13.10.2021
1. Geographical Map locations of Karil , Drass , Keran Sector etc.
Note- Image is at the top
2. Shri Poluri Hanumajjanakirama Sarma Award
ü VP confers Shri Poluri Hanumajjanakirama Sarma Award on Shri Kovela Suprasannacharya in Hyderabad for his contributions in the field of poetry and literature.
ü This award is instituted in the memory of the Vice President’s teacher, Shri Poluri Hanumajjanakirama Sarma.
ü It was instituted at the personal initiative of the Vice President by the Telangana Saraswatha Parishath, seeks to recognize contributions to the Telugu language.
3. Dilli Series Sea Power Seminar
ü Eighth edition of annual Dilli Series sea power seminar is organised by The Indian Naval Academy (INA).
ü The theme of the webinar is Maritime History of the Indian Ocean Region (IOR).
ü The seminar, instituted in 2012, helps naval cadets and young officers keep an eye on the developments in the maritime sector.
ü This year’s event aims at giving exposure to cadets on the maritime history of the IOR under three sub-themes, namely -
i. Early Maritime Interactions and Relevance Today,
ii. India’s Maritime Journey from 15th to 19th Century and Takeaways in the 21st Century, and
iii. Lessons Learnt from India’s Maritime Journey - British Raj to Independence and beyond.
4. SCO Webinar on Role of Women in Armed Forces
ü This seminar was hosted by India, highlighting the role of India’s women military officers in UN peacekeeping missions at global level.
ü The webinar was addressed by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
ü During the seminar, defence minister highlighted that government has taken several steps to strengthen the role of women in the security setup in general and armed forces in particular.
ü He also noted that, women have been serving in Indian Military Nursing Service with pride for more than 100 years now.
ü Indian Army started commissioning women officers from year 1992. Army has now moved to induct women officers in more branches of Army as well.
5. E-Way Bill
ü E-Way Bill is usually a unique bill number generated for the specific consignment involving the movement of goods.
ü Under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, EWBs are mandatory for inter-state transportation of goods valued over Rs. 50,000 for sale beyond10 kms from April 2018, with the exemption to precious items such as gold.
ü It is a mechanism to ensure that goods being transported comply with the GST Law and is a tool to track movement of goods and check tax evasion.
6. DD Chandana /DD Saptagiri/ DD Yadagiri
ü DD Chandana is a Kannada TV channel owned and operated by Prasar Bharati under Doordarshan.
ü DD Saptagiri previously known as DD-8 is a state-owned television channel telecasting in the Telugu language from a studio at Doordarshan Kendra Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India.
ü DD Yadagiri is a state-owned Telugu language television channel operated by India's national broadcaster Doordarshan.
ü While DD Chandana (Karnataka) has become the first from the region to achieve 1 Million subscribers milestone on YouTube, DD Saptagiri (Andhra Pradesh) and DD Yadagiri (Telangana) are swiftly marching towards Half a Million landmark.
7. One Sun, One World One Grid Northwest Europe Cooperative Event
ü It is a two-day program for a strategic discussion on the Green Grids Initiative-One Sun One World One Grid (GGI-OSOWOG), hosted by the U.K.
ü The Event saw a multi-layered dialogue between the One Sun One World One Grid (OSOWOG) initiative and the project in Northwest Europe for developing cross-border trading of renewable electricity.
ü GGI-OSOWOG initiative is a joint India- U.K initiative launched at the UN Glasgow Climate Change Conference (COP 26).
ü Sustainable development and climate change mitigation is at the heart of the GGI-OSOWOG initiative.
ü The OSOWOG idea was first floated by the Indian Prime Minister in 2018 during the first assembly of the International Solar Alliance (ISA).
8. Mass Emission Standards for E12 and E15 Fuels
ü The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has notified mass emission standards for E 12 (12% Ethanol with Gasoline) and E15 (15% Ethanol 12 with gasoline) fuels.
ü Mass emission standard will enable automotive industry to manufacture E12 and E15 compliant motor vehicles.
ü The ministry made it mandatory for all automobile manufacturers to put “clearly visible stickers” on every vehicle informing about its compatibility to the level of ethanol blend (E12, E15, E20).
