current affairs 12 April 2022

UIDAI tieup with ISRO for technical collaboration.

• Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has signed a pact with National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), ISRO for technical collaboration.
• NRSC will develop Bhuvan-Aadhar portal for providing information and locations about the Aadhaar centres across India.
• The portal will provide the facility of complete geographic information, retrieval, analysis, and reporting for Aadhaar centres with a high-resolution backdrop of natural-colour satellite images.

Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami launched "1064 Anti-Corruption Mobile App".

• Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami has launched an anti-corruption mobile app named 1064 Anti-Corruption Mobile App.
• This mobile application has been developed by the vigilance department, Uttarakhand.
• It helps the citizens to lodge corruption-related complaints directly with the authorities.
• Currently, the app is available in both Hindi and English language.
• Registered complaints, data and the identity of the complainant will be protected.
• Government is committed to making the state corruption-free and ensuring that governance in the state is carried out in a transparent manner.

IndusInd Bank’s "Indus Merchant Solutions" App won Digital CX Awards 2022.

• Indus Merchant Solutions, a mobile app for merchants of IndusInd Bank, got the Digital CX Awards 2022 for Outstanding Digital CX – SME Payments.
• The Digital CX Awards is organized by Digital Banker, a globally trusted financial news service provider.
• Indus Merchant Solutions being adjudged as a winner is a testament to its strength in offering customers a seamless banking experience, which aligns with the Bank’s ethos of ’customer-centricity.

Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra Tea will get GI Tag from European Commission.

• Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra Tea will soon get a European Commission Geographical Indication Tag (GI Tag).
• This tag helps Kangra tea to get an opportunity to enter the European market.
• Kangra tea received the Indian GI tag in 2005.
• Since 1999, the cultivation and development of tea have improved constantly in the Kangra region of Himachal Pradesh.

Dipika Pallikal Karthik and Saurav Ghosal wins 1st-ever gold medal at World Doubles Squash championships.

• The second-seeded Indian duo Dipika Pallikal Karthik and Saurav Ghosal won the mixed double title at the 2022 WSF World Doubles Squash championship at Glasglow, Scotland.
• The Indian duo thrashed the fourth-seeded pair of Adrian Waller and Alison Waters of England in the mixed doubles finals in straight sets 11-6, 11-8.
• This is the 1st gold medal for India at the WSF World Doubles Squash championship, which the country had never won before this.