Current Affairs for SSC CGL Exams - 03 July 2022

SSC CGL Current Affairs

Current Affairs for SSC CGL Exams - 03 July 2022

::NATIONAL::

Outreach towards marginalised shouldn’t be limited to just Hindus: PM Modi

The BharatiyaJanata Party (BJP)’s outreach towards marginalised communities should be expanded and not limited to just Hindus, Prime Minister NarendraModi has instructed party colleagues at the ongoing national executive committee meeting, functionaries aware of details said.
The party has benefitted electorally by giving political space to marginalised communities and through targeted interventions and policies focused on Dalits, scheduled tribes (STs) and the other backward classes.
Citing the BJP’s recent electoral wins in Uttar Pradesh’s Azamgarh and Rampur, where Muslims are present in large numbers, Modi is learnt to have said the party should examine how marginalised Muslim communities who have benefitted from the government’s policies have lent support to the party.
The Prime Minister’s comment was made during a presentation on the state by Uttar Pradesh BJP chief SwatantraDev Singh, according to a functionary. “He said the outreach towards the marginalised communities should not be limited to Hindus alone,” the functionary said on condition of anonymity.
Even as political opponents have accused BJP of communal politics and consolidating the Hindu vote bank by wooing marginalised communities, the ruling party claims its pro-people policies are intended for all communities and faiths. It is now banking on marginalised sections among the minorities who have benefitted from social welfare schemes.
Modi’s comments come close on the heels of a campaign initiated by a RashtriyaSwayamsevakSangh (RSS) affiliate to delist those STs who have converted to Islam and Christianity. The RSS is the ideological progenitor of the BJP.

::INTERNATIONAL::

Russia claims its forces captured last major Ukrainian-held city in Luhansk

Russia's defense minister says Moscow's forces have taken control of the last major Ukrainian-held city in Ukraine's Luhansk province.
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told President Vladimir Putin that “as a result of successful military operations, the armed forces of the Russian Federation, together with units of the People’s Militia of the Luhansk People’s Republic, have established full control over the city of Lysychansk,” Russian news agencies reported.
Ukrainian fighters spent weeks trying to defend Lysychansk and to keep it from falling to Russia, as neighbouringSievierodonetsk did a week ago. A presidential adviser predicted late Saturday that the cities could be determined within days.
Ukrainian officials did not immediately provide an update on its status.
Earlier Sunday, Luhansk's governor said Russian forces were strengthening their positions in a grueling fight to capture the last stronghold of resistance in the province.
“The occupiers threw all their forces on Lysychansk. They attacked the city with incomprehensibly cruel tactics,” Luhansk governor SerhiyHaidai said on the Telegram messaging app. “They suffer significant losses, but stubbornly advance. They are gaining a foothold in the city.”
A river separates Lysychansk from Sievierodonetsk. OleksiyArestovych, an adviser to the Ukrainian president, said during an online interview late Saturday that Russian forces had managed for the first time to cross the river from the north, creating a “threatening” situation.

::ECONOMY::

Nirmala Sitharaman, GST in 5 years, oil & gas stocks, Web 5.0

In the summer of 2019, when NirmalaSitharaman took over as the country’s finance minister, little did she know that she would have to steer the economy through one of its worst phases. One after another, three waves of Covid-19 ravaged the country over the next two years. And now, a war in Eastern Europe has set the commodity prices on the boil.
The finance minister can be forgiven for thinking that she just cannot seem to catch a break. In a freewheeling interview with Business Standard, the FM spoke on an array of topics, including why she sees better days ahead, and why spend on capital assets may be a better bet than sector-specific fiscal steps.
In the interview, finance minister Sitharaman called her experience as the chairperson of GST Council humbling. After the initial teething troubles, Goods and Services Tax (GST) completed five years last week. Our next report offers a peek into the journey so far.
Revenue secretary Tarun Bajaj told Business Standard last week that recent tweaks in the GST regime might add Rs 15,000cr to government exchequer every year. Meanwhile, in another move to boost revenue, the government imposed windfall tax on gains made by domestic refiners. Index heavyweight RIL dropped over 7%, while other oil upstream and exploration-linked stocks slumped up to 15%. But should you buy these stocks on dips?

::Sports::

Carlos Sainz takes his first F1 win in Silverstone thriller

Ferrari's Carlos Sainz claimed his first Formula One victory in a thrilling British Grand Prix halted by a first-lap crash and with the added mayhem of a track invasion by environmental protesters.
Red Bull's Mexican Sergio Perez was runner-up, 3.779 seconds behind the Spaniard, with seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton third for Mercedes in his home race and taking fastest lap for a bonus point.
"Yes! We did it! Vamos!" exclaimed a delighted Sainz over the radio after a win that had looked unlikely despite him starting on pole position for the first time and in his 150th race.
"I don't know what to say, it's amazing.
"First race win, 150 races later, with Ferrari in Silverstone. I cannot ask for more. It's a very special day, a day that I will never forget, a very special weekend in general."