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UP’s Ranipur Tiger Reserve Becomes 53rd Tiger

Reserve of India National

• Uttar Pradesh is set to have its fourth Tiger

Reserve and 53rd tiger reserve in India. The tiger
reserve is spread across over 529.36 sq km

• Apart from Ranipur, Uttar Pradesh has three tiger

reserves, Dudhwa, Pilibhit, and Amangarh.

• Uttar Pradesh government approved the development

of the first tiger reserve in the Bundelkhand region of
the state

• The UP government also approved the notification of

the Ranipur as per Wildlife Protection Act 1973.
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Railway Ministry to go paperless
National
• Railways Ministry has decided to stop physical
processing of files.

• It has announced that communication of the Railway Board

and Zonal Railways will only be through its e-office
platform.

• The Ministry said only classified documents and certain

Parliament matters are allowed to be processed in
physical form.

• The new paperless system will be fully implemented from Indian Railways
Union Minister– Ashwini Vaishnav
November 1.
Ministers of State– Danve
Raosaheb Dadarao, Darshana
• Vigilance cases can continue in physical form till further
Vikram Jardosh
advice.
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National
Recent/ related

Indian Railways installed Real-Time Train Information System system

• Indian Railways is installing a Real-Time Train Information System (RTIS) developed

in collaboration with the Indian Space Research Organisation

Amazon India signed an agreement with Indian Railways

• Amazon India has engaged with the Railway of India to boost its delivery services in the
country.

RailTel & CloudExtel partnered to launch RAN solution for Congested Location

• RailTel Corporation of India Limited and CloudExtel partnered together to launch India’s
first shared Radio Access Network solution for congested locations to have better
network usage.
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PM dedicates Maze Garden and Miyawaki Forest in Ekta Nagar

• The PM dedicated Maze (labyrinth) Garden and

Miyawaki Forest in Ekta Nagar (formerly Kevadia),
Gujarat near the 182-meter high Statue of Unity. He
also inaugurated the OYO Ekta Houseboat, Gujarat’s
first houseboat service.

• This is the largest maze garden in India. It has been

built in the shape of ‘Yantra’ that emanates positive
energy.

• It spread across three acres with a pathway of 2,100

metres.
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• Miyawaki Forest is named after the technique
developed by a Japanese botanist and ecologist Dr
Akira Miyawaki to plant saplings of various species
that are planted close to each other which develops
into a dense urban forest.

• The growth of plants is ten times faster using this

method resulting in the forest developed is thirty
times denser, and can be developed in just two to
three years as compared to at least 20 to 30 years
through the traditional method.

• OYO Ekta Houseboat is 90 feet long and 20 feet

wide with two well-appointed bedrooms, one dining
room, one drawing room, one kitchen, a front deck and
an upper observation deck.
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PM declares Mangarh Dham as National Monument
National
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared Mangarh Dham as
a National Monument in the Banswara District of
Rajasthan.

• Mangarh holds special importance for the Bhil

community and other tribes of Rajasthan, Madhya
Pradesh, and Gujarat.

• During the freedom struggle where Bhils and other tribes

engaged in a long stand-off with British officials, when more
than 1.5 lakh Bhils rallied at Mangarh Hill on November 17,
Government of Rajasthan
1913, under the leadership of Shri Govind Guru.
Governor: Kalraj Mishra
CM: Ashok Gehlot
• Britishers opened fire at this gathering, leading to Mangarh
Massacre where approx. 1500 tribals were martyred.
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• As part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, the National

Government of India has initiated several steps to
celebrate the unsung tribal heroes of the freedom
struggle.

• These include declaring November 15 as Janjatiya

Gaurav Diwas, setting up tribal museums across the
country, etc to recognize the contribution of the tribal JANJATIYA DIWAS
15 NOV
people to society and increase awareness about their
VANBANDHU KALYAN YOJANA FOR
sacrifice in the freedom struggle. TRIBAL DEVLOPMENT

• The PM highlighted that the tribal population is being

provided water and electricity connections, education
and health services, and employment opportunities
through Vanbandhu Kalyan Yojana.
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HARIT Aaykar initiative by Income Tax Department for
National
increasing greenery and creating micro forests
• HARIT Aaykar (Hariyali Achievement Resolution by Income Tax)
initiative recently launched by Income Tax Department for
increasing greenery and creating micro forests

• It was launched on the occasion of National Unity Day(31st

Oct) to increase greenery and create micro forests.

