Plan Bee

The Plan Bee was launched by Northern Frontier RAILWAY. It aims to keep the elephants away from the train tracks. The plan recently won Best Innovation Award from the Indian Railways.

The plan installs unique devices along the railway tracks. These devices create the buzzing sounds of swarming bees. Elephants get irritated to the buzzing sounds of bees. And try to stay away from the Sound. Thus, by creating the buzzing sound, the device keeps the elephants away from the track. The sound produced by the device is audible from a distance of 400 metres.

According to Ministry of Environment, Forest and https://exam.pscnotes.com/Climate-change”>Climate Change, between 2009 and 2021, more than 186 elephants were killed in train accidents. Of these, Assam accounted for the largest number of elephant deaths due to train accidents. It was followed by West Bengal and Odisha.

Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs)

As per Reserve Bank Of India (RBI), (SBI), HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank continue to be identified as Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs), similar to 2020 list of D-SIBs.

These three banks continue to be in the list, under the same bucketing structure as it was there in the 2020 list of D-SIBs.

Current update on D-SIBs by RBI is based on data collected from banks as of March 31, 2021.

On the basis of

bucket in which a D-SIB is placed, an additional common Equity requirement is applied to it.

NENEAT 3.0AT 3.0

Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Education Minister, and Skill development Minister launched “National Educational Alliance for Technology (NEAT) 3.0” on 3 January.

NEAT 3.0 was created as a unified platform for providing students in India with better ed-tech solutions and courses.

The minister also launched AICTE-recommended technical publications in regional languages at the event.

Learning regional languages will assist adolescents in developing these skills and preparing them to become global citizens.

NEAT is an initiative to provide the best-developed technical solutions in the education for boosting youth employability on a single platform for learners’ convenience.

Indias Monthly Goods Exports Trend

Indias monthly products export report was just released by the Ministry of Commerce and .

Highlights:

In December 2021, export demand for petroleum products, engineering products, and diamonds, and jewelry was at an all-time high.

Exports increased by 48.9% between April and December. In the first nine months, total Services exports were 179 billion dollars (Apr to Dec).

By the conclusion of the fiscal year, it is expected to reach 230 billion dollars. The Growth of export baskets is the primary reason for the increase in exports.

In December 2021, the trade imbalance was 21.99 billion dollars. It was 15.75 billion dollars last year.

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EU Tattoo Ink ban

European Union has banned tattoo ink and permanent make-up comprising of chemicals which could cause cancers or other Health risks.

The ban covers hazardous substances like certain azo dyes, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), carcinogenic aromatic amines, metals and methanol.

It also covers carcinogenic, chemicals prohibited in cosmetics, mutagenic & reprotoxic substances, skin sensitisers, Metal impurities, skin & eye irritants, aromatic amines and some pigments.

EU has however given a grace period for two common colours- green and blue and have allowed time for alternatives to

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Pangong Tso China’s Construction

China has been seen building a bridge linking the north and south shores of the Pangong Lake in the last two months.

Highlights:

The bridge is now being built on the Chinese side. It is, however, 25-30 kilometers from India’s claimed Line of Actual Control (LAC).

The bridge still links Pangong Lake’s north and south shores, providing rapid access to both sides for the Chinese troops.

India had conquered essential heights in the Kailash range on the southern bank by August 2020.

It gave forces a strategic advantage because

they could see the Chinese garrison in Moldo. India had backed down from the apex following a “mutual pullback plan” to de-escalate tensions.

Mahaparinirvana Divas

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.

Theme: Indian Navy Combat Ready, Credible and Cohesive.

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.

Theme:Halt soil salinization, enhance soil production

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

World Soil Day: December 5

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

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