Daily Current Affairs November 09 2022

 

CURRENT AFFAIRS: IMPORTANT DAYS

National Legal Services: 9th November

• National Legal Services Day 2022 is observed on the 9th of November 2022.
• The Day aims to increase public understanding of the rights of litigants as well as the various parts of the Legal Services Authorities Act.
• Every year on November 9th, National Legal Services Day is marked to mark the beginning of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, which went into effect on that date in 1995.
• State Legal Services Authorities across the nation hold legal awareness events on National Legal Services Day to inform people about the availability of free legal help.
• Additionally, every year campaigns are held across the country to inform the public of the many services offered by Legal Services Authorities.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: NATIONAL NEWS

UIDAI has launched a new chatbot named ‘Aadhaar Mitra.’

• The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) introduced the brand-new AI/ML chatbot Aadhaar Mitra to help citizens use the services.
• The chatbot supports both Hindi and English.
• It also provides the option of seeing related videos on various themes to help viewers learn. Aadhaar Mitra’s features include the ability to monitor the status of Aadhaar PVC cards and confirm Aadhaar enrollment/update status.
• Locals can utilize the bot to file complaints and follow up on them.
• The organization is dedicated to improving its grievance redressal procedure while also giving convenience.
• UIDAI is gradually implementing a cutting-edge and futuristic open-source CRM solution.
• A new Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system with cutting-edge features has been developed to increase residents’ access to UIDAI services.

About UIDAI Chatbot:

• The UIDAI Chatbot is a chat platform that provides quick, automated answers about Aadhaar and associated features.
• It is accessible through the front page of the UIDAI website as well as the resident portal.
• By clicking on the blue “Ask Aadhaar” icon, users can initiate a conversation with the chatbot.

The 15th Urban Mobility India Conference is now taking place in Kochi:

• The 15th edition of Kerala’s Urban Mobility India (UMI) Conference, held in Kochi, has come to an end.
• Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan, State Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Kaushal Kishore, and State Transport Minister Antony Raju are among those attending the farewell celebration.
• During the ceremony, Governor Arif Mohammed Khan and Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Kaushal Kishore will give the Awards for Excellence in Urban Transport.
• Senior officials from the federal and state governments, decision-makers, managing directors of metro rail companies, chief executives of transportation corporations, and overseas experts will attend the conference.
• The meeting’s major focus will be “Azadi @ 75 – Sustainable Aatmanirbhar Urban Mobility.”

The Supreme Court upholds the constitutionality of the EWS quota in a 3:2 decision:

• The Supreme Court (SC) affirmed the 10% reservation for economically disadvantaged people (EWS) among advanced castes in government employment and colleges across India.
• The decision was delivered by a Bench that included Chief Justice of India (CJI) U U Lalit and Justices Dinesh Maheshwari, S Ravindra Bhat, Bela M Trivedi, and J B Pardiwala.
• Dissenting judgments were issued by Justice Ravindra Bhat and Chief Justice of India Lalit.
• Justice Maheshwari read out the verdict, saying that the 103rd constitutional amendment for the EWS quota was legitimate and did not contradict the core structure of the Constitution.
• Reservation, he explained, is an affirmative action tool used to assure an all-inclusive march toward the aims of an equal society.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Netherlands turns top buyer of Indian petro-products amid Ukraine war

• The Netherlands has emerged as the top destination for India’s petroleum product exports such as petrol and diesel in the first half of the current fiscal year (FY22).

Key Highlights :

• India is a key Asian refining hub, with an installed capacity of nearly 250 million tonnes per annum across 23 refineries
• This bump in exports has also resulted in the Netherlands becoming the third biggest market for India’s overall exports, thereby replacing China.
• South Africa and Brazil also ramped up refined petroleum product purchases including those of ATF from India in H1, making it to the top 10 petroleum product export markets for Indian refiners
• The Netherlands accounted for nearly 9% of India’s total petroleum product exports in the April to September period at ₹4.5 trillion, a growth of 180% over the corresponding period of 2021.

