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■ HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT IN JAMMU and KASHMIR
◇ Kishanganga Project.
◇ Chutak power project.
◇ Nimoo Bazgo power project.
◇ Salal project.
◇ Dul hasti project.
◇ Uri project.
◇ Sewa project.
▪︎ SOURCE - D.R. Khullar.
🔆 India's Tiger Population up, MP. has most big cats
✅India's tiger population increased to 3,682 in 2022, up from 2,967 in 2018, according to an estimate
✅The reserves with the maximum number of tigers were at the Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand, which reported 260 animals, followed by Bandipur (150), and Nagarhole (141), both in Karnataka
✅Central India, the Shivalik Hills, and the Gangetic plains witnessed increases in tiger population, particularly in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Maharashtra.
✅However, certain regions, such as the Western Ghats, experienced localised declines, needing targeted monitoring and conservation efforts.
Some States — including Mizoram, Nagaland, Jharkhand, Goa, Chhattisgarh, and Arunachal Pradesh — have reported “disquieting trends”, a
📌 LIST OF ALL IMPORTANT LAKES IN INDIA
Vembanad Lake - Kerala
Chilika Lake - Odisha
Shivaji Sagar Lake - Maharashtra
Indira Sagar lake - Madhya Pradesh
Pangong Lake - Ladakh
Pulicat Lake - Andhra Pradesh
Sardar Sarovar Lake - Gujarat
Nagarjuna Sagar Lake - Telangana
Loktak Lake - Manipur
Pulicat lake - Andhra Pradesh
Kolleru Lake - Andhra Pradesh
Haflong Lake - Assam
Deepor Beel - Assam
Kanwar lake - Bihar
Kankaria Lake - Gujarat
Brahma Sarovar - Haryana
Chandra Taal - Himachal Pradesh
Maharana Pratap Sagar - Himachal Pradesh
Dal Lake - Jammu Kashmir
Wular Lake - Jammu Kashmir
Agara Lake - Karnataka
Ulsoor Lake - Karnataka
Kuttanad Lake - Kerala
Sasthamkotta - Kerala
Bhojtal - Madhya Pradesh
Shivsagar - Maharashtra
Loktak lake - Manipur
Chilika Lake - Odisha
Harike - Punjab
Kanjli - Punjab
Sambhar Lake - Rajasthan
Tsomgo Lake - Sikkim
Hussain Sagar - Telangana
Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar - Uttar Pradesh
Belasagar - Uttar Pradesh
Bhimtal - Uttarakhand
Kaliveli - Tamil Nadu
🟢 RECENT AWARDS
▪️Insurer Innovation Awards 2023 – Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance
▪️Best Performance in CASA at ICC Emerging Asia Banking Conclave 2022 – J & K Bank
▪️Lokmanya Tilak Award 2023 – Narendra Modi
▪️Miss Universe Netherlands – Rikkie Kollé (First transgender woman)
▪️Philippe Chatrier Award by International Tennis Federation (ITF)- Justine Henin (Belgian tennis player)
■ DISTRIBUTION OF IRON ORE. [PART 2]
□ Karnataka
◇ Third largest producer in India and 13.72% of the iron ore production in the country.
◇ Baba-budan hills – Lying in the Chikmagalur district of Karnataka.
◇ Kudermukh deposits – Iron ore deposits lie in the chikmagalur district of Karnataka.
◇ Sandur range – Stretched in the bellary and Hosepet district of Karnataka.
□ Jharkhand.
◇ Jharkhand has 25% of iron ore reserves and accounts for about 11.1% of the total production of iron ore of the country.
◇ Iron ore mining first started at Singhbhum in 1904.
◇ Main iron ore deposits lie in Bonai range extending for about 50Km.
◇ The famous mines are Naomandi, Dalteganj.
◇ Iron ore is also mined at Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Ranchi and Santhal Pargana.
□ Goa.
◇ Fifth largest producer.
◇ Main deposits and mining centres at Pirna-Adolpale-Asnora, Sanquelim Ponda, Kundem-surla and Sirigao-Bicholim-dalda in North Goa.
□ Export -
◇ 5th largest exporter of iron ore in the world.
◇ About 55% of india’s total iron ore exported to Japan, south korea, West European countries, Iran, UAE and other gulf countries.
▪︎SOURCE - D.R. Khullar.
