Assam & NE Current Affairs & GK – June 07-08 2022
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June 07-08, 2022
Assam celebrates Baikho festival
The Baikho festival is celebrated in the state of Assam. This festival is celebrated by Rabha tribes of India. This festival is celebrated annually.
It is celebrated to bring in auspicious harvest season and to fill it with abundant crops and good health.
This is a celebration of a good harvest. However, people from other communities also harmonise in the celebrations.
During this festival, various rituals are carried out for warding off evil spirits, for bringing good will to the community and sparking ample rains.
In the afternoon, people dress in traditional attire and dance to the drum beats. In the evening, they set alight a tall structure made from bundles of bamboo. After the sun sets, priests offer prayers to the God of harvest. After the prayers priests run over hot coals, which are left simmering by the fire.
This act is meant to honour the harvest deity. Later, women wash the feet of priests and serve them food. In another unique customs, Rabha Tribes smear their faces with rice flour and pour rice beer for others.
Asia University Rankings 2022
Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2022 was released by the Times Higher Education (THE). India is the third most-represented country behind Japan and mainland China with 71 institutions. 17 Indian universities topped the list under top 200.
In comparison to the positions achieved in 2021, all the Indian institutes that were placed in the top-100 have slipped down. Among the top 200, there are 17 Indian universities in this year’s rankings whereas in 2021 there were 18.
Among the list of these 17 universities, 14 universities were ranked in the 2021 edition. Positive note is that 8 universities have upgraded themselves.
Ranks of the Indian Universities
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore- 42
JSS Academy- 65 Indian Institute of Technology Ropar- 68
Indian Institute of Technology Indore- 78
Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar- 120
Alagappa University- 122
Thapar Institute – 127
Saveetha University- 131
Mahatma Gandhi University- 139
Delhi Technological University- 149
Banaras Hindu University- 153
Institute of Chemical Technology- 158
Jamia Millia Islamia- 160
Jawaharlal Nehru University- 167
International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad- 174 Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology- 177
Panjab University- 197
Japan is the most-represented nation on this list, with 118 institutions making it this year, up from 116 in 2021. The top two universities on this list are from China. They are Tsinghua and Peking universities holding the first and second places, respectively.
Rafael Nadal wins 2022 French Open
Rafael Nadal won the 2022 French Open in men’s singles. He beat Norwegian Casper Ruud in straight sets 6-3, 6-3, 6-0 in the final held at Paris’ Court Philippe-Chatrier.
Ruud was leading the second set 3-1 but Nadal came back from the deficit to take a 6-3 win in that set, lowering his Norwegian opponent’s guard on the clay court.
With this victory, Nadal claimed his 14th championship at Roland Garros and 22nd Grand Slam title overall.
State of India’s Environment Report 2022
The State of India’s Environment Report 2022 was recently released by the Center for Science and Environment (CSE). The report is an annual compendium of environment-development data and is derived from public sources.
India has slipped three spots to rank 120 on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) adopted as a part of the 2030 agenda by 192 United Nations member states in 2015. In 2021 India ranked 117 among 192 nations.
India’s rank dropped primarily because of major challenges in 11 SDGs including zero hunger, good health and wellbeing, gender equality and sustainable cities and communities.
The overall Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) score of India was 66 out of 100.
State-wise rankings
According to the report, Jharkhand and Bihar are the least prepared to meet the SDGs by the target year 2030.
Kerala topped, with Tamil Nadu and Himachal Pradesh in second position. Karnataka, Goa, Uttarakhand, and Andhra Pradesh tied for third place.
Union Territory Rankings
According to the report, Chandigarh topped among the Union Territories, followed by Delhi, Puducherry, and Lakshadweep in second place, and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands in the third position.
Environment Performance Index 2022
Recently, the World Economic Forum has released the Environment Performance Index (EPI) 2022. India has been ranked at 180th position, bottom of the 2022 Index. The index measured the environmental performance of all the 180 countries.
India scored 18.9 and has been ranked last. India has also scored low on rule of law, control of corruption and government effectiveness, according to EPI. India was ranked 168th in EPI-2020, with a score of 27.6.
Denmark has been ranked 1st with EPI score of 77.90 followed by United Kingdom with a score of 77.70. Finland is ranked 3rd, followed by Malta and Sweden.
About Environment Performance Index (EPI)
- The Environmental Performance Index (EPI) is an international ranking system of countries based on their environmental health.
- It was developed to evaluate environmental sustainability relative to the paths of other countries.
- It is a biennial index and was first published in 2002 as Environmental Sustainability Index by the World Economic Forum in collaboration with the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy and the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network.
- It was designed to supplement the environmental targets set forth in the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.
PM Narendra Modi launches new series of coins with Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav design
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched a special series of coins that are also ‘visually impaired friendly’.
The coins of Re 1, Rs 2, 5, 10 and 20 denominations will have the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav (AKAM) design celebrating 75 years of independence. They are not commemorative coins and will be part of circulation.
These new series of coins will remind people of the goal of amrit kal and motivate people to work towards the development of the country.
World Oceans Day
World Oceans Day is celebrated annually on 8 June. The day is celebrated to remind people the importance of the oceans and the major role they play in everyday life.
The day is also observed to make raise public awareness of the ocean and its resources in order to promote global ocean and resource sustainability. “World Oceans Day” was officially recognised by the United Nations in 2008.
The theme for World Oceans Day 2022 is “Revitalization: collective action for the ocean”
The idea of celebrating World Ocean Day was first proposed in 1992 by Canada’s International Centre for Ocean Development (ICOD) and the Ocean Institute of Canada (OIC) at the Earth Summit – UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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