About the Netherlands :

• Prime Minister: Mark Rutte
• Capital: Amsterdam
• Currency: Euro

CURRENT AFFAIRS: STATE NEWS

Kerala becomes the first state to introduce uniform gold prices based on bank rate

• Kerala becomes the first state in India to launch a uniform gold price based on the bank rate.
• The decision to introduce a uniform price on 916 purity 22-carat gold was taken at a meeting between officials of Malabar Gold and Diamonds, one of the largest gold and diamond retail chains in the country, and key members of All Kerala Gold and Silver Merchants Association.

Key Highlights :

• The launch of standardized gold rates across the state to safeguard the interest of the consumers and bring price transparency to the trade.
• The gold rate should be uniform across the country based on the bank rates.
• However, in most states, gold is priced at Rs 150-300 per gram extra over the bank rate.
• In Kerala, gold used to be sold at different prices on a particular day. 
• Uniform gold price based on bank rate offers an opportunity for consumers to purchase gold at a reasonable and transparent price.

About Kerala :

• Governor: Arif Mohammad Khan
• Chief minister: Pinarayi Vijayan
• Capital: Thiruvananthapuram
• Airport: Trivandrum International Airport, Cochin International Airport, Calicut International Airport, Kannur International Airport
• Wildlife Sanctuaries: Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary, Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary, Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary
• National Park: Eravikulam National Park, Silent Valley National Park

AdaniConneX unveils flagship data centre campus in Chennai, India

• AdaniConneX, a joint venture between Adani Enterprises and EdgeConneX, has announced the opening of the ‘Chennai 1’ hyperscale data centre campus located at Sipcot IT Park in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
• The ‘Chennai 1’ campus hosts Tamil Nadu’s first pre-certified IGBC Platinum Rated data centre.

Key Highlights :

• In Phase-1, the campus offers 17 megawatts (IT Load) that will scale up to 33 Mw at full capacity.
• The facility will also be powered with up to 100% renewable energy, offering enterprises and hyperscale customers sustainable energy choices.
• ‘Chennai 1’ is designed to offer robust physical protection to IT Infrastructure with seven layers of the security system and commitment to providing 99.999% availability.
• India’s current data centre capacity is around 600 MW and is expected to grow to around 1300 MW by 2024.
• AdaniConneX is investing capital into the joint venture over the next decade with a mission to build over 1 GW green data centre platform. 
• AdaniConneX is also building hyper-scale campuses in all the big cities of India, including Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Noida, Pune, Kolkata, Bhubaneshwar, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Vishakapatnam.

About AdaniConneX :

• Headquarters: Ahmedabad, Gujarat
• CEO : Jeyakumar Janakaraj

Hyderabad growing green space city hosts India’s largest miyawaki forest

• Hyderabadds growing green space city hosts India’s largest Miyawaki forest

Key Highlights :

• This is the country’s largest Miyawaki forest, followed by one in Gujarat, spread over 14 acres.
• The Miyawaki Method pioneered by Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki helps build dense, fast-growing forests with native plants. 
• Spread over 18 acres in Kavaguda near the airport, the forest has 126 species of native fruit and flowering trees and is a birds’ paradise.
• It is developed by the Stone Craft Group led by Keerthy Chilukuri and Anusha Podduturi, the 18-acre Miyawaki forest in Kawaguda is part of their 62-acre real estate venture called The Woods.
• With the help of TRST01 Consultancy, the Stone Craft team has Geographical Indication GI-tagged every tree in the forest

A two-day dance drama titled Yugpurush Raja Rammohun Roy concludes

• A two-day enthralling and opulent dance drama Titled ‘Yugpurush Raja Rammohun Roy’, based on the life of Raja Rammohun Roy, who is called the father of modern Indian society, concluded.
• The dance drama was organized at  Kartavya Path and India Gate (Central Vista), New Delhi, Delhi.
• The program was based on the theme ‘Nari Samman’, and was organized by the Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation of the Ministry of Culture.
• A one-year-long celebration was launched by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India on May 22, 2022, on the occasion of the 250th birth anniversary of Raja Rammohun Roy, as part of the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.

