Today's Current Affairs-5th August 2022

NATIONAL

NHA partners with QCI to accredit health solutions integrated with Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission

• In order to accredit and rate HMIS (Health Management Information System) and LMIS (Laboratory Information Management System) solutions that have been integrated with the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, the National Health Authority (NHA) has onboarded the Quality Council of India (QCI) for six months. The National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers (NABH), a constituent board of QCI, is in charge of national accreditation in the medical field, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
• In order to provide prospective buyers with reliable information, NABH will take on the task of accrediting and grading the ABDM compliant solutions on a variety of factors, such as ease of use, user interface, price, number of modules/features, and value for money/price.
• The recognised health tech solutions will assist healthcare businesses in managing their patient journeys and business more systematically in accordance with ABDM standards, according to Adil Zainulbhai, Chairman, QCI.

About Quality Council of India:

Founded: 1997

Headquarters: New Delhi

Membership: Individual & Organisation

Key people: Adil Zainulbhai; (Chairman); Dr. Ravi P. Singh; (Secretary General)

Main organ: Governing Body

About National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers(NABH):

Founded: 2006, India

CEO: Atul Mohan Kochhar (Dec 2019)

Headquarters: New Delhi

Madhya Pradesh Inks Contract For World's Largest Floating Solar Power Project

• The world’s largest floating solar power plant is going to be built at Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh. With an aim to increase the power generation capacity of the central state of Madhya Pradesh and address the electricity problems in the region. A floating solar power plant is going to be built in Khandwa which will generate 600 Megawatt power by 2022-23.
• The project which is said to world’s largest floating solar plant will be constructed at an estimated cost of over Rs 3,000 crore over the Omkareshwar Dam and it will help generate. Khandwa will become the only district in the state to have all three things including solar, hydel and thermal with over 4,000MW power to be produced from a single district.

About Madhya Pradesh:

Capital: Bhopal

Chief Minister: Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Governor: Mangubhai C. Patel

 SPORTS

Sudhir wins gold in men's heavyweight para powerlifting, sets record at Commonwealth Games 2022

• Sudhir claimed the gold medal in the men’s heavyweight para powerlifting event at the Commonwealth Games 2022. Sudhir, an Asian Para Games bronze medallist, lifted 208kg in his first attempt before increasing it to 212kg in his second effort to gather 134.5 points and break the Games record. Ikechukwu Christian Obichukwu won the silver with 133.6 points, while Micky Yule bagged the bronze with 130.9 points.
• The 27-year-old Sudhir, who has an impairment due to the effects of polio, thus opened India’s para sports medal account in the ongoing CWG.
• Sudhir had won a bronze in men’s up to 88kg with the best lift of 214kg at the World Para Powerlifting Asia-Oceania Open Championship in South Korea in June. Sudhir, who had started powerlifting in 2013 in Sonipat, has also qualified for Hangzhou 2022 Asian Para Games, which was postponed to next year.

Commonwealth Games 2022: Murali Sreeshankar ties for No. 1 in long jump final but wins silver

• Murali Sreeshankar has clinched a silver in the men’s long jump to give India its second medal in athletics at the Commonwealth Games 2022. Sreeshankar has soared to 8.08m in his fifth attempt to finish second behind Laquan Nairn of Bahamas in a nerve-wracking men’s long jump final. Nairn also had the best jump of 8.08m but his second best of 7.98m was better than the 7.84m of Sreeshankar. Jovan van Vuuren (8.06m) of South Africa took the bronze.
• Under rules, if two jumpers are tied on the same distance, the one who has a better second-best effort will be ranked ahead.
• Murali Sreeshankar (born 27 March 1999), commonly known as M. Sreeshankar, is an Indian athlete who competes in the long jump event. He holds the national record of 8.36 metres set in 2022. In March 2018, Sreeshankar cleared a 7.99 m jump at the Federation Cup in Patiala. He was named in the Indian contingent for the 2018 Commonwealth Games but had to pull out 10 days before the April event after being diagnosed with appendicitis.

 OBITUARY

Former boxing world champion Johnny Famechon dies aged 77

• Former Australian featherweight boxing world champion Johnny Famechon has passed away. He was 77. He was associated with professional boxing for more than 20 years and had a record of 56 wins, which includes 20 by knockout, six draws and five losses.
• The Australian boxer’s most memorable world title victory was his WBC points decision win against Cuban Jose Legra at London’s Albert Hall in 1969. Famechon boxed professionally for more than 20 years and had a record of 56 wins, 20 by knockout, six draws and five losses.
• Johnny Famechon was one of the most popular Australian boxers of all time. Johnny was our humble, skilful world champion, showing the essence of how we see our heroes. He was described as poetry in motion, a master craftsman.

 APPOINTMENS & RESIGNATIONS

Fintech platform BharatPe appoints Nalin Negi as new CFO amid IPO plans

• Nalin Negi has been appointed as the new chief financial officer (CFO) of Fintech startup BharatPe. Earlier he was the CFO of credit card issuer SBI Card. In his new role, Negi will be working towards making the company’s EBITDA positive by March 2023 and leading the financial readiness for the company, which is getting ready for an initial public offering (IPO). Ebitda stands for earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization. He will report to Suhail Sameer, CEO, BharatPe and work closely with the Board of BharatPe.
• In April, the company announced the appointment of Smriti Handa as the Chief Human Resources Officer. The new appointment comes after BharatPe Co-founder Bhavik Koladiya moved on from the company to pursue other assignments. The company has seen several high-profile exits in recent months, including Ashneer Grover (who triggered a major controversy at the platform); Chief Revenue Officer Nishit Sharma; and Head of Institutional Debt Partnerships, Chandrima Dhar.

