• India’s very first Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) train set reached ‘Duhai depot’ from the manufacturing plant located in Savli, Gujarat.
• According to officials, the trials runs are expected to commence by the end of this year while it will be operational for passengers from 2023.
• The first trial run will be on the 17- km long priority section constructed between Sahibabad to Duhai.
• Under the government’s ‘Make in India’ initiative, Alstom was awarded the contract of manufacturing the RRTS trains, as per which, they would be delivering 40 RRTS trainsets, including 10 three-car trainsets for Meerut Metro, bundled with rolling stock maintenance for 15 years.
• According to National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC), the upcoming Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS corridor is likely to reduce CO2 emissions by about 2,50,000 tonnes per year. The Corporation is planning to commence the operation on the priority section by the next year and commission the entire corridor by the year 2025. Once completed, the public will be able to cover the distance from Delhi to the city of Meerut in just 55 minutes.
• National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) – a joint venture company of Govt of India and States of Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh is mandated for implementing the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) project across the National Capital Region, ensuring a balanced and sustainable urban development through better connectivity and access.

• The day is celebrated to promote awareness about the need for blood donation and thank voluntary, unpaid blood donors for their life-saving gifts of blood.
• The day aims to promote regular blood donations to ensure that all individuals have access to affordable and timely supplies of safe blood in times of emergency needs.
• The Host nation for World Blood Donor Day 2022 is Mexico.

World Blood Donor Day 2022: Theme

• The Theme for World Blood Donor Day 2022 is “Donating blood is an act of solidarity. Join the effort and save lives”.
• It is focused on drawing attention to the roles that voluntary blood donors play in saving.
• The theme aims to highlight the need for committed donors to regular year- blood donation, to maintain adequate supplies and achieve universal and timely access to safe blood transfusion.

• Union Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman has inaugurated the National Museum of Customs and GST “Dharohar” in Goa as part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav Iconic week of the Ministry of Finance, being celebrated from June 6 to 12.

About Dharohar:

• Dharohar is one of its kind museum in the country that showcases not only the artefacts seized by Indian Customs but also depicts various aspects of work performed by the Customs Department while safeguarding the economic frontiers of the country, its heritage, flora & fauna and the society.
• Dharohar has 8 galleries viz: Introductory gallery, History of Taxation Gallery, Guardians of our economic frontiers gallery, Guardians of our Art & Heritage, Guardians of Flora & Fauna, Custodians of our social well-being, Journey of Indirect taxes -Salt Tax to GST and the GST gallery.
• The Museum provides the rare opportunity of having a peep into the working of the Department over the years ushering in change in its methodologies to meet the emanating challenges while at the same time providing yeomen service to the Nation.

About the Conference:

• Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, addresses the opening ceremony of the WTO’s 12th Ministerial Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 12, 2022.
• The Ministerial Conference, which is attended by trade ministers and other senior officials from the organization’s 164 members, is the WTO’s highest decision-making body, and is generally held every two years.
• Kazakhstan was originally scheduled to host 12th Ministerial Conference in June 2020, but the conference was postponed due to the pandemic.
• The 12th World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Ministerial Conference (MC12) opened at WTO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
• Members of the trade organization will hold discussions on such issues as TRIPS (Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) waiver for COVID-19 vaccines, pandemic response, fishery subsidies, agriculture, food security, as well as the WTO’s reform and its future work priorities.

• Kerala Chief Minister, Pinarayi Vijayan has inaugurated a cancer diagnostics and research centre, which is slated to be the country’s first oncology laboratory for comprehensive cancer diagnostic services.
• Karkinos Healthcare’s advanced centre for cancer diagnostics and research will serve as a central lab for analysing specimens at molecular and genomic levels to aid in personalised targeted therapy, predicting possible response to treatment and evaluate response by liquid biopsy.

Focus of the centre:

• The focus is on early diagnostic tools, molecular assays for precision medicine, which are not readily available in the country.
• The Tata Group is investing Rs 110 crore in Karkinos while Rakuten Medical, the global clinical stage biotechnology company, Mayo Clinic and Reliance Digital Health, hold minority stakes.

