Daily Current Affairs for TNPSC Group Exams, Upsc Exams, SSC, RRB, BANK & All Government Exams

1. $1­tn scope for digital economy: PM

• Front Page.
• IR, Economy.
• India’s digital economy and the infrastructure sector has a total potential for $2.5 trillion, Prime Minister said. Addressing a meeting of the BRICS Business Forum, Mr. Modi said the digital transformation unfolding in India had never been seen before on the world stage.

2. Four new corals recorded from Indian waters

• Front Page.
• Environment and Conservation.
• Scientists have recorded four species of corals for the first time from Indian waters. These new species of azooxanthellate corals were found from the waters off the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

3. Protest against move to ‘shift’ proposed heritage park in Manipur

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• Conservation.
• People from all walks of life and women activists in the villages surrounding the Keibul Lamjao National Park (KLNP) in Manipur have taken up the cudgels to ensure that the government does not shift the proposed heritage park from the government-approved site. The KNLP is home to the endangered brow antlered deer (Sangai) in the KNLP.

4. Heal the nation before healing the rest of the world

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• Health, Govt Policies and Interventions.
• The Union health Budget 2022 made handsome appropriations for human health, much in line with the Fifteenth Finance Commission’s recommendations which laid a conspicuous emphasis on utilising existing capacities at the district and sub-district levels to train different cadres of health-care personnel. The Health Ministry recently released a set of implementation guidelines for a long over-due Indian public health cadre. The Centre under the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission and the “Heal by India” initiative is reportedly developing an exhaustive online repository of all categories of healthcare professionals in the country.

5. Crypto came tumbling after 

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• Economy, Digital Economy, Technology, Growth and Development.
• Cryptocurrency is not really a currency. It is an asset that allows people to keep their money outside the formal financial system and make it accessible so that it can be used anywhere in the world. In today’s world, such an asset would be in great demand until some other asset innovation allows owners to achieve this objective in a more efficient way. investors must understand the nature of crypto assets and their demand and not ignore the interconnectedness of financial markets at the global level. As crypto assets are digital assets that can be mined and transacted from anywhere in the world, the rate of return of crypto assets is more sensitive to changes in the global liquidity conditions than to local conditions.

6. Understanding bird strikes and aviation safety

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• Govt Policies and Interventions, Wildlife and Conservation.
• Following two back-to-back bird strikes incidents, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation in a directive to all airport operators has asked all airports to “review their wildlife hazard management plans” for “within and outside the airfield”. An analysis of 62,416 verified records by the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) Bird Strike Information System showed that most bird hits were in or near airports during the take-off and approach phases of flight.

7. Pakistan secures IMF deal to restore $6 billion stalled aid

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• IR.
• Cash strapped Pakistan has secured a deal with the International Monetary Fund to restore the stalled $6 billion assistance package and unlock doors for financing from other international sources, according to a media report.