current affairs 30 August 2022

PM Modi inaugurates "Smriti Van" Earthquake Memorial in Kutch, Gujarat.

PM Modi has inaugurated the Smriti Van memorial to celebrate the courage shown by people during the devastating 2001 earthquake in the Kutch region of Gujarat (Epicentre: Bhuj).
The grand structure is spread over 470 acres on Bhujiyo Hill near Bhuj town.
It celebrates the strength and resistance of people of Kutch.
It also has a state-of-the-art Smriti Van Earthquake Museum.
He also inaugurated the 300m long ‘Atal Bridge’ for pedestrians across the Sabarmati River.

The NITI Aayog has declared Haridwar in Uttarakhand as the best aspirational district on five parameters and has become entitled to receive additional allocation of ₹3 crore.
The Haridwar district has been allocated to union commerce and industries minister Piyush Goyal.
The allocated money will be used to improve the health sector including the hospitals in Roorkee and district hospital Haridwar.
NITI Aayog Vice Chairperson: Suman Bery; CEO: Parameswaran Iyer.

World football federation, FIFA has lifted the ban imposed on the All India Football Federation (AIFF) after the Supreme Court terminated the mandate of the Committee of Administrators (CoA).
FIFA has also cleared the decks for India to host the Women's U-17 World Cup in October 2022.
Background:

FIFA had suspended AIFF on August 15 for undue influence from third parties and the revocation came 11 days after that.

The central government has given its nod to the UP government Family ID plan named the Parivar Kalyan Card.
Aim: To establish a comprehensive database of the family units for its various schemes.
It will provide a unique 12-digit ID number for each family.
The initial collection of data for families will be conducted through ration cards.
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) has allowed the UP government to link Aadhaar data with the PKC.

India's top oil refiner, Indian Oil Corp (IOC) has planned to invest more than Rs 2 lakh crore (or $25 billion) to achieve net-zero emissions from its operations by 2046.
The target set is in line with India's aim to reach net-zero emissions by 2070.
IOC oil refining and petrochemicals business has a total emission of 21.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2)
IOC has already prepared a road map to achieve its net zero scope 1 and 2 emissions.
IOC chairman: S.M. Vaidya