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The national capital region planning board (NCRPB) has approved the Draft Regional Plan-2041.

Highlights:

It had been approved at e 41st meeting of NCRPB, which was held on 13 October under the chairmanship of the Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri.

The Plan also lays a key specializes in multi-modal connectivity across NCR through air, road, rail and inland waterway connectivity.

It proposes 30-minute connectivity through super-fast trains within significant cities of NCR also proposes to explore the feasibility of a half-hour Mass Transit Rail System from nearest NCR boundaries to Delhi.

Bharat Biotechs Covaxin vaccine is approved for emergency use for 2 to 18 years olds by The Subject Expert Committee.

Highlights

In September, the phase 2 and 3 trials of Covaxin happed, and reports were submitted to the Drugs and Comptroller General of India (DCGI) in October.

The trials suggested that the safety and immunity of the Covaxin are almost as same in children aged 2-18 years, as it is in adults above 18-years of age.

The Covaxin, also known as BBV15, is an inactivated virus-based COVID-19 vaccine developed by Bharat Biotech with the Indian Council of Medical Research (Icmr).

India is set to join the second Phase of the Multilateral Maritime Exercise with Japan, Australia and the United States.

Highlights:

The Quadrilateral exercise begins on 12 October in the Bay Of Bengal and ends on 15 October.

The exercise will build synergic coordination between the nations and enhance interoperability.

The Exercise focuses on advanced surface and anti-submarine warfare exercises, seamanship evolutions, and weapon firings.

What started as an annual bilateral naval exercise between India and the US in 1992, Malabar comprises a series of exercises with increasing scope and complexity over the years.

The 25th edition of Malabar is conducted in two phases now following all COVID 19 Protocols.

The Henley passport index 2021 was published recently by Henley and Partners, and India ranks 90th position in the list.

Highlights:

Henley Passport Index ranks the most travel-friendly passports of all the countries, and India has been ranked 90th.

Henley Passport Index ranks the passports of nations based on the number of destinations their holders can visit without getting a visa in advance.

Rankings are decided by analysing the international Air Transport Association (IATA) data.

India was at 84th position in 2020. But in 2021, its position has decreased to the 90th position.

International Day For Disaster Risk Reduction is Witnessed On 13 October by the united nations.

Highlights

The Day is commemorated to acknowledge the progress of reducing disaster risk and losses in lives, livelihoods and Health.

Theme for 2021 focuses on International cooperation for developing countries to reduce their disaster risk and disaster losses.

The Year 2021 guarantees to be a make or break year when delivering on the policy agenda agreed in 2015.

The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction plans seven clear targets and four priorities for action to prevent new and reduce existing disaster risks

The Frame was adopted at the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai, Japan, on 18 March 2015.

World Arthritis Day is commemorated on 12 October to boost awareness about arthritis.

Highlights:

Arthritis, an inflammatory condition that causes joint pain and stiffness that will worsen with age.

This was started by Arthritis and Rheumatism International (ARI) in 1996 to spread awareness about arthritis and encourage policymakers to reduce the burden of arthritis.

The Arthritis Day theme 2021 is Dont Delay, Connect Today: Time2Work.

Arthritis is an ailment that affects the joints and areas where your bones meet and move.

Five varieties of apples including Dark Baron Gala, Royal Delicious, Scarlet Spur, Red Velox and Golden Delicious were exported to Bahrain.

These apples were sourced from farmers of Himachal Pradesh.

First consignment was exported by APEDA registered DM Enterprises.

Apples will be showcased at the apple promotion programme organized by leading retailer called Al Jajira group.

The apple promotion programme will start from 15th August, 2021 on the occasion of commencement of 75th year of Indias independence celebration.

Apple promotion programme is also being organized to familiarise consumers in Bahrain regarding the varieties of apples in India.

Indore has become example for whole nation for its determination and dedication towards cleanliness.

Indore City received this certification from central government on August 11, 2021.

This certification is provided for maintaining cleanliness in rivers and drains.

To get the certification, following criteria has been set:

dirty water should not go into any river or drain.

Further, 30 percent of the citys sewer water needs to be recycled and reused.

Public toilets must be connected to sewer lines and it must be cleaned.

