Current Affairs 18,19.11.2022

 

Current Affairs 18,19.11.2022

1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the first greenfield airport in Arunachal Pradesh. Dhoni Polo Airport in Itanagar and 600 MW Kameng Hydro Power Station were dedicated to the nation. Northeast India now has 16 airports. The state reflects the ancient indigenous reverence for the Sun Doni and the Lunar Poles.

In an area of ​​over 690 acres, Rs. Developed at a cost of over 640 crores, the airport is expected to play a major role in improving connectivity. Dilip Sajnani, director, Airports Authority of India, said it would also help boost trade and tourism in the region.

The airport has a runway of 2300 meters. Well suited for all weather activities. The airport terminal is a modern building. It promotes energy efficiency renewable energy and resource recycling.

Prime Minister Modi said in a tweet that trade and connectivity will benefit immensely from this project. Arunachal Chief Minister Pema Khandu termed The Great Hornbill Gate at Doni Polo Airport in Holonghi as an architectural marvel.

The Great Hornbill Gate is an architectural marvel that welcomes you to the iconic Donnie Polo Airport in a tweet. Made of bamboo and sugar cane, it was designed by Arunachali architect Aroti Panyang from East Siang district.

Doni Polo Airport is the third operational airport in Arunachal Pradesh. Its capital city was the first in Itanagar. The total number of airports in the Northeast region has reached 16. Arunachal Pradesh currently has two airports. One at Pasighat and the other at Teju.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Modi will dedicate the 600 MW Kameng Hydro Power Station to the nation at the inauguration ceremony. The power station was developed at a cost of over 8,450 crores. The project aims to make Arunachal Pradesh a power surplus state. It also benefits the National Grid in terms of grid stability and integration.

2. The Vikram S rocket was India's first privately developed rocket launched from the Indian Space Research Organization at the Sriharikota launch pad. The launch of the Vikram S rocket by ISRO was a historic event.

The Vikram-S rocket was developed by Hyderabad-based startup Skyroot Aerospace Private Limited. It reaches a height of 6 meters and a maximum height of 89.5 km. Five minutes after launch, the Vikram S rocket crashed into the Bay of Bengal. The mission was named Start.

The Vikram S rocket is a single-stage solid-fueled sub-orbital rocket developed over two years by incorporating advanced technology that includes carbon composite structures and 3D printer parts.

The Vikram S rocket is equipped with a gross lift off mass of 545 kg and a payload mass of 80 kg. Vikram S carried three customer payloads. It maps the measurement and validation of specific flight parameters and payload integration processes.

It was a historic moment for India when the rocket Vikram S developed by Skyroot Aerospace took off from Sriharikota today. This is an important milestone in the journey of India's private space industry. Kudos to Narendra Modi for initiating this feat

Skyroot was started in June 2018 by two engineers Pawan Kumar Chandana and Naga Bharat Dhaka. The organization aims to open space for all. It is working towards a future where space is part of our lives. Such a transformation would change mankind like never before.

 

Initially Skyroot built the ticket components to launch satellites into space. It immediately signed up with ISRO after the Indian government opened up the sector to private firms. It allows such players to use the agency's launch facilities. The startup formally entered the space and technology industry in September 2011 with an agreement with ISRO.

The launch of India's first privately developed rocket was a technology demonstration flight to showcase the company's capabilities. The rocket will help validate technologies used in Skyroute's next Vikram 1 orbiter. The Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Center is functioning as a single window as an autonomous nodal agency of the Department of Space to promote the private sector economy in India. The project took about two years to develop and build Skyroot Aerospace Vikram S using advanced technology.

3. World Toilet Day 2022:

The United Nations organizes World Toilet Day on November 19 every year. Sewage treatment The main objective is to educate people on broad sanitation systems such as stormwater management and hand washing. 2022 Campaign Making the Invisible Visible How inadequate sanitation systems spread human waste into rivers, lakes and soil contaminating groundwater resources.

The main message of World Toilet Day 2022 is that safely managed sanitation protects groundwater from contamination by human waste. Currently the world has stopped short of meeting the promise of Sustainable Development Goal SDG 6.2: Ensure access to safe toilets for all by 2030.

Safe sanitation protects groundwater. Latrines are properly located and connected to safely maintained sanitation systems to help collect, treat and dispose of human waste and prevent the spread of human waste into groundwater.

Sanitation should be resilient to climate change. Latrines and sanitation systems must be built. Must be adapted to cope with extreme weather conditions. So that services always work. Ground water is protected.

Sanitation measures are imperative. We are working hard to ensure that everyone has access to safe toilets by 2030. With only eight years left, the world must act four times faster to fulfill our promise.

