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The Ministry of Home Affairs has released a list of 119 people who would get the https://exam.pscnotes.com/padma-Awards“>Padma Awards this year from President Ram Nath Kovind.

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Art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and Industry, medicine, literature and Education, Sports, and civil service are all covered by these prizes.

While the ‘Padma Shri’ is given for distinguished service in any field, the ‘Padma Bhushan’ is given for exceptional service.

The ‘Padma Vibhushan’, on the other hand, is given for remarkable and distinguished service.

There are 29 Women among the 2021 winners, one transgender person, ten foreigners/NRIs/OCIs, and 16 people who have died. In 2021, no one will be awarded the Bharat Ratna.

The top five aspirational districts in the https://exam.pscnotes.com/Education-sector”>Education sector have been announced by NITI Aayog.

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It has selected the school sector’s most improved aspirational districts for the month of September.

Bhoopalpalli in Telangana has topped the NITI Aayog’s delta rankings in the education sector.

Following Bhoopalpalli area are, Jharkhand’s Chatra and Sahibganj, Odisha’s Nuapada, and Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer.

In a notable development, the Baramulla district in north Kashmir has risen to third place among aspirational districts in the Delta ranking 2021 for September month.

Jharkhand’s Ranchi and Chatra districts were placed first and second, respectively.
Wayanad in Kerala came in fourth, and Shrawasti in Uttar Pradesh came in fifth.

NITI Aayog publishes the Delta ranking.

It depicts Growth in India’s aspirational districts in categories such as Health and Nutrition, education, Financial Inclusion, agricultural and Resources“>Water Resources, Skill development, and basic Infrastructure.

These rankings serve as a barometer of incremental progress in areas like Health and Nutrition, agricultural and financial inclusion, and Water Resource Management.

The Ministry of Commerce and recently released the Logistics Ease Across Different States 2021 Index.

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Index is now in its third version. Gujarat, Haryana, and Punjab were ranked first, second, and third in the ranking, respectively, for goods mobility and logistics chain efficiency.

This index assigns states a ranking based on their logistics Infrastructure.

Gujarat, Haryana, and Punjab are the states with the best results (Top 3 slot respectively)
Tamil Nadu is ranked fourth, and Maharashtra is ranked fifth.

In comparison to the 2019 LEADS rating, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Jharkhand have seen considerable improvements.

In 2018, the LEADS (Logistic Ease Across Different States) index was introduced. It was created by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

The ranking assigns points to governments based on their logistical support for promoting goods commerce.

The rating is based on factors such as pricing competitiveness, infrastructure availability, and service availability.

Every year from November 9 to 14, the International Week of Science and Peace (IWOSP) is observed around the world.

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The occasion is commemorated in order to urge people to improve technology and promote peace in their respective countries.

The annual commemoration of this event contributes to the advancement of science, technology, and peace, as well as raising public awareness.

Participation and knowledge of the activities help to ensure that science is used appropriately to promote peace throughout the year.

United States of America (USA) became the 101st member country to join (ISA).

USA joined ISA as member country to accelerate the global adoption of Solar Energy.

This announcement was made at UNFCCC COP26 on November 10, 2021.

Now, USA will catalyse global energy transition through solar-led approach.

The ISA framework was first circulated in 2016 for the support of countries. It emphasises on delivering global relevance and local benefit through collaborations for all countries. Key interventions of ISA will focus on readiness and enabling activities, innovative financing instrument and risk mitigation in order to facilitate promotion and deployment of solar technologies.

Japan will host the 2022 edition of the Malabar naval exercise consisting ofIndia, Australia, Japan and the U.S. in the second week of November,according toofficial sources.INDIAN NAVY will also participate in theInternational Fleet Review(IFR)being hostedin the first week of Novembertocommemorate the 70thanniversary ofthe Japanese Maritime Self DEFENCE Force (JMSDF).

Thisis the latest in aseries of bilateral and multilateral exercises in which the Indian armed forces have taken part recently.End of October,theIndia-U.S. bilateral Army exercise Yudh Abhyas is scheduled to take placein the high altitude areasofUttarakhand, around 100 km(aerial distance)from the Line of Actual Control (LAC).

India is currently hosting the multilateral anti-terror exercise Manesar Anti-terror 2022 under the ambit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Regional Anti-Terrorism Structure scheduled from October 8 to 13.

Minister for Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia said the Union Government will draw a national plan for helicopter emergency medical Services in the country and a pilot project towards it would soon be launched at Aiims Rishikesh.

