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Exam Current Affairs 27th July 2024|14th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers’| Magneto fossils in the Ladakh region|Lithium resources in Karnataka’s|”Wind Demon” Air to Surface Missile| MERCOSUR Common Market Place
- The 14th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers’ Meeting was held at Lao PDR on 26th July 2024. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar attended the meeting.
- Researchers have recently discovered magneto fossils (fossil remains of magnetic particles, produced by magnetotactic bacteria) in the Ladakh region.
- Ministry of Steel recently launched the SIMS2.0 Portal, which comprises of ‘Steel Import Monitoring System’ featuring a robust data entry system for consistent and authentic data which will augment transparency and accountability.
- Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) recently received $215 million from the Green Climate Fund for the financial mitigation and adaptation projects (FMAP).
- Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research (AMD) discovered 1600 terms of lithium resources in Karnataka’s Mandya and Yadgiri districts.
- Indonesia’s former Vice President Hamzah Haz passed away.
- Israel Aerospace Industries recently unveiled “Wind Demon” an advanced air-to-surface cruise missile. It is an advanced a to surface cruise missile designed for precise long-range attack and is cost-effective.
- Bolivia became the latest member to join MERCOSUR to promote trade with the member countries. MERCOSUR is the southern common market is an economic-political block in Latin America which comprise which comprises of Brazil, Paraguay Uruguay, and Argentina.
- The Ministry of Labour and Employment recently launched the Samadhan Portal to address industrial disputes for workmen, employees, and trade unions under the Industrial Disputes Act 1947 this portal will focus on promoting efficiency and transparency through online application, internal monitoring and faster disposal.
- Ministry of Health and Family Welfare recently released a report titled “Economic Case for Investment in the Well-Being of Adolescence in India”, it highlights the key areas for investment in adolescent health India has the largest adolescent population in the world which roughly stands at 253 million. In the last decade, the adolescent mortality rate dropped by 50% and the fertility rate fell by 83% also secondary school completion rate doubled from 22% in 2005 to 50% in 2020. However road accidents among adolescents under the age of 18 increase by 22.7% from 2021 to 2022 the report also recommended interventions that will focus on boosting India’s economy by 10.1% of annual GDP.