Other Important News
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New Education for New India Campaign
- President of India recently launched an education campaign ‘New Education for New India’ of Brahma kumaris of Sambalpur, Odisha recently.
- This campaign is envisaged to inculcate values and uplift the consciousness of the students for better society.
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ASEAN-India Millet Festival 2023
- ASEAN-India Millet Festival 2023 was recently held at South Jakarta, Indonesia.
- Organized by - Indian Mission to ASEAN in collaboration with Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare.
- Aim - To raise awareness and create a market for millets and millets-based products among the ASEAN Member states in line with International year of Millets - 2023.
- ASEAN Member states - Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
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EXERCISE AUSTRAHIND-23
- The 2nd edition of AUSTRAHIND-23 will be held at Perth, Australia.
- It is a Joint Military Exercise between Australia and India.
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Digital Twins
- In a first-of-its-kind initiative, the Survey of India (SoI), has signed an agreement with a Mumbai-based private company, Genesys International, to prepare ‘Digital Twins’.
- Digital Twins - It aims to prepare 3D maps of several cities and towns which can be used in a variety of planning applications.
- Survey of India (SoI) – It is a historical repository of maps and the arbiter of national and State boundaries.
- It is the National Mapping Agency (NMA) of the country that works under the Department of Science & Technology.
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UN Panel of External Auditors
- Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Girish Chandra Murmu, has been elected as vice-chair of the UN Panel of External Auditors recently.
- The United Nations Panel of External Auditors was established in 1959 by the UN General Assembly Resolution.
- The panel's purpose is to coordinate audits and share information about audit methods and findings.
- The Panel of External Auditors, composed of heads of 12 Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) globally.
- It oversees the external audit of the UN Secretariat, funds and programmes, and specialised agencies.
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Nugu Wildlife Sanctuary
- The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has recommended the Nugu Wildlife Sanctuary bordering the Bandipur Tiger Reserve be declared as a core critical tiger habitat.
- Nugu Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the Mysore District of Karnataka.
- It's situated north of Bandipur National Park which includes the Lakshmanapura State Forest and adjacent revenue lands.
- The Nugu Reservoir occupies the northern part of the sanctuary. It is built across the Nugu River, a tributary of the Cauvery.
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Same sex marriages in Thailand
- Thailand recently approves a marriage equality bill to grant same-sex couples equal rights.
- If it becomes law after Parliament’s approval, Thailand will be the 3rd country in Asia to allow same-sex marriage.
- Other Asian countries that legalized same-sex marriages were Taiwan and Nepal.
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Euclid Space Telescope
- The Euclid space telescope was launched in 2023.
- It was developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Euclid Consortium (includes NASA).
- The telescope's mission is to study the composition and evolution of the dark universe.
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Adi-vyakhyan
- The National Tribal Research Institute (NTRI) has recently organized Adi-Vyakhyan, a conference on Tribal Development at New Delhi as part of Jan Jatiya Gaurav Diwas.
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Indira Gandhi Peace Prize
- The Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace for the year 2022 was jointly awarded to the Indian Medical Association (IMA) and Trained Nurses Association of India recently.
- The Indira Gandhi Peace Prize, also known as the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development, is an annual award established in 1986.
- Aim - To honour women, men and institutions that have done exemplary work in the service of humanity and the planet.
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