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DAILY DOSE 21st FEB -2024 CURRENT AFFAIRS

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History: 21st February

·    February 21 is International Mother Language Day, which is celebrated globally to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism. The day was first announced by UNESCO in 1999.

  • In 1999, the Lahore Declaration was signed on the use of nuclear weapons between India’s Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Pakistan’s Nawaz Sharif.
  • In 1848, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels published “The Communist Manifesto” in London.

 

1) Mission Basundhara 4.0 : Assam

  • Assam Chief Minister announced the initiation of a survey of land within char (riverine) areas under Mission Basundhara 4.0, aimed at settling land in these regions.
  • Mission Basundhara is a program in Assam, India that aims to make land revenue services more accessible to citizens.

The program includes land-related services like:

  • Land mutation
  • Updating land records
  • Delivery of services to people at their homes through online mode
  • Mission Basundhara 1.0 was launched on October 2, 2021, and Mission Basundhara 2.0 was launched on November 14, 2022.
  • Mission Basundhara 3.0 will aims to ease the process of buying and selling land and end conflicts between families arising out of land boundaries.

 

2) Gupteshwar Forest : Biodiversity Heritage Site

  • Gupteswar Forest, adjacent to Gupteswar Shiva temple in Odisha’s Koraput district has been declared as the 4th Biodiversity Heritage Site (BHS) of the state.
  • Gupteshwar Forest covers 350 hectares of demarcated area and holds immense cultural significance with its sacred groves, traditionally revered by the local community.
  • It harbours a remarkable diversity of flora and fauna.
  • The forest is home to at least 608 faunal species, including 28 species of mammals.
  • Notable faunal species documented in the forest include the mugger crocodile, kanger valley rock gecko, sacred Grove Bush Frog, and various avifauna such as black baza, Jerdon’s baza, Malaber trogon, common hill myna, white-bellied woodpecker, and banded bay cuckoo.
  • The limestone caves within the forest are home to eight species of bats, two of which are under the near-threatened category.
  • The forest also boasts a rich floral diversity.

 

3) Anoxic Marine Basins:

  • According to scientists, anoxic marine basins may be among the most viable places to conduct large-scale carbon sequestration in the deep ocean.
  • Anoxic Marine Basins is a body of water without oxygen.
  • Permanent anoxic basins form when there is a strong layering of the water column created in a cup-like formation on the ocean floor.
  • The layering is caused by density differences due to salt concentration or temperature.
  • Once stratification occurs, circulation with the rest of the ocean is minimised, and microorganisms consume the oxygen in the water.

 

4) ‘INDUS-X’ Summit:

  • The defence ministry said the ‘INDUS-X’ summit in Delhi marks a “significant milestone” in the collaborative efforts between the two countries.
  • S.-India Defense Accelerator Ecosystem (INDUS-X) was launched in June 2023 during the state visit of the Prime Minister of India to the US.
  • Objective is to expand strategic technology partnerships and defence industrial cooperation between governments, businesses, and academic institutions in India and the US.
  • INDUS X will be a defence innovation bridge, which will inter-alia, include Joint Challenges, Joint Innovation Fund, Academia engagement, Industry-startup connect, investment by private entities in defence projects, mentoring by experts and niche technology projects etc.
  • It will focus on advancing high-tech cooperation and fostering joint research, development, and production opportunities in the defence sector.
  • The initiative aims to explore possibilities for co-producing jet engines, long-range artillery, and infantry vehicles.
  • India’s Innovations for Defense Excellence (iDEX) and the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), US, are leading INDUS-X activities.

 

5) Mission Aspides:

  • The European Union recently launched Mission Aspides to protect commercial vessels in the Red Sea from attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels.
  • Mission Aspides is a European Union (EU) naval mission to protect cargo ships in the Red Sea from attacks from Yemen’s Houthi rebels.
  • It will send European warships and airborne early warning systems to the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden and surrounding waters.
  • So far, France, Germany, Italy and Belgium have said they plan to contribute ships.
  • Aspides vessels, whose operational command centre will be in the Greek city of Larissa, will have orders to fire on the Houthis only if they attack first and will not be authorised to shoot pre-emptively.
  • The mission is planned for one year but may be renewed.
  • Red Sea is a semi-enclosed inlet(or extension) of the Indian Ocean between the continents of Africa and Asia.

 

6) ASEAN-India Trade In Goods Agreement:

  • The 3rd meeting of AITIGA Joint Committee for undertaking the review of ASEAN-India Trade in Goods Agreement (AITIGA) was hosted by India in Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi from 16-19 February 2024.
  • ASEAN-India Trade in Goods Agreement is a trade deal between the ten member states of ASEAN and India.
  • This agreement was signed at the 7th ASEAN Economic Ministers-India Consultations in Bangkok, Thailand in 2009.
  • The agreement, which came into effect in 2010, is sometimes referred to as the ASEAN-India Free Trade Agreement.

ASEAN:

  • It is a group of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, which was established in 1967 with the signing of the Bangkok declaration.
  • Founding members: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
  • Presently ASEAN comprises 10 member states namely Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia and Vietnam.

 

7) ndia women clinch Badminton Asia Team Championship Title:

  • The Indian women’s team won a historic gold medal at the Badminton Asia Team Championships 2024 after beating Thailand 3-2 in the final in Shah Alam, Malaysia.

 

8) World’s First Wooden Satellite:

  • Japan and the US are planning to launch the world’s first wooden satellite, the LignoSat probe, into space this summer.
  • This unusual spacecraft is made up of magnolia wood which, during the experiments, was found to be particularly stable and resistant to cracking.

 

9) The Henley Passport Index for 2024:

  • France securing the top spot, while India’s passport ranking has slipped one place from last year, moving from 84th to 85th position.

 

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