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ace current affairs@santhosh sir
ace current affairs@santhosh sir
Sanskrit week
• Sanskrit Week is being celebrated
from August 19 to August 25, 2021.
• Ministry of Education of Government
issued notifications to celebrate
Sanskrit Day in 1969. Since then, the
day is celebrated across India.
• Shravani Purnima, also called as
Raksha Bandhan
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World water week
• World Water Week is the leading
annual event on global water issues,
organized by Stockholm International
Water Institute since 1991
• World Water Week 2021 is being held
entirely online, 23-27 August, 2021
• Theme IS Building Resilience Faster.
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SUNIL SETHI COMMITTEE
• Union government has constituted a
committee for doubling the
production and quadrupling the
exports of handlooms in a span of
three years.
• It will be headed by Chairman of
Fashion Design Council of India Sunil
Sethi.
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Diksha shinde
• Diksha Shinde, who is a 14-year-
old girl in Aurangabad,
• selected as a panelist on Minority
Serving Institution (MSI)
Fellowships Virtual Panel of
American Space Agency, NASA.
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• She wrote a theory on black holes. It was liked and accepted at NASA.
• Her research paper on ‘We Live in Black Hole?’ was accepted by International
Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research in May 2021.
• She won the research competition that was organised by International
Astronomical Search Collaboration.
• She has been selected as a panellist for 2021 MSI Fellowships Virtual Panel in
June.
• She will get training at NASA when she will turn 18. She will also attend a
conference which will be held in October 2021. NASA will bear all her
expenses.
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Ismail sabri yaakob-malaysia
• Ismail Sabri Yaakob
replaced Muhyiddin
Yassin as Prime Minister.
• Yassin stepped down as
he lost the majority in
parliament as he failed to
effectively manage public
health system.
ace current affairs@santhosh sir
e-VEHICLE FRIENDLY HIGHWAY
• Union Minister of Heavy Industries Inaugurates Solar Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Station at
Karnal Lake Resort, Karnal
• The Delhi-Chandigarh Highway has become the first e-vehicle friendly highway
in the country, with a network of Solar-based Electric Vehicle Charging stations
(SEVCs) set up by Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)
• The EV charging station at Karnal lake resort, is strategically located at the
midpoint of Delhi-Chandigarh highway, and is equipped to cater to all types of E-
cars plying currently in the country.
• The establishment of similar EV chargers at regular intervals of 25-30 kms on the
highway will allay range-anxiety among Electric Vehicle users and bolster their
confidence for inter-city travel.
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The Geological Survey of India (GSI)
• The Geological Survey of India (GSI ) was set up in 1851 primarily
to find coal deposits for the Railways.
• It is the second oldest survey in India after Survey of India
(founded in 1767).
• Headquarters: Kolkata, West Bengal.
• Geological Survey of India, the 170-year old premier Geological
Institution under the Ministry of Mines has decided to make
itself accessible to the masses and make its presence felt
digitally by launching the GSI Mobile App (Beta Version) and
upgrading it periodically.
ace current affairs@santhosh sir• The Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) lays out for the first
time a comprehensive set of rules around data collection,
processing and protection, that were previously governed by
piecemeal legislation.
• Under the new rules passed by China’s top legislative body, state
and private entities handling personal information will be required
to reduce data collection and obtain user consent.
• It will also prevent companies from setting different prices for the
same service based on clients’ shopping history.
ace current affairs@santhosh sirmstc
• Union Minister for Steel, Shri Ram
Chandra Prasad Singh inaugurated
MSTC's new Corporate building at
Newtown, Kolkata.
• MSTC Ltd, previously known as Metal
Scrap Trade Corporation was set up in
1964 as a regulatory body for export of
ferrous scrap and thereafter canalizing
agency for import of ferrous scrap and old
ships for breaking in the country.
ace current affairs@santhosh sirNational Food and Nutrition Campaign
• The Union Minister for
Agriculture launched the
National Food and Nutrition
Campaign for the farmers
• The year 2023 will be celebrated
as the International Year of
Millets under the leadership of
India.
• It is organized by the Indian
Council of Agricultural Research
(ICAR).
ace current affairs@santhosh sirsujalam
• The Ministry of Jal Shakti began ‘SUJALAM’, a
‘100 days campaign’ to create more and
more ODF Plus villages by undertaking waste
water management at village level
particularly through creation of 1 million
Soak-pits and also other Grey water
management activities.