• Under this initiative, the Income Tax Department resolves to

increase the green cover by planting trees and creating micro-
forests in and around Income Tax Department's buildings and
other public areas.

• The Miyawaki method, which was devised by Japanese

botanist Akira Miyawaki in the 1980s, is a technique to create
micro forests over small plots of land.
Chairman, CBDT, Shri Nitin Gupta
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Agri products export grows 25% to $13.8 billion in H1 FY23
National
• Exports of major agriculture and
processed products, promoted by
Agricultural and Processed Food Products
Export Development Authority (APEDA),
have jumped by a quarter to $13.77 billion
(₹1,07,942 crore) during H1 FY23 from
$11.06 billion year-ago.
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National
• Educational Testing Services, American Institutes for Research and the Australian
Council for Educational Research have expressed interest in assisting with the
establishment of India's first national school-level testing and assessment
regulator- PARAKH.

• While ETS is well-known for conducting the TOEFL and GRE, which are
gateways to admission in the top universities of the world, AIR and ACER are
well-known for conducting research on behavioural and social science
domains.

• PARAKH - Performance Assessment, Review, and Analysis of Knowledge

for Holistic Development - is also part of the National Education Policy (NEP)
2020 proposals.

• It will function as a standard-setting body for student assessment and

evaluation for all school boards in the country

• While the NCERT is an autonomous organisation under the Ministry of

Education, PARAKH will act as a constituent unit of the NCERT.

• PARAKH will be tasked with - Setting norms, standards and guidelines for
student assessment and evaluation for all recognised school boards of
India.
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• PARAKH will manage India's participation in international

assessments such as the Program for International Student Assessment
(PISA), Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)
and Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) in addition
to NAS.

• PARAKH will eventually become the national single-window source for all
assessment-related information and expertise, with a mandate to assist all
forms of learning assessment, both nationally and globally.

National Council of Educational Research and

Training
Establish: 1961
President: Dharmendra Pradhan (Min of
Education)
Director: Dinesh Prasad Saklani
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1st ASEAN-India Start-up Festival 2022
inaugurated in Indonesia National

• The 1st ASEAN-India Start-up

Festival (AISF) was inaugurated by Dr. Srivari
Chandrashekhar, Secretary, Department of
Science and Technology in Bogor, Indonesia.
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National
• Chenab White Water Rafting Festival was
inaugurated at the Shibnote area of Prem
Nagar (J&K)

• The district administration started Chenab

White Water Rafting Festival under ‘Back to
Village Phase-4‘.

Jammu and Kashmir

Capital-
Srinagar (May–October)
Jammu (November–April)
UT since: 31 October 2019
Lt Governor: Manoj Sinha
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• Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has inaugurated North National
India’s first hyper-scale data centre "Yotta D1“

• The data centre will increase the data storage capacity of the country,
which until now stood at two percent only despite the fact that 1.5 billion
mobile phones and 650 million internet users in the world are from
India using 20 per cent of data. Yet for storage of data, we had to
look for centres abroad.

• Data Center Policy was notified in 2021. Under the policy, the work of
setting up of 04 Data Center Parks by various investors is currently
under process with an investment of more than Rs 15,950 crore.

• These include
• M/s NIDP Developers Pvt Ltd of Hiranandani Group (Rs Uttar Pradesh
9134.90 crore),
• M/s NTT Global Centers and Cloud Infrastructure India Pvt Ltd of Governor: Anandiben Patel
Japan (Rs 1687 crore), and Capital: Lucknow
• 2 projects of Adani Enterprises Ltd of Rs 2414 crore and Rs 2713
crore. Chief Minister: Yogi Adityanath
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National
• India Chem is the flagship event of the Indian Government’s
Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals.

• It is the largest event focusing on Indian chemicals and

petrochemical industry. It is one of the largest composite
events of the industry in the Asia-Pacific Region.

• The 12th edition of the India Chem 2022 jointly organized

by the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals and
the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry
FICCI

• It is organized in Pragati Maidan in New Delhi based on Founded: 1927

the theme “Vision 2030: Chemicals and Petrochemicals Headquarters: New Delhi
Build India”. Secretary General: Dilip Chenoy
Presidents: Sanjiv Mehta, Uday
Shankar
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Maharashtra government to set up Cyber Intelligence Unit
National
• Maharashtra Govt informed that a dedicated cyber
intelligence unit will be set up in Maharashtra to curb
cyber and financial crimes.