About Raja Rammohun Roy :

• Ram Mohan Roy was an Indian reformer who was one of the founders of the Brahmo Sabha in 1828, the precursor of the Brahmo Samaj, a social-religious reform movement in the Indian subcontinent.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BANKING & FINANCE

HDFC Mutual Fund launches two exchange-traded sectoral indices

• HDFC Mutual Fund has launched two new exchange-traded funds – HDFC Nifty IT ETF and HDFC Nifty Private Bank ETF to expand their suite of “HDFC MF Index Solutions”, which the fund house has been managing for the past 20 years.
• These index funds offer a simple way to gain exposure to the growing IT and Private Bank space.

The objective of the funds : 

• To provide investment returns that, before expenses, correspond to the total returns of the Securities as represented by the Nifty IT Index and Nifty Private Bank Index.
• The captioned new fund offers opened on October 28, 2022, and will close on November 9, 2022.

Key Highlights :

• “HDFC Nifty IT ETF has the potential to capture the Global IT demand/requirements through India’s leading IT companies.
• HDFC Nifty Private Bank ETF aims to capture the potential of private banks benefiting from India’s economic growth.
• The HDFC Nifty Private Bank ETF offers exposure to private banks which have better fundamentals relative to sector peers and valuations below long-term averages.”
• Both the funds consist of the 10 largest stocks in the respective sectors listed on the NSE, and they are rebalanced semi-annually in March and

CURRENT AFFAIRS: AWARDS AND HONOURS

The National Florence Nightingale Awards 2021 are presented by President Droupadi Murmu:

• Smt Droupadi Murmu, President of India, gave the National Florence Nightingale Awards (NFNA) for the year 2021 to nursing workers at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
• The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India established the National Florence Nightingale Awards in 1973 as a symbol of distinction for the meritorious services done by nurses and nursing professionals to society.

LIST OF WINNERS

S. No	Category	State	Name
1	Auxiliary Nurse and Midwife	Andaman & Nicobar	Ms. Chandra Mallik
2	Auxiliary Nurse and Midwife	Bihar	Ms. Shabrun Khatun
3	Auxiliary Nurse and Midwife	Delhi	Ms. Geeta Rani
4	Auxiliary Nurse and Midwife	Karnataka	Ms. Laxmi Metre
5	Auxiliary Nurse and Midwife	Karnataka	Ms. Sajeeda Banu
6	Auxiliary Nurse and Midwife	Kerala	Ms. Sheelarani VS
7	Auxiliary Nurse and Midwife	Maharashtra	Ms. Manisha Bhauso Jadhav
8	Auxiliary Nurse and Midwife	Manipur	Ms. Thaimei Sanahanbi
9	Auxiliary Nurse and Midwife	Odisha	Ms. Damayanti Rout
10	Auxiliary Nurse and Midwife	Puducherry	Ms. V. Angalaisvary
11	Auxiliary Nurse and Midwife	Rajasthan	Ms. Indu Laxmi Sankhla
12	Auxiliary Nurse and Midwife	Sikkim	Ms. Tika Devi Pandey
13	Auxiliary Nurse and Midwife	Tamil Nadu	Ms. E. Mangammal
14	Auxiliary Nurse and Midwife	Tamil Nadu	Ms. S. Selvi
15	Auxiliary Nurse and Midwife	Uttarakhand	Ms. Ganga Joshi
16	Auxiliary Nurse and Midwife	West Bengal	Ms. Dona Das Ghosh
17	Auxiliary Nurse and Midwife	West Bengal	Ms. Smita Kar
18	Lady health visitors	Arunachal Pradesh	Ms. Longku Yakh
19	Lady health visitors	Karnataka	Ms. P.S. Kaver
20	Lady health visitors	Maharashtra	Ms. Rajeshree Tulshiram Patil
21	Lady health visitors	Manipur	Ms. Wairokpam Hemabati Devi
22	Nurse	Andaman & Nicobar	Ms. S. Vijaya Saigal
23	Nurse	Andhra Pradesh	Ms. Miriyala Jhansi Rani
24	Nurse	Bihar	Ms. Naziya Parveen
25	Nurse	Chandigarh	Ms. Harinder Kaur
26	Nurse	Gujarat	Mr. Dafda Chaturbhai Khimabhai
27	Nurse	Gujarat	Ms. Varshaben D. Rajput
28	Nurse	Haryana	Ms. Savita Rani
29	Nurse	Himachal Pradesh	Ms. Promila Devi
30	Nurse	Jammu & Kashmir	Mr. Ahmedullah Wani
31	Nurse	Karnataka	Dr. Elsa Sanatombi Devi
32	Nurse	Kerala	Ms. Susan Chacko
33	Nurse	Lakshadweep	Mohammed Kasim AB
34	Nurse	Maharashtra	Ms. Alaka Vilas Korekar
35	Nurse	Maharashtra	Ms. Anjali Anant Patwardhan
36	Nurse	Manipur	Ms. Takhellambam Helena Devi
37	Nurse	Meghalaya	Ms. Victorealness Syiemlieh
38	Nurse	Mizoram	Ms. Vanlalrovi
39	Nurse	Odisha	Ms. Khulana Barik
40	Nurse	Odisha	Ms. Sibani Das
41	Nurse	Puducherry	Ms. Sarasvady V.
42	Nurse	Punjab	Ms. Surinder Kaur
43	Nurse	Rajasthan	Mr. Ram Prasad Meena
44	Nurse	Sikkim	Ms. Tashi Lamu Sherpa
45	Nurse	Tripura	Ms. Atashi Majumder
46	Nurse	Uttar Pradesh	Ms. Suman Dubey
47	Nurse	Uttarakhand	Ms. Shashi Kala Pandey
48	Nurse	Gujarat	Mr. Jonils Alvin Macwan
49	Nurse	Uttar Pradesh	Asstt. Comdt. Lissy Achankunju
50	Nurse	Delhi	Ms. Meera Mukund Dhote
51	Nurse	Rajasthan	Brig. Punita A. Sharma

