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WISER Program

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

The womens Involvement in Science & Engineering Research (WISER) program was Inaugurated on November 26, 2021.

Highlights:

WISER Program, first-of-its-kind, was launched to encourage Women in research and development by lateral entry.

It was started by Indo-German Science & Technology Centre (IGSTC) to support women researchers in R&D projects.

WISER programme will allow gender and the assistance of women in Science & Technology through IGSTCs program.

In accession to the open-ended flagship, the WISER program was launched as a 2+2 program of the IGSTC.

IGSTC’s program is a joint action of the Department of Science & Technology (DST), India, and Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education & Research (BMBF).

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Report On Indias MPI By NITI Aayog

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

https://exam.pscnotes.com/multidimensional-POVERTY-index”>Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) Report On India was published by NITI Aayog.

Highlights:

The MPI report was made based on the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) for 2015-16.

As per NITI Aayogs report, in 2015-16, one in every four people in India was multidimensionally poor. It estimated that 25.01 per cent of the Population was multidimensionally poor.

MPI for 2021, Started by UNDP and OPHI, revealed that 27.9 per cent of Indias population were multidimensionally poor.

India was listed at 62nd position out of 109 nations on the index.

The index was developed based on 10 indicators like adequate Nutrition, lack of improved drinking water, or at least six

years of schooling.

Kartarpur Sahib, Velankanni Added To Pilgrimage Scheme By Delhi

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

The Delhi government decided to join Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan and Velankanni Church in Nadu in Mukhyamantri Tirth Yatra Yojana, the pilgrimage scheme, on 26 November.

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As per the

statement, the Delhi government will transfer the first batch of senior citizens of the city on free pilgrimage to Kartarpur Sahib on January 5, 2021.

The first batch of pilgrims to Velankanni Church will start on January 7. Delhi government also determined to add two more routes, apart from the current 13 yatra routes.

The two routes are Delhi-Velankanni-Delhi and Delhi-Kartarpur Sahib-Delhi. The devotees will travel on the Delhi-Velankanni-Delhi route in AC-III tier trains, while for Kartarpur Sahib, they will go in air-conditioned buses.

BRICS Science and Technology Meet

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Dr Jitendra Singh, Minister of Science and Technology, presided at the 9th BRICS Science and Technology Meet on November 26, 2021.

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During the discussion, the minister urged the BRICS countries to collaborate to develop cost-effective, sustainable, inexpensive, accessible, and scalable scientific solutions because they confront comparable and distinct difficulties.

He also advocated for the BRICS countries to be given their appropriate place in the Global Innovation Index.

This, he believes, may be accomplished through further enhancing collaboration in the sectors of Science, Technology, and Innovation.

The Global Innovation Index (GII) is an annual rating of countries based on their potential and achievement in innovation.

The World Intellectual Property Organization publishes the index in collaboration with INSEAD, Cornell

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It is based on both subjective and objective data gathered from sources such as the International Telecommunication Union, the , and the World Economic Forum.

India-Russia Annual Summit

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

On December 6 2021, Russian President Vladimir Putin will officially visit New Delhi, India.

Highlights:

President Putin is to attend the 21st India-Russia Annual Summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

This summit will be the leaders’ first meeting, following the BRICS Summit in November 2019 in Brasilia.

India-Russia Annual Summit was last held in September 2019, and PM Modi visited Vladivostok (Russia). The Annual Summit of 2020 was postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The 2+2 Ministerial dialogue will happen between both countries on December 6, 2021.

It will be operated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov & DEFENCE Minister Sergey Shoigu with their Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.

Army marks 75th UN Peacekeepers Day

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

The Army today commemorated the 75th International Day of UN Peacekeepers by paying homage to the fallen soldiers at the National War Memorial.

India is one of the largest contributors of troops. It has sent over 2,75,000 troops to peacekeeping missions

5,900 currently deployed in 12 UN missions. 159 Indian Army soldiers have died on peace missions across the globe

On this day in 1948, the first UN peacekeeping mission, UN Truce Supervision Organisation (UNTSO), began operations in Palestine.

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Tipu Sultan’s sword fetches over Rs 1.7 crore at London auction

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Erstwhile Mysuru ruler Tipu Sultan’s ‘Bedchamber Sword’ had sold for more than 14 million pounds ($17 million) at an auction in London.

Described as “one of the world’s rare artefacts”, the sword’s sale was conducted by Bonhams — a privately owned international auction house in London — on Tuesday, achieving 14,080,900 pounds against an estimate of 1.5 million to 2 million pounds.

The auction house said the sword was found in Tipu Sultan’s private quarters of his palace after he was killed by British forces on May 4, 1799.

The auction house said that the sword’s “extremely rare calligraphic hilt is a masterpiece of late-18th century Indian manufacture, intricately inlaid in gold with fine calligraphic invocations to God”.

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Quad-led IPEF agrees to build resilient supply chains, cut dependence on China

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

While differences prevented the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) from issuing a joint statement recently, the latest economic bloc Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) managed to reach an agreement on supply chains, which is one of the four pillars of this grouping.

The proposed IPEF Supply Chain Agreement will have three new IPEF supply chain bodies to facilitate cooperation on supply chain issues. The IPEF Supply Chain Council will establish a mechanism to develop sector-specific action plans for critical

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sectors and key goods to enhance the resilience of IPEF partners supply chains. The IPEF Supply Chain Crisis Response Network would establish an emergency communications channel to seek support during a supply chain disruption. The IPEF Labour Rights Advisory Board will consist of government, workers and employer representatives on labour rights and sustainable trade and .

The project will initially use one tonne ofplastic wasteto generatebiodiesel.

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Vito officials have held meetings with Ayodhya administration officials and organised a workshop for the Ayodhya officials.

The company will use the corporations material recovery facility for waste segregation before setting up its own facility.

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Indias first underwater metro service,The Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRC)said that the East-West Metro Corridor project, is expected to be completed byDecember 2023.With this, another feather is being added to the crown of Kolkata Metro, the first metro railway in the country. Kolkata Metro, which started its journey in 1984, is being expanded to cover the whole city and its outskirts. The underwater metro, which will be running through the Hoogly river will connect the twin cities of Howrah and Kolkata.

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

Kolkata Metro RAILWAY Corporation has taken up the difficult take of making the tunnel with the help of German machines and the best experts. Work inside the tunnel is still in progress.

As far as the cost of construction of the underground metro is concerned, it costs about Rs 120 crore per kilometre to build the tunnel but the manufacturing cost of the tunnel underwater, which is deep in the Hooghly river costs increased to around 157 crores by per kilometre.