Current Affairs for BANK, IBPS Exams - 06 July 2022

::National::

CBSE launches ParikshaSangam; One-stop solution for CBSE students administrators

CBSE Board launched a portal named ‘ParikshaSangam’ on 3 July to connect students, school regional offices and CBSE board headquarters to integrate examination-related processes. A single window will from now be available for board examination results, sample papers, and other details.
CBSE’s parikshasangam portal can be accessed at ‘parikshasangam.cbse.gov.in’. The portal is divided into three parts, namely- Schools (Ganga), Regional Offices (Yamuna) and Head Office (Saraswati).
The ‘School section’ contains all tools that will improve ease in services with respect to pre exam, exam and post exam activities. Students can find exam reference material like circulars, curriculum, sample papers and question banks from here. Further, the information related to scholarships can be accessed here, registrations for exams can be done and internal marks can be uploaded. Application for re-evaluation of results and access to DigiLocker can be done at this section of the portal.
In the Yamuna section (Regional Offices), stakeholders will find information related to Integrated Payment Monitoring and Historical Information Repository of Schools. The Saraswati or the Head office section is related to Management Information System with respect to Exam Conduct, Centralized LOC (List of Candidates) Correction, Confidential Material Tracking & Monitoring (CMTM) etc.
Meanwhile, CBSE will announce Class 10 term 2 results today, according to national media reports. The exams were held from April 26 to May 24. Students can check CBSE results on cbseresults.nic.in, cbse.gov.in, results.gov.in and digilocker.gov.in.

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::International::

Sweden and Finland sign accession protocol with NATO

Minister for Foreign Affairs Ann Linde took part in the North Atlantic Council meeting on 5 July 2022 at NATO headquarters in Brussels, where all NATO members signed the Accession Protocols for Sweden and Finland.
This enables all the NATO members to proceed with the accession process and ratify the protocols in the next step towards Swedish and Finnish membership. Following ratification by the NATO members, Sweden’s accession will be referred to the Riksdag for approval. Sweden and Finland have Invitee status until the accession protocols have been ratified.
NATO members sign Accession Protocols for Sweden and Finland at North Atlantic Council meetingPublished 05 July 2022
Minister for Foreign Affairs Ann Linde took part in the North Atlantic Council meeting on 5 July 2022 at NATO headquarters in Brussels, where all NATO members signed the Accession Protocols for Sweden and Finland. This enables all the NATO members to proceed with the accession process and ratify the protocols in the next step towards Swedish and Finnish membership. Following ratification by the NATO members, Sweden’s accession will be referred to the Riksdag for approval. Sweden and Finland have Invitee status until the accession protocols have been ratified.
Minister for Foreign Affairs Ann Linde standing at a table at NATO Headquarters on Tuesday 5 July 2022.
Minister for Foreign Affairs Ann Linde at NATO Headquarters on Tuesday 5 July 2022.
“Today’s meeting marks an important step towards full NATO membership. Now that the accession protocols have been signed, and during the accession process, we will be integrated into the work within NATO’s structures . A great deal remains to be done before we become full members, but today’s step is very positive for the security of Sweden and the Swedish people,” said MsLinde after the meeting.
MsLinde led the Swedish delegation in the accession discussions at NATO headquarters yesterday ahead of today’s signing. Finland’s accession discussions were also held yesterday.

::Economy::

RBI imposes monetary penalty on IndusInd Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday imposed a monetary penalty of Rs 1.05 crore and Rs 1 crore on Kotak Mahindra Bank and IndusInd Bank, respectively, for deficiencies in regulatory compliance.
In case of Kotak Mahindra Bank, the RBI found that the private lender failed to maintain margin on advances to stock brokers; credit (shadow reversal) the amount involved in the unauthorised electronic transactions to the customers’ account within 10 working days from the date of notification by the customer; and credit eligible amount to the Depositor Education and Awareness Fund within the period prescribed. This was found in a statutory inspection for supervisory evaluation of the bank conducted by RBI with reference to its financial positions as on March 31, 2018 and March 31, 2019.
As for IndusInd Bank, the monetary penalty was imposed on it as it failed to adhere to customer due diligence procedure in the accounts opened using OTP based e-KYC, in non-face-to-face mode.

::Sports::

Bumrah breaks Lara's world record, scored 29 runs against Brad

India captain JaspritBumrah bludgeoned a hapless Stuart Broad for 29 runs to create a world record for maximum runs off a single over in Test cricket, beating the legendary Brian Lara’s feat by one run.
The world record stayed with Lara for 18 years — he had hit South African left-arm spinner Robin Peterson for 28 runs in a Test match in 2003-04, which included four fours and two sixes off six legal deliveries.
Former Australia player George Bailey had also scored 28 in an over but he was behind Lara in terms of boundary count.
Broad, who had also been hit for six sixes in an over by Yuvraj Singh in the inaugural World T20 in 2007, gave away 35 runs in the 84th over of the Indian first innings in the fifth rescheduled Test here. There were six extra runs — five wides and a no-ball.
In the end, the Indian skipper was not out on 31 off 16 balls with four boundaries and two sixes.