19th July Daily Current Affairs – English

India’s first overseas Jan Aushadhi Kendra inaugurated in Mauritius:

• India’s first overseas Jan Aushadhi Kendra inaugurated in Mauritius by Union External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar in Mauritius.
• Jan Aushadhi Kendra has been opened in the country as an example of close cooperation between India and Mauritius, especially in the health sector.
• The ‘Central Government People’s Pharmacy’ was launched in 2008 to ensure access to affordable medicines for all.
• The scheme was upgraded in 2015 after Narendra Modi took over as Prime Minister, and now around 10,000 people’s dispensaries are functioning across the country.

Opening of Indian Funded Hospital:

• Minister Jaishankar along with Pratham Jugnauth inaugurated a hospital built with Indian funding at Grand Bois, Mauritius with modern facilities.
• Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Kumar Jugnauth.

1. Mahadevan, Kotiswar Singh sworn in as Supreme Court Judges:

• Mahadevan and N. Kodiswar Singh were sworn in as judges of the Supreme Court. Subsequently, the Supreme Court reached its full strength of 34 judges.
• The Supreme Court collegium recommended the appointment of R. Mahadevan, who was the acting Chief Justice of the Madras High Court, Jammu and Kashmir and N. Kotiswar Singh, who was the Chief Justice of the Ladakh High Court.
• Accordingly, the President appointed both of them as judges of the Supreme Court.
• The total number of judges sanctioned including the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is 34.
• India The Supreme Court of India was created on January 28, 1950 after the adoption of the Constitution.
• The Supreme Court of India acts as the supreme court of India under Article 5 of the Constitution of India and the appellate court from the judgments of lower courts and high courts.
• The judicial powers of the Supreme Court of India are enumerated under Articles 124 to 147 of the Constitution of India.
• Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal.
• Supreme Court Chief Justice DY Chandrachud.

32^nd meeting of Cauvery Water Regulation Committee

• The 32nd meeting of the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee will be convened on July 24, the commission said.
• The Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) has recommended release of 1 TMC water daily to Tamil Nadu from 12th July to 31st July at Biligundlu in Cauvery.
• The Central Government has set up the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CMA) to solve the problems related to the sharing of Cauvery water between the states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Puducherry.
• The Cauvery Water Management Authority was set up by the Central Government on June 1, 2018, using the powers conferred by Section 6A of the Inter-State Water Resources Act, 1956.
• The Cauvery River Commission consists of a Chairman, eight members and a Secretary.

European Union:

• Ursula von der Leyen has been re-elected as president of the European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union.
• The European Union is an organization of 27 member states.
• The organization was established in 1992 and is widely known as the Maastricht Convention.
• Fifteen member states have also adopted a common currency system known as the Euro.

Important Facts:

1. The National Highways Authority has ordered that double tolls can be charged if vehicles do not have ‘FASTag’ affixed on their windshields.
2. A Comoros-bound oil tanker sank southeast of Oman’s Duqm port and was recovered by India’s INS Tech warship.
3. PN Prakash has been appointed as the NIA Special Prosecutor.
4. Ursula von der Leyen was elected President of the European Commission.
5. Argentina has secured the top spot in FIFA’s international rankings for women’s football teams. Spain has moved up to 3rd place.
6. Argentina won the Copa America trophy for the 16th time in the South American continent.