Blue Flag Beach
The Blue Flag is a certification by the Foundation for Environmental Education(FEE) that a beach, marina, or sustainable boating tourism operator meets its stringent standards. Blue Flag criteria include standards for quality, safety, environmental education and information, the provision of services and general environmental management criteria.
The Blue Flag is sought for beaches, marinas, and sustainable boating tourism operators as an indication of their high environmental and quality standards.
A total of 13 Indian beaches are now going to be awarded with the Blue Flag certification.
Chandrabhaga beach of Odisha's Konark coast was the first to get the Blue Flag Certification.
Rushikonda Beach from Visakapatnam is the only one in Andhra Pradesh selected by Govt of India for Blue Flag Certification
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The Blue Flag is a certification by the Foundation for Environmental Education(FEE) that a beach, marina, or sustainable boating tourism operator meets its stringent standards. Blue Flag criteria include standards for quality, safety, environmental education and information, the provision of services and general environmental management criteria.
The Blue Flag is sought for beaches, marinas, and sustainable boating tourism operators as an indication of their high environmental and quality standards.
A total of 13 Indian beaches are now going to be awarded with the Blue Flag certification.
Chandrabhaga beach of Odisha's Konark coast was the first to get the Blue Flag Certification.
Rushikonda Beach from Visakapatnam is the only one in Andhra Pradesh selected by Govt of India for Blue Flag Certification
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India's First Justice City Coming Up in Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh is building India's first ' Justice City' (integrated judicial hub) within its new capital Amaravati with the vision to provide a state-of-the-art ecosystem built on latest technology for supporting the judicial system in the state. It is build by Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (APCRDA). APCRDA is the nodal agency which is developing Amaravati.
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Andhra Pradesh is building India's first ' Justice City' (integrated judicial hub) within its new capital Amaravati with the vision to provide a state-of-the-art ecosystem built on latest technology for supporting the judicial system in the state. It is build by Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (APCRDA). APCRDA is the nodal agency which is developing Amaravati.
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Ease of Doing Business- India ranked 77 out of 190 countries in 2018
India jumped 23 positions in the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business Index. It is now ranked 77 out of 190 countries in 2018.
India was ranked 100th last year and 130th in 2016 and 2015.
In its annual Doing Business report, World Bank said India improved on six of the 10 parameters relating to starting and doing business in a country.
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India jumped 23 positions in the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business Index. It is now ranked 77 out of 190 countries in 2018.
India was ranked 100th last year and 130th in 2016 and 2015.
In its annual Doing Business report, World Bank said India improved on six of the 10 parameters relating to starting and doing business in a country.
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Statue of Unity
182-metre-tall statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel built near the Sardar Sarovar Narmada dam.
Statue of Unity has been described as the world’s tallest statue, as it is 177 feet higher than China’s Spring Temple Buddha, currently the world’s tallest statue.
it is built on Sadhu Bet Island on the Narmada river.
It is built in
Shoolpaneshwar Wildlife Sanctuary.
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182-metre-tall statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel built near the Sardar Sarovar Narmada dam.
Statue of Unity has been described as the world’s tallest statue, as it is 177 feet higher than China’s Spring Temple Buddha, currently the world’s tallest statue.
it is built on Sadhu Bet Island on the Narmada river.
It is built in
Shoolpaneshwar Wildlife Sanctuary.
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Seismic Zones
Earthquake - prone areas of the country have been identified on the basis of scientific inputs relating to seismicity, earthquakes occurred in the past and tectonic setup of the region. Based on these inputs, Bureau of Indian Standards has grouped the country into four seismic zones, viz. Zone II, III, IV and V. Of these, Zone V is seismically the most active region, while zone II is the least.
Broadly, Zone - V comprises entire northeastern India, parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Rann of Kutch in Gujarat, part of North Bihar and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
Zone - IV covers remaining parts of Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh, National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, Sikkim, Northern Parts of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal, parts of Gujarat and small portions of Maharashtra near the west coast and Rajasthan.
Zone – III comprises Kerala, Goa, Lakshadweep islands, remaining parts of Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and West Bengal, Parts of Punjab, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu and Karnataka.
Zone - II covers remaining parts of country.
Andhra Pradesh comes under Zone-III.
Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has prepared guidelines for construction of earthquake resistant structures.
