Karewas

Vudris the local name for Karewas in Kashmiri language.

In the Kashmiri dialect,the term Karewa means elevated table land.

Firstly, this term wasused by Godwin Austin in 1859 and later on by Lydekker in 1878forunconsolidated to semi-consolidated sand clay conglomerate sequence.

Karewas are thethick deposits of glacial clay and other materials embedded with moraines.These are unconsolidatedlacustrine deposits.Lacustrine means associated with lakes

Param Ganga: Made-in-India Petascale Supercomputer Installed at IIT Roorkee

A Made in India Petascale Supercomputer “PARAM Ganga” has been installed at IIT Roorkee on Monday by B.V.R. Mohan Reddy, Chairman, Board of Governors, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee. The establishment of 1.66 PFLOPS (Peta Floating-Point Operations Per Second) supercomputing at IIT Roorkee by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) has been built under the approach of the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM).

The new high-performance computational (HPC) facility would aid researchers to solve complex problems of national importance and global significance. The new HPC will serve as an essential compute Environment for the modern-day research along with their theoretical and experimental work.”

All Indians head back from Ukrainian cities

By March 8, almost all Indians were evacuated from Ukraine, under a special effort codenamed Operation Ganga, starting from February 24, when the invasion began. The last of the stranded Indians, from Sumy University, have also been evacuated to safety in neighbouring Poland, Romania etc.

This was possible with support from the Russian and Ukraine governments under the `Green Corridor’ facility they have jointly arranged.

ESA Vigil

Its the first of its kind mission, with the aim of monitoring the unpredictable and active Sun and help protect the Earth from its outbursts.

ESA Vigil will be the first of its kind. By keeping an eagle eye on the ‘side’ of the Sun, the spacecraft will stream a constant feed of near real-time data on potentially hazardous solar activity, before it rolls into view from Earth.

The mission will give us advance warning of oncoming solar storms and therefore more time to protect spacecraft in orbit, on the ground and explorers now and in the future, unshielded by Earth’s Magnetic Field and vulnerable to our star’s violent outbursts.

Lithium reserves found in Jammu and Kashmir

The government on Thursday, February 9, 2023, saidlithium reserveshave been found for the first time in the country in Jammu and Kashmir.

Lithium is a non-ferrous Metal and is one of thekey components in EV batteries.

Upon exploration by the Geological Survey of India (GSI), lithium reserves have been found in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir.

Currently, India is import-dependent for many Minerals like lithium, nickel and cobalt.

Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana

Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) is an umbrella scheme, consisting of two major components being implemented by this Ministry, namely, Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP), and Har Khet Ko Pani (HKKP). HKKP, in turn, consists of four sub-components: (i) Command Area Development & Water Management (CAD&WM); (ii) Surface Minor Irrigation (SMI); (iii) Repair, Renovation and Restoration (RRR) of Water Bodies; and (iv) Ground Water (GW) Development. In 2016, with launch of revised AIBP format, CAD&WM sub-component of HKKP was taken up for pari passu implementation with AIBP.

In addition, PMKSY consists of two other components implemented by other Ministries. Per Drop More Crop (PDMC) component was being implemented by Department of Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture and Farmers Welfare under the umbrella of PMKSY, which is now being implemented separately. Further, Watershed Development component (WDC) of PMKSY is being implemented by Department of Land Resources.

India has fifth-best accreditation systems in the world: Global Quality Infrastructure Index

India has been ranked as the fifth-best country in the world when it comes to its accreditation system according to recently released Global Quality Index (GQII) 2021. The ranking is based on the 184 economies infrastructure quality. The countrys overall ranking is still 10th in the GQII index.

In terms of metrology and standardization, India was ranked 21st and ninth, respectively, in the world. The report was released in December 2022.

The Quality Council of India (QCI) stated that it is proud to be acknowledged as one of the worlds top five accreditation systems. It noted that it would help pave the way for collaborations that aim to improve the quality of infrastructure.

Quality Infrastructure is a vital component of the international trade community. It provides various Services such as conformity assessment and metrology, which help ensure the safety and reliability between trading partners.

Canada to Commercialize Worlds First Photonic-based Quantum Computer

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced a new federal to build and commercialise the worlds first photonic-based, fault-tolerantquantumcomputer. According to a news release from the Prime Minsters website, the investment of 40 million Canadian dollars ($32 million) will enable Xanadu Quantum Technologies Inc., a Toronto-based Canadian quantum computing company, to develop thequantumcomputer which will have the potential to provide world leading capabilities to help solve complex data problems and could be used in a variety of sectors such as finance, transportation, environmental modelling, and Health.

Supported through the governments Strategic Innovation Fund, this project of 177.8 million Canadian dollars ($142 million) is expected to create 530 new highly skilled positions in the high-tech and quantum computing fields.

UNESCO listed Ukraines Odesa a World Heritage Site in Danger

The United Nations cultural organization, UNESCO, designated the historic center of Odesa as a World Heritage Site and categorized it as being in danger during a committee meeting in Paris. It is in recognition of the historical significance of a Black Sea port that Russia has pounded with missiles as it seeks to retake Ukraine.

Odesa has been dubbed the intercultural capital of Ukraine by the citys mayor, Gennadiy Trukhanov, making it a representation of Ukrainian identity.

Madhukranti Portal and Honey Corners Launched

The Madhukranti portal is an initiative of the National Bee Commission. It operates under the national beekeeping and honey mission.

The main goals of the Madhukranti portal are as follows: The portal was developed to achieve the traceability of the source of honey and honeycomb products on a digital platform. In addition, the platform will also help to check the quality of honey and the source of adulteration.

The portal will help increase farmers income, promote exports and increase EMPLOYMENT opportunities. The portal will maintain a Database of all stakeholders related to honey production, Marketing chain, hive production and sales.