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By admin: Dec. 27, 2021
1. Prime Minister visit to Himachal Pradesh
Tags: National News
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Mandi in Himachal Pradesh on 27 December to inaugurate and lay the foundation of various hydro-power projects in the state.
Highlights of his visit
- He presided over the ground breaking ceremony of the second Himachal Pradesh Global Investors’ Meet.
- Sawra-Kuddu Hydro Power Project:
- He inaugurated the 111 MW Sawra-Kuddu Hydro Power Project
- It is built on river Pabber, a tributary of river Yamuna in Shimla District.
- It will produce over 380 million units of electricity per year,
- It was built at a cost of around Rs 2080 crore.
He laid the foundation stone for various Hydro -electric projects to be built in Himachal Pradesh. These projects are as follows:
- Renukaji Dam project:
- Renukaji is a multi-purpose river project to be built on Giri river which is a tributary of the Yamuna River.
- It is located in the Sirmaur district of Himachal Pradesh.
- The 7000 crore project will produce 40 MW of electricity to be used by Himachal Pradesh and it will supply drinking water to Delhi and participating States.
- It is a national status project where Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh,Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand will jointly develop the project along with the Central Government .
- Around 90% of the cost of irrigation/drinking water component of the project i.e. ₹3,892.83 crore will be provided by the Central government and the remaining ₹432.54 crore by the rest of the basin States.
- Luhri Stage 1 Hydro Power Project:
- The 210 MW Luhri Stage-I Hydro Electric Project is located on river Satluj which is situated in Shimla &Kullu districts of Himachal Pradesh.
- This project will generate 758.20 million units of electricity annually and cost around Rs 1800 crore.
- This project is being implemented by Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited (SJVNL)
- Dhaulasidh Hydro Power Project
- It is a 66 MW hydro project on river Beas in the Hamirpur district of Himachal Pradesh with a cost of around Rs 680 crores.
- This will be the first hydropower project of the Hamirpur district.
- It is being developed by Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited (SJVNL).
- Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited (SJVNL):
- It is a public sector company set up in 1988 for Hydro electric power generation and transmission.
- It is a joint venture of the Government of India and the Himachal Pradesh Government.
By admin: Dec. 25, 2021
2. Cabinet approves CCI MOU with Mauritius counterpart
Tags: National News
- Modi has approved the signing of Memorandum The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra of Understanding (MoU) between Competition Commission of India (CCI) and Competition Commission of Mauritius (CCM) for promotion and strengthening of cooperation in competition law and policy.
- The MoU aims to promote and strengthen cooperation in matters of competition law and policy through exchange of information, sharing of best practices and capacity building initiatives.
Competition Commission of India (CCI)
- Competition Commission of India was set up in 2009 under the Competition act 2002.
- It is the main body in India to promote competition, protect interest of the consumers and establish a robust competitive environment in India
- It comes under the Union Ministry of Corporate Affairs .
Current Chairman: Ashok Kumar Gupta
Headquarters: New Delhi
By admin: Dec. 25, 2021
3. Shri Parshottam Rupala visits IVF centre that has produced the first IVF Banni calf in the country
Tags: National News
- The Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Shri Parshottam Rupala visited the JK Trust Bovegejix Pune.
- This In-Vitro fertilisation( IVF ) centre helped in producing the first IVF Banni calf in the country in the month of November 2021 in Gir Gujarat.
- JK Trust is a social initiative of the Raymond group.
- Unlike the common Merah and Jaffarabadi breeds of Buffaloes in India the Bani breed is considered to be more climate resilient and can survive in harsh climatic conditions where there is scarcity of water.
By admin: Dec. 25, 2021
4. NGMA to celebrate Kala Kumbh- Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav in Chandigarh
Tags: National News
- The National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi will celebrate Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav with Kala Kumbh- artist workshops for painting scrolls in Chandigarh from 25th December 2021 – 2ndJanuary 2022.
- The celebration is based on representing the tales of valor of unsung heroes of India’s freedom movement.
- These will form an integral part of the Republic day celebrations 2022, analyzing the potential of art as a means to express National pride and excellence.
By admin: Dec. 25, 2021
5. Japan to diplomatically boycott Beijing Olympics Games
Tags: International News
- Japan has announced that it will not send any government officials to attend the Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 to be held in China .
- Earlier its close western allies the United States , Australia, United Kingdom, New Zealand and Canada have announced to diplomatically boycott the Beijing Winter Olympic games protesting against the human rights situation in China especially its treatment of Ugyher muslims .
- Japan, like other countries, will however send its players to the games.
