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Shipping Minister Launches My Port App

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

Highlights:

The app was launched

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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.

Aryabhata Award Presented To G Satheesh Reddy

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

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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

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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.

Father Of Pakistans Nuclear Bomb Passes Away

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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

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

Kyrgyzstan To Get $200mn LoC From India

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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

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

Forward Action Plan On Power Signed By India And UK

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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

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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

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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.

Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay SanraksHan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA)

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This scheme was announced in 2018 to aid farmers in providing remunerative return for their produce. It has three sub-schemes namely, Price Support Scheme (PSS),

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Private Procurement & Stockist Scheme (PPSS) and Price Deficiency Payment Scheme (PDPS).

Rail Madad Launched by Indian Railways

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An integrated one-stop solution Rail Madad was launched by Indian Railways in which the national transporter has merged a number of existing helplines that were used for various purposes into one.

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The Ministry of Railways toll-free number 139 can be used for all kinds of enquiries and making complaints and the helpline facility is available all the time in 12 languages.

Rail Madad, the integrated and innovative one-stop solution for enquiry, customer grievance, suggestion and assistance, providing passengers with the choice to access RailMadad through multiple channels, namely, Web, App, SMS, Subscribe on YouTube

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href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/social-media">Social Media and also Helpline number (139) during the journey for expeditious resolution of their complaints.

Hydrogen Fuel Cell-Based Train – Indian Railways

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Indian Railways Organisation of Alternative Fuels (IROAF) inviting bids for Hydrogen Fuel Cell-based Train on the Indian Railways Network.

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The project is expected to kick off the concept of

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Hydrogen Mobility in the country. First, the bids are invited for 89km of the Sonipat-Jind section of the Northern RAILWAY. The project is expected to bring in annual of Rs.2.3 crores.

Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC) Batteries and National Hydrogen Mission are two flagship programs of the Government of India to help meet the targets of reducing Green House Gas (GHG) emission under the Paris Climate Agreement 2015 and Mission Net Zero Carbon Emission Railway by 2030.

Book Named The Earthspinner by Anuradha Roy

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A book named The Earthspinner authored by award-winning novelist Anuradha Roy.

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In this book, Anuradha delves into the life and mind of Elango the potter, who must navigate impossible and complicated love, the dedication of a beloved pet, his own passion for creativity and a globe turned upside down by the petty violence that characterises the present day.

The novel is about two people struggling to free themselves of such

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shackles to create the happiest world. Roys earlier works include An Atlas of Impossible Longing and The Folded Earth.

Study on Pensilungpa Glacier

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The study on Pensilungpa Glacier was conducted by scientists from the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG), Dehradun. By this study, Pensilungpa Glacier in the Zanskar region of Ladakh is retreating. Their field observations over four years (2015-19) showed that the glacier is now retreating at an Average rate of 6.7 metres per annum.

The study has attributed this to a decrease in and an increase in the temperature during winter.

The study points at the important influence of debris cover on the mass balance and also retreat of the Glaciers endpoint, especially in summer.

The study suggests that due to continuous rise

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in the air temperature in line with the global trend, the melting would increase, and it is possible that the precipitation of summer periods at higher altitudes will change from snow to rain, and that may influence the summer and winter patterns.