Current Affairs in English – July 24 2022

National Events:

Tourism Policy 2021:

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on 23 July 2022 launched the tourism policy 2021 for the state .
Under the policy , the government would provide single window system , capital investment subsidy at 20-25 % up to a limit of 10 crore and reimbursement of 75 % of net GST paid for a period of five years to the investors in state’s tourism sector .

YES Bank:

YES Bank has announced the appointment of Rama Subramaniam Gandhi as an additional independent director of the bank for a period of five years . Gandhi was a Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India for three years from 2014 to 2017 .
He had a three – year secondment to the Securities and Exchange Board of India ( SEBI ) , the capital market regulator .

Assam’s Barak Valley:

Assam’s Barak Valley will soon get a second wildlife sanctuary with Governor Jagdish Mukhi approving a proposal for the creation of Barak Bhuban Wildlife Sanctuary .The Barak Valley also houses the Borail Wildlife Sanctuary .
The area has eight recorded species of primates — slow loris , rhesus macaque , pig – tailed macaque , stump – tailed macaque , Assamese macaque , capped langur , etc.

National Thermal Engineer Day : 24 July:

National Thermal Engineer Day is commemorated every year on July 24 . It honours the importance of thermal management in the electronics sectors along with the engineers and businesses that make it possible .
The Advanced Thermal Inc ( ATS ) first acknowledged July 24th as the National Thermal Engineer Day in the year 2014 with the intention to highlight the innovation of the thermal industries .

CSL & IIM-K:

The Cochin Shipyard Limited ( CSL ) and the Indian Institute of Management – Kozhikode ( IIMK ) have signed an agreement to boost start – ups in the maritime sector .
Under this initiative , start – ups can get up to Rs 50 lakh as seed grants , Rs one crore as prototyping grants and equity funding for start – ups at the scale up stage .IIMK will provide incubation , mentorship , training to startups .

Jammu Film Festival:

The second edition of Jammu Film Festival will be held from September 3 , 2022 .54 projects from 15 countries including feature films , documentaries , and shorts will be screened during the event .
The first ever international film festival here was held in September in 2019 in Jammu , the winter capital of the Union Territory .

NIRMAN Accelerator Program:

The Startup Incubation and Innovation Centre ( SIIC ) at IIT Kanpur has launched the NIRMAN Accelerator Program .It is supported by the Department of Science and Technology .
15 start – ups will be selected and given the opportunity to accelerate their product journey from ‘ lab to market ‘. The best – performing startups among the cohort of 15 startups will receive a cash award of up to 1 million .

International Events:

Japan Maritime Self Defense Force & Indian Navy:

A Maritime Partnership Exercise ( MPX ) was conducted between Japan Maritime Self Defense Force and Indian Navy on 23 July 2022 in Andaman Sea .
INS Sukanya and JS Samidare undertook various exercises including seamanship activities as part of the operational interaction .
The exercise was aimed at enhancing interoperability and streamlining seamanship and communication procedures .

WHO & Moneypox:

World Health Organization ( WHO ) has declared monkeypox a global health emergency .The classification is the highest alert that the WHO can issue and follows a worldwide upsurge in cases .
It came at the end of the second meeting of the WHO’s emergency committee on the virus . There have been five deaths so far . More than 16,000 cases have now been reported from 75 countries .

Hindalco Industries & Aequs:

Hindalco Industries and Aequs have entered into a strategic pact for long – term collaboration and joint business development in the commercial aerospace sector .
The move will strengthen the commercial aerospace business of Aequs Pvt Ltd. Hindalco Industries , a USD 26 billion metals powerhouse , is an industry player in aluminum and copper .