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Mahaparinirvana Divas, the death anniversary of Dr. Babasaheb Amebedkar, is on 6 December.

Highlights:

Millions visit the Chaitya Bhoomi, Dr Ambedkar‘s Samadhi in Mumbai, to pay their respects.

Due to the ongoing pandemic, the government of Maharashtra has advised people to refrain from visiting and observing the day from Home.

Mahaparinirnavan, known as ‘Nirvana after death’, is one of the primary goals of .

The Buddhist text “Mahaparinibbana Sutta” considers the death of Lord Buddha at the age of 80 as the original Mahaparinirvan.

Dr Ambedkar died a few days after completing his work “The Buddha and his Dhamma”.

After studying the religion for years together, he converted to Buddhism on October 14, 1956, in Nagpur.

He was considered a Buddhist guru for his contributions to eradicating untouchability.

The theme sends message that India is keenly watching the moves of the Chinese in the Indian Ocean Region and the INDIAN NAVY is combat ready to encounter the Chinese forces anytime. The message includes Pakistani forces as well.

Every year the Indian Navy Day is celebrated to commemorate Operation Trident. The operation was launched by the Indian Navy during the India-Pakistan war of 1971 to attack Karachi Harbour.

The Operation Trident was launched in the night of December 4. During the attack Indian Navy ravaged the fuel Storage tankers at Pakistan Naval headquarters located in Karachi. The Indian Navy also sinked 4 of the Pakistani boats and killed 500 Pakistani Naval personal. This included minesweepers and destroy us as well.

For the first time India deployed and anti-ship missile during the India Pakistan war of 1971. The operation Trident was followed by operation Python.

This signifies the fact that the depends on the Health of the Soil.

Soil is Home to one-fourth of the Biodiversity of the earth. It is important to control Soil Pollution as bad soil management will affect the micro organisms below the ground. These Microorganisms are working continuously to preserve the eco system. They help in fixing nitrogen that is essential for plant Growth. They also add nutrients to the soil by the process of decomposition.

ndia focuses on regional soil conservation programmes. For instance, the Cherrapunjee Ecological Project was launched to enhance soil moisture in Sohra Plateau.

However, the Rashtriya Krishi Vigyan Yojana that focuses on development of ranfed Farming Systems in the country, focuses on soil quality all over India. Also, theSoil Health Card Schemewas launched.

During the visit of Russian PresidentVladimir Putinto India on Monday, the two countries would be inking the major deal worth over Rs 5,100 crore for producing AK-203 assault rifles within the country.

The Russian President during his one-day visit is also scheduled to hand over the model of an S-400 air DEFENCE system to Prime MinisterNarendra Modias a symbol of delivery of the weapon system to India.

The main attraction of the visit would be the finalisation of the AK-203 assault rifle deal which would be produced in Amethi,Uttar Pradesh.

The production of the over five lakh rifles by the India-Russia joint venture company would see a complete transfer of technology within seven years of signing the contract.

Every year the INDIAN NAVY Day is celebrated on December 4. This year the Indian Navy Day is celebrated on the following theme

Every year, the World Day is celebrated on December 5. The day is celebrated by the Food and Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture Organization (FAO) operating under the United Nations and also by several other international organizations. This year, the World Soil Day is celebrated under the theme

The Union Minister for Women & Child Development, inaugurated Nutri Garden to denote the starting of Poshan Maah 2021 at All India Institute of Ayurveda.

Highlights:

Plantation of Shigru (Sahijan) & Amla saplings were additionally carried out. All India Institute of Ayurveda, New Delhi under the direction of the Ministry of Ayush initiated the occasion of Poshan Maah 2021.

Nutri kitchen garden/Nutri backyard is a method of planting and harvesting nutrient-rich vegetation in residential houses or in their neighborhood to meet the necessities of the family all year round.

In city areas, Nutri kitchen gardening can be promoted in the structure of rooftop gardening, terrace gardening, vertical gardening and container gardening.

The eleventh India-United Kingdom Economic and Financial Dialogue (EFD) was held virtually with the Finance Minister leading the Indian delegation.

Highlights:

The dialogue covers, among other things, economic cooperation discussions on multilateral issues, including and COP26.

Both aspects deliberated on furthering Financial Services collaboration with different emphasis on Fin-Tech and GIFT City, annual India-UK Financial Market Dialogue and measures underway to reform economic markets.

Infrastructure improvement and promotion of sustainable finance and Climate finance have been additionally discussed.

Atlas of Mortality and Economic Losses from Weather, Climate and Water Extremes (1970-2019) was released on September 1, 2021.

According to the atlas, developed nations incurred the bulk of $3.6tn in economic losses because of severe weather events in past five decades.

