| Adopt a Heritage 2.0 programme |
Recently, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) launched “Adopt a Heritage 2.0” programme.
ASI’s New Heritage Initiatives
- ‘Adopt a Heritage 2.0’ Program: ASI launched an upgraded version of the ‘Adopt a Heritage’ program in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism.
- Encourages corporate stakeholders to use CSR funds for enhancing historically important monuments.
- Includes 1,000 additional monuments for adoption.
- Indian Heritage App: The app offers a comprehensive guide to ASI-monitored monuments.
- Provides details, images, on-site facilities, and geo-tagged locations.
- E-Permission Portal: Simplifies and expedites the approval process for photography, filming, and developmental projects related to heritage monuments.
- Speeds up permission granting, streamlining operations.
- Compliance with AMASR Act: The program aligns with The Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (AMASR) Act, clearly defining permissible activities.
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| Exercise Trishul 2023 |
The annual training exercise, Trishul, of the Indian Air Force’s (IAF) Western Air Command (WAC) began on September 4.
About:
- Location: Northern borders of India, encompassing areas adjacent to both Pakistan and China.
- Objective: To assess and validate the operational preparedness of the command responsible for these sensitive northern regions.
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| Mangri Orang |
The North East Regional Centre (NERC) of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (INGCA) staged “Malati Mem,” a multilingual play, in honor of Mangri Orang.
About Mangri Orang:
- Mangri Orang, a tea plantation worker, was gunned down by British security personnel in 1921 for leading a fight against foreign liquor and opium
- Mangri Orang, originally from central India, was known as “Malati Mem” among fellow plantation workers.
- She is said to be the first female martyr of India’s freedom movement.
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| Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) |
Recently, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor said that cross-border payments can be made more efficient through adoption of digital currencies.
About Central Bank Digital Currencies:
- It is the digital form of a country’s fiat currency.
- A nation’s monetary authority, or central bank, issues a CBDC, which promotes financial inclusion and simplifies implementing monetary and fiscal policy.
- CBDC, being a sovereign currency, holds unique advantages of central bank money viz. trust, safety, liquidity, settlement finality and integrity.
- RBI is aiming to scale up the number of CBDC transactions to one million per day by the end of 2023.
- Currently, around 5,000-10,000 transactions are being done per day using retail CBDC
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| Stump-Tailed Macaques
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The Delhi zoo now houses a new animal species – the stump-tailed macaque.
About Stump-tailed macaque:
- Conservation Status:
- IUCN Red List: Vulnerable
- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES): Appendix II
- Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972: Schedule II
- Commonly referred to as bear macaques due to their appearance.
- Range and Distribution: Native to Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.
- In India, it is found only in the south of the river Brahmaputra in Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and some other parts of the Northeast.
- Distinctive Features
- Short Tails: Characterized by notably short tails.
- Facial Changes: Their faces turn redder as they age, and both males and females experience hair loss, resembling male pattern baldness in humans.
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5 Sep 2023
