22nd February 2024 Daily Current Affairs

National Affairs

Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Professor S.P. Singh Baghel inaugurated the first National Public Health India Conference 2024 in New Delhi.
The conference is being organized by the National Centre for Disease Control.
The theme of the Conference is “Health Initiatives towards India’s Goal for a developed nation”
The conference aims to identify and galvanize strategic health priorities for India in the next 5 years to improve health outcomes

National Affairs

Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that the first section of the High Speed Rail Corridor between Surat and Bilimora will start by August 2026.
The bullet train corridor will have trains running at speeds between 220 kmph and 320 kmph.
It will connect Mumbai with Ahmedabad in 2.07 hours to 2.58 hours, depending on the type of train passengers take.
Indian Railways is already operating more than 40 semi-high speed Vande Bharat trains across the country.

Schemes

PM Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for several key initiatives aimed at strengthening the cooperative sector in the country.
Signifying a pivotal move towards improving food security, economic development, and governance in the cooperative domain.
Sahkarita is not just a system, but also a feeling and a spirit.
It can transform a simple subsistence system into a huge industrial capacity.

National Affairs

India and Oman have mutually agreed to cooperate in the field of Archives.
A delegation of the National Archives of India (NAI), visited the National Records and Archives Authority (NRAA) of Oman, aimed at exploring the areas of bilateral cooperation in the archival field.
According to the Ministry of Culture, both the countries have agreed on the need for formalising the institution-to-institution cooperation.

State Affairs

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sanctioned a new railway line project to connect the holy city of Puri with Konark.
The Union Minister said that Rs 492 crore has been sanctioned for the construction of this 32-km-long railway line to connect Puri Jagannath temple and the Sun Temple of Konark
Shri Vaishnaw also released five Commemorative Postage Stamps on Legendary Poets of Odisha and the Cultural Heritage of Western Odisha through video conferencing from Bhubaneswar

Important Dates

The Central Excise Day is observed on February 24 every year in India and holds immense historical and administrative significance.
The day commemorates the establishment of the Central Excise and Salt Act, which came into effect in 1944.
On this day, we also honour the contributions of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) to the Indian economy.