Daily Current Affairs 5 July 2024, MPPSC Exam Current Affairs

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Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav launches 'Lokpath Mobile App'

• The mobile app will provide a facility for the general public to report problems on the routes and will also ensure the accountability of the officers.
• It has been developed by Madhya Pradesh State Electronic Development Corporation Limited.
• The scheme will be executed in two phases. The first phase consists of national highways, state highways, and main district roads which began on July 2, 2024. The second phase will include other district and rural roads.

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Xenophrys apatani: New Horned Frog Species Discovered in Arunachal Pradesh

• The new frog species was named after the Apatani tribe of Arunachal Pradesh in honor of their pioneering efforts to conserve wild flora and animals.
• Due to a lack of genetic data, the new species' specimen was incorrectly recognized as Xenophrys maosonensis in 2019.
• The result of ZSI Shillong's 2019 erroneous report on the Maoson horned frog (Xenophrys maosonensis) in India was amended after further investigation revealed significant genetic differences between the Indian specimen and X. maosonensis from Vietnam and China.

LIC Re-designated Siddhartha Mohanty as its CEO and Managing Director (MD)

• He was named chairman of LIC from April 2023 to June 29, 2024, and MD and CEO from June 2024 to June 7, 2025.
• Siddhartha Mohanty was named interim chairman of LIC in March 2023 for a three-year term.
• LIC now employs four MDs: M. Jagannath, Tablesh Pandey, Sat Pal Bhanoo, and R. Doraiswamy.

• Chairman- Siddhartha Mohanty
• Headquarters - Mumbai, Maharashtra
• Established- 1956

• T.V. Ravichandran, special director of the Intelligence Bureau, has also been named as the deputy NSA.
• The NSC was founded in 1998 by the administration of then-Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in response to India and Pakistan's nuclear tests.
• It is India's top national security management body.
• Prior to the NSC's creation, the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister was in charge of national security functions.
• Ajit Doval is the current NSA, serving his third term. He is the longest-serving NSA in India's history, with a tenure of over 10 years.
• Brajesh Mishra served as the country’s first NSA.

India Hosts 46th UNESCO World Heritage Committee Session

• India is set to host the 46th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in New Delhi from July 21 to July 31, 2024.

• Venue : The event will take place at the Bharat Mandapam in Pragati Maidan, New Delhi . This will be the first instance of India hosting the meeting of the World Heritage Committee.
• Participants: Over 2,500 delegates from State Parties, advisory bodies, senior diplomats, heritage experts, scholars, and researchers from 195 countries will attend.
• Organizer : The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is organizing the event.

• UNESCO World Heritage Committee: The committee’s roots trace back to the UNESCO General Conference of November 16, 1972, when the convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage was adopted. The Rules of Procedure were last updated at the 39th session in Bonn, Germany, in 2015.