Daily Current Affairs July 13

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July 13| Daily Current Affairs 2022

Important Days – Daily Current Affairs July 13

1. Guru Purnima 2022 is celebrated on?
A) July 11
B) July 09
C) July 13
D) July 10
E) July 12
Answer: C) July 13

• Guru Purnima is celebrated on the full moon day in the Hindu month of Ashadha, which is from June to July.
• This year, Guru Purnima will be celebrated on July 13.
• Celebrated as a festival by Hindus, Jains and Buddhists in India, Nepal and Bhutan, Guru Purnima is dedicated to all academic and spiritual gurus or teachers.

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Sports – Daily Current Affairs July 13

2. Who among the following became fastest Indian to take 150 ODI wickets?
A) Mohammed Shami
B) Irfan Pathan
C) Umar Malik
D) Ishant Sharma
E) JaspritBumrah
Answer: A) Mohammed Shami

• Pacer Mohammed Shami became the fastest Indian to scalp 150 wickets in ODIs.
• Shami achieved this feat during the first ODI of the three-match series against England here at the Kennington Oval.
• The pacer took three wickets, which included the likes of Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, and Craig Overton.
• He took a total of 80 matches to reach his 150 wickets and surpassed the record of former Indian pacer AjitAgarkar, who took 97 matches.
• Shami also became the joint-third fastest ever to take 150 ODI wickets along with Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan.
• Australia’s Mitchell Stars (77 matches) and Pakistan’s SaqlainMushtaq (78 matches) hold the top-two positions for fastest bowlers to reach 150 ODI wickets.

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Obituary – Daily Current Affairs July 13

3. Renowned archaeologist Padmashree______ passed away?
A) MadhulikaBhaskar
B) Dr.EnamulHaque
C) Atul Singh
D) Srihari Venugopal
E) TanayPalshetkar
Answer: B) Dr.EnamulHaque

• Eminent archaeologist, historian and former Director-General of the Bangladesh National Museum Dr. EnamulHaque passed away in Dhaka.
• He was 85. Dr. EnamulHaque was conferred with Padma Shri for the year 2020 for his work on Bengal’s Iconography and terracotta art.

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Ranking – Daily Current Affairs July 13

4. Who among the following back to No.1 in ICC ODI Player Rankings?
A) Mohammed Shami
B) Irfan Pathan
C) Umar Malik
D) Ishant Sharma
E) JaspritBumrah
Answer: E) JaspritBumrah

• ICC men’s ODI Player Rankings
• Top – JaspritBumrah
• Bumrah had lost the top spot to New Zealand’s Trent Boult in February 2020 after being No. 1 for most of the preceding two years.
• He has been at the top for a total of 730 days, more than any other Indian and the ninth-most in history.
• Bumrah, who has been No. 1 in T20Is in the past and is currently at a career-best third position in Tests, is only the second Indian fast bowler after Kapil Dev to be No. 1 in the ODI rankings.
• Maninder Singh, Anil Kumble and RavindraJadeja are the other India bowlers to have attained top ranking.
• Bumrah’s new-ball partner Mohammad Shami too has gained after grabbing three for 31 and playing his role in skittling England out for 110 in 25.2 overs.
• Shami has progressed three slots to reach joint-23rd position along with team-mate Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
• In batting chart, captain Rohit Sharma has bridged the gap with third-placed ViratKohli to just one rating point after his brisk 76 not out helped India chase down the target in just 18.4 overs, while left-hander ShikharDhawaninched up one slot to 12th position after his unbeaten 31.

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Banking and Finance – Daily Current Affairs July 13

5. RBI imposed how many crore monetary penalty on Ola Financial Services?
A) 2.89
B) 2.78
C) 1.57
D) 1.68
E) 2.76
Answer: D) 1.68

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 1.68 crore on Ola Financial Services Private Limited for non-compliance with certain provisions of payment instruments and know your customers (KYC).
• The RBI has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 1,67,80,000 on Ola Financial Services Private Limited for non-compliance with certain provisions of the Master Directions on Prepaid Payment Instruments (PPIs) dated August 27, 2021, and the Master Direction – Know Your Customer (KYC) Direction, 2016 dated February 25, 2016.

Ola unveils India’s first indigenously made lithium ion-cell:

• Ola Electric unveiled India’s first indigenously developed lithium-ion cell, NMC 2170, and it will start mass production from its upcoming Gigafactory by 2023.

