Assam & NE Current Affairs & GK – August 19-21, 2022
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August 19-21, 2022
Assam government rolled out nearly 1,000 model Anganwadi centres in state
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma rolled out nearly 1,000 model Anganwadi centres constructed across the state in order to strengthen formative learning among children.
Remotely inaugurating the centres at a central ceremony in Palasbari Assembly constituency, chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the government aimed to have as many as 15000 model Anganwadi centres in the state by the year 2026.
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma also launched the “Adopt an Anganwadi” portal, aimed at providing philanthropists, non-government organisations and concerned citizens with a platform through which they can contribute towards the welfare of the society by adopting full or partial expenses of an anganwadi centre.
Border Roads Organization (BRO) will build Steel Slag Road in Arunachal Pradesh
The Border Road Organization (BRO) will build Steel Slag Road in Arunachal Pradesh based on the Pilot project. The Steel Slag Road is the first of its kind Project which aims to make durable roadways that can withstand heavy rain and adverse climatic conditions.
The Steel Slag Road project will help to resolve the connection between the help centres and the affected areas.
Benefits of Building Steel Slag Roads
- The use of Steel Slag to construct roads will improve the durability and quality of roads making them safer.
- Roads constructed using 100% steel processed slag have proven to be durable as compared to regular bitumen roads.
- India being the 2nd largest producer of Steel in the world, using steel slag for the construction of roads will also help reduce the cost of construction.
- The Steel industry in India produces a huge amount of steel and after the recovery of metal, a major portion of steel Slag is discarded. The use of Steel Slag on roads will help in reducing the waste and recycling the waste of the Steel industries in India.
- The carbon footprint in the Steel Slag Roads is lower than usual roads built with other materials.
Durand Cup 2022
Durand Cup, the oldest football tournament in Asia, is scheduled to start from August 16, 2022.
The 131st edition of the tournament will run until September 18. Out of 20 teams, 11 teams will be from various clubs that play Indian Super League, five teams from I-league, and four teams from Armed Forces.
Key Points
- For the first time in its history, the tournament is being held in multiple cities as West Bengal, Assam and Manipur are hosting the Durand Cup 2022.
- The opening match will be played between FC Goa and Mohammedan SC in Kolkata.
- Indian Oil is the title sponsor of the tournament and the previous edition of Durand Cup 2021 was won by FC Goa
- The Durand Cup 2022 will be held in five designated venues across three cities: Salt Lake Stadium, Naihati Stadium, Kishore Bharati Stadium (West Bengal) Khuman Lampak Stadium (Imphal, Manipur) Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium (Guwahati, Assam)
About Durand Cup
- It is an annual domestic football competition in India founded by the former Foreign Secretary of British India, Mortimer Durand in Shimla in 1888.
- The tournament is the oldest existing club football tournament in Asia and third oldest in the world.
- It is annually organized by the Durand Cup Football Tournament in association with the All India Football Federation (AIFF).
- The winner of the tournament is facilitated with three trophies, the Durand Cup, the President’s Cup, and the Shimla Trophy.
Government appoints 37 new High Court Judges on the eve of Independence Day 2022
The government has appointed 37 new High Court Judges. According to the notification issued by the Law Ministry, the maximum number of judges is being appointed in Punjab and Haryana High Court with a total of 11 judges.
The other 26 judges will be appointed in Allahabad, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Odisha, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka and Guwahati high courts.
Government in this year i.e. 2022 has so far made 138 appointments in various High Courts of the country thus surpassing its earlier record of 126 High Court appointments in the year 2016.
Last year in 2021, the appointment tally in High Courts was 120 in addition to 9 appointments in the Supreme Court. Thus, the entire appointment process in higher judiciary has been put on a fast track.
Nature Index 2022
The Nature Index 2022 was recently released. The Nature Index is an indicator of high quality research in chemistry, life sciences, physical sciences and earth & environment.
Rankings were provided on the basis of information secured during April 1, 2021, to march 31, 2022.
Highlights of Nature Index 2022
- In the index, University of Hyderabad has secured first position among Indian Universities while has been placed at 16th position among all institutions in the academic sector.
- Hyderabad was ranked first with 72 research papers and a share of 19.46 in academic sector.
- Rank 23rd– Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad.
- Rank 26th– Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Tirupati.
- Rank 54th-Amity University. Rank 76th– National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) Hyderabad.
- Rank 82nd– International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Hyderabad
- Rank 92nd– Andhra University
- Rank 108th– Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada Rank 122nd– Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati (IIT) Tirupati.
India ranks 4th in ‘Forbes Asia best under a billion’
Forbes Asia has published its 2022 edition of the best 200 mid-sized companies in the Asia-Pacific region.
In 2022, India ranks 4th in Forbes Asia best under a billion with 24 Indian firms down from 26 in 2021.
Key Points
- Taiwan has the greatest number of companies listed at 30, followed by Japan with 29 and South Korea has 27.
- The unranked list was compiled from a long list of over 20,000 publicly traded companies in the Asia-Pacific region with annual sales of above USD10 million but less than USD1 billion.
- The objective of the list is to identify companies with long-term sustainable performance across a variety of metrics.
- A composite score was created using data collected in such areas as debt, sales, and earnings-per-share growth over both the most recent fiscal one- and three-year periods, and the strongest one and five-year average return on equity.
- Forbes used full-year annual results, based on the latest publicly available figures as of July 11, 2022.
- Companies with serious governance issues, questionable accounting, environmental concerns, management issues, or legal troubles were excluded, and so were state-controlled firms and subsidiaries of larger companies.