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History: 8th January
1025 Sultan Mehmood completely destroyed the Temple of Somnath.
Ramchandra Varma, renowned editor, was born. He also has the credit in making the Hindi Dictionary.
Howrah Railway Station, Calcutta, was inaugurated.
The Official Languages Act, 1963 was amended.
1) Uganda To Host 19th NAM Summit:
· India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar will be visiting Uganda from January 15-20, 2024, to attend the 19th edition of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit.
- The NAM is a forum of 120 developing countries that are not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc.
- It aims to represent the political, economic, and cultural interests of the developing world.
- The grouping has 53 members from Africa, 40 from Asia, 26 from Latin America and the Caribbean, and Belarus from Europe.
2) Alvaro : Tropical Cyclone
- Tropical Cyclone Alvaro made landfall in southwest Madagascar on January 1st 2024, becoming the first cyclone to impact the island nation in the ongoing 2023-2024 cyclone season for the southwest Indian Ocean region spanning late October to May.
- According to latest data, Cyclone Alvaro has affected over 16,100 people so far with at least 5 reported dead and 8400 displaced in the southern African country known for vanilla and lemur populations.
3) Justice BR Gavai : Chairman Of The Supreme Court Legal Services Committee
· Supreme Court judge Justice BR Gavai has been nominated as the Chairman of the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee (SCLSC), succeeding Justice Sanjiv Khanna.
- The Supreme Court Legal Services Committee (SCLSC) was established under Section 3A of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, to provide “free and competent legal services to the weaker sections of society.”
- The committee is composed of Chairperson BR Gavai and nine members nominated by the Chief Justice of India (CJI). It has the authority to appoint officers and employees as prescribed by the Centre, in consultation with the CJI.
4) High-Frequency Plasma Waves:
· Scientists have detected the existence of high-frequency plasma waves in the Martian Upper Atmosphere with novel narrowband and broadband features that can help to understand plasma processes in the Martian plasma environment.
- Scientists have examined the existence of high-frequency plasma waves in the Martian plasma environment by making use of the high-resolution electric field data from the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission (MAVEN) spacecraft of NASA.
Plasma waves:
- These waves are often observed in the Earth’s magnetosphere, a magnetic field cavity around the Earth.
- In general, plasma waves are identified as the short-time scale fluctuations in the electric and magnetic field observations.
- These plasma waves play an important role in the energization and transport of the charged particles in the Earth’s magnetosphere.
5) Pallas Fish Eagle: Sighted
· After 10 years, the Pallas fish eagle, was sighted in the Chilika during the bird census carried out by the Chilika wildlife division.
- Pallas fish eagle is also known as Pallas’s sea eagle or band-tailed fish eagle, is a large, brownish sea eagle.
- It can be seen near lakes, marshes and large rivers, from lowlands to 5,000 metres of elevation.
- It feeds primarily on fish, but many other prey are part of its diet.
- It is found in east Palearctic in Kazakhstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, China, India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar.
- It is partially migratory.
- Conservation status
- IUCN Red List: Endangered
6) PRITHVI Vigyan Scheme:
· To enhance the understanding of the Earth and its vital signs, the Union Cabinet recently approved the “PRITHvi VIgyan (PRITHVI)” scheme.
- PRITHVI Scheme is an initiative of the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) to enhance the understanding of the Earth and its vital signs.
- This overarching initiative, with an allocation of Rs 4,797 crore for the period 2021-26, aims to significantly enhance research, modelling, and service delivery across crucial areas like weather, climate, oceans, and the polar regions.
7) 30 Doradus B : A Supernova
- The team of astronomers studying the remnant discovered that it could not have been formed by a single supernova. Instead, the researchers believe it was created by at least two.
- A supernova is the explosion of a star whose luminosity after an eruption suddenly increases many millions of times its normal level.
- Supernovas are “the largest explosion that takes place in space.”
- A star can go supernova in one of two ways:
- Type I supernova: Thestar accumulates matter from a nearby neighbour until a runaway nuclear reaction ignites.
- Type II supernova: Thestar runs out of nuclear fuel and collapses under its own gravity.
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