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Daily Current Affairs 11 December 2021
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the funding and implementation of the Ken-Betwa river inter-linking project.
At 2020-21 price levels, the overall cost of the Ken-Betwa link project has been estimated at Rs. 44,605 crore. The Union Cabinet has approved central support of Rs 39,317 crore for the project, covering a grant of Rs 36,290 crore and a loan of Rs 3,027 crore.
Ministry of Power is celebrating the Energy Conservation Week from 8th to 14th December 2021 under “Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav”. Celebration by BIreau of Energy Efficiency will include three major activities i.e. National Painting Competition for school children, National Energy Conservation Awards (NECA) for Industries and establishments and National Energy Efficiency Innovation Awards (NEEIA) to recognize innovative energy efficiency technologies.
The Bureau of Energy Efficiency has been organizing National Level Painting Competitions on Energy Conservation for school children studying in the 4th to 10th standard. This year, the themes for the competition are “Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav: Energy Efficient India” and “Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav: Cleaner Planet”. Manipur wins the Senior Women’s National Football Championship.
Education Ministry has launched a mobile app called Bhasha Sangam in order to help people acquire basic conversation ability in languages other than one’s mother tongue to at least 75 lakh people.
The mobile app is developed to give users familiarity with common expressions of daily conversation in scheduled Indian languages. The App has more than 100 sentences of common usage, both in text and audio format, in 22 Indian languages, test themselves and generate online certificates. The app aims to foster the spirit of Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat by enabling people across India to learn the different languages of different states of India and come closer to their culture.
On December 8, 2021, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami launched the Milk Price Promotion Scheme at IRDT Auditorium, Survey Chowk, and Dehradun. Speaking at the launching event of the milk price incentive scheme in Dehradun, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on December 8 said, “I promise that Uttarakhand will be the number one state in milk production and other aspects in India by the time it celebrates its 25th year. We will spend Rs. 444.62 Cr to open 500 milk sales centers,” said CM Dhami. It is a Direct Bank Transfer (DBT) scheme, the amount under the scheme would go directly into the accounts of the beneficiaries through their linked bank accounts.
In the Dehradun district, milk production and consumption are completely contradictory. On one hand, the government is making many attempts to enhance milk production, all government claims of promoting products are proving to be fictitious. Despite thousands of hours of labour, milk is not produced in accordance with demand.
The government has been making various attempts for enhancing milk production in the state, some of which include:
- Ganga Cow Scheme: Ganga cow scheme and incentive amount of Rs.3-4 per litre of milk was also announced by the government so that milk production could be promoted and consumption could be met in time.
- Kamdhenu Scheme: The scheme was started in Uttarakhand on the lines of UP. Although there was a provision in Uttarakhand for a 25% subsidy for general farmers and a 33% subsidy for SC-ST on loans up to Rs.6 lakh for dairy under NABARD, farmers did not take advantage of it owing to a lack of knowledge.
India’s maiden space mission, Gaganyaan will be launched in 2023, making the country the fourth nation in the world to launch a human spaceflight mission after the US, Russia, China. Test vehicle flight for validation of Crew Escape System performance and first uncrewed mission of Gaganyaan are scheduled at the beginning of the second half of 2022. It will be followed by 2nd uncrewed mission at the end of 2022 carrying ‘Vyommitra’ spacefaring human-robot developed by ISRO.
On December 9-10, 2021, President Biden held the first of two Summits for Democracy, which brought together leaders from government, civil society, and the private sector in our shared effort to set forth an affirmative agenda for democratic renewal and to tackle the greatest threats faced by democracies today through collective action.
Three themes:
- defending against authoritarianism
- addressing and fighting corruption
- advancing respect for human rights.
A total of 111 nations are participating in the summit across the world.
Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) has tied up with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to launch its first RuPay credit card titled as ‘BOM Platinum RuPay Contactless Credit Card’.
It offers 100 reward points as a welcome benefit to users on their first retail spending worth ₹1,000 or more and a complimentary annual membership fee for the first year. It also offers a fuel surcharge waiver of up to ₹200 on fuel transactions between ₹500 and ₹4,000.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has published a report titled titled ‘The Great Leap Backwards of Journalism in China’.
As per the report, China is the world’s biggest captor of journalists with at least 127 reporters currently detained by the regime, revealing the extent of the regime`s campaign of repression against the right to information. The watchdog added in the report that, “Simply investigating a “sensitive” topic or publishing banned information can lead to years of confinement in unsanitary prisons, where ill-treatment can lead to death.”
China has justified the arrests of reporters and citizen journalists by accusing them of provoking trouble. RSF ranks China 177th out of 180 in the 2021 World Press Freedom Index, just two places above North Korea.
The Haiderpur wetland, abutting the Madhya Ganga barrier, about 10 km from Bijnor in western Uttar Pradesh, has been recognized under the 1971 Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, bringing the total number of such designated areas in the country to 47, informs the Ministry of Environment and Forests.
The Site supports more than 25,000 waterbirds, serves as a breeding site for the near-threatened Indian grassbird and provides refuge to the northern subspecies population of the vulnerable swamp deer during its seasonal flood-driven migration. The site also regularly supports more than one percent of the population of greylag goose (Anser considered) and bare-headed goose (Anser indicus).
Indian para-athletes returned from Bahrain after claiming a whopping 41 medals in their best-ever show at the Asian Youth Para Games. The Indian contingent won 12 gold, 15 silver, and 14 bronze medals at the continental Para youth games held in Riffa city.
The event is organized by the National Paralympic Committee (NPC) of Bahrain with the support of the local government. Over 700 athletes from around 30 countries participated in the event from 2ndto 6th December 2021. The fifth edition of the Asian Youth Para Games 2025 will be hosted by Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
About the Asian Youth Para Games 2021
Over 700 athletes from around 30 countries participated in the continental youth showpiece event that took place from 2 to 6 December. The athletes competed across nine sports – Para athletics, Para badminton, boccia, goalball, Para powerlifting, Para swimming, Para table tennis, Para taekwondo, and wheelchair basketball.
International Mountain Day is observed annually on 11 December every year. The day is celebrated to create awareness about the importance of mountains to life, to highlight the opportunities and constraints in mountain development, and to build alliances that will bring positive change to mountain peoples and environments around the world.
The UN General Assembly declared 2002 the UN International Year of Mountains, and on this occasion, it designated 11 December, from 2003 onwards, as International Mountain Day. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) coordinates the annual celebration of the Day to foster greater awareness of mountain issues.
The theme of the day:
The theme of this year’s International Mountain Day (IMD) on 11 December will be sustainable mountain tourism. Sustainable tourism in mountains can contribute to creating additional and alternative livelihood options and promoting poverty alleviation, social inclusion, as well as landscape and biodiversity conservation. It is a way to preserve the natural, cultural and spiritual heritage, to promote local crafts and high-value products, and celebrate many traditional practices such as local festivals.
