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Recently, Major Radhika Sen, an Indian woman peacekeeper, who served with the UN mission in Congo, will be honored with a prestigious military gender advocate award.
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Recently, the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) launched “PRAGATI- 2024” (Pharma Research in AyurGyan And Techno Innovation).
PRAGATI-2024 aims to encourage joint research endeavors between CCRAS and the Ayurvedic pharmaceutical industry, fostering innovation and expansion within the Ayurveda domain.
Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) operates as an independent body under the Ministry of AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, and Homeopathy), Government of India.
AYUSH stands for the various medical systems practiced in India, including Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, and Homeopathy.
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Recently, the Vice-President of India visited National Aerospace Limited (NAL) facilities and laid the foundation stone of the Centre for Carbon Fiber and Prepregs in Bengaluru.
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL), CSIR-NAL established an integrated facility for carbon fiber and prepregs in 2003 with the focus on indigenizing the carbon fiber development from polyacrylonitrile based precursor fiber.
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Carbon fiber is a material that is made by heating fibers of carbon to a high temperature in the absence of air. The heating process removes all impurities and other non-carbon elements, leaving behind a high-strength, low-weight material.
Pre-preg carbon fiber refers to unidirectional carbon fiber sheets that have been impregnated with resin prior to use.
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Recently, The commerce ministry had organized a two-day “Chintan Shivir” for formulating strategies and standard operating procedures for free trade agreements.
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Key Themes and Session:
Overall Discussions were held to chart a strategic path for India’s future FTA negotiations & Balancing geopolitics and geoeconomics, and integrating non-trade issues in FTAs.
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Recently, Cyclone rain-triggered landslides in the northeast & collapse of a stone quarry in Aizawl, Mizoram spotlights needs for building resilience to multistate disaster.
Landslides are sudden movement of rock, boulders, earth or debris down a slope is termed as landslide.
India is among the top five landslide-prone countries globally, where at least one death per 100 sq km is reported in a year due to a landslide event.
One event can trigger another, and can lead to multiple disasters simultaneously. Over the last few years, India has witnessed events in which heavy rainfall has resulted in a breach of glacial lakes, causing flash floods that have resulted in landslides and flooding.
To effectively mitigate and manage landslide risks, the government has initiated several measures aimed at early warning and sustainable development. These efforts, ranging from advanced rainfall prediction systems to the implementation of the National Landslide Risk Management Strategy, are crucial in reducing the impact of landslides on vulnerable communities. Below is a summary of the key measures and their current status.
In any case, since earthquakes themselves cannot be predicted, we cannot have a landslide early warning based on earthquakes. But rainfall-based early warning systems for landslides seem to work well.
Rainfall forecasts
Need for Regulated & Sustainable Development
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Recently, A devastating landslide struck several remote villages in the mountainous Enga province in Papua New Guinea, estimates place the death toll between 690 and 2,000 people, with thousands more missing.
Papua New Guinea is an island country situated in the south-western Pacific. It covers the eastern part of New Guinea, shares its land border only with Indonesia.
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A gene called SaSS6 and its variants, implicated in the developmental process of an embryo is likely to cause microcephaly.
SASS6 Gene:
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Microcephaly is a rare neurological condition in which an infant’s head is much smaller than the heads of other children of the same age and sex.
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Recently, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has launched three major initiatives – PRAVAAH portal, the retail direct mobile app and a fintech repository.
PRAVAAH portal is a secure and centralized web-based portal for any individual or entity to seek authorisation, license or regulatory approval on any reference made by it to the Reserve Bank.
The retail direct mobile app will provide retail investors a seamless and convenient access to the retail direct platform and provide ease of transacting in government securities (G-Secs).
The FinTech Repository aims to capture essential information about FinTech entities, their activities, technology uses, etc.
About Fintech:
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A related repository for only RBI regulated entities (banks and NBFCs) on their adoption of emerging technologies (like AI, ML, Cloud Computing, DLT, Quantum, etc.), called EmTech Repository, is also being launched.
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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has announced the arrival of the southwest monsoon.
The IMD broadly checks for consistent rainfall, its intensity, and wind speed over a specific area.
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Feature | Northeast Monsoon | Southwest Monsoon |
Direction | North-East | South-West |
Season | Winter (October-November) | Summer (June-September) |
Rainfall Amount | Lower intensity | Higher intensity |
Affected Regions | Southern Peninsula (Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, etc.) | Most of India (except North-West) |
Origin | Land (Siberian and Tibetan Plateaus) | Sea (Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal) |
Impact on Temperature | Relatively drier, cooler | Humid, warmer |
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Recently, Environmental activists have filed a lawsuit at an Oslo court challenging Norway’s proposal to carry out seabed mineral exploration, saying that authorities have not done sufficient impact assessment of the deep sea mining.
Deep Sea MiningDeep-sea mining involves extracting minerals and metals from the seabed, typically at depths exceeding 200 meters. This practice holds promise for supplying essential resources to industries like renewable energy, electronics, and biotechnology.
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Climate Litigation Across the Globe
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The Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS-4) will be convened (May 27-30) in Antigua and Barbuda, North America.
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are a distinct group of 39 States and 18 Associate Members of United Nations regional commissions that face unique social, economic and environmental vulnerabilities.
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Climate change has led to a rise in temperature and humidity, but the growing urban sprawl has also played a role in heating up Indian cities, which has resulted in the “urban heat island effect”.
Are Heat Islands the same as Climate Change?
Case Study of Ahmedabad:
Present Scenario in India:
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Veer Savarkar Birth Anniversary 2024: Recently, The Prime Minister has paid tributes to Veer Savarkar on his Jayanti.
India celebrates Veer Savarkar Jayanti every year on May 28 to commemorate the birth anniversary of Vinayak Damodar “Veer” Savarkar.
Veer Savarkar is also known as Swatantryaveer Savarkar or Veer Savarkar in Marathi, was a freedom fighter, politician, lawyer and a writer.
Veer Savarkar coined the Hindu nationalist ideology of ‘Hindutva’. and
Savarkar was sentenced to two life imprisonments and was sent to the cellular jail in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, also known as Kala Pani, in 1911.
Organisations Associated to Veer SavarkarHere are some organisations which were associated with Veer Savarkar;
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