Current Affairs 29,30.11.2022

 

Current Affairs 29,30.11.2022

1. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched the AMLAN Anemia Mukta Lakshya Abhiyan in an effort to completely eradicate the problem of anemia in women and children in the state of Odisha. The state has formulated a multi-pronged approach to quickly reduce anemia. The program will be implemented in 55,000 government and government-aided schools and 74,000 Anganwadi centers across the state.

The program is implemented with joint efforts of several departments including Women and Child Development, Health, Family Welfare, School and Mass Education, Mission Shakti and ST and SC Development Departments.

With intensive focus on public health schemes, Odisha has shown improvement in several health indicators such as immunization, infant mortality rate, maternal mortality ratio, infant and child feeding practices and malnutrition.

The Chief Minister asked the concerned departments and on-field service providers to work in coordination for successful implementation of AMLAN to achieve anemia free Odisha.

2. Harimau Shakti 2022

The India-Malaysia joint military exercise Harimau Shakti 2022 began on November 28 in Pulai, Kluang, Malaysia. 12 ends on 22 December. The joint exercise schedule includes establishment of a joint command post, joint surveillance center and sharing of expertise. Employment of air assets, technical demonstrations, casualty management & casualty evacuation apart from planning logistics at battalion level. Combat-experienced soldiers from the Indian Army's Garhwal Rifles Regiment and the Malaysian Army's Royal Malay Regiment are participating in this year's exercise to share experiences gained during operations to improve interoperability in planning and executing various operations in the jungle.

Exercise Harimau Shakti is an annual training program conducted since 2012 between the Indian and Malaysian armies. The scope of the exercise includes command planning exercise at battalion level and field training exercise at sub company level.

Joint field training exercises, joint combat discussions and joint demonstrations will culminate in a two-day validation exercise, where special focus will be on enhancing tactical skills and enhancing interoperability between forces and promoting Army-to-Army relations. Exercise Harimau Shakti will increase the level of defense cooperation between the Indian Army and the Malaysian Army, further enhancing the bilateral ties between the two countries.

3. The world's largest active volcano erupted in Hawaii for the first time in four decades. According to the US Geological Survey, Mauna Loa erupted at 11:30 p.m. This is the first eruption since 1984 at Moku'aweweo, the summit caldera of Mauna Loa inside Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

Residents at risk from Mauna Loa lava flows are advised to review preparedness and refer to Hawaii Country Civil Defense information for further guidance.

The early stages of a Mauna Loa eruption were dynamic. The advances of the lava became rapid. Hawaii's Civil Defense Agency also helped meet across the island to prepare residents for a possible emergency. It has erupted 33 times since 1843. It is the most active volcano and occupies half of the island.

4. The non-feature film Yanam was screened under the Indian Panorama section at the 53rd edition of the International Film Festival. It is happening in Goa. It is based on the autobiographical book My Odyssey Memoirs of the Man Behind the Mangalayan Mission by former Space Chairman Padmabhushan Dr. K. Radhakrishnan. Yanam's film depicts India's dream project Mars Orbiter Mission Mangalyaan.

The 45-minute long documentary is a complete Sanskrit film in all respects as the entire script and dialogues are in the ancient language. The film is produced by AV Anup under the banner of AVA Productions with the full cooperation of ISRO. The film premiered in Chennai on 21 August 2022. It is the first science documentary in Sanskrit language in the history of world cinema. It shows the capability and expertise of the Indian Space Research Organisation. The remarkable contribution of space scientists and the importance of the Sanskrit language shows how India overcame the difficult interplanetary journey to monumental success in the first attempt.

5. India's first private launchpad and mission control center was established at the ISRO campus at the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota. The launchpad is anticipated and managed by Chennai-based space-tech startup Agnikul Cosmos. The facility was inaugurated on 25 November 2022 by Indian Space Research Organization Chairman and Space Secretary S Somnath.

The Chairman expressed happiness over the establishment of the first private launchpad in the country. India can now fly into space from another space station, he said.

Agnikul co-founder, CEO Srinath Ravichandran said the ability to launch from one's launchpad while working with ISRO's launch operations teams is a privilege granted by the space agency.

The establishment of a private launchpad marks an important step in opening up the Indian space sector to private players. Confirms the commitment of ISRO/DOS to facilitate the same.

Agnikul, housed in the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, plans to guide and control future launches from this facility.

The system is adapted to monitor key flight safety parameters by ISRO's Range Operations Teams during launches and share data with ISRO's Mission Control Center to support liquid stage controlled launches.

