current affairs 13 July 2022

PM Modi unveils national emblem on new Parliament building.

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the 6.5 metre-tall National Emblem on top of the under-construction new Parliament building.
• The emblem made of bronze has a weight of 9,500 kg. It is supported by a steel structure of 6,500 kg.
• The emblem was created by Sunil Deore from Aurangabad and Laxman Vyas from Jaipur.
• It took nine months to complete the bronze sculpture that measured 4.34 metres in width.

"Sankalp Bhoomi Banyan Tree Complex" in Vadodara and "Pratap Rao Bhosale High School" in Satara recommended to declare monuments of national importance.

• National Monuments Authority has recommended two sites associated with Dr Ambedkar, the Father of Indian Constitution and a great social reformer, to be declared as Monuments of National importance.
• NMA has recommended that Sankalp Bhumi Banyan tree campus in Vadodara, where Dr. Ambedkar had taken a resolve to eradicate untouchability on 23th September, 1917 be declared as Monument of National Importance.
• NMA has also recommended a place in Satara (Maharashtra) where Bhim Rao Ramji Ambedkar received his primary education in Pratap Rao Bhosle High School to be declared as monument of National importance.

NMCG hosts 8th edition of webinar series "Igniting Young Minds: Rejuvenating Rivers".

• The 8th Edition of the Webinar Series Igniting Young Minds, Rejuvenating Rivers was organised by National Mission for Clean Ganga.
• The theme of the webinar was Afforestation.
• The Webinar series is organised with an aim to connect with the youth on the important issue of Ganga Rejuvenation.
• Shri G. Asok Kumar is a Director General of National Mission for Clean Ganga.

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc wins Austrian Grand Prix 2022.

• Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc won the Austrian Grand Prix 2022 and held off world champion Max Verstappen.
• Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Mercedes’ seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton came on the second and third place, after starting eighth, to complete the podium for the third race in a row.
• The Austrian Grand Prix 2022 was a Formula One (F1) motor race which was held on 10 July 2022 at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria.
• It was the second Grand Prix weekend of the 2022 season to utilise the Formula One sprint format.

"G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting" held in Indonesian city Bali.

• Bali hosted the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (FMM) on 7—8 July 2022.
• Under the theme Building a more peaceful, stable, and prosperous world together, this meeting will act as a strategic forum to discuss global recovery efforts.