About the CORPAT Exercise:

• The two Navies have been carrying out CORPAT along their International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) since 2002. This has helped build understanding and interoperability between both the Navies and has facilitated measures to prevent and suppress Illegal Unreported Unregulated (IUU) fishing, drug trafficking, maritime terrorism, armed robbery and piracy, etc
• The 38th India-Indonesia Coordinated Patrol (IND-INDO CORPAT)between the Indian Navy Units of Andaman & Nicobar Command (ANC) and Indonesian Navy is being conducted from June 13 to 24 2022 in the Andaman Sea and Straits of Malacca.
• The 38th CORPAT is the first post pandemic Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) between the two countries.
• It includes a visit by the Indonesian Navy units to ANC at Port Blair from June 13 to 15, 2022 followed by a Sea Phase in the Andaman Sea and visit by IN Units to Sabang (Indonesia) from June 23 to 24, 2022.
• As part of Government of India’s vision of SAGAR (Security And Growth for All in the Region),Naval Component under the aegis of HQ ANC undertakes coordinated patrols with other littoral countries of the Andaman Sea along respective Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) towards enhancing regional maritime security.

• The First summit of the leaders of a new group of four nations — the US, India, Israel, and the UAE — will be held virtually. The first summit will be held during Biden’s visit to Israel
• The group is called I2U2 – for India and Israel whose names begin with the letter “I” and the US and UAE that begin with the letter “U” – and it will be focused on West Asia.
• They will discuss security and “areas of cooperation across hemispheres where UAE and Israel serve as important innovation hubs”,
• It is focused on expanding economic and political cooperation in the Middle East and Asia, including through trade, combating climate change, energy cooperation, Maritime Security and coordination on other vital shared interests,”

• Microsoft is pulling the plug on its oldest Internet Explorer after 25 years of service. Released in 1995, the search browser came as an add-on for Windows 95.
• The versions that came after this were available for free or as in-service packs.
• Known as the OG search browser, the Internet Explorer saw its major jump in 2003 before falling and becoming the least favourite after new browsers entered the market.
• However, since 2016, the company hasn’t released any new major upgrades or fresh versions of Internet Explorer.
• Internet Explorer 11, released in 2013, happens to be the last and final version released by Microsoft.
• As per Microsoft, the company will end mainstream support for the ageing search engine which will be rendered inoperable from June 15, 2022.
• The company announced the Internet Explorer’s retirement by saying that the future of the search engine on Windows 10 is in Microsoft Edge.

• Prime Minister will chair the first national conference of chief secretaries in Himachal Pradesh from June 15-17.
• More than 200 people representing the central government, all states and union territories, and domain experts will participate in the conference.
• The conference will focus on the rapid and sustained economic growth in partnership with the states.
• The conference will lay the ground for collaborative action for higher growth with sustainability, creation of jobs, education, ease of living and ‘atmanirbharta’ in agriculture.
• Three themes have been identified for detailed deliberations in conference – implementation of National Education Policy, urban governance, and crop diversification and achieving self-sufficiency in oilseeds, pulses and other agri commodities.
• There will also be a special session on ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav: Roadmap to 2047’ and four additional thematic sessions on reducing compliance burden and decriminalisation of minor offences for ease of doing business. Centre state coordination for achieving saturation coverage of schemes and ensuring last mile delivery; transforming India’s infrastructure through PM Gati Shakti; and capacity building: implementation of iGOT – Mission Karmayogi.

• The Karnataka government has launched ‘The Farmer Registration & Unified Beneficiary Information System’ or FRUITS software for Aadhar-based, single-window registration for the schemes.
• FRUITS software will facilitate single registration using an Aadhar card and Karnataka’s Bhoomi digitized land record system for authenticating ownership.
• Through the creation of single digital identification through FRUITS, farmers can access benefits of hosts of schemes such as Direct Benefit Transfer under PM Kisan, payment for Minimum Support Prices (MSPs)for crops, special financial assistance, caste certificate authentication, and ration cards.
• To ensure that the farmers get easy access to benefits distributed under various government schemes, the Karnataka government has launched software for Aadhar-based, single-window registration for the schemes.
• The state departments of agriculture, horticulture, animal husbandry, revenue, food, civil supplies and fisheries departments of the state government are covered under this initiative.