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Earthquake - prone areas of the country have been identified on the basis of scientific inputs relating to seismicity, earthquakes occurred in the past and tectonic setup of the region. Based on these inputs, Bureau of Indian Standards has grouped the country into four seismic zones, viz. Zone II, III, IV and V. Of these, Zone V is seismically the most active region, while zone II is the least.
Broadly, Zone - V comprises entire northeastern India, parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Rann of Kutch in Gujarat, part of North Bihar and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
Zone - IV covers remaining parts of Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh, National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, Sikkim, Northern Parts of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal, parts of Gujarat and small portions of Maharashtra near the west coast and Rajasthan.
Zone – III comprises Kerala, Goa, Lakshadweep islands, remaining parts of Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and West Bengal, Parts of Punjab, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu and Karnataka.
Zone - II covers remaining parts of country.
Andhra Pradesh comes under Zone-III.
Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has prepared guidelines for construction of earthquake resistant structures.
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Godavari-Penna rivers interlinking project
Districts benefited are Guntur and Prakasam
Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu laid the foundation stone in Nekarikallu mandal of Guntur district, where the Godavari water from Krishna basin would be lifted to Nagarjuna Sagar Jawahar canal.
The project, once finished, is expected to put an end to the woes of the farmers of Guntur and Prakasam districts, who have been bearing the brunt of successive droughts.
While the entire project will be completed in five phases, the first phase is designed to divert about 73 TMC of Godavari water — which reaches Prakasam Barrage through Pattiseema and Chintalapudi lift irrigation schemes — to the Nagarjuna Sagar Right Main Canal during 120 flood days. The diversion will be done in five steps by laying 10.25 km pipeline from Krishna river, a gravity canal at a stretch of 56.35 km and using five lifts.
The first lift will be set up at Harischandrapuram, second at Lingapuram, third lift at Vyyandana, fourth lift at Gangireddypalem and the fifth one at Nekirekalul.
By bringing Godavari water upto Nekarikallu, from where it will be pumped to Nagarjuna Sagar Jawahar Canal, over 9.61 lakh acres of both Guntur and Prakasam districts will be stabilised.
While the five phases of the project are expected to cost close to Rs 84,000 crore, the first phase is estimated to cost Rs 6,020 crore. In the second phase, a gravity canal will be constructed at a length of 256 km to divert Godavari water to Nagarjuna Sagar Jawahar Canal. The third phase would involve construction of a gravity canal from NS Jawahar Canal to Somasila Reservoir. A reservoir will be constructed in the fourth phase at Bollapalli to store 150 TMC. In the fifth stage, lining of the canals will be completed. The second, third, fourth and fifth phases are expected to cost Rs 19,051 cr, Rs 31,126 cr, Rs 15,031 cr and Rs 13,470 cr respectively.
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Districts benefited are Guntur and Prakasam
Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu laid the foundation stone in Nekarikallu mandal of Guntur district, where the Godavari water from Krishna basin would be lifted to Nagarjuna Sagar Jawahar canal.
The project, once finished, is expected to put an end to the woes of the farmers of Guntur and Prakasam districts, who have been bearing the brunt of successive droughts.
While the entire project will be completed in five phases, the first phase is designed to divert about 73 TMC of Godavari water — which reaches Prakasam Barrage through Pattiseema and Chintalapudi lift irrigation schemes — to the Nagarjuna Sagar Right Main Canal during 120 flood days. The diversion will be done in five steps by laying 10.25 km pipeline from Krishna river, a gravity canal at a stretch of 56.35 km and using five lifts.
The first lift will be set up at Harischandrapuram, second at Lingapuram, third lift at Vyyandana, fourth lift at Gangireddypalem and the fifth one at Nekirekalul.
By bringing Godavari water upto Nekarikallu, from where it will be pumped to Nagarjuna Sagar Jawahar Canal, over 9.61 lakh acres of both Guntur and Prakasam districts will be stabilised.
While the five phases of the project are expected to cost close to Rs 84,000 crore, the first phase is estimated to cost Rs 6,020 crore. In the second phase, a gravity canal will be constructed at a length of 256 km to divert Godavari water to Nagarjuna Sagar Jawahar Canal. The third phase would involve construction of a gravity canal from NS Jawahar Canal to Somasila Reservoir. A reservoir will be constructed in the fourth phase at Bollapalli to store 150 TMC. In the fifth stage, lining of the canals will be completed. The second, third, fourth and fifth phases are expected to cost Rs 19,051 cr, Rs 31,126 cr, Rs 15,031 cr and Rs 13,470 cr respectively.
