Daily Current Capsules -04th November

2019

National Affairs

India Gets a New Map: Boundary of UTs of J&K and Ladakh Declared

Relevance IN – Prelims ( facts about the bifurcation )

What’s the NEWS

The government on Saturday, 2 November, issued a notification

specifying the newly marked boundaries of the Union Territories of

Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. The notification results in a new

political map of India.

The development comes two days after the erstwhile state of Jammu and

Kashmir was officially bifurcated into the two UTs.

Following the bifurcation, India now has 28 states and nine Union

Territories.

According to the notification, the UT of Ladakh will comprise the

territories of Kargil and Leh districts, while all the other districts of the

erstwhile state will fall under the UT of Jammu and Kashmir.

The bifurcation of the state also marked the end of President's rule

imposed in the undivided Jammu and Kashmir.

Know! about New Map of India

According to the new map, Mirpur and Muzaffarabad districts of Pakistan

Occupied Kashmir (PoK) have been described as part of Jammu and

Kashmir. There will be a total of 22 districts in Jammu and Kashmir

regarding these two districts.

Ladakh includes two districts Kargil and Leh, while the Jammu and

Kashmir Union Territory has 22 districts included.

This map was prepared by the Survey General of India depicting the new

Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.

The new map of the Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory includes 22

districts, including areas of Muzaffarabad and Mirpur which were under

the PoK in the previous map.

Apart from this, Kupwara, Bandipora, Baramulla, Poonch, Budgaam,

Shopian, Kulgam, Kishtwar, Udhampur, Doda, Samba, Jammu, Kathua,

Ramban, Rajouri, Anantnag, Pulwama, Srinagar, Reasi and Ganderbal

districts will be a part of Jammu and Kashm

Bilateral Relations

India and Germany sign 17 MoUs, five joint declarations of intent exchanged

Relevance IN – Prelims ( about the MoUs signed) + Manis ( GS II Bilateral

relations)

What’s the NEWS

Seventeen agreements have been signed between India and Germany in

the fields of agriculture, maritime technology, ayurveda and yoga among

others

Know! more about the agreements

The joint declarations of intent included cooperation on strategic projects,

partnership for green urban mobility, research and development on

artificial intelligence and cooperation in the field of prevention of marine

litter

Agreements have a been signed to promote, establish and expand

scientific and technological research cooperation, academic collaboration

in ayurveda, yoga and meditation

An MoU has also been signed in the field of occupational diseases,

rehabilitation and vocational training of insured persons and workers with

disabilities

Another pact was signed for cooperation in inland, coastal and maritime

technology.

Other agreements signed between the two countries include collaboration

in agricultural technical and professional training, cooperation between

the National Museum, the National Gallery of Modern Art, the Indian

Museum, Kolkata, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation and the

Stiftung Humboldt Forum in Berliner Schloss and between All India

Football Federation (AIFF) and Deutscher Fu ball-Bund e.V (DFB)

The Indo German Energy Forum (IGEF) 2019 meets

The 8th meeting of the Indo – German Energy Forum concluded on

1stNovember, 2019 in New Delhi.

The Forum took note of the ongoing cooperation under the following four sub-

groups:

Sub Group-I : Flexibilization in Thermal Power Plants.

Sub Group-II : Renewable Energies

Sub Group-III : Demand side energy efficiency and low carbon growth

strategies

Sub Group-IV : Green Energy Corridors

The Forum also finalized the roadmap for future collaboration between

the two countries which, inter-alia, include Flexibilisation of existing coal

fired power plants, promoting niche markets for Solar Energy, promotion

of energy efficiency in buildings through ECBC, building materials and

credit lines for financing corresponding measures and RE evacuation

through state-of-the-art intra-state and inter-state transmission grid

infrastructure.

Ministry of Power and Ministry of New & Renewable Energy signed 8

Implementation Agreements/ MoUs with the German counterparts.

Prelims Factoids

UNESCO has designated Mumbai as a member of UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN)

Relevance IN – Prelims ( about UCCN)

What’s the NEWS

UNESCO has designated Mumbai as a member of UNESCO Creative

Cities Network (UCCN) in the field of FILM and Hyderabad in the field

of GASTRONOMY

Know! about UCCN

UCCN, created in 2004, is a network of cities which are thriving, active

centres of cultural activities in their respective countries. The UNESCO

Creative Cities Network now counts a total of 246 cities.

The member cities that form part of the Network come from all

continents and regions with different income levels and populations.

They work together towards a common mission: placing creativity and

the creative economy at the core of their urban development plans to

make cities safe, resilient, inclusive and sustainable, in line with the

United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Ministry of Culture is the nodal Ministry of Government of India for all

matters in UNESCO relating to culture.

The 7 categories for recognition under UCCN are as follows-

Crafts and Folk Arts

Design

Film

Gastronomy

Music

Media Arts

Literature

Previously, 3 Indian cities were recognized as members of UCCN, namely-

Jaipur-Crafts and Folk Arts(2015)

Varanasi-Creative city of Music (2015)

Chennai-Creative city of Music(2017)

Defence

Curtain Raiser of the first-ever India-Uzbekistan Joint Exercise ‘Dustlik 2019’

Relevance IN – Prelims ( about Dustlik 2019)

What’s the NEWS

The first-ever India-Uzbekistan joint military exercise - Dustlik-

2019 will begin at Chirchiq Training Area near Tashkent .

Know! more about the exercise

The exercise, which will focused on counter-terrorism, will continue

till November 13.

During the exercise, an Indian Army contingent will train along with

Uzbekistan Army.

The exercise will enable sharing of best practices and experiences

between the Armed Forces of the two countries and will lead to

greater operational effectiveness.

India and Uzbekistan have signed three Memoranda of

Understanding in the fields of Military Medicine and Military

Education.

The MoUs were signed following a meeting between Defence

Minister Rajnath Singh and his Uzbekistan counterpart in Tashkent

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