• Cyber Intelligence Unit will be a dedicated single

platform, through which a global model will be
created to curb cybercrime.

Maharashtra
Chief Minister– Eknath Sambhaji
Shinde
Governor– Bhagat Singh Koshyari
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Recent/ related

Cybercrime Against Women up 28% Since 2019

• The number of cybercrimes has climbed up to 18.4 percent in 2021 and there is a rise
of 28 percent of such cases against women in the report released by the National Crime
Records Bureau.

Cyber Crime Investigation and Intelligence Summit 2022

• The 4th Cyber Crime Investigation and Intelligence Summit-2022 is being organised in
Bhopal by the Madhya Pradesh Police to improve the knowledge and abilities of police
sub-inspectors and senior investigating officers in order to effectively prevent
cybercrimes.

CERT-In conducts exercise Cyber Security Exercise “Synergy”

• Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) under the Ministry of

Electronics and IT, in collaboration with the Cyber Security Agency of
Singapore, successfully designed and conducted the Cyber Security Exercise “Synergy”
for 13 Countries.
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empower youth National

• Under the banner of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav ,

Ministry of Culture has collaborated with Art of Living
to reach out to masses and youth to educate them
about mental health and empower them with the
tool of meditation for better health.

• The project will engage Art of Living teachers as

Meditation Coaches, and representatives of
institutions and interested persons from public as
Meditation Ambassadors, who will together reach out
Ministry of culture, Govt of India
to masses, especially youth.
Union Minister : G. kishan Reddy
Minister of state :
Shri Arjun ram meghawal,
Smt. Meenakshi Lekhi
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MOU
• Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs signed a
Memorandum of Understanding with the National
Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR)
University of Law, Hyderabad.

• This MoU was signed for the purpose of academic

collaboration that will encompass offer and award of
degree, diploma and certificate courses of
contemporary importance; exchange members of
faculty and students.

National Academy for Legal

Studies and Research (NALSAR)
Chancellor: CJI HC Telangana
Vice-chancellor: V Balakista Reddy
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13 states & 3 UTs Signs MoU with MoE for Upgradation
to PM-SHRI Schools MOU
• India’s 13 states and 3 Union Territories along with the Kendriya Vidyalaya
Sangathan and Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti have signed an memorandum
of understanding with The Ministry of Education to upgrade their
schools under the Pradhan Mantri Schools For Rising India (PM-
SHRI) scheme.

• The PM SHRI is a scheme under the MoE initiated for the development
of more than 14,500 schools across India towards quality education and
cognitive development of students

• The scheme will manage and strengthen the selected schools with the
help of the Central Government, State Government, UT Government, or
the local bodies.

• The scheme of PM SHRI schools is implemented as a Centrally

Sponsored Scheme with a total project cost of Rs 27,360 crore, out of
which, Rs. 18,128 crore will be the centre’s share for the period of 5
academic sessions (2022-23 to 2026-27).
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QS World University Rankings
• IIT-Bombay emerged as the best educational institutions in India National
in the first of it’s kind QS World University Rankings:
Sustainability.

• With a total of 15 Indian universities getting a place in the list, the iit bombay
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B) featured in the 281- iit delhi JNU
DU
300 rank range, followed by IIT-Delhi (321-340 rank) and iitkanpur

Jawaharlal Nehru University at the third rank (361-380).

• In order to assess how universities are taking action to set the

world’s most pressing environmental and social issues, QS World
University Rankings: Sustainability ranking has been started this
year.

• Fourth rank has been saved by the University of Delhi which

marks in the 381-400 rank range and the Indian Institute of
Technology Kanpur (IITK) took on the fifth spot (451-500).
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• Meanwhile globally, the University of California,

Berkeley (from the US) has taken the lead in the
sustainability frame as it has achieved top scores in
both the Environmental Impact and Social Impact
categories, each providing 50 per cent of the all-around
score.

• It is followed by two Canadian institutions, the

University of Toronto securing the second place and
the University of British Columbia making it to third
spot.
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103 million People Forcibly Displaced Worldwide,
Reveals UNHCR Report Report

• The number of people forcibly displaced from their homes due to

persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations and events
seriously disturbing public order globally surged to 103 million in the
first half of 2022, meaning that one in 77 people on Earth is
forcibly displaced

• According to the report, the total number of refugees and people in

need of international protection worldwide rose by 24 per cent
from 25.7 million at the end of 2021 to 32 million by mid-2022.

