GSI survey says: 230 mn tonnes of Gold reserve found in Bihar's Jamui district

The Geological Survey of India (GSI) in a survey has found that around 222.88 million tonnes of gold reserve, including 37.6 tonnes of mineral-rich ore, are present in Jamui district of Bihar. The state government has now decided to accord permission for exploration of the "country's largest" gold reserve in Jamui district, 

Union Minister of Mines Pralhad Joshi had last year informed the Lok Sabha that Bihar holds the highest share of India's gold reserves. In a written reply, he had said that Bihar has 222.885 million tonnes of gold metal, which amounts to 44 per cent of the total gold reserves in the country.

IIT Madras, Indian Railways collaborate to develop India’s first Indigenous hyperloop

IIT Madras and the Indian Railways have announced a collaboration as a part of which they will develop India’s first indigenous hyperloop. In addition to this, they will also help set-up a Centre of Excellence for Hyperloop Technologies in India.

As a part of collaboration, the Indian Railways will provide manufacturing assistance and an estimated financial suppory of Rs 8.34 crores. This project will not only provide a faster and low-cost alternative to traditional commutation but it will also prove to be a major step in making India Carbon Neutral.

Indians knew the use of iron 4200 years ago: Excavations in Tamil Nadu show

The Iron Age in the Southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu stretches back 4,200 years, according to iron implements discovered during excavations in a small hamlet named Mayiladumparai, potentially making it the oldest in India for the time being.

Archaeologists also discovered that black and red ware pottery were introduced during the late Neolithic period, rather than the Iron Age, as previously thought.

State of the World’s Birds Report 2022

In the recently released State of the World’s Birds Report by Birdlife International, environmentalists have reported that expanding human footprint on the natural world and climate change is one of the major reasons of population decline of birds.

Approximately 48 per cent of extant bird species worldwide (5,245) are known or suspected to be undergoing population declines, compared with 39 per cent (4,295) with stable trends, 6 per cent (676) showing increasing populations trends, and 7 per cent (778) with unknown trends. Threatened species are concentrated in the tropics, which host the richest avian diversity.

NASA's InSight Mars lander running out of power

The InSight lander is losing power because of all the dust on its solar panels. NASA said on May 17 that it will keep using the spacecraft’s seismometer to register marsquakes until the power peters out, likely in July. Then flight controllers will monitor InSight until the end of this year, before calling everything off.

NASA's two other functioning spacecraft on the Martian surface — rovers Curiosity and Perseverance — are still going strong thanks to nuclear power. 

Mysterious Metal Balls Fall From Space In Gujarat

Locals of three villages of Anand district in Gujarat rushed out of their homes after they heard a loud thud that shook the ground. They saw ‘meteorite’ like objects crashing onto the ground that fell from space. 

Around 4.45 pm on May 12, the first large, black metal ball, weighing around five kg, fell in Bhalej, and thereafter in Khambholaj and Rampura — all located within 15 kilometers from each other.
Former finance secretary Rajiv Kumar took charge as the 25th chief election commissioner (CEC) on Sunday and the first major task before him will be to hold the president and the vice president elections, which are due shortly.

Rajiv Kumar Appointed 25th Chief Election Commissioner of India

President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday appointed Rajiv Kumar, the senior-most Election Commissioner, as the new Chief Election Commissioner.

A retired Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officer of the 1984 Jharkhand cadre, he replaced Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa in August 2020. Kumar served as the union finance secretary from September 2017 to February 2020. He was then appointed as Chairperson of the Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.

Historic Sawa Lake disappears from Iraqi map

Lake Sawa, located in Muthanna governorate in southern Iraq, has completely dried up, and so this unique water spot that was located in the middle of the arid desert for thousands of years has disappeared.

The name of this lake was mentioned in history books and religious novels, some of which mention that its waters raged on the day of the birth of the Prophet Muhammad. Iraqis call the salty lake the Pearl of the South, and its water contains minerals used for medicinal purposes.

