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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.

Less than a month after the historic visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the US, a Congressional Senatorial Committee has passed a resolution recognisingArunachal Pradeshas an integral part of India.

The resolution reaffirms that the United States recognises the McMahon

Line as the international boundary between the People’s Republic of China and the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. It pushes back against Chinese claims that large portions of Arunachal Pradesh are PRC territory, which is a part of the PRC’s increasingly aggressive and expansionist policies

With the European Parliament adopting a resolution on Manipur that called upon the Indian government to take all necessary measures to stop the violence there, the government

Thursday slammed the interference in Indias internal affairs calling it unacceptable and reflecting a colonial mindset.

The European Parliament would be well advised to utilise its time more productively on its internal issues, said the government. India had earlier reached out to the EU lawmakers explaining to them this was an internal matter of India.

The Government of India has determined to carry Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) beneath the finance ministry. DPE was beforehand underneath the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises. It has been added beneath the finance minister in a bid to ease coordination involving future plans. The Finance ministry now contains six departments, after the inclusion of DPE.

Other five departments are:
Department of Economic Affairs,
Department of Expenditure,
Department of Revenue,
Department of Investment & Public Asset Management and
Department of Financial Services.

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, organised a webinar on Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.’

About Ek

Bharat Shreshtha Bharat programme:

On the occasion of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel‘s 140th birth anniversary, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the initiative “Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat” on October 31, 2015.

It is carried out

under the overall supervision of the Ministry of Education.

The scheme was established to celebrate India’s cultural vibrancy while also establishing a strong mechanism to instil nationalism and cultural awareness among our country’s citizens.

Through the concept of state/UT pairing, it aims to improve interaction and mutual understanding between people from different states/UTs.

Several initiatives have been launched as part of the Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat programme.

Thus, the scheme strengthens sentimental Bonds between people from different states and fosters a sense of ‘One Nation’ among all citizens of the country.

About Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav:

It is a series of activities organized by the Indian government to commemorate the 75th anniversary of India’s independence.

In the spirit of Jan-Bhagidari, it will be celebrated as a Jan-Utsav.

It is based on five pillars, namely free struggle, 75-year-old ideas, 75-year-old achievements, 75-year-old actions and 75-year-old determination, as a guiding force for progress, inspired by dreams and duties.

The BRICS countries have agreed to India’s proposed BRICS Innovation Cooperation Action Plan (2021-24), led by STI.

Highlights:

India proposed the Action Plan at the 12th Meeting of the BRICS S&T Steering Committee.

India has proposed plans to promote the sharing of experiences in mutual innovation Ecosystems and networks of innovators and entrepreneurs.

The BRICS

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