• At the end of June this year, more than half (56 per cent) of all
refugees were Syrian, Venezuelan or Ukrainian. In mid-2022.
Turkey hosted 3.7 million refugees, the largest refugee
population worldwide.

• Colombia was second with 2.5 million and Germany third with
2.2 million refugees, followed by Pakistan and Uganda (1.5 million
each).
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Recent/ related

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

• UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will propose the appointment of Austria’s

Volker Turk as the next High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Climate activist Vanessa Nakate appointed as UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador

• United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund

(UNICEF) appointed Vanessa Nakate, a 25-year-old climate activist from Uganda as UNHCR(UN Refugee Agency)

the Goodwill Ambassador of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). HQ: Geneva, Switzerland
The UNHCR has won two Nobel
Peace Prizes (in 1954 and again in
1981).
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Awards- 'Kerala Jyothi', 'Kerala Prabha’
Awards
and 'Kerala Sree’
• The Kerala government has instituted three categories of state-
level awards — 'Kerala Jyothi', 'Kerala Prabha' and 'Kerala Sree’,
to honour the contributions of people from different spheres.

• Malayalam literary stalwart and Jnanpith laureate MT Vasudevan

Nair has been selected for the first 'Kerala Jyothi' award
instituted by the state government on the lines of the Padma
MT Vasudevan Nair
awards to honour individuals who have made priceless
contributions to society. Kerala Jyothi is the highest civilian
award instituted by the state government.

• Three persons - Malayalam megastar Mammootty, Delhi-based

Malayalam playwright Omcheri NN Pillai and former civil servant
and social worker T Madhava Menon - have been selected for
the first 'Kerala Prabha' awards, ‘Kerala Prabha’ is the second-
Mammootty
highest honour bestowed by the government.
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Awards
• Further, six persons - amphibian biologist
Sathyabhama Das Biju (Dr SD Biju), magician
Gopinath Muthukad, sculptor Kanayi Kunhiraman,
industrialist Kochouseph Chittilappilly, scientist MP
Parameswaran and singer Vijayalakshmi - have been
selected for the first 'Kerala Sree' awards, said the
statement. ‘Kerala Sree’ is the third highest civilian Omcheri NN Pillai

award.

Kerala
Capital: Thiruvananthapuram T Madhava Menon

CM: Pinarayi Vijayan

Governor: Arif Mohammad Khan
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Rajyotsava Award
Awards
• The Rajyotsava Prashasti or Rajyotsava Awards, the second
highest civilian honor of the Karnataka state of India are
conferred annually by the Karnataka Government on the
occasion of the establishment of the state on 1 November
celebrated as the Kannada Rajyotsava.

• Former ISRO Chairman K Sivan, actors Dattanna, Avinash and

Sihi Kahi Chandru are among 67 personalities who will be Former ISRO Chairman K Sivan.

awarded Rajyotsava Award this year, by the Karnataka

government.

• The award, is a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh, a gold medal and a

citation

• This is the first time that the Karnataka government formed an

expert committee to identify achievers from various fields
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• Overall • Literature TV
• Sculpture
• Subbarama Sheety • Shankar Chachadi Sihi Kahi Chandru​​
• Parashuram Pawar​
• Vidwan Gopal Krishna Sharma • Krishnegowda • Hanumanthappa Yakshagana
• Soligara Madamma • Ashokbabu Neelagar Balappa Hukkeri MA Nayak​​
• Armed services • Aa Ra Mitra​ • Painting Subramanya Dhareshwar

• Subedar BK Kumaraswamy • Ramakrishna Marathe​ • Sannarangappa Sarapadi Ashok Shetty​​