GRSE launches Fast Patrol Vessel, ICGS Kamla Devi

The Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) Ltd, which has built and delivered over 100 ships to the Indian Navy and Indian Coast Guard and the 1st shipyard in the country to have exported a warship,GRSE has already completed construction of five ships of this series well within schedule. HThese ships are used for anti-smuggling, anti-poaching and rescue operations at sea.

These ships are equipped with 03 nos Main Engines with advanced control systems, Water Jet units and an ‘Integrated Bridge System’ integrating all Communication and Navigation Systems. These ships are also fitted with 40/60 Gun as main armament and will also have improved habitability features with fully air-conditioned modular accommodation for 35 personnel.

Odisha’s Oldest Fortified Settlement 

The Asurgarh fortified settlement, which was excavated by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in Odisha’s Kalahandi district, has been ascertained to be the oldest among the major fortified settlements in the State. It dates back to the ninth century BC.

A total number of 417 antiquities have been retrieved from the site. Beads of coral, lapis lazuli, carnelian, glass, jasper, garnet, shell, agate, milky quartz, terracotta, kaolin, and soft stone, and circular discs made out of potsherds and stone, form the richest collection among the antiquities.

Indian Navy gets second large survey vessel with state of the Art Hydrographic Equipments 

Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) Ltd launched the Survey Vessel (Large) on May 26, 2022. The Indian Navy's hydrographic and oceanographic survey capabilities will be enhanced by all four survey vessels. The 110m long ships will be equipped with state-of-the-art hydrographic technology and have a displacement of roughly 3,400 tonnes, according to the statement.

Scientists Discover 4500-year-old World's Largest Plant Off Western Coast

India has set up World's 1st Liquid-Mirror Telescope at Devasthal Obsevatory in Uttarakhand 

India Breaks Qatar's Record, NHAI Builds 75-km Highway In 5 days

Earlier record was hold by Doha, Qatar, with a length of 25.275 kilometres. The assignment took ten days to finish. He extended the Amrawati to the Akola stretch of NH 53, which connects key cities like Kolkata, Raipur, Nagpur, and Surat.

Asia’s Largest Naval Base will be in India

By 2025, an Indian navy base in Karwar, Karnataka, would be home to 30 vessels and submarines, making it Asia's largest naval base. The facility will be established over 11,000 acres as part of Project Seabird, with the goal of providing fleet support and repair to warships. The lone aircraft carrier, INS Vikramaditya, is based in Karwar.

Sikkim makes blue Duke state butterfly          

On Sunday, Chief Minister P.S. Golay designated Blue Duke the State Butterfly of Sikkim during the World Environment Day celebrations. The news was made during an event hosted by the Forest Department at Saramsa Garden in Ranipool.

Blue Duke, a Sikkim native butterfly species, defeated another nominee, Krishna Peacock, to be named Sikkim's State Butterfly. Among the 720-plus butterfly species, the two butterflies had been shortlisted for the State Butterfly nominations.

1st Time in History, Dostarlimab Miracle Drug for Cancer 100% Success Rate

Cancer, a dreadful disease that is feared for the sheer number of lives it claims, may soon be eradicated. A medication trial at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan, New York, has proven 100 percent cancer eradication in patients for the first time.

Despite its tiny size, the experiment has raised expectations that cancer can be totally eradicated without the need for lengthy and unpleasant chemotherapy or surgery.   According to The New York Times, the medicine, dostarlimab, was given to 12 rectal cancer patients who appeared to have healed entirely because the disease could not be identified by physical examination, endoscopy, positron emission tomography (PET), or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans.

"Char bans, chaubis gaj, angul ashta praman,

"Ta upar sultan hai, chuke mat chauhan"

These words were said to the unsighted King Prithviraj Chauhan by his courtier poet, and his friend, Chand Bardai, gave the hint of aiming the arrow toward Mohammad Ghori of Ghazna. In his poem "Prithviraj Raso", Chand Bardai has recorded the valour of the great king of India, Prithviraj Chauhan's life. Apart from Prithviraj Raso, many chronicles reflect the greatness of Prithviraj Chauhan. 

