Quad Organization Summit 2022
- India, USA, Australia and Japan are the four countries that have formed the 'Quad' system. The first meeting of the Quad leaders was held via video in March last year. The 2nd conference took place in Washington in September. 4 heads of state also took part in it. At this point the summit of the quad system was held via video.
- It was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishido. The Ukraine issue was also discussed at the meeting.
- In this context, Prime Minister Modi, while addressing the Quad meeting, stressed the importance of dialogue and the diplomatic path. Prime Minister Modi said the Quad should focus on its main objective of promoting peace, stability and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in an online seminar on 'Webinar' on industrial development and allocation for the international trade sector in the budget for the financial year 2022-23.
- The central government provides Rs 1,664.25 crore to the five states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra and Rs 17.86 crore to the Union Territory of Pondicherry.
- Appropriation of these funds from the National Disaster Relief Fund has been approved at a high-level committee meeting chaired by Home Minister Amit Shah. 351.43 for Andhra; Himachal 112.19; Karnataka 492.39; Maharashtra 355.39; 352.85 crore has been allocated for Tamil Nadu. 17.86 crore to Puducherry.
- In 2014, Andhra Pradesh was divided into two and the newly formed state of Telangana. At that time, Hyderabad, the capital of unified Andhra Pradesh, was agreed to be the common capital of the two states for 10 years.
- YSR Congress in the 2019 elections in Andhra Pradesh. The Congress won and Jagan Mohan became the Chief Minister. When he arrived he declared 3 places as capital. In Rayalaseema he declared Kurnool as the High Court capital, Amravati as the Assembly Capital and Visakhapatnam as the Administrative Capital.
- Farmers protested and 700 people sued in the high court. 'We gave the land for the capital of Amravati. However, the government, without being firm in its policy stance, should order the cancellation of the declaration of 3 capitals, 'they said in the petition. The High Court, which heard the petition, said, 'Amravati should be made the capital.
- To this end, the APCRDA A Steering Commission is being set up. ' The Andhra Pradesh government appealed against this. This was heard by a session of 3 judges and orders were issued.
- Russia has been attacking Ukraine for the eighth day in a row. Russia's actions have led to sanctions imposed on Russia by the United States, Britain and France.
- Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden has announced his support for Ukraine. In response, Russia has announced that it will sever all ties with the United States on the International Space Station.
- Russia has also announced that it will cut off supply of rocket engines to the United States. It is noteworthy that the United States, Russia, Japan, Canada and European countries jointly developed the space station.
- At the end of 11 rounds of the 58th Senior National Chess Championship in Uttar Pradesh, Arjun, D. Kukesh and B. Inian from Tamil Nadu were all tied with 8.5 points. Following this, Arjun became the champion by winning the tie-breaker held to determine the winner and was awarded a cash prize of Rs 6 lakh.
- Kukesh was 2nd and Inian was 3rd, while another defending champion Arvind Chidambaram was 4th with 8 points. Earlier, Divya Deshmukh of Maharashtra, Sakshi Chitlange and Priyanka Nudaki of Andhra Pradesh finished second and third respectively in the women's event.
- In the women's 10m air pistol team final at the ISSF World Cup Sniper Championships in Egypt, India's Srinivasa, Isha Singh and Rusita Winerker defeated Germany's Andrea Catherine Heckner, Sandra Reeds and Carina Wimmer 16-6. India tops the list with 3 medals, 2 gold and 1 silver.
- Eliminating plastic pollution is a global environmental challenge. To discuss this, the UN. The environmental meeting was held in Nairobi from February 28 to March 2. It discussed 3 draft resolutions to address plastic pollution. One of the draft resolutions under consideration was brought by India.
- India has tabled a draft resolution calling on countries to take voluntary joint action to eradicate plastic pollution. The UN has called for a unanimous decision to set up an intergovernmental negotiating body for a new international legal agreement on global action to control plastic pollution. India worked constructively with member states at the Environment Meeting.
- After lengthy negotiations, India's draft resolution to end plastic pollution was adopted at the UN Environment Conference. The adoption of this resolution by 175 countries is historically significant.