• Journalism Chitrakaar Bayalata

• Education
• HR Srisha • Films Adavayya Hiremath​​
• Koti Rangappa
• Dattanna Shankarappa
• GM Shirahatti • MG Nagaraj​
• Avinash​ Mallappa Horapete
• Science and Technology • Sports
H Pandurangappa
• K Sivan • Dattatreya Govind
• Dr DR Balooragi Kulkarni​
• Agriculture • Raghavendra Anvekar
• Ganesh Thimmaiah • Judiciary
• Chandrashekar Narayanapura • Venkatachalapathy
• Nanjundareddy
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• Environment
• Salumarada Ninganna
• Pourakarmika
• Mallamma Hoovinahadagali
• Administration
• Dr LM Manjunath
• Madan Gopal
• Non-resident Kannadigas
• Devidas Shetty
• Arvind Patil
• Krishnamurthy Manja
• Rajukumar
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• Medicine • Folk art
• Theatre
• Dr HS Mohan • Sahademappa Eerappa
• Thippanna Helavar
• Dr Basavanthappa • Lalithabai Chennadasar Nadiger
• Social service • Gurunath Hugar • Gudda Panara
• Dr Ravi Shetty • Prabhakar Joshi • Kamalamma Soolagitthi
• C Kariyappa • Srisaila Huddar • Savithri Pujar
• Music • Rachaiah Salimath
• MS Kori Shettar
• Narayana M • Maheshwaragowda
• D Madegowda
• Ananathacharya Lingadahalli
• Balbir Singh
Balacharya
• Commerce
• Anjinappa Satpaadi
• BV Naidu
• Anantha Kulkarni
• Jayaram Banan
• J Srinivas
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bags the SKOCH Award Awards

• The West Bengal government’s Lakshmir Bhandar

scheme has bagged the SKOCH award in the
women and child development category.

• Instituted in 2003, the SKOCH Award is given for

good governance, inclusive growth, excellence in
technology and applications, change management,
corporate leadership, corporate governance, citizen
services delivery, capacity building and empowerment
among others
West Bengal
Governor: La. Ganesan
CM :Mamata Banerjee.
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• The West Bengal government

had launched the scheme in
August 2021 to provide
financial support to a woman
head of a family in the age
group of 25-60 years.

• Under the scheme, Rs 500 is

given every month to women in
the general caste category and
around Rs 1,000 per month to
women in the SC and ST
categories. The state
government spends around
Rs 11,000 crore every year to
fund the scheme
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Recent/ related

Chhattisgarh launched ‘Hamar Beti Hamar Maan’ campaign

• A campaign on women’s safety titled ‘Hamar Beti Hamar Maan’ (our daughter, our
honour).

Rajasthan govt introduce ‘Mahila Nidhi’

• Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has launched ‘Mahila Nidhi’, a loan scheme for
the social and economic development of women through loans
Tamil Nadu Government launched “Pudhumai Penn Scheme” for girl students

• Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has launched the Moovalur Ramamirtham
Ammaiyar Higher Education Assurance scheme titled ‘Pudhumai Penn’ at a function in
Chennai
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China launches final module to its
permanently inhabited space station Science

• China launched the last of the three modules that will comprise
its space station, set to be the second permanently inhabited
outpost in low-earth orbit after the NASA-led International
Space Station.

• The uncrewed Mengtian, or "Dreaming of the Heavens", module

was launched atop China's most powerful rocket, the Long March
5B.

• In April 2021, China began construction of its space station with

the launch of the Tianhe module, the main living quarters for
People's Republic of China
astronauts.
Capital : Beijing

• In July this year it launched Wentian, or "Quest for the Heavens", a Largest city: shanghai
laboratory module where scientific experiments will be performed. President: xi Jinping
Currency: Renminbi
• The 23-tonne Mengtian, also a laboratory module, is expected
to dock with an axial port at one end of Tianhe .
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Book “Nuclearization of Asia”
books

• French Author Rene Naba has authored a new

bilingual book in both French and English titled “De
la Nucléarisation de l’Asie“(Nuclearization of Asia).

• The book discusses the nuclear emergency and threat

posed by the nexus of Pakistan and China.

• The 1st book was “Pakistan facing the challenge of

the post-Western world and Eurasia” Golias 2018,
the first book in French on the strategic mutation of
Pakistan
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Dr G Hemaprabha takes charge
as a New Director of ICAR-SBI Appointment

• The Indian Council of Agricultural

Research-Sugarcane Breeding Institute
(ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute)
(Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu) appointed Dr G
Hemaprabha, as the 1st woman Director of
ICAR SBI

• She was appointed up to 2024 on the

recommendations of the Agricultural
Scientists Recruitment Board, New Delhi
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Recent/ related Appointment

• The Indian Council for Agricultural Research launched the National Agricultural Higher
Education Project (NAHEP) in November 2017 with the assistance from the World
Bank.

• It was set up with a total outlay of 165 million USD for five years from 2017-18. The
cost of this project is equally shared between the World Bank and the Indian
Government. It is implemented by the Education Division of the ICAR.

Indian Council of Agricultural

Research

Motto: Agrisearch with human

touch
Established: 16 July 1929
President: Minister of Agriculture(
Narendra Singh Tomar)
HQ: New Delhi
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Gujarat Government Set Up Committee To Implement
Uniform Civil Code(UCC) Committee

• Gujarat government will form a committee for the implementation of

the Uniform Civil Code in the state.