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Emergency Response Support System
(ERSS)
It is started to introduce a Pan-India Single Emergency Response
Number ‘112’ to address all kinds of distress calls such as police, fire and
ambulance etc.
Earlier it is referred as Nationwide Emergency Response System (NERS).
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has approved this national project after
the recommendations of the Justice Verma Committee in the
backdrop of Nirbhaya case.
Objectives:
● Providing a single emergency response number across the country.
● Providing 24 Hours and 7 Days (24x7) efficient and effective response system which can receive input from various voice and data services
such as voice call, SMS, email, Internet of Things, panic buttons in public
transport etc. to attend to citizen in distress.
● Identification of location of person in distress connecting through voice
or data.
● Automated response system for timely dispatch of field resources
(police) to the location of incidence using the system.
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(ERSS)
It is started to introduce a Pan-India Single Emergency Response
Number ‘112’ to address all kinds of distress calls such as police, fire and
ambulance etc.
Earlier it is referred as Nationwide Emergency Response System (NERS).
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has approved this national project after
the recommendations of the Justice Verma Committee in the
backdrop of Nirbhaya case.
Objectives:
● Providing a single emergency response number across the country.
● Providing 24 Hours and 7 Days (24x7) efficient and effective response system which can receive input from various voice and data services
such as voice call, SMS, email, Internet of Things, panic buttons in public
transport etc. to attend to citizen in distress.
● Identification of location of person in distress connecting through voice
or data.
● Automated response system for timely dispatch of field resources
(police) to the location of incidence using the system.
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Emergency Response Support System
(ERSS)
Himachal Pradesh is the first state to launch pan-India single
emergency number ‘112’ under ERSS.
The service also includes a ‘112 India’ mobile app integrated with
Panic Button for availing immediate assistance.
SHOUT feature has been introduced in ‘112 India’ mobile app to
ensure safety of women.
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(ERSS)
Himachal Pradesh is the first state to launch pan-India single
emergency number ‘112’ under ERSS.
The service also includes a ‘112 India’ mobile app integrated with
Panic Button for availing immediate assistance.
SHOUT feature has been introduced in ‘112 India’ mobile app to
ensure safety of women.
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Plan Bee
According to the Wildlife Trust of India, train collisions have killed 266 elephants between 1987 to 2017. The collisions seem to occur where there is a high elephant habitat, or places termed ‘elephant corridors’.
To prevent similar incidents in future, the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) adopted ‘Plan Bee’ last year.
It uses a device costing about Rs 2,000 which will be installed at level crossings at these accident prone areas. The device works by loudly broadcasting the buzz of swarming honeybees, audible up to 600 meters, a sound that would keep the elephants away. This is because the elephants have a natural fear of the perilous stings of the insects.
Plan Bee has been successful compared to the previous methods.
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According to the Wildlife Trust of India, train collisions have killed 266 elephants between 1987 to 2017. The collisions seem to occur where there is a high elephant habitat, or places termed ‘elephant corridors’.
To prevent similar incidents in future, the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) adopted ‘Plan Bee’ last year.
It uses a device costing about Rs 2,000 which will be installed at level crossings at these accident prone areas. The device works by loudly broadcasting the buzz of swarming honeybees, audible up to 600 meters, a sound that would keep the elephants away. This is because the elephants have a natural fear of the perilous stings of the insects.
Plan Bee has been successful compared to the previous methods.
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Heart Attack Rewind
FSSAI launches Heart Attack Rewind campaign for trans fat elimination.
"Heart Attack Rewind" campaign aims to do away with the 'bad
cholesterol' from the food supply by 2022, a year ahead of the global
target.
WHO launched a comprehensive plan to eliminate industrially-
produced trans fat from the global food supply by 2023 in May 2018.
The current permitted level of industrially-produced trans fat is 5 per cent in India.
FSSAI will be reducing the industrially produced trans fatty acids to less
than 2 per cent by the year 2022 in a phased manner.
Trans fats are known to increase the risk of coronary artery heart
disease and stroke.