On the 12th day of the Jyestha month, Prithviraj was born. Historians don't know an exact date, but astrologists believe he was born in 1166 CE to the Chahamana dynasty's Raja Someshwara and Rani Karpura Devi, according to planetary positions. Prithviraj spoke 14 languages and was a specialist in disciplines ranging from philosophy to medicine, according to Chand Bardai. He was well-known for his military prowess. He had been given this moniker since he was a youngster because, like Raja Dashrath, Eklavya, Arjun, and other famous archers, he could aim the arrow only by listening to a sound. Someshwar Chauhan, Prithviraj Chauhan's father, died after Prithviraj II died.

                                                                             Chand Bardai

He was declared the king of Ajmer. At that time, he shifted from Gujarat to Rajasthan.

At the age of 11, Prithviraj Chauhan had to scatter his father's ashes and handle the throne alongside his mother and court ministers. He had extended a kingdom from Sthanvishvara in the north to Mewar in the south. Along with the kingdom's Chief Minister and Karpura Devi's uncle, young Prithviraj started extending his empire from Ajmer to the whole of India. It was after 3 years of his coronation that he started handling the administration of his kingdom in 1180 CE. 

                                                                 

After Raja Someshwara's death, the coronation of Prithviraj Chauhan started prickling in his own family. Someshwara's brother, Vigraharaja IV's Nagarjun, was not happy with Prithviraj on the throne of Ajmer. He revolted against the same by getting hold of the fort at Gudapura, only to be suppressed by the new mighty king of Ajmer. Slowly, all the small rulers started integrating under the Chahaman dynasty, and they won over those who didn’t want to shake hands with Prithviraj. Among the rivals, one of them was Kannauj's Gahadavalas. Kannauj's king, Jayachand, wanted to capture the Rajput king and his kingdoms and that is why he tried to own ‘Rajsuya Yagya’.

According to this Yaga, a king gets the title of an emperor and his kingdom starts seeing him as a God. But Prithviraj disagreed with this plan of Jayachand. He refused to accept him as his to-be-emperor and that is why a rift was created between both of them. 

All this while, Afghanistan's Mohammad Ghori had captured Multan in 1178 CE and had attempted to invade the Chalukya kingdom that extended from Gujarat and the northern part of Rajasthan. The Chalukya kingdom defeated Ghori, but after some years, they captured Peshawar, Sindh, and Punjab, residing in the west of the Chahamana kingdom, and were successful in making their military base camp from Ghazna, Afghanistan to Punjab. Ghori's increasing terrorism had reached Prithviraj's court in the form of an ambassador. He wanted to shake hands with Prithviraj Chauhan, but he recognised his evil intentions, and Prithviraj Chauhan refused this offer. In 1190 CE, Ghori captured Bhatinda, which was a major part of Prithviraj's kingdom. As the number of violent invasions increased, Prithviraj's Delhi representative appealed to the king himself to fight this evil.Ghori kidnapped Bhatinda and handed it over to Tulak's Qazi, Zia-ud-din.When Mohammad Ghori was giving Bhatinda.

This news reached Prithviraj Chauhan, so he formed an army and marched in that direction.

Both armies battled each other in Thanesar's Taraori. In this battle, Prithviraj Chauhan defeated Mohammad Ghori, and once again, after 13 months, he was in control of Bhatinda. Ghori was taken to the capital, Pithoragarh, and he was kept in jail there. He had only one way to escape from there, which was to beg for mercy in front of Prithviraj Chauhan, and this is exactly what he did. Even when Chand Bardai refused, Prithviraj Chauhan released him with a heavy heart just to see him attack his territory again and again.