📌 KRISHNA RIVER SYSTEM
✅ Krishna river is the 2nd largest river of peninsular India,1st being Godavari river. It originates in the Western ghats at the Jor village of Maharashtra near Mahabaleshwar about 64 km from the Arabian Sea.
✅ It crosses entire peninsular width starting from western ghats and merging into Bay of Bengal.
✅ Total length= 1400 km
✅ Krishna river starts from Maharashtra then flowing through Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh it merges into Bay of Bengal.
✅ Krishna river basin is extensively used for agricultural purposes, almost 75% of its basin is agricultural land.
✅ Before merging into Bay of Bengal Krishna river forms a large delta which has now extended upto 35 km into the Bay of Bengal.
✅ Major Tributaries of the Krishna :-
1 Ghataprabha
2 Malaprabha
3 Bhima
4 Tungabhadra
5 Musi
✅ Major Dams :-
1 Almatti Dam
2 Srisailam Dam
3 Nagarjuna Sagar Dam
4 Prakasham Barrage
✅ Hydroelectric Installations
Srisailam
Nagarjuna Sagar
Tungabhadra
🛑 15th July
❇️ World Youth Skill Day
💠 Theme23 : 'Skilling teachers, trainers, and youth for a transformative future'
🔹 The importance of developing skilled youth is at the core of this year's message for World Youth Skills Day.
🔹 Dharmendra Pradhan : Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship.
🔹 The United Nations General Assembly has decided to celebrate the first World Youth Skills Day (WYSD) on 15 July 2015.
🟢 NEWS
🔶Dell Joins Intel To Launch AI Skills Lab In India
🔷Centre Launches ‘Dakshta’ Course Collection On IGOT Platform To Enhance Skills Of Young Professionals
🔶IIT-Kanpur Launches Cybersecurity Skilling Programme
🔷Reliance Jio And GSMA Unveil Digital Skills Program In India
🔶National Conference On Skilling In NTL For Girls ‘Betiyan Bane Kushal’
🏢 United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)
🍁 Established : 1945
🍁 Headquarters: New York, US
🍁 President: H.E. Csaba Kőrösi(77th)
■ DISTRIBUTION OF IRON ORE. [PART 2]
□ Karnataka
◇ Third largest producer in India and 13.72% of the iron ore production in the country.
◇ Baba-budan hills – Lying in the Chikmagalur district of Karnataka.
◇ Kudermukh deposits – Iron ore deposits lie in the chikmagalur district of Karnataka.
◇ Sandur range – Stretched in the bellary and Hosepet district of Karnataka.
□ Jharkhand.
◇ Jharkhand has 25% of iron ore reserves and accounts for about 11.1% of the total production of iron ore of the country.
◇ Iron ore mining first started at Singhbhum in 1904.
◇ Main iron ore deposits lie in Bonai range extending for about 50Km.
◇ The famous mines are Naomandi, Dalteganj.
◇ Iron ore is also mined at Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Ranchi and Santhal Pargana.
□ Goa.
◇ Fifth largest producer.
◇ Main deposits and mining centres at Pirna-Adolpale-Asnora, Sanquelim Ponda, Kundem-surla and Sirigao-Bicholim-dalda in North Goa.
□ Export -
◇ 5th largest exporter of iron ore in the world.
◇ About 55% of india’s total iron ore exported to Japan, south korea, West European countries, Iran, UAE and other gulf countries.
▪︎SOURCE - D.R. Khullar.
🔘Marburg Virus
◾️Marburg virus disease is a highly virulent disease that causes haemorrhagic fever, it is carried by bats with a fatality ratio of up to 88%.
◾️It is in the same family as the virus that causes Ebola virus disease.
◾️Two large outbreaks that occurred simultaneously in Marburg and Frankfurt in Germany, and in Belgrade, Serbia, in 1967, led to the initial recognition of the disease.
◾️The outbreak was associated with laboratory work using African green monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops) imported from Uganda.
◾️Subsequently, outbreaks and sporadic cases have been reported in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, South Africa and Uganda.
◾️There have been 12 major Marburg outbreaks since 1967, mostly in southern and eastern Africa.
DAMODAR RIVER:
▪️ Rises in Chotanagpur Plateau.
▪️ Rich in Mineral resources. Valley has Mining and Industrial activity.
