The First Ligo Project In India Has Been Granted Land

The Hingoli income division has given the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) project 225 hectares of land in Maharashtra.

Highlights:

The land was given to the country in order to organise primary facilities.

In the United States, just two such labs exist: Hanford in Washington and Livingston in Louisiana. Gravitational waves are studied at these labs.

This initiative will provide scientists and engineers more for Learning more about gravitational waves.

In 2016, the LIGO-India mega scientific plan for analysing gravity waves received “in principle” permission from the Indian government.

LIGO is a huge observatory designed to detect and

experiment with cosmic gravitational waves. Its primary goal is to exploit gravitational-wave data in astronomy research.

The LIGO India project was suggested with the goal of relocating one of the most sophisticated LIGO detectors from Hanford to India.

The Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the Department of Atomic Energy are piloting this initiative (DAE).

Foreign Exchange Reserves Decline By USD 763 Million to USD 640.112 Billion

The Reserve Bank Of India (RBI) has provided updated data on Foreign Exchange reserves. The country’s foreign exchange reserves fell by

$ 763 million to $ 640.112 billion in the week ending November 12, according to new figures.

Highlights:

In the week ending

November 5, foreign exchange reserves fell by USD 1.145 billion to USD 640.874 billion. Reserves, on the other hand, hit a new high of USD 642.453 billion in the week ending September 3, 2021.

The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) weekly data shows that the reduction in forex reserves this reporting week was due to a drop in foreign currency assets (FCA), a major component of overall reserves. FCA fell $2.094 billion to $575.487 billion in the reporting week, according to the data.

Foreign currency assets comprise the effect of appreciation or depreciation of non-US units held in foreign exchange reserves, such as the euro, pound, and yen, expressed in dollar terms. In the reporting week, gold reserves increased by $ 1.461 billion to $ 40.239 billion.

Global Report On Trends In Prevalence Of Tobacco Use 20002025

The World Health Organization (WHO) has released the fourth edition of its Global Report on Tobacco Use Trends 2000-2025.

Highlights:

According to the research, the South-East Asia region had the fastest reduction in cigarette consumption. In 2020, the Average prevalence of smoking among males will be 25%, down from 50% in 2000.

Tobacco smoking among Women in the South-East

Region has declined from 8.9% in 2000 to 1.6 percent in 2020.

In order to fulfil the Global NCD action goal plan by 2025, India and Nepal are anticipated to achieve a 30 percent relative decrease in tobacco usage.

According to the WHO research, if present tobacco control efforts continue, smoking rates in this region might drop to as low as 11% by 2025.

Government launches National Curriculum Framework for education of children aged 3-8 years

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday launched the National Curriculum Framework for foundational stage education of children in the three to eight years age group.

Early childhood care and education are key areas of development, according to the 2022 framework.

The NCF-2022 has four sections the National Curriculum Framework for School Education, the National Curriculum Framework for Early Childhood Care and Education, the National Curriculum Framework for Teacher Education and the National Curriculum Framework for Adult Education.

Research from across the world on education, neuroscience and economics demonstrates clearly that ensuring free, accessible, high quality early childhood care and education is perhaps the very best that any country can make for its future, according to the NCF for foundational stage.

The framework has listed the panchakosha concept for education of children and its five parts are physical development (sharirik vikas), development of life energy (pranik vikas), emotional and mental development (manasik vikas), intellectual development (bauddhik vikas) and spiritual development (chaitsik vikas).

Vidya pravesh (entry level education) will enable Learning of ethical values and cultural diversity, and interaction with the physical, social and natural Environment, it said.

The government on Wednesday began the process of

public consultations on the National Credit Framework (NCrF) which seeks to integrate academic and vocational domains to ensure flexibility and mobility between the two.

The NCrF has been proposed as part of the National Education Policy (NEP).

The NEP had envisioned the NCrF for opening numerous Options for inter-mingling of school and higher education with Vocational Education and experiential learning, thus mainstreaming skilling and vocational education. It will also enable students who have dropped out of the mainstream education to re-enter the education ecosystem.

The NCrF proposes to seamlessly integrate the credits earned through school education, higher education and vocational and skill education by encompassing the National Higher Education Qualification Framework (NHEQF), National Skills Qualification Framework (NSQ

Working Group Set Up For PMFBY

Working Group is set up to launch the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana from the 2022 Kharif Season.

The Working group has Officials from the Centre, top executives of public sector Insurance companies and vital crop-producing states.

The Working group will suggest “sustainable, financial and operational models.”

It was created after several states left the scheme, which breaks the purpose of protecting farmers’ income.

This working group will address the demand for an alternative model to deliver sustainable capacities of insurers.

It will also achieve deliberated premium pricing to cut the subsidy burden on the government. The Working Group will give its report in the next six months.

PM Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Kushinagar International Airport on 20 October. Highlights:

The inaugural flight will land at the airport from Colombo, Sri Lanka, carrying 125 dignitaries & Buddhist Monks.

Ambassadors of several countries will join the ceremony, and a special delegation from Sri Lanka will also be at the inauguration ceremony.

UP chief minister

Yogi Adityanath discussed the arrangements for the inauguration ceremony of the international airport in the Kushinagar district.

Kushinagar is where Gautam Buddha attained Mahaparinirvana.

