
- It kills more than 1.35 million globally as reported in the Global Status report on Road Safety 2018 with 90% of these casualties taking place in the developing countries and 11% alone being accounted for by India.
- As per the Report on Road accidents in India 2019, the accident related deaths in India in 2019 were 1,51,113 in number.
Prime Minister’s Award For Excellence
- Civil Aviation Ministry flagship Regional Connectivity Scheme – ‘Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik’, UDAN has been selected for Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration 2020 under the category Innovation (General) – Central. The government has initiated this award to acknowledge, recognize and reward extraordinary and innovative work done by Districts and Organizations of State and Government
- The Ministry said the UDAN scheme emphasizes Good Governance, Qualitative achievements, and last-mile connectivity rather than only on achievement of quantitative targets. The award consists of a trophy, scroll, and an incentive of ten lakh rupees. The Ministry of Civil Aviation will receive the award at the Civil Service Day function on the 21st of April.
- In a short span of five years, 415 UDAN routes have connected 66 underserved and unserved airports, including heliports and over 92 lakh people have benefited from it. UDAN scheme has immensely benefitted several sectors pan-India including the Hilly States, North-Eastern region and Islands.
Easter Celebrated Across The Globe
- Easter was celebrated across the globe. It signifies the resurrection of Jesus Christ after his crucifixion and death at Calvary on Good Friday. The resurrection was announced at the stroke of midnight at churches and special prayers were held on the occasion.
- Reports of Easter celebrations have been received from different parts of the country and abroad. Special mass are being held at churches to mark the day.
India Objects To WHO’s Methodology
- India has objected to the World Health Organization (WHO) methodology for calculating COVID-19 death toll. In response to an article titled ‘India Is Stalling the WHO’s Efforts to Make Global Covid Death Toll Public’ published by a US Daily, Union Health Ministry said, New Delhi has been in regular and in-depth technical exchange with the WHO on the issue of collecting and making public the COVID-19 death toll in the country. It said the analysis while uses mortality figures directly obtained from Tier -I set of countries, uses a mathematical modelling process for Tier II countries which includes India.
- The Ministry added that India’s basic objection has not been with the result but rather the methodology adopted for the same. It also said India has shared its concerns with the methodology along with the other Member States through a series of formal communications including six letters issued to WHO.
- During these exchanges, specific queries have been raised by India along with the other Member States regarding the methodology, and use of unofficial sets of data. The Ministry elaborated that the concern specifically includes on how the statistical model projects estimates for a country of geographical size and population of India and also fits in with other countries which have smaller population.
- Such one size fit all approach and models which are true for smaller countries like Tunisia may not be applicable to India with a population of 1.3 billion. WHO is yet to share the confidence interval for the present statistical model across various countries. It also said the model gives two highly different sets of excess mortality estimates of when using the data from Tier I countries and when using unverified data from 18 Indian States. Such wide variation in estimates raises concerns about validity and accuracy of such a modelling exercise.
Japan’s Population Record Fall Of 6,44,000 In 2021
- Japan’s population logged the steepest fall on record, dropping by 644,000 to just over 125.5 million in 2021, according to Japan government statistics.
- It declined for the 11th consecutive year and the drop was the biggest since comparable data became available in 1950, said the ministry.
- The number of Japanese nationals stood at 12 crore 27 lakhs 80,000, a drop of six lakh 18,000 compared to a year earlier. The country logged 8 lakh 31,000 births in 2021, outpaced by over 14 lakh deaths during the same period.
- The working population, or people aged from 15 to 64, decreased by 5 lakh 84,000 hitting a record low.
Tropical Storm Megi Hits Philippines
- The death toll from a tropical storm in the Philippines has risen to over 130. Emergency crews are still trying to locate dozens of missing people. Tropical storm Megi brought torrential downpours to the country’s central regions earlier this week, triggering landslides and severe flooding.
- Rescue operations have been hampered by rain and unstable soil. The authorities said, more than three lakh residents had been forced to evacuate as of today.
- The disaster comes as the country is still recovering from a typhoon that tore through its central islands in December, killing more than 400 people.
Santosh Trophy Kicks Off
- In Santosh Trophy football, the match between Kerala FC and Rajsthan FC is underway at the Payyanad Stadium in Manjeri. Kerala was leading by 1-0 when reports last came in.
- Earlier, in the inaugural match of the 75th National Football Championship, West Bengal beat Punjab 1-0 at the Kottappadi Stadium in Malappuram this morning. After a barren first half, Subham Bhowmik scored the winner in the 61st minute as Bengal grabbed three precious points in Group ‘A’
- The Senior National Football Championship or Santosh Trophy is a knock-out nonprofessional football competition contested by the regional state associations and government institutions under the All-India Football Federation (AIFF), the sport’s governing body in India.
- Before the starting of the first national club league, the National Football League in 1996, the Santosh Trophy was considered the top domestic honor in India.
Danish Open Swimming Tournament
- Top Indian Swimmer Sajan Prakash Won The Men’s 200m Butterfly Gold And Vedaant Madhavan Bagged A Silver Medal In The Men’s 1500m Freestyle Event At The Danish Open Swimming Meet In Copenhagen, Denmark.
- 16-year-old, Vedaant Madhavan, Son Of Actor R Madhavan Had Won A Bronze Medal At The Latvia Open In March 2021 And Had Also Impressed At The Junior National Aquatic Championships Last Year, Bagging 7 Medals 4 Silver, And 3 Bronzes.
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