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GK Current Affairs viable of 16 July 2022

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Daily GK Current Affairs News is viable for 16 July 2022. – Here are the Regular current affairs viable of 16 July 2022 covering the following news headlines: NAM Platform, Reliance Industries Limited, Vedanta, Bharti Airtel, Mother Teresa Memorial Award, Sourav Ganguly.

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Here current affairs have been categorized which is as follows

  • National News
  • Business News
  • Awards News
  • Important Days
  • Miscellaneous News

National News

  1. To encourage agricultural trade, Narendra Tomar launched the e-NAM Platform 
  • On the eve of the State Agriculture and Horticulture Ministers’ Conference in Bengaluru, Karnataka, the Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar unveiled the Platform Platform (POP) under the National Agriculture Market (e-NAM).
  • A total of 1,018 Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) received an equity grant of over Rs 37 crore, which would help 3.5 lakh farmers.

Business News

  1. Bharti Airtel allotted 1.2% equity shares to Google for USD 1 Billion 
  • Telecom operator Bharti Airtel has allotted over 71 million equity shares to internet major Google at Rs 734 per piece.
  • The allocation is part of Google’s commitment to invest USD 1 billion with Airtel, which includes an equity investment of USD 700 million in the company, around Rs 5,224 crore.
  • Google now holds a 1.2% stake in 2 telecom service providers in India. The investment follows Google’s USD 4.5 billion investment in Reliance Jio for the India Digitization Fund in July 2020.

Awards News

  1. Japan awards Ex-PM Shinzo Abe country’s highest order posthumously 
  • The Japanese government announced its decision to posthumously award former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe the country’s highest decoration “the Collar of the Highest Order of the Chrysanthemum”.
  • Shinzo Abe will be the fourth former prime minister to be honored under a post-war constitution. Prior to him, former prime ministers Shigeru Yoshida, Isaku Sato, and Yasuhiro Nakasone were honored with the same honor.
  1. British Parliament felicitated BCCI President Sourav Ganguly 
  • Former India captain and current BCCI President, Sourav Ganguly was honored by the British Parliament.
  • The Indian cricket legend was honored on 13 July on the same date that he led India to NatWest’s final win in 2002 and was honored exactly 20 years later in the same city on the same day. He was elected as the President of BCCI in 2019.
  1. Maharashtra Gov presents Mother Teresa Memorial Award to Dia Mirza & Afroz Shah 
  • The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) National Goodwill Ambassador Ms. Dia Mirza, and Environmental Activist Mr. Afroz Shah were felicitated with the prestigious Mother Teresa Memorial Awards for Social Justice 2021.
  • The award is given by the Governor of Maharashtra Hon. Bhagat Singh Koshyari at Raj Bhavan, Mumbai. Both were awarded for their commendable and notable achievements in Environmental Sustainability.
  • Harmony Foundation hosts the Mother Teresa Memorial Awards for Social Justice. This is a platform to acknowledge and recognize the extraordinary work of individuals or organizations who aim to promote peace, harmony, and social justice.

Important Days

  1. World Youth Skills Day 2022 celebrates globally 
  • World Youth Skills Day 2022 is celebrated every year on 15 July. It focuses on the strategic importance of equipping youth with skills for employability, good work, and entrepreneurship.
  • Every year, World Youth Skills Day is marked with a certain theme set by the United Nations. The theme for 2022 is ‘Transforming Youth Skills for the Future.

Miscellaneous News

  1. New television series called “Swaraj” is being promoted by Anurag Thakur 
  • Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur launched the trailer of the new television series Swaraj: The Samagra Saga of India’s Freedom Struggle in New Delhi. Doordarshan will start telecasting this series on August 14, 2022.
  • The 75-episode drama will highlight the contributions of liberation warriors and unsung heroes of the freedom movement. All India Radio will also telecast this program.

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