- The games will be held in China from 4 to 20 February 2022
Japan
Capital of Japan: Tokyo
Currency of Japan : Yen
Prime Minister of Japan :Fumio Kishida
By admin: Dec. 25, 2021
6. Russian Court fines Meta and Google
Tags: International News
- A court in Moscow slapped Google with an unprecedented fine of nearly USD 98 million(7.2 billion rouble), while Meta (formerly Facebook) received a penalty of USD27 million(1.9 billion roubles) for not moderating their content properly and interfering in the country’s affairs.
- These Social media giants were held guilty of repeatedly failing to delete illegal content, remove materials that incite religious hatred and promote views of “extremist and terrorist organisations” from their sites
Russian Currency is Rouble.
Capital of Russia : Moscow
President of Russia : Vladimir Putin
By admin: Dec. 24, 2021
7. Hong Kong’s Tiananmen Square Statue removed
Tags: International News
- A famous statue which showed the piled-up corpses at the University of Hong Kong marking the Tiananmen Square massacre was removed on 23rd December.
- The Pillar of Shame was created by Danish artist Jens Galschiot as a tribute to the victims of China’s crackdown in Tiananmen Square in June 1989.
By admin: Dec. 24, 2021
8. Tagging of Olive Ridley turtle resumed in Rushikulya ,Odisha
Tags: National News
- Scientists of the Zoological Survey of India in association with the Odisha Forest and Environment Department started tagging of the olive ridley turtle in Rushikulya nesting place on Odisha coast.
- The tagging of the Olive Ridley turtle started in January 2021 after a gap of 25 years
- The tagging exercise is being carried out at the three nesting places of the Olive Ridley at Gahirmatha, Devi River mouth and Rushikulya in Odisha .
- The coast of Odisha is the largest nesting place of Olive Ridley in the world .
- The main aim of the tagging exercise is to identify the migration path and places visited by the marine reptiles after congregation and nesting.
- The metal tags affixed to turtles are non-corrosive and they do not harm their body. It can be removed later. The tags are uniquely numbered containing details such as the name of the organisation, country-code and email address.
- The scientists intend to tag 30,000 turtles over a period of 10 years
Headquarters of Zoological Survey of India : Kolkata
By admin: Dec. 24, 2021
9. US President Joe Biden bans import of goods from China's Xinjiang province to prevent use of forced labour
Tags: International News
- United States (US) President Joe Biden has signed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act that bans import of goods from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China into the US made with forced labour.
What is the law
- The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, bans all imports from China’s Xinjiang region into the United States unless companies can show the U.S. government “clear and convincing evidence” their supply chains have not used the labor of ethnic Muslims enslaved in Chinese camps.
What is the issue
- United States accuses China of genocide against the Muslim Uyghur who are kept in a concentration camp by Chinese authorities violating their basic human rights and are forced to work without any labour rights .
- The Chinese government describes the camps as "re-education" facilities aimed at combating terrorism. The Chinese government accuses many Ughyer of being a part of radical Islmaic movement which threaten China .
- An East Turkestan Independence Movement led by the East Turkestan Liberation Organisation seeks to establish an Independent country for the Ugyhers in the Xinjiang region of China. To crush the separatist movement China has kept a large number of Uygher who it feels are sympathetic to the East Turkestan Movement in special camps denying them basic human rights .
- To put pressure on China on its human right issues the United States and its allies Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom have announced a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics 2022.
- The players of these countries will participate in the Beijing Olympics but these governments will not send their official delegation to China to protest China's poor human rights record and its handling of minorities like Ugyer muslims and Tibetaines.
What is the Economic and Environmental cost to the US
- However many American companies are against the act as more than than 40% of the world’s polysilicon supply comes from Xinjiang. Polysilicon is used as a raw material by the solar photovoltaic and electronics industry. If it is banned from China then the prices of these products will rise in the United States leading to costly goods for the American consumer .
- It will also hamper US commitment to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels as the solar energy cost will rise. It will have an adverse effect on the US commitment to reduce its greenhouse gas emission.
By admin: Dec. 24, 2021
10. President Unveils the statute of P.N. Panicker
Tags: National News
President of India Mr Ram Nath Kovind unveiled the statue of late Mr.P.N. Panicker at Poojappura, Thiruvananthapuram Kerala .
- Puthuvayil Narayana Panicker is also known as the Father of the Library Movement in India.
- He started Granthashala Sangam with about 50 small libraries in 1945 in Kerala which grew into a large network of thousands of libraries.
- Today in the remotest corner of Kerala there is a library.One of the main reasons for the success of the Kerala government’s “Sakshara Keralam” to make Kerala fully literate was the availability of library in the remotest corner of Kerala .
- To honour and acknowledge P.N.Panicker ,Kerala Government declared June 19, his death anniversary, as Vayanadinam (Reading Day) in 1996
- In 2017, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared June 19 his death anniversary as National Reading Day in India. The following month is also observed as National Reading Month in India.
