18-19-12-22 Daily-Karnataka-KPSC Current Affairs

Chief minister Basavaraj Bommai unveiled the logo and mascot for the National Youth Festival.

The theme of this year’s Youth festival is ‘Vikasit Yuva, Vikasit Bharat’, and over 7,500 delegates from all over the country are expected to participate.

The CM thanked the Government of India for allowing Karnataka to host this year’s National Youth Festival and Khelo India University Sports meet. The state has made all arrangements to host the youth festival on a grand scale.

Indias Foreign Exchange reservesfell by $70.1 billion in 2022, data released by theReserve Bank Of India (RBI)shows. The forex reserves stood at $562.9 billion in the week ended December 30. The decline in theforex reservesis partly due to theRBIinterventionin the currency markets to stave off volatility and partly on account of depreciation of other major currencies held by the central bank. The RBI net sold $33.42 billion till September,Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharamansaid. The RBI holds major currencies includingpound sterling, yen and euroin its reserves, which are expressed in US dollar terms.

According to criteria that support an ecosystem that is favourable for womens EMPLOYMENT, the research ranks 111 cities.

The remaining Top 10 cities for womens employment are Ahmedabad, Visakhapatnam, Kolkata, Coimbatore, and Madurai; each has a Population of over a million people.

In another group of cities with a population under one million, Tiruchirappalli, Vellore, Erode, Salem, Tirupur, , Shimla, Mangalore (officially Mangaluru), Thiruvananthapuram, and Belagavi are the top 10 cities.

The top five state Averages in the nation were achieved by Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, and Himachal Pradesh.