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6. Which Bank and IMGC tied up for mortgage guarantee-backed home loans?
A) RBL Bank
B) Federal Bank
C) DBS Bank
D) Kotak Mahindra Bank
E) Axis Bank
Answer: A) RBL Bank

• India Mortgage Guarantee Corporation (IMGC) announced its strategic partnership with RBL Bank to offer mortgage guarantee-backed home loan products to salaried and non-salaried customers.
• This partnership with IMGC will help RBL Bank extend mortgage guarantee-backed home loans to new borrower segments through the bank’s network of over 500 branches across the country.

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Business and Economy – Daily Current Affairs July 13

7. DICGC settledhow many crore depositors claims, collects Rs 19,491 cr premium?
A) 8561
B) 8615
C) 8516
D) 9615
E) 8615
Answer: C) 8516

• The Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC), which extends insurance cover to depositors, settled aggregate claims of Rs 8,516.6 crore under different channels during 2021-22.
• During the fiscal FY22, deposit insurance premium of Rs 19,491 crore was collected, of which 93.6 per cent was contributed by commercial banks and the rest by co-operative banks.
• The Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) stood at Rs 1.47 lakh crore, yielding a reserve ratio (ratio of DIF to insured deposits) of 1.81 per cent.
• During April 2021 to March 2022, the DICGC settled claims of five liquidated banks for an amount aggregating to Rs 1,124.1 crore and 12 supplementary claims of liquidated banks aggregating to Rs 100.9 crore.
• The aggregate of main claims and supplementary claims in respect of 16 urban co-operative banks amounted to Rs 1,225 crore under Section 17 (1) of the DICGC Act 1961.

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8. Bosch to invest over Rs 200 cr in next how many years in India: MD Soumitra Bhattacharya?
A) 10
B) 20
C) 25
D) 15
E) 5
Answer: E) 5

• Auto components major Bosch Ltd will invest over Rs 200 crore in India in the next five years in advanced automotive technologies and digital mobility space, its Managing Director Soumitra Bhattacharya.
• In 2021-22, the company recorded a total revenue from operations of Rs 11,104.7 crore with profit after tax at Rs 1,217 crore.

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9. Retail inflation eased to how many percent in Jun; above RBI’s comfort level for 6th straight month?
A) 6.04
B) 7.01
C) 4.03
D) 9.02
E) 8.05
Answer: B) 7.01

• Retail inflation dropped marginally to 7.01 per cent in June mainly due to slight easing in prices of vegetables and pulses, though it remained above the Reserve Bank’s comfort level for the sixth month in a row.
• The consumer price index (CPI) based inflation stood at 7.04 per cent in the preceding month of May and 6.26 per cent in June 2021.
• Inflation in the food basket in June 2022 was 7.75 per cent, compared to 7.97 per cent in the previous month, as per the National Statistical Office (NSO) data.
• The RBI has the mandate to ensure that inflation remains at 4 per cent, with a margin of 2 per cent on either side.
• However, retail inflation is ruling above the RBI’s upper tolerance limit of 6 per cent since January 2022.
• As per the data, the inflation print in vegetables eased to 17.37 per cent during the month from 18.26 per cent in May, while for ‘pulses and products’ it slowed to (-) 1.02 per cent against (-)0.42 per cent.
• However, the rate of price rise in ‘cereals and products’ moved up to 5.66 per cent, from 5.33 per cent in the preceding month.
• Inflation in the ‘fuel and light’ category rose to 10.39 per cent as against 9.54 per cent, while that for fruits increased to 3.10 per cent from 2.33 per cent.
• Last month, the Reserve Bank in its bi-monthly monetary policy review raised the benchmark repo rate — at which it lends short-term money to banks — by a sharp 0.50 per cent to 4.90 per cent to rein in spiralling prices. It followed an off-cycle meeting on May 4, when the central bank hiked the repo rate by 0.40 per cent.

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10. Sale of online space for advertisement to attract how many percent GST?
A) 15%
B) 18%
C) 8%
D) 25%
E) 5%
Answer: B) 18%

• Sale of advertisement space on internet would be liable to 18 per cent Goods and Services Tax, the Karnataka bench of Authority for Advance Ruling.
• E-commerce portal Myntra Designs Pvt Ltd had approached the AAR seeking a ruling on whether providing advertisement space on its portal to foreign entity Lenzing Singapore Pte Ltd was liable to GST.
• The AAR said Myntra is only leasing the advertisement space to its customer and the advertiser (Lenzing) is providing advertisement services to its customer.
• The service provided by Myntra to Lenzing is that of rendering ‘sale of internet advertising space (except on commission)’ and is charging a fixed rate and not a commission for providing such space.
• Hence, the same will be classified under ‘other professional, technical and business services’ under GST law and is liable to GST at 18 per cent.

