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Army Red Team wins 72nd Inter Services Volleyball Championship 2022-23

Tags: Sports Sports News

Army Red team won the title by defeating Army Green in the 72nd Inter-Services Volleyball Championship held at Eagle Indoor Volleyball Stadium, Secunderabad on 20 November 2022.

Important facts

• The Army Red team defeated Army Green by 3-1.

• Meanwhile, the Indian Navy downed the Indian Air Force 3-1 in the opening round. 

• A total of four teams, two each from the Indian Army (Army Red and Army Green), the Indian Navy and the Indian Air Force were in the running for the top honours.

• The event provided an opportunity to outstanding sportsmen for getting selected to the Services Volleyball team.

• Telangana and Andhra Sub Area officiating GoC, Brigadier K Somashankar presented the trophy. 

JNPA inaugurates Continuous Marine Water Quality Monitoring Station

Tags: Environment National News

One of the best performing Continuous Marine water Quality Monitoring Station (CMWQMS) in India at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) in collaboration with the Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras was inaugurated on 21 November 2022.

Important facts

• Along with this, the Electric Driven Environment Monitoring Vehicle (EV) was formally launched.

• JNPA is committed to achieving sustainability and creating value for the business, which is reflected in economic, social and environmental parameters.

• The continuous water quality system and electrically powered monitoring vehicle will assist in sea water and air quality management in the port area and improve the environmental quality within the port area.

• JNPA will be able to reduce green-house gas emissions from vehicles.

• Apart from this, it will also be possible to monitor the compliance of environmental quality around the port estate.

• This work will be done through water quality station data, water temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, ammonia, conductivity, nitrate, salinity, TDS of sea water etc.

• The TDS of seawater is based on the sea water quality database.

• This is essential for maintaining sanitary standards in the marine environment.

• E-Vehicles will also monitor the existing air and noise level in JNPA.

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA)

• Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) located in Navi Mumbai is the major container handling port in India.

• Commissioned on 26 May 1989, the port has grown from a bulk-cargo terminal to a major container port in the country in three decades.

• JNPA is connected to over 200 ports in the world and is ranked 26th in the list of top 100 Container Ports globally.

9th India-EU Foreign Policy Security Consultations held in New Delhi

Tags: Summits

The 9th India-EU Foreign Policy Security Consultations were held in New Delhi on 22 November, 2022.

Important facts

• Both sides discussed the functioning of various institutional mechanisms between India and the EU including cyber security, counter terrorism and maritime security.

• The consultations were co-chaired by Secretary (West), MEA, Sanjay Verma, and Deputy Secretary General for Political Affairs, European External Action Service, Enrique Mora. 

• Both sides expressed satisfaction at the growing intensity and political momentum in India-EU relations.

• They took stock of key bilateral developments including the India-EU Trade and Technology Council announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in April this year.

• They also welcomed the progress in negotiations on the India-EU Trade and Investment Agreement in line with the decision taken during the Leaders' meeting in May last year.

• They agreed on the need for greater ambition in the implementation of the India-EU Connectivity Partnership.

• The two sides also reviewed the functioning of various institutional mechanisms between India and the EU, including on cyber security, counter-terrorism and maritime security.

400th birth anniversary celebrations of legendary war hero of Assam Lachit Barphukan begins in New Delhi

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The three-day celebrations on the 400th birth anniversary of the great Ahom general Lachit Barphukan began in New Delhi on November 23, 2022.

Important facts

• Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated an exhibition on the occasion at Vigyan Bhavan.

• Union Law Minister Kiren Rijijju attended the cultural event as the Chief Guest. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the closing ceremony on 25 November.

• A documentary and a coffee table book on the life and glory of Lachit Barphukan were inaugurated in New Delhi during the event.

• The Assam government is organising a week-long program to mark the birth anniversary of Lachit Barphukan.

Who was Lachit Barphukan? 

• Lachit Barphukan was a famous general of the great Ahom army that defeated the Mughals and checked the growing ambitions of Aurangzeb in the late 17th century.

• The Ahoms, who ruled Assam for more than 600 years, hold the record for the longest reign in the world.

• He is best known for leading the Battle of Saraighat on the Brahmaputra in 1671, repulsing an attempt by a Mughal army led by Raja Ramsingh-I to reconquer Assam.

Fourth edition of Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue started in New Delhi

Tags: Summits

The fourth edition of the Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue (IPRD) was begun on November 23, 2022 in New Delhi. This dialogue will continue till 25 November.

Important facts

• IPRD is an apex level international annual conference of the Indian Navy. 

• The National Maritime Foundation is the knowledge partner of the Navy and the main organiser of each edition of the event.

• The theme of IPRD-2022 is the 'Operationalising the Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative'.

• The theme was articulated by Prime Minister, Narendra Modi in Bangkok, at the 14th East Asia Summit (EAS) on 4 November 2019.

• Six professional sessions will be organised in this three-day event.

• As part of the event, globally renowned speakers and eminent panellists will explore how the areas of maritime cooperation can be operationalized optimally and inclusively.

• In addition, there will be Margdarshan sessions which will include addresses by Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav.

Subject of the Dialogue

• Maritime Security, Maritime Ecology, Maritime Resources, Disaster Risk-reduction and Management, Trade-Connectivity and Maritime Transport, Capacity-building and Resource sharing, and Science, Technology and Academic Cooperation.

Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue

• The first two editions of IPRD were held in New Delhi in 2018 and 2019 respectively, however, IPRD 2020 was cancelled due to COVID-19.

• The third edition of IPRD was conducted in online mode in 2021.

• Each edition of the IPRD aims to review the opportunities and challenges arising within the Indo-Pacific.

Karnataka's groundnut festival 'Kadalekai Parishe' begins after a gap of two years

Tags: Festivals State News

Karnataka's famous groundnut festival 'Kadalekai Parishe' begins on November 21, 2022, after a two-year Covid-19 hiatus.

Important facts

• A special puja was performed at the Doddabasavanna temple, and Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai officially inaugurated the event.

• Different varieties of groundnut supplied by farmers from all over Karnataka and neighboring states are the main attraction of the fair.

• Bull Temple Road was lined with hundreds of vendors offering everything from flowers to jewellery, food and fruits, tattoos and artefacts, which drew crowds.

Kadalekai Parishe Festival

• In the street opposite Basavanagudi is the famous Bull Temple, where the Kadalekai Parishe is held every year.

• Groundnut farmers from Karnataka as well as neighbouring areas of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh bring bags of groundnuts to sell at the fair.

• Many Bengaluru residents enter Kadalekai Palli to buy groundnuts and participate in cultural exchange.

• The festival originated when a bull attacked the crops of groundnut farmers in Sankenahalli, Mavalli, Dasarahalli and Hosakerehalli (Karnataka villages), destroying the entire crop and causing them huge losses a few centuries ago.

• Thereafter, King Kempegowda of Bangalore built a large temple at Basavanagudi to ward off the bull, and groundnut farmers made it a custom to pray at the temple with their first crop.

• Every year, on the final Monday of the holy month of Karthika Masa, the Kadlekai Parishe is held.