• Recently, a motor propelled paragliding trial run was conducted from Gharvasada paragliding take off point in Kutlehar Assembly segment.
• The site in Gharvasada village located on the Solasingi Dhaar mountain range was approved and notified about six months ago by the Himachal Pradesh Tourism and Civil Aviation department for undertaking paragliding adventure sports activities.
•  While trials for paragliding were conducted earlier by expert pilots from the Adventure Sports Directorate in Manali, the motor propelled para gliders were tested for the first time here.
• According to Rural Development Minister Virender Kanwar the trials were successful.
• Regular paragliding and motor propelled paragliding activities would be launched from the Gharvasada launching site and the vast stretch of plains on the banks of Gobind Sagar Lake in Androuli village has been earmarked as the touchdown site.
• Various types of adventure water sports activities had been tested by experts from the Pong Dam water sports institute.
• Orders have been placed for procurement of boats and other equipment through the Kutlehar Tourism Development Society headed by Deputy Commissioner Una for use in water sports activities in the lake.
• Kutlehar will be developed as a hub of adventure sports activities, which will immensely benefit the local youth in providing alternate livelihood opportunities.

• Himachal Pradesh has witnessed a 44.8 per cent rise over six years from 223 in 2016 to 323 in 2021 under the POCSO Act.
• According to data procured from the police department, as many as 2,164 persons, including 2,040 males and 124 females, were arrested in 1,683 cases registered under the POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) Act from 2016 till 2021.
• In all, 1,804 children, including 1,747 females and 57 males, were victimised.
• According to ASP, Cyber Crime easy access to sexually explicit material and pornographic sites on the Internet and glamorising physical contact in films and serials were some of the reasons contributing to increase in such cases.
  The Himachal police would launch an initiative “Register 26”—to record the cases of crime against women and children.
• Vital information about the accused, including their physical, social, economic and emotional profile, details of the crime, gist of the FIR and subsequent investigation would be recorded in the register.
• The POCSO Act was established in 2012 to protect the children against offences like sexual abuse, sexual harassment and pornography.

• R. Praggnanandhaa emerged winner in the Norway Chess Group A open chess tournament.
• He remained unbeaten through the nine rounds. He finished the tournament with a win over fellow Indian V Praneeth, an International Master.
• Praggnanandhaa finished a full point ahead of second-placed IM Marsel Efroimski (Israel) and IM Jung Min Seo (Sweden).

• Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojna (DDUGJY) was launched in December 2014 to create basic electricity infrastructure in villages by strengthening and augmentation of the existing infrastructure and metering of existing feeders/distribution transformers.
•  It is one of the key initiatives of Government of India and a flagship programme of the Ministry of Power.
• The DDUGJY scheme has benefitted rural households significantly as electricity is vital for growth and development of the country.
• Under the scheme, 60% of the project cost (85% for Special States) is provided as grant by Government of India and additional grant upto 15% (5% for Special Category States) is provided on achievement of prescribed milestones.
• All erstwhile Rural Electrification (RE) schemes (including Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana) have been subsumed into DDUGJY. Rural Electrification Corporation Limited (REC) Limited has been designated as the Nodal Agency for operationalization of DDUGJY.

The major components of the scheme are:

• Separation of agriculture and non-agriculture feeders facilitating judicious restoring of supply to agricultural & non-agriculture consumers in the rural areas.
• Strengthening and augmentation of sub-transmission & distribution infrastructure in rural areas, including metering of distribution transformers/feeders/consumers.
• Completion of micro grid and off grid distribution network & Rural electrification already sanctioned projects under Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY)

• Industrialist and philanthropist, Ratan Tata was presented with Honorary Doctor of Literature by Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari at Raj Bhavan Mumbai.
• The Honorary doctorate was presented to Mr. Ratan at the First Special Convocation of the HSNC University.
• The HSNC University is a Cluster university comprising existing colleges from the Mumbai vicinity, namely, H.R. College, Kishinchand Chellaram College (KC College), and Bombay Teachers’ Training College (BTTI) as the constituent colleges with HSNC Board as its parent body.