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Current Affairs 30 August 2022

Current Affairs 30 August 2022

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Current Affairs 30 August 2022 includes all newspapers such as The Hindu, The Economic Times, Business Standard, Times of India, PTI, Indian Express, and all Government official websites.

 News Headlines 

  1. NPCI directs apps not to charge bill payment fees
  2. Viktor Axelsen, Akane Yamaguchi clinch BWF World Championships singles title
  3. National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority to celebrate Silver Jubilee on 29th August
  4. Centre notifies new regulations for Battery Waste Management to promote circular economy
  5. 2050 net-zero target can boost India’s GDP by 7.3% till 2032, says report
  6. Inoxcva despatches ‘largest’ made in India liquid hydrogen tank to South Korea
  7. NMDFC signs pact with ICICI Bank for development of banking software, app
  8. J&K – first to establish Atal Tinkering Labs in partnership with NITI Aayog
  9. PM Modi to inaugurate Smriti Van at Bhuj in Kutch region of Gujarat
  10. All subsidised fertilisers including Urea and DAP to be sold under single brand ‘Bharat’ from October
  11. Indian Olympic Association (IOA) co-opted Athletics Federation of India (AFI) president Adille Sumariwalla as interim president
  12. Serbian president nominates Ana Brnabić for another term as Serbian Prime Minister
  13. Dancer-actor-activist Mallika Sarabhai opens up about her personal life in her memoir ‘In Free Fall’
  14. India, Tanzania to set up task force to prepare five-year future roadmap on defence cooperation
  15. Bhupender Yadav participates in the ‘Swachh Sagar, Surakshit Sagar’ campaign by the Ministry of Earth Sciences.
  16. Indian Naval Ship Sumedha visits Port Klang in Malaysia
  17. CM suggests to publish book Raichur Millet Declaration at Millet conclave 2022 at University of Agricultural Sciences in Raichur of Karnataka
  18. Inauguration of Taurus Sainik Aramgrah, a first of its kind facility by Indian Army in collaboration with DMRC.

 News Details 

1. NPCI directs apps not to charge bill payment fees

  • The National Payments Corporation of India has asked payment apps to stop charging a platform fee for payments enabled on the Bharat Bill Payment Platform.
  • This is in light of the RBI coming out with a discussion paper on payment charges in the country.
  • Dilip Asbe is the MD & CEO of National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).
  • A. P. Hota was the first MD & CEO of NPCI.

2. Viktor Axelsen, Akane Yamaguchi clinch BWF World Championships singles title

  • World number one shuttler Viktor Axelsen clinched his second BWF World Championships title after beating Thailand’s Kunlavut Vitidsarn in Tokyo.
  • The women’s singles title has been retained by Japan’s reigning champion Akane Yamaguchi.
  • In the men’s singles final, reigning Axelsen prevailed over Denmark’s Vitidsarn.
  • Yamaguchi defeated China’s Olympic champion Chen Yufei.

3. National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority to celebrate Silver Jubilee on 29th August

  • National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority, NPPA will celebrate its Silver Jubilee in New Delhi.
  • Mansukh Mandaviya will launch Integrated Pharmaceutical Database Management System 2.0, an integrated responsive cloud-based application.
  • It will provide a single window for submissions of various forms as mandated under Drug Price Control Order, 2013.
  • Founded: 29 August 1997.

4. Centre notifies new regulations for Battery Waste Management to promote circular economy

  • The Government has notified new rules for environmentally sound management of waste batteries.
  • The rules cover all types of batteries such as electric vehicle batteries, portable batteries, automotive and industrial batteries.
  • The New rules, published by the Environment Ministry on 24 August), will replace Batteries (Management and Handling) Rules, 2001.

5. 2050 net-zero target can boost India’s GDP by 7.3% till 2032, says report

  • Achieving net zero emissions by 2070 could boost India’s economy by as much as 4.7 per cent above the projected baseline growth in GDP terms by 2036 — worth a total of USD 371 billion, illustrates modelling and research commissioned by the High-level Policy Commission on Getting Asia to Net Zero.
  • Households could save as much as USD 9.7 billion in energy costs by 2060.

6. Inoxcva despatches ‘largest’ made in India liquid hydrogen tank to South Korea

  • Cryogenic equipment and solutions provider INOXCVA flagged-off India’s largest-ever made bulk Liquid Hydrogen Storage Tank.
  • The tank with a storage capacity of 238 cubic metres was flagged off from the company’s Kandla facility to South Korea, for installation at a hydrogen liquefaction plant by Doosan Corporation.

7. NMDFC signs pact with ICICI Bank for development of banking software, app

  • The National Minorities Development and Finance Corporation (NMDFC) signed an agreement with ICICI Bank for the development of financial accounting software and mobile applications.
  • ICICI Bank will design, develop and deploy the application for NMDFC, and provide source code and executable database information among others.
  • About ICICI bank:
    • CEO: Sandeep Bakhshi.
    • Chairman: Girish Chandra Chaturvedi.
    • Headquarters: Vadodara.
    • Founded: 1994, Vadodara.
  • About NMDFC:
    • The NMDFC was incorporated in 1994.
    • Rakesh Sarwal: Chairman-cum-Managing Director.

8. J&K – first to establish Atal Tinkering Labs in partnership with NITI Aayog

  • The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir has become the first amongst States/UTs to establish an Atal Tinkering Lab in partnership with the government think tank NITI Aayog.
  • NITI Aayog is keen to replicate the J&K model of Atal Tinkering Lab to the rest of the country on a 50:50 cost sharing basis.
  • ATL was started with an aim to build 10,000 labs and the target has been achieved.