It is also the centre point of the Buddhist circuit, which consists of pilgrimage sites at Lumbini, Sarnath and Gaya.

The airport will serve a Population of more than two crores since the airport has around 10-15 Districts

and will be an excellent support for the large migrant population.

This will also boost the opportunities to export horticultural products like bananas, Strawberries and Mushrooms.

Russian Team Returns Earth After Filming First Movie In Space

A Russian film crew is back on Earth after wrapping up scenes for the first movie shot in space on 17 October.

The movie has been in its kind of space race.

Tom Cruise is also part of a Hollywood filming-in-space project that involves NASA and Elon Musks SpaceX.

The plot is tightly under the warps and is said to be about a surgeon dispatched to ISS to save a cosmonaut.

The India US 15-day mega military exercise called Yudh Abhyas started on 15 October in Alaska.

The Exercise aims to deepen bilateral military cooperation between both countries and improve understanding, cooperation, and interoperability between India and the USA armies.

It will also focus on combined arms tactics in cold climatic conditions.

The principal aim of the exercise is to share tactical level drills and learn best practices from each other.

Seven new

DEFENCE companies were dedicated to India by the Defence Ministry on 15 October. Highlights

All these companies started operating on 1 October as the government decided to convert the

200-year-old OFB government department to seven 100 per cent government-owned corporate entities.

It was converted to enhance efficiency, functional autonomy, unlock new Growth potential & innovation, and improve

Indias self-reliance in defence preparednes

The Innovation League was disclosed under the Italian Presidency to create a sustainable future.

This new Initiative was designed to run innovative projects to create a sustainable future.

This will bring in innovative startups from the G20 countries and investments and institutions to develop and collaborate on innovative sustainable business projects.

Draft Rules for Renewable Energy

Draft Electricity (promoting renewable strength via Green Energy Open Access) Rules, 2021 circulated.

Highlights:

The Power Ministry has circulated the Draft Electricity (promoting renewable electricity through Green Energy Open Access) Rules, 2021.

These policies are proposed to buy and consume inexperienced electricity, including the power from Waste-to-Energy Plants.

The inexperienced power draft policies have supplied important points such as Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO); Green electricity open access; Nodal Agencies; Procedure for furnishing of inexperienced electricity open access; Banking; and go subsidy surcharge.

The draft regulations state inexperienced hydrogen

is the hydrogen produced by the usage of electricity from renewable sources.

Facts on Indian National Flag

The Indian was adopted on 22nd July 1947, in its existing shape (horizontal rectangular tricolour) in the course of an assembly of the Constituent Assembly, 23 days earlier than Indias Independence. It grew to be the

reliable countrywide Flag of the Dominion of India on 15th August 1947.

Present Flag is based totally on the Swaraj flag, a flag of the Indian National Congress designed by using Pingali Venkayya.

After quite a few changes, the Tricolour was once adopted as our countrywide Flag at a Congress Committee assembly in Karachi in 1931.

Constitutional & Statutory Provisions concerning National Flag of India: Art 51A(a) To abide by way of the Constitution and recognize its

beliefs and institutions, the National Flag & the National Anthem.

Rules governing the show of the Tricolour: The Flag Code of 2002 is divided into three parts: 1-a well-known description of the tricolour, 2-rules for show of the Flag by means of governments and authorities bodies, 3-rules on show of the Flag by way of public and personal our bodies and instructional institutions.

Ashoka Chakra is the wheel of the regulation of dharma. Chakra intends to exhibit that there is LIFE IN MOVEMENT and demise in stagnation.

The saffron colour denotes renunciation of disinterestedness.

The white in the core is Light, the course of reality to inform our conduct.

Knowing About Taliban

On August 15, 2021, the fundamentalist Islamic pressure known as the Taliban entered Kabul after gaining control over an awful lot of the US following the withdrawal of US troops.

Taliban had dominated Afghanistan from 1996 till 2001 when US troops toppled. This team had sheltered Osama bin Laden as he deliberate the Sept. 11 assault of 2001.

Talibans manipulation over Afghanistan now poses a new danger to the US’s whole political and social order as nicely as its allies.

The Islamic pressure referred to as Taliban have been established in southern Afghanistan. Mullah Mohammad Omar was once the founder of the group. He used to be a member of the Pashtun tribe who grew to become a mujahideen commander. He helped in pushing the Soviets out of the country in 1989. Later in 1994, Mullah Omar fashioned the crew in Kandahar with 50 followers. They captured Kandahar and seized Kabul in 1996 and imposed strict Islamic rules. These policies banned tv & music, stopped Women from going to college and pressured females to put on burqas.

American troops invaded Afghanistan in the year 2001 and toppled the Talibans management when the Taliban refused US demand to hand over bin Laden.

The Taliban are battling towards the U.S.-backed authorities in Kabul. They are seeking for to reimpose their strict model of in Afghanistan.

Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada (Pashtun from Kandahar) is presently the chief of Taliban in Afghanistan. A Council of leaders has been set up by the Taliban based totally in Pakistan referred to as Quetta Shura. It publishes the groups decisions.

The Taliban makes cash by way of Afghanistans unlawful drug trade. They impose taxes on poppy growers

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and heroin producers in the areas of Afghanistan it controls. They additionally impose taxes on agencies and function unlawful mines. Besides, it receives funding from supporters in Pakistan and the Gulf.