• High-level committee will be headed by a retired high court

judge. He also said that the committee will have three to four
members.

• In May 2022, Uttarakhand announced a committee for the

implementation of UCC headed by retired Supreme Court judge
Justice Ranjana Desai.

• Article 44 under the Directive Principles of State Policy has the

provision of a Uniform Civil Code for all citizens throughout the
country.

• Uniform Civil Code means there would be one law for the entire
country applicable to all religious communities in their personal
matters like inheritance, marriage, divorce, adoption, etc.
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Jamshedpur mourns death of 'Steel Man of India'
Jamshed J Irani Obituary

• The former MD of Tata Steel Jamshed J Irani who was also

famously known as the ‘Steel Man of India’ passed away, in
Jamshedpur

• Jamshed J Irani retired from the Board of Tata Steel back in June
2011.

• Jamshed J Irani began his career as a senior scientific officer in

1963 at the British Iron and Steel Research Association,
Sheffield.

• In 1968, Irani joined TATA Steel as an assistant to the director

(R&D). Jamshed J Irani became the Managing Director of TATA
Steel in 1992 and he served in the position till 2001.

• Jamshed J Irani was also conferred upon Padma Bhushan-

the third highest Civilian Award in 2007.He was conferred an
honorary Knighthood (KBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in 1997.
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Assam’s eminent artist Neel Pawan Baruah passes away
Obituary
• Assam’s eminent artist, Neel Pawan Baruah has
passed away

• Baruah was a versatile artist with his oeuvre ranging

from painting, pottery, mask-making and writing poetry.

• In 2021, he was awarded the ‘Assam

Sourabh’ award by the Government of Assam.
Baruah was married to Dipali
Borthakur, the ‘Nightingale of Assam’ who passed
away on December 21, 2018.
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World Vegan Day - 01st November
Imp days
• World Vegan Day is celebrated every year on November 1 to
encourage people to follow the vegan lifestyle and spread
awareness about veganism.

• The day is dedicated to the practice of abstaining from use of

animal products and exploitation of animals.

• This year’s theme will be based on the animal rights-focused

campaign ‘Future Normal’.

• Veganism is the practice of abstaining the use of animal products,

especially in the diet.

• The common practice among all vegans is a plant-based diet

avoiding all animal foods such as meat including fish, shellfish and
insects, dairy, eggs and honey. They also avoid animal-derived
materials, products tested on animals and places that use animals
for entertainment.
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Vigilance Awareness Week 2022
31st October to 6th November Days

• Vigilance Awareness Week is annually observed across India during the

week in which the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel falls
(the week on which 31st October falls).

• The week is observed by the Central Vigilance Commission to bring

together all the stakeholders to participate in the prevention of
corruption and to raise public awareness about the threats posed by
corruption.

• Vigilance Awareness Week 2022 is marked from 31st October to 6th

November 2022.

• The theme of Vigilance Awareness Week 2022 is “Corruption Free Central Vigilance
India For A Developed Nation” (Bhrashtaachaar Mukt Bhaarat – Vikasit Commission(CVC)
Bhaarat). Central Vigilance

• CVC has launched a 3-month campaign (16th August 2022 to 15th Commissioner– Suresh N Patel
November 2022) on preventive vigilance initiatives for all Ministries/ Headquarters– New Delhi, Delhi
Departments/ Organizations as a precursor of the Vigilance Awareness
Week 2022.
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President Droupadi Murmu to inaugurate
India Water Week in Greater Noida today Imp days

• President Droupadi Murmu launched India Water Week in

Greater Noida on 01 November 2022.

• Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and

Ganga Rejuvenation is organising the 7th edition of India
Water Week from 1st till the 5th of November.

• This is being organised in an effort to raise awareness,

conserve and use water resources in an integrated manner.

• The theme of this year’s India Water Week is 'Water Security

for Sustainable Development and Equity’.

• Denmark, Singapore and Finland will join the program as

partner countries.
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Which section of the Indian Penal Code pertains the offence of culpable homicide not amounting to
murder?

भारतीय दं ड संहिता की कौन सी धारा गैर इरादतन ित्या के अपराध से संबंधधत िै जो ित्या की कोह ें नि ं िै ?
a) 299
b) 315
c) 308
d) 304
Which section of the Indian Penal Code pertains the offence of culpable homicide not amounting to
murder?