CURRENT AFFAIRS: RANKING AND REPORTS

Forbes: Reliance Industries is the best employer in India and ranks in the top 20 globally

• Reliance Industries, the nation’s largest firm by revenues, profitability, and market value is India’s top employer and the 20th best company to work for internationally, according to Forbes’ World’s Finest Employers rankings 2022.
• Reliance, the oil-to-telecom-to-retail behemoth, is placed 20th, the highest-ranked Indian corporation, with 2,30,000 employees.
• It is ranked higher than Mercedes-Benz of Germany, Coca-Cola of the United States, Honda and Yamaha of Japan, and Saudi Aramco of Saudi Arabia.
• Samsung Electronics, a major in South Korea, came out on top of the global rating, followed by Apple, IBM, Microsoft, and other US behemoths like Alphabet and IBM.
• US businesses are ranked 2nd through 12th, with German carmaker BMW Group coming in at number 13.
• The list has French juggernaut Decathlon at position 15 and the world’s largest online retailer Amazon at position 14.
• In the top 100, Reliance is the only other Indian corporation.
• 137th place is held by HDFC Bank.
• Other businesses on the list include Aditya Birla Group (240), Hero Motocorp (333), Larsen & Toubro (354), ICICI Bank (365), HCL Technologies (455), State Bank of India (499), Adani Enterprises (547), and Infosys (668).

CURRENT AFFAIRS: APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNATIONS

Asian Hockey Federation CEO Mr. Tayyab Ikram elected as the new FIH president

• Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mr. Mohammad Tayyab Ikram of Pakistan was elected as the new president of the International Hockey Federation (FIH), for two years
• He has succeeded Narinder Batra (India) as its full-time chief.
• Ikram defeated Marc Coudron of Belgium 79-47 in the 48th FIH Congress held.
• Seif Ahmed was the acting president of the FIH following Batra’s resignation from the top post after the Delhi High Court asked him to stop functioning as the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) chief.
• The FIH Executive Board consists of a president, 8 ordinary members: 4 female and 4 male – one half being renewed every 2 years; an athletes’ representative; Presidents of the Continental Federations; CEO; any (non-voting) member co-opted onto the Executive Board according to Article 7.1 (c) of the FIH Statutes.

