Daily Current Affairs 7 April 2022 | WBCS, WBPSC, WBP

By Sumit Mazumder|Updated : April 7th, 2022

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Daily Current Affairs 07.04.2022

Important News: World

WHO Air Quality Database- 2022 Update

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Why in News?

  • According to the WHO air quality database 2022 update, around 99 percent of the population of the planet breathes air that exceeds the air quality limits of WHO and also threatens the health of the people.

Key Points:

  • A record number of over 6000 cities in 117 countries are now monitoring air quality, but the people living in them are still breathing unhealthy levels of fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide, with people in low and middle-income countries suffering the highest exposures.
  • The people residing in low and middle-income countries have the highest exposure to nitrogen dioxide and fine particulate matter.
  • Through these findings WHO has highlighted the importance of curbing the use of fossil fuels and taking steps to reduce the levels of air pollution.

Important News: India

Exhibition on India’s Freedom Struggle from 1757 to 1947

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Why in News?

  • Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on April 04 inaugurated an exhibition on India's freedom struggle from 1757 to 1947. The exhibition was organised by the Ministry of Education.

Key Points:

  • The exhibition showcases stories from approximately 200 years of India’s history from 1757 to 1947.
  • The purpose of this exhibition is to bring to light the stories of unsung heroes which should get imprinted in national memory.

 

‘Prakriti’: Environmental Awareness Mascot

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Why in News?

  • The Union Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change Bhupender Yadav on March 5th, 2022 launched awareness mascot ‘Prakriti’& other green initiatives for effective plastic waste management.

Key Points:

  • Mascot ‘Prakriti’ has been launched to spread mass awareness about how adoption of small changes in our lifestyle can play a big role in environmental sustainability.
  • It also teaches about various efforts and initiatives that the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change and Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) have taken in order to ensure effective Plastic Waste Management (PWM) in the country.

Approval for five new sites for locating nuclear power plants

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Why in News

  • Recently, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh said in Lok Sabha that the Government has accorded ‘In-Principle’ approval for five new sites for locating nuclear power plants in future.

Key Points

  • The Government has accorded administrative approval and financial sanction for construction of 10 indigenous 700 MW Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs) to be set up in fleet mode.
  • On progressive completion of the projects under construction and accorded sanction, the nuclear capacity is expected to reach 22480 MW by 2031.
  • There are presently 22 reactors with a total capacity of 6780 MW in operation and one reactor, KAPP-3 (700 MW) has been connected to the grid on January 10, 2021.

Source: newsonair

Important News: Economy

Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)

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Why in News

  • So far, India has signed 13 Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with its trading partners, including the 3 agreements, namely India-Mauritius Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement (CECPA), India-UAE Comprehensive Partnership Agreement (CEPA) and India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (IndAus ECTA) signed during the last five years.
  • This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Smt. Anupriya Patel, in the Lok Sabha recently.

Key Points

  • The economic impact assessment of FTAs undertaken both in terms of data analysis and stakeholder consultations from time to time, has revealed that there has been growth in both exports and imports with FTA partners.

The list of FTAs signed by India:

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Name of the Agreement

1

India-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement (FTA)

2

Agreement on South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA)

(India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, the Maldives and Afghanistan)

3

India-Nepal Treaty of Trade

4

India-Bhutan Agreement on Trade, Commerce and Transit

5

India-Thailand FTA - Early Harvest Scheme (EHS)

6

India-Singapore Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA)

7

India-ASEAN CECA - Trade in Goods, Services and Investment Agreement (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam)

8

India-South Korea Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA)

9

India-Japan CEPA

10

India-Malaysia CECA

11

India-Mauritius Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement (CECPA)

12

India-UAE CEPA

13

India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA)

                                

 Source: PIB

Important News: Awards and Honours

Ramdarash Mishra named for Saraswati Samman 2021

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Why in News?

●    Noted poet and litterateur Prof Ramdarash Mishra will be awarded the prestigious Saraswati Samman, 2021, for his collection of poems ‘Mein to Yahan Hun’.

About Saraswati Samman:

  • Instituted in 1991, Saraswati Samman is one of the most prestigious literary awards in the country. It is given every year to an outstanding literary work written in any Indian language by an Indian citizen and published within the last 10 years. It carries a citation, a plaque, and a cash prize of ₹15 lakhs.

About Prof Ramdarash Mishra:

  • Born in Dumri village in Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur district on August 15, 1924, Mishra has excelled in different branches of Hindi literature.

Important News: Important Days

April 7, World Health Day

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Why in News

  • World Health Day is celebrated every year on 7 April to commemorate the anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1948.

Key Points

  • The theme for World Health Day 2022 is ‘Our Planet, Our Health’.

History:

  • The World Health Organization (WHO) convened the first World Health Assembly in 1948, which called for the establishment of a "World Health Day."
  • The first World Health Day was held on April 7, 1950, and it has been observed on that date every year thereafter.

Source: India Today

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