4% reservation for transferees - High level committee appointment
- Stalin had announced in the legislature that a high-level committee would be set up to oversee the identification and recruitment of suitable candidates for the 4% quota in government employment for the disabled.
- On that basis, the Government of Tamil Nadu has set up a High Level Committee to ensure employment on the basis of the existing 4% reservation in government employment for the alternatively abled.
- The committee is chaired by the Secretary of the Department of Disability and has 9 members, including the Secretaries of Labor Welfare and Human Resource Management.
- A six-member panel set by the Reserve Bank of India unanimously approved the interest rate hike. Thus, the interest rate will currently be 4.90 per cent, said RBI Governor Shakti Kantha Das.
- It is noteworthy that it was raised by 40 points last May. Shakti Kantha Das said the government has taken very cautious measures to control inflation without affecting growth.
- The Monetary Policy Committee has forecast 6.7 per cent inflation for the current financial year. The economic growth rate is 7.2 percent.
- Inflation in the country has reached alarming levels. According to RBI forecasts, prices of essential commodities will remain high till December.
- Indian women's cricket team captain Mitali Raj has become the first cricketer to play in ODI cricket for 23 years. She has been playing for the Indian women's cricket team since 1999 and has now announced her retirement from all forms of international cricket.
- As a result, she holds the record for most runs in women's cricket ODIs. Similarly, he has scored 699 runs in 12 Tests and 2,364 runs in 89 Twenty20 matches.
- Announcing the announcement of the Minimum Support Price Rise for Products at the start of the annual sowing season for the dry season will encourage farmers.
- This will result in better prices for farmers' produce. In that regard, the Union Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved raising the minimum support prices for 14 types of agricultural products to be cultivated during the current 2022-23 kharif season.
- Accordingly, the MSP per quintal (general) MSP has been increased from Rs. 1,940 to Rs. 2,040 and the MSP for Grade A paddy has been increased from Rs. 1,960 to Rs. 2,060.
- Rocky quintals range from Rs 3,377 to Rs 3,578, maize from Rs 1,870 to Rs 1,962, pulses from Rs 6,300 to Rs 6,600, black gram from Rs 6,300 to Rs 6,600 and groundnuts from Rs 5,550. 5,850 from Rs.
- The price of rye quintal has been hiked from Rs 2,250 to Rs 2,350, alfalfa from Rs 7,275 to Rs 7,755, sunflower seeds from Rs 6,015 to Rs 6,400 and soybean from Rs 3,950 to Rs 4,300.
- According to a report released by the Union Ministry of Power, Rajasthan is the largest producer of 12,000 MW of solar power, followed by Karnataka at 7,970 MW, Gujarat at 7,180 MW and Tamil Nadu at 5067 MW. Have reported.
- 25.27 km from Doha, Qatar. Laying the longest tar road was a world record so far. It has now been overturned by an Indian company. Rajpath Infragon has achieved this feat with the help of 800 employees and 700 workers.
- This road is laid between Amravati and Akola. The National Highways Authority has set up a 70 km stretch in the area. The company has been entrusted with the task of expanding the distance.
- The task of overseeing the work has been outsourced to MSV International Inc. The work began on June 3 and continued uninterrupted.
- Our Defense Minister Rajnath Singh left for Vietnam, a Southeast Asian country, the day before yesterday on a three-day state visit. The country's defense minister has spoken out against General Ban Van Jiang. Talks were held on expanding the bilateral relationship.
- The military-defense relationship is a key factor in the stability of the Indo-Pacific region. In addition, the two armies signed an agreement allowing each other to use their military bases for maintenance and other purposes.
- Mismatched repair (MMR) defective cells usually contain many DNA genetic mutations that can lead to cancer. This deficiency is more common in colon cancer, other types of gastrointestinal cancer and gestational cancer.
- At the Sloan Kettering Foundation Cancer Center in New York, 12 patients with stage 2 and stage 3 cancer were given medication every 3 weeks for 6 months. The tumors were treated with a new drug called tostarlimab, antidepressant, continuous chemotherapy and surgery.
- Following this, a series of further medical treatments and experiments were performed on these patients. At the end of six months, the body, endoscopy, bioscopy, PET scan and MRI scan of 12 patients who were being treated showed no cancerous tumor.
- Apart from this, the researchers said there was no evidence of a tumor even in magnetic resonance imaging.
- A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and the United Arab Emirates for cooperation in the fields of industry and advanced technology was approved at the Union Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.
- The Memorandum of Understanding aims to strengthen and enhance the industries of the two countries through investments, technology transfer and the use of key technologies in industry. It will also help increase employment.
- When the agreement goes into effect, it will lead to increased research and innovation in all areas of mutual cooperation, especially in the fields of renewable energy, artificial intelligence, industry-based technologies, health and life sciences.
- The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Japan's National Institute for Environmental Research and Aryabhata Research Institute, India has been approved by the Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
- Conducts and implements joint research on air quality and climate change. Moreover, in the past, the Aryabhata Research Institute has not entered into any agreement with any other foreign organization for such research.
- Activities enabled by this agreement include the joint use and movement of scientific instruments, the exchange of scientific and technical information in monitoring systems, the exchange of collaborative education and research activities, the exchange of researchers, including doctoral students for research purposes, and the joint science workshops / seminars.
- The Union Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the SN Bose National Center for Basic Science in Modern Magnetism and Topography, Kolkata, and the German Institute.
- The aim of this joint venture is to enhance Indo-German cooperation in providing opportunities for the acquisition of modern wisdom in magnetism and topography.
- It will also facilitate collaborations in matters including the sharing of empirical and computational data for joint research, the exchange of technical and professional support, and the exchange of professors and researchers.
- The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs and the Australian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on Technical Cooperation in Urban Water Management was discussed at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The agreement was signed in December 2021.
- In the field of urban water conservation, the agreement emphasizes bilateral cooperation between the two countries. The agreement seeks to enable both parties to keep abreast of technological advances made by the two countries in the field of urban water conservation. This will help to make the reality of independent India.
- The Union Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Union Ministry of Biotechnology, the Medical Research Council of India and the United States International AIDS Vaccine Initiative.
- The agreement is aimed at identifying new biomedical tools and technologies needed to prevent and treat diseases including antibiotics, tuberculosis, and coccidiosis. The MoU is expected to further strengthen international scientific and technological cooperation between India and the United States.
- The Union Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the transfer of 10 communications satellites to New Space India Limited, a public sector undertaking controlled by the Union Government's Space Agency.
- The Union Cabinet has also approved to increase the authorized share capital of the company from Rs 1,000 crore to Rs 7,500 crore. It has been reported that this will give autonomy financial authority to New Space India Limited and create a lot of jobs.
- India's share in the international space market is expected to increase as the domestic economy improves in the aerospace sector. Aerospace reforms have paved the way for New Space India Limited to become a full-fledged commercial space operator and full-fledged satellite director.
- New Space India Ltd., acting as the Single Window Director, can easily trade in the aerospace sector. This will enable New Space India Limited to set the price of transponders in line with global standards.