• Organizing Community consultations, Gram
Sabha meetings to analyze the current
situation
• Pass resolution to maintain ODF sustainability
and achieve needed number of soak pits to
manage the grey water
ace current affairs@santhosh sirYuktdhara
• Union Minister Jitendra Singh
said that the new portal under
Bhuvan “Yuktdhara”, which has
been released recently,
• will facilitate planning of new
MGNREGA assets using Remote
Sensing and GIS based
information.
ace current affairs@santhosh sirSAMRIDH
• Minister of Electronics and
Information Technology (MeitY)
• Startup
• Accelerators of
• MeitY for pRoduct Innovation,
Development
• and growth (SAMRIDH)
programme.
ace current affairs@santhosh sirSAMRIDH
• The programme aims to further the Indian startup growth
which has seen the emergence of 63 unicorns (Startups with
over $1 billion valuation), making India the third largest unicorn
hub globally with a total valuation of $168 billion.
• The SAMRIDH programme will focus on accelerating 300 start-
ups by providing customer connect, investor connect, and
international expansion opportunities in the next three years.
ace current affairs@santhosh sire-SHRAM portal
• Minister for Labour and Employment formally launched e-Shram
portal, a database of unorganised sector workers, and handed it over
to the States/UTs.
• The government aims to register 38 crore unorganised workers, such as
construction labourers, migrant workforce, street vendors and
domestic workers, among others.
• The workers will be issued an e-Shram card containing a 12 digit
unique number
• A national toll free number — 14434 — will also be launched to assist
and address the queries of workers seeking registration on the portal.
ace current affairs@santhosh sirMANTHAN 2021
• Hackathon MANTHAN 2021 is a unique national initiative to identify
innovative concepts and technology solutions for addressing the security
challenges of the 21st century faced by our intelligence agencies.
• During this 36 hours online hackathon, scheduled from 28th November to
1st December 2021, selected youths from education institutions across the
country
• Total Prize money worth Rs. 40 Lakh will be given to the winning teams.
• Participants are expected to develop digital solutions under 6 themes
ace current affairs@santhosh sirNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
• National Institute of Animal Biotechnology, Hyderabad
notified as Central Drugs Laboratory for testing and batch
release of vaccines.
• NIAB has been upgraded
• as Central Drugs Laboratory (CDL)
• for COVID-19 vaccine testing facility
• at Hyderabad
ace current affairs@santhosh sirThe facility at NIAB, Hyderabad, has now been notified as
Central Drugs Laboratory for testing and lot release of COVID-
19 vaccines vide on 17th August, 2021.
• The facility at NCCS, Pune has already been notified as CDL on
28th June 2021.
• the Government of India has identified two Autonomous
Institutes of the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), viz.,
National Institute of Animal Biotechnology (NIAB), Hyderabad
• National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune, for upgradation
as Central Drug Laboratories (CDLs).
ace current affairs@santhosh sirSMOG TOWER
• The tower uses a ‘downdraft air cleaning system’.
• Polluted air is sucked in at a height of 24 m, and filtered air is released at the
bottom of the tower, at a height of about 10 m from the ground.
• The structure is 24 m high, about as much as an 8-storey building — an 18-
metre concrete tower, topped by a 6-metre-high canopy. At its base are 40 fans,
10 on each side.
• Each fan can discharge 25 cubic metres per second of air, adding up to 1,000
cubic metres per second for the tower as a whole. Inside the tower in two
layers are 5,000 filters. The filters and fans have been imported from the United
States.
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Cctv cameras
• CM cited a Forbes India report on most surveilled cities across
the world.
• Forbes India report has at Delhi on the top with 1,826.6 CCTV
cameras per square mile.
• Delhi is followed by London with 1,138 cameras per square mile.
• Chennai was placed at third place with 609.9 CCTV cameras.
• Report placed Mumbai at 18th place with 157.4 CCTV cameras
per square mile.
ace current affairs@santhosh sirZYCOV-D
• It is the world’s first and India’s
indigenously developed DNA
based vaccine for COVID-19 to
be administered in humans
including Children and adults 12
years and above.
• Developed in partnership with
the Department of
Biotechnology, Government of
India under the ‘Mission COVID
Suraksha’ and implemented by
BIRAC
ace current affairs@santhosh sirHGCO19-rna vaccine
• India’s first mRNA vaccine , HGCO19 has been developed by
Gennova Biopharmaceuticals Ltd. in collaboration with HDT
Biotech Corporation of USA.