▪️ Valley is called Ruhr of India because of several dams which have been constructed for generation of Power.
▪️ It used to cause floods as a result got name Sorrow of Bengal.
▪️ Tributaries :-
• Barakar • Konar • Bokaro etc
▪️ It joins Hugli below Kolkata.
BETWA RIVER:
▪️ Rises in Bhopal (Vindhyan range) and joins Yamuna near Hamirpur
▪️ Dhasan is its important tributaries.
▪️ Ken - Betwa link
• It is a project proposed to transfer excess water from the River Ken to the Betwa basin through the use of a concrete canal.
• The project aims to provide irrigation to the Bundelkhand region, which is one of the worst drought-affected areas in India. The beneficiary states are Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
🔆 Beluga Whale
✅ Recently, Hvaldimir, the beluga whale, was spotted off the Swedish coast.
✅ It is speculated that the beluga was supposedly Russia’s newest spy.
✅ The beluga whale is an Arctic and sub-Arctic cetacean.
✅ It is one of two members of the family Monodontidae, along with the narwhal, and the only member of the genus Delphinapterus.
✅ It is also known as the white whale.
✅ It possesses a distinctive protuberance at the front of its head which houses an echolocation organ called the melon, which in this species is large and deformable.
✅ Echolocation is nature's own sonar system.
✅ Echolocation occurs when an animal emits a sound wave that bounces off an object, returning an echo that provides information about the object's distance and size.
✅ Over a thousand species echolocate, including most bats, all toothed whales, and small mammals.
▪️Distribution
✅ The beluga inhabits a discontinuous circumpolar distribution in Arctic and sub-Arctic waters.
✅ During the summer, they can mainly be found in deep waters ranging from 76°N to 80°N.
▪️Conservation status
✅ Prior to 2008, the beluga was listed as "vulnerable" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
✅ In 2017, its status was reassessed to "least concern".
🔆 Shakambari festival
✅ Kanaka Durga temple in Vijayawada will be decorated with vegetables and fruits ahead of the three-day Shakambari festival that is celebrated every year.
✅ The annual Shakambari Festival is held at Vijayawada Kanaka Durga Temple.
✅ During the three-day annual festival, Goddess Durga takes the form of Mother Shakambari.
✅ She is adorned with green leaves and vegetables.
✅ Goddess Shakambari Devi is an incarnation of Goddess Shakti.
✅ It is believed that she feeds those who are hungry with vegetarian food.
✅ Shakambari Ma is known as ‘the bearer of the greens’ – Shaka means vegetables and Ambari means who bears.
✅ Goddess Shakambari is mentioned in the Devi Mahatmya.
✅ The Devi Mahatmya or Devi Mahatmyam is a Hindu philosophical text describing the Goddess Durga/Adishakti as the supreme power and creator of the universe.
✅ It is part of the Markandeya Purana.
✅ Devi Mahatmyam is also known as the Durgā Saptashatī or Śata Chandī.
▪️About the Temple:
✅ Kanaka Durga Temple, also known as Sri Kanaka Durgamma Devasthanam is a Hindu temple dedicated to Goddess Kanaka Durga.
✅ The deity in this temple is also popularly referred as Kanaka Durga.
✅ The temple is located in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh on the Indrakeeladri Hills on the banks of Krishna River.
🔘Kharchi Puja
In News
The Prime Minister of India greeted people on the occasion of Kharchi Puja
About
◾️Kharchi Puja is one of the main festivals of Tripura.
◾️It is performed during the months of July-August on the eighth day of the new moon.
◾️The meaning of Kharchi can be understood by splitting the word into two Tripuri words “Khar” or Kharta meaning sin and “Chi” or si meaning cleaning. Hence it signifies the cleansing of our sins.
◾️It occurs during the month of ‘Ashad’ on the ‘Shukla Ashtami’ day.
The fourteen Gods are worshipped by the Royal priest, ‘Chantai.
◾️It lasts for seven days, and it takes place at old Agartala in the Fourteen Gods temple known as the ‘Chaturdasha Devata’ temple premises.
◾️The Kharchi Puja deities do not have a full body; they have only heads which are worshipped.
◾️On the day of the puja, the fourteen Gods are taken from the temple to the river Saidra by the Chantai members and given bathe with the holy river water, then carried back to the temple.