ü Currently, India is using E10 fuel (petrol blended with 10% ethanol).
ü Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) programme was launched in January, 2003 for supply of 5% ethanol blended Petrol.
9. Climate Resilience Information System and Planning (CRISP-M)
ü The CRISP-M tool has been launched in order to integrate the climate information in the “Geographic Information System (GIS) based watershed planning” under the MGNREGA.
ü This tool will help in embedding climate information in GIS based planning as well as implementation of Mahatma Gandhi NREGA (MGNREGA).
ü This tool was developed with the help of British Government and all the stakeholders. They supported the Rural Development Ministry in developing the tool.
ü This tool will open up new possibilities for rural communities in dealing with the climate change issue.
ü This tool will be used in seven states namely, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Rajasthan, for developing climate resilience.
10. Blue Economy
ü The concept was introduced by Gunter Pauli in his 2010 book- “The Blue Economy: 10 years, 100 innovations, 100 million jobs”.
ü It is the sustainable use of ocean resources for economic growth, improved livelihoods and jobs, and ocean ecosystem health.
ü It advocates the greening of ocean development strategies for higher productivity and conservation of ocean's health.
ü Blue Economy emphasizes on integration of development of ocean economy with social inclusion, environmental sustainability, combined with innovative business model.
ü This is reflected in Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 14), which calls to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.
ü The blue economy comprises 4.1% of India’s economy.
11. East Antarctica and Wedell Sea as Marine Protected Areas
ü In general terms, a Marine Protected Area (MPA) is a marine area that provides protection for all or part of the natural resources it contains.
ü Within an MPA, certain activities are limited, or entirely prohibited, to meet specific conservation, habitat protection, ecosystem monitoring or fisheries management objectives.
ü MPAs do not necessarily exclude fishing, research or other human activities; in fact, many MPAs are multi-purpose areas.
ü The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) has agreed a framework that describes the objectives and requirements for establishing MPAs.
ü Currently, only 5% of the Southern Ocean is protected. MPAs were established in the South Orkney Islands in 2009 and the Ross Sea region in 2016.
ü Another three proposals for MPAs are being considered for East Antarctica, the Weddell Sea, and the Antarctic Peninsula.
12. Activated Carbon : Meaning and Uses
ü Activated carbon, also known as activated charcoal, is a crude form of graphite, the substance used for pencil leads.
ü It differs from graphite by having a random, imperfect structure which is highly porous over a broad range of pore sizes from visible cracks and crevices to molecular dimensions.
ü The graphite structure gives the carbon its very large surface area which allows the carbon to adsorb a wide range of compounds.
ü Activated carbon (activated charcoal) has the strongest physical adsorption forces, or the highest volume of adsorbing porosity, of any material known to mankind.
ü Uses - Activated carbon is used in methane and hydrogen storage, air purification, solvent recovery, decaffeination, gold purification, metal extraction, water purification, medicine, sewage treatment, air filters in respirators, filters in compressed air, teeth whitening, production of hydrogen chloride etc.
13. GI Tagging in India : Process and Agency
ü A GI is a sign used on products that have a specific geographical origin and possess qualities or a reputation that are due to that origin.
ü Nodal Agency: Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry
ü The applicant can make the application before the Registrar of GI by any person or association of person or producer or organization authorized by or under the law which ultimately represents the interest of such producers of such goods.
ü The registrar on acceptance of application may advertise such application on GI Journal.
ü On being unopposed to such an application, the registrar will grant the certificate of registration to the applicant and authorized users.
ü GI is granted for a term of 10 years in India. As of today, more than 300 GI tags has been allocated so far in India.
ü The tag stands valid for 10 years.
14. Month Long Clean India Drive
ü Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports is organizing pan India Clean India Programme from 1st October 2021 to 31st October 2021 for collecting and removing garbage mainly plastics
ü Cleanliness Drive being taken up as part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav to ensure people’s participation in cleaning waste mainly single use plastic waste.
ü Ministry has identified more than 25 iconic heritage sites for the Clean India drive, where NYKS and NSS volunteers are carrying out cleanliness drive to send a message of maintaining cleanliness around tourist places.