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FSSAI launches Heart Attack Rewind campaign for trans fat elimination.
"Heart Attack Rewind" campaign aims to do away with the 'bad
cholesterol' from the food supply by 2022, a year ahead of the global
target.
WHO launched a comprehensive plan to eliminate industrially-
produced trans fat from the global food supply by 2023 in May 2018.
The current permitted level of industrially-produced trans fat is 5 per cent in India.
FSSAI will be reducing the industrially produced trans fatty acids to less
than 2 per cent by the year 2022 in a phased manner.
Trans fats are known to increase the risk of coronary artery heart
disease and stroke.
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SHINYUU Maitri-18
It's a joint air exercise between India and Japan.
This year it's held at A F Station Agra.
The theme of the exercise is joint "Mobility/Humanitarian Assistance &
Disaster Relief (HADR) on Transport aircraft".
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It's a joint air exercise between India and Japan.
This year it's held at A F Station Agra.
The theme of the exercise is joint "Mobility/Humanitarian Assistance &
Disaster Relief (HADR) on Transport aircraft".
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GSAT-11
It is the heaviest, largest and most powerful satellite ever built by India.
It is the third in a series of four satellites aimed at achieving the ambitious target to provide high data connectivity of 100 GBPS in the
country under the Digital India Mission.
The satellite Weigh about 5,854 kg.
It was launched by Ariane-5 rocket from French Guiana, along with a
Korean Satellite.
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It is the heaviest, largest and most powerful satellite ever built by India.
It is the third in a series of four satellites aimed at achieving the ambitious target to provide high data connectivity of 100 GBPS in the
country under the Digital India Mission.
The satellite Weigh about 5,854 kg.
It was launched by Ariane-5 rocket from French Guiana, along with a
Korean Satellite.
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DiEM25
The Democracy in Europe Movement 2025, or DiEM25, is a pan-European cross-border political movement of democrats launched in 2015.
It was launched by former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis and Croatian philosopher Srećko Horvat.
The movement aims to reform the European Union's existing institutions
to create a full-fledged democracy.
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The Democracy in Europe Movement 2025, or DiEM25, is a pan-European cross-border political movement of democrats launched in 2015.
It was launched by former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis and Croatian philosopher Srećko Horvat.
The movement aims to reform the European Union's existing institutions
to create a full-fledged democracy.
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Mangdechhu hydropower project
India is soon expected to commission the flagship 750-megawatt Mangdechhu hydropower project in Bhutan.
The Mangdechhu project was bagged by the Bharat Heavy Electricals
Ltd. (BHEL) and it will be implemented on a bilateral basis.
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India is soon expected to commission the flagship 750-megawatt Mangdechhu hydropower project in Bhutan.
The Mangdechhu project was bagged by the Bharat Heavy Electricals
Ltd. (BHEL) and it will be implemented on a bilateral basis.
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India and the UAE signed currency swap agreement.
Currency Swap is such a pact between two countries that allows trading in their own currency and payments to import and export trade at pre-determined exchange rate without bringing in a third benchmark currency like the US dollars.
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Currency Swap is such a pact between two countries that allows trading in their own currency and payments to import and export trade at pre-determined exchange rate without bringing in a third benchmark currency like the US dollars.
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‘sikkolunaturalproducts.com’
To help Tribal farmers, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), Srikakulam, has created an exclusive e-commerce portal ‘sikkolunaturalproducts.com’ to create a platform for the sale of turmeric, millets, jute products and others. Middlemen will have no role in marketing produce
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To help Tribal farmers, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), Srikakulam, has created an exclusive e-commerce portal ‘sikkolunaturalproducts.com’ to create a platform for the sale of turmeric, millets, jute products and others. Middlemen will have no role in marketing produce
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Coringa Birds Festival-2018
Forest Department is hosting the first of its kind ‘Coringa Birds Festival-2018,' near Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary (CWLS), in the East Godavari River Estuarine Ecosystem (EGREE) Region.
'Indian Skimmer’ has been selected as the mascot of the two day festival.
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Forest Department is hosting the first of its kind ‘Coringa Birds Festival-2018,' near Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary (CWLS), in the East Godavari River Estuarine Ecosystem (EGREE) Region.
'Indian Skimmer’ has been selected as the mascot of the two day festival.
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