Historically, there have been only two battles between Mohammad Ghori and Prithviraj Chauhan. According to Chand Bardai's poems, there were a total of 17 attacks that Mohammad Ghori made on Prithviraj Chauhan. When Kannauj's princess heard about these brave episodes of Prithviraj Chauhan, at that time, both her heart and mind were captured. One day, Prithviraj's court painter showed Kannauj's princess his painting, and after returning from there, he showed Sanyogita's painting to Prithviraj, and this is how they fell in love. But, this blossoming love story wasn't accepted by the princess's father. Do you remember Raja Jayachand, who wanted to do ‘Rajsuya Yagya'?
Chand Bardai stated in Prithviraj Raso that his marriage was the reason for his downfall. He had become so enamoured with his wife, Sanyogita, that he had lost interest in state issues. In a conflict, Mohammad Ghori defeated Prithviraj Chauhan, but he couldn't defeat the patriot within him since, even in Ghori's prison, Prithviraj refused to kneel in front of Mohammad Ghori, and when this happened, he was beaten with hot iron. Chand Bardai was imprisoned in Afghanistan when he travelled there to meet his king.

Yes, the one Prithviraj refused to recognise as his future Emperor.Sanyogita was Jayachand's daughter. When Jayachand got to know of this blooming love for Sanyogita at that time, he organised Sanyogita's Swayamwar just to humiliate Prithviraj Chauhan. Many noble kings had come to Kannauj to ask for Sanyogita's hand, but Prithviraj Chauhan wasn't invited to this. If this humiliation wasn't enough, Jayachand kept a statue of Prithviraj Chauhan outside his court just to indicate that he was his doorman. When Sanyogita got to know that Prithviraj wasn't called for the Swayamwar, at that time she wrote a letter in which she said that she had already accepted herself as the wife of Prithviraj Chauhan. After reading this letter, Prithviraj Chauhan went toward Kannauj. 

Everyone was surprised when, as the Swayamwar began, Sanyogita seized the varmala and hurried towards the entrance, leaving all the great kings behind, because the one who held her heart was standing at the door in the guise of a statue. But she had no idea that the real Prithviraj Chauhan was hiding behind the monument. Jayachand was challenged by Prithviraj to steal his daughter, who was now his wife. After hearing this, Jayachand became enraged, but he couldn't do anything because Prithviraj Chauhan's entire army was present.

"Dushman ki dushman dost hota hai," says the narrator. This is a line we've all heard before.

And this is exactly what Jayachand did with Prithviraj Chauhan. He went and shook hands with Mohammad Ghori, who had been defeated by Prithviraj Chauhan 16 times. Mohammad Ghori took this as an opportunity to attack Prithviraj Chauhan for the 17th time, thinking that this would be the final one. Ghori was provided with military support by Jayachand and with Turkish soldiers. Ghori again came to Taraori, where Prithviraj Chauhan and his army were waiting for him. They lost this war, and he is now a prisoner in Ghor, Afghanistan.

One day, Chand Bardai heard the soldiers there say that Mohammad Ghori was planning to organise a game of "Tirandaaji" in his court. Taking advantage of this, Bardai told Sultan Ghori that Prithviraj Chauhan would also take part in this game. Ghori couldn't stop laughing because he couldn't believe a blind king who had been turned into a prisoner could shoot arrows. But he had no idea that Prithviraj Chauhan was a sound-focused archer rather than an ordinary one. On the day of the game, Chand Bardai requested Ghori to give the order for aiming the arrow. Ghori took pride in this, not knowing what lay ahead.

Just as Ghori gave the order to shoot the arrow, at that time, to take revenge for his defeat, Prithviraj Chauhan shot the arrow right at Mohammad Ghori, and Mohammad Ghori was dead at exactly the place where he said to shoot the arrow from. After that, Chand Bardai and Prithviraj Chauhan attacked themselves and saved themselves from dying at the hands of their enemies. And in such a way, ends Chand Bardai's poem "Prithviraj Raso". But, many scholars say that if Chand Bardai and Prithviraj Chauhan died together, then how did Chand Bardai end his Prithviraj Raso?