On this day in 2001, Jack Sim, a philanthropist from Singapore founded the World Toilet Organization and declared that day as World Toilet Day. Efforts to draw attention to sanitation crises gained focus in 2010 when the UN formally recognized the right to water and sanitation as human rights. In 2013 the Singapore government and the WTO conspire to create Singapore's UN resolution. The resolution calls for collective efforts to address the global sanitation crisis. World Toilet Day was designated as an official UN day after 122 countries adopted a resolution at the 67th session of the UN General Assembly in New York.

Department of Drinking Water & Sanitation, Ministry of Jal Shakti, Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen is organizing cleanliness run across rural India to mark World Toilet Day.

States & Union Territories have been directed to organize Swachhata Run at Gram Panchayat level to mark World Toilet Day 2022.

World Toilet Day has been held every year since 2013 to celebrate the 2022 World Toilet Day with local elected representatives/athletes/celebrities/influencers flagging the cleanliness run. The theme of World Toilet Day 2022 is Making the Invisible Visible. Day Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) is recognized as the world's largest behavior change program highlighting actions to address the global sanitation crisis.

Swachh Bharat Mission is recognized as the largest behavior change program in the world. It represents the effective power of people's participation Jal Andolan. It has transformed the lives of rural Indian people in terms of social benefits, economic gains, environmental security and especially dignity and security for women. The second phase of SBM focuses on this strong foundation of healthy behaviors. Inform, educate and generate action on ODF Plus. Swachhta Run is one such activity that engages masses for it. The aim of the run is to create public awareness about the importance of toilet usage, safe sanitation and visual hygiene aligned to SBM(G) Phase II components.

4. Elephant Death Audit Framework:

The Tamil Nadu Forest Department has introduced an Elephant Mortality Audit Framework to establish a more detailed and transparent process for recording and monitoring elephant deaths. Determining the cause of mortality in the field is currently critical to many questions related to population and elephant conservation. The framework improves transparency. Assists all stakeholders in evaluating outcomes. Ultimately facilitating more reliable comparisons of standardization and causes of mortality.

Environment The broad objectives of the Elephant Death Audit Framework (EDAF) are three-fold for the first time in the country. Additional Principal Secretary, Climate Change and Forest, Supriya Sahu said.

According to media reports, out of 131 elephant deaths recorded in Tamil Nadu's forest divisions between January 1, 2021 and March 15, 2022, only 13 were human-induced. Of the rest, 118 were due to natural causes, six due to electrocution, four due to train injuries, one due to road accident and two due to revenge killings.

The framework helps to collect mortality estimation data with high quality and reliability through a transparent process. The Tamil Nadu Elephant Death Audit Framework Document states that the framework and procedural steps will help ensure accountability to wildlife managers and ecologists.

India is home to more than two-thirds of the world's Asian elephant population. Fabulously they live alongside people in most parts of India. Only 20 percent of their range is in protected areas. However their population is stable or increasing in some areas.

Wild elephant deaths occur for many reasons. Most are natural but sometimes unnatural and avoidable. Elephants are one of the live long mammals. Life expectancy in the wild is about 50 years and a generation length of 22 years. Rapid anthropogenic change is changing the context of lives of wild elephants along with people. Their relative life expectancy is unknown.

5. India has become LinkedIn's fastest growing market as more companies and advertisers come online. Sales in the country are growing at 50% annually. LinkedIn is a business networking service company owned by The Microsoft.

CEO Roslansky says that what is going to happen in India in the next 10 years is being written right now. The business networking service, owned by Microsoft Corp, is looking overseas for new growth opportunities as a worsening economic climate weighs on its US home market. LinkedIn has paused hiring to prepare for tougher conditions, he said.

Many people have had their profiles blocked since May due to a crackdown on the country's domestic internet company in 2021. The posts were removed from China's version of LinkedIn. LinkedIn passed Chinese censorship when it entered China in 2014. Shortly thereafter LinkedIn announced that it was pausing new member sign-ups to ensure local legal compliance.

The business networking service has its U.S. A deteriorating economic environment on the home market has led it to look abroad for new growth opportunities. Roslansky said LinkedIn paused hiring to prepare for more challenging situations.

6. India became the only country to receive the Leadership in Family Planning Excel Awards 2022 in the country category at the International Conference on Family Planning held in Thailand. India's efforts in improving family planning reflect the progress the country is making in achieving the SDG targets on women's and maternal health.

India Wins Excellence in Family Planning Leadership Award 2022 Key Points The award recognizes and lauds India's achievements in ensuring increased access. Adopting modern contraceptive methods and significantly reducing the need for family planning. India is making progress in improving access to and adoption of modern contraceptive methods. The overall contraceptive penetration rate has increased significantly from 54 percent to 67 percent in the country. Total satisfied demand for family planning among currently married women aged 15-49 in India has increased from 66 per cent in 2015-16 to 76 per cent in 2019-21.