28 Nov 2021 Current Affairs in English| Education Keeda

Important Days

National Organ Donation Day: Celebrated National Organ Donation Day on 27 November 2021

In India, the ‘National Organ Donation Day is observed every year on 27 November for the past 10 years. The day aims to promote awareness and recognize the selfless contribution made by deceased donors to healthcare and mankind re-instil our faith in humanity.

2021 marks the 12th National Organ Donation Day. It is organised by the National Organ & Tissue Transplant Organization (NOTTO) under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Organ donation is retrieving a donor’s organ like heart, liver, kidneys, intestines, lungs, and pancreas after the donor is deceased and then transplanting into another person who is in need of an organ.

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National Organ & Tissue Transplant Organization Headquarters: New Delhi.

National

Jitendra Singh launches World’s First Multimodal Brain Imaging Data and Analytics

The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for the Ministry of Science and Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh inaugurated Project SWADESH.

The project SWADESH is a first of its kind large-scale multimodal neuroimaging database designed specifically for the Indian population. The unique brain initiative has been developed by the DBT-National Brain Research Centre (DBT-NBRC), Gurgaon, Haryana. SWADESH brings big-data architecture and analytics for various neurological diseases under one platform.

It will enable the researchers in conducting multimodal brain studies to understand and manage Alzheimer’s disease and several neurological disorders. DBT-NBRC is the only institute in India dedicated to Neuroscience Research and Education.

Madhya Pradesh will create the first cyber tehsil in India

Madhya Pradesh Cabinet has approved the proposal to create cyber tehsils in the state of Madhya Pradesh. After this, MP will become the first state in the country to have a cyber tehsil.

Cyber Tehsil will make the mutation process easy and people from anywhere in the state can avail of its benefit. With this, the process of conversion will become convenient in the cases of undisputed land.

The Home Minister of Madhya Pradesh also informed that the Cabinet has decided to launch ‘Urja Saksharta Abhiyan’ from November 25 to make citizens energy literate. Schools, colleges, and the general public will be connected with this campaign. Madhya Pradesh will become the first state to run India’s energy literacy campaign on a big scale.

Useful notes for all competitive exams:

Madhya Pradesh Capital: Bhopal;
Madhya Pradesh Governor: Mangubhai C. Patel;
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister: Shivraj Singh Chouhan.

Defence

Indian Navy commissioned 4th Scorpene-class submarine INS Vela

Indian Navy has commissioned indigenously builtScorpene-class submarine, Vela, at Mumbai’s Naval Dockyard. INS Vela is the fourth in Project 75 series, following Kalvari, Khanderi, and Karanj. It is expected to further boost Indian capability to defend and secure its strategic sea lanes. It was built by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd in collaboration with M/s Naval Group of France.

The submarine possesses advanced stealth and combat capabilities. Attacks from Vela can be carried using torpedoes and tube-launched anti-ship missiles at the same time, be it on the surface or underwater.

The previous version of Vela was commissioned in 1973 and it was in service for 37 years. It was decommissioned in 2010. Captain Anish Mathew, the commanding officer of INS Vela, told news agency ANI on Wednesday that the submarine has an indigenous set of batteries and an advanced communication suite of indigenous make.

Army chief observes military exercise ‘Dakshin Shakti’ in Jaisalmer

Army chief General, M M Naravane has observed the military exercise ‘Dakshin Shakti’ being held here with the Army and the Air Force taking part in it.
The exercise began in the deserts of Jaisalmer. T-72, T-90 as well as Vijayanta tanks of the Army and the IAF’s Dhruv and Rudha helicopters, and the Jaguar fighter aircraft participated in the joint exercise.
The drill aims to establish the best coordination among the wings of the armed forces, space technology and artificial intelligence. General Officer-in-Commanding of the Army’s Southern Command, Lieutenant General JS Nain, JOC Battle X Division Major General Ajit Singh Gehlot were also present at the exercise.

Summits and Conferences

20th SCO Council of Heads of Government: S. Jaishankar represent India

The External Affairs Minister, S. Jaishankar led the Indian delegations at the 20th Meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Heads of Government (CHG). The meeting was held in Nur-Sultan in virtual format under the chairmanship of Kazakhstan.

The SCO-CHG meeting is held annually to deliberate on a range of pressing regional issues with focuses on the trade and economic agenda of the bloc and to approve its annual budget. The meeting was attended by the heads of government of the SCO member states, observer states and secretary-general of the SCO.

Agreements

MakeMyTrip tied up with Civil Aviation Ministry to promote Regional Air Connectivity

MakeMyTrip partnered with the Ministry of Civil Aviation to promote regional air connectivity through the UDAN scheme. MakeMyTrip will now power UDAN flights on the ‘AirSewa portal’ and market them on its platform to promote its services. The Govt. has identified 21st October as UDAN Day, the day on which the scheme document was first released.

Under Regional Connectivity Scheme UDAN 4.1 the Civil Aviation Ministry has approved 78 new routes. So far, 766 routes have been sanctioned under the UDAN scheme.

Useful notes for all competitive exams:

MakeMyTrip Founded: 2000;
MakeMyTrip Headquarter: Gurugram, Haryana;
MakeMyTrip Founder & Group Executive Chairman: Deep Kalra.

Ranks and Reports

National Family and Health Survey: India has more women than men

All three radical findings are part of the summary findings of the fifth round of the National Family and Health Survey (NFHS), which were released by the Union health ministry.

India now has 1,020 women for every 1000 men, is not getting any younger, and no longer faces the threat of a population explosion.

According to NFHS-3, conducted in 2005-06, the ratio was equal, 1000: 1000; it went down to 991:1000 in 2015-16 in NFHS-4. This is the first time, in any NFHS or Census, that the sex ratio is skewed in favour of women.

Obituary

Sahitya Akademi Award winning Poet Sananta Tanty passes away

Sahitya Akademi Award-winning, Eminent Assamese poet, Santa Tantyhas passed away. Some of his works include Ujjwal Nakshatrar Sondhanot, Moi Manohar Amal Utsav, Nizor Biruddhey Sesh Prastab, and Moi.

He won the Sahitya Akademi Award (Assamese) in 2018 for his collection of poems titled “Kailoir Dinto Amar Hobo”.