• Vaccine has demonstrated safety, immunogenicity,
neutralization antibody activities among rodent and non-
human primate models.
• It has successfully conducted the phase one trial and will
undergo phase 2 and phase 3 trials.
ace current affairs@santhosh sirEase 4.0
• Union Minister of Finance and
Corporate Affairs Smt.
Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled
the fourth edition of the
Public Sector Bank (PSB)
Reforms Agenda
• ‘EASE 4.0’ for 2021-22
• - tech-enabled, simplified,
and collaborative banking.
ace current affairs@santhosh sirEase 3.0
• Public Sector Banks have reported healthy profits and have accelerated on technology-
driven reforms. These banks have reported a profit of Rs. 31,817 crore in FY21 as
compared to a loss of Rs. 26,016 crore in FY20. This is the first year when PSBs have
reported profit after five years of losses.
• Total gross non-performing assets stood at Rs. 6.16 lakh crore as of March 2021 - a
reduction of Rs. 62,000 crore from March 2020 levels.
• Credit@click was a flagship initiative under EASE 3.0. Nearly 4.4 lakh customers have
been benefitted through such instantaneous and simplified credit access.
Nearly 72% of financial transactions happening at PSBs is now happening through digital
channels.
ace current affairs@santhosh sirGLOBAL MANUFACTURING RISK INDEX
• India has emerged as a global manufacturing hub and
effectively surpassed the United States to become the
world’s second most desired manufacturing destination.
India’s ranking was reflected in Cushman & Wakefield’s 2021
Global Manufacturing Risk Index
ace current affairs@santhosh sirTEZU AIRPORT
• The first commercial flight landed on the
easternmost tip of the Indian landmass,
• Tezu in the Lohit district of Arunachal Pradesh,
on Thursday, scripting history in the country’s
aviation sector.
ace current affairs@santhosh sirINDIRA POINT
• The Swarnim Vijay Varsh Victory Flame
was taken to Indira Point, the
southernmost tip of the country on
August 22, 2021,
• as part of its voyage to the Nicobar
Group of Islands. 2021 is being
celebrated as Swarnim Vijay Varsh to
mark the 50th year of India’s historic
victory in the 1971 war.
ace current affairs@santhosh sirHINDUSTAN 228
The 19-seater Hindustan-228 or
the Do-228 is the first major
attempt in India to develop a
small civil transport aircraft after
the 14-seater Saras aircraft
development program at the
National Aeronautics Laboratory
was shelved in 2009 on account
of multiple problems in its
development.
ace current affairs@santhosh sirHINDUSTAN-228
• On August 15, the public sector aircraft manufacturing
company Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) carried out a
successful ground run and low speed taxi trials of a
commercial aircraft – Hindustan-228 – for ‘Type Certification’
by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
• The type certification by the DGCA will enable HAL to get an
international certification for the aircraft.
ace current affairs@santhosh sirADVANCED CHAFF TECHNOLOGY
Defence Laboratory Jodhpur, a
DRDO laboratory developed the
advanced Chaff material and
chaff cartridge-118/I in
collaboration with High Energy
Materials Research Laboratory
(HEMRL), a Pune based
laboratory of DRDO, meeting
qualitative requirements of IAF.
ace current affairs@santhosh sirINS CHILKA
• INS Chilka is the only ab-initio training
establishment of the Indian Navy,
which trains more than 6600 raw
recruits annually to make them able
bodied sailors.
• INS Chilka is located in the coastal
state of Odisha in the vicinity of Chilka
Lake.
ace current affairs@santhosh sirAK-203 ASSAULT RIFLES-RUSSIA
• The development happens in spite of the joint
venture of both the countries to manufacture
7.5 lakh AK-203 rifles in India.
• AK-203 assault rifle is considered to be the
latest and most advanced version of the AK-47
rifle.
• It is a 7.62×39mm variant from the AK-100 rifle
family (one that offers the AK-74M system, in
multiple cartridges and lengths).
• This variant is an advanced version of AK-47
and its magazine can hold 30 bullets.
ace current affairs@santhosh sirKRIVAK CLASS STEALTH FRIGATE
ace current affairs@santhosh sir• In October 2016, India and Russia signed an Inter-
Governmental Agreement (IGA) for four Krivak or Talwar class
stealth frigates — two to be procured directly from Russia
• And two to be built by Goa Shipyard Ltd. (GSL) — after which
a $1 billion deal was signed for the direct purchase.
