Daily GK Update: 3rd May 2022

National & International Appointments

Joydeep Karmakar (42 years) has been appointed as the chief national rifle coach by National Rifle Association of India (NRAI).
He will oversee Indian continent till 2025, including the Paris Olympics 2024.
He had missed a bronze medal by a whisker in men’s 50-metre rifle prone event at 2012 London Olympics.
He has been running his own shooting academy in Kolkata since 2015
NRAI was founded in 1951 to promote and popularize the shooting sports in India.

National & International Appointments

Indian-Origin Nand Mulchandani has been appointed as the first-ever Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), first line of defense for the United States
Prior to this, he served as the CTO and acting director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Centre under US Department of Defence.
He served as the CEO of multiple successful startups like Oblix (acquired by Oracle), Determina, OpenDNS and ScaleXtreme .
CIA Director: William J. Burns.

National Affairs

Union Minister for Home and Cooperation, Amit Shah has inaugurated National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID) Bengaluru campus.
We should have an in-built mechanism for continuous up-gradation and will create a database of modes operandi of various crimes committed within the country
It will be available to 11 central agencies and police of all States and Union Territories.
Technology partner: C-DAC, Pune.
Plan Management Consultant: IIT, Bhilai.

Honours & Awards

Doordarshan has won ENBA Award 2021 for the best in-depth Hindi series for its TV series based on pet care ‘Best Friend Forever’ at 14th edition of the Exchange4media News Broadcasting Awards (ENBA).
Best Friend Forever:
- Half-an-hour weekly live phone-in show on DD National
- Here, two pet experts guide people on how to take care of their pets, about their food, nutrition, routine health check-ups, vaccination and other pet related issues.

State Affairs

Union Minister of Housing & Urban Affairs and Petroleum & Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri addressed a symposium on ‘Urban Development in NE States: Smart City Revolution’
Hosted by: Gangtok (Capital of Sikkim)
It is a weeklong festival which is organized in all the eight NE States by Ministry of DoNER.
He also launched Online Building Permission System (OBPS) of Govt of Sikkim and praised Sikkim for being the first State to implement OBPS in the region.

National & International Appointments

Retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer and former Petroleum Secretary, Tarun Kapoor has been appointed as the advisor to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
He will superannuate as the secretary of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas on November 30, 2021.
Apart from him, Senior bureaucrats Hari Ranjan Rao and Atish Chandra have been appointed as the additional secretaries in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO).

Sports

Harshada Sharad Garud became the first Indian to win a gold medal at IWF Junior World Championships 2022 in Heraklion, Greece.
She lifted 153-kilogram in the 45-kg weight category, that included 70 kg in Snatch and 83 kg in Clean and Jerk to finish on top of the podium.
Turkey's Bektas Cansu bagged silver medal and Moldova’s Teodora-Luminita Hincu won the bronze medal.

Honours & Awards

Bengaluru-based neo banking startup titled ‘Open’ becomes the country’s 100th unicorn after raising $50 Mn from IIFL.
Open operates neobank that offers small and medium-sized businesses as well as enterprises nearly all the features of the bank with additional tools to better serve the customer’s needs.
Co-founder and chief executive of Open: Anish Achuthan
The company is led by Google, Temasek, Visa, and Japan’s SoftBank Investments.

Summits & Conferences

Renowned Film Director Shekhar Kapoor has inaugurated National Seminar titled 'Indian Cinema and Soft Power' in Mumbai
Organized by: Indian Council for Cultural Relations (lCCR).
Key topics: Cinematic colonialism, Indian Cinema as a Vehicle of spreading awareness about idea of India abroad, regional cinema and its global influence, Indian cinema's engagement with foreign audience, global influence of Indian cinematic music.

National & International Appointments

Rajiv Ranjan has been appointed as the ex-officio member of the monetary policy committee by RBI’s central board.
He replaced Mridul Saggar, who retired last month.
Prior to this, he was an advisor in-charge in the monetary policy department, before he was elevated as an executive director.
MPC is a 6-member body and is headed by RBI governor. There are 3 members from RBI and 3 members nominated by Govt.
Governor of RBI: Shaktikanta Das.