About FIH :

• Founded: 7 January 1924
• Headquarters: Lausanne, Switzerland
• CEO: Thierry Weil

Skechers India appoints Kriti Sanon as brand ambassador

• Skechers South Asia Pvt. Ltd, a subsidiary of Skechers United States of America (USA), has appointed Bollywood actress Kriti Sanon as the new brand ambassador for Skechers India. 
• Sanon will be the face of the fashion and lifestyle categories for the brand and appear in its upcoming campaign for a line of streetwear sneakers.
• Rating agency ICRA has announced that India is the second largest producer of footwear globally, accounting for 9% of the global annual production of 22 billion pairs. 

About Kriti Sanon :

• Kriti Sanon is an Indian actress who appears predominantly in Hindi films.
• She made her acting debut with the Telugu psychological thriller 1: Nenokkadine in 2014.
• She won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut for her performance in the action film Heropanti (2014), which marked her first project in Hindi cinema.

About Skechers South Asia :

• Launched: 2012
• CEO: Rahul Vira

Prof. Kishor Basa was appointed as Chairman of the National Monuments Authority (NMA)

• The Ministry of Culture India has appointed Kishor Basa as the chairman of the National Monuments Authority (NMA) for three years.

About Prof. Kishor Basa :

• Basa is a Tagore National fellow by the Ministry of Culture of Govt. of India
• He is also a member of the Indian National Confederation and Academy of Anthropologists (INCAA), which is the largest anthropological association in India.
• He has also served as Vice Chancellor of Fakir Mohan University in Balasore.
• He was the former director of Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya in Bhopal, (Ministry of Culture, GOI (2004–2008), the Director of Indian Museum, Kolkata (2008–2010), and the Director of Anthropological Survey of India (Additional Charge) (2009-2010).
• Presently, he is serving as Vice Chancellor of Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University in

Anant Goenka appointed as interim MD of Zensar Tech

• Technology services company Zensar Technologies Ltd has appointed Anant Goenka, son of RPG Group chairman Harsh Goenka, as interim managing director (MD) of the software & services company.
• He was appointed because chief executive officer Ajay Bhutoria is undergoing treatment for an undisclosed health condition.
• He has been appointed for a term up to the next annual general meeting of the company or 31 July 2023 whichever is earlier subject to requisite approvals.
• There will be no remuneration payable to Goenka in his capacity as interim MD.

About Anant Goenka :

• Goenka is also the Managing Director of Ceat and a member of the management board at RPG Enterprises.
• Zensar and tyre company Ceat are both parts of the RPG Group.
• Currently, Goenka is a non-executive, non-independent director on the board of

About Zensar Technologies Ltd :

• Founded: 1991
• Headquarters: Pune, Maharashtra

CURRENT AFFAIRS: SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Google launches FloodHub to forecast & monitor flooding incidents worldwide

• American technology giant Google has launched FloodHub, a platform that displays flood forecasts.
• Google used an Artificial Intelligence (AI) technique called transfer learning to help it work in areas with less available data. 

About FloodHub :

• The platform shows areas and times when flooding is likely to occur, letting people know about natural disasters and what authorities can effectively help.
• Meanwhile, Google’s flood alert notification system, like the one for earthquakes, is also expanding to 18 new countries in Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia.
• Those countries are Brazil, Colombia, Sri Lanka, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Angola, South Sudan, Namibia, Liberia, and South Africa.
• Google launched a flood forecasting service in 2018 to protect people from disasters and natural disasters.
• Google Search and Maps, has sent 115 million flood warning notifications to 23 million people, saving countless lives.

About Google : 

• Founded: September 4, 1998
• Headquarters: California, United States
• CEO: Sundar Pichai

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard launches new satellite-carrying rocket – Ghaem-100

• Iran’s powerful paramilitary Revolutionary Guard launched a new satellite-carrying rocket, called a Ghaem-100 satellite carrier, seeking to demonstrate the force’s space prowess even as anti-government protests rage across the country.
• The United States has repeatedly voiced concern that such launches could boost Iran’s ballistic missile technology, extending to the potential delivery of nuclear warheads.

