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Disaster Management (Amendment) Bill, 2024 passed in Lok Sabha. Chief Minister of Uttarakhand inaugurated the 10th World Ayurveda Congress 2024. Volcano erupts on Jupiter’s satellite moon.
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Project
1. PM Modi laid the foundation stone of a project worth Rs 5700 crore: Prime Minister Narendra Modi installed the Kalash for Prayagraj Mahakumbh today i.e. on 13th December. Besides, he inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of 167 projects worth Rs 5700 crore. These projects belong to the Railway Ministry of the Central Government and many departments of the State Government. Governor Anandi Ben Patel and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath were present along with PM Modi in this ceremony.
During this, PM also launched ‘Kumbh Sah’AI’yak Chatbot’. This AI chatbot is capable of chatting in 11 languages.
- The 167 projects include 10 flyovers, permanent ghats, rail and road projects as well as 5 corridors – Akshayvat Corridor, Hanuman Mandir Corridor, Saraswati Kupa Corridor, Bhardwaj Ashram Corridor and Shringverpur Dham Corridor.
- PM Modi inaugurated 61 road schemes at a cost of Rs 1,376 crore.
- 10 railway over bridge fly overs will also be built in Prayagraj at a cost of Rs 1,170 crore.
- Apart from this, the scheme of blockage, diversion and strengthening of 4 drains worth Rs 100 crore has been completed.
- Strengthening work of 7 permanent drains and 8 river bank roads has been done in Sangam city at a cost of Rs 304 crore.
- Also, 13 sewerage projects and drinking water facilities have been developed at a cost of Rs 215 crore.
- Apart from this, installation of four new transformers, two sub-stations and upgradation of power infrastructure has been done at a cost of Rs 203 crore.
Defense
2. Defense Ministry signs deal worth Rs 13,500 crore with HAL: The Defense Ministry has signed a deal worth Rs 13,500 crore with the country’s leading government company Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to buy 12 Sukhoi jets. 62.6% of the material required to make the aircraft will be domestic. The Defense Ministry gave this information by tweeting on social media platform X on December 12.
These aircraft will be manufactured at the Nashik division of HAL.
- Russian origin Su-30 MKI jets are being purchased for the Indian Air Force. Now HAL will manufacture them.
- The Defense Ministry had approved the purchase of 12 Su-30 MKI aircraft on September 15.
- It was also said that all will be prepared indigenously.
- Sukhoi-30 MKI is a twin-seater multirole fighter jet. It can fill fuel only during flight. Up to 12 tons of weapon material can be loaded into it.
- This aircraft has double engines.
- Sukhoi-30 MKI can fly up to 3,000 kilometers at a time.
- Sukhoi-30 MKI, manufactured by India in collaboration with Russia, is considered one of the most powerful fighter aircraft in the world.
- An agreement was signed between India and Russia in 2000 for Sukhoi-30 MKI. India got its first Sukhoi-30 fighter jet in 2002.
- Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is a government aerospace and defense company headquartered in Bengaluru, India.
- It was founded in Bengaluru on December 23, 1940 by Walchand Hirachand, then its name was Hindustan Aircraft Limited.
- During the Second World War, the government purchased one-third of the company’s stake in March 1941, and after independence, Hindustan Aircraft Limited was taken under the administrative control of the Ministry of Defence, in January 1951.
- After this, in October 1964, Hindustan Aircraft Limited was merged with Aeronautics India Limited and thus Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) came into existence.
- Presently Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is manufacturing all types of military helicopters and aircraft for the country.
NATIONAL
3. ‘Disaster Management (Amendment) Bill, 2024’ passed in Lok Sabha: On December 12, the ‘Disaster Management (Amendment) Bill, 2024’ was passed in the Lok Sabha. The purpose of this bill is to amend the Disaster Management Act, 2005. As per the Disaster Management Act 2005, the National Executive Committee (NEC) and State Executive Committees (SEC) are responsible for disaster management with the help of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and State Disaster Management Authorities (SDMA).
Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai had introduced the Disaster Management (Amendment) Bill, 2024 in the Lok Sabha on January 11.
- Now it has been proposed in the amendment bill that NDMA and SDMA should prepare their own disaster management plans, bypassing NEC and SEC.
