Current Affairs Updates for 14th July 2022

The “Cost-of-Living Crisis in Developing Countries” was the subject of a report published by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). This demonstrates that the impact of inflation on India’s poverty will be minimal. The paper claims that targeted payments assist low-income households in coping with price increases. In India, PMGKAY and PMGKY offer food and financial aid to those in need.

The country’s first quadri-valent Human Papillomavirus Vaccine (qHPV) against cervical cancer was licensed by the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI). The Serum Institute of India, situated in Pune, will produce the qHPV vaccine (SII). In India, the second most prevalent cancer among women between the ages of 15 and 44 is cervical cancer.

The “Platform of Platforms (PoPs) under e-NAM” was introduced by Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar at the beginning of the two-day National Conference of State Agriculture and Horticulture Ministers in Bengaluru, Karnataka. To honor “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav”, the Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare held this seminar.

Jai Ram Thakur, the chief minister of Himachal Pradesh, presided over the cabinet meeting, which took place on Thursday in Shimla. During the conference, a number of significant decisions were made, in addition to filling roughly 1,643 open posts across numerous departments.

Current Affairs Updates for 14th July 2022

In the coming days, Parliament’s monsoon session will start. The Lok Sabha Secretariat has already published a lengthy list of phrases that were deemed unparliamentary prior to the start of this session. The opposition political groups in the nation are responding in a variety of ways to the list of unparliamentary phrases.

Palaniswami expels 22 followers, including Panneerselvam’s sons, from the AIDMK as the fight for rights intensifies. The action amounted to disciplinary action, according to the order. These 18 leaders all acted against the interests and ideals of the party and dishonored it.

The Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growth data is made available by the National Statistical Office (NSO), which is a division of the Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation (MoSPI). IIP growth increased to 19.6% in May, up from 7.1 percent in April. In May of this year, the production of the manufacturing sector increased by 20.6 percent, that of the mining sector by 10.9 percent, and that of the electricity sector by 23.5 percent.

According to recently released NSO data, retail inflation slightly decreased to 7.01 percent in June from 7.04 percent in May 2022 as a result of a slowdown in food inflation. Inflation remained above 7% for the third month in a row.