current affairs 22 December 2022

Gujarat's Vadnagar, Modhera Sun Temple on UNESCO sites tentative list.

Gujarat's Vadnagar town, Sun Temple at Modhera, and the rock cut sculptures of Unakoti in Tripura have been added to the tentative list of UNCESO World Heritage Sites.
The UNESCO tentative list is an inventory of those properties which each State Party intends to consider for nomination.
With the addition of these three sites, India now has 52 sites on the UNESCO tentative list.
India has a total of 40 sites which enjoy the UNESCO World Heritage tag.

The 13th edition of the World Trade Organization ministerial conference will be held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates in February 2024.
The WTO’s 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) took place in June 2022 in Geneva.
For the UAE, hosting the meeting is part of its own push to position itself as a global hub for business amid growing competition in the Middle East.
WTO was founded in 1995.
The WTO is the successor to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).

Sethrichem Sangtam (40) has been honoured with the first Rohini Nayyar prize for outstanding contribution to rural development.
Reason: To triple the incomes of 1,200 marginalised farmers in Eastern Nagaland.
He introduced them fruit growing, prompting the farmers to change from shifting farming to permanent farming.
He was awarded the prize by NITI Aayog Vice Chairman, Suman Bery.
The award was instituted by the family of late Dr. Rohini Nayyar.

Jyotiraditya Scindia (Steel Minister) has launched the India's first Green Steel Brand KALYANI FeRRESTA in New Delhi on 20th December 2022.
This first-of-its-kind steel was manufactured by a Pune-based Steel company, Kalyani group.
It was manufactured by using renewable energy resources, leaving zero carbon footprints in the environment.
The plant where green steel is being produced has the capacity to manufacture 250,000 tonnes of steel.

According to the 2022 Social Progress Index, Puducherry has been emerged as the best-performing States, followed by Lakshadweep, and Goa. Top three performing districts: Shimla, Solan, and Aizawl.
The index assesses states and districts based on 12 components across three critical dimensions - Basic Human Needs, Foundations of Wellbeing, and Opportunity.
The report was prepared by Institute for Competitiveness and the Social Progress Imperative and mandated by EAC-PM.