Central Pollution Control Board:<\/a>It is\u00a0a statutory
\norganisation\u00a0which was constituted in September, 1974 under\u00a0the Water
\n(Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974. It serves as a field formation
\nand also provides technical services to the Ministry of Environment and Forests
\nunder the provisions of\u00a0the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.<\/span><\/p>\n12. World\u2019s Longest High-Altitude Shinkun La Tunnel: The
\ntunnel is 13.5 Km long. The tunnel\u00a0connects the Union Territory of Ladakh
\nand tribal Lahaul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh. <\/span><\/p>\n13. World Tourism day Observed on\u00a027th September every
\nyear. This Day has been celebrated since 1980 by\u00a0the United Nations World
\nTourism Organization (UNWTO). Theme this year is\u00a0\u201cTourism and Rural
\nDevelopment\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n14. Dr Abhijit Mukherjee, Associate Professor, Deptt. of
\nGeology & Geophysics, IIT Kharagpur Selected for \u2018Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar\u2019
\nPrize. The award is named after the founder Director of the Council of Scientific
\n& Industrial Research (CSIR), the late Dr (Sir) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar.
\nThe Prize is given each year for outstanding contributions to science and
\ntechnology.<\/span><\/p>\n15. Haiyang-2C: It is a new ocean-monitoring satellite
\nlaunched recently by China. It can provide all-weather and round-the-clock
\nobservation of wave height, sea surface height, wind speed and direction, and
\ntemperature. <\/span><\/p>\n16. UMANG (Unified Mobile Application for New-age
\nGovernance)\u00a0is developed by Ministry of Electronics and Information
\nTechnology (MeitY) and National e-Governance Division (NeGD) to drive Mobile
\nGovernance in India. UMANG provides a single platform for all Indian Citizens
\nto access pan India e-Gov services ranging from Central to Local Government
\nbodies and other citizen centric services.<\/span><\/p>\n17. UVIT is a remarkable\u00a03-in-1 imaging
\ntelescope\u00a0simultaneously observing in\u00a0the visible, the
\nnear-ultraviolet (NUV), and the far-ultraviolet (FUV) spectrum. It is one of
\nthe five payloads onboard India\u2019s first multi-wavelength astronomical observatory\u00a0AstroSat.<\/span><\/p>\n18. Bhagat Singh\u2019s 113th birth anniversary\u00a0celebrated
\non 28th September, 2020. In 1924 in Kanpur, he became a member of\u00a0the
\nHindustan Republican Association,\u00a0started by Sachindranath Sanyal a year
\nearlier. Revolutionary activities he was involved in: 1. Lahore Conspiracy
\ncase. 2. 1929 Central Assembly Bombing Case. 23rd March\u00a0is observed as
\n\u2018Martyrs\u2019 Day\u2019 or \u2018Shaheed Diwas\u2019 or \u2018Sarvodaya Day\u2019 in honour of Bhagat Singh,
\nRajguru and Sukhdev.<\/span><\/p>\n19. PM Modi inaugurated 6 mega projects in Uttarakhand
\nunder\u00a0Namami Gange. It an Integrated Conservation Mission, approved as a
\n\u2018Flagship Programme\u2019 in June 2014. It is being operated under\u00a0Ministry of
\nJal Shakti. National Ganga Council (NGC)\u00a0was Created in October 2016
\nunder\u00a0the River Ganga (Rejuvenation, Protection and Management)
\nAuthorities Order, 2016. It is\u00a0Headed by Prime Minister. Ganga Avalokan is
\nthe first museum on the river located at Chandi ghat in Haridwar. It was
\ninaugurated recently.<\/span><\/p>\n20. India and Denmark recently elevated their relations to a
\n\u201cgreen strategic partnership\u201d. The Green Strategic Partnership\u00a0is a
\nmutually beneficial arrangement to advance political cooperation, expand
\neconomic relations and green growth, create jobs and strengthen cooperation on
\naddressing global challenges and opportunities; with focus on an ambitious
\nimplementation of the Paris Agreement and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.<\/span><\/p>\n\n
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