9. PM Modi to inaugurate Smriti Van at Bhuj in Kutch region of Gujarat

  • PM Modi will inaugurate Smritivan at Bhuj in Kutch region of Gujarat on August 28th.
  • Smritivan celebrates the spirit of resilience shown by the people of Gujarat following the 2001 earthquake.
  • Bhuj was the epicentre of the high-magnitude earthquake.
  • The earthquake killed over 12,000 people in Kutch.
  • Smritivan is a museum built as a tribute to those who lost their lives in the earthquake on January 26, 2001.
  • About Gujarat:
    • Capital: Gandhinagar.
    • Governor: Acharya Devvrat.
    • Chief minister: Bhupendrabhai Patel.

10. All subsidised fertilisers including Urea and DAP to be sold under single brand ‘Bharat’ from October

  • All subsidised fertilisers including urea and DAP (Diammonium phosphate) will be sold under the single brand ‘Bharat’ from October, a move aimed at ensuring timely availability of soil nutrients to farmers & reducing the freight subsidy.
  • Minister Mansukh Mandaviya announced this ‘One Nation One Fertiliser’ under the fertiliser subsidy scheme ‘Pradhanmantri Bhartiya Janurvarak Pariyojna (PMBJP)’.
  • Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister: Mansukh Mandaviya.

11. Indian Olympic Association (IOA) co-opted Athletics Federation of India (AFI) president Adille Sumariwalla as interim president

  • The Indian Olympic Association has co-opted Adille Sumariwalla as the President of the association till fresh elections are held.
  • The erstwhile President of the IOA, Dr Narinder Dhruv Batra, resigned from the post of President, IOA on July 18 due to personal reasons.
  • More about IOA:
    • President: Anil Khanna (Acting).
    • Founded: 1927.
    • Headquarters: New Delhi.
    • Secretary General: Rajeev Mehta.
  • About AFI:
    • Founded: 2018.
    • Headquarters: New Delhi

12. Serbian president nominates Ana Brnabić for another term as Serbian Prime Minister

  • Serbian President Aleksandar Vuczić has appointed Ana Brnabić for the next term as the Prime Minister.
  • She has been heading the Serbian government since 2017.
  • In the April elections, Brnabić’s party was supported by 44 per cent of voters.
  • About Serbia:
    • Capital: Belgrade.
    • Currency: Serbian dinar.

13. Dancer-actor-activist Mallika Sarabhai opens up about her personal life in her memoir ‘In Free Fall’

  • From her obsession of 30 years with ‘being thin’ to her battles with grief and depression, acclaimed classical dancer and activist Mallika Sarabhai bares it all in her upcoming self-help memoir, “Free Fall: My Experiments with Living”.
  • The book will hit the stands on August 30 and it is published by Speaking Tiger.
  • Mallika is an accomplished Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam dancer.
  • More Information:
    • Bharatanatyam is a major form of Indian classical dance that originated in Tamil Nadu.
    • Kuchipudi: famous dance of Andhra Pradesh.

14. India, Tanzania  to set up task force to prepare five-year future roadmap on defence cooperation

  • India and Tanzania decided to set up a task force to prepare a five-year roadmap to boost bilateral defence cooperation.
  • The decision was taken during wide-ranging talks between Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his visiting Tanzanian counterpart, Stergomena Lawrence Tax.
  • About Tanzania:
    • Currency: shilling.
    • Capital: Dodoma.

15. Bhupender Yadav participates in the ‘Swachh Sagar, Surakshit Sagar’ campaign by the Ministry of Earth Sciences.

  • Union Minister Bhupender Yadav participated in the ‘Swachh Sagar, Surakshit Sagar’ campaign, which aims at promoting environmental sustainability, at Puducherry.
  • “Swachh Sagar, Surakshit Sagar” campaign is a 75-day citizen-led initiative aimed at improving coastal and ocean health via community action.
  • The campaign began on July 5, 2022, and will end on September 17, 2022.
  • September 17 is the International Coastal Clean-up Day.

16. Indian Naval Ship Sumedha visits Port Klang in Malaysia

  • As part of the Indian Navy’s long-range operational deployment, Indian Naval Ship, INS Sumedha visited Port Klang of Malaysia.
  • The ship is on her return passage from Perth, Australia where she participated in the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations.
  • INS Sumedha is also scheduled to participate in a Maritime Partnership Exercise with Royal Malaysian Navy Ships.
  • About Malaysia:
    • Prime Minister: Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
    • Capital: (1) Putrajaya (administrative), (2) Kuala Lumpur (ceremonial, legislative and judicial).
    • Largest city: Kuala Lumpur.
    • Currency: Ringgit.

17. CM suggests to publish book Raichur Millet Declaration at Millet conclave 2022 at University of Agricultural Sciences in Raichur of Karnataka

  • UAS, Raichur & NABARD organized a two-day Millets Conclave in collaboration with the Agriculture and allied departments.
  • Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced providing Rs 25 crore under the NABARD’s rural infrastructure development fund to UAS for establishment of incubation centre for processing and value addition for promotion of millets.
  • UNGA has declared the year 2023 as the International Year of Millets.

18. Inauguration of Taurus Sainik Aramgrah, a first of its kind facility by Indian Army in collaboration with DMRC.

  • Lt Gen Nav K Khanduri inaugurated the Taurus Sainik Aramgrah at Delhi Cantt.
  • The facility is constructed by the Indian Army in collaboration with Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) as an Equal Value Infrastructure Project.
  • It is constructed primarily to ensure comfortable stay of serving/retired defence personnel including their dependents who come to Delhi for medical treatment.
  • Lt Gen Nav K Khanduri, AVSM, VSM is GOC-in-C of Western Command.

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