⛳️ 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 ⛳️
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🏓 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧➖𝐁𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐅𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠
🏓 𝐒𝐫𝐢 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐚➖𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐥
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🏓 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝➖𝐑𝐮𝐠𝐛𝐲 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥
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🏓 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐙𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝➖𝐑𝐮𝐠𝐛𝐲 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧
Dual Government in Bengal
• After the battle of Buxar, the East India Company became the real masters of Bengal.
• Robert Clive introduced the dual system of government, i.e., the rule of the two— the Company and the Nawab—in Bengal in which both the Diwani, i.e., collecting revenues, and Nizamat, i.e., police and judicial functions, came under the control of the Company.
• The Company exercised Diwani rights as the diwan and the Nizamat rights through its right to nominate the deputy subahdar.
• The system held a great advantage for the Company. It left the appearance of authority to the puppet Indian ruler while keeping the sovereign power in the hands of the Company. The Nawab was responsible for maintaining peace and order, but he depended both for funds and forces upon the Company because the latter controlled the army and revenues.
• But neither the Company nor the Nawab cared for administration and public welfare.
• Warren Hastings did away with the dual system in 1772.
GODAVARI RIVER:
▪️ Largest river of Penisular India. Length - 1465Km.
▪️ also called as - Dakshin Ganga.
▪️ Rises from Timbakeshwar in the Nashik district of Maharashtra.
▪️ States - Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra, Chattisgarh, Odisha, MP, Karnataka, Poducherry (UT).
▪️ Tributaries :-
• Left Bank - Dharna, Penganga, Wainganga, wardha, panahita, Pench, Sabari, Indravati.
• Right bank - Pravara, Mula, Manjra, Paddavagu, Maner etc
▪️ Below Rajahmundry, the River divides into two main streams Gautami Godavari on east and Vashishta Godavari on west.
▪️ It forms large delta before pour into Bay of Bengal.
🏆GRAND SLAM 2023 WINNER 🏆
🟢 AUSTRALIAN OPEN (1905)
◾Surface - Hard Court
🚦MEN'S SINGLE
◾Winner - Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
◾Runner Up-Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece)
🚦WOMEN'S SINGLE
◾Winner - Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus)
◾Runnerup - Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan)
🟢 FRENCH OPEN (1891)
◾️Surface - Clay Court
🚦MEN’S SINGLE
◾️Winner - Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
◾️Runnerup - Casper Ruud (Norway)
🚦WOMEN’S SINGLE
◾️Winner - Iga Swiatek (Poland)
◾️Runnerup - Karolína Muchová (Czech Republic)
🟢 WIMBLEDON ( 1877 )
◾ Surface - Grass Court
🚦MEN'S SINGLE
◾Winner - Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)
◾Runnerup - Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
🚦WOMEN'S SINGLE
◾Winner - Markéta Vondroušová (Poland)
◾Runnerup - Ons Jabeur (Tunisia)
🔘eSIMs Technology
In News
Apple Inc., an American multinational technology company, has come up without a physical SIM slot or an eSIM in order to access mobile networks.
About
◾️eSIMs were first established in 2012.
◾️It is an embedded SIM, which is permanently embedded in the same hardware of a regular sim card chip.
◾️Just like a traditional SIM card, an eSIM also consists of some components, which are part of a phone's internal organs.
◾️They also function the same way, acting as a unique identifier for telecom operators and other consumers to reach your exact smartphone when they make a call or send a text.
◾️However, being attached to the motherboard also allows re-programming, letting users switch operators without having to replace any physical SIM cards.
🔆 Lambani culture
✅ Prime Minister of India hails Guinness World Record for ‘largest display of Lambani items’ with a total of 1755 items at Sandur Kushal Kala Kendra during 3rd G20 Culture Working Group Meeting in Hampi, Karnataka.
▪️Lambani tribe
✅ The Lambani were mainly a tribe of Rajasthan.
✅ It have alternative names like Lamani, Lambadi, and Banjara.
✅ “Laman” is a word of Sanskrit origin derived from the word lavana (salt) and by now the Laman Banjaras have spread their roots across the Indian sub-continent.
✅ They are a nomadic tribe and are believed to have migrated from the Gor province of Afghanistan.
✅ They were originally bullock and salt merchants.