Many people also say that Chand Bardai's son witnessed this whole event and he was the one who completed it. But this version, with its beautiful storytelling and political, military, and social-economic structure, is very popular in India. And it is being passed on from one generation to another.

 

 Whenever we think of downloading pirated movies, shows, web series, or mod apps, just one name comes to mind: Torrent. It's free, and most of us have used it at some point in our lives, and many of us are still doing it now.

Torrents, for those unfamiliar, are powerful file distribution networks that make piracy impossible to prevent. In actuality, torrent files are not downloaded from a central server; rather, they are downloaded from the PCs and mobile devices of the thousands of users who have already downloaded the files on their devices. This means that any website associated with Torrent does not hold the material, and if the government shuts down those websites, the website owners can just purchase a new domain and use it to submit Torrent links.

Torrenting is prohibited in many countries, as most of you are aware. Have you ever wondered who started such a massive piracy network and where that person is now? So, in this post, I'll address all of your torrent-related questions. Torrents are a boon to hundreds of thousands of people in today's society since they allow them   to feast on exclusive and premium content for free.

However, this falls under the definition of piracy, which is a criminal violation. Despite this, people still use torrents. 

Bram Cohen is the one who introduced people to Torrent. When and why did Bram create Torrent, though? The story begins on, October 12, 1975. Bram was born into a prosperous household; his father was a computer scientist, and his mother was a teacher. He had always been different from other kids, and he was fascinated by science and technology. He began studying computer programming at the age of five. He graduated from New York's Stuyvesant High School and was accepted to the University of Buffalo for further education, but he quit his studies to pursue career opportunities.

Bram worked for a variety of companies throughout this time. He was a brilliant student from the start, yet he never secured a position in a top tech company. Working in small businesses has benefited Bram. Because, for whatever reason. As a result, he learned about several previously unknown topics in the computing industry. Torrent was largely inspired by his previous position in Mojonation, which proved to be his greatest source of inspiration. Mojonation aimed to create a decentralized file sharing and distribution system. The primary idea was that instead of using a central server, files might be split up and saved on separate computers.

When a person tries to download a file, he will need the help of all other computers, and a hacker will not be able to break into any machine and grab the entire file.

Bram was inspired by this notion to create a file-sharing protocol. Bram thought this strategy was ideal for file sharing and chose to use it to bring his file-sharing protocol to life. Bram resigned from his job and spent a year implementing the protocol, which he named BitTorrent after. Bram created the first BitTorrent client using Python and released the first version on July 2, 2001.

To engage with people, he began pushing a tech conference called CodeCon, which he co-founded with his friend Len Sassaman. CodeCon was a well-known tech conference in the 2000s, with attendees including Sergey Brin and Elon Musk. To attract a huge number of people, he attempted a new strategy and offered people the opportunity to download adult movies for free. It succeeded, and Bit Torrent user traffic climbed with each passing day. But he didn't want to be an adult film distributor, so after building up a large user base, Bram stopped seeding these films. However, many users learned to seed and exchange files at this time.

There were no cloud storage platforms back then, and the storage and bandwidth requirements made it prohibitively expensive for website owners to host larger files.  This difficulty was remedied with the introduction of torrents, which allowed multiple users to host the file at the same time instead of just one.

Torrent became the most popular method of downloading and sharing large movies. When people started sharing copyrighted content on BitTorrent, it became the main focus of the prosecutors' against piracy, and Bram cleared it before he built BitTorrent. His main goal was to give people a place where they could exchange big files easily and without having to send money, not for piracy. If users are doing this for reasons such as piracy, Bram claims it is not his fault.

Even though prosecutors were attempting to bring charges against BitTorrent, Bram was aware of the situation and had preparations to avoid it. He never engaged in piracy and never forced anybody else to do so. Prosecutors were unable to construct a case against Bram Cohen in this instance, and when asked how to curb piracy, he stated that if copy-righted work is made affordable and easily accessible, piracy will cease to exist.

