The festival is organised by the Ministry of Culture to reclaim the lost classical and folk traditions of Deepawali.
It is launched with the objective of transmitting, promoting and conserving India’s diverse heritage.
It is drawing upon the rich repository of red, grey and black ware potters, reed artisans, rural sculptors, weavers, Madhubani, Gond, Phad and Pattachitra artists and bamboo artisans.
It is also being projected as part of Paryatan Parv being organised by Ministry of Tourism.
Temperature in the Sun’s Atmosphere
The sun’s atmosphere corona is much hotter than its visible surface Photosphere.
Normally, the layer closest to a source of heat, the Sun’s surface, in this case, would have a higher temperature than the more distant atmosphere.
But the reason for the high temperature is the constant eruption of tiny solar flares in the solar atmosphere.
The solar flares produce hard X-rays, whose wavelengths are much shorter than the light humans can see and it is a signature of extremely hot solar material.
Gini Coefficient
Gini Coefficient is a statistical measure to gauge the inequality of income or wealth within nations or states.
Its value varies from zero to 1; zero indicating perfect equality and one indicating the perfect inequality.
A general rise in the measure indicates that government policies are not inclusive and may be benefiting the rich as much as the poor.
It can be used to compare income distribution of a country over time as well.
Nanocapsules as drug carriers
Scientists have developed Nanocapsules that are bio-degradable and capable of delivering a potent drug into a tumour.
Nanomedicine involves the use of nanoscale materials for diagnosis, delivery, sensing or actuation purposes on living organisms.
It helps in efficient management of various infectious and tumour diseases, where immunity-stimulation is a leading factor for the treatment.
Amrabad Tiger Reserve
Telangana Forest department has created a new ecotourism spot “Octopus View Point” at Amrabad Tiger Reserve.
Amrabad Tiger Reserve in the districts of Mahabubnagar and Nalgonda, is the largest tiger reserve in the country.
Earlier, it was part of 'Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam Tiger reserve'.
But post-bifurcation, the northern part of the reserve is vested with Telangana state and renamed as 'Amrabad Tiger Reserve'.
The multipurpose reservoirs Srisailam and Nagarjunasagar are located in the reserve.
State Climate Change Policy
The state cabinet has given its approval to the state’s climate change adaptation policy.
The policy focuses on developing the environment friendly villages and cities in the state.
There will be a separate cell to oversee the implementation of the policy.
Centre had asked the states to prepare the state action plan on the climate change after the national action plan on climate change was made public in 2008.
The state government had given the task of preparing the action plan to The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).
The action plan focuses on the health issues, mangrove conservation and providing basic infrastructure for the fishing business.
