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CRISP-M Tool For Mahatma Gandhi NREGA Scheme Launched

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Giriraj Singh, Minister of Rural Development & , launched the CRISP-M tool virtually.

Highlights:

The CRISP-M tool has been launched to combine the Climate information in

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the Geographic Information System (GIS) based watershed planning under the MGNREGA and develop climate resilience.

This tool will help fix climate information in GIS-based planning and implement Mahatma Gandhi NREGA (MGNREGA).

CRISP-M tool has created this tool with the help of the British Government and all the stakeholders.

This tool will start up new opportunities for rural communities in dealing with the Climate Change issue.

PLI Scheme Launched For Telecom Products

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Production Linked Incentive Scheme was launched on 14 October, for Telecom & Networking Products.

Highlights:

The PLI Scheme was launched by the Minister of State of the Ministry of Subscribe on YouTube

href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/communication">Communication, Devusinh Chauhan.

This scheme was launched to help reduce India’s dependence on other countries

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for importing telecom and networking products.

The PLI Scheme in the telecom sector is being launched by DoT to boost the Home Manufacturing of telecom and networking products.

Manufacturing will be supported by incentivising incremental expenses and turnover. This scheme was launched with a total expenditure of Rs 12,195 crore.

The scheme is effective from 1 April 2021. The made by applicants in India between 1 April 2021 to FY 2024-25 will be eligible.

The scheme provides support for 5years from FY 2021-22 to FY 2025-26.

Tea & Banana Waste Used In Developing Non-Toxic Activated Carbon

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A team of scientists from India have used tea and banana waste to prepare non-toxic activated carbon.

This is useful in industrial pollution control, water purification, food and beverage processing, and odour removal.

The newly developed process avoids using any toxic agent for synthesizing activated carbon, thus making

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the product cost-effective and non-toxic.

The structure of tea was beneficial for conversion to high-quality activated carbon, but it involves using solid acid and bases, which is toxic; hence a non-toxic method of conversion was needed.

India 101 Rank In Global Hunger Index

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The Global Hunger Index 2021 was released on 14 October, and India is 101 rank in the Index with an alarming hunger level.

Highlights:

The Global Hunger Index is published by an Irish aid agency called Concern Worldwide and a German organisation called Welt Hunger Hilfe.

India has been placed in the 101st position out of 116 countries, while in 2020, it was in the 94th position.

The GHI Score of India is 28.8 27.5 between 2012 and 2021, decreased from 38.8 in 2000.

India has improved concerning indicators like under-5 mortality rate, the prevalence of undernourishment and prevalence of stunting among children.

GHI is a means to measure and track hunger across the world, by region and

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country.

It is calculated yearly, and its results are published in a report issued in October.

GHI score is calculated based on four-pointers,

Undernourishment

Child wasting (share of children under five who are wasted, i.e., those with low weight for their height.

Child stunting (children aged under five who have low height for their age.

Child mortality (mortality rate of children aged under five).

Eco Oscars Awarded To Indian Project

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Takachar’s Innovations, an Indian Project, won the “Prince William’s inaugural Earth shot Prize”, also called “Eco Oscars.

Highlights:

The Project recycled the agricultural waste into Fuel and was led by Vidyut Mohan.

The project was awarded for its affordable technology and reduction of smoke emissions by 98 per cent.

Vidyut Mohan was awarded

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for this technology in the “clean our air category”.

This technology will mitigate the challenge of getting rid of USD 120 billion of agricultural waste generated around the world annually.

International Day For Eradication Of Poverty Recognized On 17 October

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The International Day For Eradication Of POVERTY is commemorated On 17 October to recognize the efforts and struggles faced by people who live in poverty.

Highlights:

The first commemoration of “International day for Eradication of Poverty” took place in Paris, France, in the year 1987.

Poverty was declared a violation of Human Rights on 17

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October 1987 by people assembled at the Trocadero in Paris to honour the victims of extreme poverty, hunger and violence.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was approved in 1948, and on 22 December 1992, the UN General Assembly adopted

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17 October as “International Day for the Eradication of Poverty”.

Lucy Spacecraft Launched By NASA

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NASA launched the first-of-its-kind mission on October 16, 2021, to study the Trojan asteroids of Jupiter.

Highlights

Trojan asteroids are two large clusters of space rocks, considered pieces of primordial material forming https://exam.pscnotes.com/the-solar-system”>The Solar System‘s outer planets.

The space probe is called Lucy and it has been packed inside a unique cargo capsule lifted from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

The

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Lucy spacecraft was carried by an Atlas V rocket from United Launch Alliance (UAL).

Lucy mission is a 12-year expedition that will study a record number of asteroids.

The first mission will be to explore the Trojans, and Spacecraft will journey to eight different asteroids.

India takes another big step towards achieving 500 GW of non-fossil fuel based electricity installed capacity by 2030

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Ministry of Power had constituted a high-level committee under Chairperson, Central Electricity Authority with representatives from Corporation of India, Central Transmission Utility of India Ltd, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd, National Institute of Solar Energy, and National Institute of Wind Energy for planning the transmission system required for having 500 GW of non-fossil fuel based installed capacity by 2030.

The Committee prepared a detailed Plan titled Transmission System for Integration of over 500 GW RE Capacity by 2030″ in consultation with States and other stakeholders. The Plan is a major step towards achievement of the goal of integrating 500 GW of non-fossil fuel based capacity by 2030 by providing broad plan of required transmission system for having 537 GW of RENEWABLE ENERGY capacity by the year 2030.

The Plan has identified major upcoming non-fossil fuel based

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generation centres in the country, which include Fatehgarh, Bhadla, Bikaner in Rajasthan, Khavda in Gujarat, Anantapur, Kurnool RE Zones in Andhra Pradesh, offshore wind potentials in Tamil Nadu and Gujarat, RE park in Ladakh etc. and based on these potential generation centres, transmission systems have been planned.

Indiahas emerged as one of the world leaders in energy transition with the fastest rate of Growth of renewable energy capacities in the world. India has huge ambitions in energy transition and plans to have 500 GW of non-fossil fuel based electricity installed capacity by 2030, so that cleaner fuel comprises of 50%of the installed capacity mix by 2030.

Rourkela stadium worlds largest

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Amid a row over the status of Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium in Rourkela among the major stadia across the globe, the Odisha government on Friday claimed

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that it is the world’s largest facility in terms of seating capacity and it was certified by the International Hockey Federation (FIH).The Rourkela facility will host the Men’s World Cup Hockey, organised by the FIH, along with Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.

As per the information available on the website of Registrar General of India, number of children (Age up to 14 years) engaged in the act of Begging are attached.These figures are based on Census 2011.

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Department had launched the SMILE scheme , however the modalities of the implementation of the scheme namely SMILE – Support

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for Marginalized Individuals for Livelihood and Enterprise are under consideration.