Assam & NE Current Affairs & GK – July 28-31, 2022
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Current Affairs GK & Quiz Monthly – July 2022
Assam Current Affairs and GK Quiz – Set 316: July 2022, Week 4
July 28-31, 2022
ONGC has signed a gas selling agreement with GAIL, AGCL at Khubal in North Tripura
The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has signed gas sale agreements with GAIL India and Assam Gas Company Ltd (AGCL), to monetise its upcoming field at Khubal under Panisagar sub-division of North Tripura district.
Key Points
- According to the agreement, Khubal Gas Gathering Station (GGS) would supply 50,000 standard cubic metres of gas each to GAIL and AGCL totalling 0.1 MMSCMD, from ONGC’s Khubal GCS (Gas Collecting Station).
- Once it starts production, Khubal will be the tenth producing field of ONGC in Tripura.
- According to the source, Khubal GGS will have a capacity to process 0.44 MMSCMD (4,40,000 standard cubic meters) of gas for which the process of construction has already started.
- GSA is an important milestone in the lifecycle of any gas business, signifying commerciality for producers like ONGC, while ensuring the product reaches the end consumers through marketing and transportation intermediaries such as GAIL and AGCL.
Kargil Vijay Diwas
Every year India celebrates the Kargil Vijay Diwas on July 26. The day is dedicated to the martyred soldiers of the Kargil war. Year 2022 marked the 23rd anniversary of India’s victory.
About Kargil war
- Kargil War, also known as the Kargil conflict, was fought between 3rd May-26th July of 1999.
- The war was fought by the Indian Army to recapture the Indian territories from Pakistan intruders in the Kargil-Drass sector in 1999.
- The war was fought in the Kargil district of Kashmir and along the Line of Control (LOC) in which India got the victory.
- The Indian Army launched ‘Operation Vijay’ to clear the infiltration of the Kargil sector from Pakistani soldiers and Kashmiri militants on the Indian side of the Line of Control.
- The Indian Air Force launched the ‘Safed Sagar’ operation; it was a major part of the Kargil war.
- On this day, the Prime Minister of India pays tribute to martyrs, every year at the Amar Jawan Jyoti.
- In a tribute, the Indian Army has built the “Kargil War Memorial”, at the foothills of Toloing Hills in Drass.
International Tiger Day 2022
Every year International Tiger Day is celebrated on July 29 across the world. It is also known as World Tiger Day. Year 2022 is marking the 12th International Tiger Day,
India prepares the tiger estimation report every four years and the last report was released in 2018.
Key Points
- International Tiger Day was established in 2010 at Saint Petersburg Tiger Summit in Russia to raise awareness on the importance of tiger conservation.
- This day is observed by many international organisations, including the World Wide Fund for Nature, the International Fund for Animal Welfare etc.
- It aims at protecting and expanding tiger habitats apart from preserving these species.
- The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA): It is a statutory body under the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change constituted under enabling provisions of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, as amended in 2006, for strengthening tiger conservation, as per powers and functions assigned to it under the said Act.
- Project Tiger: Project Tiger is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme of the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) launched in 1973.
- Its objective is to ensure maintenance of a viable population of Tigers in India for scientific, economic, aesthetic, cultural and ecological values.
Gujarat becomes the first state in India to release a dedicated semiconductor policy
Gujarat becomes the first state in India to launch the Semiconductor Policy 2022-27. The policy aims to create at least 2,00,000 new employment opportunities over the five years.
Government has also proposed to develop a special ‘Semicon City’ as a part of the Dholera Special Investment region.
Key Points
- Under the Gujarat Semiconductor Policy 2022-27, Gujarat Government will provide heavy subsidies on power, water and land tariffs for entrepreneurs who are interested in investing in semiconductors or display fabrication manufacturing in Gujarat.
- The policy will provide for effective and timely execution of eligible projects, in a bid to set up a robust semiconductor and display fabrication ecosystem.
- It focuses on providing guidance to a significant portion of investments under the India Semiconductor Mission policies towards Gujarat.
- The policy will provide additional capital assistance at 40 percent of the capex assistance extended by the Centre for the projects approved under ISM.
Rajasthan has announced to set up India’s first all women-run cooperative bank
Recently, the government of Rajasthan has signed a MoU with the Stree Nidhi Credit Cooperative Federation of Telangana government for setting up the state’s first ‘Women’s Financial Institution’ in Rajasthan.
The MoU was signed between Rajasthan Grameen Ajeevika Vikas Parishad’s (Rajeevika) Mission Director Manju Rajpal and Stree Nidhi Managing Director G. Vidya Sagar Reddy in the presence of Rural Development Minister Ramesh Chand Meena.
Key Points
- The ‘Rajasthan Mahila Nidhi’ in the state is being set up on the lines of the Stree Nidhi model.
- Mahila Nidhi will strengthen the women’s self-help groups in the State by extending timely loan facilities for their enterprises.
- The institution will be operated entirely by women and will act as a complementary body to the formal banking system.
- It is also expected to bring down the number of loan applications pending in the banks.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky received the Winston Churchill Leadership Award
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has presented Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy with the Sir Winston Churchill Leadership Award after comparing the two leaders in times of crisis.
Volodymyr Zelensky was presented this award for standing against Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022 and fighting back. The situation was similar to what Churchill had faced in 1940.
He received the award in virtual mode, during a ceremony held at London Office of Boris Johnson.
About the Churchill leadership award
- The Churchill leadership award was first presented in 2006.
- It has been awarded to Prince Charles, former British Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher and John Major, and former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright in the past.
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