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India witnessed 13.5 crore people moving out of multidimensionalpovertybetween 2015-16 and 2019-21 with fastest reduction in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Rajasthan, aNitiAayogreportsaid.

The report — ‘National https://exam.pscnotes.com/multidimensional-POVERTY-index”>Multidimensional Poverty Index: A progress of Review 2023′ — was released by Suman Bery, Vice-Chairman, NITI Aayog.
“India has registered a significant decline of 9.89 Percentage points in number of India’s multidimensionally poor from 24.85 per cent in 2015-16 to 14.96 per cent in 2019-21,” it said.

The National MPI measures simultaneous deprivations across three equally weighted dimensions of Health, Education, and standard of living that are represented by 12 Sustainable Development goal (SDG) aligned indicators.

The report said rural areas witnessed the fastest decline in poverty from 32.59 per cent to 19.28 per cent, while the urban areas saw a reduction in poverty from 8.65 per cent to 5.27 per cent.

Providing multidimensional poverty estimates for the 36 states and Union Territories, and 707 administrative districts, the report said the fastest reduction in the proportion of multidimensional poor was observed in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, and Rajasthan.

In the five years, the MPI value halved from 0.117 to 0.066 and intensity of poverty reduced from 47 per cent to 44 per cent, thereby setting India on the path of achieving the SDG target 1.2 (of reducing multidimensional poverty by at least half) much ahead of the stipulated timeline of 2030.

NitiAayogsaid the government’s dedicated focus on improving access to sanitation, Nutrition cooking fuel, Financial Inclusion, drinking water, and electricity has led to significant advancements in these areas.

IndiaMyanmarThailand Trilateral Highwayhas been a “very difficult project” because of the situation in Myanmar and it is the government’s priority to find ways to resume it, External Affairs Minister SJaishankarsaid.

Jaishankar is here to participate in the 12th Foreign Ministers’ Meeting of the Mekong Ganga Cooperation (MGC) Mechanism and attend the BIMSTEC Foreign Ministers’ Retreat.

India, Thailand and Myanmar are working on about 1,400-km-long highway that would link the country with Southeast Asia by land and give a boost to trade, business, Health, Education and tourism ties among the three countries.

Around 70 per cent of construction work on the ambitious India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Highway has been completed.

The highway will connect Moreh in Manipur, India with Mae Sot in Thailand via Myanmar.

The strategic highway project has been delayed. Earlier, the government was aiming to make the highway operational by December 2019.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman alongside Indonesian counterpart Mulyani Indrawati announced the launch of the Economic and Financial Dialogue between the two nations at the ministerial level.

This dialogue aims to foster collaboration, promote trade and , and enhance economic cooperation between India and Indonesia, two of the fastest-growing economies in the world.

The platform, unveiled during the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting, seeks to strengthen cooperation between the two nations and foster a shared understanding on global issues.

Since the adoption of Indias Look East Policy in 1991 and the subsequent Act East Policy, bilateral relations between India and Indonesia have witnessed significant Growth in both commercial and cultural domains.

Indonesia has emerged as Indias largest trading partner in the ASEAN region, with trade between the two countries increasing eightfold since 2005, reaching a remarkable USD 38 billion last year.

The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), of Telangana, and Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology will host the 24th National E-Government Conference.

The conference will happen at Madhapur, Hyderabad, at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre.

“India’s Techade: Digital Governance in a Post-Pandemic World” will be the theme of the conference.

Emerging technologies, universalization of public Services, ease of life through Good Governance, universalization of public services, innovation platformization, government re-engineering, and citizen participation in government processes are the subtopics.

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully conducted the qualification test of cryogenic engine for Gaganyaan programme on January 12, 2022.

The test was conducted for 720 seconds atISROPropulsion Complex, in Mahendragiri, Nadu.

Performance of the engine met with the test objectives and parameters of the engine closely matched with predictions during entire duration of the test.

This engine will be tested for four more times, for a cumulative duration of 1810 seconds.

Following this, one more engine will undergo two short-duration tests and one long-duration test, in a bid to complete cryogenic engine qualification for Gaganyaan Programme.

Payload under the Gaganyaan mission consists of:

The Government of India is working on creating a digital stack of agricultural data. That is storing data related to farmers. Apart from farmer details, the digital agristack also holds all information about which seeds to buy, weather updates, what manures and Fertilizers to use, Insurance, best agricultural practices to maximize the yield.

Agristack has unique number for every farmer in the country. This numbered file will hold personal information of the farmer. This includes his financial data as well. Apart from farmer details, agri stack will also hold information about weather, agricultural commodity prices in the country and abroad, new science and research techniques, agricultural regulation and permissions.

The Russian DEFENCE forces recently unveiled a new Tupolev Tu-160M. It is a missile bomber. It is also known as White Swan.

The White Swan can fly at an altitude of 600 metres. The bomber has been designed to carry nuclear war heads. It is one of the most heaviest supersonic miliary aircraft.

The White Swan has been unveiled while Russia NATO tensions are at the peak due to Ukraine crisis.

It can carry 34 tonnes of load. The bomber can deliver 24 cruise missiles. It can trace 14,000 km without refuelling.

The machine can be in the sky for more than a day during combat duties.

It is capable of delivering largest payload. They have the longest range. The heavy bombers were superseded by the strategic bombers in the latter half of 20^thcentury.

Scientists have recently discovered a new group of metals. The newly discovered Metal group is called as New Strange group of metals. The characteristics of metals like copper or iron are predictable. That is, their melting point, reaction nature, malleability, ductility are known to human. The characteristics of this new group of metals are yet to be deciphered. They still remain a puzzle. Thus, these metals have been classified as strange metals.

The strange metals are also called non Fermi liquids. They do not follow the traditional rules of metals. Their behavior was first discovered in cuprates, that is, copper oxides. These cuprates are high temperature super Conductors.

The strange metals do not conduct electricity as that of metals. In metals, the electrical charge is carried by electrons. In strange metals, the electrical charge is carried by Cooper pairs. These cooper pairs take the charge in wave like pattern. Electrons belong to fermion. The cooper pairs act as bosons.