High death tolls in poorer countries have been partly reduced by better evacuation.

According to scientists of UNs world meteorological organisation, in past 50 years, number of weather-related disasters had increased fivefold across the globe.

In this period, death toll of 115 people and more than $200m was lost every day. The death toll was the result of Climate Change, more extreme weather and improved reporting.

In this period, total losses amounted to $3.6tn and 2m deaths.

For instance, estimated cost of Hurricane Ida, fifth-largest hurricane to make landfall in US, could be about $80bn.

Three out of 10 worlds costliest disasters occurred in 2017 alone namely- hurricanes Harvey (cost-$96.9bn), Maria (cost-$69.4bn) and Irma (cost-$58.2bn).

Ayush Ministry launched the campaign called AYUSH AAPKE DWAR from some 45 locations across India.

Campaign was launched by Minister of State for Ayush from Ayush Bhawan by distributing medicinal Plants to staff.

About 21 states are participating in launch activities in which more than 2 lakh saplings will be distributed across India.

AYUSH AAPKE DWAR campaign was launched with the aim of distributing medicinal plant saplings to 75 lakh households in India in one year. These medicinal plants include Ashoka, Tejpatta, Stevia, Ashwagandha, Jatamansi, Giloy/Guduchi, Shatavari, Guggulu, Lemongrass, Tulsi, Sarpagandha, Brahmi, Kalmegh and Amla.

Under the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, various other programs were launched such as- launch of the Y-Break App and distribution of Prophylactic Ayush Drugs.

AYUSH Ministry is dubbed as Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, Sowa-Rigpa and Homoeopathy. It was set up on November 9, 2014 to develop Education, research and propagation of indigenous alternative medicine systems across India. This ministry was renamed as Ministry of AYUSH on April 13, 2021. This ministry includes seven traditional systems of healthcare.

AYUSH ministry runs various healthcare programs, with primary focus on rural Population. It forms an integral backbone of the Ayushman Bharat Yojana. Till date, about 50000 children have been enrolled in Homeopathy for Healthy Child.

PM Narendra Modi will issue a special commemorative coin of 125 rupees, which will be held on September 1, 2021, and deliver a speech on the occasion of the 125th birth anniversary of St. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.

Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Ji:

Swami ji born Abhay Charan De, an Indian spiritual teacher and the founder-acharya (preceptor) of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) often recognised as the Hare Krishna movement that translated Shrimad Bhagvad Geeta and different Vedic Literature in 89 languages, playing a stellar role in dissemination of Vedic literature throughout the world.

Swamiji additionally installed over a hundred temples and wrote various books, educating the direction of Bhakti Yoga to the world.

More than 6% of Indias operational industries (4,40,989) currently do not comply with one or the other environmental standards, risking air, water and soils due to emissions and discharge of effluents carrying various pollutants, shows a compilation on non-compliant industries and relevant actions taken against them over the years by different statepollutioncontrol boards.
According to the compilation, shared by the Environment ministry in response to a question in the Parliament during the pre-recess phase of the budget session last month, Punjab has the highest number (6,293) of such polluting industries followed by Gujarat (4,605),Rajasthan(3,796),Maharashtra(3,043) and Jharkhand (1,760).
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the country’s national pollution watchdog, which has power to impose environmental compensation (EC) on such industries that violate various green norms under different laws, had imposed over Rs 13.4 crore of EC on 34 polluting chemical/Fertilizers and cement industries and collected over Rs 12.3 crore from them during 2018-22. The EC is imposed against the polluters for contaminating/ damaging the environment.

Reserve Bank Of India governor Shaktikanta Das said payments through UPI (unified payment interface) have grown exponentially in the past 12 months with daily transactions crossing 36 crore, which is up 50 per cent from 24 crore in February 2022.

While the UPI has facilitated digital payments to retail outlets, kiranas, street vendors etc, the Bharat bill payment system (BBPS) has ensured Migration of bill payments from cash/cheques to digital mode and the national electronic toll collection (NETC) system has helped in migration of the toll payments to digital mode with enhancing efficiency in terms of reduced waiting time at toll plazas, the governor said.

The national automated clearing house (NACH) system has also facilitated direct benefit transfers (DBT) payments digitally and eliminated leakages in the system.

The first methanol-powered buses in Bengaluru will be unveiled by Union Minister for Road and Transport, Nitin Gadkari. The Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC), , Indian Oil Company (IOC), and Ashok Leyland are working together to carry out the initiative, which aims to lower the level of pollutants.

Methanol can be produced through the reaction of carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen, which are also known as syngas. The syngas can be produced from various sources such as natural gas, coal, or Biomass.