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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 13 August 2022
World Organ Donation Day
- World Organ Donation Day is observed on August 13 every year to spread awareness about the importance of organ donation and address and debunk myths related to donating organs.
- This day strives to encourage people to donate their healthy organs after death in order to save more lives. Donating organs like the kidneys, heart, pancreas, eyes, lungs, etc can help save the lives of those who are suffering from chronic illnesses. Numerous people lose their lives due to the unavailability of healthy organs that could save them.
- This day aims to help people realize that volunteering to donate their organs after death can be life-changing for many.
- First organ donation and a Nobel Prize:
- Modern medicine has evolved significantly and has made it possible for organs to be transplanted from one person to another and enables them to live a healthy life.
- The first-ever successful living donor organ transplant was done in 1954 in the United States. Doctor Joseph Murray won the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 1990 for successfully carrying out a kidney transplant between twin brothers Ronald and Richard Herrick.
World Lion Day 2022
- World Lion Day is observed on 10th August annually to spread awareness and educate people about lions and their conservation.
- World Lion Day aims at spreading awareness of lions and the urgent need to strive toward their conservation and to make everyone aware of the significance of lions in their natural habitat.
- The initiative to protect the big cats started in 2013 and the first World Lion Day was celebrated that year.
SMILE-75 Initiative
- The Government of India has formulated a comprehensive scheme of SMILE (Support for Marginalized Individuals for Livelihood and Enterprise) to address the persisting problem of destitution and beggary.
- Under the “SMILE-75” Initiative, 75 Municipal Corporations will undertake comprehensive rehabilitation of persons engaged in the act of begging in the spirit of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.
- Municipal Corporations, in collaboration with NGOs and other stakeholders will cover several comprehensive welfare measures for persons who are engaged in the act of begging, with focus extensively on rehabilitation, provision of medical facilities, counselling, awareness, education, skill development, economic linkages and convergence with other Government welfare programmes etc.
- The Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment has also allocated a total budget of Rs.100 crore for the SMILE project for coming years till 2025-26.
Home Minister’s Medal for Excellence in Investigation
- The Union Home Minister’s Medal for Excellence in Investigation for 2022 has been awarded to 151 Police personnel. This medal was constituted in 2018, with the objective to promote high professional standards of investigation of crime and to recognize such Excellence in Investigation.
- Among the personnel receiving these awards, 15 are from CBI, 11 are from Maharashtra Police, 10 each is from Madhya Pradesh police and Uttar Pradesh Police, and 8 each are from Kerala Police, Rajasthan Police, and West Bengal Police, and the remaining from the other States, UTs, Organizations. These include twenty-eight women police officers.
National Conference Of Rural Cooperative Banks
- Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah have stressed the need for a different strategy to take cooperative to every panchayat of the country.
- Inaugurating the day-long National Conference of Rural Cooperative Banks in New Delhi, Mr Shah said, a five-year strategy is required for Primary Agricultural Credit Societies PACS in each panchayat as two lakh panchayats are yet to have PACS.
- He said, Government has approved Computerization of PACS with the objective of increasing their efficiency and bringing transparency and accountability to their operations.
- The Cooperation Minister said, rural cooperative banks have played a significant role in connecting rural India with the country’s economy.
- He said, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s tenure is a golden opportunity for the cooperative sector. On the occasion, Mr. Shah presented Performance Awards to select State Cooperative Banks, District Central Cooperative Banks DCCBs or PACS and felicitated a few short-term cooperative credit institutions for 100 years of service.
Intellectual Property Awareness
- National Intellectual Property Awareness Mission, (NIPAM) has achieved target of imparting Intellectual Property awareness and basic training to ten lakh students. Commerce and Industry Ministry said, the target was achieved on 31st July, ahead of the deadline which was 15 August this year.
- The mission was launched in December last year as a part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations. During this period three thousand 662 educational institutions in 28 States and seven Union Territories were covered.
India, UK Conclude 5th Round Of Talks On FTA
- India and the United Kingdom are working intensively to conclude talks on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) by the end of October this year. Ministry of Commerce and Industry said, India and the UK concluded the fifth round of talks for an FTA on the 29th of last month. In the fifth round of negotiations, technical experts from both sides came together to discuss 15 policy areas.