About BharatPe:

Headquarters : New Delhi

Founded: 20 March 2018

Founders: Ashneer Grover, Shashvat Nakrani

Vodafone Idea names Ravinder Takkar as Chairman, Himanshu Kapania to step down

• Ravinder Takkar, the managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) of telecom operator Vodafone Idea Limited (Vi), will replace Himanshu Kapania as the telco’s new chairman. He will step down as non-executive chairman of the board with effect from 18 August this month. However, he will continue to be a part of the VIL board as a non-executive director.
• Meanwhile, Vodafone Idea today reported its net loss marginally narrowed to Rs 7,297 crores for the quarter ended June 30, 2022. It reported a net loss of Rs 7,319 crores in the preceding quarter. The telco’s revenue from operations rose 14% to Rs 10,410 crore as against Rs 9,152 crores in Q1FY22.

About Vodafone Idea Limited:

Founder: Kumar Mangalam Birla

Founded: 31 August 2018

Headquarters: Gandhinagar

SUMMIT'S & MOU's

IOCL and Bangladesh ink MoU to supply emergency petroleum products

• A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the emergency delivery of petroleum products via Bangladeshi territory to India was signed by the Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) and the Bangladesh Roads and Highways department in Dhaka. The Indian High Commission stated in a tweet that this is an interim setup to help with the urgent supply of petroleum products due to damage caused by the flood in Assam this year.
• Oil tankers will enter from Meghalaya and travel into Bangladeshi territory on their way to Tripura. For use of Bangladeshi land, the IOCL shall be responsible for paying all administrative costs, fees, and local taxes, including the road usage fee. The MoU was signed to permit Indian cars to transfer petroleum from Assam to Tripura by road, which has been badly affected as a result of the recent floods in Assam and Tripura, according to a statement from Bangladesh’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA).

About Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL):

Chairman: Shrikant Madhav Vaidya

Headquarters: New Delhi

Founded: 30 June 1959

About Bangladesh:

Prime Minister: Sheikh Hasina Wazed

Capital: Dhaka

Currency: Bangladeshi taka

President: Mohammad Abdul Hamid

At IDF World Dairy Summit, India to look for improvement in milk productivity

• International Dairy Federation World Dairy Summit (IDF WDS 2022), is scheduled to be held in New Delhi from September 12. India will look to improve its per animal milk productivity by drawing lessons from advanced nations. Currently, the world’s largest milk producer with about 210 million tonnes of production per year, India lags behind many advanced countries in dairy productivity.
• This, according to dairy sector leaders, will be a key takeaway for the country from the Summit that has a theme of “livelihood and nutrition”. Before this, India hosted the International Dairy Congress in 1974. It must be noted that India is the largest milk producing country in the world.

About International Dairy Federation(IDF)

Established: 1903

President: Piercristiano Brazzale

Current Membership – (31 countries)

India to host special meeting of UN Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee in October 2022

• In October, India will host diplomats from the UN Security Council‘s 15 member countries for a special counterterrorism meeting. India’s two-year term as an elected non-permanent member of the UN Security Council is halfway over. In December of this year, India’s term on the Council will come to a close, and for that month, it will also serve as President of the influential UN body.
• India will welcome diplomats from the 15-nation Security Council, including the US, China, and Russia, for the special meeting of the Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee in October.
• According to information on the Committee’s website, the UN Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) has decided to hold a special meeting on this topic in India on October 29, 2022, with the assistance of its Executive Directorate.
• The Security Council has addressed this in a number of resolutions pertaining to counterterrorism, most recently resolution 2617 (2021), which specifically referenced new technology.

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Bihar college astronomy lab on Unesco heritage list

• The astronomical observatory at the Langat Singh College, commonly known as L. S. College, Muzaffarpur, Bihar is now included in the UNESCO list of Important Endangered Heritage observatories of the world. The college authorities have requested the state government to conserve the old Astro lab as a specimen of the glorious past of the state and also to preserve and promote it as a heritage structure. The UNESCO team member informed him that the astronomical observatory at Muzaffarpur is now on the UNESCO list and it has been uploaded on the UNESCO site.
• According to the college records, it was developed in 1916 after a college professor felt the need of an Astro laboratory. Prof Romesh Chandra Sen was eager to have an astronomical observatory at the LS College, and in February 1914 he consulted J Mitchell, an amateur astronomer and principal of Wesleyan College, Bankura in West Bengal, seeking his guidance.
• In 1915, the college acquired a telescope, astronomical clock, chronograph and other equipment from England after which the astronomical observatory started functioning in 1916.
• Till the 1970s, the observatory was functioning smoothly but its condition deteriorated in the 1980s and it stopped working. Later, in 1995, it was sealed when some astronomical equipment and accessories were found missing from the observatory.

About UNESCO:

Founded: 16 November 1945

Headquarters: Paris, France

Members: 193 countries

Head: Audrey Azoulay

About Bihar:

Governor: Phagu Chauhan

Capital: Patna

Chief Minister: Nitish Kumar