Current affairs notes on November 1-5
1.Rashtriya Ekta Diwas was Observed on 31st
October across the nation. It marks the occasion of the birth
anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
2. Typhoon Rolly or Goni has hit Philippines. In the North
Atlantic Ocean and Northeast Pacific, they are called hurricanes. But if
the same type of disturbance takes place in the Northwest Pacific
Ocean, it is known as a typhoon. And in the South Pacific and Indian
Ocean, cyclone is the correct term.
3.Army Aviation Corps (AAC) celebrated its 35th
Corps Day on November 1. It is the youngest Corps of the Indian Army. The
AAC currently operates Chetak, Cheetah, Lancer, Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH)
Dhruv, and ALH Weapon System Integrated (WSI), also known as Rudra.
4. Writer Paul Zacharia has been selected for the 28th
Ezhuthachan Puraskaram. Instituted in 1993, it is the highest literary
honour of the Kerala government. Given by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi.
5. PM Modi recently inaugurated 17 tourism projects
around the Statue of Unity (SoU), now called the ‘Kevadia
Tourism Circuit’. Kevadia is a village in the tribal Narmada district. It
is home to the Sardar Sarovar Dam reservoir on the Narmada river.
6. Mansar Lake Development Plan in Jammu and Kashmir
was inaugurated recently. Surinsar-Mansar Lakes are designated as Ramsar
Convention in November 2005.
7. Ammonia levels in the Yamuna river, flowing into Delhi
from Haryana, had reached nearly 3 parts per million (ppm) on Thursday, almost
six times above the acceptable limit of 0.5ppm. The acceptable maximum limit of
ammonia in drinking water, as per the Bureau of Indian Standards, is 0.5
ppm.
8. Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi
Pariyojana scheme seeks to provide
quality medicines at affordable prices to the masses through special
kendra’s known as Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Kendra. Initially launched
in 2008, the scheme was rechristened in 2015.
9. Six new sites apart from the Kuno-Palpur Wildlife
Sanctuary were identified under Project Lion that was announced by
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 15, 2020. Lions are found in Gujarat
across an area of 30,000 sq km called the Asiatic Lion Landscape (ALL). Its population
is restricted to the state of Gujarat in India (Gir National Park).
10. Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has
approved funding to the tune of ₹1,810.56 crore for the 210 megawatt (MW) Luhri
hydropower project on the Satluj river in Himachal Pradesh.