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CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 13th JULY 2022

Editor1 Jul 14 2022 Current Affairs

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF  13th  JULY 2022

  1. Renowned Nepali poet Bhanubhakta Acharya’s 209th birth anniversary was observed on 13 July, 2022. His birth anniversary is known as ‘Bhanu Jayanti’ and is celebrated by the people of Nepal, Darjeeling and Sikkim.                                                                                                      
  2. The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has selected Sanjai Kumar for the post of Chairman and Managing Director RailTel Corporation of India Ltd (RCIL).
  3. The Airports Authority of India, Leh airport is being built as a carbon-neutral airport, a first in India.
  4. PE firm Advent International has appointed Pratik Pota to run its portfolio company Eureka Forbes. Pratik will join Eureka Forbes as Managing Director and CEO.
  5. Prime Minister Narendra Modi officially inaugurated and set the cornerstone for a number of construction project totalling more than 16,800 crores of rupees in Deoghar.
  6. In order to encourage citizens to raise the national flag at their residences in observance of the nation’s 75th Independence Day, the Central government will soon launch the nationwide campaign ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’.
  7. Monty Norman, a British composer who wrote the theme tune for the James Bond films, has died at the age of 94.
  8. Andhra Pradesh government has decided to rejoin the ambitious Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY).
  9.  Maharashtra’s Maha Metro and the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) on 10 July, 2022 received the Asia Book of Records and India Book of Records certifications.
  10.  Vice-Chairman of the Chennai-based Sanmar Group, Narayanan Kumar has been conferred with the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star by the Govt of Japan.
  11.  Uttarakhand on 12 July, 2022 became the first state in the country to initiate the process of implementing the Centre’s New Education Policy (NEP).  
  12.  Indian pacer Mohammed Shami has become the fastest Indian to take 150 wickets in One Day Internationals (ODIs).
  13.   Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has been appointed as Acting President after Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled to Maldives.   
  14.  India ranks 135 among a total of 146 countries in the Global Gender Gap Index 2022 of the World Economic Forum (WEF).   

 

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