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Appointments – Daily Current Affairs July 13

11. Who among the following appointed as VP – Network Planning of Jet Airways?
A) MadhulikaBhaskar
B) Dr.EnamulHaque
C) Atul Singh
D) Srihari Venugopal
E) TanayPalshetkar
Answer: D) Srihari Venugopal

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Awards – Daily Current Affairs July 13

12. Which of the following state Mines department gets national award, Rs 2.4 crore incentive?
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Rajasthan
C) Uttarakhand
D) Karnataka
E) West Bengal
Answer: A) Andhra Pradesh

• State Mines and Geology Department has got a national award for implementing best policies.
• The Union Ministry of Mines has also given an incentive of Rs 2.4 crore for two years to the mines department under the RashtriyaKhanijVikasPuraskar for best performance in taking initiatives in exploration, auction and operationalisation of mines.
• At the national conclave on mines and minerals held at the Ambedkar International Centre in New Delhi on as part of AzadiKaAmritMahotsav, Union Home Minister Amit Shah presented the award and incentive to Principal Secretary (Mines) Gopal Krishna Dwivedi and Director of Mines and Geology VG Venkata Reddy.
• To encourage mining of major minerals in the country, the Union Ministry presents the theRashtriyaKhanijVikasPuraskar to the States following best mining policies.
• In the past two years, Andhra Pradesh has followed the best practices in exploration, auction and operationalisation of 10 types of major minerals.
• Congratulating the State for efficient maintenance of mining blocks, the Centre has also presented the Geological Survey of India reports for handing over 5 fresh blocks of G4 level to Andhra Pradesh for 2022-23.

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Science and Technology – Daily Current Affairs July 13

13. NASA releases first full-color image captured by James Webb Space Telescope, launched in which year?
A) 2020
B) 2021
C) 2015
D) 2010
E) 2019
Answer: B) 2021

• The first full-color image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope was released.
  It provides glimpses of what the early Universe looked like.
• US President Joe Biden presented the image at an event at the White House.
• The clearest image to date of the early universe, going back 13 billion years, has been released and it was stunning.
• The image showed thousands of galaxies and some of the faintest objects observed, colorized in blue, orange, and white tones.

NASA’s James Webb telescope detects water on distant planet:

• NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has detected signs of water, along with evidence of clouds and haze, in the atmosphere of a hot, puffy gas giant planet orbiting a Sun-like star over a thousand light-years away.
• The observation is the most detailed of its kind to date, demonstrating Webb’s unprecedented ability to analyze distant atmospheres, according to NASA.
• WASP-96 b is one of more than 5,000 confirmed exoplanets in the Milky Way.
• Located roughly 1,150 light-years away in the southern-sky constellation Phoenix, it represents a type of gas giant that has no direct analog in our solar system.
• With a mass less than half that of Jupiter and diameter 1.2 times greater, WASP-96 b is much puffier than any planet orbiting our Sun.
• With a temperature greater than 538 degrees Celsius, it is significantly hotter.
• WASP-96 b orbits extremely close to its Sun-like star, just one-ninth of the distance
  between Mercury and the Sun, completing one circuit every three-and-a-half Earth-days.

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National Affairs – Daily Current Affairs July 13

14. Which of the following govt signed MoU with NAL to introduce financial education course?
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Rajasthan
C) Uttarakhand
D) Karnataka
E) West Bengal
Answer: D) Karnataka

• The Karnataka government has inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with National Stock Exchange Academy Limited to provide a second-year financial education and investment awareness course for college students of the state.
• The Karnataka State Higher Education Council (KSHEC) and NSE Academy Limited (NAL) signed the MoU in presence of Minister for Higher Education C N Ashwath Narayan.
• It said the programme will benefit around five lakh students annually.
• The course which would be introduced from second-year degree is likely to empower the students irrespective of streams they opt, with sound financial knowledge and financial management skills.
• The course will benefit around 5 lakh students annually, beginning from the ongoing academic year itself.
• The course aims at developing the spirit of savings and investing, financial acumen, and knowledge of investment avenues among students.
• The NSE Academy will impart the necessary skills required for facilitating learning to the college teachers through state-wide ‘Train the Trainer’ programmes.

