06th July, 2022

1. CBSE Board has launched ‘Pariksha Sangam’ portal to connect students, school regional offices and CBSE board headquarters to integrate examination-related processes.
2. Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications has signed an agreement with Indian Telephone Industries (ITI) Ltd and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) to fund the pilot projects of E-band, LTE indigenous technologies including integration of 4G/5G prototypes with C-DoT core.
3. NITI Aayog has released the ‘Mitigation and Management of COVID-19: Compendium of Ayush-Based Practices from Indian States and Union Territories’.
4. Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, inaugurated the Digital India Week, 2022 at Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
5. Railway Protection Force (RPF) is operating under its “Operation NARCOS” to recover narcotics products of worth Rs. 7.40 crores.
6. PM Narendra Modi unveiled a 30-feet tall bronze statue of revolutionary fighter Alluri Sitarama Raju as part of his 125th birth anniversary celebrations at Pedda Amiram village near Bhimavaram in West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh.
7. Indian Bank has signed a pact with the Haryana Government towards distribution of mobile phones to consumers through e-unified payment interface system.
8. Iran has launched a solid-fuelled rocket named Zuljanah into space.
9. Virgin Orbit has launched US Defence Department’s satellites was launched from a special Boeing 747 flying from Mojave Air and Space Port in the Mojave Desert, US.
10. European Commission has adopted the green deal to restore Europe’s natural ecosystem by 2050 and reduce pesticide use by 50% by 2030.
11. Lisbon Declaration on Ocean Conservation has been adopted by all the 198 members of United Nations at the UN Ocean Conference 2022 at Lisbon, Portugal.
12. DPIIT has released the 3rd edition of “States’ Startup Ranking 2021”.
13. RBI has launched the 58th round of order books, inventories and capacity utilisation survey (OBICUS) of manufacturing companies for the period of April – June 2022.
14. Central govt has completed the disinvestment of Neelachal Ispat Nigam Limited in Odisha by selling its 93.71% shares to Tata Steel Long Products Limited.
15. Yair Lapid has become the 14th Prime Minister of Israel.
16. Karnataka-based Sini Shetty has become the Femina Miss India World 2022.
17. July 2 – International Co-operative Day; Theme – Cooperatives Build a Better World
18. July 3 – International Plastic Bag Free Day
19. Delhi-based leading Drone enterprise platform company IG Drones has won the “Best Drone Organization – Start-up Category” award by Airwards.
20. Carlos Sainz Jr. has won his first career Formula One race with a victory in the British Grand Prix.
21. “Ganga: Reimagining Rejuvenating Reconnecting” book has been authored by Puskal Upadhyay and Rajiv Ranjan Mishra.
22. Peter Brook, the British-born director who was conferred the Padma Shri last year, has passed away.

National News

1. CBSE Board has launched ‘Pariksha Sangam’ portal to connect students, school regional offices and CBSE board headquarters to integrate examination-related processes.
   • This will be a single window to make the board examination results, sample papers, and other details available.
   • The portal is divided into three parts, namely- Schools (Ganga), Regional Offices (Yamuna) and Head Office (Saraswati).
2. Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications has signed an agreement with Indian Telephone Industries (ITI) Ltd and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) to fund the pilot projects of E-band, LTE indigenous technologies including integration of 4G/5G prototypes with C-DoT core.
   • The projects are run under the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF).
   • USOF is funding 4 pilot projects each of around Rs 10 Crore enabling the development and hardening of these technologies.
3. NITI Aayog has released the ‘Mitigation and Management of COVID-19: Compendium of Ayush-Based Practices from Indian States and Union Territories’.
   • It is a compendium of Ayush-based practices from States and Union territories detailing information about various Ayush-based initiatives and practices adopted by the States and Union territories in India for containing and managing the COVID-19 outbreak.
4. Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, inaugurated the Digital India Week, 2022 at Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
   • An integral part of the Digital India Week is the grand expo-“Digital Mela” which has more than 200 Stalls showcasing Digital India solutions for facilitating “Ease of Living”.
   • ‘Digital India Bhashini’ was launched to enable easy access to internet and digital services in vernacular languages.
5. Railway Protection Force (RPF) is operating under its “Operation NARCOS” to recover narcotics products of worth Rs. 7.40 crores.
6. PM Narendra Modi unveiled a 30-feet tall bronze statue of revolutionary fighter Alluri Sitarama Raju as part of his 125th birth anniversary celebrations at Pedda Amiram village near Bhimavaram in West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh.
   • Sitarama Raju is popularly known as ‘Manyam Veerudu’ in these parts of the State.

State News

1. Indian Bank has signed a pact with the Haryana Government towards distribution of mobile phones to consumers through e-unified payment interface system.
   • The bank would provide e-UPI coupons to beneficiaries.

International News

1. Iran has launched a solid-fuelled rocket named Zuljanah into space.
   • Zuljanah is named for the horse of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad.
2. Virgin Orbit has launched US Defence Department’s satellites was launched from a special Boeing 747 flying from Mojave Air and Space Port in the Mojave Desert, US.
   • The name of the launch project is Cosmic Girl.
3. European Commission has adopted the green deal to restore Europe’s natural ecosystem by 2050 and reduce pesticide use by 50% by 2030.
4. Lisbon Declaration on Ocean Conservation has been adopted by all the 198 members of United Nations at the UN Ocean Conference 2022 at Lisbon, Portugal.

Reports and Indices

1. DPIIT has released the 3rd edition of “States’ Startup Ranking 2021”.
   • With over 72,600 DPIIT-recognized startups across 649 districts, India has the third-largest Start-Up Ecosystem in the world.
   • Parameters of rankings – 7 broad reform areas consisting of 26 Action Points that included, Institutional Support, Fostering Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Access to Market, Incubation support, Funding Support, Mentorship Support to Capacity Building of Enablers.

Banking and Economy

1. RBI has launched the 58th round of order books, inventories and capacity utilisation survey (OBICUS) of manufacturing companies for the period of April – June 2022.
   • The results of this survey provides valuable inputs for monetary policy formulation.
2. Central govt has completed the disinvestment of Neelachal Ispat Nigam Limited in Odisha by selling its 93.71% shares to Tata Steel Long Products Limited.

Appointments

1. Yair Lapid has become the 14th Prime Minister of
   • Israel Parliament – Knesset
   • Tenure of a PM in Israel – 4 years
2. Karnataka-based Sini Shetty has become the Femina Miss India World 2022.

Important Days

1. July 2 – International Co-operative Day; Theme – Cooperatives Build a Better World
   • In India, the theme of the 100th International Day of Cooperatives is “Cooperatives Building Aatmanirbhar Bharat and a Better World”.
2. July 3 – International Plastic Bag Free Day

Awards

1. Delhi-based leading Drone enterprise platform company IG Drones has won the “Best Drone Organization – Start-up Category” award by Airwards.
   • Airwards is the first panoptic global awards programme of its kind dedicated to identifying, recognising and championing the breadth of positive drone use cases from around the world which are innovative, safe and having a real-world impact

Sports

1. Carlos Sainz Jr. has won his first career Formula One race with a victory in the British Grand Prix.

Miscellaneous

1. “Ganga: Reimagining Rejuvenating Reconnecting” book has been authored by Puskal Upadhyay and Rajiv Ranjan Mishra.
2. Peter Brook, the British-born director who was conferred the Padma Shri last year, has passed away.

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