• The keel for the first ship to be built at GSL was laid in January
and for the second ship in June this year.
• Keel laying is a major milestone in shipbuilding symbolises the
formal commencement of the construction process.
ace current affairs@santhosh sirFLOATING SOLAR PV PROJECT
• The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC ) Ltd, has commissioned
the largest floating solar PV project (of 25MW) in India on the reservoir of
its Simhadri thermal station in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
• The floating solar installation which has a unique anchoring design is spread
over 75 acres in an RW reservoir.
• This floating solar project has the potential to generate electricity from
more than 1 lakh solar PV modules.
ace current affairs@santhosh sirNTPC is also planning to set up a
hydrogen-based micro-grid system on a
pilot basis at Simhadri.
The 2000MW coal-based Simhadri
Station is the first power project to
implement an open sea intake from the
Bay of Bengal which has been
functional for more than 20 years.
ace current affairs@santhosh sirOperation devi shakti
• Operation Devi Shakti is an
ongoing operation of the
Indian Armed Forces to
evacuate Indian citizens and
foreign nationals from
Afghanistan after the collapse
of the Islamic Republic of
Afghanistan and the fall of
Kabul,
• the capital city, to the Taliban.
ace current affairs@santhosh sirCAFMD-INDO-USA
• Union Minister of Environment of India
held a conversation with U.S. Special
Presidential Envoy for Climate (SPEC), Mr.
John Kerry,
• to discuss Climate Action and Finance
Mobilization Dialogue (CAFMD) Track
under India-US Climate and Clean Energy
Agenda 2030 Partnership.
• Both sides agreed that India and the USA,
will engage for a constructive engagement
under the “India-US Climate and Clean
Energy Agenda 2030 Partnership” .
ace current affairs@santhosh sirMulti-Mode Hand Grenades (MMHG)
• The EEL had signed a contract with Ministry of
Defence on October 01, 2020 to supply 10
lakh modern hand grenades for Indian Army
and Indian Air Force.
• The first batch of Multi-Mode Hand Grenades
(MMHG), manufactured by Economic
Explosives Limited (EEL),
• following Transfer of Technology from
Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory of
Defence Research & Development
Organisation (DRDO), was handed over to
the Indian Army in Nagpur, Maharashtra on
August 24, 2021. ace current affairs@santhosh sirKONKAN EXERCISE-2021
Konkan is an annual bilateral
maritime exercise between
the Indian Navy and the Royal
Navy of United Kingdom.
The Konkan series of
exercises commenced in 2004.
ace current affairs@santhosh sirKONKAN EXERCISE
• Exercise Konkan 2021 was held between INS Tabar and HMS
Westminster on August 16, 2021 in the English Channel.
ace current affairs@santhosh sirINDO-GERMANY EXERCISE
• Navies of India and Germany conducted a joint exercise in
Gulf of Aden on August 26, 2021.
• Frigate ‘Trikand’ from Indian Navy exercised with German
frigate called ‘Bayern’.
• INS Trikand is deployed for anti-piracy patrol in Gulf of Aden
region
ace current affairs@santhosh sirKAZIND-21
• As part of military diplomacy and to strengthen the growing
strategic relation with Kazakhstan,
• the 5th edition of Indo- Kazakhstan Joint Training Exercise,
“KAZIND-21” will be conducted
• At Training Node, Aisha Bibi, Kazakhstan,
• from 30 August to 11 September 2021.
ace current affairs@santhosh sirMALABAR-21
• Indian Naval Ships Shivalik and Kadmatt arrived at Guam, an
Island Territory of the USA on August 21, 2021 as part of
their on-going deployment to nations in South East Asia and
the Pacific Ocean.
• The two ships are scheduled to participate in the annual
Exercise MALABAR-21, between navies of Australia, India,
Japan and the USA.
• Exercise MALABAR-21 will be conducted with USN, JMSDF and
RAN at sea from 26-29 Aug 21.
ace current affairs@santhosh sirIndia -philphines
• India and the Philippines conducted a naval exercise in the
South China Sea on August 23, 2021
• Indian Navy had deployed its guided missile destroyer INS
Ranvijay and guided missile corvette INS Kora
• while the Philippine Navy has deployed its frigate BRP
Antonio Luna, in the exercise.
ace current affairs@santhosh sirIndian Coast Guard (ICG) Ship Vigraha
• Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Ship Vigraha, seventh in the series of Offshore
Patrol Vessels (OPVs), will be commissioned by Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath
Singh in Chennai on August 28, 2021.
