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Rajasthan sees Rs 49,000 crore loss due to mishaps in 5 years: Report

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Rajasthanhas witnessed a socio-economic loss of Rs 49,230.86 crore due to road accidents since 2016, according to an analysis done by Consumer Unity and Trust Society (CUTS), International.

This means, every year on Average there is a loss of Rs 9,846 crore in the state due to accidents. However, owing to fewer deaths and injuries because of the pandemic, the figure decreased to approximately Rs 8,000 crore in 2020.

According to the data from theMinistry of Road TransportandHighways of IndiaandNational Crime Records Bureau(NCRB), a total of 51,044 people have been killed in road accidents from 2016 to 2020, which means that daily there are 29 deaths every day in Rajasthan indicating that at least one person dies in a road accident every hour.

Experts claimed that the burden is in addition to the immense social trauma faced by the victims of road accidents. They opined that reduction of traffic speeds can prevent many deaths and serious injuries, which is also the theme for World Remembrance Day 2021.

The technology of old treatment facilities will be replaced and modernised. Industries that dump rubbish into the Yamuna will be closed down.

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Tribal Affairs Ministry and Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) jointly launched online certificate course on Experiential Learning. This programme will be deployed for 350 educators across 6 states.

Experiential learning seeks to help teachers establish tribal students connect with their real-life experiences and own contexts.

Though, the tribal students studying in EMRS are first generation learners. But creativity is inherent amongst them.

Creativity, risk-taking and enterprise are some of the attributes which naturally get unleashed in their life-cycle.

The programme will be of great service for the development of tribal education, which is having exponential impact on the way EMRS schools emerge as model schools in near future.

Ministry of coal has constituted a Cell, in line with the commitment of clean energy.

The Sustainable Development Cell was constituted in the backdrop of Prime Ministers announcement on new Climate targets at COP26 under Panchamrit Strategy.

Ministry emphasised on to put major thrust on Sustainable Development in coal mining, by taking care of the environmental and social impact of the mining.

Ministry of coal has established a full-fledged Sustainable Development Cell (SDC) to mentor, advice, and plan action of minimising adverse impact of mining.

It will also formulate future policy framework for environmental mitigation in Coal sector as well as Lignite sector in India.

Coal India Ltd. (CIL) and its subsidiaries along with NLC India Ltd., & Singareni Coal Company Ltd. (SCCL) has already started the extensive work.

New Satellite Launched By China – Gaofen-11 03

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China launched a new satellite titled “Gaofen-11 03” from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre on 20 November.

Highlights:

The Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre is in Shanxi’s northern region.

A Long March-4B rocket was used to launch the satellite.

It successfully entered the intended orbit.

The satellite was launched on the 397th launch of the Long March series carrier rockets.

Gaofen

Gaofen is a Chinese series of high-resolution Earth imaging satellites that are utilised for the government-sponsored China High-resolution Earth Observation System (CHEOS).

Gaofen 1, the first satellite of the Gaofen series, was launched in 2013. Gaofen-11 03 is a Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA) Earth observation satellite.

It was successfully separated in the Sun-synchronous orbit.