भारतीय दं ड संहिता की कौन सी धारा गैर इरादतन ित्या के अपराध से संबंधधत िै जो ित्या की कोह ें नि ं िै ?
a) 299
b) 315
c) 308
d) 304

ANS : d

Explanation:
An FIR has been filed by the Morbi B Division Police
against maintenance and management agencies of the
bridge under Sections 304 (culpable homicide not
amounting to murder)…..
Which one of these songs by Bappi Lahiri has become an anthem for millions of Chinese who remain
locked down in their homes amid a surge in COVID-19 case? A line from the classic song means
‘give me rice’ in Chinese?

बप्पी लाहिडी का कौन सा गीत उन लाखों चीनी लोगों के ललए एक गान बन गया िै जो COVID-19 ें ाें ले ें
वद्
ृ धध के बीच अपने घरों ें बंद िैं? क्लालसक गीत की एक पंक्क्त का चीनी ें अर्थ िै 'ें झ
ु े चावल दो'?

a) ‘Tamma Tamma Loge’, Thanedar

b) ‘Jano meri Jano’, Satyamev Jayate
c) ‘Jimmy, Jimmy, Aaja, Aaja’ , Disco Dancer
d) ‘Jee Le Le Jee Le Le’, Tarzan
Which one of these songs by Bappi Lahiri has become an anthem for millions of Chinese who remain
locked down in their homes amid a surge in COVID-19 case? A line from the classic song means
‘give me rice’ in Chinese?

बप्पी लाहिडी का कौन सा गीत उन लाखों चीनी लोगों के ललए एक गान बन गया िै जो COVID-19 ें ाें ले ें
वद्
ृ धध के बीच अपने घरों ें बंद िैं? क्लालसक गीत की एक पंक्क्त का चीनी ें अर्थ िै 'ें झ
ु े चावल दो'?

a) ‘Tamma Tamma Loge’, Thanedar

b) ‘Jano meri Jano’, Satyamev Jayate
c) ‘Jimmy, Jimmy, Aaja, Aaja’ , Disco Dancer
d) ‘Jee Le Le Jee Le Le’, Tarzan

ANS : c

Explanation:
Over the weekend, “Jie mi, jie mi” (“Give me rice, give me
rice”), sung to the tune of the Bappi Lahiri and Parvati Khan
classic ‘Jimmy, Jimmy, Aaja, Aaja’ from the 1982 film Disco
Dancer, has become an anthem for millions of Chinese.
Under the newly-amended Information Technology Rules, 2021, how much
time will social media intermediaries like Facebook and Twitter get to take
down content from their platform if a complaint arises regarding content
related to six prohibited categories in the Rules?

नए संशोधधत सच ू ना प्रौद्योधगकी ननयें , 2021 के तित, ननयें ों ें छि प्रनतबंधधत

श्रेणियों से संबंधधत साें ग्री के संबंध ें लशकायत िोने पर फेसबुक और ट्वव र जैसे
सोशल ें ीडडया ें ध्यस्र्ों को अपने ें ंच से साें ग्री को ि ाने के ललए ककतना सें य
लें लेगा?
a) 10 hours
b) 72 hours
c) 24 hours
d) 48 hours
Under the newly-amended Information Technology Rules, 2021, how much
time will social media intermediaries like Facebook and Twitter get to take
down content from their platform if a complaint arises regarding content
related to six prohibited categories in the Rules?

नए संशोधधत सच ू ना प्रौद्योधगकी ननयें , 2021 के तित, ननयें ों ें छि प्रनतबंधधत

श्रेणियों से संबंधधत साें ग्री के संबंध ें लशकायत िोने पर फेसबुक और ट्वव र जैसे
सोशल ें ीडडया ें ध्यस्र्ों को अपने ें ंच से साें ग्री को ि ाने के ललए ककतना सें य
लें लेगा?
a) 10 hours
b) 72 hours
c) 24 hours
d) 48 hours

ANS: b

Explanation:
They have to remove such information within 72 hours of
the complaint being made
What does Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) relate to?

भारतीय दं ड संहिता (आईपीसी) की धारा 124ए ककससे संबंधधत िै ?

a) Sedition
b) Defamation
c) Rioting
d) Promoting enmity between different groups on various grounds
What does Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) relate to?

