General Knowledge Current Affairs 2022
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General Knowledge Current Affairs 2022
World MSME Day observed on 27th June
- Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) Day is observed every year on 27th June. The theme of MSME Day 2022 is “Resilience and Rebuilding: MSMEs for Sustainable Development”. In April 2017, the United Nations (UN) designated June 27 as the Day of Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises through a resolution passed in the United Nations General Assembly.
- A program titled 'Enhancing National Capabilities for Unleashing Full Potentials of MSMEs in Achieving the SDGs in Developing Countries' was organized in May 2017. It is funded by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development sub-fund of the United Nations Peace and Development Fund.
- Policy, technology, leadership, skills and the entire ecosystem are needed to develop new capabilities, enhance existing ones and prepare for a new world.
Rajasthan's Menar bird village will become a wetland
- Menar village of Udaipur district, which is recognized as a bird village, has been decided to be notified as a new wetland of Rajasthan. This will pave the way for this rural area of Mewar region to get the status of Ramsar site.
- Manar Wetland
- The two lakes of Menar villageBrahma and Dhandha host a large number of migratory birds every year. The Forest Department has started the process of notifying Menar as a wetland, which will recognize its role in sediment and nutrient storage and help local authorities in conserving the concerned lakes.
- The two lakes will be strengthened to increase aquatic plants and protect biodiversity with wetland status. More than 150 species of local and migratory birds inhabit both the lakes during the winter season. These include the Greater Flamingo, White-tailed Lapwing, Pelican, Marsh Harrier, Bar-headed Goose, Common Teal, Greenshank, Pintail, Wagtail, Green Sandpiper and Red-Watted Lapwing. Bird lovers and tourists visit this village after the arrival of migratory birds from Central Asia, Europe and Mongolia.
- Other Ramsar Sites in Rajasthan
- Presently there are two wetlands recognized as Ramsar sites in Rajasthan-
- Keoladeo Ghana in Bharatpur District.
- Sambhar Salt Lake in Jaipur District.
- Wetlands are areas where water is the primary controlling factor in the environment and associated plant and animal life. Wetlands are defined as: "land transitional between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems where water is usually on the surface or the land is covered by shallow water".
Odisha's public transport service 'Mo Bus' honoured with United Nations Public Service Award.
- Recently Odisha-based public transport service 'Mo Bus' has been awarded the prestigious 'United Nations Public Service Award' for its role and efforts in better recovery of the world from COVID19. The awards recognize 10 innovations to help the world better recover from COVID-19.
- Ten initiatives from Brazil, Canada, India, Ireland, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Thailand and Ukraine has been recognized for their innovative public service delivery with the United Nations Public Service Awards and were honoured in a digital ceremony organized by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
- The 2022 UN Public Service Award winners were announced by Liu Genmin, UN Under-SecretaryGeneral for Economic and Social Affairs, during an event commemorating the United Nations Public Service Day.
- The UN recognition said the problem was that there was a need to improve bus services in the city of Bhubaneswar, as a result of which most people used private vehicles, two-wheelers and autorickshaws instead of taking public transport.
- The solution for this emerged as the 'Restructuring of public transport services in the city to provide an integrated, reliable and inclusive public bus service system' launched by the Odisha government in the year 2018. Mo Bus incorporates "real-time technologies like live tracking, travel planner and e-ticketing" and an e-rickshaw system called 'Mo eride' is introduced as a feeder service.