6. A study report titled Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage Policy Framework and its Deployment Mechanism in India was released. The report explores the importance of carbon capture utilization and storage as an emission reduction strategy to achieve deep decarbonisation from hard-to-abate sectors. The report outlines the broad range of policy interventions required in various sectors for its application.

India has updated its NDC targets to achieve 50% of its total installed capacity from fossil-based energy sources, reduce emission intensity by 45% by 2030, and take steps towards achieving net zero by 2070. The role of carbon capture, utilization, and storage is important as a mitigation strategy to achieve decarbonization from difficult sectors.

Reduce imports by exploiting CCUS's rich coal reserves. NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Suman Beri said that Atmanirbhar can start production of clean products while leading the Indian economy. Implementing CCUS technology is certainly an important step towards decarbonising a difficult sector.

CCUS projects also lead to significant employment generation. A phased-in carbon capture of around 750 mtpa by 2050 is expected to generate 8 to 10 million employment opportunities on a full-time equivalent basis.

India's dependence on fossil-based energy sources is likely to continue in the future. Hence, the CCUS approach is necessary in the Indian context, said Dr. V.K Saraswat, Member, NITI Aayog.

The report suggests that CCUS can offer a range of opportunities to convert captured CO2 into diverse value-added products such as green urea, application in food and beverage form, construction materials, chemicals, polymers, etc. Including bio-plastics with wide market opportunities in India and enhanced oil recovery, thereby significantly contributing to the circular economy.

7. UNESCO Asia Pacific Awards:

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya has received the Award of Excellence at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Asia Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation 2022. In late 2019 the museum embarked on a phased overhaul, renovation and restoration of the main and extension building, exterior and interior and the main dome in preparation for its centenary on January 10, 2022. It was established in 1922.

Thirteen projects from six countries - Afghanistan, China, India, Iran, Nepal and Thailand - were accepted for awards by this year's jury. Jury deliberations took place in November when members reviewed 50 entries from 11 countries from the Asia-Pacific region.

In the Award of Merit category, Domakonda Kota in Telangana, Byculla stations in Mumbai and Stepwells in Golconda in Hyderabad won the award in the Award of Distinction category. Topdara Stupa, Charikar, Afghanistan and Nantian Buddhist Temple in Fujian, China also received the Award of Merit.

Since 2000, the UNESCO Asia Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation Program has been recognizing the efforts of private individuals and organizations in restoring, conserving and transforming heritage structures and buildings in the region. The UNESCO Asia Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation is a partnership between UNESCO and the Ng Teng Fong Charitable Foundation from 2021.

8. Mars Day 2022

November twenty eight is marked as Mars Day, ceremonial the day one in every of the foremost necessary house missions to Mars was launched. The artificial satellite sailor four became the primary self-made flyby of Mars once three previous makes an attempt. The artificial satellite was launched on Nov twenty eight, 1964. Reached Mars on Gregorian calendar month fourteen, 1965. The self-made mission created twenty two pictures of the Martian surface. These pictures area unit the primary close-up photos from region.

The fourth planet from the Sun is that the Mars or Mars. it's a dirty , cold, desert world with a awfully skinny climate. Mars may be a dynamic planet, with seasons, polar ice caps, valleys, extinct volcanoes, and proof that it had been over again active. 

It's the iron compound on the planet's surface that creates it red. Mars is 0.5 the dimensions of Earth. However it's still the fourth largest planet. it's the fourth planet from the Sun. The minimum distance from Earth to Mars is concerning thirty three.9 million miles. Satellite and satellite area unit the names of 2 moons of Mars. The temperature vary is between 191 to eighty one degrees F. The atmosphere is skinny and created up principally of carbonic acid gas.

In 2018, scientists found proof of a lake beneath the polar ice cap on Mars. Another wonderful truth is that a one hundred pound man would weigh solely thirty eight pounds on Mars thanks to the distinction in gravity. No surprise numerous individuals need to travel to Mars, really NASA hopes to send humans to Mars as early as 2030.

After the conflict there was a fierce competition between the land and also the U.S. to explore deeper into house. Different countries have additionally started their explorations.

NASA has the lander Mars InSight, rover Curiosity and 3 orbiters Mars intelligence operation equipment, Mars Odyssey, Maven. India's ISRO has Associate in Nursing equipment Mangalyaan-1. India's Mars equipment Mission. The technology demonstration venture carried 5 scientific payloads totaling fifteen kilogram to gather knowledge on surface earth science, morphology, weather processes, surface temperature and part escape. the ecu Union has two equipments Mars specific and also the ExoMars trace gas equipment Associate in Nursingd China and also the UAE every have an orbiter Hope and Tianwen-1 severally. UAE mission to review Martian climate. making an attempt to resolve the billion greenback question of however and why Mars lost its atmosphere.