India’s first solar mission, the Aditya-L1 spacecraft, has completed its first halo orbit around the Sun-Earth L1 point.
ISRO said its station-keeping manoeuvre yesterday ensured its seamless transition into the second halo orbit. The Aditya-L1 mission, which is an Indian solar observatory at Lagrangian point L1, was launched on September 2, 2023, and was inserted in its targeted halo orbit on January 6, 2024. According to ISRO, the Aditya-L1 spacecraft in the halo orbit takes 178 days to complete a revolution around the L1 point. During its travel in the halo orbit, the Aditya-L1 spacecraft will be subjected to various perturbing forces that will cause it to depart from the targeted orbit, the space agency said. The ISRO explained that Aditya L1’s journey around the Sun-Earth L1 Lagrangian point involves modelling complex dynamics.
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Minami-Torishima island (Japan)
✅Why in news: Researchers discovered 230 million tons of minerals, including cobalt and nickel, off a remote island 1,200 miles from Tokyo.
✅Minami-Torishima Island, also known as Marcus Island, is an isolated Japanese coral atoll in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, 1,950 km southeast of Tokyo.
✅ It is Japan’s easternmost territory and the only one on the Pacific Plate.
✅The island is shaped like an equilateral triangle and formed by a raised coral reef, with flat terrain and a maximum altitude of 9 meters.
✅Why in news: Researchers discovered 230 million tons of minerals, including cobalt and nickel, off a remote island 1,200 miles from Tokyo.
✅Minami-Torishima Island, also known as Marcus Island, is an isolated Japanese coral atoll in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, 1,950 km southeast of Tokyo.
✅ It is Japan’s easternmost territory and the only one on the Pacific Plate.
✅The island is shaped like an equilateral triangle and formed by a raised coral reef, with flat terrain and a maximum altitude of 9 meters.
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Cabinet Committees
✅Mandate: They are an organizational device to reduce the enormous workload of the Cabinet. They also facilitate in-depth examination of policy issues and effective coordination.
✅Membership: They usually include only Cabinet Ministers. However, the non-cabinet Ministers are not debarred from their membership.
The Eight Cabinet Committees are;
✅ Appointments Committee of the Cabinet
✅ Cabinet Committee on Accommodation-Home Minister
✅ Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
✅ Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs- Defence Minister.
✅ Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs
✅ Cabinet Committee on Security
✅ Cabinet Committee on Investment and Growth
✅ Cabinet Committee on Skill, Employment and Livelihood
Six Committees are headed by Prime Minister of India, Except Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs (by Defence Minister) and Cabinet Committee on Accommodation (Home Minister).
✅Mandate: They are an organizational device to reduce the enormous workload of the Cabinet. They also facilitate in-depth examination of policy issues and effective coordination.
✅Membership: They usually include only Cabinet Ministers. However, the non-cabinet Ministers are not debarred from their membership.
The Eight Cabinet Committees are;
✅ Appointments Committee of the Cabinet
✅ Cabinet Committee on Accommodation-Home Minister
✅ Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
✅ Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs- Defence Minister.
✅ Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs
✅ Cabinet Committee on Security
✅ Cabinet Committee on Investment and Growth
✅ Cabinet Committee on Skill, Employment and Livelihood
Six Committees are headed by Prime Minister of India, Except Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs (by Defence Minister) and Cabinet Committee on Accommodation (Home Minister).
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Sri Krishna Committee was constituted on 03 February 2010, to investigate the situation in united AP. It submitted the report on 30 December 2010 to the central government. Other members were Vinod Duggal, Ravinder Kaur, Abusaleh Sharif and Ranbir Singh.
Suggestions:
a. To continue the status quo.
b. To divide the state into Seemandhra and Telangana with Hyderabad as Union Territory.
c. To divide the state into Rayala Telangana and Coastal Andhra, with Hyderabad part of Rayala Telangana.
d. To separate Seemandhra and Telangana and to extend the boundaries of Hyderabad to make it a joint capital as well as Union Territory.
e. To divide the state into Seemandhra and Telangana and to make Hyderabad as capital of Telangana, and a new capital for Seemandhra.
f. To keep the state united by taking constitutional measures for the development of Telangana region both socially, economically, and for political unity.
Suggestions:
a. To continue the status quo.
b. To divide the state into Seemandhra and Telangana with Hyderabad as Union Territory.
c. To divide the state into Rayala Telangana and Coastal Andhra, with Hyderabad part of Rayala Telangana.
d. To separate Seemandhra and Telangana and to extend the boundaries of Hyderabad to make it a joint capital as well as Union Territory.
e. To divide the state into Seemandhra and Telangana and to make Hyderabad as capital of Telangana, and a new capital for Seemandhra.
f. To keep the state united by taking constitutional measures for the development of Telangana region both socially, economically, and for political unity.
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Protests and events critical to formation of Telangana:
• Non-Cooperation Strike: With the memory of the Non-Cooperation Movement by Mahatma Gandhi, non-cooperation movement was conducted by the JAC to bring to the notice of the central government about the aspirations of Telangana. This is about non-assistance to both state and central governments, mainly by government employees. On 17 February 2011, the government employees began the non-cooperation agitation. About three lakh government employees from the lowest to the highest rank took part.
• Million March: Million march has a unique place in the history of Telangana agitation. It was planned on the lines of Tahrir Square protests in Egypt. Even as employees were observing non-cooperation, KCR had announced that Million March will be held on 10 March 2011 to exert pressure on the central government to introduce the Telangana bill in the parliament.
• Sakalajanula Samme or All People’s Strike: On 12 September 2011, the TRS party conducted the ‘Janagarjana Sabha’ or the roar of the people, at Karimnagar. KCR announced in this meeting that the Sakalajanula Samme would begin on 13 September 2011.. It went on peacefully for 42 days.
• Sagara Haram or formation of the human chain: 30 September 2011. Later, the name ‘Telangana March’ was changed to ‘Sagara Haram’. The only demand of the march was the introduction of the bill in parliament.
• Sansad Yatra or March to Parliament: The Telangana political JAC organised the Sansad March for two days, on 29th and 30th April 2013, at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi.
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The Stree Swabhiman initiative is associated
with which sector?
with which sector?
Anonymous Quiz
21%
Technology and Innovation
39%
Healthcare and Hygiene
33%
Education and Literacy
7%
Environmental Conservation
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Which state declared Poila Baisakh as its
official State Day?
official State Day?
Anonymous Quiz
17%
Jharkhand
20%
Manipur
13%
Mizoram
50%
West Bengal