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Department of Space

*ISRO has been pursuing a conscious approach of building up and nurturing

the industrial capabilities in the country to maximally support the Indian

Space Programme.

*ISRO has been utilising the Indian industry in both the public and private

sector for the development of space technology since 1976.

*In order to ensure the smooth supply chain of hardware, components and

sub-systems to the Indian Space Programme, ISRO has been continuously

engaged in technology development and hand-holding several industries

within the country.

*This has enabled ISRO to realise the majority of the manufacturing

requirements of the ISRO’s launch vehicles and satellites through

industry.

*The industry participation has shown continuing growth both in

addressing technological complexity and quantum of work.

*The relevant process documents and safety documents for carrying out

the various activities are in place and are being followed meticulously,

which will be utilised along with training, in the event of the industry

undertaking these activities.

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*India has deployed its own regional navigational system, namely NavICcomprising of a constellation of seven navigational satellites and associated ground segment for providing position, navigation and timingservices to Indian region.

*The IRNSS (NavIC) enables providing position, navigation and timing information that could be utilised for a large range of civil and strategicapplications and services that include terrestrial, aerial and marinenavigation; precise timing; disaster management and alert messages; mapping and Geodetic data capture; vehicle tracking and fleetmanagement; visual & voice navigation for drivers, etc.

*ISRO and Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)/ NASA are jointly working on the development of Dual Frequency (L&S band) Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging Satellite named as NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR).

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Cabinet

*The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs today gave its approval for a new skill development scheme covering the entire value chain of the textile sectorexcluding spinning and weaving.

*The Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector, SCBTS will have an outlay of D1300 crore upto 2019-20.

*The scheme will have National Skill Qualification Framework compliant training courses with funding norms as per the Common Norms notified by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.

*The objectives of the scheme is to provide demand driven, placement oriented skilling programme to incentivize the efforts of the industry in creating jobs in organized textile and related sectors.

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*The Union Cabinet has also approved an extension of term of the Commission to examine the issue of sub-categorization of OtherBackward Classes upto the 2nd of April next year.

*The extension of tenure will enable the Commission to submit a comprehensive report on the issue of sub-categorization of OBCs, after consultation with various stakeholders.

*The Commission was constituted on 2nd October this year.

*The Commission, headed by retired Justice G. Rohini commenced functioning- on 11th of October and has so far interacted with all the States having reservation for OBCs, and the State Backward Classes Commissions.

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*Karnataka High Court’s ruling that makes 85% pictorial warnings on

tobacco products unconstitutional.

*It’s a major setback to public health.

*Introduced on April 1, 2016.

*Large pictorial warnings were the newest in a slew of tobacco-control

measures

1. Raising taxes

2. Banning advertising

3. Smoking in public spaces

4. Sale to minors

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*These measures helped reduce tobacco consumption in India by 6% in

seven years.

*Tobacco use fell from 34.6% in 2009-10 to 28.6% in 2016-17, with 810,000

fewer people using tobacco despite population growth, shows data from

the Global Adult Tobacco Survey 2017.

*The fall was the sharpest in young people (15-24 years), with tobacco

use falling by 33%, from 18.4% in 2010 to 12.4% in 2017.

*Tobacco use is the second biggest cause of early death and chronic

diseases, killing 6.4 million people worldwide in 2015, according to data

from 195 countries published in The Lancet.

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*India is the world’s second-largest producer of tobacco, producing 800

million kg each year, and farmer and industry groups say lowering use

will result in India losing more than Rs 34,000 crore in tax revenues and

affect the livelihoods of 45.7 million people.

*The economic costs of all tobacco-related diseases was Rs 104,500 crore

(US$22.4 billion) in 2011, estimated a report by the Union Ministry of

Health on Economic Burden of Tobacco-related Diseases in India.

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Answers

1. Know India Programme is organized by which Ministry of Indian

Government?

A. MEA

2. Name the partner States of India for the 44th Know India Programme.

A. Andhra Pradesh and Telengana

3. Kambala: Karnataka

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Questions1. Who started the newspaper Bande Matram during freedom struggle

A. Barindra Kumar Ghose

B. Bipin Chandra Pal

C. Devendra Nath Tagore

D. Surendra Nath Banerjee

2. The highest hydro-power potential in the African Continent is in

A. North Western

B. North Eastern

C. Equatorial

D. Souther

3. The deficiency of water in soils is known as

A. Hydrological drought

B. Meteorological drought

C. Agricultural drought

D. Famine

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PrashantTMavani