Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary became the seventh national park of Assam
Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary, located in Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts of Assam, has been notified as the seventh national park of the state.
It was recognized as a wildlife sanctuary in 2004.
Its total area is 111.19 square kilometer.
Earlier, on June 5 i.e. World Environment Day, Raimona was declared as the sixth national park of Assam.
Assam has become the state with the second largest number of national parks in the country.
There are nine national parks in Madhya Pradesh and Andaman and Nicobar.
Other five national parks in Assam:
Kaziranga National Park – Famous for One Horned Rhinoceros.
Manas National Park
Nameri National Park
Orang National Park and
Dibru-Saikhowa National Park
QS World University Ranking 2022
London-based Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) has released the World University Rankings 2022.
In the ranking, three universities of the country have made it to the top-200.
While eight Indian universities have been ranked in the top-400 global universities.
Top 3 Universities:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) – 1 (Top in ranking for 10th consecutive year)
Oxford University – 2
Stanford University and Cambridge University – 3
Top Indian Universities:
IIT- Bombay – 177
IIT-Delhi – 185
IISc Bangalore – I86
IISc Bengaluru has also been adjudged as the “Top Research University in the World” with a score of 100/100.
Facebook appoints Spurti Priya as Grievance Officer in India
Social media company Facebook has appointed Spurti Priya as Grievance Officer for India.
This step has been taken due to the recently implemented new IT Rules 2021.
Under these rules, social media mediators with more than 50 lakh users are required to appoint a grievance officer, nodal officer and a chief compliance officer.
The persons appointed to this post will have to remain in India.
Recently Facebook-owned messaging platform WhatsApp appointed Paresh B Lal as its Grievance Officer.
Facebook founded: February 2004
Headquarters: California US
Founder: Mark Zuckerberg
India has been elected as a member of the United Nations Economic and Social Council for the term 2022-24
India has been elected to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for a three-year term from 2022-24.
The Economic and Social Council is one of the six main organs of the United Nations.
The six main organs of the United Nations:
General Assembly
Security Council
Economic and Social Council
International Court of Justice
Trusteeship Council
Secretariat
Establishment of ECOSOC: 26 June 1945
Headquarters: New York and Geneva
Speaker: Oh Jun
Member Countries: 54
Interpol launched a global database named “I-Familia” to identify missing persons
International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) has launched a global database named “I-Familia”.
It has been developed with the aim of helping the police in identifying missing persons using family DNA and solving complex cases of member countries.
Establishment of Interpol: 7 September 1923
Headquarters: France
President: Kim Jong Yang (South Korea)
Member Countries: 194
Global Liveability Index 2021
Recently the Global Liveability Index 2021 was released by The Economist Intelligence Unit.
In this list, the New Zealand city of Auckland was ranked as the best for controlling the spread of Covid-19.
In this report, 140 cities of the world have been ranked on the basis of their living conditions.
The three most livable cities:
Auckland, New Zealand – 1
Osaka, Japan – 2
Adelaide, Australia – 3
The three least livable cities:
Damascus, Syria – 140
Lagos, Nigeria – 139
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea – 138
NTPC joins UN CEO Water Mandate
The country’s largest power company NTPC Limited has signed the CEO Water Mandate of the prestigious United Nations Global Compact.
NTPC has thus joined the prestigious league of companies focusing on efficient water management.
NTPC Established: 1975
Headquarters: New Delhi
Chairman and Managing Director: Mr. Gurdeep Singh
GST Collection May 2021: Rs 1.03 lakh crore
The Goods and Services (GST) collection in the month of May stood at Rs 1.02 lakh crore.
This is the eighth consecutive month that the GST collection figure has crossed Rs 1 lakh crore.
The GST collection in May, 2021 is 65% higher as compared to the same month last year.
List of GST Collections:
| GST Collection | month |
| January 2021 | Rs 1,19,847 crore |
| Fabruary 2021 | Rs 1,13,143 crore |
| March 2021 | Rs 1.24 lakh crore |
| April 2021 | Rs 1.41 lakh crore (highest) |
| May 2021 | Rs 1.02 lakh crore |
The Goods and Services Tax is an indirect tax implemented in India with effect from 1 July 2017.
In 1954 France first introduced GST.
India is the first state to implement GST in the country: Assam
There are 4 types of GST in India:
CGST (Centre share tax)
SGST (State share tax)
UGST or UTGST (Union territory share tax)
IGST (Central and State share tax)
Asian Games gold medalist Dinko Singh Indian boxer Dinko Singh passed away
Former India boxer and Asian Games gold medalist Dinko Singh passed away.
Dinko Singh, who hails from Manipur, was awarded the Arjuna Award in 1998 and Padma Shri in 2013.
He won the gold medal for India in the 1998 Asian Games.
Virender Sehwag launches ‘Cricuru’ app to provide online cricket coaching
Former India batsman Virender Sehwag has launched a website and app named ‘Cricuru’ to provide online cricket coaching to the youth and domestic talents of the country.
Sehwag along with former India batsman and batting coach Sanjay Bangar designed the curriculum for Cricuru.
Virender Sehwag is also known as “Nawab of Najafgarh” and “Zen Master of Modern Cricket”.
RBI Deputy Governor Mahesh Kumar Jain’s tenure extended for 2 years
The tenure of Reserve Bank of India Deputy Governor Mahesh Kumar Jain has been extended by two years.
His 3-year term was to end on June 21, 2021 but now he will continue in this post till June 22, 2023.
Other three deputy governors of RBI: Michael Patra, M Rajeshwar Rao and Rabi Shankar
Establishment of Reserve Bank of India: 1 April 1935
Headquarters: Mumbai
25th Governor: Shaktikanta Das