▪️Their culture
✅ Lambani embroidery is a vibrant and intricate form of textile embellishment characterized by colourful threads, mirror work, and a rich array of stitch patterns.
✅ It is practised in several villages of Karnataka.
✅ Lambani craft tradition involves skilfully stitching together small pieces of discarded fabric to create a beautiful fabric.
▪️Language
✅ The language of the Lambanis is a part of the Indo-Aryan group of languages.
✅ They speak what is known as Gor Boli and sounds similar to Romani, Lomavern, Rajasthani, and Marwari.
▪️Religion
✅ Apart from following their individual Gods and deities they also follow Hinduism.
✅ They worship their Gods which include saints Like Seva Lal and a dacoit named Mitthu Bhukhiya.
✅ The Hindu Gods worshipped by them include Hanuman, Krishna, Shiva, Ganesh, and Balaji.
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS):
▪️It is a key instrument aboard the Terra(originally known as EOS AM-1) and Aqua (originally known as EOS PM-1) and Aqua (originally known as EOS PM-1) satellites.
▪️Terra’s orbit around the Earth is timed so that it passes from north to south across the equator in the morning, while Aqua passes south to north over the equator in the afternoon.
▪️Terra MODIS and Aqua MODIS are viewing the entire Earth’s surface every 1 to 2 days, acquiring data in 36 spectral bands, or groups of wavelengths.
▪️These data will improve our understanding of global dynamics and processes occurring on the land, in the oceans, and in the lower atmosphere.
🔆 Kui Language
✅ The Odisha Cabinet recently recommended a proposal for inclusion of ‘Kui’ language in the 8th Schedule of the Indian Constitution.
✅ Kui (also known as Kandh, Khondi, Khond, Khondo), is a South-Eastern Dravidian language spoken by the Kandha community.
✅ It is primarily spoken in the state of Odisha.
✅ It is closely related to other languages in the Dravidian family, such as Gondi and Kuvi.
✅ It was also referred to as the Kuinga language during the historical period.
✅ With 941,988 registered native speakers, it figures at rank 29 in the 1991 Indian census.
✅ Script: Kui is traditionally written using the Odia script, which is also used for writing the Odia language.
■ IRON ORE
#Economicgeography #Minerals
Following four varieties :-
□ Hematite
◇ This is the best quality of iron ore with about 70% metallic content and occurs as massive, hard compact and bumpy ore having reddish or coral red colour.
□ Magnetite
◇ Aka – Black ore - due to Blackish colour.
◇ Second best ore next to haemetite with metallic content varying from 60 to 70 percent.
◇ Magnetite ores have magnetic quality as a result of which they are known as Magnetite ores.
□ Limonite
◇ Inferior ores, yellowish in colour – contain 40 to 60% iron metal.
□ Siderite
◇ Also known as iron carbonate this type of ore is inferior quality and contains less than 40% iron.
◇ Contains many impurities and its mining is not economically variable.
▪︎SOURCE - D.R. Khullar.
■ MINERAL BELTS.
□ North eastern peninsular belt.
This belt comprising of chota Nagpur plateau, and Odisha belt in the state of Jharkhand, west Bengal and odisha is the richest mineral belt of india.
□ Central belt
This belt encompassing parts of chattisgarh, MP, Telangana, Andhra P and Maharashtra is the second largest mineral belt of india.
□ Southern belt
It covers mostly the Karnataka plateau but extends over the contiguous Tamil nadu upland.
□ South-western belt
Western Karnataka and Goa included in this belt. It has deposits of Iron ore, Garnet and clay.
□ North-western belt
This belt extends along the aravalis in Rajasthan and in adjoining parts of Gujarat.
□ Outside the main belts described above, Minerals in some other parts of the country are scattered here and there.
• Assam has reserves of petroleum and lignite.
• The Himalayan region has some deposits of coal, bauxite, copper, slate etc.
• Mumbai high and Godavari basin have reserves of oil and natural gas.
🔘Ambubachi Mela
In News
Security arrangements were recently set up for devotees and tourists coming to the Kamakhya temple for the Ambubachi Mela.
About
◾️Ambubachi Mela is an annual Hindu fair held at the historic Kamakhya Temple.
◾️It is celebrated during the monsoon season that happens to fall during the Assamese month Ahaar, around the middle of June.
◾️It is the celebration of the yearly menstruation course of goddess Maa Kamakhya.