Although copyright holders could not directly ban Torrent, prosecutors began taking action against piracy links in 2007.

In 2007, Bram Cohen struck an agreement with seven American studios in which Bram committed to erase all piracy links on Torrent. However, as Bram began deleting links, new Torrent websites such as The Pirate Bay and RARBG arose, and their strategy to eradicate piracy failed. When prosecutors were unable to obtain information from Bram and Bit Torrent, they began targeting file seeders and hosts using IP addresses, allowing them to track every seeder and take legal action against them.

However, as services such as Netflix, Hotstar, and Amazon Prime Video began offering copyright content at low prices, the use of pirated websites has reduced.

When someone is found guilty of piracy, their life is usually turned upside down. However, the person who built the world's greatest piracy network was never convicted. He's moved on from torrent and now runs the chia network, a cryptocurrency firm.

11/11  160-year-old Human Skeletons found in Punjab, who were the victims? 

According to an inquiry, human skeletons discovered in Punjab in 2014 belonged to Indian soldiers from the Gangetic plain murdered by the British army during the Indian freedom fight uprising in 1857.

In the city of Ajnala, a considerable number of these human remains were discovered in an ancient well. Some historians believe these corpses were among those slain in rioting after India and Pakistan were partitioned in 1947.

Another widely held opinion, based on historical records, is that they are the skeletons of Indian troops killed by the British Army during the Indian Freedom War. However, due to a lack of scientific evidence, the identities of these warriors and their geographical origins have been extensively contested.

10/11  Uttar Pradesh Govt set to launch Silk Exchange Project in Varanasi 

The Uttar Pradesh government intends to launch the 'Silk Exchange' in Varanasi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's parliamentary seat, to promote sericulture and silk products. Varanasi is a world-renowned textile center, particularly for silk weaving. The Silk Exchange is projected to lower the cost of silk for retailers and sari manufacturers.

In addition, the government intends to open an office on the Exchange for the Karnataka Silk Marketing Board (KSMB), which will supply green silk threads to local weavers who manufacture the most beautiful Banarasi saris. 

Once the Exchange is operational, the government will link the weavers to maximize the benefits of the new infrastructure, which will include state weavers and yarn manufacturing units.

9/11 Palli became India's 1st 'Carbon Neutral Panchayat'

Palli village in the Samba district of the Jammu division has been designated as India's first "carbon neutral panchayat." Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid a visit to Palli and cut the ribbon on a 500-kilowatt solar project. 

They got solar-powered after the solar facility was inaugurated. According to reports, 1,500 solar panels have been installed as part of the national government's 'Gram Swaraj' program, which would give electricity to 340 homes in the model panchayat.

Palli's solar facility was completed in only three weeks, which is a world record. The electricity generated will be distributed to the village through the local power grid station, which has a daily need of 2,000 units.

8/11 World Press Freedom Index 2022: India slips to 150th rank

According to a survey released on Tuesday (May 3) by a global media watchdog, India has dropped to 150th place in the World Press Freedom Index, down from 142nd place last year.

According to Reporters Without Borders, India's neighbors, except for Nepal, have all declined in the World Press Freedom Index. Pakistan is ranked 157th, followed by Sri Lanka at 146th, Bangladesh at 162nd, and Myanmar at 176th.

Norway ranked first.

Denmark placed second.

Sweden ranked third.

Estonia ranked fourth.

7/11 The story of Bremji Kul, Kashmir's sacred tree

The Kashmir Valley was a spiritual meeting spot a few hundred years ago, a holy location that drew dozens of men and women and urged them to live a life closer to God. A tree known as Bremji Kul has sprouted near the cemetery and tombs of Sufi saints, as though out of reverence or mute devotion to God's men.

The Western Himalayas are home to the Bremji Kul (Celtis Australis) species. It is a dependable fodder, fuel, wood, and agriculture plant. It feeds livestock with tasty, nutrient-rich, tannin-free food.