भारतीय दं ड संहिता (आईपीसी) की धारा 124ए ककससे संबंधधत िै ?

a) Sedition
b) Defamation
c) Rioting
d) Promoting enmity between different groups on various grounds

ANS : a

Explanation:
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the government not
to register any fresh FIRs under Section 124A of the
Indian Penal Code (IPC), which criminalises sedition
 Kapil Kathpal
RBI launched its first CBDC pilot project
Banking
• The Reserve Bank of India recently launched its first pilot
project to use central bank digital currency (CBDC) in the
wholesale market for secondary trade in government
securities (G-secs) beginning November 1.

• The pilot will include 9 banks:

• State Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, Union Bank of India,
HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Yes Bank,
IDFC First Bank and HSBC.

• According to the RBI, the use case for this pilot is settlement
of secondary market transactions in G-Secs.

• Based on the learnings from this one, a second pilot project on

retail use of the digital rupee will begin in closed user groups
within a month. Future pilots will concentrate on other wholesale
transactions and cross-border payments.
 Kapil Kathpal
• CBDCs are the virtual or electronic form of fiat currencies
(like the Indian rupee). Hence, a CBDC is the legal tender
issued by a central bank in a digital form.

• It would appear as a liability on a central bank’s balance

sheet. Many countries are exploring CBDC, with the Bahamian
Sand Dollar was the first to debut CBDC in 2020, while
Jamaica's JAM-DEX was the most recent.

• Currently, there is no regulation or any ban on the use of

cryptocurrencies in the country.

• In her 2022-23 Budget speech, the Finance Minister of India

announced the launch of the Digital Rupee - a central bank digital Reserve Bank of India
currency (CBDC) - from 2022-23. According to the RBI, e-Rupee Established:1st April 1935
can be structured as ‘token based’ or ‘account-based’. Owner: Ministry of finance
Governor: Shaktikanta Das
• A token-based CBDC is a bearer instrument, similar to
Central office: Mumbai
banknotes, which means that whoever owns the tokens at any
particular time is believed to own them.
 Kapil Kathpal

Recent/ related

Norwegian central bank develops National digital currency using Ethereum

• Norges Bank, Norway’s central bank, made a significant advancement in its efforts
to develop a digital currency by publishing the open source code for the nation’s
central bank digital currency sandbox based on Ethereum technology.

RBI launches pilot project for digitalization of lending under Kisan Credit Card
scheme

• Reserve Bank of India has launched the pilot for end-to-end digitalisation of Kisan
Credit Card lending.

RBI issues new guidelines on Digital Lending

• Reserve Bank of India issued official guidelines to all lenders/regulated entities

including banks to protect the data of borrowers using digital lending apps from
being misused.
 Kapil Kathpal
SEBI extends deadline for direct
ETF transactions to May 1, 2023 National

• The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) extended the

deadline for implementation of the Rs 25 crore-threshold rule for direct
ETF (exchange-traded fund) transactions with asset management
companies (AMCs) to May 1, 2023.

• Initially, the rule was to come into force from July 1, 2022 and the same
was extended till November 1, 2022.

• To enhance liquidity in units of ETFs in stock exchange platforms,

direct transactions with AMCs will be facilitated for investors only
when the transaction amount is greater than Rs 25 crore.
BSE Ltd
• SEBI reduced the face value of debt security and non-convertible Chairman: S. S. Mundra
redeemable preference share issued on private placement basis to MD and CEO: Ashish chaouhan
Rs 1 lakh from the current Rs 10 lakh w.e.f. January 1, 2023.
Location: Mumbai

• The issuer will have the option while raising funds through tranche
placement memorandum to keep the face value at Rs 10 lakh or Rs 1
lakh.
 Kapil Kathpal
• SEBI is all set to develop a system to mitigate risk of cyber
attacks in collaboration with the BSE (formerly Bombay Stock
Exchange) and the National Stock Exchange (NSE). The
system will be operational from March 2023. India will be first in
the world to set up this technology.

• Under the proposed mechanism, all the data of every client’s

positions and collateral which is there in exchange ‘A’ is
online and going and sitting in a storage box next to exchange ‘B’,
in its data centre. SEBI
Formed: 12 April 1988
• If exchange ‘A’ goes down amid software attack and it’s not
Statutory status: 30th January
going to be possible for DR (Disaster Recovery) site to come
1992
up in time, SEBI will press the button for that data to be
uploaded into exchange ‘B”s system software. HQ: Mumbai
Chairman: Madhabi puri buch
• This will enable every participant in the market to operate on Owner: Ministry of finance
exchange ‘B’ as was operating on exchange ‘A’.