• The ship will be based in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh and operate on the
eastern seaboard under the Operational and Administrative Control of the
Commander, Coast Guard Region (East).
• The 98-meter OPV, with a complement of 11 officers and 110 sailors, has been
designed and built indigenously by Larsen & Toubro Ship Building Limited.
ace current affairs@santhosh sirIns shakti
• Indian naval ship (INS) Shakti reached Sri Lanka on August 22,
2021 carrying 100 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen (LMO) in a
bid to help the island nation in combating the Covid-19
pandemic.
ace current affairs@santhosh sirFatah-1
• Pakistan conducted a successful test flight of Fatah-1 on
August 24, 2021.
• About Fatah-1 Fatah-1 is a Pakistan-made guided multi-
launch rocket system.
• It is capable of delivering conventional warheads up to a
range of 140 kilometres
ace current affairs@santhosh sirpiperine
The actual turmeric powder that
we use every day in preparing our
meals about 3% of the active
component molecule called
curcumin, a polyphenol diketone.
• Piperine enhances curcumin
absorption in the body.
• It gives turmeric its multivariate
healing and protective power.
ace current affairs@santhosh sirCorporate social responsibility
• Companies with a minimum net worth of Rs 500 crore, turnover
of Rs 1,000 crore, or net profit of Rs 5 crore are required to spend
at least 2 per cent of their average profit for the previous three
years on CSR activities every year.
• The ministry has clarified that any CSR expenditure in excess of
the mandated 2 per cent expenditure can be set off against
mandatory CSR expenditure in the three subsequent fiscals.
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Sdg - north east
• The Index measures the performance of the districts of the eight
States of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya,
Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura on the Sustainable
Development Goals.
• Out of the 103 districts considered for ranking, 64 districts
belonged to the Front Runner category while 39 districts were in
the Performer category in the composite score and ranking of
districts.
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National Education Policy-2020
• Madhya Pradesh government implemented the National
Education Policy-2020 (NEP-2020) in the state on August 26,
2021.
• MP became the second state in India to implement NEP-2020
following Karnataka.
ace current affairs@santhosh sirayush
• Financial provision of Rs 70 crore, under National Ayush
Mission(NAM) support, is to be provided for establishment of a
new Ayurvedic College at Dudhnoi in Goalpara, Assam.
• The Ministry of AYUSH has also decided to upgrade the
Government Ayurvedic College in Guwahati and develop it as a
Centre of Excellence and a sum of Rs 10 crore as financial grant
is to be provided in this regard.
ace current affairs@santhosh sirLADDU DISTRIBUTION SCHEME
• Union Home Minister, Shri Amit Shah launched nutritious a
‘Laddu Distribution Scheme’ for pregnant women in his
Parliamentary constituency Gandhinagar.
• Around 7,000 pregnant womenin Gandhinagar area will be
provided 15 nutritious laddu each, free of cost, till birth of
their child, through NGOs
• There will be no expenditure by the Government, as the
responsibility for this will be borne by the NGO
ace current affairs@santhosh sirVivad se Vishwas Act
• Under The Direct Tax Vivad se Vishwas Act 2020 (hereinafter
referred to as “Vivad se Vishwas Act”), the amount payable by
the declarant is stated in the table under section 3 of the Vivad se
Vishwas Act.
• As per the latest notification dated 25th June 2021, the last date
of payment of the amount (without any additional amount) has
been notified as 31st August 2021.
• Further the last date for payment of the amount (with additional
amount) under Vivad se Vishwas Act has been notified as 31st
October, 2021.
ace current affairs@santhosh sir• MAHAYOGI GORAKHNATHVISHWAVIDYALAYA
• The President of India inaugurated the Mahayogi
Gorakhnath Vishwavidyalaya at Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh.
ace current affairs@santhosh sirBharat series
• In order to facilitate seamless transfer of vehicles, the Ministry of
Road Transport & Highways vide notification dated 26 Aug 2021, has
introduced a new registration mark for new vehicles i.e. “Bharat series
(BH-series)”.
• This vehicle registration facility under “Bharat series (BH-series)” will be
available on voluntary basis to Defense personnel, employees of Central
Government/ State Government/ Central/ State Public Sector
Undertakings and private sector companies/organizations, which have
their offices in four or more States/Union territories.