This survey is conducted with the objective of encouraging large scale citizen participation and ensure sustainability of initiatives towards garbage free and open defecation free cities. Survey also seeks to instil the spirit of healthy competition amongst towns and cities in order to improve their service delivery to citizens.

Most populous districts in India, that account for one sixth of Indias Population, have recorded a drop in number of active covid cases. Cases have almost reduced to half.

Number of deaths and weekly new cases have also dropped.

As a result, lockdown rules are being reversed.

However, differences in vaccination coverage raise concerns about a resurgence in covid cases.

Bangladesh is not the only Asian country that have ramped up its vaccination pace.

Indonesia, the Philippines, and Japan all are increasing their vaccination coverage pace as compared to India.

Missile Ghaznavi has the capability to deliver multiple types of warheads up to a range of 290 kilometres.

In February 2021, the ASFC had conducted a training launch of Ghaznavi under its annual field training exercise.

According to union Sports minister. programme has been launched at 75 iconic locations.

The Fit India Freedom Run 2.0 will conclude on October 2, 2021.

During this period, people from each district and each village will participate in the freedom run movement.

In the freedom run 1.0, about 5 crore people had joined. While, this year, the number has increased to 7.5 crore people.

Government has planned to reach out to every household with the mantra of Fitness ki dose aadha ghanta roz in order to keep Indians fit.

Fit India Freedom Runs will be organised across 744 Districts, 75 villages in each of 744 Districts and 30,000 Educational Institutions in India.

August 15, 2003: Then Prime Minister, the lateAtal Bihari Vajpayeeannounces theChandrayaan programme.

October 22, 2008: Chandrayaan-1 takes off from theSatish Dhawan Space Centreat Sriharikota.

November 8, 2008: Chandrayaan-1 enters a Lunar Transfer Trajectory.
November 14, 2008: The Moon impact probe ejects from Chandrayaan-1 and crashes near the lunar South Pole — confirming the presence of water Molecules on Moon’s surface.

August 28, 2009: End ofChandrayaan1 programme as perISRO.
July 22, 2019: Chandrayaan-2 launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.

August 20, 2019: Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft inserted into lunar orbit.

September 2, 2019: Vikram Lander was separated while orbiting the moon in a 100kms lunar polar orbit, however, Communication from the lander to the ground stations was lost at an altitude of 2.1 km from the surface of the moon.

July 14, 2023: Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft scheduled to lift off from the second launchpad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota.

August 23/24, 2023: Scientists at ISRO have tentatively scheduled soft landing on the lunar surface expected to take place by August 23-24 making India join elite nations to achieve the feat.

Key points of Chandrayaan 3:

Chandrayaan-3is the third lunar exploration mission ready for take off in the fourth operational mission (M4) of LVM3 launcher.
The soft landing on the moon’s surface is planned for late August.

The largest and heaviest LVM3 rocket (formerly GSLV MkIII), fondly called as ‘fat boy’ by ISRO scientists for its heavylift capability, has completed six consecutive successful missions.

Chandrayaan-3 is a follow-on mission to Chandrayaan-2. Unlike its predecessor, which carried an orbiter along with Vikram & Pragyan (the rover), Chandrayaan-3 is a composite of 3 modules: Propulsion, lander and rover.

The spacecraft will weigh 3,900kg – the propulsion module weighs 2,148kg, while the lander module, including the rover, weighs 1,752 kg.
Unlike Chandrayaan-2, when the landing was tracked through a Madrid (NASA-JPL) station, this time tracking of the lander will happen fromIsro Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (Istrac) station in Bengaluru.

The DEFENCE ministry on Thursday approved the acquisition of 26 Rafale-Marine fighter jets and three Scorpene diesel-electric submarines from France, paving the way for the formal announcement of the two proposed mega deals at the Modi-Macron summit.

The Rajnath Singh-led Defence Acquisitions Council (DAC) accorded the acceptance of necessity (AoN) to the twin procurements for theNavy, which together will cost upwards of Rs 80,000 crore (9 billion)

With the indigenous twin-engine deck-based fighter (TEDBF) likely to take at least a decade to become operational, the Navy had pushed for the 26 Rafale-M jets as an interim measure.