- Presently, India is engaged in FTA negotiations with some of its trading partners, including the European Union, Canada, and Israel.
Arctic Warming 4 Times Faster Than Rest Of The Planet
- The Arctic has warmed nearly four times faster than the rest of the planet over the last 40 years, according to new research. This is much faster than the previous estimates by the United Nations’ climate science panel in 2019. At that time, it said the region was warming by more than double the global average due to a process known as Arctic amplification, or intense warming in the Arctic.
- However, researchers from the Finnish Meteorological Institute found in a study that the pace of the temperature increase around the North Pole in recent decades was four times higher than the rest of the planet. Presenting their analysis of post-1979 temperatures in the Arctic, even researchers said, some parts of the region, notably the Barents Sea north of Norway and Russia, are warming up to seven times faster.
- The result is faster melting of the Greenland ice sheet, which leads to greater sea-level rise. But it also affects atmospheric circulation in North America and elsewhere, with impacts on weather like extreme rainfall and heat waves, although some of the impacts are a subject of debate among scientists.
REVIEW QUESTIONS
- Co-operative Movement First Started In
- England
- France
- Spain
- Germany
ANSWER: A
- In India, The Co-operative Societies Act Was Passed In
- 1919
- 1949
- 1904
- 1912
ANSWER: D
- The Members Of A Co-operative Society Have
- Unlimited liability
- Limited liability
- Joint and Several liability
- Joint liability
ANSWER: B
- Co-operatives in India follow this type of organization
- Centralized Structure
- Decentralized Structure
- Unitary Structure
- Federal Structure
ANSWER: D
- Apex Society Represents
- Village level
- District level
- State level
- National level
ANSWER: C
- For Co-operative Credit Societies, The Interest Rate For Deposits Are Fixed By
- Registrar
- Government
- General Body
- RBI
ANSWER: A
- In A Co-operative Society, Admission Of Members And Allocation Of Shares Is Done By
- Secretary
- Managing Committee
- President
- General Body
ANSWER: B
- The Urban Credit Cooperatives Are Also Known As
- National Banks
- Urban Cooperative Banks
- Cooperative Banks
- None of the above
ANSWER: B
- Cooperative Banks That Fall Under The Banking Regulation Act Of 1949 Are Controlled By
- NABARD
- National Cooperative Union of India
- Reserve Bank of India
- Ministry Of Cooperation
ANSWER: C
- The Principle Followed In A Co-operative Society Is
- No vote
- One man, one vote
- Multiple votes
- One share one vote
ANSWER: B
- Constitutional Status And Protection To Cooperative Societies
- 64th CAA
- 87th CAA
- 97th CAA
- 102nd CAA
ANSWER: C
- 97th Amendment Of The Indian Constitution
- 2008
- 2009
- 2010
- 2011
ANSWER: D
- Right To Form Cooperative Societies A Fundamental Right
- 19(1)(a)
- 19(1)(b)
- 19(1)(c)
- 19(1)(d)
ANSWER: C
- States Shall Endeavor To Promote Cooperative Societies
- 43A
- 43B
- 43C
- 43D
ANSWER: B
- _____ Part Of Constitution Deals With The Cooperative Societies
- Part IX-A
- Part IX-B
- Part IX-C
- Part IX-D
ANSWER: B
- Part IX-B Added _____ Under Cooperative Societies
- Article 243-ZH to 243-ZT
- Article 244-ZH to 244-ZT
- Article 245-ZH to 245-ZT
- Article 246-ZH to 246-ZT
ANSWER: A
- Ministry Of Cooperation Was Established In
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
ANSWER: C
- ___ Became The 1st Minister Of Cooperation
- Dharmendra Pradhan
- Amit Shah
- Mansukh Mandaviya
- Ashwini Vaishnav
ANSWER: B
- Ministry Of Cooperation Is Created To Realize The Vision Of
- Sabka Sath Sabka Vikas
- Ek Bharath Shrestha Bharath
- Sahkar se Samriddhi
- Abki Bar Modi Sarkar
ANSWER: C
- Un International Year Of Cooperatives
- 2008
- 2010
- 2012
- 2014
ANSWER: C
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