BIHAR
Former Governor of Bihar and Jharkhand M Rama Jois passes away
Former Governor of Bihar and Jharkhand M Rama Jois has passed away after a prolonged illness.
He also served as the Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court
Retired Justice Rama Jois had also served as a Rajya Sabha member.
During the Emergency he was imprisoned at Bengaluru along with Atal Bihari Vajpayee
INTERNATIONAL
LongOps Project Between UK and Japan
The LongOps project is a collaboration between the UK and Japan. In this operation, Japanese and British scientists will develop new safety technologies to dismantle old nuclear facilities such as Fukushima that were severely damaged by the tsunami and earthquake.
The project will use remote robotic arms, so it is called the “LongOps Project”. The project will reduce risks to human health and will accelerate the decommissioning of non-operating nuclear reactors.
The implementation cost of the LongOps project is 12 million euros (1.2 billion rupees). It will focus on the rapid decommissioning of nuclear facilities.
In addition to dismantling the nuclear fission field, the project will also focus on the partial automation of the nuclear fusion power generation process.
The project will also help improve and dismantle nuclear fusion facilities, such as the European Union Circle. The United European Ring is a nuclear fusion experiment located at the Culham Fusion Energy Center in the United Kingdom.
This is the first reactor produced using a 50-50 mixed fuel of the and deuterium. It was closed in 2009 to adopt the concepts used in the ITER project.
NATIONAL
Centre allocates Rs 16,000 cr for PM Fasal Bima Yojana
Government has allocated 16 thousand crore rupees for Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana for 2021-22 to boost the safety of farmers’ crops.
This will ensure maximum benefit of crop insurance reaches to farmers.
The scheme extends coverage for the entire cropping cycle from pre-sowing to post-harvest including coverage for losses arising out of prevented sowing and mid-season adversities.
Government had approved this flagship crop insurance scheme, five years ago, on 13th January 2016.
India’s first geothermal power project to be established at Puga village of eastern Ladakh
India’s first geothermal power project will be established at Puga village of eastern Ladakh.
Puga has been identified as the hotspot of geothermal energy in the country by the scientists.
In the first phase of the pilot project, one megawatt (MW) power generation capacity will be generated.
India’s first ever geothermal power project, known as Geothermal Field Development Project is planned to commission by the end of 2022.
In the first phase, the pilot project implemented by the ONGC-OEC will explore within the depth of 500 metres and it is planned to supply 24 hours free power to 10 neighbouring villages which are not connected with the northern grid for power supply.
As Twitter seeks talks, Ministers move to Indian-made app Koo
Amid the ongoing tussle between the government and microblogging platform Twitter over blocking of content and accounts related to farmers’ protest, Union Ministers and government departments are also setting up accounts on Koo, a Made-in-India alternative to Twitter.
Koo was launched in April 2020 as an alternative to Twitter.
Koo won the second prize in the social category after Chingari in Atmanirbhar app challenge in August.
It started in Kannada and has since expanded to include Tamil, Hindi, and Telugu.
India is Twitter’s third-largest market with 18.9 million users. The American platform is the preferred mode of social media engagement for prominent politicians, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
- Hamid Ansari Pens his memoir ‘By Many a Happy Accident: Recollections of a Life’
The former vice president of India, Mohammad Hamid Ansari has written a book titled ‘By Many a Happy Accident: Recollections of a Life’.
The book narrates about the life and work of Mr. Ansari, from academia to professional diplomacy and then be co-opted in public life followed by acquiring the second highest office for two consecutive terms.
The book has been published by the Rupa Publications India and has a foreword by Pranab Mukherjee.
- Hamid Ansari was the vice president of India and chairman of the Rajya Sabha for two consecutive terms from 2007 to 2017.
Report of Climate Change on Hindukush Karakoram Ranges
According to the “India Regional Climate Change Assessment” report, the amount of snowfall in the upper reaches of the Hindu Kush Himalayas has been increasing in recent decades, which has protected the region from the effects of shrinking glaciers.
The recent major flooding of the Alaknanda River, which may have been caused by a glacier eruption, highlights the problem of glaciers retreating due to global warming in recent decades, but the report shows a sharp contrast in the Hindu Kush Himalayas.
The Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) has released the “India Regional Climate Change Assessment Report.” This is India’s first national forecast of the impact of global warming on the subcontinent in the coming century.
HinduKush Himalayan (HKH) Region:
The HKH region includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. It spans about 5 million square kilometers and has a large population of different cultures. It is considered the third pole (after the Arctic and Antarctic) and has an important influence on the climate. It has a vast cryosphere (frozen water) and is also the world’s largest ice storage area outside the polar regions.
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