Mr. Scindia said that under the pilot project Sanjeevani, a helicopter will be deployed in the next few weeks to provide emergency medical services at AIIMS Rishikesh. The helicopter will have a service cover of 150 km radius and will provide emergency evacuation within 20 minutes.

The Minister on the day also unveiled the guidelines for a new initiative called fractional ownership of helicopters, under which multiple owners share the cost of acquisition and operation of the aircraft in return for rights to use them for a specified number of hours or days in a year.

President Droupadi Murmu launched herSTART, an initiative of the Gujarat University Startup and Council (GUSEC) aimed at supporting Women-led startups.

The herSTART platform will boost innovation and start-up efforts of women entrepreneurs and also help them connect with various government and private enterprises, according to a government release. The platform will include a digital platform to provide Resources and training modules free of cost to aspiring women entrepreneurs, a digital community for them, and a digital publication to spread their success stories.

India has moved from 81st position to 40th position in the Global Innovation Index (GII) of 2022 as a result of the startup program started across the country with the efforts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the President said in her address.

The National Education Policy-2020 is an initiative towards making India a super power. She lauded various efforts made by Gujarat in the field of primary and higher education in the last two decades and the results obtained. She lauded the state on the reduction in the drop out rate, as well as the real-time monitoring of the education system of more than 55,000 schools in the state by the Vidya Review Centre. The President also appreciated a project of upgrading the Infrastructure of about 20,000 schools of the state through Mission School of Excellence.

Shipping Minister Sonowal, Minister of Shipping and Waterways, launched the My Port app to monitor port operations digitally.

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The app was launched on 8 October in Kolkata for promoting transparency and accessible access port related information

The app is targeted towards the port users to avail various port Services, including all port details and monitor operations digitally.

It also has various information like Vessel Berthing, rake receipt, rake and indent, tariff, bills, container status, holidays.

These can be accessed anywhere and reach at any time and anywhere.

The Award given by the Astronautical Society of India (ASI), is presented to Secretary DDR&D and Chairman DRDO Dr G Satheesh Reddy

Highlights

The award is presented for his outstanding lifetime contribution to the promotion of astronautics in India.

Dr Reddy is a pioneer within the area of R&D of advanced avionics, Navigation, and missile technologies.

Dr Reddy has contributed a lot to strategic and tactical missile systems and helped the country become self-reliant in critical DEFENCE technologies.

He’s has found mechanisms to determine robust defence development and production ecosystem.

Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan, also known as Father of Pakistans nuclear bomb has passed away.

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The atomic scientist, Dr Khan was the first man to transform Pakistan into the worlds first Islamic nuclear power.

He was known as Father Of Pakistans Nuclear Bomb in the said country.

He was also praised for his contributions to enhancing the countrys DEFENCE capabilities.

Dr Khan was born in 1936 in Bhopal and migrated to Pakistan during the partition.

He died on 10 October at 7 am at Khan Research Laboratories hospital due to internal bleeding in his lungs.

India has agreed to provide USD 200mn as a line of Credit support for developing Projects in Kyrgyzstan.

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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Ruslan Kazakbaev had agreed upon this Line of Credit.

Kazakhstan is the current Chair and initiator of the CICA Forum.

Jaishankar also has bilateral talks with the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan, Mukhtar Tileuberdi.

They also discussed liberal visa regimes between both the countries and liberal visa regimes between both the countries.
As India is developing its nuclear and Kazakhstan happens to have substantial uranium deposits, A strong relationship between the two countries is crucial.

The Forward Action Plan On Power was signed at the 3rd India-UK Energy for Growth PARTNERSHIP Ministerial Energy Dialogue.

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Both India and UK agreed on the Forward action plan which includes, energy storage, smart grids, charging , green hydrogen, battery storage and the need to mobilising investments across RENEWABLE ENERGY.

India and UK also discussed the possibility of setting up a World Bank for green energy, which was the foreground to the forward action plan on power.

Energy transition activities were the majority discussed topics between the countries under which renewables like solar, wind, EVs and other alternative fuels were discussed.

There hasnt been much hold on the Climate-fund”>Green Climate Fund that was established to provide $100 billion yearly to emerging nations by 2020 in a bid to counter Climate Change.

Green hydrogen is produced by splitting water into hydrogen and Oxygen by electrolyser, powered by electricity from renewable energy like wind and solar.