• The motor vehicle tax will be levied for two years or in multiple of two.
ace current affairs@santhosh sirqsim
• Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State for Electronics &
Information Technology, launched QSim – Quantum Computer
Simulator Toolkit, to enable Researchers and Students to
carryout research in Quantum Computing in a cost effective
manner.
• This project is being executed collaboratively by IISc Bangalore,
IIT Roorkee and C-DAC with the support of Ministry of Electronics
and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India.
ace current affairs@santhosh sirkarmayogi
Union Minister of Personnel inaugurated the "Karmayogi" Digital Learning
Facility for Civil Servants at the Institute of Secretariat Training &
Management (ISTM), a premier Central Training Institution under the
Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT).
• The National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building (‘NPCSCB’) –
“Mission Karmayogi” was approved by the Government on 2nd
September, 2020 with the objective of enhancing governance through Civil
Services Capacity Building.
ace current affairs@santhosh sirbrics
• The BRICS- Agricultural Research Platform, as a global platform
for science-led agriculture will help in addressing the issues of
world hunger, undernutrition, poverty and inequality by
promoting sustainable agricultural development through
strategic cooperation in agriculture and allied sector.
• It has been proposed to include “Conservation and promotion of
agrobiodiversity for nutrition and sustainability” as a focus area
for collaboration in the Action Plan 2021-2024 for Agricultural
Cooperation of BRICS Countries.
ace current affairs@santhosh sirFirst ever G20 Ministerial Conference on Women’s
Empowerment
• The Union Minister of Women &
Child Development, Smt. Smriti
Irani addressed
• the First ever G20 Ministerial
Conference on Women’s
Empowerment which was held
• at Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy in
a hybrid format.
ace current affairs@santhosh sirAni dubai
largest and tallest
observation wheel,
called Ain Dubai, will be
opened in the UAE on
October 21, 2021
It is located at
Bluewaters Island,
near Dubai Marina.
ace current affairs@santhosh sirAni dubai
• Ain Dubai is about 42.5m taller than the London Eye. It will take visitors to the
height of 250 metres in order for them to enjoy the majestic view of Dubai’s
picturesque skyline.
• It can carry up to 1,400 passengers in its 48 capsules, providing views of Dubai
Marina, Burj Al Arab, Palm Jumeirah, and Burj Khalifa
• It will also comprise of an 80-metre LED screen to create an electronic platform
to broadcast, advertise and other information.
ace current affairs@santhosh sirKilauea volcano
• The activity is occurring at the summit of
Kilauea volcano, an uninhabited area within
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the Big
Island. This is about 200 miles southeast of
Honolulu, which is on a different island
called Oahu.
• volcano, which is among the world’s most
active, has behaved similarly in the past
without any magma breaking the surface.
Kilauea has erupted 34 times since 1952.
• 1983 to 2018, it erupted almost
continuously, in some cases sending streams
of lava that covered farms ace
andcurrent
homes. affairs@santhosh sirMISSILE SILOS IN CHINA
• Satellite images have
revealed that China is
building at least three
missile silo fields in Yumen
in Gansu province, near
Hami in Xinjiang province,
and at Hanggin Banner,
Ordos City, in Inner
Mongolia.
ace current affairs@santhosh sirGreater Male Connectivity Project (GMCP)
• Under the agreement, India will start the largest-ever infrastructure project
called Greater Male Connectivity Project (GMCP) in the Maldives.
• For the project, India will grant $100 million and a line of credit worth Rs 400 million.
• GMCP is the flagship project of President Solih’s presidency and will be an enduring
symbol of India-Maldives partnership.
• This project will be started to connect business, people and industry.
• GMCP will comprise of the construction of a 6.74 km long bridge and causeway link.
Both will connect the capital city Male with adjoining islands of Thilagushi, Villingli
and Gulhifalhu. ace current affairs@santhosh sirGREENLAND’S MELTING
• for the first time on record, the summit of Greenland received
rain and not snow, just as temperatures at the spot went above
freezing for the third time in less than ten years.
• The event has sparked fear as scientists are pointing to it as
evidence that Greenland is warming rapidly.
• Greenland, which is the world’s largest island located between the
Arctic and Atlantic oceans, has three-quarters of its surface
covered with a permanent ice sheet– which is increasingly coming
under threat because of climate change.
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