◾️This mela is also known as Ameti or Tantric fertility festival since it is closely associated with Tantric Shakti cult prevalent in eastern parts of India.
Kamakhya temple:
◾️It is situated on Nilachal Hill and adjoining the southern bank of the Brahmaputra River in Guwahati,
It is one of the most revered centres of Tantric practices.
◾️It is regarded as one of the oldest of the 51 Shakti Pithas in India.
■ WIND ENERGY:
◇ Wind is another important source of non-conventional energy.
◇ once the generation starts, cost-free power is available for about 20 years because there is no recurring cost on fuel.
◇ Since 1985, the MNES has carried out an extensive wind monitoring and mapping programme to identify better sites and to assess the resource potential.
◇ Coastal areas in Gujarat, TN, AP, Odisha and WB as well as vast areas of MH, MP and Rajasthan are in a much better position with respect to wind power resources.
◇ State rank
Gujarat on top followed by Rajasthan, MH, tamil nadu.
▪︎SOURCE - D.R. Khullar.
🔆 Chemical Disaster
A chemical disaster is the accidental and uncontrolled release of a toxic substance, potentially resulting in harm to public health and the environment.
▪️Some examples of chemical disasters from the Indian context include:
✅ India has witnessed the world’s worst chemical (industrial) disaster i.e. the ‘Bhopal Gas Tragedy’ in the year 1984, where over thousands of people died or were injured due to accidental release of toxic gas Methyl Isocyanate (MIC).
✅ In 2008, people at Tata Motors got exposed to dense pale green pungent and poisonous gas, chlorine.
✅ In 2020, a gas leak from a styrene plant owned by South Korean electronics giant LG affected five villages in Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.
✅ According to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), in the last two decades, 130 significant chemical accidents were reported in India, which resulted in 259 deaths and 563
injuries.
▪️Challenges to mitigate chemical disasters:
✅ Lack of awareness,
✅ Lack of coordination,
✅ Lack of proper implementation of existing laws,
✅ Negligence in handling of hazardous chemicals,
✅ Unorganised sector.
▪️Laws such as the Explosives Act, 1884, Petroleum Act, 1934, Factories Act, 1948, Insecticides Act, 1968, Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991, Disaster Management Act, 2005 etc. have been implemented in India to deal with chemical disasters. Although a comprehensive legal framework exists in our country to address chemical risk, additional measures are required to address the above-mentioned challenges. These include:
✅ Hazard mapping,
✅ Proper inspection,
✅ Capacity building,
✅ Stakeholder collaboration,
✅ Rehearsal of emergency plans.
Additionally, the focus should be on setting up model safety codes/ standards for prevention of accidents at the industry level by upgrading processes and technologies for safety installations along with strengthening of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), fire services, medical first responders and other emergency responders.
Deepest Point in Ocean:
❇️ Mariana Trench
🔺Pacific Ocean
🔺10,924m
❇️ Puerto Rico Trench
🔺Atlantic Ocean
🔺8,376m
❇️ South Sandwich Trench
🔺Southern Ocean
🔺7,434m
❇️ Java Trench
🔺Indian Ocean
🔺7,192m
❇️ Molloy Deep
🔺Arctic Ocean
🔺5,550m
❇️ 5th JULY
🏸 World Badminton Day
विश्व बैडमिंटन दिवस
⛳️ To promote the sport and bring people together to experience a friendly version of the sport through events & activities.
🔶1st ever World Badminton Day will take place in 2022
🔷India’s 1st para-badminton academy launched in Lucknow
🟢 NEWS
🔶PV Sindhu Won
🔹Bronze: Women’s Badminton Tokyo Olympics
🔸Syed Modi Badminton 2022
🔹Bronze: Asian Badminton Championships
🔶Badminton Asia Appoints Omar Rashid As Chair Of Technical Officials Committee
🔷Satwiksairaj And Chirag Shetty End India’s 52-Year Wait For Men’s Doubles Medal In Badminton Asia Championships
🔷Geto Sora Wins Malaysia’s Junior International Badminton Championship Title
🔶World No. 3 Sukant Kadam Strikes Gold At Peru Para Badminton International
🔶India to Host 2026 World Badminton Championships
🏢 World Badminton Federation
▪️Founded: 1934
▪️President: Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen
▪️HQ: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia