TNPSC Current Affairs October 03, 2020

www.tnpsc.academy – TNPSC Current Affairs October 03, 2020 (03/10/2020)

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Topic: Latest Diary of Events

Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti

2nd October 2020 was the 151st birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation – Mahatma Gandhi. The Swachh Bharat Diwas, 2020 was celebrated on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti with the distribution of Swachh Puraskar by the Ministry of Jal Shakti.

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Topic: Profile of States

Atal Tunnel

The Prime Minister has inaugurated the Atal Tunnel in Himachal Pradesh’s Rohtang, which connects Solang Valley near Manali to Sissu in Lahaul and Spiti district.

 

 

Key facts:

The 9.02-km tunnel is the longest highway tunnel in the world above the height of 3,000 metres.

It cuts through a mountain west of the Rohtang pass and will shorten the distance between Solang Valley and Sissu by around 46 km and will take around 15 minutes to cover. Earlier, it would take nearly 4 hours to travel between the two points.

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Topic: India and its Neighboring Countries

India-Bangladesh – Bongosagar and CORPAT Naval Exercises

The second edition of Indian Navy (IN) – Bangladesh Navy (BN) Bilateral Exercise Bongosagar will commence in Northern Bay of Bengal on 03 October 2020. In the exercise Bongosagar, ships from both the navies will participate in surface warfare drills, seamanship evolutions and helicopter operations.

Exercise Bongosagar:

First edition of the exercise was held in 2019. It is aimed at developing inter-operability and joint operational skills by conducting a wide range of maritime exercises and operations.

IN – BN Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT):

First edition of CORPAT began in 2018. 3rd edition of IN – BN Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) will be held in Northern Bay of Bengal beginning from 4 to 5 October 2020.

In this, IN and BN units will undertake joint patrolling along the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL).

Conduct of CORPATs has strengthened the understanding between both the navies and has came up with measures to stop conduct of unlawful activities.

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Topic: Latest Diary of Events

Lal Bahadur Shastri Jayanti – October 2

2nd October is the birth anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri. He served as the second Prime Minister of India.

He was born on 2nd October, 1904 in Mughalsarai, a small railway town seven miles from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. Participated in the freedom movement since 1930.

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Topic: Awards and Honours

Swachh Bharat Awards- 2020

The Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Skekhawat presented the Swachh Bharat Awards, 2020 on October 2, 2020. The awards were presented under the cleanliness and drinking water categories.

Key facts:

The key three categories of the awards were: Swachh Sundar Samudayik Shouchalaya, Gandagi Mukth Bharat and Samudayik Shouchalaya Abhiyan. The winners under the subsequent categories were:

Top Awards were conferred upon Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab& others. Gujarat was felicitated with the first prize in the state category, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu as best district, Khachrod, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh as best block.

Swachh Sundar Samudayik Shauchalaya (SSSS):

Chinnaur, (Salem) as the best Gram Panchayat for Swachh Sundar Samudayik Shauchalaya (SSSS) campaign organized from 1st Nov 2019 to 30th April 2020.

Samudayik Shouchalaya Category: This initiative involves clean beautiful toilet contest. Under the initiative, toilets are decorated in order to pass show their significance.

For Samudayik Shauchalaya Abhiyan (SSA) held from 15th June to 15th Sep 2020, top awards went to Uttar Pradesh (GKRA) and Gujarat (Non-GKRA) in State category, Prayagraj (GKRA) and Bareilly (Non-GKRA) in district category and Borigaon, Bongaigaon, Assam received the best GP award.

Gandagi Mukt Bharat Mission:

This national level campaign aims to clean all cities, urban and rural areas. This initiative spreads awareness among people on proper sanitation, hygiene, clean roads and streets.

Telangana and Haryana got the first prize in this category.

For the week-long Gandagi Se Mukt (GMB) campaign launched by Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi on 8th August 2020, Telangana received the top award for maximum Shramdaan participation, Haryana was felicitated with the top award for declaring maximum ODF Plus villages and Moga district, Punjab received the top award for maximum IEC messages through wall paintings.

Swachh Bharat Mission:

Swachh Bharat Mission was launched in 2014. Presently, Government of India is implementing Swachh Bharat Mission Phase II. Phase II of the mission focuses on open defecation free plus (ODF+). Phase II is being implemented between 2020-21 and 2024-25.

Total funds allocated to this phase is Rs 1,40,881 crores. The ODF+ primarily focus on greywater management, plastic waste management, faecal sludge management and biodegradable solid waste management. This phase also generate employment by involving infrastructure programmes for compost pits, waste stabilisation ponds, soak pits, material recovery facilities.

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Topic: Latest Diary of Events

World Day For Farmed Animals Celebrated – October 2

 

 

World Day for Farmed Animals was celebrated on October 2, 2020 by the International animals’ welfare organization, World Animal Protection along with the Asia for Animals coalition in order to bring the focus on the need to treat farm animals as sentient beings.

The day is celebrated to raise awareness among people that intensive animal farming and poor treatment of farm animals can lead to a pandemic-level threat to humans. It could also deplete the health of the animals.

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Topic: International Events

Northrop Grumman Launched SS Kalpana Chawla Cygnus vehicle

Northrop Grumman has launched their next Cygnus vehicle named as S.S. Kalpana Chawla and a Antares rocket for the NG-14 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on October 2, 2020 from Pad 0A at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Virginia.

This capsule will deliver thousands kilograms/pounds of equipment, crew supplies, and science to the ISS.

 

 

The S.S. Kalpana Chawla Cygnus:

The Capsule is made up of :

A Pressurized Cargo Module- built by Thales Alenia Space in Turin, Italy, and

A Service Module-  which consists of two solar arrays, navigation equipment, and propulsion elements which have been built by Northrop Grumman in Dulles, Virginia.

This has been named in the honor of Dr. Kalpana Chawla who was the first Indian-born woman to travel to space.

The spacecraft carried with itself a new space toilet called the Universal Waste Management System. It is 65% smaller and 40% lighter than the current toilet being used at ISS.

The capsule also carried a radish-growing experiment in order to learn about survival and feasibility of growing plants in space. It also carried some cancer treatment technique requisites to test cancer drugs in micro gravity conditions.