About the Karkinos Healthcare:

• Karkinos Healthcare has installed the most advanced high-throughput HPV assay equipment, Cobas 6800, in this centre with the ability to test over 1,200 Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) assays of all high-risk types.
• It has partnered with organisations such as Kerala Federation of Obstetrics and Gynaecologic to support the World Health Organization’s mission of eliminating cervical cancer by 2030.

• Jal Shakti Minister Mahender Singh Thakur inaugurated a three-day tourism festival at Janjehli in the Seraj Assembly segment in the Mandi district.
• On the first day, the main attractions of the festival were the tableaux made by various mahila mandals.
• Most these represented the art and culture of the area while others were on themes such as drugs and their ill-effects
• Students of Horticulture College gave the message of environmental protection while the Health Department spread awareness regarding the Covid pandemic.
• To connect unexplored tourist places in the state, the government is developing tourism activities under the Nai Raahein, Nai Manzileen scheme.

• The Union Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has conferred ‘Certificate of Excellence’ award on Mandi district for the District Skill Development Planning 2020-21.
• According to the Mandi Deputy Commissioner (DC), Arindam Chaudhari, Mandi was the only district from the state to make it to the best 30 districts selected from across the country.
• According to the DC, work was being done to strengthen the skill development ecosystem in the district through innovative scheme.
• Emphasis was being laid on skill upgradation of youth, while reiterating the administration’s commitment to give impetus to the skill development work at the grassroots level.

• India’s Akansha Kishor Vyavhare won the Silver medal in 40kg category while Vijay Prajapati finished second in 49kg in 2022 IWF Youth World Weightlifting Championships for men and women in Leon, Mexico.
• Akansha lifted a total of 127kg (59kg + 68kg), while Vijay lifted 175kg (78kg + 97kg).
• Akansha is a trainee of Sports Authority of India (SAI) National Centre of Excellence, Aurangabad and Vijay is a trainee of National Centres of Excellence (NCOE)

About IRDAI:

• The Insurance Regulatory Development Authority is a statutory agency established by the Insurance Regulatory Development Authority Act of 1999.
• IRDAI was founded as an independent body with its headquarters in New Delhi. In 2001, its headquarters were relocated to Hyderabad, Telangana. The Chairman and other members of the Insurance Regulatory Development Authority are appointed by the Indian Government.
• According to experts, IRDAI’s decision to permit ‘use and file’ facility for most of the insurance products will encourage insurers to come out with innovative covers quickly to the benefit of customers and also deepen the insurance penetration in the country.
• The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) extended the ‘use and file’ procedure for most of the life insurance products, thereby allowing insurers to launch new products without prior approval of the regulator.
• Earlier, similar relaxations were extended to all the health insurance products and almost all the general insurance products.
• According to experts, the relaxed norms for launching insurance products will also make insurers more responsible as they would be held accountable for the products which are offered in the marketplace without prior approval of IRDAI.
• It will support customer centricity and fuel product innovation, which in turn will boost insurance penetration in the country.

• Jammu and Kashmir, assessed for the first time, ranked the highest among Union Territories with an overall compliance of nearly 90 per cent for national e-governance service delivery assessment (NeSDA).
• The Report provides suggestions for governments to further enhance their e-governance service delivery systems.
• In the Union territories category, Jammu and Kashmir was assessed for the first time in NeSDA 2021 and scored the highest amongst all UTs for six sectors.
• Meghalaya and Nagaland are leading State Portals with an overall compliance of more than 90 per cent across all assessment parameters among northeast and hill states.
• Among Union territories, Jammu and Kashmir ranked highest with an overall compliance of nearly 90 per cent.
• Kerala, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh had a compliance of more than 85 per cent among the Remaining States category.
• Kerala had the highest overall compliance score amongst all the States and UTs.
• Among the Services Portals for North-East and Hill States, the highest-ranking states of Meghalaya and Tripura showed improvement across all six sectors compared to NeSDA 2019.
• Among the Remaining States, the overall score of Tamil Nadu increased the most in 2021 compared to 2019.
• Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Punjab, Goa, and Odisha also improved the compliance of their Services Portals by 100 per cent.
• Punjab, Tamil Nadu, and Rajasthan are the leading states with compliance of more than 75 per cent across all parameters for their Services Portals.
• The second edition of the NeSDA has been prepared covering the assessment of states, Union Territories.
• It focuses on Central Ministries on their effectiveness in delivering online services to citizens.