Key Highlights :

• Ghaem-100 is capable of placing satellites weighing 80 kilograms (176 pounds) in an orbit 500 kilometres (just more than 300 miles) from the surface of the Earth,”
• Iran says its satellite program, like its nuclear activities, is aimed at scientific research and other civilian applications.
• The satellite will be used for agriculture and water resources planning, and the Russian embassy in Tehran the spacecraft was devised for non-military purposes.
• Iran successfully put its first military satellite into orbit in April 2020, drawing a sharp rebuke from Washington.
• In August 2022 the Khayyam satellite, built and launched by Russia on behalf of Iran, lifted into orbit from the Russia-controlled Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

About Iran :

• President: Ebrahim Raisi
• Capital: Tehran
• Currency: Iranian rial

CURRENT AFFAIRS: SPORTS NEWS

Nida Dar and Virat Kohli have been announced as the ICC Player of the Month winners for October 2022:

• The ICC Player of the Month award recipients for October 2022 were revealed by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
• As the ICC’s male Player of the Month for October, seasoned Indian batsman Virat Kohli has been recognized.
• As a result of her amazing performance in the Women’s Asia Cup, veteran all-rounder Nida Dar of Pakistan has been named the ICC Women’s Player of the Month.
• Following a global poll among media representatives, ICC Hall of Famers, former international players, and fans registered at ICC-cricket.com, both Kohli and Dar were chosen as the winners.
• Virat Kohli has been in incredible form over the past month, putting up outstanding performances throughout the current ICC T20 World Cup and helping India advance to the semifinals.
• Nida Dar is named the ICC Women’s Player of the Month for October in recognition of her significant contributions to Pakistan’s run to the Women’s Asia Cup semifinals in Bangladesh.

Suryakumar Yadav is the first Indian player to reach 1,000 T20 runs as a batsman:

• Suryakumar Yadav, a star Indian batsman, is the first Indian player to reach 1,000 runs in a calendar year in a T20 international competition.
• The hitter achieved this achievement against Zimbabwe in his team’s final Super 12 stage match at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Australia.
• India’s innings were successfully concluded in the game thanks to Suryakumar’s flawless finishing touches.
• Suryakumar has 1,026 runs and a 44.60 batting average in 28 innings this year.
• Suryakumar Yadav is currently on the exclusive list of batters who have scored more than 1000 T20I runs in a calendar year, joining Mohammad Rizwan of Pakistan.
• Rizwan scored a total of 1326 runs in 29 games in 2021, adding to his 924 runs in 23 T20Is this season.
• The only other player in T20I history to score more than 1000 runs in a single year is Surya.
• He has now scored 1026 runs overall in 28 T20I games this year.
• Surya made his India T20I debut against England in March of last year, and he hasn’t looked back since.
• He has participated in 39 T20I matches overall for India, scoring 1270 runs.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BOOKS AND AUTHOR

Two books about PM Modi’s legacy and accomplishments are published by MoS Rajiv Chandrashekhar:

• Rajiv Chandrashekhar, Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, published two volumes on the accomplishments and legacy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Dubai.
• These are “Heartfelt: The Legacy of Faith” and “Modi@20: Dreams Meet Delivery”.
• The books were presented at a ceremony put on by the Vishwa Sadhbhavana, NID Foundation (Dubai branch), to strengthen the ties of friendship and solidarity between Americans, Australians, and New Zealanders.
• Rajiv Chandrasekhar remarked, “The success of the government’s flagship programs like Digital India, Skills India, Start-up India, etc. have reversed India’s old narrative of a leaky and broken democracy.”
• He asserted that India is a “living and breathing example” of a plural, secular, and diverse nation that also stands for economic advancement, innovation, progress, and wealth.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: OBITUARIES

Independent India’s first voter, Shyam Saran Negi, passes away

• Shyam Saran Negi, the first voter of independent India passed away at the age of 106 at his native place in Kinnaur.
• He cast his vote for the 34th time on November 2, 2022, for the Himachal assembly polls.
• Negi would be cremated with full honours at his village in Kalpa.