Karnataka to try ‘Sea Wave Breaker’ technology to tackle sea erosion:

• Karnataka Chief Minister BasavarajBommai said that the state government in association with the Union Government would formulate a long-term permanent solution for sea erosion in the coastal region.

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15. Central govt initiatives helped NE region witness more than how many percent export growth in last six years?
A) 40%
B) 90%
C) 60%
D) 85%
E) 75%
Answer: D) 85%

• To give a boost to the export of horticulture products grown in North-Eastern (NE) states, the government is now up with a robust strategy to promote locally produced agricultural products to the international markets.
• The NE region is geopolitically important as it shares international boundaries with China and Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal and Bangladesh making it the potential hub for the export of agricultural produce to neighbouring countries as well as other foreign destinations.
• As a result, there has been a significant increase in the export of agricultural produce from NE states like Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Meghalaya in the last few years.

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16. Cabinet approved Taranga Hill-Ambaji-Abu Road new rail line in Gujarat and _______?
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Rajasthan
C) Uttarakhand
D) Karnataka
E) West Bengal
Answer: B) Rajasthan

• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs CCEA approved Taranga Hill-Ambaji-Abu Road new rail line in Gujarat and Rajasthan to provide connectivity and improve mobility.
• Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Singh Thakur said, the estimated cost of this project is over two thousand seven hundred 98 crore rupees and will be completed by 2026-27.

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17. Union Minister SmritiIrani inauguratedSealdah Metro Station of East-West corridor in which of the following state?
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Rajasthan
C) Uttarakhand
D) Karnataka
E) West Bengal
Answer: E) West Bengal

• Union Minister for Women and Child Welfare and Minority Affairs SmritiIrani inaugurated the Sealdah Metro Station of the East-West corridor, which will help people living in Kolkata’s suburbs to reach the IT hub of Sector-5 without hassle.
• She inaugurated the station virtually from Howrah Maidan, the terminal station of the 16.6-km corridor on the other side of river Hooghly. Trains were so far running between Sector-5 and Phoolbagan.
• Commercial services till Sealdah, taking the total operational length of the corridor to nine kilometres.
• The Minister said the 2.33-km extension up to Sealdah will help around 35,000 passengers in their daily commute.

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18. Which of the following state became first state to implement NEP at pre-primary level?
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Rajasthan
C) Uttarakhand
D) Karnataka
E) West Bengal
Answer: C) Uttarakhand

• Dehradun, Uttarakhand became the first state in the country to initiate process of implementing the Centre’s New Education Policy, with Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami inaugurating ‘Bal Vatikas’ at anganwadikendras across the state to strengthen the pre-primary education system.
• The ‘BalVatikas’ will function at 4,457anganwadikendras in the state and will be equivalent to the nursery classes at a private school.

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19. SJVN inked pact with Solarworld Energy Solutions to build two solar projects for how many crore?
A) 780
B) 690
C) 560
D) 450
E) 245
Answer: B) 690

• SJVN entered into an EPC (Engineering Procurement & Construction) contract for two projects namely 75 MW Solar Project at Gurah district Jalaun and 50 MW Solar Project at Gujrai district Kanpur Dehatwith Solarworld Energy Solutions Private Ltd in Uttar Pradesh.
• Nand Lal Sharma, chairman & managing director, SJVN, said that these Rs 690.75 crore EPC contracts includes end-to-end delivery of the commissioned solar plant to SJVN, including comprehensive operation and maintenance of these solar PV plants for two years.
• The contract value for a 75 MW solar project is Rs 410.75 crore, while for 50 MW solar project is Rs 280 crore.
• Both the projects are scheduled to be commissioned in April 2023.

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20. Nabard aided rural-infra development in which of the following state?
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Rajasthan
C) Uttarakhand
D) Karnataka
E) West Bengal
Answer: E) West Bengal

• The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development is working closely with the West Bengal government for development of rural infrastructure.
• Additional Chief Secretary (Finance) Manoj Pant said the Nabard had provided Rs 2,000 crore under the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund in the previous financial year.
• Speaking at the 41st foundation day of Nabard in Kolkata, Pant expects the assistance to increase to Rs 2,500 crore.

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