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The Indian Army has initiated the induction of control and reporting systems under ‘Project Akashteer’ to bolster its air defense capabilities.
Project Akashteer is a cutting-edge initiative designed to automate air defense control and reporting processes by digitizing them.
It aims to deliver an unprecedented level of situational awareness and control for the force to ensure the safety of friendly aircraft and engage hostile aircraft in contested airspace.
It will enable monitoring of low level airspace over the battle areas of Indian Army and effectively control the Ground Based Air Defence Weapon Systems.

India has emerged as the country with the highest percentage of doping offenders, according to the 2022 testing figures released by the WADA
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) was established in 1999 as an international independent agency to lead a collaborative worldwide movement for doping-free sport.
It’s governance and funding are based on an equal partnership between the sport movement and governments of the world.
Its primary role is to develop, harmonize and coordinate anti-doping rules and policies across all sports and countries.

World Health Day 2024 is celebrated every year on April 7.
World Health Day is aimed at raising awareness about global health issues and encourage people to live healthier.
The origin of World Health Day goes back to 1948 when First Health Assembly was held by the organisation, where it was decided to commemorate April 7 as World Health Day and it came into effect in 1950.
The theme of 2024 World Health Day is ‘My health, my right’.

Sierra Leone’s President recently declared a national emergency on substance abuse to crack down on the rising use of synthetic drugs known as kush.
Sierra Leone is a tropical country in West Africa.
It is bordered on the north and east by Guinea, on the south by Liberia and on the west by the Atlantic Ocean.
The nation is largely made up of lightly wooded hills with a concentration of mangrove swamps along the coast.
Some of the major ones include the Rokel River, Taia River, Moa River and Sewa River.

The launch of AgniKul ‘Agnibaan SOrTeD’ has been postponed.
Agnibaan SubOrbital Technological Demonstrator (SOrTeD) is a single-stage launch vehicle powered by AgniKul’s patented Agnilet engine.
It is the world’s first single piece 3D printed semi-cryogenic rocket engine.
It will be launched from India’s first private launchpad, ALP-01, located inside the Indian space agency ISRO’s Sriharikota spaceport.
It is India’s first ever vehicle equipped with a semicryogenic engine, the Agnilet, a subcooled liquid oxygen-based propulsion system developed indigenously.

Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk and Leh Apex Body (LAB) decided to call off the Pashmina border march aimed at highlighting the plight of the Changpa nomadic tribes.
The Changpa, or Champa, are semi-nomadic people found mainly in the Changtang plateau of southeastern Ladakh.
They share linguistic and cultural affinities with Tibetans.
All Changpa families profess Tibetan Buddhism as their religion.
They are high-altitude pastoralists, raising mainly yaks and goats.
They can be identified by their conical yak-skin tents called reboo.
Each reboo invariably accommodates the family deity, and a picture of their spiritual head, in most cases, the Dalai Lama.
The Changpa who live nomadic lives are known as Phalpa, while those who have settled down in fixed locations are called Fangpa.

7) Meenesh Shah Elected as Chairman of NCDFI:

The National Cooperative Dairy Federation of India Ltd. (NCDFI), the national-level apex dairy cooperative, has elected its new Board of Directors.

8) NexCAR19:

The President of India Droupadi Murmu launched India‘s first home-grown Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy namely ‘NexCAR19 (Actalycabtagene autoleucel)’ for cancer treatment during the event held at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

9) Adani Green Energy Becomes India’s First Company to Surpass 10,000 MW of Renewable EnergyA:

Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL) has become the country’s first company to surpass 10,000 megawatts (MW), or 10 gigawatts (GW), of renewable energy capacity in its operational portfolio.

10) RBI Delays Currency Derivative Regulations to Curb Speculative Trading:

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has deferred the implementation of Exchange Traded Currency Derivatives (ETCD) regulations by a month to May 3, 2024 to curb speculative trading.
This is in view of the feedback received from the market and the recent developments.