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Croatia joins the euro

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The European Union has given Croatia the green Light to begin using the euro and join theSchengen zone from next year.

The country will join 19 other EU member states that use the currency.

It will adopt the currency from 1 January 2023, making Croatia the latest nation to join the eurozone since Lithuania in 2015.

From next year, it will mean that just seven EU countries still use their own currency.

By adopting the euro, the eastern European nation hopes to gain more financial security and improve the living standards of its citizens.

Croatia will also benefit economically from closer financial links with the single currency areas other members and the European Central Bank.

As Croatia becomes the 20th EU nation to adopt the euro, there

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are still a number of members that havent taken this step.

In total, seven EU countries dont use the euro: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary,Poland, Romania, and Sweden.

Launch of training programmes

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Launch of training programmes under the She is a Changemaker programme was held in collaboration with Rhambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini, Thane, Maharashtra.

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href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/women">Women. NCW was established on January 31, 1992 in accordance with the provisions of Act, 1990.

NCW launches She is a Changemaker programme

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https://exam.pscnotes.com/national-commission-for-Women“>National Commission for Women (NCW) launched a pan-India capacity building programme called She is a Changemaker on December 7, 2021.

She is a Changemaker programme was launched for women in Politics.

It is a capacity building programme, which will be undertaken in association with region-wise training institutes.

It will be implemented

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with an objective of undertaking capacity building of women political leaders as well as improving their DECISION MAKING & Communication skills.

Power Ministry approves Inter-state projects worth Rs 15,893 cr

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Union power minister, R K Singh, approved 23 new inter-state transmission system projects of worth Rs 15,893 crore.

Out of 23 ISTS project, 13 projects are having an estimated cost of Rs 14,766 crore. These projects will be developed under Tariff Based Competitive Bidding (TBCB).

While, 10 projects having an

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estimated cost of Rs 1,127 crore will developed under Regulated Tariff Mechanism (RTM).

The new transmission projects will facilitate:

Evacuation system for 14 GW of renewable projects in Rajasthan

5 GW of RE projects in Gujarat

1 GW Neemuch Solar Park in Madhya Pradesh and

Feeding areas near Akhnoor & Jammu region by setting up a Siot Substation in Jammu.

Cabinet approves Ken-Betwa River interlinking project

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approved the Ken-Betwa River interlinking project, ahead of Elections to major North Indian states.

Ken-Betwa River Interlinking project is worth Rs 44,605-crore project.

This project promises to address the issue

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of water scarcity in Bundelkhand region, spreading across Madhya Pradesh (MP) and Uttar Pradesh (UP).

This project is expected to benefit several POVERTY-stricken regions in MP and UP.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will formally lay the foundation stone for this project soon.

Nutrition Mission: States used 56% of funds in last 3 years

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The Minister for Women & Child Development, Smriti Irani, noted in Parliament that, State Governments and Union Territories have used only 56% of the total funds released under Poshan Abhiyan or Nutrition Mission in last three years.

The central government highlighted that, out of total amount of Rs 5312 crore given between financial years 2019 to 2021, Rs 2985 crore was used.

Poshan Abhiyan was launched in March 2018 with

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the aim of reducing stunting, low birth weight, undernutrition challenges by 2% per year. It also seeks to reduce anaemia among young children, women and adolescents by 3% per year until 2022.

Labour Ministry on Global pension report

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Ministry of Labour and EMPLOYMENT told the Rajya Sabha that; a Global Pension Index that placed pension system of India towards bottom of the list was not prepared on the basis of reliable comparable international data.

The Global Pension Index Report was published in 2021 and has ranked India at 40thplace, out of 43 countries for its pension system.

Report was published by Mercer, a management consulting firm.

Index is prepared on the basis of certain criteria of sustainability, adequacy, and Integrity.

Index placed India in the same category of Japan, South Korea and a few

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other countries.

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Chile passes law allowing same-sex marriage

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Chile has passed a law permitting same-sex couples to marry on December 9, 2021.

The adopt was signed into law by President Sebastian Pinera during a event attended by activists for LGBT and broader Human Rights.

The ceremony was organised more than six months after conservative leader announced that he would smooth the way for a marriage law which had long been pending in the nations Congress.

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new law will allow all children with a father and a mother, with two fathers or with two mothers to have the same rights and same protection.

This move will help hundreds of children and adolescents who have been unable to get legal protection from both parents.

National Education Society for Tribal Students (NESTS) and 1M1B Foundation signed MoU to train teachers and students of EMRSs

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AMemorandum of Understandinghas been signedon 7thNovember, 2022 between National Education Society for Tribal Students (NESTS),an autonomous organization established under Ministry of Tribal Affairs and 1M1B Foundation (1M1B) at NESTS headquarters, New Delhi.The MoU was signed by Shri. Asit Gopal, Commissioner, NESTS and Shri Manav Subodh, Managing Director, 1M1B in presence of 1M1Band NESTS team.

The program will capacitate the teachers & students with Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) skills using the AR-VR skills curriculum launched by CBSE. The programme objectives include conduct of training and capacity-building programs for teachers and students of Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRSs). In pilot phase, as part of MoU,programmeis being implemented in EMRSs of 2 states, namely Rajasthan and Uttarakhand.

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Million For 1 Billion (1M1B), is a Bengaluru based Not for Profit Company accredited to United Nations Organization with special consultative status to the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and is associated with the United Nations Department of Global Communications and also is a registered credible organization with NGO Darpan Portal of . Itis a social innovation and future skills initiative aligned to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

NESTS in PARTNERSHIP with the implementing agency, 1M1Baims to engage students of EMRSs in nation-building by enabling teachers and students to understand the world of possibilities offered

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by emerging technologies and become creators using Augmented reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) to build Indias Metaverse.In congruence with NEP 2020, it is believed that this collaboration will go a long way in providing students of EMRSs an exposure to immersive,visual, and experiential Learning that shall enhance human Infrastructure resource for the nation.

India’s first privately built rocket, Vikram-S, launched by ISRO

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India’s first privately built rocket – Vikram-suborbital (VKS)- was launched by the ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) on Friday. The rocket – developed by Skyroot Aerospace –has been named after Vikram Sarabhai, hailed as the father of India’s space sector. In a bid to symbolise a new start, the mission

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has been named ‘Prarambh‘, which literally translates as begining.

This comes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi had opened the space sector for participation by private players in June 2020. The government had called it a big reform amid the push for Make-in-India scheme.