The tree is usually bred for fodder, wood, and medicinal purposes. Its wood quality is ideal for manufacturing whips, sticks, cups, spoons, sports equipment, canoes and oars, construction materials, and other tools and handles.

6/11  Hindu Idols in Taj Mahal? Petition filed in Allahabad High Court

A writ case was recently filed at the Allahabad High Court's Lucknow bench, requesting that the Archaeological Survey of India investigate the 22 locked doors in the Taj Mahal to determine the presence of Hindu deity idols.

According to a PTI report, Rajneesh Singh, the media in charge of the BJP's Ayodhya unit, submitted the plea with the registry of the High Court's Lucknow bench, and it would be heard by the court after it is passed by the registry. 

The Hindu deities' idols are locked away behind closed doors, according to the petition, which requested the formation of a fact-finding commission and the submission of a report by the ASI. It also highlighted historians' and Hindu organizations' allegations that the edifice is an antique Shiv Temple.

5/11  5000 years old jewelry factory in Rakhigarhi

For the past 32 years, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has been conducting fresh excavations. With the excavation of a 5000-year-old factory that used to create jewelry, ASI appears to have uncovered one of its most significant findings in the 7,000-year-old planned Harappan metropolis. Two women's corpses were discovered along with jewelry during the most recent round of excavation in Rakhigarhi, which is expected to be completed by the end of May. Utensils used by the deceased were discovered among the skeletons.

4/11  It may take 12 years for the Indian economy to overcome COVID losses, says RBI report

According to research provided by the Reserve Bank of India, the Indian economy could take more than a decade to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic's losses.

The paper estimates output losses during the pandemic era at roughly 52 lakh crore, based on an analysis of COVID-19's economic impact.

According to the chapter 'Scars of the Pandemic' in the Report on Currency and Finance (RCF) for the year 2021-22, recurring waves of COVID-19 have hampered sustained recovery, and quarterly GDP trends have virtually followed the ebbs and flows of the pandemic.

According to the report, the pandemic's behavioral and technical shifts may usher in a new normal that does not necessarily imitate pre-pandemic norms but is built on more efficient, equitable, clean, and green foundations.

3/11 India & Denmark agree to strengthen the 'Green Strategic Partnership'

 

India and Denmark agreed on a five-year action plan and inked four agreements aimed at enhancing collaboration in green technology and natural resource management, including groundwater management.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the green strategic cooperation, which was signed a year ago, represented both countries' forethought and regard for the environment.

While Denmark has expertise in green technologies, Frederiksen believes that India has the size to apply them to a population of over a billion people.

2/11  India's first Amrit Sarovar established in UP's Rampur

The first 'Amrit Sarovar' in India has been completed in Rampur's Gram Panchayat Patwai. 75 water bodies will be constructed and regenerated as part of the Amrit Sarovar effort as part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.

A pond in Rampur was cleaned and revitalized in just a few weeks. This pond is currently a popular tourist destination in the countryside. Amrit Sarovar was picked from 75 ponds in Rampur. Out of all the selected ponds, the pond in village panchayat Patwai of development block Shahbad has been completed.

1/11 NASA's World’s largest flying telescope SOFIA to be Decommissioned

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the United States stated on April 28, 2022, that the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) project would be shut down by September 30, 2022. The largest airborne telescope in the world, SOFIA, proved the presence of water on the Moon.

SOFIA is a 2.7-meter infrared telescope that flies at an altitude of 38,000-45,000 feet above the surface inside a Boeing 747SP plane and is considered one of NASA's finest space science missions. SOFIA is a collaborative effort between NASA and the German Aerospace Center, DLR.

NASA's decision to close SOFIA follows the White House's 2023 federal budget request, which did not include funding for SOFIA.

SOFIA's annual operations budget is the second-highest in Astrophysics, yet the mission's science productivity is not comparable to other significant science projects. According to sources, SOFIA, which costs around $85 million per year to operate, has already been threatened with termination, 20% of the costs were covered by the German Space Agency. 

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