- According to this bill, giving false information or spreading rumors related to disaster management can lead to a jail term of one to two years.
- Under the Bill, a comprehensive database will be created at both the national and state levels. Things like disaster expenses, allocation of money, pre-disaster preparedness and risk register will be included in this database.
- At present the Central Government appoints officers and employees in NDMA. At the same time, the new bill allows NDMA to determine its own appointment requirements and appoint experts with the approval of the Central Government.
- The bill proposes Urban Disaster Management Authorities (UDMA) for state capitals and big cities except Delhi NCR and Union Territory Chandigarh.
- These authorities will be headed by Municipal Corporation Commissioners and District Collectors, who will look after the work of urban disaster management.
- This bill empowers state governments to create State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) to increase their capacity.
4. Chief Minister of Uttarakhand inaugurates the 10th World Ayurveda Congress 2024: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami inaugurated the 10th World Ayurveda Congress and Arogya Expo 2024 in Dehradun on December 12. It is organized every 2 years. The first Ayurveda conference was held in Kochi, Kerala in 2002.
The 10th World Ayurveda Congress and Arogya Expo 2024 is being organized in Dehradun from 12-15 December 2024.
- Apart from more than 5,500 Indian delegates, more than 350 delegates from 54 countries will participate in this four-day event.
- Apart from the plenary sessions, there will be more than 150 scientific sessions and 13 other programs in the event.
- During this, the potential of modern technology to advance Ayurveda will be discussed.
- The World Ayurveda Congress and Arogya Expo 2024 is being organized by the Union Ministry of AYUSH and World Ayurveda Foundation.
- This year’s theme is ‘Digital Health – A Perspective from Ayurveda’. Digital health refers to the use of information and communication technologies in healthcare.
- The 9th edition of the World Ayurveda Congress and Arogya Expo was held in Goa from December 8-11, 2022.
International
5. Volcano erupts on Jupiter’s moon: US space agency NASA has released a video of the volcanic eruption on ‘Io’, the third largest moon of Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system. This video has been recorded by NASA from the spacecraft of its Juno mission.
The video was posted by the space agency on social media platform X on December 12. In this video, lava is seen coming out from the surface of the moon IO.
- IO is considered to be the most active volcanic moon in our solar system.
- There are more than 400 active volcanoes on its surface, in which there are continuous eruptions and lava comes out.
- Research by NASA’s Juno mission has helped in understanding the 44-year-old mystery of volcanic activity on IO.
- The first photo of a volcanic eruption on Io was taken in 1979. There are many ponds here in which molten lava is present.
- IO was first discovered by scientist Galileo Galilei in 1610. However, the volcano was discovered to be active in 1979 by scientist Linda A. Morabito had imposed it.
- The first image of lava erupting from a volcano on the moon Io was taken by NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft in 1979. The moon IO revolves around Jupiter in an elliptical orbit.
TODAY’S HISTORY
History of 13 December: On this day in 2001, the Parliament of India was attacked. In this terrorist attack, 5 police personnel deployed in the Parliament House, a woman security guard of CRPF, 2 employees of Rajya Sabha and a gardener were killed. That day, five terrorists in a white Ambassador car had shocked the entire India by spraying bullets at the biggest temple of democracy in 42 minutes. Just two days after the attack, on December 15, 2001, Afzal Guru, SAR Geelani, Afshan Guru and Shaukat Hussain were arrested for planning the attack. The Supreme Court later acquitted Geelani and Afshan, but upheld Afzal Guru’s death sentence. Shaukat Hussain’s death sentence was also reduced and the verdict was given to 10 years imprisonment.
On 9 February 2013, Afzal Guru was hanged at 8 am in Tihar Jail, Delhi.
- Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur ji was martyred in Delhi in 1675.
- In 1772, Narayan Rao became the Peshwa of Satara.
- Banaras Hindu University was inaugurated by the Prince of Wales in 1921.
- The Four Power Treaty was signed between the United States, Great Britain, Japan, and France during the Washington Conference in 1921. In this, if there is a dispute between two members on any major question, a provision was made to consult all four countries.
- In 1961, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi started his Test career in a match played in Delhi against the England team that toured India.
- In 2003, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was arrested.
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