The day is marked on January 15, every year because on this day Lieutenant General KM Cariappa was appointed to the post in 1949. He became the first Indian to head the forces. Since then, this day has become a significant day for Indian HISTORY. It was the first time an Indian soldier took reigns of the armed forces.
Indian Army Day is celebrated to honour soldiers of the armed forces in India, for their selfless service.
The day is celebrated at all army command offices across India as well as the headquarters in New Delhi.
North Korea recently tested the RAILWAY-borne missile. With this, North Korea has tested three missiles in January 2022 amidst rising tensions with the US. This has pushed for fresh sanctions by the US.
The railway-borne missile recently tested by the North is a ballistic missile. The missiles that were tested previously were hypersonic missiles.
The missile flew 800 kilometres and struck a target in the east coast of North Korea.
Railway borne missile means the missile is launched from a train.
North Korea tested two railway borne missiles.
The test comes after the South Koreans tested the submarine launched ballistic missile. With this, it became the first country to develop such as system without nuclear weapons. The Koreans have been indulging in arms race and are unveiling more capable weapons and missiles.
The government of India has made a option for opening Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) in each of the rural districts across the country.
About Krishi Vigyan Kendra:
Krishi Vigyan Kendras usually regarded as KVKs are the agricultural science centres established as innovative establishments for imparting vocational coaching to the practising farmers, faculty dropouts and area stage extension functionaries.
The eleventh National Krishi Vigyan Kendra Conference used to be held in New Delhi in February 2020.
The 1st Krishi Vigyan Kendra, on a pilot basis, was hooked up in 1974 at Puducherry (Pondicherry) under the administrative management of the Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), Coimbatore.
All KVKs are under the jurisdiction of one of the 11 Agricultural Technology Application Research Institutes
(ATARIs) for the duration of India.The Health Minister launched the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS-4).
Highlights:
More than 29% of college students in India were uncovered to second-hand smoke.
There has been a 42% decline in tobacco use among 13-15-year-old schoolchildren in the past decade.
Use of any structure of tobacco was once greater amongst boys
States with the perfect use among schoolchildren: Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram
States with the lowest use amongst schoolchildren: Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka.
38% of cigarettes, 47% of bidi people who smoke and 52% of smokeless
tobacco users initiated the use before their tenth birthday.India will host the first Internet Governance Forum in the country.
The discussion board is an Internet Governance coverage dialogue platform to convey representatives together from a number of groups, considering all at
par to talk about public policy issues related to the Internet.This Multi-Stakeholder thought is adopted by IGF beneath United Nations and by the ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers).
Significance: As India is the second-largest broadband subscription country in the world and additionally has the absolute best facts consumption per person per month, with IIGF, the aspirations of the Indians would be reflected in International coverage formation and stakeholder discussion.
Union Minister of Youth affairs launched a nationwide programme called fit India freedom Run 2.0 on 13th august in order to celebrate Azadi ka Amrut Mahotsav.
Highlights:
The program has been launched at
75 iconic locations, will be concluded on October 2.People from each district in which village can participate in this freedom Run movement, In the freedom, Run 1.0 people of 5 crores had joined and in this number has increased to 7.5 crores. India freedom Run 2.0 flagged off from Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi.
The freedom Run will be organised across 744 districts and 30,000 educational institutions in India.
Orbiter of the Chandrayaan 2 of the Indian Space Research Organisation has detected water Molecules on the surface of the moon.
Highlights:
From the view of researchers that there was widespread lunar hydration and also unambiguous detection of H2O signatures in between 29 degrees north and 62 degrees north latitudes on the moon.
Chandrayaan 2 Mission was launched by ISRO in 2019 which suffered a tragic crash when the lander got damaged.
However, its orbiter has helped in many new discoveries in this mission.
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Highlights:
Delhi Airport emerged as best airport in the country
for the 3rd consecutive year.Mumbai, Hyderabad, & Bengaluru have found a rank among worlds top 100 best airports.
In the world airports Awards list 2021, Delhi has been ranked at 45th place. It has improved as compared to number 50 in 2020. Delhi airport is 1st Indian airport to achieve this mark.
Hyderabad has been positioned at 64th place. Its raking has been improved against 71st in 2020.
Mumbai is positioned at 65th number, besides getting 52nd place in 2020.
Top-5 airports of the world: Doha Hamad International Airport, Tokyo Haneda airport, Changi Airport Singapore, Seoul Incheon International Airport and Tokyo Narita.
Skytrax is a UK-based consultancy, running an airline & airport review and also ranking site.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled several RAILWAY projects across the Northeast region, while also inaugurating a methanol plant and laying the foundation stone for a bridge over the Brahmaputra river. Modi conducted the virtual inauguration of five railway works, along with other projects, from the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
The newly rolled-out railway projects include the Digaru-Lumding and Gauripur-Abhayapuri sections, as well as the doubling of tracks between New Bongaigaon and Dhup Dhara.
Furthermore, Modi launched the electrification of the Raninagar-Jalpaiguri-Guwahati, Senchoa-Silghat, and Senchoa-Mairabari sections. The total cost of these projects is estimated to be Rs 7,300 crore
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