About Shyam Saran Negi :

• Shyam Saran Negi was an Indian school teacher in Kalpa, Himachal Pradesh.
• He cast the first vote in the 1951 general election in India, the nation’s first election since the end of British Rule in 1947.
• In 2014, Mr. Negi was made a brand ambassador for the Electoral Commission in a bid to encourage voting and starred in a Google video encouraging people to vote in the year’s general election.

Additional Info :

• The Election Department has introduced the facility of a 12-D form for people above the age of 80 years. 
• Under this scheme, anyone in the age bracket who wants to vote while staying at home can do so and the department will provide a vote-from-home facility.
• This facility is also available for differently abled people and Covid-19 patients.

Daily CA on November 9:

• National Legal Services Day 2022 is observed on the 9th of November 2022.
• The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) introduced the brand-new AI/ML chatbot Aadhaar Mitra to help citizens use the services.
• The 15th edition of Kerala’s Urban Mobility India (UMI) Conference, held in Kochi, has come to an end.
• The Supreme Court (SC) affirmed the 10% reservation for economically disadvantaged people (EWS) among advanced castes in government employment and colleges across India.
• Smt Droupadi Murmu, President of India, gave the National Florence Nightingale Awards (NFNA) for the year 2021 to nursing workers at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
• Reliance Industries, the nation’s largest firm by revenues, profitability, and market value is India’s top employer and the 20th best company to work for internationally, according to Forbes’ World’s Finest Employers rankings 2022.
• The ICC Player of the Month award recipients for October 2022 were revealed by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
• Suryakumar Yadav, a star Indian batsman, is the first Indian player to reach 1,000 runs in a calendar year in a T20 international competition.
• Rajiv Chandrashekhar, Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, published two volumes on the accomplishments and legacy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Dubai.
• The Netherlands has emerged as the top destination for India’s petroleum product exports such as petrol and diesel in the first half of the current fiscal year (FY22).
• Kerala becomes the first state in India to launch a uniform gold price based on the bank rate & the decision to introduce a uniform price on 916 purity 22-carat gold was taken at a meeting between officials of Malabar Gold and Diamonds, one of the largest gold and diamond retail chains in the country, and key members of All Kerala Gold and Silver Merchants Association.
• AdaniConneX, a joint venture between Adani Enterprises and EdgeConneX, has announced the opening of the ‘Chennai 1’ hyperscale data centre campus located at Sipcot IT Park in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
• Hyderabadds growing green space city hosts India’s largest Miyawaki forest
• A two-day enthralling and opulent dance drama Titled ‘Yugpurush Raja Rammohun Roy’, based on the life of Raja Rammohun Roy, who is called the father of modern Indian society, concluded.
• HDFC Mutual Fund has launched two new exchange-traded funds – HDFC Nifty IT ETF and HDFC Nifty Private Bank ETF to expand their suite of “HDFC MF Index Solutions”, which the fund house has been managing for the past 20 years.
• Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mr. Mohammad Tayyab Ikram of Pakistan was elected as the new president of the International Hockey Federation (FIH), for two years
• Skechers South Asia Pvt. Ltd, a subsidiary of Skechers United States of America (USA), has appointed Bollywood actress Kriti Sanon as the new brand ambassador for Skechers India. 
• The Ministry of Culture India has appointed Kishor Basa as the chairman of the National Monuments Authority (NMA) for three years.
• Technology services company Zensar Technologies Ltd has appointed Anant Goenka, son of RPG Group chairman Harsh Goenka, as interim managing director (MD) of the software & services company.
• American technology giant Google has launched FloodHub, a platform that displays flood forecasts.
• Iran’s powerful paramilitary Revolutionary Guard launched a new satellite-carrying rocket, called a Ghaem-100 satellite carrier, seeking to demonstrate the force’s space prowess even as anti-government protests rage across the country.
• Shyam Saran Negi, the first voter of independent India passed away at the age of 106 at his native place in Kinnaur.