Important Points @ Glance: Part 16
- Gaofen-3: It is a new high-resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imaging satellite launched by China recently. It was launched off on the back of a Long March 4C rocket. It was the 233rd flight mission by a Long March carrier rocket. It is also China’s first low orbit remote sensing satellite that has a lifespan of eight years.
- Amitabh Kant committee: It is a committee set up by the government to look at easing the policy regime for e-commerce players, including the rules for foreign direct investment. The terms of reference of the Amitabh Kant committee would be to examine various issues in e-commerce sector and making recommendations for further liberalisation of the policy.
- Yaad Karo Kurbani: It is a 15-day programme aimed to commemorate 75th anniversary of the Quit India Movement (QIM) and 70 years of Independence. It was recently launched by Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi at birthplace of freedom fighter Chandra Shekhar Azad at Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh. The campaign is aimed at developing a feeling in every person that nation is first and individual is secondary.
- Foot-and-mouth disease is an infectious and sometimes fatal viral disease that affects cloven-hoofed animals, including domestic and wild bovids. The virus causes a high fever for two or three days, followed by blisters inside the mouth and on the feet that may rupture and cause lameness.
- The seventh India-Japan International Conference on ‘Science and Technology: Future Challenges and Solutions’, was recently held in Mysore, Karnataka.
- Global Green Award: Dr. Dhrubajyoti Ghosh has received the Luc Hoffman award, one of the highest international awards in environmental leadership. Dr. Ghosh was involved in mapping East Kolkata Wetlands and calculating its economic value. He is the first Indian environmental activist to receive the Luc Hoffman award.
- Mission Bhagiratha: PM Modi recently inaugurated a massive 40,000-crore Telangana state water grid ‘Mission Bhagiratha’. It aims to provide safe drinking water through a pipeline. The objective is to provide 100 liters of clean drinking water per person in rural households and 150 liters per person in urban households. This project aims to provide water to about 25,000 rural habitations and 67 urban habitations.
- New Gujarat CM: Vijay Rupani has sworn in as the 16th Chief Minister of Gujarat after Anandiben Patel who resigned recently.
- TWRIS: Telangana Irrigation Department has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Indian Space Research Organisation for setting up a Telangana Water Resources Information System (TWRIS) on the ‘Bhuvan’ web portal. The objective is to capture every field-level irrigation network including dams/barrages, anicuts, main and field channels, etc. and mark every irrigation structure on satellite visualisation tool Bhuvan (similar to Google Earth).
- Tiantong-01: China has successfully launched its first satellite for mobile telecommunication, Tiantong-01. It is the first satellite of China’s homemade satellite mobile telecom system, and a key part of the country’s space information infrastructure.
Important Points @ Glance: Part 2
Important Points @ Glance: Part 3
Important Points @ Glance: Part 4
Important Points @ Glance: Part 5
Important Points @ Glance: Part 6
Important Points @ Glance: Part 7
Important Points @ Glance: Part 8
Important Points @ Glance: Part 9
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