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Indian Railways 1 www.civilserviceindia.com International Feed our Future It is an cinema advertising campaign against hunger and malnutrition. The ad shows the reality of millions of people facing across the world. It has been launched by United Nations (UN) World Food Programme (WFP) in collaboration with UFO Moviez – India’s largest in-cinema advertising platform and SAWA -the Global Cinema Advertising Association. The United Nations World Food Program (UNWFP) has joined hands with Bollywood in India and it is also supported by Showbox Music TV Channel, LF (Living Foodz TV Channel) and Red FM 93.5. The event took place last week on Friday via a live broadcast from the social network's Mumbai office. WFP has launched this campaign for the second time in India. The main aim of UNWFP is to create awareness and take steps against hunger and malnutrition in India. WFP: It refers to World Food Program. The World Food Programme(WFP) is the food- assistance branch of the United Nations(UN) and the world's largest humanitarian organization addressing hunger and promoting food security. Its headquarters is in Rome. It was established in 1961 after Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) Conference 1960. According to the WFP, for more than 80 country offices around the world, the WFP works to help people who cannot produce or obtain enough food for themselves and their families. It is a member of the United Nations Development Group and part of its executive committee. India-Nepal Government of India is training a batch of officers of Government of Nepal on ‘Anti Money Laundering (AML) and Countering Financing of Terrorism (CFT)’ in India at the Regional Centre of National Academy of Customs, Indirect Taxes and Narcotics (NACIN) in Bengaluru. As many as 18 Nepali officers started their training the training on 2 www.civilserviceindia.com Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism underway. This is the second group of Nepali officials of Nepal undergoing the training. The first group of about 20 Nepal officials successfully completed their 6-days training module on 24 August 2019. The third batch of 21 officers will undergo training in December 2019. The course is supported by Government of India under Union Ministry of External Affairs’ Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) Programme. NACIN : It refers to National Academy of Customs, Indirect Taxes and Narcotics.It is the apex institute of Government of India for capacity building of civil servants in the field of indirect taxation, particularly the areas of customs, GST, central excise, service tax and narcotics control administration. It is not only a training institute with state-of-the-art learning facilities in field of financial investigations and anti-money laundering matters but also an accredited Regional Training Centre of World Customs Organization (WCO) for Asia/Pacific Region. NACIN works in collaboration with other international organizations like UNEP, UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime), SASEC (South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation) etc., India-US : Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the proposal for Agreement on Science and Technology Cooperation between India and the United States of America. India and US both have good cooperation in terms of science. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of US and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) have several information exchanging programs. The defence sector of both the countries are also cooperative in terms of technology transfer and in safeguarding the Indo-Pacific region. So,the agreement will help in opening a new chapter in bilateral relations as both sides will leverage complementary strengths spurred by a significant convergence of mutual interests in science and technology. It will provide an opportunity to promote 'high quality' and 'high impact' research and innovation partnerships as well as broadening and expanding relationships between the extensive scientific and technological communities. The agreement would not only enable cooperation between the countries in training the scientists and experts according to the requirements, they will conduct cooperative research projects 3 www.civilserviceindia.com Kartarpur Corridor : The Kartarpur Corridor is an under- construction border corridor between the neighbouring nations of India and Pakistan, connecting the Sikh shrines of Dera Baba Nanak Sahib and Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur. It was established on 28 November 2018. Kartarpur is a town near the city of Jalandhar and is located in the Doaba region of the state. Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Norowal district of Pakistan is where Sikh Guru Nanak Dev,the founder of Sikhism, spent last 18 years of his life. The Gurudwara was founded by the fifth Guru of Sikhs, Sri Guru Arjan Dev Ji. India and Pakistan have signed a histori agreement to operationalise the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor to allow Indian Sikh pilgrims to visit the holy Darbar Sahib in this country. The corridor connecst the Dera Baba Nanak shrine in India's Punjab with Darbar Sahib at Kartarpur, 4 km from the international border, located at Narowal district of Pakistan's Punjab province. The agreement signing ceremony took place at the Kartarpur Zero Point at the Pakistan-India border in Narowal. 4 www.civilserviceindia.com National Azad Hind Movement It was a part of the freedom movement, originating in 1940s outside India with a purpose of allying with Axis powers to free India from British rule. The Provisional Government of Free India or Azad Hind was established in Singapore in 1943. It was supported by the Japanese Empire, Italian social Republic, Nazi Germany and other allies. The existence of the Azad Hind Government gave a greater legitimacy to the independence struggle against the British. The Azad Hind Government, founded on 21st October, 1943 was inspired by Neta ji Subhash Chandra Bose. Netaji was the leader of Azad Hind Government and also the Head of State of this Provisional Indian Government-in-exile during the 2nd world war. The Union Minister of Culture and Tourism Shri Prahlad Singh attended the commemotation of the 76th anniversary of Azad Hind Movement at Red Fort, Delhi. Secretary General of the INA trust, its members and other higher officials from the Ministry of Culture were also present at the commemoration. Last year,Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi had hoisted the National Flag at Red Fort, to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of formation of Azad Hind Government, formed by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. The national flag was hoisted at the Red Fort as it was the same place where soldiers of the Indian National Army or the Azad Hind Fauj faced trials by the British. Prime Minister will also lay the foundation stone of a museum dedicated to the Azad Hind Fauj.. Col. Chewang Rinchen Setu It is a bridge named in honor of Colonel Chewang Rinchan who was one of the highly decorated officers in Indian Army from Ladakh. He was also a Maha Vir Chakara awardee (1952). It has been constructed at an altitude of 14,650 feet in the forward area of Ladakh region by the Border Road Organization (BRO). The construction of the Bridge was completed within 15 working months using 6900 cubic 5 www.civilserviceindia.com meters of concrete and 1984 metric tons of steel. It is built on the strategically important road Durbuk Shyok Daulat Beg Oldie in sub sector north in eastern Ladakh. It is 45 km east of Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated Col. Chewang Rinchen Setu (Bridge) and dedicated it to the nation. It is 4.5 metres wide. It can accommodate vehicles of 70 tonnes class. It will not only reduce travel time by about half but also help in development of border areas and villages across Shyok River. Art and Culture Union Minister of State for Culture Prahlad Singh Patel inaugurated an e-portal and a YouTube channel of Rashtriya Centre for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT) with support from Route to Route,in New Delhi. He also attended the “Digital Bharat - Digital Sanskriti” program which was organised by Rashtriya Centre for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT) of the Ministry of Culture. The aim of the e-portal is to take India to a newer digital pinnacle and to promote Indian culture. The portal explores and understands the unknown aspects of India’s lesser-known places and their rural and semi-urban culture. CCRT has produced a documentary film “Rahas” with an objective of providing knowledge and understanding of different regional cultures and Indian traditions. It has also started publishing books from the series “Untold Tales of India’s Cities” in order to explore & understand the unknown aspects of India’s lesser known places and their rural and semi- urban culture. Union Minister also released a book titled ‘Dewas Ki Sanskritik Parampara’ written by Jeevan Singh Thakur and published by CCRT. IAF: It refers ot Indian Air Force. It has carried out successful firing of BrahMos surface-to- surface missiles the 2.5-tonne surface-to-surface missile with a range of around 300 km from a mobile platform at Trak Island in Andaman Nicobar islands. The drill was conducted on Monday and Tuesday to check the IAF's capability to hit targets with "pin-point" accuracy at targets close to 300km BrahMos Aerospace is an India-Russian joint venture which produces the missile that can be launched from submarines, ships, aircraft, or from land platforms. ‘Ex Ekuverin – 2019 : It is a name given to the Indo-Maldives joint exercise The joint exeercise culminated on Sunday, with an impressive closing ceremony held at Foreign Training Node, Aundh military station in the city, where the joint team from the two countries executed a drill counter-terrorism operation as per the United Nations mandate.
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